Thank you!
Merci!
Gracias!
Great dress rehearsal.
Tomorrow night will be a piece of cake.
"A piece of cake"?
A piece of cake was grammar school.
A piece of cake was the last thing I ate,
and it was divine.
No!
This is live theater!
Anything is possible.
Give us examples.
You could forget your lines.
The lights could fall.
Worst of all, you could get stage fright.
Out of curiosity,
what does stage fright feel like?
Your legs shake.
Your knees buckle.
Your mouth gets dry.
Well, that plumb explains it.
I've got stage fright!
I have the most superb solution.
More cake?
I'm pretty hungry.
Tonight, I'm throwing a de-stress ball.
It's what we actors do the night before an opening night.
We chill out,
get our zen on,
and make all the collywobbles and worries go away.
This'll cure your problem for sure, Applejack.
Prepare to de-stress.
Beanbags for your bottom,
candles for your comfort,
and treats for your tummy.
Is that peppermint popcorn?
Peppermint is a natural calmer.
Yum.
But…
I…
still got the fright.
I wonder who that could be.
I know who it is.
Friends, allow me to introduce...
Chamomilia!
She will be guiding us in relaxation techniques.
Sweet child, I'm glad you called me.
There's stage fright in this room.
Let's get down to business.
Find your chill zone.
Close your eyes.
Take a deep breath in, and hold it.
Hold it...
Hold it!
What is that?
We need to breathe, Cammy...
And… exhale slowly out.
Wasn't that relaxing?
Now, picture yourself on stage tomorrow night.
All of your friends and family watching you from their seats.
See how proud they are of you.
Hey.
I… reckon I'm feelin' better.
See how disappointed they would be if you forgot your lines.
I reckon I spoke too soon.
I know you worry about tripping on stage in front of everypony.
But that won't happen.
Will it?
And everypony, open your eyes.
See?
Isn't that better?
I think I've got stage fright.
And it's all I can think about!
It's contagious!
I think I've got it, too!
Now I got it!
Me too!
That's my time.
Afraid I need to go home, watch my stories, and knit.
I knit now.
I'll send you an invoice, Rarity.
What's gotten into you?
That's just the thing.
Nothin's gotten into me.
Somethin's left me.
I lost my stage fright!
How'd you do that?!
Yes, please tell us!
I need this bewitching brain spell gone!
It's the funniest doggone thing.
Now that everypony's got stage fright,
I feel less alone.
And that's what bein' in a cast is all about, right?
You speak the truth.
The only way we get over our joint stage fright
is to do our show tomorrow.
And I'm golly-gee determined to go on stage tomorrow with all of my best friends!
Hey.
I'm relaxed again.
I am, too.
Explains the smell.
You've saved opening night, Applejack!
It was your de-stress ball, Rarity.
It worked its magic.
It really did.
Now, actors, picture it.
The theater gets dark.
The curtain goes up.
A spotlight shines on...
us!
Showtime!
Me, me, me, all about me!
Darling, you're pitchy!
You're pitchy!
Let me know when you're done.
This high-falutin' updo won't stay up.
My character can't have a down-do.
Twilight, your prop list spreadsheet is flawless!
It's every single item used in the show organized perfectly!
Thanks, Pinkie.
I really wanted to make sure I got it right so the play can go off without a hitch.
I included everything!
Almost everything.
Technically, this tablet is a prop.
Well, scroll down to the very bottom.
There it is!
Everything goes into the spreadsheet, along with…
apples,
a frying pan,
a mirror,
an old bucket,
this calculator,
some pizza,
a wheelbarrow,
an iced tea pitcher,
a dozen squishy cube things...
Places!
Thank you!
Places!
Oops.
Time to go.
You ponies are the greatest to ever grace the stage,
and I know about greatness.
Pre-show ritual on three!
One!
Two!
Three!
Unity theater!
...theater!
It's showtime!
It is cold out there.
Dang near freezing.
It is cold in here, too.
It has been cold in here for years.
You want heat?
You want heat?!
What do we look like –
billionaires?!
Yes!
What's happening?
Did we hook up the stage lights wrong?
Should I go try to fix it?
You say you want heat?
We can't even keep the lights on around here!
What a pro.
Sometimes, I feel like I want to gallop far, far away from all of this.
You know, just gettin' out of this here town
and havin' a history hoedown.
There's... nothin' here for me, anymore.
It's like… outgrowin' an old coat.
You want to put it on again...
but it just doesn't fit the same way anymore.
So, you have to keep changin' your clothes.
Always movin' forward!
Oh, I'd give all the stars in the solar system,
the planets too, to stay here.
But we've got two days to leave.
But...
But this is our home.
What will become of us?
I didn't do that.
Two days, huh?
Follow my lead.
What will become of us?
Nowhere to live.
Nothing to hold onto.
It's like...
It's like all the things we hold dear in this world are just…
going away.
Wha-a-at a glorious ni-i-ight!..
I declare that this orange juice is the best in all the land!
Nom-nom-nom. Gulp, gulp.
Don't you see?
Our possessions are keeping us down.
We need to fight materialism!
What in Celestia's green Equestria just happened?!
I know, right?
I didn't have "big magical monster thingy" on my prop list, but there it was.
In the play.
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