Rainbow does not approve of her game-event AU self.

[elementofloyalty]

Okay. You had your fun. Now put -- [She makes a face] -- Brushie away.

Forever. For good.

I don't ever want my name, my body, or my awesomeness to be associated with somepony that lame ever again.

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[unweavethis]

Ugh, tell me about it. I got secondhand embarrassment up to here [animated forehoof gesture at about ear level] just watching you guys!

[elementofloyalty]

Oh, hey other me, how about I paint a beautiful picture of you.

[Sarcasm sharper than dragon's teeth.]

[unweavethis]

...okay, gotta admit, that part would've been kinda funny if it was somepony who wasn't me. But still!

[elementofloyalty]

But it WAS me! You. Us! It still IS...

[unweavethis]

Yeah, I know. That's the part that makes it less funny.

Although, now you mention it, a painting of the real us could be pretty sweet. Who knows, if you'd had some of those stuck up around that school you're at to remind everypony how awesome we are normally, maybe Brushie would've taken the hint!

[elementofloyalty]

Sure, so long as it wasn't DONE by us. Leave it to a REAL artist!

[unweavethis]

All right, it's decided! Commission the coolest poster of us, make a bunch of copies, and paste them up everywhere so no lame alternate us can get so much as a hoof in ever again!

...So, uh, know any real artists?

[elementofloyalty]

Uh, no?

Rarity's the closest, and she's not around here... hint hint.

[unweavethis]

Whoa, hey, don't look at me like that! Do you think I like losing out on the spotlight to all of these [dismissive hoof wave] alche-whatevers? It's such a pain!

[elementofloyalty]

Oh, the hinting wasn't for YOU. Besides, there can't be TWO of me someplace.

[unweavethis]

[She quirks an eyebrow. What do you mean, everything ever might not solely be about Rainbow Dash?!] Yeah, okay, I get what you're saying, but seriously? If it wasn't for them, she'd be all over me! I just know it!

[elementofloyalty]

Yeah, it is kind of hard to say whether it's better to be Rainbow Dash, or be in the presence of Rainbow Dash...

[unweavethis]

Too bad there can't be two of us in the same place, huh?

[A thought occurs.] But, y'know... just hypothetically, that place you're at would be okay with having both you and Brushie around at the same time, right?

[elementofloyalty]

Yeah. Sure it'd be okay. Would YOU like to be Brushie, then?

BECAUSE I SURE DON'T!

[unweavethis]

Aw, come on! Why should you get to have all the fun? And it's not like I wanna just kick you out completely!

[bestofthebest]

...Brushie?! Seriously?

(This is NOT a laughing matter, mun!)

[elementofloyalty]

That's... not her actual name. She's still named Rainbow Dash. But she's a painter, so the mun calls her 'Rainbow Brush' to distinguish her from the genuine article.

[bestofthebest]

Whew! Still, kinda sounds like something Pinkie would come up with for a nickname.

Wait a second - Rainbow Brush?! What the hay happened to you? I mean me? I mean to us?!

[elementofloyalty]

It's this horrible alternate me! Where instead of becoming Ponyville's top athlete and Equestria's best flyer, I became an ARTIST!

[bestofthebest]

...An ARTIST?!!!

No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Art looks cool and everything, but it'd get boring staring at that stuff for more than 5 minutes!

(3 minutes? You were just being nice?! You think I couldn't last more than a minute?)

[elementofloyalty]

Let alone five hours! Or MORE! Just sitting there looking and painting.

[bestofthebest]

NOOOOOOOOOOO! (Remember the Best Young Flier's competition? The constant fear, the worry, the dread?

The momentary loss of sanity...?)

[elementofloyalty]

And I'm gonna have MEMORIES of that! It's gonna be in my head forEVER!

[bestofthebest]

Forever? You mean like...forever forever?!

(This would be hilarious if it was happening to anypony but Rainbow Dash!)

[elementofloyalty]

Well, unless I forget it, but come on, how could we ever forget that? It's traumatizing for life!

[bestofthebest]

I know! It's even more traumatizing than that one article Gabby Gums the Crusaders did of us...that reached Cloudsdale...!

[elementofloyalty]

Urk -- did you have to remind me of that...?

[bestofthebest]

Ooh, sorry but...between the two, which would you rather remember? Yeah they're both traumatizing, and if it were up to me both would be forgotten!

[elementofloyalty]

I guess the mature, adult pony answer is not to forget anything, because it's all part of what makes us who were are. Like what happened with Discord, till Twilight used her memory spell.

...At least that sounds like the sort of thing we'd end up writing to Princess Celestia about. I still don't LIKE remembering any of it though!

[marearcana]

I'm... not really sure how I feel about not being able to see you like this because of that field trip.

[elementofloyalty]

...My mun wants me to point out that it's not THAT long and you could totally catch some of it.

Let's not pay attention to that, okay? Yeah, you missed it. Completely.

[marearcana]

Well, he's thinking about suddenly figuring out how to go about doing that. Looks like I didn't. Don't. ...Time travel does not agree well with grammar.

[elementofloyalty]

...unicorn problems are weird problems.

[marearcana]

That tends to be the case more often than you'd think.

[elementofloyalty]

Twilight, I hang out with you and Rarity. I'm pretty used to how many problems you guys have. That doesn't make your problems any less weird though.

[cape_and_wizard_hat]

The Great and Powerful Trixie deems you to be an excellent painter. She approves of your skills.

[elementofloyalty]

The Great and Powerful Trixie can eat a sock, thanks! I just said it wasn't ME! It was a DIFFERENT me!

[cape_and_wizard_hat]

Trixie deems you can never know. She suggests you have a hidden talent.

[elementofloyalty]

That isn't MY hidden talent! That's the talent of a Rainbow Dash that couldn't fly right! THIS Rainbow Dash, REAL Rainbow Dash, is all athlete!

[cape_and_wizard_hat]

Trixie has never heard of an athlete who's also a painter.

[She's just doing this to frustrate you, Dash.]

[elementofloyalty]

[And a less-upset or a less... well, face it, less-DASH pony might have realized that.]

Exactly! So I'm not a painter!

[cape_and_wizard_hat]

The Great and Powerful Trixie would like to commission a portrait of herself.

[She magics over some bits to Rainbow Dash.]

[elementofloyalty]

I'M NOT A PAINTER! I'm. NOT. A. PAINTER!

[cape_and_wizard_hat]

Trixie expects it done by the end of the month. That, or next month. However long it takes you.

[elementofloyalty]

[Rainbow facehoofs. And will have a word with Twilight about magic-dueling her out of town or something later. That's acceptable, right?]

[cape_and_wizard_hat]

[Maybe. Just as long as no evil corrupting amulets are around. But really, Trixie goes where she pleases.]