The Fifth Sign

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Who: Anyone who wants to participate
What: The zapapple harvest!
Where: Ponyville, Sweet Apple Acres, the orchard where the Zapapple trees are growing
When: Afternoon
Warnings: None yet.

A lightning storm crackles over the orchard, lighting the sky with electricity for minutes on end. Only when it fades does a rainbow arch across the sky. As if by magic - and it may well be - the gray apples on the trees suddenly grow to three times their size and gain rainbow stripes. It looks like the zapapples are ripe and ready for picking. There's buckets and barrels in the barn - best get started before the sun goes down and they disappear.

As for that howling in the distance...well, surely it's nothing.

[Anyone can join; this plot is friendly for combatants and non-combatants alike; no tag order; further instructions as events warrant. Have fun!]

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[lessabrasive]

"You won't find fruit like this on my world, that much I can tell you." Weird animal combinations? Sure. But magic fruit? Pft. So says the woman that can bend metal and control earth with her mind. "Given Pinkie Pie's enthusiasm, as well as her ability to cook, I suspect we'll have the opportunity to--"

Get rained on by apples, apparently. Lin ducked instinctively, horn glowing bright green, which resulted in her shoring up a small shell-wall of earth to protect herself. The apples bounced harmlessly off it, and the unicorn blinked twice before shaking her mane out. "A little more warning in future would be nice."

[sailorgenerous]

"Or they try to prevent ponies from harvesting them," Rarity replied, arranging baskets under several full trees. "Zapapples are only ripe for a day - the ones still on the trees disappear after that, so we need to work quickly. I'm sure Pinkie and I can remember how to make the jam between the two of us."

Luckily, Rarity was well out of the way when Kanji decided to resume applebucking. She took a moment to make sure Lin was alright before picking up the dropped zapapples and depositing them in buckets. "Just like that. Just make sure that nopony else is beneath the tree before you start, please."

[realmenknitplushies]

"Ah, crap, sorry!" Okay, maybe he did get a bit carried away there. He backed away, head dropped, looking a spot embarrassed. "Just lemme know when you're ready for the next one, okay? If we ain't got time to hang around..."

[lessabrasive]

There was a faint /hmmf/ from Lin, but her expression gave way to amusement at Kanji's obvious embarrassment. "It's fine, just be more aware of your surroundings," she informed him, before eyeing her small curved wall. Lifting into a half rear, she held her position a moment, before drumming both forefeet into the earth again: the wall vanished, sucking itself back into the dirt and leaving only a square-ish mark in the grass to indicate its previous position.

"Well. Seems the more some things change.." Lin was pleased. Then she scooped up a few more loose apples.

"So, is this the only location to grow these apples in your world, Rarity?"