//------------------------------// // [C GR] You Can't Have Pleasure Without Pain // Story: A Collection Of Geodesic One-Shots // by GeodesicDragon //------------------------------// STORY #14 You Can't Have Pleasure Without Pain Since coming to Equestria, John had had to make do without a lot of the things he had back on Earth. Computers, electricity, phones, televisions, the internet... and meat; these were just some of the comforts he yearned for. But despite this, he still managed to get on without them. However, there was one thing which he missed that he couldn't possibly live without. His insatiable desire to obtain this product had brought him to Ace's lab – where he was now pestering the man in question to give him what he wanted. "John." Ace groaned. "I've told you before that while I can bring stuff from Earth, I have no control over where in Equestria it will appear. It could appear in the middle of the room, or thousands of miles away in a dragons' hoard." "I don't care." John snapped. "Just give me what I want, and leave finding it to me. I can't live without this stuff, Ace, it's all I've been able to think of lately." "Does Applejack know about this?" Ace raised an eyebrow questioningly. "Or are you keeping your desires secret?" John ran his hand over the back of his head, smoothing down his hair while absent-mindedly kicking out at nothing in particular. "No." He replied. "AJ doesn't know. I mean come on, how the hell am I supposed to explain it to her? I wouldn't know how to describe the taste, let alone the pleasure it brings me." Ace laid a hand on John's shoulder reassuringly. "I know your pain." He said. "There are many things which I've had to give up as well. But you try getting Pinkie Pie to sit still long enough to have a serious conversation!" John chuckled and patted Ace's hand before removing it from his shoulder. Ace smiled and walked over to a console. "Since you have your heart set on obtaining this stuff," he said, "I will give it to you. But remember what I said earlier about not being able to control where it appears." John waved a hand dismissively. "Yeah yeah." He said flatly. "Just fire the damn thing up already. Daddy needs his fix." Ace sighed and shook his head. He pressed a few buttons on his console and the machine it was attached to began beeping. A few seconds later a loud pop filled the laboratory, followed by silence. "Is that it?" John asked, to which Ace nodded. "All righty then, I just need to find the damn thing now." A loud crash suddenly entered the men's ears as a large crate fell through the ceiling. John looked up in horror, only to scream as the object fell on top of him, sending him onto the floor. Ace ran over and gasped. "John!" He shouted. "Are you all right?" John gave a weak thumbs up in response. Ace looked at the crate. Stamped on the side were three words: BARR'S IRN BRU "It's made in Scotland." John said gleefully. "From girders." A large smile spread across his face as he passed out to the sound of Ace's hand connecting with his forehead.