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[policehorse]

[BARGING IN—

Snort.

Hm. There appears to be nothing to barge into.

He may or may not be circling in an embarrassed way now. Silly mun, sending him off on wild goose chases.]

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[party_hard]

You know, a PARTY!

Where you have cake and ice cream and streamers and balloons and music and games and friends and laughing and maybe even clowns or a magic show and you have a really good time! It's a CELEBRATION! An excuse to have FUN!

[policehorse]

[Fun? But then where is the room for the pursuit of justice? Dangerous criminals could be running loose and people could need saving!

Maximus snorts emphatically. He does not approve.]

[party_hard]

Everypony needs a little fun in their lives!

Come on, Maximus, you wouldn't want to be a dull pony, would you? That's what they say about all work and no play!

[policehorse]

[He glares and makes an affronted noise. Fighting crime is not dull! Maximus would like to let you know that he has never had a dull moment in his life while on the job. Which has been, come to think of it, most of his life. Playing can wait until all has been set right in the world.]

[party_hard]

But what if the bad guys WANT you not to have fun? Lots of bad guys really, really HATE fun!

[policehorse]

[He thinks on this carefully for a while.

A long while.



Nope, still not getting it. Fun happens to other people. Most often they need rescuing out of it.]

[party_hard]

Here, have some balloons! Balloons are fun! You'll see, fun is great!

[Surprise, she's attempting to tie a big bunch of balloons to your saddle.]

[policehorse]

[And now he's going around in circles, trying to find out what you've done.]

[party_hard]

[Pinkie giggles.]

See, it's a game--Find the Balloons!

[Long pause.]

Ooh! I know! They're on your back!

[policehorse]

[With a particularly concerted lunge, he manages to poke his nose at one of the balloons, but the crackle of static electricity makes him neigh sharply in surprise.]

[party_hard]

[Pinkie just dissolves into laughter at this.]

You're being so silly! See, isn't it FUN?

[policehorse]

[Angry whinny! No it is not.]

[party_hard]

[Pinkie just giggles at him and goes to untie the balloons.]

Were they REALLY that bad?

[policehorse]

[The problem is that they're beneath his dignity. :c]

[party_hard]

Maybe you'd rather some cake!

[And she produces a gigantic slab of carrot cake. It even has a little icing carrot on top!]

[policehorse]

[The carrot seizes his attention, though he sniffs the sugary bits suspiciously before taking off the icing all in one go.

But it's far too sweet, and he spits it out with a harassed-looking air.]

[party_hard]

[Pinkie looks concerned.]

You didn't like my cake? Was there something wrong with it?

[policehorse]

[He stamps emphatically on the sad little blob of icing.]

[party_hard]

You didn't think it was sweet enough? Yeah, me, neither. I need to add more sugar next time!

[policehorse]

[No! Emphatic snort. Next time, real carrots, please?]