The Zebra, Kali seemed Friendly, and she was glad that at least one of the others on this venture didn't seem to be a complete crazy pony. She was thankful that Floret was able to keep a relatively level head during her...interaction with Flicker. Floret was used to dealing with jerks sometimes, running your own store meant you had to deal with them every now and again. Some ponies just couldn't be pleased no matter what you did. But that was neither here nor there. Aster was much too interested in this Zebra currently to pay too much attention to Flicker or Floret.

[b]"Nice to meet ya Kali."[/b] She gave the Zebra a friendly smile. [b]"Wildlife huh? Can't say I know much about animals. My area lies in magical-"[/b] Before she could finish her sentence, A sword flew through the door, causing her to have a similar reaction as Kali. She yelped and jumped backwards, almost bumping into the Deer in the process. The swords owner, a unicorn, followed shortly after. Aster quickly regained her composure, wanting to get back with her conversation with Kali. 

As Aster went to continue her conversation with Kali, Floret had just finished giving Flicker a thorough verbal berating. She had chosen to ignore Flickers words for the most part, deciding that talking with the stallion would only prove to be either useless, or only make her want to beat her head against a wall. She felt better, at least. Her headache was gone, which was a small comfort. She began to look to see where Aster had gotten to as Rosie approached her, saying she did a good job of handling Flicker. [b]"Well, when you work in business, dealing with the occasional jerk is just that, business."[/b] She said with a sigh, as she spotted Aster, and trotted over to her.

Floret approached the Zebra and gave her a friendly wave. She stayed silent though, as Aster had already was attempting to restart their conversation before they were interrupted. [b]"So, Kali, as I was saying i'm pretty good with magic theory and it-"[/b] Aster was cut off mid sentence, this time by Twilight. Aster would have normally would have loved to have a conversation with a Zebra and Twilight. She could probably learn a lot of things from the Zebra since she didn't know much of Zebras, outside of what she read in a few books. However, what Twilight had just suggested, was not something she was too keen on doing.

[b]"O-oh...um, well...Uh,"[/b] Aster's personality suddenly did a 180 as she suddenly was at a loss for words, and took a step back from Twilight. Whatever this demonstration was supposed to be, It was definitely making her more than a little uncomfortable.[b]"A-are you sure that's r-really necessary right now Twilight?"[/b] Aster, of course, new exactly what she was talking about, and despite her hoping otherwise, she knew that it would have come out sooner or later. She had just hoped it would have been later. Much later. [b]"I-I mean, there's plenty of time for this later, right? we should focus on getting ready, w-we're already running late, right?"[/b] She was too busy trying her best to find an excuse to postpone this, but failing miserably. It was about this time, Floret gave a heavy sigh and gave Aster a pat on the head.

[b]"Aster, we both knew this was going to happen, might as well get it over with."[/b] Floret said, giving her a reassuring smile. [b]"Twilight wouldn't ask this unless she thought it was important. I know you don't like being seen without an illusion up, so I'm sure you could easily just do a quick demonstration by turning into somepony else, no need to drop it completely right now."[/b] Florets words seemed to calm Aster somewhat, though she still appeared incredibly nervous. Aster took a look around the room at every other pony in there. After a few seconds she finally gave a hesitant reply.

[b]"A-alright."[/b] She said, as she took a deep breath, as Floret backed away and gave her some room. Suddenly, her body was enveloped in a green energy starting at her hooves, and slowly making its way up. As the energy made its way up, Asters body began to change. Her coat began to take a light grey coloration, with dark grey stripes. Her mane took on a spiked look, and her tail grew out visibly.

Of course, the transformation was almost instant to any pony looking, and when she was done, standing there was a Zebra that looked exactly like Kali, with every detail correct down to the iron bands on her left foreleg.