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// Dear Princess Lunchtime - Chapter One (Comedy, Random, Adventure) 
// Story: xjuggerscrapsx 
// by xjuggernaughtx 
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Dear Princess Lunchtime,
 
Well, I’ve arrived in Baltimare, and I hope the citizens here are as ready to receive the magic of lunchtime as I am to spread it! Trotting through the city, it seemed like there’s a lot of hustle and bustle, and that makes me a little bit worried. A lot of these ponies seem like the type that might just work right through lunch without taking that extra bit of time to appreciate what it really means. But that’s why I’m here, right?
 
I still can’t quite believe all of the things that have happened to me recently. Just last week, I was waiting tables at The Feed Bag and wondering where I was going in life.  Now look at me! I’m studying lunch magic under a princess! Honestly, I’d never heard of the midday magic before, but our talk really opened my eyes. As soon as you left that twenty percent tip, I knew you were the one. My heart swelled with the magic of lunchtime, and I wanted to spread those good feelings to the rest of Equestria!
 
So just like you said, I booked a ticket to seek out the Baltimare Culinary Repository of Recipes and Techniques. I can’t wait to get there! I can see the Whisk Wing stretching into the sky from my hotel. The staff here says that side of the Repository alone has over two thousand books on proper emulsification techniques.
 
Speaking of books, this old tome you gave me is really hard to understand. I hate to admit it, but I’ve never really been the best reader. This book seems like it was written a really long time ago with a bunch of words that I don’t know, but I’m going to take it with me to the Repository and see what they have to say about it. Close as I can figure, something terrible’s going to happen if we run out of onion rolls. That doesn’t seem right, somehow. I mean, sure it would suck for sandwiches, but it hardly seems like the world-changing event that you’re worried about. I’m probably reading it wrong.
 
There is something that I’m really struggling with, though, Your Bountifulness. I’m really honored that you’ve chosen me to be the Element of Deliciousness, but I’m… well… I’m just not sure how to go about finding the other Elements. Do I just walk up to ponies and ask them about what makes lunchtime special to them? Should I just observe until I find something incredibly lunchy about their behavior? What would that even be? I guess I’m not going to know until I get out there and see.
 
I hate to bring this up again, but did you make a decision on that stipend? I know you said the Royal Coffers were running a little low, but I only made minimum wage plus tips. Your twenty percent was really, really nice, but I don’t have that many bits in savings. That train ticket plus this hotel are both a little more than I’m comfortable with. If your Royal Peckishness could find it within the realm of possibility, a few bits would really help me spread the message of a decent lunch enjoyed on an hour break.
 
Your faithful student,
 
Poppyseed