//------------------------------//
// 2 Job Hunt 
// Story: Dear Feather Fall 
// by Keywii_Cookies55 
//------------------------------//

Dear Feather Fall,

Thank you so much for writing back to me! I loved your letter and It’s on my nightstand now! You won’t believe the week I’ve had, it’s been thrilling.

First I had to get an apartment and wow did that go over poorly! My landlord must not like me because otherwise who knows why she would have given me such strange looks! I also met this mare that looks a lot like me, I introduced myself immediately but she just said “dammit” and ran off. She swears a lot.

And at weird times too. Like I was standing out front of the building waving to ponies passing by when somebody dropped something, and when I bent my head down to look at what it was, I felt a gust of wind whoosh above me. When I looked to see what it was all I saw was an explosion and then I turned around to see my neighbour look all upset. She swore up a storm and threw a pretty complicated remote onto the ground.

She sounds smart when she talks, you’d probably like her, you’ll have to get past her scowl and insults though.

But my week was spent job hunting. I know I can find something perfect here, but it’ll take some work to get the right one.

I went out for a walk on Monday and found a shopping mall! It has so many stores in it, there had to be something I could do for money in there. I got pretty distracted by a pet shop. There was so many cute animals, and some not so cute ones! There was a parrot beside a rat. I’d think birds would eat rats, but they were in the same display and everything. Animals are so interesting.

I lost track of time, but when I left a strong looking military kind of pony called out to me. He wanted to know if I wanted to save Equestria. I said that sounds like a great time and signed his application. It was for some secret organization and they want some new spies. Kind of like in action books!

I started the next day, but I’m pretty sure I did badly because I got fired after I told some people some top secret information. It’s okay though, it just means I can try something else! Like when I saw that the newspaper is hiring. You always told me I’m good at writing, so I wanted to see if I could write the news! I bet the ponies who do have wild imaginations for all the stories that happen.

But they need four years of college in order to work at the newspaper, even when I asked them about being a secretary, they just kept telling me I didn’t have the right qualifications.

I think that pony just didn’t like me. But that’s okay, I tried other things. I applied to a pizza place, to a fashion shop, and even an antique shop. But none of them were hiring.

I asked my neighbour what she does, but she just yelled again when there was another crash behind me. I don’t really get her. She follows me around a lot, but doesn’t want to talk.

That’s when I got your letter. I loved it so much that I read it multiple times; you really know how to bring a smile to your friends faces, especially after a hard week of job searching. But it got me thinking about mail. About who sends it, and that’s when it occurred to me that I could be a mailmare!

I could be the one that brings ponies smiles when they receive letters from friends or family or anything!

I immediately wrote up a new resume and ran to the post office. They said they were hiring, but not for mail delivery ponies, they need a janitor. I can janit so I applied for that!

Can you believe I now work in sanitation? Because I can’t, I didn’t even know post offices need janitors, that seems like something the front desk person could just do every so often. But colour me surprised, and employed!

It was weird at first, because when I went back the next day I was told I was in the wrong place. Apparently the janitor job isn’t for the post office, it’s for the city. And I get to go around the entire city making the place cleaner. I never really thought about it, but it is kind of dirty in places. A lot of places. And ponies like to litter a lot.

I think it’s rude, but also it means I get to make money again! I went to the Central Sanitation of Hoovington office and got an outfit, and a tracker! It’s in the spray nozel saddlebag they gave me. I also got this cool poker stick to better pick up the garbage.

I still don’t really understand how they pay me, I think it’s based on how much garbage I collect. But I get to wander around a lot. And I get to squeegee windows, and spray statues, and lots of fun stuff. I’ll talk more about that in future letters, for now I’ve only worked for one day!

I did find a cute little coffee shop though. It’s called A Warm Roast, and it has the nicest stallion working there. He and two friends of his run the place together. I like them and I’ll be sure to drink my morning coffee there every day.

I may not have drank coffee back home, but I live in the city now, I can drink all the coffee I want!

It turned out they were hiring too, but I missed my opportunity by a couple days. Oh well, I like the idea of cleaning up the city. I’ll be like a super hero! Only this time I won’t have any secrets to tell everyone.

And now I can clean up the messes my neighbour keeps making everywhere. She probably won’t thank me, but I know she’ll at least appreciate the effort.

I can’t wait to hear from you again!

-Your Friend Forever