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// Chapter 29 
// Story: Raindrops' Wrap Up 
// by Arkensaw Pinkerton 
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There's no reasoning with that one. The best thing you can do is stick her in some out-of-the-way job and just work around her as best you can. Maybe you can get Rainbowshine to look after her, if she's on roof-cleaning duty? There are a few options. In any case, you're better off just letting her sulk and work out that she needs to put her best hoof forwards on her own.

Ponies are sent over to you as they sign in, and after a while you've got a solid team together for roof-clearing duty. You don't know all of them by name, but you've got four groups of four ponies, two pegasus and two earth in each one, each headed up by a pony you trust. Time Turner's running the first group, Dizzy Twister's got the second one, you've given Blossomforth- to her great surprise- captaincy of the group you've stuck Cloud Kicker in, in the vain hope that her friend will keep her in check, and you yourself have taken charge of the final group. You've got Berry Punch and Cheerilee on earth pony duty, and Flitter's with you in the sky. This should be a breeze, you tell yourself, not quite believing it.

You've assigned every group to move street-by-street at their own pace according to the north-west to south-east plan you've been given. So long as everypony stays to schedule, you should be fine, and you've promised a 20-bit tab at Sugarcube corner to the group that finishes first. You've also made sure you're keeping right alongside Blossomforth's group, in case Cloud Kicker tries anything funny.

Which is why it's a bit of a surprise when the first problem of any consequence that you come across comes straight from Time Turner's group- Drizzle comes flying up, screaming something. You don't actually get a good handle on what she's saying the first time; she's being all high-pitched and squeaky.

"Drizzle, slow it down. Tell me what the problem is."

"Fire! Fire on Salamander Avenue! We've got to stop it spreading!"

Yes. Yes you do. And yes, YOU do, personally- at the moment, with the fire crew all spread out on different jobs, it's easiest to get the roof-clearing crew in on this.

You need to get a runner out to the ice-breaking crew to bring the horsepower you'll need over to the scene. That's priority one. Then you need to get two or three pegasi over on a safety run, make sure there's nopony caught in the blaze. That's priority two. Finally somepony needs to get your crews to the fire, make them start shovelling snow into it, cool it down. That's priority three. 

You can organise all this just fine, you realise, taking a deep breath. But which job should you do in particular?

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