The rocky bits, Tuesday evening

[notmyownage]

Claudia . . . was still hiding out in the rocky bits. She was getting a bit more towards sickly pale than flat out gray, now, and her finger nails had mostly returned to normal, but her teeth were still very much of the sharp, pointy variety and she kept being tempted to try to eat raw fish straight out of the water, so she was figuring it was not yet time to return to dorms.

Maybe she'd just set up her own little hermit cave here. No one would miss her, anyway. Well, not until Artie noticed that no one had inventoried the Warehouse for awhile, anyway, and that could be ages.

[ooc: for . . . me, pretty much. Yes.]

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[locointhecoco]

Pinkie had decided to go for a walk around some of the lesser visited parts of the island before her hat class. Ponyville wasn't anywhere near a beach, rocky or otherwise, so getting to visit one was quite a treat. And the rocks reminded her a bit of home. She oohed and ahed over a particularly interesting bit of sea glass, then turned to offer a cheerful greeting to a hermit crab.

Fandom was so much fun!

[notmyownage]

Oh crap, someone was coming. Claudia attempted to become one with her little circle of rocks, and hoped that Pinkie would just trot right on by.

[locointhecoco]

And pass up the opportunity to learn about friendship and grow as a person pony?

Bitch, please.

Pinkie spotted the motion of Claudia scrambling backwards and turned to look. "Hello?" She stretched her neck to peer around some of the rocks. "Hi! I don't mean to trespass or bother you. I didn't realize anyone lived in the rocky bits."

[notmyownage]

Claudia threw up her hands, as though this would help her hide from view.

"Yep! Trespassing! You're totally . . . doing that . . . and I'll be forced to prosecute you to the full extent of the law! Or maybe just yell until you go away!"

[locointhecoco]

"But you must get lonely out here," Pinkie insisted, managing to teleport rush all the way over to the other side of the rocks in order to peer past Claudia's blocking hands. "I can be loads of fun! Hey, aren't you one of the students?"

[notmyownage]

"Dammit all to hell," Claudia grumbled. "Of all the days to not have access to the original pair of Groucho glasses." She lowered her hands cautiously. "If I admit that I am, will you leave me alone?"

[locointhecoco]

"I guess if you really want me to. Why are you hiding out here with all the rocks? Are you training to be a rock farmer?"

[notmyownage]

Claudia gave up on getting the pink pony to wander off any time soon. It just figured that she'd be found by one of the most colorful creatures on the island. "I can't come out yet," she whined. "I'm still all . . . gray."

[locointhecoco]

Pinkie just blinked at her blankly for a moment.

". . . My sister's gray," she said finally. "So's my mother."

[notmyownage]

Oh. Oops.

". . . Well that's awkward," Claudia said. "So the pink is recessive?"

[locointhecoco]

"No, it's my coat, mane, and tail." Pinkie wasn't so great at genetics. "Come on, it's no fun hiding out here with all the rocks. You should at least hide out where you have a comfy bed and might get to eat some cupcakes!"

[notmyownage]

Claudia's stomach rumbled in response. Claudia supposed she should be pleased that it hadn't, say, rumbled at the sight of Pinkie, herself.

"But I'm still all creepy. I ate things. Living things. I can't come out until I know it's all gone."

[locointhecoco]

"That was just 'cause of the spooky rock," Pinkie said dismissively. "Loads of ponies went a little creepy from that. But we got rid of it and everything's okay now! You don't have to eat things any more unless they're made of tasty vegetable matter!"

Ponies, it should be noted, were strict herbivores.

[notmyownage]

"I might have to go vegetarian," Claudia agreed. "Except maybe for sushi." Those fish really looked pretty good, okay? "You promise it's all over?"

[locointhecoco]

"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!"

[notmyownage]

Claudia was rather impressed by the *ploink* sound effect when Pinkie poked herself in the eye. Seriously, it was like this pony was made of dark matter, or something.

". . . Okay, fine. I'll try going back to the dorms." She managed to accidentally bite her lower lip with her still-pointy teeth and reflexively covered her mouth with her hand. "When my teeth go back to normal."

[locointhecoco]

"Uh uh," said Pinkie. "Now."

[notmyownage]

"But --"

[locointhecoco]

"Go!"

[notmyownage]

". . . teeth. . . ."

[locointhecoco]

"Go!" Pinkie moved behind Claudia to nudge her forward with her head. "And you can tell anyone who makes fun of you that they'll have to answer to Pinkie!"

[notmyownage]

Claudia couldn't help it -- she had to smile.

Showing off a fairly wicked set of teeth that might be getting closer to normal teeth sizes, but sure as hell weren't getting any less pointy.

"Okay, okay, I'm going! Sheesh." She started making her way out of the rocks, glancing back occasionally at Pinkie.

[locointhecoco]

Pinkie followed close behind, determined to make sure that Claudia actually went all the way back to town.

She'd just helped one of the students not be a creepy rock-dwelling loner! She was so impressed with herself!

Just wait until Princess Celestia heard about this one.