Students entering the Danger Shop for Pinkie's workshop today would find themselves on the deck of a grand -- and not even remotely historically accurate -- three-masted sailing vessel. There were ropes! There was rigging! There were masts and sails and a whole lot of barrels!

Each barrel, in fact, held a lovely lacy table cloth and a delicate little Georgian tea set. Looking out over the bow of the ship, the students would see a golden dome glinting in the moonlight.

Pinkie bounced up from below decks wearing a curly white wig and a lovely blue and yellow jacket with far too many buttons. "Hi, everypony! This is our first day of Adventures Through History! The class where you don't just learn about history, you get to live it! I'm Pinkie Pie, your professor, and welcome . . ." She paused dramatically for effect. A drum roll played. ". . . to the BOSTON TEA PARTY!"

Somewhere out there, Twilight Sparkle was face-hoofing like mad.

"That's right, apparently the Founding Feathers got a whole country started with a tea party, so I figured why not get our class started the same way? We've got lots of different kinds of tea, like Earl Grey, which isn't actually Earling anything, and oolong, which is just fun to say. Oolongoolongloolongoolong! So grab a costume, pick a barrel --" she had to pause here to giggle over how much that sounded like 'pickle barrel' "-- and get partying! Oh! And maybe talk about what kinds of things you'd want in a country you were just starting. Like balloons!"

Who needed introductions when there were costumes and tea to be had and countries to found? Really now.

"Oh! And hopefully there's a Cara around here, somewhere, 'cause she's signed up to be a TA. If anyone else wants to help, let me know! The more the merrier!"