"Hey, I can't see! Shove over a bit!"
"Shush, they'll hear us! There's only so much room to share with these windows..."
"Sorry, but I still can't see!"
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Agents P1 and P2 in Ponyville were jostling to share space peeking through a high window of the Ponyville Town Hall to spy on a meeting that was set to begin. Already ponies were beginning to file into the room, aiming for the large circular table in the middle - there were cushions instead of chairs around it due to the short nature of the meeting in the question.
First in was Mayor Mare, escorted by Aide Cherry Fizzy. Mayor Mare was looking around the room, prompting the two spying Agents to temporarily hide again. Hovering in mid-air as they were outside the building, they were painfully aware of the potential of drawing outside attention, even though both were pegasi logically expected to be peeking through a high window. A quick check behind them confirms nopony is actively watching them, and when they turn attention back to what is going on inside the building they see the Royal Guard members marching in - although not in uniform or armor, the syncing of the hoofsteps echoes intimidatingly in the meeting room and again reminds the two Agents of the danger they were currently in.
The marching stallions split into two rows, one going around each side of the circular table until the heads meet up on the other side. Once the lines meet up again, the march stops and the stallions turn to face around the table. The stallions salute Mayor Mare, who is sitting on the cushion directly forward from the door where the stallions came in, before taking seat on a cushion previously placed near the table.
"Thank you all for coming. Aide Cherry Fizzy will now take attendance." Mayor Mare says to start the meeting, gesturing toward the aforementioned stallion sitting to her right as he speaks.
"Lieutenant Crispin?"
"Present."
"Guard Upper Class Noteworthy?"
"Here."
"Guard Upper Class Caramel?"
"Here."
"Guard Upper Class Meadow Song?"
"Yep."
"Guard Lower Class Lucky Clover?"
"Here."
"All present and accounted for, Mayor."
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"Thank you, Aide." Mayor Mare replies, shuffling papers as she speaks. "As I'm sure you gentlestallions were informed by Lieutenant Crispin here, the purpose of this meeting was to outline the execution of 'Operation Integration'. The Lieutenant will now giving a briefing on the orders regarding the operation."
"Thank you, Mayor." Lieutenant Crispin picks up as attention focuses on him. "This morning, I received post from the Captain in Canterlot with orders to implement 'Operation Integration' on my own authority, as a follow-up to our preliminary investigations into the recent incident with the poison joke-affected Element Bearers. In light of these new orders, I am having to temporarily suspend the original intention to eliminate most of the poison joke currently infesting the entrance area to the Everfree Forest."
Crispin pauses and observes the others in the room as they exchange uneasy glances. Mayor Mare had declared the flower a public health hazard and ordered the extermination of all flowers found in areas easily accessible to the public, but the orders of Canterlot now trumped that, much to their chagrin.
"Yes, I understand that Canterlot's priorities are not necessarily the same as ours, but as officers of the Royal Guard, or servants of the princesses of Canterlot in the case of Mayor Mare, we have obligation to follow their orders first. Sadly, we do not have enough supplies or soldiers to do both the operation and the original cleanup at once, so the operation takes precedence." Crispin tries to reassure.
This speech was met first with polite coldness, then skeptical looks, and finally shrugs of resignation. After all, what was the point of trying to defy the will of the princesses?
"If there are no objections, then, we shall proceed according to the Lieutenant's direction." Mayor Mare adds as a conclusion, and the silence in the room speaks enough. The spying Agents make a mental note about the uncleared poison joke for later, convinced it will be useful in another plan, then focus back on the meeting.
"The first objective of the operation is the declaration of Zecora as an Equestrian citizen. The Captain feels that would be improper without giving compensation for the damages that were caused, something Twilight Sparkle has already promised in principle but has not worked out the details yet. Mayor Mare will take care of the task of working out the compensation, based on the reports I get about the incident." Crispin states, and the others in the room nod in understanding.
"The second objective is to interview the Element Bearers to get a more complete record of the incident and aid in avoiding future trouble. This task will be distributed as follows: Cherry Fizzy will interview Twilight Sparkle, Meadow Song will interview Applejack, Caramel will interview Rarity, Noteworthy will interview Rainbow Dash, Lucky Clover will interview Fluttershy, and I will interview Pinkie Pie. Do we all understand the tasks assigned to us?" Crispin continues explaining.
The others in the room nod, some showing excitement, others worry. Since they had been assigned the interviews instead of being chosen for the task, some weren't very good fits for their interview subjects, not to mention the prospect of interviewing some of the Element Bearers seemed to be a hopeless task. Still, they had their orders and they had to try their best to carry them out.
"Anything else to add?" Mayor Mare asks after a long, somewhat awkward pause. Agent P2 watching secretly from the window opens his mouth to say something, but quickly his partner clamps his forehoof over it, and when P2 looks over P1 just shakes "no" silently.
"There's no use disrupting things now. We'll get our chance on the interviews." P1 whispers to his partner as the forehoof comes down. They hadn't been detected, but seeing the stallions beginning to disperse means their window of opportunity to avoid detection was closing, so they flew away to a waiting high cloud as quickly as they could without drawing attention.
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"So what's the plan?" P2 asks when the two Agents of Chaos reach the cloud, landing on it and laying on its top thanks to their innate pegasi abilities.
"They're going to move as quickly as possible, so we'll have to keep up with them. Just try to frustrate the interview process by causing a commotion. I'll take Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash. You take Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. Don't stay too long, because we need to hit three targets in quick succession." P1 explains to his partner.
"Should we split the cloud and each of us take a piece?" P2 asks.
"Yes, it'll help with the getaways. We'll meet up just outside town, by the Everfree Forest. If neither of us shows by sundown, assume the other was captured and proceed back to Fort Chaos to await further instructions." P1 replies.
"Got it, let's go." P2 returns, lifting off and grabbing one of the cloud ends with his forehooves.
"Indeed, this promises to be quite fun." P1 echoes, also lifting off and grabbing the opposite end of the cloud with his forehooves.
A quick tug on both ends pulls the cloud into two pieces, each piece landed on by a different Agent. The two Agents share an evil smirk as they go off their separate ways to wreak havoc with Operation Integration...