Page 1503 — Best of the Best
4th Mar 2021, 6:00 AM in A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2

This is something I kind of wanted to avoid until basically at the end. One, because no one at the start of this session would want to assign that kind of intimate obligation to Twilight's player, and two, because it invites some slightly weird discussion topics regarding Equestria as a setting… when at the end of the day, it's a pun for fun in a cartoon.
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DM: With most of the arrangements already in place, setting the REAL wedding up for the next day is relatively simple. Despite everything that just happened, peace and calm fills the air. The barrier is no more, but the aura of love still lingers, staving off evil just a little bit longer. The six of you have more than earned the right to remain the bridesmaids at the royal ceremony.
Fluttershy: Actually, would it be alright if I hung back and just focused on directing the choir?
DM: Sure, if you'd be more comfortable there than at the altar.
Fluttershy: I think so.
Twilight Sparkle: I don't know if "bridesmaid" really suits me here either…
Shining Armor: How about the Best Mare?
Twilight Sparkle: Shouldn't that be "Best Stallion"?
Shining Armor: Well, with how vaguely matriarchal this setting is…
Twilight Sparkle: Still, your sister? Shouldn't it be like a best guy friend or something?
Shining Armor: The way I see it, the "Best Whatever" is the groom's number one helper and supporter. And in the past couple of days, you've saved my bacon a whole bunch of times over.
Twilight Sparkle: Heh heh. Guess you've got a point.