//------------------------------// // Job Voting // Story: Anglosphere // by NYChris824 //------------------------------// As we walked, except Pinkie because she bounced (for whatever reason) down the hall to the execution hall some room we were heading to, Princess Celestia talked to the ponies about stuff, I wasn't paying attention. I was slowly boiling alive in my jacket it so I took off and rolled up the sleeves on my long sleeved shirt. "Oh Twilight, you'll be happy to know Cadance and Shining Armor will be coming down from the Crystal Empire soon" Celestia said. Must have been some important news to Twilight because she made a noise a squeaky toy would and bounced around. We all looked at her in confusion at her reaction are they her siblings or maybe some old friends? We arrived at the room of something with two pure white unicorn guards outside, twins maybe? Whatever, they opened the door with their magic (still weird) and into a large dining room. Lunch time already? Then again I haven't seen a clock since home. Meh, I am kinda hungry. Oh god they'll figure out we eat meat! We are so fucked, actually who knows maybe there are other beings on the planet that eat meat. We walked in and sat down, with me behind pony lines, with Rarity next to me, Princess Celestia at the head and Pinkie across from me. While everyone else was pretty scattered out, a waiter came out, passed out menus and didn't even seemed phased at the four weird creatures at the table. I looked over at the menu, typical food for them, sandwiches with flowers, salads etc.. I flip it over and see the bottom is red with the most beautiful sight I have seen in this place 'MEAT'. , chicken, steak and 'meat sandwiches' which the description made me think of burgers, my mouthed watered for them. The rest of the back was drinks, pastas and desserts. I decided on a pasta dish because I can have meat later and didn't want to offend the ponies. "You ask." "I ain't asking, you ask" and Noah and Nelson are arguing, probably about the meat section. We all listened to them bicker, so I took lead. "So Princess just curious, and forgive me if I say anything offensive, but do ponies eat meat? I'm just caught a little off guard by the meat section on the menu." I asked, while shaking my head further down the table. Noah and Nelson looked at me with panic like I signed their death wish. "Most ponies don't, although some pegasi do for extra protein for their wings. Their are many other species that live on Terra: zebras, minotaurs, griffons and dragons make up the rest of the sentient being on the planet. Griffons, minotaurs and dragons eat meat. What about humans?" She explained "Humans are omnivores." I responded, I just assumed they knew what an omnivore is. They seemed to react normally, thankfully, come to think about it, I have only seen ponies, but I've only been here for about 5 hours or so. The waiter came back and took our orders. I decided to get a pasta dish because why not? The ponies of the group got basically what they would eat, same with the guys. I was the outlier. We talked about various things on our planets, including tech, they were in awe by cell phones and what they could do, which made sense since all they had were rotary phones. We had some issues describing things like the Internet or planes it's almost like a describing a color or how water tastes. We told them about where we were from country wise. Thankfully, they never asked us about our human history, or we would be screwed since, you know, wars and stuff. Princess Celestia asked us if we had any questions and Noah had a good one which was how long we would be at the castle. The good news was that it would be just for the day, however being a sentient being and all that good stuff, humanity would need an ambassador. The issue? We're all 17-18 years old, the most leadership skills we had was a group project in school, not representing a nation, if even the nation had a population of 4 and no borders. We agreed that night we would vote at someone's house. Later that day We all went our separate ways, with the ponies heading back to Ponyville (the town, great name. I wonder if there's a Humantown somewhere out there) to do no doubt handle damage control of the 4 aliens that showed up in the morning. Applejack actually lives in the same direction as does Rainbow Dash just a few minutes farther back. Twilight told us to come by her house, which was a tree and the library, after we votes and she would tell the Princess. We all walked back home, with Dash flying to her cloud mansion nearby and Applejack kept on walking. The guys and I would meet up at Noah's place in an hour and vote. I went home, reassembled my Mosin, took off my gun belt and put on my class hoodie instead. I decided to quickly check the rest of the exterior of my house, most of the trees and bushes were still around, I guess the flowers were still there, just under the snow, I guess. The crawlspace was still there, so most of my dad's tools and the tractor where still there. "Gotta get my gun back from Noah" I muttered when I realized I had two guns. I'll get it when I see him again, I went to my phone and tried using the Internet, sure enough it worked. I look at things from my history (nothing perverted because private mode), I realized I could call home, or at least try and contact someone from home, let them know I'm alive. My calls went straight to voicemail, so I left one to feel better, my texts wouldn't send and anything on social media wouldn't go through. I tried other things in my house, my Xbox wouldn't connect to Live so my last possible way of telling someone I was alive failed. I tried the TV out of current I got channels still, but there was nothing of interest, so I got up, checked my phone and went over to Noah's. "It's odd, I can't call or text anyone, but my Telly still works" Brian told us, we all said the same thing, our internet works and our TVs work but we can't call home. We all sat in Noah's living room, he has a nice house, good size, clean etc.. We sat down in his living room and voted we agreed on no self-nominations we wrote down the name of who we wanted on paper, and put them in a hat. We talked about what we thought about the ponies and the Princess, we all agreed if asked about humanity, we would avoid the negative parts. We realized we would need jobs here too, whoever wins this would have one. After an hour or so, we voted. Brian pulled them out and read them. "Noah, Brian, Chris and," we all held our breath for the tiebreaking vote. "Chris". Shit, so did not want to, but it's a democracy so there's really no arguing. I supposedly did have 'leadership skills' according to my school, but they also said the same for the stoner who sleeps in all of his classes, so I don't know how truthful they are. We walked to town and Twilight's home, Nelson knocked and Twilight answered the door. Thankfully, it was late and no ponies were out. "Hey guys, come on in.," she said waving a hoof "Spike, come down here meet the humans I was telling you about." She called out to someone, a boyfriend? A roommate? A lizard it turned out, or I should say a dragon. He was pretty excited to meet us, considering we were guys, walked on two legs, was different from everyone else and have opposable thumbs. He secretly told us he wanted to do 'manly things' such as camping and things like that. He sent a letter to Celestia saying I was the representative of humanity on Terra. "Hey Twilight, how did everyone react to you all telling them about us?" Noah asked, while we waited for a reply, good question. "They didn't seem to afraid, you guys did help with the timberwolves this morning too, so that was a boost. I'll talk to the Mayor about setting up a meeting tomorrow." She said, Spike burped up a letter. Dear Chris, Congratulations on your new job, I'll send any letters through Spike to you. I have sent the ambassadors of the other nations a letter about you and your friends, we (including you) shall meet in Canterlot in five days. You will earn 200 bits a month for your job. Feel free to reply if you have any questions Sincerely Princess Celestia and Princess Luna "Hey Twilight, how much does an average pony make?" I ask her, out of curiosity. "Anywhere from 150-250 bits a month, why?" She said "I'm getting 200 a month that's why" both her and Spike's mouths dropped open. I broke them, the guys looked jealous I would be living in the upper middle class, but I'm dealing with international politics and fun stuff like that. "Hey Twilight, you got any books about geography or anything like that?" I asked her unmoving form. It only took us 10 mins to get a response for either her or Spike. She told me to return or renew it in two weeks. I figured it wouldn't hurt to learn more about those I would work with. We went back to our homes and called it a night. I decided to grab a beer from outside, I'm technically underage, but this isn't the U.S. Probably would hurt to look into their laws either, alcohol may be illegal here or something. Day one on a strange planet went well, got myself my first ever job, granted one I am woefully unprepared for, but a job nevertheless. Noah still has my gun.