The Kathiawari Mare

by AShadowOfCygnus


KM-12198408-163

Exam Form KM-12198408-163
Results

Examinee: B. Hoof
School (Year): Royal Equestrian Military Academy (?)
Exam Date: 26 Summerwind 988
Examiners Presiding: F. Budget, S. Frisk, Withershins

Reason for Testing: Unknown, and not presumed

Scenario:
Examiners had no chance to determine.


Account:
Pre-exam procedures proceeded as normal up to the point of the customary medi-magical probe—subject demonstrated canny wit and charm in the pre-exam interview, and was able to provide particulars matching those of a fifth-year student at the REMA. On the appearance of the attending nurse practitioner, subject became distressed, and evaded further lines of questioning while asking for the mare to be sent away. This request was denied over further protestations, and an initial biometric scan taken. The results of even a cursory scan immediately alerted the nurse practitioner that the subject was, in fact, a Changeling.

The nurse practitioner (ill-advisedly, it should be noted for future record) reported this to the assemblage at considerable volume, thereby alerting the Changeling to its predicament. Baring its fangs, it whirled like a cornered animal and dived at the offending mare, only to be struck down mid-lunge by no less than three flame spells, a thrown halberd, and Lady Fuss Budget’s teacup. The Changeling was utterly atomised, the nurse practitioner treated for shock, and the three guards who responded to the scene were referred to their superiors for commendations.

The teacup, miraculously, survived.


Results:
The examiners have elected to award ‘Brown Hoof’ a posthumous score of 3 for demonstrating incredible aplomb in an apparent deep-cover operation, albeit outweighed significantly by the poor snap judgment that followed.

It is unknown how long the Changeling was entrenched in its identity at the REMA, or whether the original ‘Brown Hoof’ was a student at the academy at all; at time of writing, no body has been discovered to match the description provided by the Board of Examiners, nor any census record of such an individual in his purported hometown of Las Pegasus.



After-action reports have been forwarded to the appropriate ministries.