twilightpony | Bohemian Waxed Wings

No game night tonight, but we're on for tomorrow! Today, it was spa day for Rarity, Pinkie and Fluttershy, so I joined them. I think I'm going to the spa a lot more often than I used to. It must be Rarity's influence. Starlight Glimmer didn't come with me, she's decided that going to the spa is a frivolous activity. She prefers to take her own baths and occasionally, to walk in the rain. I bet if Trixie was in town and proposed going to the spa, Starlight Glimmer wouldn't turn her down. There's a friendship lesson in there somewhere.

Fluttershy has a cottage full of very demanding baby birds, eyes closed squirrels and baby bunnies that have her running sun up to sun down. Then at night there are the baby bats and flying squirrels. Amethyst Star is giving her a break so she could get out of the cottage for a few hours and it looks like she needed it. She fell asleep while getting a massage.

We all started with a scrub down, then Rarity had a seaweed wrap with Pinkie Pie while I had my feathers waxed and Fluttershy got her massage. The waxing was Rarity's suggestion. They put tiny flecks of glitter in the wax to give your glistening flight feathers some extra oomph when you spread your wings in the sunshine. I tried it when we got outside. Every pony on the street turned and stared. OK, it's impressive. Fluttershy called me a bohemian waxed wings and ducked for cover. I shot back that I have a home, so I couldn't be called bohemian! Pinkie said that at home, I'd be a seated waxed wings. Rarity said she could "see der waxed wings now". There was no winning this battle.

One thing that I like about this feather waxing is that it improves the waterproofing of my feathers. That's practical! We ended our spa trip with the four of us in the whirlpool together and I floated like a cork.

After the spa we trotted daintily through the sunlit streets, my wings tightly folded so I wouldn't blind myself with the shine and sparkle, and we made a bee-line to Sugarcube Corner for ice cream treats. I remembered that last year I'd once had some spicy orange chocolate ice cream there but they didn't have any this time. Instead, they had salty dark chocolate ice cream, with big crunchy grains of sea salt! I had that. It was Celestia tier!