The scene was dark, the environment of a homely village-like area, complete with medieval vibes through the props and sets. Jake was fitted with brown boots with mud stains, accompanied by blue slacks and a green tunic. His smile wavered as he set upon his sights on what was to come, slowly a white unicorn with fake wings came into view, he knew they were fake due to seeing them in the makeup room as the actors spoke between each other.

As she began to take big strides onto the set of the scene she looked around before knitting her brows. "Shouldn't 'Luna' be here?" The white unicorn looked from right to left with no success in finding her fellow 'sister' in acting the scene.

Jack however was neutral, "Eh, when you pause production due to an epidemic I'd be willing to cut some slack on being late. I mean when was the last time we were on set?"

The white unicorn chuckled at that, "I'd say aboutttt, maybe March? 20th? Or 22nd?"

Jack chuckled lightly at that, "Man, Astral really put a hold on this next scene huh? He was so sure this wouldn't even get a flag for the pilot too."

The unicorn raised one of her eyebrows, "Don't you know Astral? Why did he take so long to work on this next scene? I mean wouldn't have been easier to just keep chugging onto the success of the first two episodes?"

Jack spoke only in response with a click of his tongue before continuing, "That's not really how he works though, he has these projects he wants to divide his time with, the problem with it all is how he's feeling mostly is what he's concerned about when it comes to priority. And this is still very much still a side hobby for him. He also had some ups and downs in his personal life. Education can do that to you I guess, regardless I'm just glad we still get to play these characters." He smirked before calling over the unicorn closer with his palm waving over.

At first, she was confused but obliged and slowly got close enough where Jack crouched down to whisper to her ear.

"Good news is I heard he caught up some great ideas for character development for the story though. So your and 'Luna's' characters are going to intertwine with mine a lot more than people think."

'Celestia' moved back before lifting a smile and getting giddy "Ooo! I might finally get to be a big-time actor!"

Jack could only softly laugh at her reaction before he stopped after hearing a quick door slam and a voice speak out loudly.

"Sorry sorry! I'm here I'm here! I got mixed up with one of the human's names in one of the other shows I'm in and well, you can guess huh?" The pony in question was a mare in a dark blue coat.

As soon as the new mare, a pegasus, got called over to the makeup room, everyone began to slowly set everything up.

The white unicorn mare spoke up since she still had time to speak her mind. "You ever wonder how well all this will go? I mean, don't get me wrong Astral is a great guy but, handling something that obviously has this much potential? Can't it be overbearing?"

Jack smiled softly at the concern, "Nah, Astral isn't caring how well he is successful with stuff like this, well a little, but that's more for future projects."

'Celestia' interjected, "Future projects?"

Jack looked a bit surprised, "You, didn't question how much your contract wanted you to stay as a character?"

The white mare looked a bit shocked, "I thought this was just in the prediction of how long the show will go for. Does that mean-"

"Okay, I'm ready!" A familiar voice rang out before the unicorn could finish her thought. The Pegasus, fitted with a crudely colored horn that was clearly made out of a toilet paper roll, beamed with a smile that could convince somepony that she deserved to play Celestia.

Jack leaned a bit to 'Celestia', "Astral only cares about people just enjoying the show, don't worry about the rest." He looked down at her with a wink before the director spoke.

"Okay, lights! Camera! ACTION!"

Author's Note

A side jab at the time it took to upload a new chapter, trying to get into writing once more! And this chapter is obviously non-cannon and set in a alternate world where this story is a show being played by actors. This may or may not become a trend to have stops between chapters. I will use it sparingly though so don't worry about disruption to the flow

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