//------------------------------// // All About Cutie Marks // Story: Buenas Pilipinas // by CortezDude //------------------------------// July 10:00 AM The Santos Twins were back at work ever since summer ended for them and it was alright for the two to be back at their respective jobs. Luke was back dealing with his routine at Ocean Adventure and the same thing goes for Maggie who is also back in dealing with her routine in Zoobic Safari. They've been working in those places since the twins turned 22, and ever since then, the twins knew how to deal with the simplest to the most disgusting tasks that their bosses have done. And if you want to ask on what the grossest things they've done, then I'd suggest that you do not ask so that we wouldn't want to gross others. Thank you very much! Likewise, as we continue forward on the story, when the time was done, the twins packed up their stuff and headed towards to their house. You might be wondering if they were in their car, then the answer is no. No, if you may ask? Well you see, they decided to take a taxi and insisted them to be dropped off to their routes and when they were done, the twins took a jeep and told the driver to drop them off nearing their house, and whilst walking back to their home, you might wanna guess on what happened next, dear reader. Alas! Those same ponies last summer that Luke and Maggie saw were just trying out local street food and we all know that they cannot eat meat due to them being herbivores, c'mon, kids; you know this in your Science class, right? Yeah. But any who, back to where we need to be, those tourists were just wandering and goggling at the sights when they saw the Santos twins again much to their delight once more. "Well! Fancy seeing you twins again!", said Clockstruck who sported a wide grin on his face. Luke chuckled, "And nice to see you ponies for the third time in a row!" "I know right?!", beamed Melodic. "Who knew our paths might cross again not once, and not even twice, but thrice! Can you believe that?!" Maggie smirked, "I noticed. By the way, don't you have enough money to return home?" "We do, and we have a friend who works here along with our other friends considering have some jobs in Subic while some of our other friends are visiting", assured Citrus. "Who are your other friends?", the Santos twins asked in unison. Bright volunteered to tell them on who they were, "We have five friends who work and settle in here and they're in the forms of a female Diamond Dog, a male Abyssinian, a female Ornithian, a male changeling, and a male dragon while our other five friends are in the forms of a female griffon, a male hippogriff, a male yak, a male zebra, and a female kirin on whom we along with them visit our working friends if they have the time.", he finished it off to Luke and Maggie until he had a question to ask on them. "Say, what are your jobs anyways?" Luke decided to answer his question, "Well, I'm a marine biologist working at Ocean Adventure" "And I'm a zookeeper at Zoobic Safari", Maggie told them "Wait!", exclaimed Citrus in shock, "You both work in those places?! How come we never see you guys?" "Well, our bosses told us that we needed a break and they'll cover up for them and we accepted that so that's the reason you didn't see us, during summer.", Luke told them until he decided to ask the ponies an important question, "Now it's our turn to ask a question this time. What are your jobs in the first place?" "Oh-ho-ho!", said Melodic with a sly smirk, "You two wanna know our jobs, huh? Our cutie marks are a hint on that, buster." The twins knew about this one before. You see, the first Equestrians they met was a couple in the forms of a unicorn mare and a Pegasus stallion in which the mare had a book and quill for a cutie mark and the stallion had a cocktail shaker for a cutie mark. It was an easy guess due to the fact that the unicorn is a best-selling author in Equestria and the Pegasus was a bartender which was enough to say the least. Bright Crescent and Citrus Delight were easy since the bat pony stallion is an astronomer and the Earth Pony mare is a seller of the best citrus-only juices such as oranges, limes, grapefruits, and well....you name it! The tricky challenge is the Pegasus and the unicorn which is somehow confusing, Maggie's first guess that Melodic is a singer and her answer was no, her second guess was a composer, not even close, finally, she decided that it was somehow a maker of musical instruments and she was right. Luke decided to guess about Clockstruck's job; his first guess on him is that he makes clocks and that was a nope for him, the second guess is that he was a clock-fixer and that was answered by a big yes in which he smiled in delight having relieved of himself answering that guessing game. "Say", Clockstruck pondered, "Have you both visited Equestria before?" "Actually yes", Maggie answered, "It was a long time ago before we met you....." Flashback The twins were just getting used to it back in October of the year 2023, when their parents decided that they will test them out but their triplet siblings couldn't come since they were staying with their aunt and uncle in Antipolo City, Rizal for two whole weeks. So when they both entered the portal, they braced for their forms when the family arrived in Equestria Luke turned into a unicorn stallion with a gold coat along with pink eyes and a mane of the colors red and black as well as a cutie mark of an orca and a great white shark in a yin and yang form, Maggie turned into a Pegasus mare with a light emerald-green coat along with olive eyes and a mane of the color yellow-orange as well as a cutie mark of a lion's pawprint, their parents turned into the respective forms of a unicorn mare and a Pegasus stallion. I guess you could say, dear reader on who inherited who, right? Back to the story, readers! The twins along with the ponies continued walking and chatting on they way until they finally stopped at the destination where Luke and Maggie needed to be, their home. Before departing, the Equestrian tourists asked them for their address and without thinking twice, they decided to give them to it knowing that they can trust them after all. The four ponies waved goodbye and goodnight to them as they headed towards their home in order to relax and then end the day with a good night's rest. Busy worktime with their chosen jobs can halt their relaxation and time with their friends old and new, but it doesn't mean that the fun things are just around the corner, only that if they want it, then they must focus on the important things first rather than the fun things last.