Bleeding Strings: Man in a box

by The Drifting Bard


given work and pay?

"So.... What exactly is my job?" I asked. The White Alicorn simply smiled as she beckoned me forth.
As I took a step further, she gave me a grin. "Simple, Your going to be our mediator"
"A what now?" I was surprised to say the least.
"You're going to be our main decision breaker for political conferences and peace talks"
My face fell. I hated politics, still do in fact.

Back on earth I lived by the rules whoever wins, we lose in terms of politics.
The fact that they had to have all these pointless little arguments and ignore the elephants in the room such as why there was even a thought on the bedroom tax... its rather foolish if you ask me... but I digress.
I was still looking at her like she was a dancing monkey.
"uh... and how does that enable me to piss off nobles?"
"Simple, If you don't like their proposals... deny them" She grinned slyly.
I caught on. "so basically... screw them over in favor of the little ponies"
"Precisely" Luna smiled.

"okey doke," I grinned once again. "Just... I dont know, summon me or something, I'm off to find out more about this city"
"Wait, Before you go, here, your badge of office and stipend" I blinked twice as a badge which looked identical to the hand of the king badge from Game of thrones fixed itself to my coat. a bag of gold simply landed in front of me.
"Huh? okay, well... uh.. Thanks" I picked up the money and simply smiled.

after walking out, Twilight came cantering towards me.
"How did it go?" She asked.
"wow is all I'm going to say, also... I gots me a job already which is quite strange considering I didn't have one back on earth"
She giggled at this before placing a hoof to her chin. "hmm, well In any case, Need a tourguide?"
I looked down to the Lavender mare as she smiled sweetly up to me.

"sure, whats the worst that could happen" I grinned stupidly.


I had to say it didn't I. Rain hammered down upon us as we walked through the city, But I didn't mind that much.
My hair began to cling to my face, Twilight was clever enough to bring an umbrella. She was a damn princess and she was walking around like she was still an equal to the non-alicorns. "Gotta say Twilight, were you expecting Rain?"
"Not really, but you know what the weather team is like?... Right?"
I shook my head, "nope... unless you count the ones who make stupid predictions"
She looked at me in confusion. my Hair soon found its way in front of my eyes. considering for the past week I hadn't been able to really sort my hair out, I brushed it back.

I know I'm not the most attractive man around but still, When I moved my hair out of my face, Twilight had said something, I turned to look at her for a moment. "sorry could you repeat that?"
"I was saying, why don't we go get a..." She looked into my eyes for a brief moment before shivering.
"coffee? ah, good Idea... Know any places?" I asked, she simply cantered off.

Naturally I gave chase. after two minutes of solid running in the rain, I began to look a little bit more haggard.
"sorry for running like that," She smiled sheepishly. "eheh.. well, Here we are... Donut Joes"

I gave the mare a flat look.

"really? there's a pony pun in here somewhere..."