EQUESTRIA TEACHERS
One gloomy night in a seemingly deserted mansion in Canterlot there were two ponies, the first one with a sharp mind and sharper suit, and another with a blue hoodie put on and nothing better to do but help his partner for life.
“So, what are we doing tonight?”
His friend ignored him and hid his ears further inside his hood. Showing anger the formal wearer asked again in a more fitting manner.
“HELLOOOO?! Any pony home? … I’m talking to you Clan!”
His friend woke up with the eyes of a murderer on his face, and an expression that turned scarier by the shadow his hood provided.
“… How can I help you my dear friend?”
The nice tone on his voice made his mane stand on end. His particular smile didn’t render the situation any less frightening. Never minding it, the ambitious pony gained his composure back and asked again.
“Well Clandestine, you don’t really think we can spend the whole night sleeping in the house, right?”
“You rather sleep in a dumper?”
With this sentence Clan dived off his face in a pillow and pretended to sleep.
“Is that it? I demand you to wake up and help me start my … our project”
He added more kindness in the last two words. Fixing his tie he stomped on the floor loudly. Clan raised his head and motioned a migraine with his hooves.
“‘Sigh’ Most Obnoxious Pony Ever!”
“Well what are you waiting for? Come along we don’t have all night!”
“Now hold on, what exactly are we going to do?”
His well dressed friend smiled for the first time in the night. He walked towards the window and looked through the glass.
“Our society has a problem, a silent and invisible one, but one that for sure will be felt throughout the ages!”
“…”
Cutting the drama he started over. He turned to face his friend.
“Clan, you know I love our society and I want to help it grow, therefore we must do what we have never done before!”
“Why don’t you try going to a gay bar?”
He was obviously mocking, but it didn’t sound like it. His friend hoof slapped himself and talked him over.
“You know we don’t have those in Canterlot, no pony has ever requested them here”
“Then why don’t you go make your own? I think you would like it”
The tuxedo wearer hoof slapped himself again, and returned a reproaching stare.
“You know I am not into that sort of thing. WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS?!”
“Because it’s fun. Oh no? Then why do you spend so much time with me? And LIVE with me? Not to mention I haven’t seen you mingling with many mares recently”
“THAT… ‘Clears throat’ that does not matter, look will you assist me or not?”
“The real matter here is will you ever show your true colors?” His friend angered more. Clan fought a terrible spasm in his ribs to avoid laughing “Would you someday come out of the closet!?” His friend was now boiling red and steam came out of his breathing. “AHAHAHA easy Conqui, am just messing with you”
“Listen well you snake tongue, my name is Land Conquistador, not Conqui”
“Conqui is shorter, besides Conquistador sounds silly. You going to tell me that every time I call you Conqui? Like you always do?”
Land fell down to his knees and asked him defeated.
“Will you please listen to me now?” He finally spoke Clan’s language.
“Speak” Clan is aware his friend has power and wants to make great changes in Equestria, he also insisted in having him as a partner. Land has a dream of transforming every pony alive into beings more like him. Or at least increase their intellect and reduce and/or eliminate their ignorance. Not for his sake, but for the sake of the gods he believes in, the gods named Logic and Discipline.
“Okay, listen well. I have this project funded by me, and all the specifications are in this letter” He brandished a golden envelop and handed it to Clan. “Take it and do not lose it, in case the princess refuses to sign it, just persuade her. That’s your most important part in this Job” Clan smiled with confidence, he seemed to enjoy a challenge. “When the princess signs the letter then phase two will begin, and I will selected the best teachers for this” The environment changed from a casual conversation to a dead serious dialogue. Land’s eyes locked on Clan and motioned him to complete the mission.
“Is that it?”
Land nodded. Clan tightened the letter and readied his body.
“Consider it done, Conquistador!”
Clan revealed his wings and galloped towards the closest window, with deft hooves he opened the window’s lock and soared his way out with a single flap.
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Are you a grown pony? Are you interested in forming part of the educational project that will change the future of Equestria? Are you an expert or amateur of any known science or useful knowledge? If you are any of this please assist to the sign-in office next to the city hall and sign yourself for a brief and beneficial test to examine if you meet the standards of our institution. Please inform of the contents of this brochure to friends, family or any known pony that could be considered to meet our standards and even surpass them!
Help us forge the future of our foals, by our foals and for our foals!
Sign in requirements:
1. Currently be 20 years old or more, or be healthily developed physically and mentally
2. Have a birth certificate (please bring us a copy)
3. Have any kind of expertise that can be considered beneficial to our society
4. Know how to read, write and know basic mathematics and language
5. Be willing to take on a psychological and emotional test
6. Be herbivorous
Note:
Being a pony is NOT a requirement, we are willing to impart knowledge from any intelligent species that comply the necessities above.
Second Note:
Every teacher will receive a total of 70 bits for every successful week of imparted classes.
It is a sunny day on the Ponyville market where two ponies stopped to read the distributed brochures. Applejack enhanced her skimming into a deep reading on the last sentence. She liked what she read at the end.
“Ho-oly hay that’s a lot of bits over there!”
Rarity was reading alongside, she happened to also like that number at the end.
“I like what I read too, but I think they have the highest of standards to be willing to pay a salary that big, weekly” Rarity consoled Applejack by patting her on the shoulder. Applejack shoved her hoof away and turned around to face her.
“Hold on a sec, what’s that supposed to mean?!”
“Oh Applejack, you don’t believe that …” Applejack cuts her off.
“I don’t believe what?!”
“Would you let me finish?” Applejack backed off a few hoof steps, she rolled her eyes and relaxed her stance. “As I was saying, I think you miss a few requirements’, those being number 3 and 4”
Applejack contained her limbs from strangling Rarity. She breathed deeply, counted to 10 and spoke back.
“You don’t know a thing about me dress maker… I JUST READ THE DARNED-DOO DLEE-DAMNED BROCHURE RIGHT NEXT TO YA!!!”
“Okay, but what about your language? You sure like miss some words quite often” Applejack was trying really hard now, but she was aware Rarity had a point. “darned-doo dlee-damned? Right next to ya? Language is not made up, it has rules … you know what are rules?” It was obvious Rarity was just trying to piss her off now, her face showed the satisfaction of messing with Applejack. “And tell me this, how much math do you know?” Applejack fixed her hat and stare right to Rarity’s eyes.
“I know all the basics and beyond” She says this proudly with a smile. “Addition, subtraction, multiplications, divisions, square roots, exponentiation, fractions, Algebra, equations, you name it!” Applejack smiles even wider, she didn’t know she knew so much math. “And for your information its mathematics! Not math”
“How could an earth p… I mean farmer know all of that?” Rarity still attempts to get in Applejack’s nerves.
“Do you think building a barn is easy? I do all the numbers and values when it comes to work” Applejack has good argument and solid proof. “I am pretty much the only female engineer in Ponyville!” Rarity stood silent and with an irritating confident smile. Applejack fixed her hat again and finished the conversation.
“That’s it! I am signing in” Applejack picked off the goods she bought in the market and trotted away. “I can’t wait to erase that smile of ya … I mean off your face!” Applejack galloped towards her home to prepare for the signing, she would need some time in order to ready herself to meet the standards of a very fine institution, and she would need to make a plan and a good night of sleep. She turned her head a few meters away to look a Rarity. Rarity had the same smile with innocent eyes. “‘Sign’ Or maybe I will erase that smile with a nice buck, right in between the nose!” she whispered to herself.
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Different day, same gloomy night
The hooded Pegasus flew inside the mansion, his friend receive him with a tense look expecting the worst.
“Okay, here we go. Clandestine, hit me!”
Clan closed his wings and put himself comfortable in the same bed he was last night.
“The fact that my head is still attached to my body should be enough evidence things went better than I expected” Land nodded and motioned him to go on. “There were a lot of royal losers that refuse to let me see the princess, they said they didn’t trust my aspect” The letter was to be given directly to the princess, the royal guards may dictate the letter to be unsafe and may damage it or completely break it. “So I flew to the main tower myself, avoiding being detected of course, I picked the lock to princess Celestia’s chambers and went inside” Land was hysterically biting his hoof nails now, he also shivered unnaturally. “The princess said she wasn’t expecting any visitors and asked me the meaning of my intrusion”
“You forced your way to the princess?! Are you insane?!” Land lost control and almost started to cry. “Where is your common SENSE?!”
“I said I lock picked it, so calm down freak show!” Land did as told and settled on a couch facing the bed. “I bowed to the princess and asked her to take my deepest apologies. She took it well and decided to hear me up. I gave her the envelop which she levitated and opened after a while of checking it” Clan chuckled under his breath “I also said that was a proposal sent to her days ago, and it turns out she was the one apologizing now!” The princess was embarrassed for ignoring her royal duties so irresponsibly.
“So you lied to the princess?”
“Shut up you mule! I am the one who risked his leather for your bloody project!” Land apologized and told him to go to the point already. “The princess read for a while and … she loved it! She considers that the best education possible is exactly what all the ponies need”
Land yelled in excitement and jumped on the bed to plant a kiss on Clan’s cheek. Land covered his mouth in embarrassment and apologized to his friend. “Never mind that, this means the princess accepted my proposal then?”
Clan nodded. “She ordered the distribution of the brochures to be done tomorrow morning right in front of me” Clan added “She also said the first sign in station will be in Ponyville because she considers it to be the most needed at the moment” Clan concluded. “She even accepted to provide all the equipment the letter requested and you will be able to select educators tomorrow, you will also get extra money from her royal accounts to pay the teachers”
Land cried in happiness after listening his project will be done after all. “Wait, right tomorrow? They can build the signing station so quick?”
“They are as we speak”
Land inserted his hooves in his mane and took it all in. His project was starting tomorrow and he could be able to pick teachers tomorrow so he can start the impartation of classes very soon. The princess accepted to cover all the expenses so the situation was against failure. He relaxed a little and thought about it, why not pick his first teacher right now? He eyed Clan and asked him with a hoof under his chin.
“Say Clan, would you like to earn 70 bits weekly?
Clan raised an eyebrow in confusion.