The first day at my job caused me to befriend boss (the Doctor). I don't call him boss outside work because it annoys him to infinity. The workshop was basically a shop, a repair center and Doctor's lab. Doctor had handled the shop while I fixed stuff in the back. Even though I have a magic advantage, I could only fix only a bit over a third of the stuff. Apparently we get stuff to fix from Canterlot because a workshop will ruin the beauty of the city and also because no one wanted to do such work.
Screw them because fixing stuff is satisfying. I won't talk about yesterday or day before yesterday because nothing interesting happened. I finally got a calendar and the dates are the same as 2021 except that the year is 1500 and there is no global pandemic. The summer sun celebration occurs every year on the 20th of June(Sunday) and today is 23rd June(Wednesday, where's the frog?).
Good thing is that all the stuff in the workshop was fixed and sent back to their owners. I must say that these ponies are so clumsy. I'm pretty sure that they were never scolded for dropping a glass of water. Anyway, because I had nothing left to do, boss let me go earlier. I had taken a few small gears and other things to make a music box because the only music boxes are either huge or are just heavily enchanted boxes that can cause health problems due to high magic concentration.
My primary goal was to prove the belief that small music boxes can exist but then...
...the fire nation attacked.
Just kidding, it was Twilight and Spike who appeared at my door. It didn't matter because it just distracted me from fixing the backyard.
"Hello.", I say while smiling. I'm smiling because Twiggle is annoyed.
"Hi.", Spike says. "You got a ticket for the Grand Galloping Gala and a letter from Princess Celestia.", he says as he gives me a scroll. I take it from him in my magic. Now I have to pretend to not know him.
"Thanks..."
"Spike, I'm Twilight's number one assistant!", he says happily.
"Must be hard.", I say to offend Twiggles.
"It was but now I'm experienced.", he says, completely oblivious to Twiggle's annoyance.
"Understandable. Anything else?", I reply.
"No."
"Have a great 24 hours.", I say as I close the door. It's great to hear Twiggles panic because she thinks I threatened her and Spike laughing because he got the joke. I'll read the letter and finally get to fixing the backyard and looking for a good hiding spot for Arnold and Stan. I go to the couch in the living room to read the letter.
The room temperature suddenly decreases and Karen appears. She had appeared yesterday and we debated the ownership of this house before deciding that we can co-exist peacefully as long as I don't try to get rid of her or she tries some funny business with me. She had taken a bit of power from Stan so that she could get a better form than translucent white. She is now having a mostly opaque body and a yellow, Karen cut mane instead of a white one. Her coat is still white, so she is basically nearly opaque, earth pony Karen. At least she has enough common sense to not do Karen stuff.
"Is it true that you got a ticket for the gala?", she asks without showing any emotion.
"Yes." And all hell broke loose. Karen went from an intimidating 24 year mare to some kid getting their first diamond in Minecraft. She talking about all the stuff that is in the gala and what she wanted to do. I feel sad for her because she's a ghost and now she's sad as well. I decide to destroy the sad.
"Ey."
"What?", she says sadly.
"Twilight also got two ticket."
"So?"
"She'll tell her friends."
"And?"
"If you have a sense of schadenfreude then we can go to watch Twiggles' friends fight for the ticket.", I say with a grin. She thinks about it before smiling and replying,
"Let's go."
We had left the house 10 minutes ago to observe Twiggles' misfortune. I had been looking for a hiding spot for Stan but Karen just chucked him out of my bedroom window into the overgrown backyard which was logical because no one is going to find him in there. Stan was understandably unhappy. Arnold was thanking god that he's a watch. I was concerned about someone seeing Karen and freaking out and calling the 'Church of the Holy Sun' but Karen explained to me about how she was using her ghost powers to be invisible to everyone but me.
I had bought an umbrella because I know that it will rain. We were heading to the restaurant where Twiggles and Spike was eating the sandwiches. When they were in sight, it started raining. I had opened the umbrella and started heading towards them. I see Rarity in the corner of my eye. I could hear her tell Rainbow Dash to close the hole in the clouds as we got close.
"Spike.", I called out. He looked at me with confusion. "Get under the umbrella or you'll be wet.", I continued. He didn't hesitate and got under the umbrella just as Rainbow closed the hole. Spike, Karen and I could not help but laugh at Twiggles' stupidity and her now soaking form. Karen laughed the hardest as she was levitating around Twiggles. It's great that she can't get wet. Twilight just stood there annoyed while trying to glare at me and Spike through her wet mane. We stop laughing.
"Get under the umbrella or you'll get sick.", I say with a grin. She gets under the umbrella and mutters a 'thanks'. "I'll drop you at your house. Is that fine?", I ask.
"Yes.", she answers in an annoyed tone. We start walking towards the library. I spot Rarity in the corner of my eye.
"So, how was your day?", I ask even though I know how it was. The rain is becoming lighter. Rarity is getting closer.
"Bad. In the morning, I was helping AppleJack when I got two tickets for the gala. Applejack wanted me to take her to the gala so that she could sell her snacks but then Rainbow Dash came and she wanted to go to the gala to meet the wonderbolts. Rainbow Dash tried to do a favor for me a few minutes earlier and now I am pretty sure that the rest of my friends would also try that. I can only take one pony with me or I can give up my ticket but then three would be left out.", she rants as the rain becomes lighter and lighter and eventually stops. I close the umbrella and keep it to my side.
"What if I gave my ticket?", I ask because I feel bad for her and also because I am not trained to deal with nobility.
"But why would you do that?!", she asks incredulously.
"It's simple. Firstly, I'm shy and would just wait out the party in a corner which will just waste the ticket. Secondly, I am very patient but I have a limit. The 'nobles' would destroy my patience in seconds and from what others have told me, I get really scary when someone angers me enough. I have never seen red and I don't want to find out what happens when I do."
"What do you mean by 'see red'?", Spike asks.
"When you 'see red', it means that you are being controlled by your rage.", I answer. Rarity is right behind us.
"Hello Twilight! Spike!", Rarity says as she start walking by them. She looks at me. "Mr. Gear."
"Please don't call me Mr. Just call me Gear."
"OOOoooh! Somepony's a bitch!", Karen says as she inspects Rarity. Thank god that only I can hear her.
"Okay. So what are you doing?", she asks as if she wasn't following us.
"I was going to drop Twiggles and Spike to the library.", I respond with a smirk. Spike snickers while Twiggles just grumbles at her nickname. We arrive at the treehouse and Fluttershy and animals are cleaning the place. The crow from day before yesterday is there but he isn't doing cleaning and doesn't care that the other animals are glaring at him. The crow spotted me and flew onto my back. I look at it and it looks back at me. This happens for thirty seconds before I look back to Pinkie singing some song about the ticket. I will not question what is going on. I'll just move out out the door so that the animals could leave.
Fluttershy approaches me. She looks at her animal friends leaving then at the crow on my back.
"He likes you.", she says with a twinkle in her eyes.
"Okay...", I say because I'm pretty unsure about what to do.
"I think you should keep him.", she says happily. I would have accepted but the problem is that I don't know how to care for birds. I look at Karen who is standing next to Fluttershy for some help.
"Do what you would do. I don't mind if a bird came in the house.", she says. I ask Arnold mentally about what to do and get the same answer. You may not realize this but it is a pretty hard choice. I could take care of the crow but it would be really hard but Fluttershy is so happy about this and not even the devil would want to make her sad.
"I will take care of him."