It had been a couple of days since Fluttershy’s little powwow with Rarity and Rainbow and I felt it was high time to have a chat with Rainbow myself. I managed to track her down at her home. She was lounging near one of her rainbow water pools.

“Hey Rainbow, can we talk?” I called out to her as I walked up the solid cloud bridge that connected her home to the ground.

“I guess we should,” Rainbow sighed, “Pull up some cloud.”

“You sound so excited to see me,” I deadpanned as I sat down next to her. She gave me an unimpressed look.

“You’re so funny,” She said dryly.

“Well, no point dancing around the topic. How are you feeling about Fluttershy’s offer?” I asked. Rainbow let out a long slow sigh.

“You know, it’s funny, if you had told me a year ago Fluttershy would be head mare of a herd, I wouldn’t have believed you,” Rainbow said with something akin to nostalgia in her voice, “Is it weird I’m kinda proud of her?”

“I don’t think so, no. You’ve known her the longest out of any of us, been her friend the longest. You’re happy to see her grow, even if it’s in ways you didn’t expect,” I replied.

“I guess that makes sense,” Rainbow said as she scratched her cheek.

“Of course, that doesn’t help answer the main question,” I pointed out.

“No…I can’t stop thinking about it, turning it over in my head. I don’t know what I want,” Rainbow admitted.

“Afraid of saying yes, but can’t think of a good reason to say no?” I asked.

“Rainbow Dash ain’t afraid of anything,” She made a token protest.

“Of course,” I humored her, “But if you were..?”

“Some garbage cliché about being afraid of messing up my friendship with Fluttershy,” Rainbow muttered.

“You must be really confident in your ability to fuck things up,” I quipped and Rainbow gaze snapped to me.

“What’s that supposed to mean?!” She shouted indignantly.

“It means I don’t think there’s anything you can do that would make Fluttershy hate you,” I replied mildly.

“I guess you’re right…” Rainbow settled down.

“And it’s not like you have to commit whole hog right away. Most people go on a few dates before going steady where I come from,” I told her.

“That’s true…” Rainbow said hesitantly.

“Rainbow, as someone who is a master of talking themselves out of a good idea, I know what I’m about to say only has so much impact, but the worst that can happen is we go on a couple of dates and we decide it’s not a good match. The best that can happen? Well, I’ve been quite happy these last several months,” I shrugged.

The look on Rainbow’s face was one of great internal struggle after I finished speaking. I held my silence as she debated with herself. Nothing I could say now would be helpful.

“Rrggh, I’ll do it!” Rainbow finally shouted.

“Alright, I’m sure Fluttershy and Luna will be happy to hear it,” I told her with a genuine smile. Rainbow let out a sigh of what sounded like relief.

“So when do you want to do this thing?” She asked.

“Well it won’t be this weekend, because Luna and I have that fancy get together, but after that we’ll have to see when our schedules match up,” I told her and she nodded.

“Guess I’ll talk to you later,” She said, a light blush gracing her cheeks as the reality of what she had agreed to settled in.

“Guess you will. See you on the flip side RD,” I bid and left to tell my girls the good news.

It's been a looooong month, but I have tentative answers. The neurologist suspects genetic dystonia, so he sent me to see a geneticist. The geneticist, based on the fact that no one in my family has had dystonia, thinks it might instead be a rare genetic defect where my body responds very poorly to a lack of vitamin b12. More specifically the Malonic Acid that's created when experiencing vitamin b12 deficiency.

In any event, the geneticist slated me for a complete genetic workup to see if it's dystonia or catch that b12 defect if it does exist. I'll hear back sometime late December/early January.

Aside from that, I finally got fed up with my CPAP machine not being nearly as helpful as I had hoped, so I went in for an exam to see if I might have a deviated septum. As it turns out I do and it's on the severe end as far as these things go. This diagnosis was made easier by the fact I had had a head MRI in the course of trying to find the source of the spasms. The doctor I saw recommended I get it surgically corrected. The surgery room is booked for the next 8-12 weeks though, so no date for the surgery yet.

On top of all that, my parents and I all caught covid. This is my second time having covid, despite having gotten the jab just before I caught it the first time. My Dad is fully vaccinated + boosters and my Mom was allergic to the shots. So we're all sick for Thanksgiving. Although for me, this bout of covid is significantly milder than the first time, only giving me a slightly runny nose and a bit of a sore throat. My Mom, on the other hand, had to be rushed to the hospital because she couldn't breath and was severely dehydrated.

So yeah, November has been a rough month all around.