Truth or dare

Out of a house in Ponyville, two pegasi walked out. They were a brother and a sister called Cyniquote and Tease Talk. Cyniquote said:"I'm glad THIS visit's over."
"Heh, we were visiting mom and dad. You sounded pretty mean there."
"You know what happened this time. I told them about the time I met princess Luna and then had to listen to a 15 minute speech about how I shouldn't have told her to not make fun of me. What, just because she's royalty, she can annoy me?"
"Calm down, I was just kidding. Besides, I was siding with you. They keep telling ME not to be annoying. Double standard much?"
"Yeah, thanks for being on my side."
"Heh, anytime... when you're making sense."

Suddenly, they heard a loving voice say:"Hi, Cyniquote!" It was a grey bat pony with a dark red mane and tail called Air Travel. She flew at Cyniquote to give him a hug.
"Heh, missed ya, cutie. How's Canterlot?"
"It's fine."
"It just hit me. Why did you come to Ponyville so early? Our date isn't until this evening."
"I wanted to check the town out during daytime."
Tease Talk chuckled, making Cyniquote ask:"What's funny?"
"It's just kind of ironic. I remember you had this feud with the bats that infested your lawn, and now you're dating a bat pony."
"I made up with them! You're making me look bad..."
Tease Talk turned to Air Travel and said:"Don't worry. Despite being prone to anger, naggy, stubborn, a pessimist, unable to take a joke and kind of full of himself, he's a nice guy."

Air travel said:"...umm,okay... see you in a few hours, Cyniquote..." and walked away.
Cyniquote said:"What was that all about?!"
"Relax, I was just kidding, it's not like I made her cancel the date."
"That's so typical of you. Annoy me, and then tell me to calm down!"
"The joke wasn't even for you!"
"Well, intentionally or not, you still hurt me! Apologize!"
"I'm not apologizing just because you have no sense of humor!"
"I'll make you if I have to!"
"How? It's not like you call tell mom. I'm an adult now."

Cyniquote thought for a moment and said:"We'll play truth or dare. If I win, you apologize."
"And if I win, you apologize for being a sourpuss."
"Eh, risk I'm willing to take."
The two pegasi got to Cyniquote's backyard and they asked Cyniquote's neighbor, a blue earth pony with a green mane and a red tail named Gear, to be the judge.
"Well, I wanted to see how far the beam from my light punch goes, but I guess I could help you first."
Cyniquote said:"Yeah yeah, beating my sister now, magic diamond-powered flashlights later."
"Are you sure you two can't just talk this out."
Tease Talk said:"I tried to calm him down, but I guess this is the only way."
Cyniquote said "You didn't try at all."

Gear raised his voice:"All right, you two, I want a good, clean truth or dare! I'll make sure nopony cheats and since you two lived together for years,I'll be the audience for the truths!"
Tease Talk said:"I'll go first. Truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"What's the most embarrassing thing you did in the shower?"
Gear said:"OK, new rule, you can only pick dare!"
Cyniquote said:"Fine, say a dare."
"Put your hoof in your mouth."
Cyniquote did so, thinking:"Well, at least it didn't rain."
Cyniquote said:"Tease Talk, you see the rotten apples that fell of my tree? Take a bite out of one and eat it."
Tease Talk did so, with a look of disgust on her face the whole time. After that, she asked:"Gear, why is there a unicycle in you backyard?"
"A customer asked me to fix it. I just gotta wait for him to show up."
"Cyniquote, I dare you to ride it."

Cyniquote got on the unicycle and struggled to ride if. He had to use his wings and his front legs to keep balance.
"I dare you WHOA!...to finish the apple."
"Uncreative jerk...", she muttered as she kept on eating.
When she finished, she said:"I dare you to go to the street and lick a stranger."
"We're NOT including strangers in this. Also, that sounds like something I could get arrested for."
"Fine, then just pour honey in your ear."
Gear said:"I think I have some in my house."
Cyniquote replied sarcastically:"Gee, thanks for the help."
He got the honey and poured some in his ear, shaking in discomfort.
"My turn! I dare you to get Gear's washing machine repair instruction and write a 200 word summary. And no procrastinating."
"Ugh, there's a reason school doesn't last for a whole life..."

An hour later, she was done:"There! Now me and my aching hoof dare you to tie a bunch of whoopie cushions on yourself and roll on the street."
"Pfft! Where are we gonna get... oh yeah, you're a prank toy seller."
Cyniquote rolled in front of his house, made a constant farting noise with the cushions and constantly yelled:"I'm just playing truth or dare!" to avoid weird looks. It didn't work.
After 10 minutes, Cyniquote got back in his backyard and said:"I dare you to ask Discord to redesign your house... no, that's too cruel. I dare you to use a joy buzzer on yourself."
Tease Talk went to get a joy buzzer and when she came back, she said:"Here I go. I mean, it can't be that bad if it's not forbiAAAAAAH! That's it! I'm done selling these!"

After she was done, she said:"OK, time to finish you off. I dare you to fly with the turned on light punch on your back."
"Bring it on! I've dealt with worse."
Cyniquote put on a vest on and duct taped the device on his back. He made sure nobody was in the middle of the street and said:"OK, Gear, turn it on!"
"I don't know. Isn't this a little extreme?"
"Nothing's too extreme when I'm defending myself. Flip the darn switch!"
Meanwhile, Air Travel was talking to Pinkie Pie in front of the sugarcube corner:"So, are you open at night?"
"Sounds like a fun idea!", Pinkie Pie exclaimed when Cyniquote flew by them at a ludicrous speed. He managed to get himself higher after that. Air Traved said:"Was that Cyniquote?!"
"Nah, he doesn't fly with a yellow trail. But he WAS fun to work with!"

Gear and Tease Talk watched Cyniquote fly. Tease Talk said:"Darn! I'll never come up with a more impossible dare."
"Boy, he's reaching impressive speed. I wonder when he'll have enough."
Cyniquote was thinking:"Woohoo! I did it! But I think I flew enough... Oh no, I can't reach the switch!"
He was going faster and faster:"Maybe I can unbutton the vest... ugh, the genius put duct tape over it. How the heck do I stop!?"
Tease Talk said:"Gear, I don't think he can stop!"
"Oh geez, I should've made sure he could flip the switch... or put in short-life batteries. You're gonna have to get up and stop him. I know I have a flying machine,but I can't even fly as fast as a regular pegasus."
"Got it!" She said as she flew up. Cyniquote had no choice but to fly in a big circle, however, that didn't help Tease Talk much. She tried to grab him by his back, but no matter how many times she tried, she wasn't fast enough. She said:"C'mon, Tease Talk, you can do it! I mean, it's not like he's flying at the speed of sound."
Suddenly, Cyniquote made a glowing yellow sonic boom, making Tease Talk yell:"Come on!"

Tease Talk flew down to Gear and said:"The thing is, the plan is a no-go."
"Well, he's flying in circles...maybe you can make it so he flies into you."
"Are you crazy? Do you even know how fast he's going now?"
"Try flying in front of him as fast as you can, that'll reduce the blow."
"How do you know that?"
"Heh, you don't get to be an appliance repair-pony without being good at physics."
"I think it'll still hurt..."
"Sorry, you gotta take one for the team."

Tease Talk flew to the light circle in the sky. She flew right beside Cyniquote as fast as she could and eventually got into the circle. Before she knew it, Cyniquote rammed into her:"OW!"
"Tease Talk! You gotta help me! I promise I'll learn to take a joke, just stop me!"
"I'm sorry to! I should've never made you do this!", Tease Talk yelled as she flipped the switch and slowed him down greatly. They both flew back to Ponyville where a bunch of curious ponies waited. Cyniquote said:"Nothing to see here! I can't actually fly that fast, it was the light punch!"
When the crowd disbanded, Cyniquote said:"You wouldn't believe... how tired I am... Oh well, I have time to get rested up for my date... Tell you what, say whatever you want to me. Go ahead, I won't get mad."
"Heh, that sucks the fun out of it." Tease Talk said as she walked away. Cyniquote thought:"Gee, I though she'd show a bit more regret... then again, I'm done with complaining for the day."

That evening, Air Travel was waiting in front of the restaraunt because she had come too early. Tease Talk came before Cyniquote to say:"Oh, I found you. Listen, when I talked about Cyniquote, I kinda made him look bad."
"Yeah, it did seem you were exaggerating a little."
"The truth is, he's a nice guy. He has his problems, but he's smart, ready to stand up for himself AND for others, honest, responsible and more."
"Heh, that was nice of you, but kind of unnecessary. Cyniquote used to work with Pinkie Pie, and she said some good things about him."
"Haha, I guess if you want Cyniquote as a boyfriend, you're gonna have some competition."
"What?", Air Travel said in an angry tone.
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding!"