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Applejack ([personal profile] buckyouup) wrote2013-05-09 01:04 am

012 Bushels ❦ [Action for Cianwood/Video]

[AJ has been doing a lot of thinking lately. Being stuck in the Cianwood Inn nursing an injured leg for the last three weeks, thinking is all you really can do. She's managed to get out of bed enough to start exercising again, but she's still not able to keep up with training her pokemon just yet. Still, she's spent most of today resting in bed, a Togetic curled in her lap. The little fairy has never left her side since the injury, tending to every need she is capable of handling. Part of her is thankful, but part of her is sad. The caring, the dedication. It reminds her all to much of...

She huffs, reaching down and stroking the tiny creature's crest, who coos in response. Why is it that she can show so much affection to a pokemon, but she could only freeze up attempting the same to its former trainer? She couldn't give her the one thing that would make her truly happy in the last weeks of her being in this world? Her hand balls into a fist.

Damnit.]


What... do y'all do when you feel like you let somepony down?

[When you can't seem to forgive yourself, no matter how much you try.]
loveisabattlefield: (By Shining's side~)

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[personal profile] loveisabattlefield 2013-05-09 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
(With how down AJ has been lately, it comes as no surprise to Cadence to hear her asking for how to cope with it. She knows there's no easy answer to that, but she can't leave the girl to figure it out on her own.

That and being familiar with the context probably helps.

Cadence slowly opens the door to AJ's room.
)

How're you feeling, Applejack?
lieutenantantichrist: (how exactly do you think it all ends)

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[personal profile] lieutenantantichrist 2013-05-09 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
Most of the time, it's their problem, not yours. If everybody's happy with you, you're doing something wrong.

[He lowers the phone and is about to turn it off. After a second's hesitation, on impulse, he lifts it again.]

But if you did do something wrong, you have to just deal with it. Can't change it now. You can't ask somebody to...

[that's when he notices she didn't say somebody.]

Oh for fuck's sake. Are you another horse?
notchinese: (Are you ok?)

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[personal profile] notchinese 2013-05-09 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh boy, this girl's been through that feeling so many times in her 15 years of life because of her strict but loving parents, her underclassmen friends...William...]

[Her first answer was a joke (but serious) answer,something being along the lines of "Sulk and then make it up to whoever I've let down". After thinking it through though, Yumi's came up with a better answer (at least iho)]

I would try to make it up for them in some way. It may take them a while to realize it or even appreciate it but its better than moping around about it.
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artofthestress: (pinkie hug!)

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[personal profile] artofthestress 2013-05-09 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rarity admittedly hasn't seen much of AJ since arriving - figuring out how Pokemon function is hard work! - but she's sort of thrown off to see her friend so depressed, so she goes to Applejack's room almost as soon as she sees the message and knocks. ]

Applejack? Are you in there?
blundergirl: This is my obligatory (crowningmomentof) badass icon. (◘ » I mean GODS I'm only like 14.)

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[personal profile] blundergirl 2013-05-09 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
["Somepony", just a stab in the dark, but Cassie is guessing this person is from the same place as Rainbow Dash.

That's not really important at the moment, but something that could come up later if a subject change is needed...]


Sometimes it's kind of hard to stop being down on myself about it, but usually I try twice as hard to make it up to them the next chance I get, and think about what I could do to make that happen. ["You okay?" - Is the unspoken question written on her face.]
rather_eat_turquoise: (sooooooo how about a gem?)

[personal profile] rather_eat_turquoise 2013-05-09 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ponies had been going into Applejack's room all day, and Spike hadn't seen anypony help her downstairs yet, so he'd gone off to do something practical for Applejack. Later in the afternoon, there's a knock at her door and Spike enters, carrying a tray and looking cheery.]

Hey Applejack! How's your leg? Twilight said you weren't feeling great something about big pony stuff, whatever that means, and that you hadn't really eaten much lately, so I thought I'd bake you something!

[He carefully carries the tray over to the bedside table and puts it down with a clink. The tray has a plate of warm cookies, a glass of water, and a yellow flower on it. He climbs onto the end of the bed to sit with his legs crossed. Human legs were just long...]

I made oatmeal cookies. I hope you like them! [Spike looks at Applejack expectantly with a big grin.]
belphe: (ponderous)

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[personal profile] belphe 2013-05-09 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
There's not much to do for it except to learn from your mistake and try even harder.

[In her world, letting someone down is ill-advised. Especially when that someone is a witch who gets to decide whether or not you get to keep on existing]

If you're willing to work, it will sort itself out.
bestofthebest: Boldly Go Where No Pony Has Gone Before (Confident)

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[personal profile] bestofthebest 2013-05-09 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
(Rainbow Dash doesn't even wait for an invitation or anything once noticing Applejack's message; she just walks right into her room and sits down. She smiles lightly upon seeing the Togetic, but otherwise pulls out a Pokeball of her own and spins it -on. Her. Finger.

She's been practicing.)


...You know she couldn't stand to see you -or anypony- like this, right?
foolishwren: 50 million dunkin donuts frozen mocha coffees, okay? (hey don't cry....)

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[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-05-09 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[... Aw, AJ.]

... Honestly, I usually just try to get over it and do better. S'not always easy, and I'm not exactly the getting-over-things champion... but it's all you can really do.

Can't change the past and stuff.
darkenedgales: (kids these days...)

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[personal profile] darkenedgales 2013-05-09 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He wishes he knew the answer to that one.]

I probably ain't too original saying this, but what's done is done, so all that's left is to make it up for 'em somehow, no?

[If only it was that easy...]
friendyousohard: Unsure looking Twilight. (Erm... are you sure about this Pinkie?)

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[personal profile] friendyousohard 2013-05-10 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Panic.

... Or did you mean what do I think you should do?
tendered: (Ignore the mess in the bathroom)

[personal profile] tendered 2013-05-11 09:26 am (UTC)(link)
I try to make it up to them! I usually bring them a gift of sorts to demonstrate my feelings, and then I try to talk it out and apologize profusely. Usually, if you aren't malicious about it, people are forgiving. [ She's going to remain optimistic. ]
usedswift: (unsure/arms crossed | そうだったんですか?)

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[personal profile] usedswift 2013-05-12 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Depends on how bad it is.

[No prelude here, just Tenten out on Route 32 using her Rapidash as a campfire as she takes a quick break.]

Apologize, I guess. Send a gift.

...What happened, Applejack?
islandshore: (sad)

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[personal profile] islandshore 2013-05-12 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
The first thing that comes to mind is just... trying to make things better somehow. Apologize, find a way to make it up to them.
enjoymyatelier: but what would that even do. (gradients of babylon...?)

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[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2013-05-13 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[...he knows that feel, but he doesn't want to admit that he knows that feel especially to some rustic...

...but the lower classes can actually be pretty alright sometimes, uh

well

THIS IS HOW I'M COPING WITH IT SO IT MUST BE RIGHT TIME]


Am I right in assuming this person isn't here at the moment?

[...really, he doubts that someone would be doing a public question like this if the person they were referring to was...]
for_realsies: (Uncomfortable)

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[personal profile] for_realsies 2013-05-15 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you promise yourself you'll do better. Then work at it.

Everyday!

...does that help?
itsjustdust: (All my focus is on you.)

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[personal profile] itsjustdust 2013-05-16 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure everyone handles it differently but... it depends how big the let down was I think. Did someone die? Were they hurt? Were they disappointed?

I know I wouldn't handle them all the same way.
artofthestress: (pinkie hug!)

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[personal profile] artofthestress 2013-05-19 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe it's one of those happy coincidences. Maybe it's because ponies (and their friends) have an innate ability to tell when group embracing is going on. More likely it's because one of the girls (maybe Twilight, maybe Rarity) organized it. Whatever the reason, one afternoon when AJ is still bedridden, she may find herself being hugged by several of her friends all at once.

Rarity is the first to join the group hug party, snuggling against AJ and knocking her hat askew. It may mess up her hair a little, it may be a slightly undignified way to spend a few minutes, but really, who cares? Group hugs are the best, especially if they're with close friends.