xjuggerscrapsx

by xjuggernaughtx

Dear Princess Lunchtime - Chapter One (Comedy, Random, Adventure)

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

Author's Note:

Oh, Lunchtime Luster. How I love you.

Some time ago, I was chatting on Skype with a bunch of people, and we got started on riffing about Sunset Shimmer. We were coming up with new foes for Twilight that were takes on her name, as well. I came up with Lunchtime Luster, and Twinkletail ran with it. He put out The Rise of Lunchtime Luster, which I thought was pretty solid. I'd write it differently in ways, but we are two different authors, of course.

I love the idea so much that I wanted to make a sequel about her faithful student who had been charged with finding the Elements of Deliciousness. The story was going to told through letters and quickly spiral into insanity. I'm pretty happy with these letters, but I just never had the time to follow up with them. I still think this story would have been pretty amazing if people would read it, but since ol' Lunchtime isn't all that well know, it probably wouldn't see many eyeballs.

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I'll spread the Lunchtime Word, don't worry. derpicdn.net/img/2016/12/12/1315965/large.jpeg