Ditzy Doo was a bit of a strange pony, and the other ponies in Ponyville were completely comfortable with this. Her natural eidietic memory leant itself very well to her job as a mailmare, and she was quite possibly the only pony in the town who could give you the address of any pony in Ponyville without looking at a book. And then there was the matter of her eyes, which were almost always pointed in two completely different directions. And while yes, she could occasionally be clumsy and uncoordinated thanks to her eye condition, for the most part she avoided major accidents.
“Oops!” cried Ditzy, as the bad strap on her mailbag finally gave way after years of abuse, and the mostly full bag began to tumble towards the earth below, and the pegasus dived after it, hoping to catch it before it could hit the ground and spill its contents everywhere. Unfortunately, the moment she began her dive, she knew she wasn’t going to be fast enough. Fortunately, she wasn’t the only pegasus around. A polychromatic blur intercepted the falling mailbag, loop-de-looped around, and then came to a dead stop in front of the mailmare.
“You drop this, Derpy?” Rainbow Dash grinned as she hovered, holding the mailbag and it’s broken strap in her forehooves.
“Oh, Thanks, Rainbow Dash!” enthused Ditzy ‘Derpy Hooves’ Doo as she took the mailbag in her own hooves. The nickname had begun in Cloudsdale Flight Camp, and had followed the mailmare down to the hamlet of Ponyville. She didn’t mind it too much.
“Not a problem. Catch you later!” called back Rainbow, already speeding off to somewhere. Ditzy turned her attentions to her broken mailbag, thinking on how she could fix it so she could complete her rounds for today, or at least until she could ask for a new one.
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Ditzy Doo stared at the short and simple letter that she had delivered to herself earlier in the day. The letter itself only consisted of perhaps five words. Why her second, and more secretive, employer insisted on using this form of communication, she had no idea, but she now had her mission, and there was no time to waste. Loading up her brand new bag with the appropriate supplies, she hurried over to the targets’ location. It was a trivial matter for her to enter unseen, and just as easy for her to then unlock the door so her employer could enter later. She began to set about the work she was assigned, setting up the area for maximum enjoyment.
She was Ditzy Doo, mailmare, and one of Pinkie Pie’s part-time Surprise Party Officers.