"So are ya friends with Sarge?" Granny Smith asked idly as she continued her dish.
"I generally tend to not befriend shisnos." Gary said testily. "Especially one's who can't see life for what it is."
"Oh? And what is life then?" Granny Smith asked bemusedly.
"It's a stage where you get to see bad things happen to others, and where the best course of action is to laugh at those struck by misfortune."
"That's an odd way of lookin' at it." Gary Smith said curiously, before turning to him expectantly. "Ya'll done with that apple?"
"I think so." Gary muttered, holding up the roughly peeled apple.
"Not th' best ah've seen, but that's t' be expected." Granny Smith shrugged, grabbing the apple from Gary to begin dicing. "Mind doin' it on a few more?"
"Can't you find some other shisno to do this? I'm really more of the moral support type..."
"An' who should ah ask t' help?" Granny Smith asked jokingly, looking around the room. "Ah don't see anypony else here 'sides you."
"What about him?" Gary asked as Sarge came into the kitchen, giving Gary a wary look.
"Ya'll set up in your room now?" Granny Smith asked curiously.
"Just about." Sarge nodded, taking a seat at the table Gary was peeling at. "Give me the peeler."
"Now I sort of want to keep it." Gary said, bringing the peeler closer to him.
"I don't care. I don't feel safe with you cooking the stuff that I eat."
"Are you saying you don't trust me?" Gary asked with a smirk.
"No, I'm saying that I'll never trust you." Sarge grunted as he grabbed the peeler away from Gary. "I for one can't see you changing, and that Tex thing was just a one off."
"I think the important thing is that I'm trying." Gary sniffed.
"Sure you are." Sarge muttered as he sat at the table and grabbed an apple.
Gary watched with disinterest as Sarge slowly but surely setting to work on the apple, trying to peel off the entirety of the skin.
"Even I did it faster than that." Gary muttered.
"That's because I'm not just peeling an apple. I'm practicing keeping the skin in one piece."
"Practicing for what?"
"For the nuclear winter, where I will peel off Grif's skin and use it as a coat to keep me warm!"
"And you're fine with him talking this way about others?" Gary asked Granny Smith.
"Well, ah wouldn't say fine..." Granny Smith said truthfully. "But Sarge is someone my family can trust, and that says somethin' more than words ever will, even if they are a lil' on the violent side."
"You haven't heard violent until you've heard O'Malley." Sarge muttered. "Done."
Sarge threw the apple behind his head, and Granny Smith grabbed it out of the air without even looking.
"So what is goin' on anywho?" Granny Smith asked. "We rentin' out the barn t' a bunch of random stallions?"
"You don't seem to bothered that you're letting a bunch of strangers stay in your home." Gary noted. "Are you sure you're a shisno?"
"Ah don't see the problem since have more than enough food t' spare, it's just a matter of gettin' th' food." Granny Smith shrugged. "And with more workers, the faster we can get everythin' done. When Sarge came, we finally got a chance t' take breaks."
"And that was me going easy on you guys. If I went all out I could run this operation." Sarge laughed.
"Ah'm sure ya could." Granny Smith chuckled, rolling her eyes.
"Done." Sarge grunted, tossing another apple behind his head and into Granny Smith's hoof. "You don't think I could handle it?"
"Sure ya could, ya'll would just be asleep when you're doin' it, that's all."
"If I can run a troop, then I could run this place. It's basically the same principles. Go in, kick everything you come across, yell out some profanities masked as encouraging talk, then get others to do the work for you."
"Summed it up nicely." Granny Smith noted dryly.
"Thank you." Sarge smiled, peeling the apples faster.
"Maybe ah'll let ya try t' run th' farm for a week..."
"That seems like a stupid idea." Gary chortled. "This shisno is just as lazy as every other one."
"Shut it." Sarge said snappishly, before turning back to Granny Smith. "If you do, you'll beg me me to take over."
"Sure ah will." Granny Smith snorted, looking at all the apples she had cut. "That last one should do it."
"Alright." Sarge murmured, quickly finishing the apple.
"Now, ya don't wanna buck, and ya don't wanna peel." Granny Smith said, turning her attention to Gary. "Any ideas on what ya can do besides joke around?"
"Well, I can tell you about the great prophecy." Gary smiled widely.
"What in tarnation is the great prophecy?"
Gary and Sarge looked into the other room to see Applejack standing next to Big mac, whom's head was hanging lower than usual.
"A delightful tale, really." Gary said.
"Uh-huh. Well BM here has somethin; he wants t' say t' ya." Applejack said, patting Big Mac on the back. "Ain't that right big guy?"
"Sorry." Big Mac stated simply.
"For?" Applejack pushed.
"Tryin' t' hurt ya. It won't happen again."
"Well this is awkward." Gary coughed. "That reminds me of a knock knock jo-"
"Hey AJ, mind if I have a word with you?" Sarge interrupted, not wanting to hear another one of Gary's terrible jokes.
"I was about to ask you the same thing." Applejack said with the same mind set.
Sarge hopped off his chair and made his way past Big Mac to go talk with Applejack in private.
"You want to start?" Sarge asked.
"Already talked with Big Mac, so ya'll an go first."
"Alright. How do you really feel about these AI fellas staying in your barn?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean how much do you trust them to keep to their word?"
"Not sure, really. Gary's not really violent, just has a few screws loose, so he ain't that bad." Applejack said slowly, smiling lightly. "But ah do kinda find it ironic how outta deceit, rage and creativity, deceit is th' one we seem t' be able t' trust th' most..."
"I wouldn't say trust." Sarge muttered.
"Poor choice of words. But ah just mean that Gary is just a lil' messed up. That O'Malley fella seems overly violent, so we'll have t' keep a super close eye on him. And that Sigma fella..." Applejack trailed off with a shudder. "That one gives me the heebie-jeebies. There is no way we can trust that one. Well, there's no real reason we should trust any of 'em, but those three and Epsilon-"
"Epsilon? You mean Blue?" Sarge interrupted.
"Yeah. Ah mean, ya heard Delta and Sigma, right? Talkin' about the Alpha, and how dangerous he is. He even went as far as t' yell at the Princess. Ah feel like if we do one wrong thing, he'll snap like a twig."
"And I wouldn't blame him." Sarge said honestly. "That boy has lots of reasons to be upset. I mean, for one he's a Blue. That's enough to get anybody angry, but he's had life shit on him for who knows how long. Going crazy would be a godsend for him at this point."
"Ah guess..." Applejack said slowly. "But ah still just feel like we can't trust him."
"Of course you can't trust him. You should barely be able to trust me. Just try to imagine if you were in his horseshoes." Sarge said sternly.
Applejack nodded thoughtfully, trying to put herself in Church's situation, but finding it difficult.
"In fact, it's sort of disappointing how fast you trusted me. What if an enemy gets hold of this information and uses it against us?" Sarge asked.
"Ah don't know, maybe the fact that ya risked your life a number of times." Applejack said jokingly, hitting Sarge in the shoulder.
"Fair enough." Sarge grunted. "Listen, I'm not saying you can trust him completely. Far from it. I'm just saying that you're mistrusting him for the wrong reasons. You need to find a real reason to mistrust someone."
"Like him bein' blue?"
"Exactly."
Boy, fimfic sure runs smoothly and has no problems!
And Applejack welcomes red logic into her mind. A spectacle to behold
1054514 i assume that was sarcasm sir. damn 502 fiction. anyway great chapter
1054514 I'd smack you for that.. but I can't breach the internet.. yet.. Oh, and WOOT That ending line.
I love dirty blue slander, gets the blood pumping and me all excited for when sarge KICKS SOME ASS
Oh, Sarge, never change.
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I know! Everything runs so smoothly and I never have to refresh the page due to an error!
I wonder when Celestia is going to take another trip to Ponyville...
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HMMM I can't help but agree with you
i cant wait to hear granny smith say shisno in front of aj if darkwing does do that it will be funny how aj reacts i cant wait to read it if he does it and why does every one treat the AI so meanly i mean i would treat them nicely no mater what id even try to be friends with them even O'malley
if i had money 502fiction seems to be a parked domain i would buy it just to redirect to fimfiction
1054514 Indeed it does my good sir! All glory to the Ponies Republic of Fimfiction!
All shall fall before the might of 502 forces for they are the might of our glorious Republic!
Huzzah!
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I know right
lol. "garry Smith"
The typo is in the first couple sentences.
But otherwise, great job!
'Like him bein' blue?'
Now your learning AJ!
502 ERROR message get slapped By my ODST squad
Orbital
Deadly
Slap
Troopers
thats sarge for ya, planning on pealing grifs skin and using it for warmth in the event of a nuclear winter in a world where they have yet to discover nuclear power XD
1054514 Quick! Gary is possessing Darkwing! EVERYPONY FOR THEMSELVES!
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So that's what it stands for.
1054514Are you high? I feel like slapping you, but I'm not Pinkie. Speaking of which, PINKIE!
Yes?
Mind using your 4th wall breaking powers and slapping him?
Why do you want Pinkie to slap him?
Because of his earlier comment. Read up.
I'm done here.
Thank you. Pinkie, proceed
Okie dokie lokie. Just give me some time.
Why can't you just slap him now?
Because it takes time for me to work my magic, silly filly.
Any idea how long it will take?
I'm not going to ruin the surprise
I'd start running if I were you Dark
Oh gawd,a gary smith shipping.
1054514 Sweet, sweet sarcasm.
wait... if AJ accepts red logic, does that mean we'll have an appledash hate thing going on? will it turn into a pony red-v-blue? with rarity, twilight, and rainbow on one side and fluttershy, pinkie and AJ on the other? but wait, that can't work since simmons/rarity and caboose/pinkie.... but then, those two never really were actioney, or hatey. i think it could work. yay for rambles!
now you know how i feel!
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I know he does I say it jokingly or try to :P
1054514 My screen just oozed out 5 cubic-meters of sarcasm. Thank you, I now need to clean my room.
-Glassed
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It's mainly used on humans, but it is an alien word meaning the 'defecation of the defecation of a foul smelling creature', thus can be used as a general insult.
Well, now we know who York's AI was, if the new episode says anything.
1054514 Yea. Works amazingly. Makes ya work for your ponies. Also I thank you for making one of the shittiest days of my life good with this delightful chapter.
1054514 Just adding to the amount of blue after your name...
This is one of those times Sarge proves why he is a Sargent .(salute)
1054514 ...Just noticed what it said on the most visited pages page for chrome when you open a new tab. All the other 7 got the sites name in them, but fimfiction is named 502 Bad Gateway...
What is life? you may ask.
"It's a stage where you get to see bad things happen to others, and where the best course of action is to laugh at those struck by misfortune."
Wise wise words from Gary
Gary Smith? Did he possess her in intervals?
Gary Smith...Not sure if intentional.
Gary Smith Why is there a reason? I thought she got possessed or something.
you never disappoint with your endings
THOSE DIRTY BLUES!
I like that you actually put Granny Smith in the story as an actual character. Haven't found a story yet that does that.
I think I mentioned this before... The fact that none of the mane 6 are lesbian. Not a usual story... Thats why I like it.
1417378 usually, the phrase is "suck it blue!" but i rather like the color. it's almost close to black. anyway. church and simmons are probably the only decent ones out of the two teams.church, because he means good, but goes about it he wrong way. simmons because he isnt a dick like sarge, or perverted like tucker. he's a mix of caboose and grif, not to lazy and not too stupid.
2857570 caboose isnt stupid he's just... caboose? i dont know he's just not stupid i know that
3165386 I think Caboose's case as being "naive".
5231941 teh both of yeas . Caboose is not stupid or naive hes just creative and rarely sometimes right mostly very wrong
Funny how Sarge always comes back to insulting the blues