Four Cupcakes; video

[sailorlaughter]

Guys! GuysguysguysguysGUYS!

[The camera swings up to what is clearly the orchard just outside of Ponyville, just in time to catch a treeful of teal blossoms turning into tiny gray apples.]

LOOK at THIS! Do you guys know what this MEANS?

It's ZAPAPPLE SEASON!!! I'm TOTALLY gonna make zapapple jam all by myself, JUST so you can all see how good it tastes! I think I know most of the rules and signs and stuff - Rarity, do you know any of them? Or Princesses? Oh, and if anyone else wants to help me make jam, just show up after the giant storm with a bunny suit and anything pink polka-dotted!

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[trademark_skull]

....Zapa-what now?

[sailorlaughter]

Zapapples! They're magic rainbow apples of DELICIOUSNESS! And once they're ripe, we get to pick 'em and jam 'em!

[trademark_skull]

[blink]

You sure they're safe?

[sailorlaughter]

Sure! Ponyville was FOUNDED on zapapples!

And the ground. Can't forget the good ol' ground!

[letteropener]

Oh, is that what all the fuss was about? I feel silly for my concern, now!

[sailorlaughter]

Yeah, I didn't realize it at first either until the apples actually showed UP! Normally Granny Smith keeps on top of this kinda stuff! I hope it's not too late to do all the things!

[letteropener]

I never realized their arrival was so... dramatic. I've seen less impressive storms at lightning contests.

[sailorgenerous]

Oh! I remember something about bees, but not what you're supposed to do with them. Maybe there's a recipe in the house.

Would you like me to make some bunny suits, just in case?

[sailorlaughter]

Ooooh, do you think so? I haven't been in any of the rooms besides the kitchen yet, maybe Granny Smith keeps it upstairs.

I've got one already, but other people might need them! Thanks, Rarity!

[sailorgenerous]

It's worth a look, don't you think?

Certainly! Do you think three will be enough? [She can't see very many ponies being interested in participation via bunny suit - at least, she highly doubts anypony in the boutique will want to.]

[unrecovered]

[He'd almost forgotten how crazy Pinkie was. Almost.]

...a bunny suit.

[sailorlaughter]

Yepparooni!

[unrecovered]

...why?

[realmenknitplushies]

Okay, bunnies are cool, but what's that gotta do with jam?

[sailorlaughter]

The jam turns out better if you do the bunny hop thing! I think it's because the apples like it!

[realmenknitplushies]

...

[Just a second.]

How does that work? I ain't exactly heard of apples likin' things in the past...

[wavesinherheart]

Zapapples?

[Yep, someone else hasn't heard of them.]

[sailorlaughter]

They're these magic rainbow apples! [Well, they're gray NOW, but they're gonna be rainbow eventually.] And they make the. Greatest. Jam.

[wavesinherheart]

What do have to do to harvest them?

[juniorganymedian]

[Jeeves knows that he's going to regret this, but it is a change and changes should be noted in worlds that seem to remain static otherwise.]

Might I inquire to what purpose the items with pink polka-dots might be put, Ms. Pie?

[There is a particular tone he uses for saying 'pink polka-dots,' one most men reserve for discussing only the most heinous acts of villainy.]

[sailorlaughter]

Zapapples like pink polka-dots!

[juniorganymedian]

[He was right. He regrets this.]

The apples have some measure of sentience, miss?

[Certainly not intelligence. Polka-dots are hideous, whatever the color.]

[dork_of_keys]

Zapapples?

[sailorlaughter]

Yeah! They're these apples here, and they're magic! Sooner or later they'll turn all sparkly and rainbow!

[dork_of_keys]

That sounds pretty neat. Do you make anything with them besides jam? [Because this is clearly an important question. Or maybe he just doesn't want to contemplate how bunny suits and polka dots factor in here.]