A few hours passed, and the remaining five were gathered before the entrance of the pyramid scheme cavern.

“Where is Tenmei?” Rekka asked, eyes narrowing.

“I’ve no idea. I’ll go search for him.” Nagare sighed, rolling his eyes and shaking his head. He watched as Yuuki pushed in the gemstone next to the torch with her hoof, causing the cavern walls to part and enable leave.

“I’m going too.” Rekka stated, clambering onto the pegasus’s back as he began flapping his wings.

“Just don’t choke me, and we should be fine.” Nagare said, flapping his wings harder to accommodate the fact that he now had a passenger on board. Within moments the two were flying in the gorge, and another few moments passed before the two were safely on land. Night had graced the sky, the light of the moon illuminating all else below. The two stallions quickly donned their head garments before making their way to the bridge.

“Seriously, where is he?” Rekka asked yet again, glancing around.

“We won’t know by just standing around here.” Nagare pointed out, folding his wings. “We should scour Las Pegasus first.”

“Joy…” Rekka murmured, sighing. He clambered onto the pegasus again, “the city of greedy celebrities.”

Nagare rolled his eyes and spread his wings again, turning to a series of pillars surrounded by clouds in the distance. Flapping hard, he was airborne and heading towards that series of pillars. As they got closer and closer, more buildings and flashy lights came into view. Closer and closer still, until at last, the two were within the bare boundaries of Las Pegasus. Sitting on one nearby cloud was a tavern, which was practically screaming ‘Come Inside!’ with its vibrant and flashy signs.

The two exchanged glances and then approached the tavern. Peering in a window, Nagare groaned and shook his head. Inside drinking his fool head off was Tenmei, his face exposed as he chugged down a whole mug of beer. “Of all the places he could’ve wound up...it had had to be here…” The pegasus murmured, maneuvering himself so he could open the door and waltz right in.

As soon as the door was closed, the drunk earth pony shakily turned to the duo who just entered. His face was flushed in red, and he was giggling nonstop. “Hi, guys…” He cooed, standing up to start trotting to them and immediately falling on his face.

Rekka got off of Nagare’s back and onto his own hooves, one of them connecting with his face shortly thereafter. “You just HAD to get drunk because why?”

“My sentiments exactly. Come on, we need to get you home.” Nagare mumbled, trotting to the earth pony who was trying to stand on wobbly legs.

“Home can waait.” Tenmei moaned, falling down again.

“How many mugs of beer did you slam?!” Rekka asked, eye twitching under his garment.

“Home mustn’t wait, you drunk ninny!” Nagare half-shouted, a wing connecting with his face because of the earth pony's remark. His eyes had narrowed beneath his shroud.

Just then, both were grasped in an aura of magic which then removed the facial shrouds and promptly held beer mugs full of frothy nectar to their lips.

Rekka tried turning away, but the magic held him firmly in place. “I don’t want a drink, thank you.” He said before his mouth was forced open and the alcoholic cocktail right into his gob. Some splashed and got on his garments and the floor, but most was forcefully downed. The same happened to Nagare, although he couldn’t utter another word. A unicorn who was forcing the two to drink grinned warmly, equally as buzzed as Tenmei.

Once the mugs parted from the duo, they shared a brief coughing fit before their faces too became flushed in red. When the magic let go of them, they trotted up to the bartender and looked at him. The unicorn who got them drunk sat next to them, helping Tenmei to his seat in the process.

“I’ve never seen two ponies get hammered after one glass!” The unicorn remarked.

Though he was indeed a little buzzed, Rekka had enough sense left in his mind to punch the unicorn in the chest and knock him to the floor. “I said I didn’t want a drink, you whorsefucker.” He growled, eyes narrowing low. “Didn’t you hear me the first time?”

“And of course we’re drunk after one glass, you creep.” Nagare added, eyes also narrowing as he looked at the unicorn who forced the mug onto his muzzle. “Me and my two friends went our entire lives without alcohol until this unfortunate night!”

“It gets better after the second drink. Just chill, guys.” Tenmei murmured, wrapping the two in both of his forelegs. Either what they gave him and his friends was very potent stuff, drugged up, or something.

“We’re--” Nagare was cut off by more magic holding him and Rekka. Another set of mugs came their way and most of their contents forcefully downed in moments. A third set of mugs followed suit, and by the time they were emptied, the two were equally as drunk as Tenmei was.

And all three of them were giggling like the buzzed ninnies they were.

“What do you want to do?” Nagare asked, head resting on the counter before him.

“I dunno.” Rekka replied, laying on the ground with his eyes spinning in their sockets.

“Someone promised he’d fuck me…” Tenmei mumbled, giggling a bit.

“Huh?” Nagare asked, brow arched as he looked at the earth pony.

Tenmei chuckled and threw his forelegs in the air. “Damned if I know!” He exclaimed.

Shakily, Rekka rose onto his legs and looked at the earth pony. “Who did what?” He asked.

“He has no clue, and neither do I.” Nagare answered for Tenmei, scrunching his eyes shut for a moment. His wings spread wide, then closed in seconds.

“Bah!” Rekka scoffed, waving a hoof dismissively at Nagare’s answer.

“Excuse you?” Nagare asked, getting up from his seat and very quickly getting straight into the unicorn’s face, narrowed eyes and twitching grin plastered upon his own. “EXCUSE YOU?”

“You wanna fight, huh?” Rekka asked, a smug grin adorning his muzzle.

“Of course I wanna fight, red lobster!” Nagare replied, eyes narrowing lower.

Tenmei got up and wrapped them in his forelegs again. “C’mon, don’t fight!” He protested, a chuckle escaping his lips soon after.

“I’m not a lobster, weed-whacker.” Rekka hissed, still smiling smugly at the pegasus.

“And I’m not a weed-whacker.” Nagare replied, the corners of his mouth twitching once more.

“Quit fighting, guys.” Tenmei repeated, pulling the two closer to him and unintentionally causing them to shut up as soon as their lips met. The two pushed away from each other and the earth pony, landing on their backs whilst everybody else in the tavern glanced at them with puzzled looks.

“What the hell just happened?” Rekka and Nagare asked in confusion, both now blushing furiously. They exchanged glances with Tenmei, who was somehow oblivious to what he had accidentally caused to happen.

Author's Note

Oh Jesus Christ it begins.

~Dragon