Small Bets
"This isn't a joke Grif." Church said.
"I thought it was pretty funny." Grif muttered. "Just trying to make light of the situation."
"How can you not be worried?" Twilight asked.
Grif shrugged and sat up on the table. He then jumped off and pain shot through his hoof again.
"Okay maybe I'm a bit worried." Grif said, grinding his teeth together in pain. "But Church, you know that I have lived through a lot worse."
"I know you can take a beating. I remember that time with Tex when she-"
"Yeah." Grif said, placing his hooves instinctively over his crotch at the mention of Tex. "I remember, and I am in no hurry to revisit that."
Church couldn't help but let out a wry smile.
"Anyways, you can take a beating, but each of those times nobody actually tried to kill you." Church said. "They just tried to harm you."
Grif looked over at Church and raised his brow.
"Okay, so maybe Sarge has tried to kill you a couple times." Church said. "But I don't think he really wants you dead."
"What would make you think that?" Grif asked.
"Remember that time that Tucker almost killed you with Sheila?" Church asked.
"Tucker tried to kill Grif?" Twilight asked, appalled at the thought.
"Sarge took Simmons organs and put them into you." Church said, ignoring Twilight’s question. "And when you went into the forest Sarge didn’t accept the idea that you could be dead."
"Really?" Grif asked.
"Yeah, well. He kind of said that he would be the one to kill you. But the thought is still there."
"How inspiring." Grif muttered sarcastically, but did not hide his smile.
"But now it isn't just a beating you're in for." Church said, getting back on topic. "You've been told that odds are that you will die."
"Now I'm less worried." Grif said.
"How?" Fluttershy asked.
"Because I know that Sarge will get me before this shit does." Grif said, motioning to his infected hoof. "And Twilight said there was no cure. I've never been the one to volunteer for fighting, and I'm not going to fight something that is out of my hands- er, hooves."
Twilight stared at Grif, and looked back at the book. "The book said no cure has been found, that doesn't mean there isn’t one." Twilight said.
The others looked at her with questioning gazes. "What are you saying?" Grif asked.
"I'm saying that we shouldn't give up hope just yet." Twilight said. "I say we look for something to help you."
"But giving up hope is the only thing I'm good at." Grif said.
"What about that zebra, Zecora?" Church suggested. "She lives in that forest, so wouldn't she know more about the kind of stuff that goes on in it?"
"That would probably be the best place to start." Twilight agreed, nodding her head. "Fluttershy, you stay here with Grif, we'll go get the others to help us."
"Okay." Fluttershy said.
"Come on Spike, you're coming too." Twilight said.
"What? Why me?" Spike asked.
"Because you're going to apologize to Tucker."
Spike groaned, but did not hesitate to jump on to Twilight’s back.
"We'll be back soon." Twilight said, opening the door and walking out.
Fluttershy nodded slowly and sat down next to Grif. Church gave a half-hearted wave to the pair and made his way out the door, shutting it behind him. Fluttershy kept staring at the infection, blaming herself for what is happening.
"You really need to stop blaming yourself." Grif said.
"I can't help it." Fluttershy said weakly, hugging Grif once again. "You are going to die and it's all my fault."
"How about a bet?" Grif asked.
"What kind of bet?" Fluttershy asked, wiping a tear from her eye.
"When I make it through this." Grif said. "Not if. When I make it through this, you spend a day in my shoes."
"What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked.
"Take a day off. Sleep, rest, whatever. Just stop worrying about every little detail." Grif then raised his good hoof and smiled weakly. "Deal?"
"Deal." Fluttershy said, shaking his hoof, matching Grif’s weak smile.
Twilight’s first stop was Sugarcube Corner, catching Rainbow Dash and Tucker as they were leaving. They quickly ran the situation by them as they grabbed Pinkie and Caboose. The group then made their way to the Carousel Boutique, where they found Rarity beginning her work on Simmons’ suit. Although they didn't fully explain what was going on, they knew that it seemed serious. The group then made their final stop at Sweet Apple Acres, where Sarge was cavorting about with the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
"What's going on?" Sarge asked as the group walked up.
"Grif is in trouble." Church said.
"Anything out of the ordinary?" Sarge asked.
"It turns out that the timberwolf attack had more of an affect on Grif than we thought." Twilight said.
"What do you mean?" Sarge asked.
"He has been infected by the timberwolves, and if we don't find out what's wrong he could..." Church said, trailing off. "Who are the little ones?"
"Oh, right." Sarge grunted. "Listen, why don't you girls come and see me later. This might be a little bit out of your league."
"Nothing is out of our league." Scootaloo said happily.
"Trust me. This is." Sarge said.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders hesitantly nodded and made their way away from the group. Sarge nodded at Church to continue.
"Anyways, the infection is painfully making its way through Grif’s body. If we don't do anything soon, Grif will be... seriously injured."
"Hrm. If I exert zero energy, I get exactly what I've always wanted..." Sarge said with a laugh. "Yeah blue, that's a hell of a compelling argument on your part, bravo."
"We're serious." Twilight said. "Grif could die, don't you care?"
"Yeah, yeah." Sarge grunted. "Wait here, I'll go get Applejack..."
"Don't mind him." Simmons said, "Sarge just doesn't want anybody to know that he will be the one to take Grif out before anyone else."
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first!!!!!!!
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Also bonus internets if someone can find the webcomic reference near the end.
387148n I was right, when something medically mysterious is going on head to Zecora's... Wait, does that mean she's the Equestria version of Doctor House?
Sorry for not updating for a while on rvbfics. I had that nasty windows 7 defender virus. It was the most frusting thing in my life.
Also I have to agree with the pony above me. Seriously if something bad and unexplained happens in equetria follow this list.
1.Go to Twilight's.
2.If the books fail you go to Zecora's.
3.Send a leter to Celistia.
387165 No. House figures out what is wrong, not how to cure it.
387165 If that were the case, she would be more eccentric and make so many sarcastic and cynical remarks it would make the crew angry
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What about visiting the starswirl the bearded wing?
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She does make snarky remarks, they are just hidden behind whimsical rhymes.
387226 All in rhyme, too. Except it would be a completely conscious thing just to be more infuriating.
I didn't get to say anything about it before, but this little adventure they're about to go on (however much of an "adventure" a trip to Zecora's can really be) could be the perfect opportunity for the Wonderbolt-ticket subplot to either complicate further or resolve nicely. Rarity and Simmons have what Rainbow and Tucker want... and Rarity's a huge fan of giving... but I'm totally not jumping to conclusions. (Unsnark mode: I can see as many ways to have the tickets transfer ownership as I can to have the whole thing turn into an unparalleled clusterfuck. And everything looks awesome.)
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But RD and Tucker already got the money for the tickets thus negating any need for Rarity to give them away
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...I was about to say "Just watch, something's gonna come up", but considering you're writing this thing, it would've been a pointless and awkward gesture.
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Of course something is going to come up.
If nothing came up it wouldn't be Red vs Blue.
387262You do that if all else fails to try to give yourself a list of stuff not to do to buy yourself more time, OR you mess up causing a stable time loop. yeah that would NEVER happen would it twilight?
387600 oh I doubt that, you found a way to make it fit and you were able to work with the characters properly. for some time I thought I might be the only person who likes both these things and you've proven me wrong. I was even planning on making one of these myself while watching the dvd's for inspiration.
bravo DarkWing, bravo
Another good chapter. And as to guessing the web comic I think it's "The order of the stick". I might be wrong but I'm just taking a stab in the dark with it.
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I like that comic but that was not the reference fine sir.
It was actually a reference to this comic. Sadly, a lot of people regard this webcomic in a negative way.
291457 its Bow-Chicka-Bow-Wow
use this song for memory
Grif's give a fuck o meter
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Please this is more like Grifs give a fuck o meter
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388326 But on occasion he has cared about his well being. Mostly not though, anyway Gummy would be his perfect pet.
My scale for grif's give a fuck 'o meter
-100<Right about here
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387262 i thought starswirl was long dead?
"How about a bet?" Grif asked.
"What kind of bet?" Fluttershy asked, wiping a tear from her eye.
"When I make it through this." Grif said. "Not if. When I make it through this, you spend a day in my shoes."
"What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked.
"Take a day off. Sleep, rest, whatever. Just stop worrying about every little detail." Grif then raised his good hoof and smiled weakly. "Deal?"
"Deal." Fluttershy said, shaking his hoof, matching Grif’s weak smile.
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^ What does Fluttershy get if he dies?
I know, I'm a horrible person and I'm going to the moon...
387173 had the same thing
had to reinstall my whole entire opertaing system cause i didn't know how to get rid of it any other way
387138 not funny...
Send Grif to Sera that would be so awesome
730275 The Star Swirl the Bearded wing of the Royal Canterlot Archives, not the ancient magician and father of the Amniomorphic spell.
So Cutting off the leg is not a opion? i can live without my Left Arm BUT NOT THE RIGHT I NEED THAT ONE
667574 Dude, I'm not sure his give-a-fuck o' meter even goes to zero.
Wait... A infection that restricts mobility... And grif grid can sleep for like a month... This mean Grif now has a medical excuse to be lazy. I think It will have no effect if u just give him a IV and let the infection do its course then get Sarge to kick him a couple of time to knock the bark off and he will be good as new. PS it ironic that he can't move and he's lazy to begain with.
* delete the word grid*
This reminds me of what happens if a komodo dragon bites you... only thats faster...
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4. Ask Derpy to show you where Doctor Whooves is
2659138 this
2659138 5. Blast it with rainbows.
5250379 6. Shoot a massive fucking laser at it.
5449007 7. Ask it politly to leave
-fluttershy
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8. Give Pinkie Pie coffee.(may Celestia have mercy on your soul)
5978973 9. Travel through the dimensional rift and grab every protagonist in every story/movie/TV show/video game ever
>> Joseph the Shadow
10: Have Tex punch him in fuck berries
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11. Seal it away for any amount of time and forget about it.(as Celestia does)
7363628 12. Smash it.
7402461 13. Say hello to Caboose and that he's awesome!!!
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14. Build a Death Star and shoot an even massiver freaking laser at it.
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15. Toss it in hell and watch it slowly burn to death :)
Simmons cars about grif just in a different why.