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// Jelster 
// Story: Beasts and Beings - Stories of Equestria's Inhabitants 
// by Strongbolt Stonewing 
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	The name Jelster is derived from the words Jester and Jelly, it's a portmanteau meant to represent-

*Yawn*

Something wrong?

What? Oh, no. Please continue.

So, as I was saying, the name is a combination of two words, each of which represent an important characteristic of-

*Louder Yawn*

Are you sure you're alright?

Yeah, go on.

Um, sure... Jelsters received their names because of their main two traits-

*Obnoxiously Loud Yawn*

Okay, seriously, what are you doing?

Nothing.

Nothing?

Mm-hm.

Then why the '*Obnoxiously Loud Yawn*'?

Wait, you can see that?

This is a book, you daft fool, I see everything you say and do!

Yeah, I probably could have been more subtle about that...

About what?

Well, Shiera. There's no easy way to say this... It's not you, so much as it's me... Actually, scratch that, it's completely you, nothing to do with me.

What are you trying to say?

*Deep Breath*
Shiera... you're boring us.

B-boring?! This is interesting stuff!

Yeah, it's interesting, just not when you write it.

Well, let's see you do it, Mr Eccentric.

Gladly. Jelsters are wacky creatures that look like large cubes of jelly. They're tricky little things, because-

*Incredibly Loud Obnoxious Yawn*

...

...

*Laughs*
Okay, I'll give you that one.

Shall we carry on? And this time without the yawning?

Agreed.

Basically, a Jelster is a gelatinous cube, an invertebrate naturally with no internal organs except a central nervous system and a tiny brain.

The 'Jester' part of their name comes from their oddly humorous ability of taking the shape of generally whatever they come across.

When we found a family of Jelsters they quite comically took on smaller forms of ourselves.

I still don't think they copied my complexion exactly. My belly looked a little bit podgy too.

I think they did a pretty good job, actually.

What exactly are you trying to say?

Um... they're a mixture of cute and funny?

Just like me.

Eleven years ago maybe.

And to this day I'm still just as brilliant.

Oh brother...

Well, that just about sums it up for the Jelsters, but here's one final word of warning: don't leave your sandwich near them. They have a strange habit of absorbing food and dissolving it in their jelly bellies-

*Yawn*

...

...

Really?

Oh, that time I was actually tired.

Suuuuure. That's what all the liars say.