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// Chapter 5: Relaxing in the Cart 
// Story: The Roadie and the Show Stopper 
// by Br0nyb0y123 
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Everypony who's with me in my cart have completed their days work, including myself, seeing as I hardly had any work to do. We were all either sitting or lying on our beds. Everypony but myself and Brittle were all exhausted and stressed out, they were drinking bottles of water from the catering area to gas 'emselves up so to speak. We were all sitting around in silence until Melody came up and said to everyone,

"Hey guys, how about we have a little game just to pass the time until the show comes around"
"I don't know, Melody, we're all pretty tired, I'm not in the mood for a game" JD replied.
"Oh JD, this isn't a game where you do stuff, this is simply a game where you just talk" Melody explained.
"About what?" JD asked.
"Well, how the game works, is that each of us tell us about yourself, and whoever has the most interesting tale, wins" Melody told him.
"Well shit, I have the most interesting story" JD proclaimed.
"The fuck you do, JD. It's me and Peanut's tale that's the best" Brittle said.
"Yeah, and before we start arguing about who has the better past story, I'll start off" Melody said, "All you have to do is just say about where you're from, why you wanted to join here, you know all that good stuff. Also feel free to ask anything whilst I'm saying things"

I probably won't, Melody. That's not my kind of thing to question ponies. Also I'm not as rude as my new red friend, JD,

"I'm Melody, I'm a Pegasus, and I'm from West Filly Delphia...." She began.
"...born and raised, on the playground she started spending most of her days" Brittle started to jokingly sing.
"Hey dude, shut the fuck up and let her speak" Peanut told his much more immature twin.
"Thanks Peanut" Melody said, "As I was saying, I come from West Filly Delphia, I was planning on being a doctor before ending up here, I tried to get straight As in my exams, but I didn't get the qualifications to become a doctor, so I ended up working here on the medical team. And I guess I can be considered a roadie as well as I help out a lot around here. And I guess that's my story" Melody ended.

Hmm. Interesting. I wonder who's next to tell their story?

"Anyone want to go next?" Melody asked.
"I'll go next" JD said with confidence.

This will be interesting,

"Hello, my name is JD, and I'm from Vanhoover, I came here so I can get closer to the female Wonderbolts" He said.
"Who would've guessed?" Star Light jokingly asked.
"Huh, yeah" Magenta added.
"But anyways, the real reason I came here is because being a roadie has been something that's been going on in my family for years, my dad was a roadie, as was my gramps, and so on and so forth, after this tour I'm not sure what to do with myself, maybe I'll go back to college and complete it, or maybe go back home to Vanhoover, I don't know, yet I don't care" JD told us.

That's actually pretty deep, grant it, I wouldn't expect this from some dude who is obsessed with sex, but I guess there's more to this dude then we would have thought,

"And that's my story. Anyone want to go next?" JD asked us.

At this point, Peanut raised his hoof. I'm interested to hear his story, just as long as his brother doesn't interrupt and end up spouting bullshit throughout it,

"I want to go next please" Peanut said.
"Go ahead" Melody said, "I guess your will partly for your brother's as well"
Peanut nodded before beginning, "Well, me and Brittle are from Baltimare, we were going to start up a business, but we didn't have enough money to fund it..."
"Yeah, we were going to start a restaurant, but as Peanut said, we didn't have enough cash to do so" Brittle continued on from his brother.
"Fortunately for us, our cousin had ties to being a roadie and he worked as one during previous tours for bands and groups similar to the Wonderbolts, he was offered to do this tour, but he asked us two to do it for him, just so we can get the money" Peanut said.
"After we get our target amount of cash, we're leaving. Simply enough" Brittle added.
"And that's our story" Peanut ended.

Maybe I won't see much of Peanut and Brittle during the journey,

"Star Shine?" Melody asked, "Do you want to go tell your story?"
"Nothing much to say, really. I've kind of been on my own the past five years, my wife left me, my family hate me, and I'm the living out the little time I have left on this planet before the cancer I have kills me. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, I have inoperable kidney cancer" He said.
"Damn, man. Why'd your wife leave you?" Brittle asked.
Star sighed, "She loved to travel, I didn't like that, I wanted a family..." He began to explain.
"That's a reasonable thing to want" Fire Light spoke.
"I used to be a high school teacher over in Manehattan, I thought I could teach those kids over there to be civilized ponies, but they're difficult to teach..." He continued.
"My cousin-in-law lived in Manehattan for years, he said it used to riddled with gangs" I interrupted.
"Used to? It still is, Braeburn. But as I was saying, I used to be a teacher, and one day, I got sick on my way to class, had to go home, once I did, I went inside and saw my wife in bed with my...." He paused, then frowned, "...With my fucking brother, something snapped inside of me, a monster let out, I almost murdered my brother. My wife left me for him, and they told lies to the rest of my family that I was cheating on my wife with a student of mine, fucking idiots for believing that and because of those lies, I got fired from my job, even the student that they said I was cheating on my wife with was coaxed into it with some of my brother's money. Four years later, I got told I have cancer, I've got like eight months left before I die and all I can be saying now is that it can't get any worse from here" He finished.
"Damn, Star. How'd you end up here?" Peanut asked.
"I was bored, simply put. I didn't have anything else to do, so I signed up here and I've just been enjoying myself for what I have left" He said.

Wow, that was really touching, hell, he has my bet for best story. It was tragic and somber, and Star looks like he's a calm and chilled pony, but really, he's damaged. Everypony went silent after he told his story, it was like no one wanted to tell their story after his, and I can see why, I don't think anyone can top that,

"Anyone want to go next?" Star Shine asked.
"I'll go next" said Mageta Velvet as she raised her hoof, "Besides, me and Fire's story is closely related"
"Yeah, it is" Fire Light added.
"So, me and Fire went to Uni together, we used to work as waitresses down at a coffee shop, we both quit..." Magenta started.
"...and since we're huge fangirls of the Wonderbolts, especially for Soarin in my case, but that's another story, anyways, me and Magenta signed up for this job and we've been enjoying ever since" Fire finished.

Wow, that's it, that was crap, no offense to them. But that was just dreadful, well, at least it's over,

"Is that everyone?" Melody asked.
"I think so" Peanut said.

Well, at least I won't be telling my shit story,

"Wait, what about Braeburn?" JD asked.

I hate you, JD,

"Yeah, tell us how you ended up here, Braeburn" Melody said.
"Yeah, c'mon man" Star added.
"Fine" I said as I sat up from my bunk.

Well, here goes nothing,

"I'm not really sure how I ended up, I was kind of in a weird place in my life before this. I used to live up in a desert town called Appleloosa, it's not anything special, but it's home. Anyways, I was bored of staying at home, my life has mostly consisted of bucking apple trees at my family's orchard, I wanted to do something with my life, besides kicking trees and watching the apples tumble down to the ground, besides watching tumbleweed roll off into the baron wasteland of sand, rock and cacti..." I started, "I feel as if I'm going through a mid-life crisis, but shit, I'm only twenty-eight. I guess it's just boredom, I want to see the rest of Equestria, I want to see Manehattan for the gang raided wasteland that it is, I want to go to Canterlot, to Vanhoover, all the places you kind ponies resided in. I just want to do something!" I shouted.
"You just want to see Equestria and do something with yourself?" JD asked.
"Exactly man" I replied.
"Did you sign up for this so you achieve that?" Brittle asked me.
"Well, yes. But to be frank, I didn't even know who the Wonderbolts were or what they did until last night, believe it or not. I was staying at my cousins' farm with my gran, cousin-in-law and my cousin once removed, and one of my cousin's friends optioned that I should sign up for this in order to 'find myself', so to speak, so I signed up, and here I am" I finished.

After I finished, all of us sat in silence. It wasn't an awkward silence, but a thoughtful silence, I observed everyone's faces and they were all thinking about something, but I wasn't sure what they were thinking about. Maybe it was about life after the small stories we all shared, but I wasn't too sure. After about two minutes though, it was JD who finally broke the silence,

"Well, Melody. I thought that was a good game"
"It passed the time though, the show's about to start in about five minutes" Melody replied.
"Should we pick a winner?" Fire Light asked. "I think it was Star who told the best story"
"No, it was Braeburn" Magenta told her friend.
"Braeburn and Star are very funny ways of pronouncing my name" JD chuckled.
"Let's not do the vote now, we'll do it later" Melody told everypony.
"Yeah, that sounds like a better idea" Peanut replied, "Either way, I'm off to go see the show"
"Same here" Brittle spoke as he and his brother both left the train cart.
"We all better follow them" Star Shine said.
"Yeah, let's go" Melody added.

All the ponies in the cart left to go and see the show, until I was the only one left inside the cart. I sat on my bunk and thought to myself that I might as well go out there as well, despite the fact I've already seen the show last night