Letters from an Irritated Princess

by Tired Old Man


Cocooned Requests from a Pupaic Prisoner

Dearest Queen Chrysalis,

Firstly, I thank you once again for exhibiting a small sign of generosity by allowing me to write these notes whilst contained in this pod.  I’m glad you came to your senses in realizing that keeping us as your love generators meant we required some respectable level of maintenance. Not enough for free-roaming of course, but enough to keep us efficient!

However, as you know, each year keeps being harder on us. There’s only so much love we can give while we’re all separated like this in our isolated pods. Children can’t enjoy the comfort of their parent’s embrace, and neither can lovers or best friends. I know you’ve denied this request before, but I ask again to please merge some of the pods together.

And no, putting the pods closer to each other isn’t the same thing--proximity isn’t much of a grand motivator when we can’t hear or effectively console each other when there’s a soundproof wall or two in the way. Seeing each other has helped, but if you want us to do more, you should allow us just a bit more freedom for our senses.

Oh, and I wish to thank you for keeping my darling Cadance alive after everything went down at the wedding. You could have left her for dead, but you didn’t. However, it seems her stay in the Canterlot Caves has left her famished. I don’t need to be a doctor to know she looks naught but skin and bone from here.

Simply put, she needs more of your, uh, daily rations. You know, the green juice substance you’ve made from our love that tastes fantastically awful, but still filling. I’m told it’s not easy to make, so if it’s necessary, I can forego my ration every other day until my niece gets back into action.

I can promise you this, Chrysalis. If my meager requests are met, in but a few years, you’ll have more LOVE than you can handle. And we will love giving that to you when we are able.

Thanks for listening,

Princess Celestia

Oh, they’re bringing in more! Let’s see who came in...

...Fantastic. They got Zecora. That’s one less open door to consider.

Wait, the recording spell is still on! Oh, and now a guard’s coming by! They can’t read this last bit! But where do I hide it in a pod like… this...

Oh, this won’t be pretty going in.