Bismuth was hard at work outside the barn, some Scaffolding had been set up and she was Setting to work removing the portion of the wall boarding the small upper floor. As she cut away she could hear Peridot and Spinel where watching Camp Pining hearts. Lapis had drawn the short straw and was helping Applejack and Bigmac out in the field. Sitting in the small room that was the upper floor was Applebloom.
"So how big are you gonna make it?" She asked as Bismuth continued taking out the wall.
"The Blueprints are over there," Bismuth said simply, pointing to a large Blueprint held in place with a few rocks. "Once I knock this wall out I'll extend the floor and add some railing, that was the others can leave quickly if their up here." Applebloom looked at Bismuth in confusion and she added: "Lapis can fly, Peridot can fly if she has a trashcan lid or something similar to stand on, Spinel can jump so high it might as well be flying, and Lapis can carry me out or I can just jump over the side if the need arises." She smiled at Applebloom, who was looking over the blueprints "Emergency exit, important to have 'em," Bismuth went back to cutting out the wall. Applebloom looked over the blueprints in silence.
"Your gonna add a pool?" Applebloom asked without turning around.
"Yeah, and a silo for water, but that's late-stage stuff, gotta get some building materials before I start on that," Applebloom kept looking over the blueprints at the things Bismuth was planning to add to the barn, turning the walls into a Jungle gym for Spinel, adding a few side tower, the biggest one was simply labeled as for Peridot, the pool had Lapises name on it, a side door and a porch was to be added under where Bismuth was working at the moment, the roof was going to be taken off and replaced with what looked like a greenhouse and a smaller side building was going to be added behind the barn, and a few rope bridges connecting the Greenhouse to all but the Peridot tower, and finally the Silo was set up to be next to the Barn.
"Wow," Applebloom said as she looked it over "You sure you can-" She looked behind her and found the wall was now completely gone, she moved it the hole and looked down to see Bismuth was piling up spare wood, Applebloom made her way to the ladder and got to the bottom just in time for Bismuth to walk back into the barn.
"Hey," She called, getting Peridot and Spinel's attention "You two mind lending a quick hand? gotta move these rugs and stuff out of the way so I can install a new door.
"Why do we need another door?" Peridot asked as Spinel paused the tape.
"I'm setting up a nice outside area so if the Apples want us to eat with them they don't have to eat in this dusty old barn and we don't all have to cram inside their dining room, the door is so we can walk straight there instead of walking out the front and around the side," Peridot muttered as Spinel bounced over to Bismuth and began helping, having been the one to originally stack up the pile in the first place, as Spinel worked, Bismuth went back outside and double-checked her measurements.
"Sure wish I knew what I was doing," Bismuth muttered irritably.
"You don't know what you're doing?" Applebloom asked making Bismuth jump.
"Oh my stars, kid ever consider wearing a bell or something?" Bismuth shook her head before answering Applebloom question "I know what I'm doing, but I don't what I'm doing at the same time,"
"That..." Applebloom pondered on Bismuths answer for a second "raises more questions and answers none,"
"I have no idea how I know what I'm doing," Bismuth said as she pulled out a pencil and started sketching out a rectangular outline on the wall. "Well I suppose I know how I know, but I myself am not entirely sure if actually know," Bismuth facepalmed herself before turning back to Applebloom "Ok, now I've confused myself," She groaned before sitting down and patting her lap, Applebloom took the hint and took a seat of Bismuths leg.
"Let's see, how do I explain this," Bismuth muttered as he thought to herself "I could just say I'm a human, but I don't think a child is the right one to spring that information onto, Discord is the one I'm bringing that subject up to first, let's see...an explanation a child would understand," Bismuth muttered before smiling "Do you know what instincts are?" She asked.
"Oh, um..." Applebloom thought hard for a second to try and recall the word "Mrs.Cheerliee said it's a fixed pattern of behavior and a natural way of thinking for some animals,"
"Alright so for a Bismuth our natural instinct is to build grand structures, so we are programmed...do you know what programmed means?" Applebloom shook her head and Bismuth tried again "So we Bismuths are...made with the knowledge of how to build grand structures, but whereas most Bismuths pop out of the ground and just get to work, you could say I was a...special case, I only recently started building things when before I had no idea how to, it's like...it'd be like you just going about your day and suddenly becoming unbelievably good at something without having ever done it before," Applebloom looked at Bismuth for a moment before her eyes lit up.
"Like getting a cutie mark?"
"Um...yeah actually," Bismuth said with a smile as Applebloom got off her lap and got back onto her feet "It's like getting a cutie mark,"
"So your special calling is building, fixing, and improving stuff," Applebloom said as she thought "What are the other's special calling?"
"That is much harder to describe," Bismuth replied as she and Peridot came round the side and called out.
"Hey Bismuth, the piles been taken care of!" her job done Peridot headed back inside as Spinel came bouncing out to check out the new Area Bismuth was making, the materials where ready, but the area itself was still the same.
"It looks amazing," Spinel cheered.
"I haven't started yet," Bismuth replied with a chuckle, "But thanks Spinel," as Bismuth began cutting out the hole for the door Applejack and Lapis returned with a cart of Apples, Applejack looking vaguely irritated as she pulled the cart, Bismuth and Applebloom both spied the problem when they got closer, Applejack was soaking wet from head-tail. as Applejack grumbled in irritation Lapis was watching the clouds with a faraway look in her eye.
"What happened?" Applebloom questioned one the two got close enough. The two looked at each other for a moment before saying in unison.
"Miscommunications," they decided before Lapis made her way to Spinel and patted her friend on the back.
"Come on bud, let go explore the place, I wanna try some more Pony sweets,"
"Oh, I'll introduce you to Pinkie!" Spinel cheered before touching her gem and pulling out a whistle in the shape of a Cat "She gave me a whistle!"
"She gave me one to," Bismuth muttered as she reached into her pocket and pulled her fish whistle out. "Said to blow it if Rarity jumped me,"
"Yeah," Spinel said with a laugh as she returned to her whistle to her gem "Pinkies funny like that, oh I wonder what kind of whistle you'll get Lapis,"
"Feel like I should have gotten the fish," Lapis said as Bismuth tried and succeeded in putting the Whistle in her gem.
"Neat," Bismuth said before going back to cutting a hole in the wall.
"Wait, what the heck are you doing?" Applejack demanded as she watched Bismuth cut a hole in the wall.
"Oh, well I'm-" as Bismuth began explaining exactly what she was doing Spinel and Lapis made their way down the dirt path to the main road.
"So what happened?" Spinel asked as they walked.
"Oh, well I wasn't about to start kicking trees so I tried a few methods to get the apples down, ended up causing a cloud burst," Lapis shrugged "Bright side is my job is now to make sure the orchard is watered regularly so I don't have to kick any trees," Lapis looked to Spinel and gave her an odd look.
"What?" Spinel asked, having trouble walking against the wind buffering her.
"Why does it look like your about to get blown away?"
"You don't feel this wind?" Spinel asked in shock when a bright light suddenly came to life behind them, Lapis turned just in time to see a vortex appear behind them, Spinel didn't have time to look back as she was busy being sucked into it. Lapis grabbed her friend as she lost her footing and went flying Lapis grasped onto Spinel, who was trying her best to pull forward, after a short struggle Lapis lost the battle and Spinel was torn from her grasp and sent hurtling into the void, the second she went into it is disappeared. Lapis stood in silent shock just as Applejack, Bismuth, and Applebloom slid to a stop, having arrived a moment too late. The 4 stood in silence when the sound of the Barn opening and Peridot laughing was heard as she made her way out.
"Oh man, you guys are not gonna believe-" She stopped laughing at the look on their faces. "What? Did I miss something?"