//------------------------------// // 31-5-11 // Story: A Series of Letters // by Dashie04 //------------------------------// To, my wife, Crystal “Chrissy” Gem; Yes! Changelings! It’s not much, but it’ll have to do, thank you so much. The attack is scheduled to happen tomorrow, so I hope we can perhaps hold some interrogations instead of committing hive-wide genocide. So far, nopony in my crew is convinced that’d be a good idea. I tried, though. So, since I managed to win an argument with you, Chrissy, I will keep calling you by Chrissy. Thank you for dealing with it. So, may I add that Way Back Home is by Bob Crossby and not Bang Crossby. I would’ve expected you to notice that. It’s one of my favorite 930’s songs, mind you. Yes, I am very happy today. We got a day off on campus to do what we wanted. I took a walk down to Vanhoover and checked out the Sunbucks. I said hi to a kindly stallion who was eating a bagel with black coffee and reading the newspaper. I ordered one of those sandwiches. Healthier than Hayburger, but it didn’t taste as good. If it was open 24/7, I’d probably come here more. Did find a couple of sit-down restaurants, a Fresh Eat’s, Neighponese place, and a couple others. None of them are open 24/7 though. When I got back, the generals seemed in a minor state of panic because I smelled like coffee shop, but they didn’t say anything. I don’t know if that’s good or bad, or if I’m being denied plan creation tomorrow because I left the campus. Whatever the case, I hope we get to see Changelings and not kill them all. They’re interesting creatures. Anyways, all this research you’re doing makes me only more excited to get home. The life the loveliest The love the liveliest Way back Way back Way back home Would you look at that, there’s 5 lines there! You get a little bonus today, Chrissy! So that’s the Way Back Home song I was talking about. If you can find Bob Crossby and the Timberwolves’ debut album, I’d suggest you put it in and give it a listen. I know I have it somewhere. So, that was fun, I’m excited to attack tomorrow. Rather, I’m excited to just get into the Changeling hive and find out more about said hive. So, onto the questions, my job’s going well. I’m excited, not getting too happy, and really, your Changeling research has made me absolutely ecstatic about coming back home. Compared to studying Changelings all day with Jack and you, attacking them seems like a downgrade. Regardless, I’m still happy we’re about to do what we can for Equestria. So, Chrissy, Jack seems like an amazing study buddy. However, it seems Sparky has moved on from her militaristic phase, she is not militaristic, and I don’t know why you keep saying that. She is very tough girl, and is quite the rebel. However, in the military, if you were to spend an entire night with your girlfriend than come back with the heavy implication of doing some... interesting stuff, they’d be very disappointed, tell you to get a room, then probably send you away. I do miss when Sparky was incredibly militaristic though. She used to aspire to be like Daddy, and would check out some of my army books when I got home. She’d then ask us to answer some army-related questions. She’s simply rebellious now, but man, they grow up so fast. I myself am doing fine in the health department, but I don’t know how well that’ll hold up when I’m eating Hayburger every week. I might have a heart attack! Wouldn’t want that to happen, now would we? Regardless, you shouldn’t have recommended these places to me. I’m going to be tired every Saturday, so oops. So, as for the rest of the squadron. We did do a couple other games, I joined in on a game of Poker. We were doing it for fun, but someone started betting MREs, and well, that happened. Eventually, the generals came to break it up, but they actually found it funny. Shocking, I know. So, we played some other card games instead. I was a little disappointed that we didn’t have any board games to play, because I kind of wanted to play Aggression. Nopony had it, though. So, onto the serious topic. Your headaches sound fairly bad, I mean, muscles hurt if you use them too much. The brain is a muscle. Perhaps it did go through a little overexertion, however, I say we keep an eye on it. I mean, if it is overexertion, it shouldn’t get worse, right? So, keep studying with Jack, we can monitor it. You know, that trot to Vanhoover takes a long time. The Changelings really need to build roads from their hive to pony cities. My hooves are covered in dirt and grime, and I’m hoping for a pathway every time I go there. It never happens, but, if we can convince Changelings to reform, maybe we can also convince them to build roads. I can fly can’t I? Well, accidentally forgot about that. Speaking of which, that picture of an interesting Changeling, I have a couple theories on that. 1: That was a reformed Changeling, but since then, Changelings have lost their way and no longer reform. Hey, the might still, they just probably don’t look like that upon reformation anymore. 2: That’s what Changelings used to look like. Then, something happened, perhaps Chrysalis took over, perhaps they just couldn’t find enough love to sustain themselves, or something completely unrelated. Whatever the case, they stopped looking beautiful and now look like the parasites they represent today. But seriously Chrissy, I’ve been thinking about this all day. It’s so interesting. Keep researching with Jack, I’ll keep thinking up explanations. But with that, I’m tired, and I need to take a shower before some general notices my hooves and wonder why I didn’t fly in that prolonged period of time I was absent today. With all love and affection; Corny. PS: I’ll find some really good sit-down restaurants my next trip down to Vanhoover. I’ll remember to fly next time.