My job opened up the garden center again! · 1:17pm Mar 19th, 2019
Pros: it’s less busy, I get fresh air and sunlight, I get to hang out with sparrows, and there’s enough downtime between guests for me to theoretically write while at work whilst on my phone - considering how well Ocellus’ Ordinary Day turned out I think that’s more than doable if I just edit better.
Cons: Some genius took down our winter hut early so I have no protection from the cold. It’s still Winter in Massachusetts. Theoretically it can always be Winter in Massachusetts. There’s been snow in July before. Granted a bloody great big volcano had to explode somewhere in Southeast Asia for that to happen, but it DID happen.
Won’t be doing too much writing done given how I need to keep my hands about 2 inches from the dinky little space heater.
Still. This is something I view as a net positive. Also, have a preview as proof that I am writing.
The blond pegasus then let herself gently drift to the ground in lazy circles, waving at Big Mac on her way down; he reached up a hoof and caught her own when she was near enough, helping guide her to the ground rather than leave her landing up to her lackluster depth perception.
“Thanks,” Ditzy said as her hooves touched dirt. She pawed at it a little, then offered a grin at Big Mac. “Now I know why Rainbow Dash puts so much effort into keeping a cloud home near Ponyville. I don’t think I’ve ever slept on a more comfortable bed.”
Big Mac nodded. “Think a’ how much you’d save on washin’, too,” he pointed out as the two trotted back into town and towards the saloon.
He’d meant it as a joke, but Ditzy actually glanced upward a little in thought. “You might be on to something there…then again I’m not sure I’d want to have to build a whole new bed every few days.”
“Might get old,” Big Mac allowed.
“Plus, only a pegasus could hop onto it…” Ditzy mumbled under her breath. After a moment, her face turned a little red and her wings fluttered as she realized that she’d just spoken out loud. “I – I mean…not that I really have anyone else on my bed but me, s-so that’s not really a concern…n-not that I’m opposed to it! But…I mean…”
“You hungry?” Big Mac asked with a grin.
“Starving,” Ditzy said immediately, obviously grateful for the out he’d provided her.
Yay for more writing!
Ditto on the yay! (although I think the second half of the semicoloned first sentence would work better inverted as:)
...on her way down. Rather than leave the landing up to her lackluster depth perception, he reached up a hoof and....
Interesting. Poor Ditzy trying so hard not to step in it verbally she accidentally shot too far and then had to fix that mistake instead. Am I wrong in thinking that this takes place pre-Dinky? As if such a thing could even come to pass! And shipping? Or just projecting?
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No, it takes place well after Dinky was born. It’s a preview for the next chapter of For a Few Bits More
But! You’re not projecting. I’m a shameless Ditzy x Big Mac shipper.
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Oh yeah? I'm surprised I didn't know that since I was super heavy into the lunaverse a long while back now. Maybe it was too subtle for me or came up after I sort of fell off the wagon and wasn't caught up anymore. Still, this piques my interest. Might try and check this out and dive back in.
I think what made me think it was in the past was Ditzy (apparently, since I didn't have the context of the previous chap and was just assuming) thinking about making a cloud house which to me would be really weird since Dinky, y'know, couldn't live there.
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Just a cloud bed, was what she was thinking. Though perhaps I should make that clearer.
Great that you got your gig back and it's outdoors.
Sorry about the cold, maybe it will inspire you to write about the Lunaverse's versions of the Yaks?