Snowball was assigned a diplomatic living quarters, one that consisted of a enormous bed room, an equally enormous bath room, and a dining area. A pair of royal guards, a stallion day guard unicorn and a mare night guard bat mare, led the Yakutian to the room. They had offered to carry the stallion's bags for him but he refused, preferring to carry it himself. The day guard led the way while the night guard stayed at the rear to keep watch.
That and she wanted to check out the Yakutian's goods. Emphasis on goods. As Snowball's name would suggest, the Yakutian's coat was as white as snow and was dense. The mare had never seen a winter coat like this Yakutian was sporting and she wondered what it would feel like to cuddle up against it, being the big or little spoon in a cuddle puddle. Even with the density of this coat, the mare could see all of the muscles that Snowball was carrying. It was all toned muscle, muscle that looked like it came from a lifetime of zero lazy-ing about. He wasn't a huge pony like a strong pony but he wasn't exactly a lanky pony like what Canterlot's Unicorn elite liked to strut with.
As a bat pony, the night guard quickly noticed something unsettling about the way Snowball trotted about. He made zero noise. As a bat pony, her hearing was powerful, strong enough that she could use echolocation to walk blind folded if she needed. Even then, her hearing couldn't detect noise from the Yakutian. His hooves made no noise, his saddle bags didn't rattle around like Equestrian ones, and she couldn't even detect a heartbeat. It was... Disconcerting. All the while, as the two royal guards walked, their armor rattled, their hooves went clip-clop on the marble floor, and their weapons clinked against their armor.
When they reached the room, Snowball was quite enamored. He was familiar with the concept of beds but what they had provided for him was absolutely mind blowing. The square bed was at least fifteen paces across and could probably be big enough for forty of his folk to sleep on. It was also much thicker and softer than what he was used to sleeping on, ie a single layer of a fur pelt. Snowball looked at the bed in amazement, looking between the bed and the guards that accompanied him.
The day guard, realizing what the Yakutian was thinking about, having dealt with foreign diplomats, patted the bed with a hoof. "This will be your bed, sir, just yours," the stallion answered.
The Yakutian's eyes went wide. How wealthy, the Equestrians must be, if they were able to provide everypony with something like this to sleep on? He looked around the rest of the room, seeing two other doors and large bay windows that provided a view of the rest of Canterlot. Seeing the outside, he walked up to the window, only to stop, when his face impacted the glass. Snowball was quite confused. He looked forward again, walking slower, and again, walked face first into the glass. He reached up with a hoof and touched the glass. To him, an invisible barrier was blocking him from moving any further. Looking back to the guards, he raised a brow. "Where is the exit?"
The guards were confused. "Do you need something, sir?" the day guard asked.
The Yakutian looked back at the window. "I have to wee," Snowball answered back.
It a took a few seconds for both royal guards to realize what he had said before they both had to suppress their urge to laugh. Years of experience kept both of them of making a mockery of the foreigner. "You have a restroom en suite to your bedroom, sir," the day guard answered.
Snowball once again, raised a brow. "Rest... Room?" he asked. The day guard once again led the Yakutian, though this walk was shorter. Instead of entering the room first, they simply led him to the door that led to the rest room. Snowball looked at the door and then reached forward with a hoof and pushed. It didn't budge. The day guard realized what Snowball was doing and trotted up to the door, grabbed the door's handle, and turned it, pushing it open. The restroom had a sink, toilet, shower, and bath tub, the usual amenities. However, nothing was familiar to Snowball.
The day guard sighed. This was gonna take a while.