• Published 2nd Feb 2015
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Short Flights And Failed Takeoffs - Snakeskin Ducttape



A collection of short stories, stand-alone intros and intros for stories that never made it.

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MLAABQ Gaiden: Reverse-Toothfairy-Batman-Prosthetist

Gabrielle Desrochers and Studded Armor cruised silently through the dark streets of Canterlot, their tails swishing behind them like a pair of siamese flying cyber foxes.

They came to a halt by a window on the second floor, and peered through the opening between the pair of curtains.

"This is the place," Gabe whispered.

"Do you see anything?" Armor said.

"Yeah, two ponies, a mare and a stallion under the covers."

"How many legs to they have?" Armor asked

"You know what, that's kinda hard to say from here," Gabe deadpanned.

"Are we gonna do this?"

"Yeah. No time like the present," Gabe said, and dug through the bag hanging by Armor's side, pulling out a metallic hind leg.

"Hopefully his measurements are still what the doc said they were," Armor said.

"Yeah, well," Gabe said, and shrugged before magicking the window open. "He's gonna have to visit a smithy if they're not."

As soon as the window as unlocked, Gabe powered down the magic, silencing the chiming sounds, and opened it slightly.

Gabe and Armor stopped, but neither the chiming of magic or the low flapping of Armor's wings made the two ponies stir in their sleep.

"Alright, I'm going in," Gabe said, and sat down on the windowsill.

Armor held her hooves and helped her slowly lower herself to the floor, tush first.

When she was on the floor, Gabe took the limb in her mouth, lay down on her back, and slowly pushed herself backward with her elbows. That was the thing with hooves; They were not great for stealth, at least not on parquet.

When she reached the bed, she slowly lifted the cover off the ponies' lower halves. Luckily, the couple had not coupled that night, this felt weird enough without witnessing that.

True enough, the stallion's left hind leg ended just above his knee. Gabe took the limb, and stopped herself just as she was about to attach it to the leg, and breathed out in relief at having spotted the flaw.

She turned the leg over and breathed on the cup that would be connecting the prosthesis and the leg to warm it up, and made sure that the textile between the cup and the leg was in place.

Gabe lifted the covers again, hesitated for a moment, the simply put the cup against the stallion's residual limb.

She held her breath as the stallion stirred, making him hold the mare closer. She mewled slightly in response, but neither of them woke up.

Gabe let out her breath, and lifted the cover again to see the prosthesis hook around the mare. Then she lay down on the floor to scoot back to the window.

"Did it work?" Armor asked as she reached the window.

"Like a charm," Gabe said.

"Great," Armor said, and reached into the room, hooked his legs to Gabe's, and hoisted her onto the windowsill.

"Wait," Gabe said, as they were about to close the window. "Manual."

"Oh, right," Armor said, and fished out a roll of paper from his saddlebag.

"Okay, uuh," Gabe said, holding the paper uncertainly, then she just tossed it towards the bed, before closing the window. "Whatever. Now let's get the buck out of here."

Author's Note:

What to blame for this.