Pokey's Peril
Princess Luna Equaestris let out a relieved sigh as she leaned back into her dark blue throne. Not even twelve thirty PM and she was ahead of herself. Normally she worked at night but she intended to get through everything early, she had plans after-all.
'I could take the time for an extra long lunch, maybe some pasta, or even a moon pie?' she debated.
Luna loved Administrative Professionals Day, she'd created it after all.
Luna snapped out of her daydream, feeling the familiar tingle of raw Alicorn magic, fluttering ever closer to the royal pony.
'Took you long enough' she thought smiling as a sparkling trail of living star dust seeped it's way up through the floor like living shadow and light melded into one.
The star dust slithered through the air like a snake before floating above the Princess' already half-full box of scrolls. The star dust coiled and twisted upon itself, transforming into a sparkling maelstrom from which, as if from the ether, a neatly wrapped pile of scrolls emerged and was politely deposited by dark blue telekinesis in Princess Luna's "out" box.
Luna knew most of her nobles did not enjoy this holiday the way she did, but it really did give her the chance to play with her powers. Besides, Paperweight, and all the other page, deserved such a break after all their good work.
Luna considered it something of a tribute to all her previous "good" assistants and aids, besides it reminded her nobles of the importance of their assistants and to take their work more on their own withers.
Bringing her quill up to her muzzle Luna tapped it against her chin, steadily re-adsorbing the information from her clone as it's form melded back into hers.
'I wonder how Trixie is coping today?'
"I hate this holiday!" Trixie cried out scattering her papers to the floor.
Moving to retrieve her work Trixie began muttering, "What is Pokey doing that is so important anyway?" her voice tinged with bitterness over a day long since lost.
'On second thought, i'd rather not know.' Luna decided.
Instead allowing her mind to drift to Paperweight. 'I wonder what Paperweight is doing today?' she idly questioned, allowing another piece of herself to be absorbed.
"They want how much of a tax break!?"
Paperweight rolled over in her bed, letting out a light snore as she continued snoozing; she had a late night planned so she needed to be well rested.
Her dreams drifted to what other ponies might spend their time off doing.
Pokey cantered down the winding streets of Canterlot, shaking off the cold autumn wind as he went, idly wishing he had some more coffee, or perhaps some mittens.
His hooves clicking against the cold cut stone road as he navigated his way around nobles, commoners, everything in between and the generally confusing layout of Canterlot. He'd only been there once or twice before and it never seemed so crowded, evidently he wasn't the only pony enjoying his time off.
Once again he levitated the small invitation in front of him; nopony but he could understand it's significance, well him and probably any other pony the note had been sent to. To any outsider it would just look like a random jumble of numbers and letters. Pokey himself had almost dismissed it as such, but curiosity and stubbornness made him plow head long into deciphering the mysterious note.
The letters and numbers actually stood for markers in a filing system, one he'd been forced to memorize since he started working for Trixie, in this case it was laid out confusingly almost disjointedly, but upon research, he'd found them to be directions.
'A pretty round about way of getting me a message though ain't it?' he asked nopony in-particular.
'There it is' he thought, the alleyway that would lead to his destiny! It wasn't that impressive, it wasn't even really dark or dirty, just sort of tidy and grey, thinly wedged between a hat shop and a suit shop as if the two buildings weren't on speaking terms and had created the alleyway so they wouldn't have to touch. After all most of the other building had gardens or paths between them.
Glancing side to side, Pokey then flung himself down an alley -in a calm, subtle way- steadily the unicorn edged his way further down the oddly deep alley way, occasionally hiding behind boxes or pressing himself up against the wall to avoid being seen, by who he had no idea, but he didn't want to take any chances
His ears twitched slightly, he could hear the murmurs of conversation a low beat of music, just in front of him, bedecked in shadows was a small wooden door, a tiny sign hanging above it reading "legitimate business"
"Well that's comforting" he muttered, half worried and slightly amused as he approached the door, the sound of conversation and clinking glasses becoming louder as he neared the entrance.
Before he could so much as raise his hoof to knock the door was thrown open with a mighty swing and he was practically dragged inside, he would later insist that he did not shriek, but instead let out a very mighty yell in order to scare his assailants off.
"Pokey Pierce, assistant of Dame Trixie, Representative of the Night Court to Ponyville, we welcome you." the oily voice said sinisterly.
'This is her fault isn't it? I knew she'd get me killed one day!' he thought, his eyes flickering form side to side as he debated escape routes.
Only upon further inspection the pony speaking to him was a small Pegasus mare, and he appeared to be in a bar filled with relaxed jovial looking ponies, many wearing professional attire that was in a mild state of undress: hats had been discarded, ties loosened and shirts unbuttoned; assuming they were wearing clothes at all, obviously.
He caught sight a bespectacled pale white mare sipping coco by the fire place, 'wait isn't that the mare that works for?' Pokey knew the name was on the tip of his tongue, 'Blueblood that's it, right?' he wondered, slowly taking in more of his surroundings.
It looked like a bar, light brown hard wood floors, a roaring fire in the corner where someponies were toasting marshmallows, an unattended bar surrounded by half occupied stools, the liqueur cabinets and ice boxes were filled to the brim, he could also make out the faint odor of various delicious food stuffs, including cake.
Scattered around the oddly large and windowless bar there were wooden tables, covered with board games, magazines books, card games and generally filled with happy relaxing ponies. Giving the whole location a very relaxed air, like being on holiday at a ski resort.
His nervousness forgotten the moment his sensitive nose detected his most beloved food, rock candy, he asked. "What is this place?"
The sound in the room seemed to dull for a moment, the clinking of beer and wine glasses ceased as the various ponies glanced at him.
"This, Pokey Pierce is the Assistant Bar." the small pegasus replied simply before smirking.
"Now Everypony shut up and dance!"
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Sorry saw the title and had flashbacks to Eden of the East.
NOW TO READ!
To put it simply, this needs some work. While the premise is quite adequate and the majority of the writing is fairly devoid of serious grammatical issues, there needs to be some effort put in to make this a little more readable. Other than that, I think I'll give this an upvote and fav, because while not perfect, this is certainly worth reading.
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I hope it was a good flashback at least, thanks for the comment, I hope you enjoy the read.
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Thank you for the upvote, fave and comment, I greatly appreciate it and i'm glad you found it was worth reading.
I really want to improve my writing skills so I was wondering what you think needs changing to make it more readable?
This was good fun! I really liked seeing how all of the nobles are dealing with Administrative Professionals' Day. I love that Blueblood actually got all of his work out of the way ahead of time so he could spend the day baking with Pinkie.
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Thanks i'm glad you enjoyed it! I liked the idea for BB as well, Fizzy suggested it and it makes sense given his talent, so long as he keeps his eye on the prize he'll be fine.
Man, Blueblood knows how to spend a day when everyone is away....Kinda jealous.
2679410 Yes... 'baking'...
This is very fun, seeing how all the bosses deal without their assistants.
However, GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!
I had a fairly similar idea for the upcoming holiday challenge with Pokey going on holiday for a week and Trixie having to deal with her job, I'm also currently writing a Blueblood / Pinkie romance which I can probably make fit into this.
On the plus side for my ego
You referenced my story, thank you, thank you, thank you!
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The boy keeps his eye's on the prize so to speak, delicious strawberry cake, Thanks for the comment.
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Yep, completely innocent, nothing more wholesome than baking going on here.
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Thanks I really appreciate that!
Sorry for being in your head, i'll ensure to recall the telepathic spies I have hanging about.
2680372 You just can't tell with Pinkie Pie... she'll chatter her way through what sounds like five minutes of baking-themed sexual innuendo, and then finish with, "And then, after that, maybe we could have sex?" so Blueblood ends up not sure whether the innuendo was actually innuendo or she was actually talking about baking...
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How have your spy's penetrated my tin foil hat?
Wait a minute this isn't tin foil, its paper painted silver!
VAAAAAAZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mquahahaha!
The second stage of my master plan is complete!
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It's a horrid feeling
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I don't know!
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Thanks, i'm glad you enjoyed it, and I guess i'm glad for Puissance as well, though I doubt she'd be too happy about it
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Thanks for the compliment and corrections! I'd better go fix those now.
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Thank you for the comment.
I know, she really can get it rough. Normally I don't care for treating her as such, but this opportunity just couldn't be missed.
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No problem, she does have to do sme work on her own after all, we can't very well lwet her get lazy now can we?
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That's Pinkie for you, you can never tell if she is serious or not.
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That pretty much sums it up, and one can never tell what Pinkie is thinking, but she definitely has more to her than she projects.
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Thanks for all the comments, I really appreciate it.
Most definitely not.
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The only one who can understand how Pinkie thinks would be Bubble Berry, her rule 63 counterpart, then again, maybe not completly, gender differences and all leading to possibly small deviations in their universes, but he's probably the closest one who can understand her mindset. Then again, her randomness makes her an enjoyable character, just don't make her mad, she rarely gets mad, but if she does, one can only imagine...
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I don't know, she and Maud also seem to be able to understand each other perfectly, both being Cloudcuckoolanders and all. But yeah, Bubble Berry would also be able to match up with her pretty well I imagine.
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True, Maud may be completly deadpan to contrast to Pinkie's boundless energy, she may understand more or less how Pinkie thinks due to being family and all, the contrast is amusing.
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Yeah, it's pretty enjoyable to see them side by side. Personally I figured she got Pinkie because she's mroe or less as weird just in a more quiet manner and more focused on rocks than party's... I kinda want to see the other two sisters now, having all four in a room would probably be amazing.
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Eeyup.
