//------------------------------// // More Memories // Story: Split Struck Spare // by Josh Crapo //------------------------------// "EEE!!! I can’t believe it! Halma! I’m at Yakyakistan’s capital! I just wish Air Wiff was here to see this. She’d love it here. I’ve been finding a way to get some money over here, and I finally did! I’m getting paid to explore houses across Yakyakistan! How cool is that?!? Whew! Holy woll. I need to calm down." Endy, waiting for Air Wiff to come back, has gotten a job in abandoned exploration, a job that is very well paid for what possibly rough shape houses could be in. However, where she is, Halma has an area reserved for this kind of job so Yakyakistan can build better establishments and residential areas based on the shape the reserved houses are in. In this reserved area, lack of maintenance is required to get the raw information needed to build better structures through trial and error. "Endy! Where are you! Wow. Talk about abandoned. I guess Prince Rok was a bad influence after all." "Air Wiff? Was that you?!?" "Yeah. I’m glad you came here." "I also see you’re an Alicorn." Endy gasps. "Wow! Is that a new watch you have?!?" "Actually, it’s called a whitewatch. I brought it with me in case i have to contact any of my friends. Say, why are you here, out of curiosity?" "I got a new job." "What did you get a job in?" "Abandoned exploration." "Heh. In Equestria, that’s all there is to do." "Is it really that bad?" "Yeah, it got very lonely in Cloudsdale. I also assumed the same for Aura Draft in Appleoosa and Dry Stone in Canterlot. If any of us are absent in the cities we stay in, they’re completely abandoned." "Wow." "And that’s how I got this thing so easily." "Say, would you mind assisting me?" "No problem." "Thanks." "Ugh! Why does my head hurt so much?!?" Endy stirs. "-take- psi’s-" "What the-" "-pan- -hey’s- -high- Huh? Wh- Oh, it’s only you Air Wiff. Whoa! What happened to your horn?!? It’s like a sickly brown color!!" "It is?!?" "Uh-huh." "Second day in a row that happened." "Oh. Do you think Wrench could help you?" "Probably. But I think Aura Draft is a better bet." "Hey, I got work in a few hours, so maybe you could go while I’m working." "Hey, that’ll work." "Appleoosa. Huh. I think I may prefer walking on clouds than down on the ground now. Aura Draft!" "Air Wiff?!?" "I was looking-" "Whoa! What happened to your horn?!?" "I probably conjured up another spell in my sleep." "Say, do you think perform some levitation for me? Here." Aura Draft takes off her whitewatch and levitates it onto her back. Air Wiff tries to levitate. The longer she tries, though, the hard she struggles. That is until she stops. "Yeah, I need to wait before my horn can do even the simplest of magic." "How long do you think?" "I don't know." A ringtone plays on Air Wiff's whitewatch. "Snow Flake! Oh, crap!" That's when Air Wiff picks up the video feed. "Hello?" "Air Wiff! What’re you doing in Appleoosa? Get over to Cloudsdale, right, now! And is that Aura Draft behind you?" "Yes. I’ll be there as soon as possible." "Do you think she could get up here as well?" Snow Flake asks. "I'll do it." "Good. We need you over, right now!" Cool Aid repeats. Aura Draft nods before Air Wiff turns off the video feed. "Okay. Ready?" "Ready... um, what are you doing." "Remember when the whitewatch was first introduced?" "A little. I didn’t get to read any of the features though." "You don’t have to now. It was a good thing it was the contrary for me." Having cast a command spell on her whitewatch, Aura Draft watches as it assembles random parts into a hover car via levitation. "This’ll be my ride up to Cloudsdale." "Okay, but I’m doing it the traditional way a pegasus, or in my case, an alicorn, does it." "Your choice." Aura Draft put her whitewatch back on and climbs into the hover car. On the way to Cloudsdale, Air Wiff’s horn is back to the coat color that is needed. "So, what else can a whitewatch do?" Air Wiff asks. "I don’t remember terribly much, but I did remember about the craft assembly spell." "Oh, and I would’ve thought mine would die by now, but it’s still going strong as if it was brand new." "Of... course, why would you think a whitewatch would die? It doesn’t run on batteries. Hey, why did Snow Flake call us?" "Because I asked her to get a chemical that will wash the clouds clean. And that chemical is from Zebramala. I also wanted to have some Peace-a Cola. I did find a bottle a while ago, but it was extremely flat." "I did too." "If only there was a way to recarbonate it." "Recarbonate..." Aura Draft gasps. "That’s it! Recarbonation! I remember that feature." "Kind of late now to use that feature then, since the one Snow Flake brought over was from Changico." "Wait, Changico’s still making that?" "Mhm." Aura Draft waves her hooves in the air. "Ah. I’m not willing to bet that Changico’s economy is overstocked with Peace-a Cola, unless they also export it to Zebramala." "That’s the only way for the price to stay up in the national market. Without exporting, the prices would plummet, meaning Peace-a Cola would be worth less. After that, production would halt and the supply would deteriorate." "What would happen after that? Wouldn’t the prices rise again if that happened? There’s such thing as market equilibrium. I mean sure, if production stopped altogether, yeah, prices would continuously rise. Hey Air Wiff, can I put on 92.5?" "Oh, is one of Dry Stone’s songs playing on there right now?" Air Wiff surfs through 92.5, which is nothing but static. "None." "91.2." Air Wiff tunes into 91.2, which is also nothing but static. "None." "Anything FM?" "None." "Oh, for the love of- Any AM?" "The whitewatch only does FM." "Crap." "Does yours have any songs on it offline? Ones already recorded off the radio?" "Actually, yeah. There’s Flowing, Open Hooves, Found, and Maybe Another World. That’s it. Yours?" Aura Draft asks. "Actually, I found Homely Abode, Found, Flowing and Minors." "Play Found. I think I remember hearing that song once or twice." "Okay."