3rd Sapphire Cupcake: [Video / Action for Cianwood]

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[The feed clicks on to Spike looking cheerful but a little dubious. He's sitting on an already made-bed, surrounded by four large eggs. Luckily his Trapinch is off destroying something else in another room, and his Pineco seemed content to stay sleeping on the window sill.]

Hi, it's Spike here, your friendly neighbourhood dragon.

So, everypony is out working or training right now, and I'm stuck here looking after these eggs.

[Yep, Spike may have gone a little overboard with his egg collecting. So being back at the inn 'egg-sitting' is his own fault really.]

Does anypony know exactly how to look after these guys? [He rubs an imaginary dirt mark off one with the edge of the blanket]

I mean, I'm not supposed to sit on them or anything, right? Coz that would be way too weird.... And Fluttershy went home before I came, so I can't ask her.

[He looks a little concerned now]

If anypony can give me any advice on what I'm supposed to do to hatch eggs, that would be great.

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[video] No problem!

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[Spike's impressed.]

So how big are you? And how old are you? I'm still only a little dragon...but I'm still really brave and strong!

[He's totally being overconfident to hide his insecurities.]

You mean you never eat gems? [Spike is horrified.]

But they're so tasty! They're my favourite food! I mean, turquoise I can take or leave, but rubies? Rubies are delicious! And so are sapphires! And sapphire cupcakes are amazing!

[A beat]

...not even one little gem?

[Spike is totally sideblinded by the gem thing to comment on the fighting thing at the moment.]

[divinewind]

I am nearly a year and a half old, and I think...I would come up to the fourth or fifth story of one of the buildings here.

[Temeraire thinks privately that if he ever has any treasure here, he will be sure to keep a close eye on it when Spike is around.]

If I ate them, then they would be gone, and I wouldn't be able to admire them or show them to anyone...and I never thought they would taste very nice, being made of rock.

What do they taste like? [He'd never eat something so nice as a sapphire or a ruby, but he can't help but be curious.]

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[Spike blinks, and then crosses his arms]

Wait a second. How can you be an adult dragon if you're only a year and a half old? I'm way older than that, and I'm only a baby dragon still. [He humphs. Life was so unfair!]

Well...I guess that's true. But oh man...sapphires are so sweet and crunchy...and you can put them in cupcakes...and you can bake jewel cakes using all different kinds...[Spike licks his lips as he thinks about eating gems.]

[divinewind]

I suppose dragons must grow much faster in my world than they do in yours. How old are you?

[Curious, curious. He's heard about so many different kinds of dragons while he's been here!]

Oh, I do like cakes! I had never had any of those before I came here either...although I have not seen any with jewels. Jewels must be very common in your world, if you can all afford to bake with them. My captain gave me a breastplate with sapphires and pearls on it, but it cost him a great deal of capitol.

[rather_eat_turquoise]

Man I wish that happened in Equestria! I'd be so awesome-looking right now if it did. [He huffs]

I'm a few years old now. I'm not sure exactly how many. Twilight's better at keeping track of that stuff.

[Spike's eyes light up]

Yeah, they're not too hard to find! My friend Rarity can use magic to find them, and then I help her dig them up. She uses them to make clothes, but she gives me some to eat. Personally I think putting them on clothes is a complete waste...