"Don't worry about it, Widgy~!  And hey, if things don't work out between you and Twilight, you can always give me a call."  she chirped and fluttered her eyes in a surprisingly sultry manner.  "We can play checkers~!"

"You-...I-...Bu-...Ger..."
Fung seemed to be having actual physical difficulties making sense of what Pinkie Pie was saying, if his rapidly changing body color and reddening eyes were any indication.  Just when he seemed like he was going to explode into a big messy ball of "What is this I don't even", Fung grabbed the potted plant on his head, removed it from it's basket, and placed it gently on a nearby table.  With the basket empty, he promptly jammed it on top of his head, and vented.
"BAAAAAAAAAAAKAA!"

Having returned to his natural blue color, Fung removed the basket from his head and returned the potted plant, sitting at the table in it's place.  He looked over at Mrs. Cake and Widget.
"When you have a moment ma'am, I would like a menu please."

"Say, Widget?  Are you about done?  I don't mean to rush or anything, but I just thought of something I wanted to try with you.  We can't do it here though... somewhere a bit more secluded would be better." she asked with a smile.  "Hm... maybe the park?  Or the White Tail Woods?"

Widget was admittedly intrigued by whatever it was Twilight wanted, assuming that it was some new spell she had been working on and needed another pony's help with.

"If it gets crazy, darling, then you have to get crazy!" Rarity encouraged adamantly, before pulling her hoof from off of Applejack's shoulder in disbelief, "What am I saying? Oh, horsefeathers with it, there are some occasions where you need to get rough and dirty and crazy. Fighting for love counts as one of them! I think. Yes! Now, you promise me, Applejack, Pinkie Promise if you must, that you will get rough, and dirty, and crazy, and win this contest! Promise me!"

Scootaloo walked alongside Applebloom, not really caring that they were going through living space to get to the forge. Applebloom was with them and she was an Apple and this was her land so she could go anywhere on it. Right? She looked back at Rosebud when she asked her question, raising an eyebrow at her. "No, they won't mind if we use it. Nopony has ever minded when we use things to try for our Cutie Marks. Well, except that one time that we're not allowed to talk about but we don't talk about it so it's ok!"

Loose Leaf raised an eyebrow and made a little smirk, her reflection eying her back with a sarcastic expression. "Why? Are you rare?"

"Scootaloo."

"Right, Scootaloo."

"Scootaloo?!"  Twilight yelped, making the guards jump a bit in surprise.

"Scootaloo." one confirmed.

"Can we please stop saying Scootaloo?" the other rolled his eyes.

"How about free lunch."

Penny then cleared her throat, conveniently found her paperback within spell's reach, and did her best to immerse herself in the book and not any conversations about where she'd gotten a suitcase full of money.

"All month."

--

CC calmly flipped a page in her sketchbook, text written on the side facing Penny so she could read it.

Whatever you mean? Surely nothing happened? I didn't notice anything, at least not a suitcase full of money. Did you see something like that?

"Well, it's not me you have to worry about convincing." the Unicorn stated flatly.  "You're some important Pony, right?  Big hero, friend to the Princesses, and all that?  Throw your weight around if you have to, but you better make sure to do right by that kid, understand?  Personally, I think she'd be better off with these farm folk.  But, hey, you're knocking horseshoes with your hayseed friend now, right?"

Fung - Mah Derpshake brings all the colts to the yard, and they're like, it's pretty darn good, heck yeah, it's pretty darn good, I got muffins, but I gotta charge!

Robots.  They're both robots and they are fighting over whether to make Scootaloo a ninja or a pirate."

Personally, I take mares like Merriweather or Miss Fluttershy as better role models... I wish I could carry that sort of confidence."

"I don't know. In general I would be uncertain of how to proceed, but Loose Leaf is...eclectic. I doubt the typical bouquet and chocolate approach they write about in Equestrian romance novels would work."

"Anypony can get lucky if they have good smoothies," Diamond Tiara commented with a bit of amusement and annoyance mixed.