//------------------------------// // Getting Fitted // Story: Forgotten: The Crystal Princess // by milesprower06 //------------------------------// After leaving Hitch with the new information about his egg, Flurry Heart made her way further downtown towards the Canterlogic factory, by far the largest structure in town. Built on top of the tallest hill on what could loosely be considered the 'back' of Maretime Bay, the window offices no doubt provided stunning views of the surrounding area; downtown, the coast, even all the way to the lighthouse. She entered through the main doors, and was immediately reminded of that time Pinkie Pie told her about her husband's Joke Factory that he has passed down to a colleague a couple years before the two of them began to travel across Equestria and beyond, eventually starting a family. "Hello, welcome to Canterlogic. Ah, it's the new alicorn in town. Again, welcome. My name is Sweets. How may we help you today, miss?" the receptionist greeted her. "Hello. I understand Sunny Starscout is preparing to go back up to the Crystal Empire. I was told to come here to get fitted for cold weather gear," Flurry told her. Sweets nodded understandingly. "I'm pretty sure our tailor can get something put together for you before Sunny's ready to head up. Right this way," she told her, getting up from her seat, passing the alicorn a lanyard with a visitor pass to put around her neck. With that, she stepped from around her station and lead Flurry down the left hall while an assistant took her place at the desk. After a series of turns, she opened a door, and Flurry saw a lone earth pony siting at a desk, in front of rack after rack after rack of clothes hanging up. Most of them were Canterlogic uniforms; most of them on the left rack looked like they needed to be cleaned, while the rack on the right looked downright pristine. Then the bit dropped; this was the factory's dry cleaning service. "Hey there, Sweets. Another newbie to be fitted?" the tailor asked. "Nope. Miss Flurry Heart, the alicorn that Sunny arrived with a couple nights ago. She needs to be fitted for cold weather gear, because they're going back up there," Sweets answered. The tailor, a light magenta earth stallion with a white, purple-streaked mane took notice of Flurry's wings and horn, then took note of her considerable height, standing nearly a full head taller than Sweets. "Ah, fairly understandable that they would cut their trip up north short after they found you. Nice to meet you, Flurry Heart. My name is Ivory Cedar, and while I've never considered myself a miracle worker, but I'm sure I can get something effective put together by the time they're ready to leave. Let me just... Where did I put it now...?" Ivory opened several drawers and rummaging around, he eventually came out with a measuring tape. "So what sort of things does this factory make?" Flurry asked. "Currently, we're coordinating with Zephyr Heights to increase their phone production and coverage," Sweets explained while Ivory began to take measurements and write them down on a clipboard. "We've been going through a major rebranding ever since Reunification Day. Before that, we made a bunch of devices meant to ward off unicorns and pegasi. Anti-mind reading caps, splata-pults, though I think Ivory's favorite one was the Balloon Escape Pack." "Not funny," Ivory replied, his cheeks tinting at the unpleasant memory. "Balloon Escape Pack?" Flurry asked. "During our last Annual Product Presentation, that was one of the hare-brained ideas R&D thought up at the last minute. Ivory here was selected for the demonstration, and was assured that it had been tested and it was perfectly safe. I even slipped him ten bits if he did the whole thing with glitter makeup. He got out on stage, activated it, and then realized that going up and away was what worked perfectly. What we were still working the kinks out of was coming back down safely, which he was able to do... Three days later..." "I ate and drank more than my fill after that harrowing escapade, let me tell you," Ivory chimed in as he continued his measurements. "I go up, everything's normal, a few days later I come back down, and Maretime Bay was full of unicorns and pegasi. To say I freaked out would be a... Bit of an understatement." With that, Ivory took down the last information he needed, then tossed his measuring tape on the desk. "Alright, Miss Flurry Heart. Just in case I can't get a complete set of cold weather gear completed in time, I'll start with the extremities and work my way in," Ivory told the alicorn. "No worries if you can't. I've got a few alteration spells that will be quite some help up there," Flurry told him. "Well, whatever I do manage to get done will be on board the Scouticus when you all are ready to leave."