Page 385 - Tardy Tidings

Writing a story that properly involves Pinkie Pie is kind of like writing a mystery novel. Everything appears one way before something happens that redefines everything another way.

PM: And then Twilight comes running back into Ponyville!
Twilight Sparkle: What?
PM: She’s back from delivering Cerberus to Tartarus!
Twilight Sparkle: I am? Now?
PM: Oh, right. <scribble scribble> You’re gonna need this!
Fluttershy: A note?
Applejack: Exposition. Read it and repeat it, Twi.
Twilight Sparkle: Okay. “Cerberus has been returned. Tartarus is secure. But the royal guards have confirmed…” Uh-oh. “…confirmed that one prisoner has escaped.”
Applejack: …Aw crap, I knew it. They’re not random, they’re connected!
PM: Bwahahahahahahaaa!