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Who:Pinkie Pie, Queen Chrysalis, and YOU! (AKA anyone Pinkie might have conceivably invited)
What: Chrysalis's Welcome to Mayfield party!
Where: The Park!
When: A few days after Pinkie offered to host a party for Chrysalis!
Warnings: It is a Pinkie Pie party. With Chrysalis. That should be warning enough.

It's a beautiful day in the park, and Pinkie has set up a large area for Chrysalis's party! She's got a giant sign saying "WELCOME TO MAYFIELD QUEEN CHRYSALIS" staked out behind a bunch of tables piled high with cakes and cupcakes. A few small party games have been set up at various areas, and there is another table where Pinkie has rigged a battery-operated radio to an improvised set of speakers she may or may not have pulled out of her drone family's car.

Pinkie made sure to tell everypony in town about the party, and she's ready to have a good time! Feel free to join in!

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[Today would be a day that would try Chrysalis' patience to its very fullest. A day with nothing but annoyances and inconvenience.

It was the day of her welcome party, hosted by none other than Pinkie Pie.

When she arrived at the park, she was greeted by the somewhat familiar sights of Pinkie's taste in parties. Like the wedding reception that almost wasn't, it was much too cheerful, too bright, and certainly much too undignified. A Queen of her stature did not simply play games designed for fillies and colts.

She's standing in front of everything, just barely on the outside of the party zone, almost like as if she thought if she didn't make her way in, this event simply wasn't happening.

Chrysalis hopes beyond all reason that she'll be able to avoid Pinkie for the most part and scope out some promising individuals for her future plans.]

HIIIII, CHRYSALIS!

[Ohhhh, you were noticed. The event will be carrying on as planned.]

Glad you could make it! Isn't the party GREAT?

[Let the ~~torture~~ fun begin.

Chrysalis closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. She'd have to use all of her acting skills today to get through the party without attempting to injure somepony.

Her insults had slid off Pinkie's back before, but she didn't want to press her luck this time. Somepony might just realize what she really meant, and that would make things that much more difficult for her.]

Oh, it's lovely.

[There. That wasn't so bad. Small steps. This would be over soon enough.]

See, I've got games and food and music and more games and over there I've got cupcakes and over there I've got a place where we can dance, and then I've got some punch and stuff, and then I've got a few balloons--you can't have a party without them--and streamers and...

[Good luck getting her to shut up, Chrysalis.]

[Chrysalis is just going to stare blankly at Pinkie and zone nearly everything out. Talk as long as you want, Pinkie, at least while you are, you're not making her participate in any of these activities.]

Come on, come on! You've GOT to try the beanbag toss I made!

[OH NO she is trying to drag you towards that game!]

[Chrysalis is snapped out of her daze by Pinkie suddenly trying to drag her to a game.

She digs in and resists at first, until she gives a sigh and just goes along with it.

She's pretty sure playing along will be easier on her in the long run.

Chrysalis just doesn't have to like it.]

[And Pinkie will gleefully drag Chrysalis towards a crudely-made beanbag toss. It looks like plywood clouds with holes in them, and you've got to throw the brightly-colored beanbags through the holes! WHAT FUN!]

Go on, try it! Try it! I made it myself and everything!

[Chrysalis is doing her best to not drag her hooves into the ground, but it's her natural instinct to do so. She figured that Pinkie probably wouldn't notice in her enthusiasm, though, so she wasn't too worried about it.

She's going to look to the beanbags, to the plywood clouds, to Pinkie, and back again. If she had her powers, she'd easily toss one in.

Without them though, she'll have to resort to a more primitive way.

Wincing slightly, she leans down and gingerly grabs a beanbag by the tiniest bit of corner she can manage, then lifts her head, carefully calculating. After a bit of analysis, she rolls her head back, then forward, opening her mouth to fling the beanbag at the clouds.

Certainly an undignified task for a Queen, but she had to humor Pinkie. For now.]

[Pinkie continues watching like nothing is wrong in the least! She's grinning encouragingly, too!]

Yay! That's the spirit!

[The beanbag hits!]

And you won a prize!

[Have an annoying paper party crown, Chrysalis!]

[Chrysalis is rather proud of herself for a moment, until she's bestowed with said crown. She glares at Pinkie Pie briefly before catching herself.]

How...exciting.

[Applejack shows up at the park, seeing Chrysalis hanging back on the edge of the party. She trots on over to say hello.]

Well howdy there! Had a feeling Pinkie would be doing this after running in to ya. So what are you waiting for? You're the guest of honor after all!

[Look out, hesitate too long and Applejack might start pushing you towards the party...]

[While the ponies aren't her most favorite people, she's rather glad to have Applejack to talk to instead of just Pinkie.

Of course, if she had her way, she'd be anywhere but here, but she had to play nice for now.]

She does this often?

Pretty much whenever she gets the chance. Parties for ponies and making them smile is pretty much what Pinkie lives for.

You should have seen how quickly she put together a party for Twilight when she first arrived in Ponyville.

[Chrysalis looks a bit surprised at the mention of Twilight's party.]

Even faster than this?

Yep. 'Bout half a day. But then, most folks in Ponyville are use to Pinkie throwing welcoming parties, so that probably helped her set it up at the library so fast like that.

She certainly is persistent about those sort of things, isn't she?

She sure is. It's her special talent after all.

Oh, but you know, Ah didn't know you were a queen. Just where in Equestria did you say you were from again?

[This was problematic, but she could lie her way out of this.] Oh, it's someplace far from Canterlot, you probably haven't heard of it.

Maybe, but you'd be surprised! The Apple family has orchards all over Equestria, so one of mah relatives might live close!

Go on, try me, if Ah haven't heard of it, it'd be interesting to see if any of mah kin live by.

(Nope, there's usually no escape from Pinkie's parties. Kreutzer's coming to give you fair warning, Queenie.)

Hiding in the corner will only make it worse. She has a...knack...for finding things, especially in corners.

I had a feeling that would be the case. She's rather persistent, isn't she?

Very much so. It's much easier to go along with her plans instead of against them. It'll be far too complicated to manage otherwise.

I figured as much. I can only hope that this doesn't drag on for too long.

Perhaps it won't if you're lucky. There's no way to be certain, but she may tire out if you go along with whatever Pinkie has planned. It's...difficult to do otherwise.

If she makes me weary, then I can use that as an excuse to escape, so it wouldn't be a complete loss if that happens.

It's possible, but she may try to keep you around if only because the party is in your honor.

I can have my dolls bring you tea, if that'll help.

[When Pinkie Pie invited everyone, she invited absolutely everyone. That included the recently arrived princess.

She had no idea who Queen Chrysalis was, but it seemed appropriate that she show up when her subjects were in attendance. She landed in the park, looking about at the decorations and signs. This was clearly Pinkie Pie's work.]

(Seems like no one has the faintest idea who Chrysalis is either, not even Twilight! That didn't mean she couldn't greet the princess on arrival; she'd never miss the opportunity.)

Hello, Princess! Looks like Pinkie's throwing yet another welcoming party. Do you know who's being welcomed, though?

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