Lyra's super important investigation!


                                            >A quiet morning in Ponyville is suddenly interrupted as a familiar, somewhat cacophonic voice now rings through the morning air.

                                            >"Hey there, everypony! This is Lyra Heartstrings, coming to you live from Ponyville!"

                                            >Ponies cease their various activities to observe what crazy antic Lyra felt like doing today.

                                            >"Recently, a very important question has come to my attention, regarding something we mares do all the time without any real explanation."

                                            >"Today I’m on a quest to solve a seemingly impossible riddle, one that has been on my mind for AT LEAST one whole hour!"

                                            >"I'm tackling one of the greatest mysteries ponykind has never solved, up there with why nopony ever wants to share their oats with me."

                                            >Various murmurs begin stirring as ponies wonder what could have had Lyra so engaged.

                                            >"Mares of Equestria, I ask you this, why do we ooo so much?"

                                            >Silence now fills the air.

                                            >"You heard me right, I'm on a mission to figure out why it is we get so fascinated so easily."

                                            >"I know, I hear what you’re saying, ‘But Lyra, nopony has ever been able to solve that before!"

                                            >"And I say to you all that we CAN solve this puzzle, or at least I can!"

                                            >"I'll be going around asking ponies what exactly drives them to want to ooo so often, and get to the bottom of this mystery."

                                            >"Anypony who's interested in being asked, just step forward!"

                                            >The crowd of ponies in the square simply stare at her, unsure at how to respond.

                                            >"Ooookay, guess we're feeling a bit shy this morning, not a problem at all!"

                                            >"I'll just go looking around for any willing volunteers, and don't worry, I won't stop until I get the answers we need!"

                                            >On the side, Bon Bon and Linky observe the scene with varying degrees of interest.

                                            >>"Hey Bon, what's up with Lyra caring about why we go ooo all of a sudden?"

                                            >>"I don't have a clue, I guess it just caught her attention when I did it after seeing a new candy being sold at the market."

                                            >>”You sure letting Lyra pretend to be a detective/reporter is a good idea?”

                                            >>"As long as she’s getting some air and not wrecking the home while I’m gone, I don’t care what she does.”

                                            >>”Fair enough.”

                                            >The two go on their way, while Lyra embarks on her journey to answer a question that few had ever wondered about.

                                            >Passing by Cafe Hay, a perfect first volunteer catches Lyra's attention.


                                            >"Cherry Berry! Just the mare I wanted to see!"

                                            >The infamously grumpy mare barely makes an effort to hide her annoyance at having her lunch interrupted.

                                            >>"Oh joy, it's Lyra, what do you want?"

                                            >Completely oblivious to her annoyed tone, Lyra gets right down to business.

                                            >"I need your help, I'm conducting an investigation on a really important topic, and I think you're the best mare around to help me solve it."

                                            >>"Is that so?"

                                            >"You betcha, I can't think of anypony else who'd be a better interviewee on this topic."

                                            >"So you aren't busy right? Cause this is a pressing matter we need to solve RIGHT NOW!"

                                            >>"Oh of course not, it's not like I was having lunch or anyth-"

                                            >"Good to hear it, and don't worry, I'll make it quick!"

                                            >>"Ugh, fine, let's just get this over."

                                            >Lyra retrieves her microphone from her saddlebag with a flourish, attempting to impress the clearly uninterested grumpy pone.

                                            >”Everypony, let me to introduce you to Ponyville’s most famous hot air balloonist and local soup enthusiast, Cherry Berry!”

                                            >Cherry sighs heavily.

                                            >>”Why did I agree to this?”

                                            >”Easy, you’ve got that pioneering spirit like I do, that sense of discovery, and the curiosity is just eating you up!”

                                            >>”Yeah, sure, anyways you said you’d keep this interview short so just ask me what’s on your mind already.”

                                            >”Ok ok, so tell me, Cherry, you know all about how we ooo, right?”

                                            >>”Yeah, what about it?”

                                            >Lyra approaches the grumpy mare and stares deeply into her eyes.

                                            >>”What reeeeeally gets you to want to ooo at things?”

                                            >Cherry doesn’t flinch an inch.

                                            >>”I don’t know, I’m a mare it’s just what I do, we all go ooo for no real reason sometimes.”

                                            >”Yeah, but you’re famous for your ooos, ponies worldwide know all about them!”

                                            >”We even have this picture of you that’s used as a reaction image!”

                                            >>”I don’t ‘ooo’ anymore than… wait, you have a what?”


                                            >From her saddlebag, Lyra levitates a small picture of Cherry making the all too familiar expression.

                                            >"See this? Out of all the ooos, yours specifically is the one that most commonly shows when somepony wants to express that something is neat or interesting."

                                            >A luminescent blush appears on Cherry’s face.

                                            >>”W-what? I didn’t give permission for my face to be used like that, and why me?”

                                            >”Because you look really cute in it, duh!”

                                            >>”Cute?! What do you… no, I mean…”

                                            >Cherry's sudden loss of rigidity surprises Lyra.

                                            >”Uh, you ok there?”

                                            >>”Never you mind, interview over, I have to go.”

                                            >She gallops away from the restaurant, attempting to hide her now noticeable blush and smile.

                                            >”Hey! You didn’t answer the question!”

                                            >But the surprisingly bashful pony was long gone.

                                            >"Huh, that was pretty weird."

                                            >”Well great, guess I’ll have to find some other pony to interview, I wonder who I should ask next…”