Fashionably Foalish (Private with theJozza)

[Princess Goomba]

Sweetie Belle was never really sure how to feel about getting her diaper changed, especially since it was always done with magic. She never really wondered about this before, her sister and her parents are all unicorns, so for the longest time she was only ever changed with magic. Then she became friends with Apple Bloom, who was an Earth pony, and so was Bloom's older sister, Applejack. Sweetie Belle recalled one time in the past when Sweetie had even taken to replacing Rarity with Applejack, for a variety of reasons, but one she never admitted to was the fact that getting your diaper changed by hoof and mouth was really nice. It was probably super gross and Rarity would never go for it and Sweetie would never ask her sister either since she knew the answer, but there was something more comforting about when it wasn't done with magic, it wasn't a feeling Sweetie Belle could properly explain.

Of course despite using magic, Rarity still took quite a bit of time to change her, it likely took Rarity just as long to change her as it took Applejack without magic because of how thorough Rarity was when cleaning her up. Not that she minded this of course, Sweetie Belle had heard from both Apple Bloom and Scootaloo that diaper rash was not fun, Sweetie hadn't had it before, or if she had, she was too young at the time to recall it now. The feeling of the wipes moving across her body was nice though, if a bit cold, of course having her warm diaper stripped away didn't help with that too.

When Sweetie was completely clean is when Rarity got hooves on, and this was Sweetie Belle's favorite part, it was hard to not have a small smile on her face as Rarity worked the power through her fur and into her skin. After enjoying the feeling for a moment, Sweetie Belle rolls over, feeling the plush diaper on her flank. Then she quickly followed after her sister, stopping at the question. Sweetie Belle looked back at her flank, seeing the diaper on it, thinking about the ponies seeing her. On one hoof, nopony knew she was diapered here, and she could hide that fact. On the other hoof, she'd just spent a lot of time trying on dresses and such and she wasn't exactly eager to put on another one, plus if she was wearing a dress, Rarity would probably fuss over it and anypony would probably think she was part of the fashion show that was happening and know she was in a diaper regardless!

"Uhm... Maybe if you have something that wouldn't draw much attention?" Sweetie Belle asked, seeing as modest was not usually a style of outfit Rarity made. "And it can't just be something to cover my flank either, everypony would just assume why I'd be covering it." Sweetie Belle mentioned. Maybe they could find something for her to wear that wouldn't make it obvious to other ponies that she was still diapered, though the lovely scent of foal powder wafting off of her would probably clue in anypony that came near her.

[theJozza]

"Not draw attention....," Rarity says biting her lip as she glances over at the piles and suitcases of clothing. Truth be told, that wasn't a sentence that Rarity usually thought about when designing clothing. If anything, it was the antithesis of her entire designer thought process. She supposed she could throw something together quickly...but she'd already made Sweetie wait so long and frankly, she was getting hungry too. "You know what, why bother," Rarity says turning back to Sweetie Belle with a smile and starting to lead her out of the room. "After all, with the contest starting tomorrow I'd be shocked if you're the only filly walking around in diapers. I doubt anypony will even give you a second glance...well you know aside from the throngs of ponies enamored with how adorable you are." Rarity says with a final coo, before leaning over to nuzzle Sweetie Belle's cheek as they enter the elevator.

Soon enough the two of them are on the street, and thankfully it seems that Rarity's prediction was exactly correct. There are several fillies all around who are clearly diapered. Some look a little younger than Sweetie, but the majority seem about her age or even older. As such, mostly the two of them just get a few glances or a friendly greeting as they walk down the street.

However, occasionally when they pass too closely by another pair of what appears to be fellow contestants, there's a definite tension in the air, at least from the adult designers. Most of them simply turn away or pick up their pace, but a few give the sisters a dirty look or two. Rarity stays stoic and quiet for the entire walk as they approach the deli. As much as she loved fashion competitions, she had learned from hard experience just how bitter and rough they could get...especially when they were as high profile as this one. Of course she wanted to do her best to shield her sweet and innocent sister from this and picks up the pace as they cross the street to the restaurant. Fortunately, upon entering there don't appear to be too many of the other contestants inside and the two of them quickly find a table.

"So what would you like, Sweetie Belle," Rarity asks, levitating her a menu. "You can get whatever you want for being so patient earlier."

[Princess Goomba]

Sweetie Belle had a similar conclusion as her sister, though it was a little out of left field since Rarity seemed to genuinely enjoy dressing her up. Sweetie Belle nuzzled back against her sister as they went into the elevator and eventually onto the streets. There were plenty of other ponies in diapers, so Sweetie fit right in. Though things were a bit awkward, Sweetie Belle didn't quite notice as many looks from the ponies Rarity noticed, but Sweetie Belle did notice some, particularly from the fillies her age, looks that reminded her of her bully Diamond Tiara.

Sweetie Belle does her best to keep those thoughts out of her mind though, she was just here to enjoy herself! Outside of the fashion show anyway, and once they head into the place and get to a table, Sweetie Belle let's herself relax a bit more. "Oh?" Sweetie Belle responds as she attempts to levitate the menu herself, only doing so for a brief moment as she holds it in her light green aura, then it drops and she scrambles to catch it in her hooves to look at it.

Sweetie Belle looks over the menu, of course her eyes instantly drift to the dessert section, Rarity said 'anything' after all, though she quickly turns her eyes away because even though Rarity said that, dessert might not be on the table. So going more realistically, Sweetie Belle spots something she thinks looks good, after all, it has a picture, unlike a lot of other things where it's just the name and description. "Can I get this?" Sweetie Belle asks as she sets the menu down, pointing her hoof to the picture. "It's called rat-ta-tolly?" Sweetie Belle says with difficulty pronouncing the word ratatouille. To her it looked like a multicolored vegetable dish, mostly it just looked interesting, and Sweetie Belle had it on decent authority that interesting things usually tasted good.

[theJozza]

"Oh wonderful choice darling," Rarity nods with a smile, though she does have to restrain a bit of a chuckle at her sister's pronunciation. (Really should get around to teaching her french. After all is she's going to be modeling for me it can only help.). Rarity thinks to herself. "Their ratatouille is to die for, honestly I might just have to get that myself...oh and perhaps some breadsticks. After all we did wait a little extra for lunch, and frankly I'm quite hungry." Rarity says with a smile, knowing all too well how much her sister loved break sticks. After all, she meant what she said about making this the best week ever, and what better way than by indulging her sister a bit. And of course, Rarity too had taken a look at the dessert section, and the most definitely weren't leaving without some of those.

"Now then, waiter," Rarity calls over a server. "Let's see we would like two orders of your ratatouille, please. Oh and we would also like a basket of your divine breadsticks for a starter, please," Rarity lists out their orders, being sure to already slip the waiter a tip of a few gemstones. "And as a heads up we will certainly be choosing a dessert later." She grins, both at the waiter and Sweetie Belle. The waiter smiles back, nods and walks away, leaving the sisters to chat.

Of course as Rarity is sculpting their order and starting to chat with her sister, she fails to notice a particular pony in the corner. Somepony who has been glaring at her since she entered. An earth pony with a blue scarf and three buttons for a cutie mark.

[Princess Goomba]

Sweetie Belle simply nodded in satisfaction over the mention of bread sticks, she did enjoy them quite a bit, though she often had a habit of eating too many of them given they were often just repeatedly placed back at the table whenever they were nearly gone, at least at some places. As Rarity calls over a waiter she sits quietly, not really wanting to draw attention to herself, though she can't help but look a bit surprised at the mention of dessert. Not that she would complain of course, getting a dessert would be wonderful!

She contains her excitement though, simply looking at the menu again where it laid, her eyes crossing over to the desserts section, and although she didn't mean to put all of her focus there, it was hard not to notice her just staring at the menu where it was, especially given the desserts section had far more pictures of the food, likely for the exact purpose of enticing ponies to the delicious confections they offered. This is also a good way to keep Sweetie Belle from noticing if anypony is looking at her, though she does feel a moment of that sensation you get when you think somepony might be staring at you, it quickly subsides without Sweetie Belle acting upon it.

[theJozza]

Rarity smiles upon seeing Sweetie Belle's delight on the mention of dessert, and she chuckles a bit as she watches her sister energetically look through the menu.

"Why so surprised, precious," Rarity coos, as she reaches over to pat Sweetie Belle's head. "I did promise that this was going to be the best week ever didn't I? And how could we possibly have that without sweets? Besides, you can't come to Manehattan without sampling the full range of culinary delights this city has to offer."

"Fair, but don't you think you should be careful?" A voice comes from behind the sisters, with a fairly patronizing tone. "After all you don't want to risk your model going on stage tomorrow with a too full stomach. Might screw her up." Rarity's eyes narrow a bit at this unasked for and less than cordial advice, but she manages to work up a smile and starts to turn to face the new pony.

"Miss, I appreciate your concern, but I can assure you a good sized lunch will be no detriment to my sister's.....You," Rarity stops short as she finally sees the pink earth pony looking at them. Her smile immediately contorting into a scowl. "Suri Polomare..."

"Oh Rarity you remember me, darling," Suri says with a tight smile and a sarcastic flourish on the last word. "Gosh it's been so long. Why I haven't seen you since....oh yeah, you darn near destroyed my career and stole my victory!" She grunts, scowling back.

"I stole YOUR victory?" Rarity raises an eyebrow. "Funny, I seem to remember it was almost quite literally the other way around. As for this, "destroying your career" allegation, I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Oh don't play innocent with me, little miss perfect," Suri growls leaning in. "Ever since that fashion week my reputation's been in tatters thanks to you and that traitor Coco telling stories about me. Hardly any pony wants to hire or work with me anymore! I barely managed to get an invite to this contest!"

"Well I suppose that's unfortunate, but that has nothing to do with me," Rarity says, maintaining a calm tone as she crosses her forehooves. "After all I fail to see how it is my fault that ponies are unwilling to do business with a proven liar, cheater, and thief!"

[Princess Goomba]

Sweetie Belle was about to reply when a sudden voice caught her off guard, a voice she didn't particularly care for given it seemed to be actively saying she shouldn't have dessert! Of course Sweetie Belle would have been inclined to just ignore it if not for the fact that the mare and her sister kept conversing, as if they knew each other. Though it quickly became apparent that they knew each other because they didn't seem to like each other.

Sitting next to the two mares as they went on about how they knew each other, Sweetie Belle seemed to shrink away a little, it was one thing to see her friends argue, with say, Diamond Tiara and such, but to see her sister saying such things to another pony, and for said pony to be saying such things at her sister in such an angry way. Sweetie Belle didn't like it one bit.

Of course she knew better than to interrupt, and simply hoped that whoever this Suri Polomare was, she wouldn't be sticking around too much longer, though Sweetie Belle heard she was going to be in the contest, which likely meant that she had a filly she'd have modeling dresses for her. Sweetie Belle hoped that Suri wasn't this abrasive to whomever was working with her.

[theJozza]

"Now you listen here goody-four hooves I..." Suri says, her scowl getting angrier at Rarity's remark, but is cut off by a hoof on her shoulder.

"I beg your pardon Miss Polomare," Rarity and Sweetie Belle's waiter says, having returned with their breadsticks on her back. "But you're disturbing the other guests. If you don't calm down I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Suri narrows her eyes at the waitress, but also notices that there are a lot of ponies staring at them now.

"Fine whatever," Suri grunts, walking back to her table and tossing out a few bits. "I'll save the rest of my piece for the competition, assuming you two amateurs can even make it past the first five minutes." She gives one more "hmph" and stomps out.

"Ugh," Rarity groans, clutching her forehead, before turning to the waitress as she lays the basket on their table. "I'm terribly sorry about that."

"Oh it's quite alright ma'am, I saw who started it," the waitress replies, while shaking her head. "And for the record you are by no means the only pony that particular mare has had issues with here. Enjoy your appetizer your entrees should be out in just a little bit longer." The waitress says working a smile back up as she walks away to the other tables. Rarity perks up a bit at that, but her face immediately drops as she turns to notice how Sweetie Belle has shrunk back.

"Oh Sweetie Belle, precious," Rarity coos, scooting closer to her sister and pulling her close. "I'm sorry you had to see that. Suffice to say that mare and I have some...unpleasant history..." She says with a sigh. She had made a point to not discuss that fashion week with Sweetie Belle, not wanting it to sully her little sister's perception of this city as it almost had with Rarity herself. In any case, the fact that she was once again competing with a pony as deceitful and untrustworthy as Suri Polomare again did not excite Rarity, but at least this time she knew better than to fall for any of her tricks.

[Princess Goomba]

Sweetie Belle was so happy when the waiter came and basically told the other mare to go away. Though Sweetie Belle doesn't know what to think about being called an amateur. Wasn't she an amateur? Her sister wasn't obviously, but she'd never done anything like this before. Sweetie Belle was really hoping that she didn't mess this up for Rarity, especially since that other mare had been so rude, she wanted to do her best for Rarity to beat her.

"It's alright." Sweetie Belle said, doing her best to get over it, thankfully there was food available now, bread sticks. Sweetie's magic was good enough that she could pull one over to herself and begins to nibble on it, enjoying the buttery flavor of it. It quickly worked to lighten her mood considerably as she ate it. Sweetie Belle was more than happy to push aside her worries when it came to having something nice to eat, even if the end result usually meant that there was a bigger issue to deal with when it came to her diaper later.

Of course that was something for future Sweetie to worry about, present Sweetie was just happy to enjoy some good food with her sister and forget about that nasty mare who had just been here. At the very least it seemed that everypony else knew that Rarity wasn't the one who caused the commotion.

[theJozza]

Rarity smiles at Sweetie Belle as she starts to eat, of course levitating a breadstick over to her own plate and starting to enjoy it herself. The filly's happiness as always proving infectious to her older sister as she feels the anger from seeing Suri again starting to bubble off.

(Yes don't even think about Suri, it's such a huge competition we probably won't even run into each other tomorrow,) Rarity thinks to herself as she leans back in her chair and relaxes and tries to regather her thoughts. (After all it's like you said, the competition isn't what's important, making sure that Sweetie Belle enjoys her first trip to Manehattan is. That insufferable thief almost ruined my trip here with the girls and I'm certainly not about to let her sour this one too.). With that she straightens up and picks out another stick.

"So Sweetie Belle, what would you like to do next after we eat?" Rarity asks. "We could do some sightseeing, shopping...whatever you want precious. After all this afternoon is your first reward for agreeing to do the show with me." She coos, reaching over to stroke her sister's mane.