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// Meeting Boop Man 
// Story: Let's Boop! 
// by shieldgenerator7 
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You are walking down the streets of Ponyville one day. Yes, you’re a pony. Haha, you look funny as a pony. Oh wait, so do I. Nevermind. Anyway, you’re walking down Ponyville one day and the sun is shining and there’s a slight breeze that blows through your mane and tail. The cool breeze perfectly contrasts with the warm sun to create a climate that’s just right. You take a deep breath and take it all in. You smell dandelions, lilacs, and roses.

Anyway, you’re walking down Ponyville one day and the shops are all bustling with ponies going here and there and buying this and that. You hear a lot of commotion as ponies wheel and deal and trade and buy. You feel at home in this community. You see lots of smiling faces as they cheerfully go about their business. You walk up to one stand and buy some supplies that you need.

The vendor greets you with a “G’day! What can I get for you?” and says good bye with a “Have a nice day!” 

After getting the supplies that you need, you wander over to the bakery. The sweet smell of freshly baked rolls and crisp bread tumbles out the door as you open it. The smell gets stronger as you proceed into the bakery. You buy a few baked goods and take a test taste of them as you head out the door. They smell so good you just can’t resist.

Anyway, you’re walking through Ponyville one day, and all of a sudden you see a strange shadow from behind a building. The tall, dark shadow leaves a dark stain on the otherwise gold-shining main-street path. This shadow does not look like it belongs to a pony.

Upon getting closer to it, you can smell a strange kind of granola and high fructose corn syrup scent. You hear a crinkling sound and then all of a sudden you see a sparkling shiny thing come out from around the corner of the building. Running up to it, you sniff it. Yes, you sniff it. That’s what ponies do when they see something interesting. Or maybe I’m thinking of cats. Anyway, you run up to sniff it. Up close, you can see that it’s some kind of container. Or at least, it was. It’s all torn up now, and what is apparently the inside is all shiny and silvery.

Turning your head, you see something that is definitely not a pony. It pokes you in the nose with something soft, making a funny noise, “Boop!”

You immediately react by pulling your neck back and twitching your nose. You lift your front leg up and wipe your nose on your leg, trying to get rid of the feeling of just being booped on the nose. Then you look at the thing that booped you.

It’s difficult to make out because the sun is directly behind it, but it’s about a foot taller than you and has what looks to be a hat on top of its head. You can make out a face. It’s a smiling face. It looks like he’s laughing. After a while of staring, he bends down to look you in the eye.

“Hey, I need help with something. I’m going to require your assistance.” As he says this, he puts his hat on your head. Your horn doesn’t get in the way because you don’t have a horn. I’m sorry, did I forget to mention you’re an earth pony? I guess I did. Oh well. So you’re an earth pony, for the convenience of the story. Anyway, he puts the hat on your head and you cower your ears to keep them from getting crushed by the hat’s brim.

“Are you willing to help me?” he asks, even though it’s obvious that he expects you to say yes. And if you continue reading this story, he will assume you agree. Otherwise, stop reading and you won’t be able to help him. On the other hoof, if you stop reading this story, you’ll also stop living in Equestria… so, yeah, take your pick.

“Of course, you’ll want to know what you’re getting into,” he assumes. I assume he’s assuming correctly. “I’m on a super-secret mission. My mission is to boop the best of ponies in town. I’ve got to boop all the best ponies! Will you help?”

If you read any further than this sentence, he will take that as a “yes.”

“Great! Now here’s what I need you to do. I need you to wear this hat and film me booping all the best ponies. Come on, there’s no time to lose!”

He runs out into the street and then walks briskly down the street into the crowd of ponies. You quickly follow after him, and feel the hat start to tip backwards. You stop and adjust the hat with your hoof, putting your ears into the slits in the hat to stabilize it. Ah, that’s more comfortable. Once you feel it’s stable enough, you rush after him again. Your hooves clop noisily on the ground as you catch up to him. He walks faster than you think he can and you have to trot to keep right behind him. 

Amazingly, when you finally reach the buzzing trading center of the street, he manages to slip by everypony there. Somepony walks out in front of him and he dodges behind them and avoids crashing into them. You, on the other hoof, have to stop and wait because you aren’t so nimble. Haha, you’re a pony. Anyway, after waiting a split second for the pony to get out of your way, you take a step forward, tilting your head forward to keep the hat from trying to fly off. 

He easily reaches the other side of the crowd and continues to walk briskly in the same direction. He is quite far ahead of you by the time you manage to make your way through the crowd. Somehow you didn’t quite notice the crowd earlier today when you were getting supplies.

You run to catch up to him and trot behind him.

“I know what you’re thinking,” he guesses. “Where are we going? Well, my assistant, we are going… here!” he doesn’t stop as he uses his… what is that? It’s a skinny stick-like thing protruding off what should be his hoof. (Hint: It’s called a finger) Oh right, “finger.” He uses his finger to point at a position on a map of what is apparently Ponyville. The area he points at is shaped like a round cloud and has a book icon on it.

You nod your head as you trot beside him on the way to the Ponyville Library.