My nose was cold. So were the tips of my hooves, but my nose was all sniffly too. It was only fall but the cold hit much harder than it does back home. It was like it seeped through the walls. Something about the weather in this world just sets my feathers on edge. It’s like it’s wild, mechanical. Icy? That’s the wrong word. Of course there’s ice in cold weather! Well, not this weather. It’s not that cold obviously. Seep was the right word though. It got into everything.
Strawberry was weird about it. The human world has all these cool things built into the walls so all you need to do is turn a little knob and the whole apartment will get warmer, but apparently that takes up too much electricity and electricity costs money and Berry insists on waiting until the end of the month before turning up the heat. She said it’s not even that cold. I’m a pegasus though! If she can take it I can take it. We’re built to take tough weather! Even if it is on crazy weird human earth. Bring it on human world! Grrr!
So there I was hiding all cozy under a blanket in bed. I was really dark suddenly. I think the sun outside set and I forgot to turn on a light. I didn’t really need one. I had my tablet glowing in front of me.
A month of delivering pizza and I finally had enough to buy one. Not that delivering pizza is that bad of a job mind you, I’m just not that good at it. Ok it was a bad job regardless. I don’t know how other ponies do it. Humans and non-winged ponies will only take the job if they have a car, and they might be more comfortable and secure in one of those, but the pay is even worse because most places don’t pay for the gas you use, and Emily said that stuff is expensive, and Berry was uptight about the electric bill so it must really be bad for her to complain about it.
That’s why everyone told me to try it, almost like it was expected, you know? Like so many people just assume it would work out and the job would be a breeze for me, but no. All those human houses look the same, especially from the air, and they gave me a little navigation computer thing that uses satellites in space to tell you where you are and where to go, which is super cool and creepy at the same time, but I was still knocking on the wrong doors.
And some of the people who answer… most humans I’ve met have been nice but some can be really creepy and scary. I was talking to the delivery driver they have and he was telling me about some of the really weird people he’s seen too. It’s like, you finally find the right house, finally knock on the front door because that’s where the street is and you don’t want to make a mistake like before and make someone angry by landing on their nice grass and knocking on the back door because human architecture can be crazy sometimes, but no this time you got the front door, and it’s probably the only door because it’s just this tiny little rectangle building that you wouldn’t have guessed was a house if it wasn’t for the chairs and the pathway out front and a car parked nearby… and this old woman opens the door.
At least you think that’s a woman, because Celestia help me, her mane was gross and crazy, and she’s got these weird wrinkles and this look to her like she can’t decide if she’s a predator looking for prey or if there’s something chasing her. You’re worried she’s part dragon or something because she actually breathes out a puff of smoke, which explains part of the smell, but not the rest of the smell that just surrounds the whole place. I know humans eat meat but I was under the impression that they didn’t like making a mess with it and tried to keep things clean but it was like something died in there. I couldn’t even say anything when she opened the door. I just stood there shaking and nearly dropped the pizza. Then I made my first mistake because when she slammed the door going back inside for money, I was too scared to stay and didn’t want to become a pizza topping for some crazy human carnivores so I flew away as fast as I could.
Anyway that was my first strike and one of the reasons why I don’t deliver pizza anymore. That weird place that smelled like dead things. No, wait, not dead things actually, just the kinds of super gross alive things that live in dead things. It was more like that whole building was just a giant rotting log you found in the woods playing with your friends and there’s all kinds of creepy things living in there. It didn’t look like it was rotting or anything from the outside, but we weren’t really paying attention. I had told strawberry that I was getting really good at flying and she wanted to see, so I looked for something too big for a little filly to jump over. I found a stick and flapped my wings really hard while running and then flew over it! Except it wasn’t really flying, it was just jumping with my wings out. Strawberry said she could jump higher and then proved it by jumping over a huge log. Then Poppy Seed jumped too and started laughing. I couldn’t lose at flying to two earth pony fillies! So I ran as fast as I could and leapt in the air! That was the first time I really did do any flying, though it was a little. I could feel the lift from my wings that Mom always said to look for when she game me flying lessons, but I was too surprised by the feeling that I stopped flapping and fell face first into the log. It broke open like a wall made of smelly, moldy bread and I screamed when bugs started crawling in my mane. There was probably a snake too.
I cried all the way back home while Strawberry and Poppy tried to calm me down. Once I had a bath and mom had cleaned out all my scrapes and helped me comb my feathers straight again I had settled down some, but I remember being too scared to go back out into the woods for almost a year. I even had flashbacks during my flying lessons sometimes and was too scared for even those. My brothers teased me about it sometimes. Strawberry never did. She and Poppy both asked permission to stay the night to cheer me up. It was my first slumber party at my house. We played all sorts of games and had so much fun. There were more fun nights but that was the one I remember the most.
I didn’t go back to work after that delivery. I think Berry called them and gave some excuse so they wouldn’t fire me quite yet. I just went straight to her place, took a shower, combed my wings, and cried into my pillow.
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IT LIVES!!!
You do know it can be out of order and we'll still get the notices, right? It's kinda nice knowing where it is when you read it fresh
If you do not continue this story I will personally hire an assassin. Also, good job!
Aww, poor Pillow Case, I just want to hug her.
Nice to see this story is still alive-ish. It's always charming seeing Pillow's struggles fitting in, and ponies on Earth is such a neglected idea.
Made my day. :)
Oh look... it's Coco recolored. But nice to see this story come back from the dead! I have been waiting to see another chapter!
HNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
*Dies from D'aw overload*
I myself usually read and write warfics, but Taffy there's something about this story that keeps me wanting more. Even if it's been six months since the last chapter.
4616441 The mane is the same as Coco, but the tail and eyelashes are different.
poor pillow case ...
i hope this story gets some happy moments too sometime soon
I will admit that I may have actually squee'd when I saw that this updated.
I delivered pizzas for four years and I understand a bit of poor Casey's problems. (And yes, I've been to those houses that smelled like their owners died.) Probably the most ridiculous thing I've had happen to me was delivering pizza to a guy who said he'd let me see his girlfriend's breasts if I gave them the pizza for free.
She wasn't worth fifteen bucks, so I said no.
The last bit seemed a bit disjointed and confusing. There was hardly any transition from the last pizza delivery to the flashback.
I've been waiting for updates though. More !
4616560 Ha! That made me laugh!
A update YEAH
Thank you
I'm glad to see this is still alive. However, you switch between whether the (fairly long) paragraphs are indented or not. Stick with one.
Have a great day!
Poor Pillow is so adorable. Now we need a happy fluffy chapter to balance it out.
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hehe, funny story actually is that I drew these sketches of Strawberry Jam before that episode even aired:
i.imgur.com/WGJy4Rq.png
Can't speak for the vectors though, but the eyes are different for sure. Coco had Fluttershy's eye shape.
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I'll look into it, but I think that's what I was going for; illustrating the way the new fears stirred up memories from the old fears. To her the creepy house was like that old log she face-planted into as a filly.
I thought Pillow Case first started working for a sandwich shop.
Does it count as a coming to America story if Equestria= America?
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Gah! You're right! I totally forgot I changed it to a sandwich shop when I last proofread the christmas chapter before uploading it. Now I have to retcon it because pizza's in the title and now I'll feel bad!
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OH NO! Now I feel bad for making you feel bad! I also would much rather sandwich bags be dropped on me than a pizza box. Poor Casey...
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Somewhere someone is writing a comedy about a pony living on earth and when a unicorn character says "It can't possibly get any worse." then instead of it suddenly raining they get pizza going splat on top of their horn.
And no one will know.
Having mainlined the story in one go to this point, I think it's pretty well-written. The descriptive text is well-balanced with slice-of-life episodes, and the timeline's neither eternally stuck in Day One nor galloping off over the horizon. Quite a few characters are being introduced, but not by the truckload and not as expositional dumps, and overall it just feels really well-paced.
PC gave us all an important lesson: GO TO THE COLLEGE! So you don't end up doing something like this for the rest of your life.
Quick? You call six months quick? I'm just going to assume that you built a set, hired some actors, invented some way of turning them into ponies, filmed the scene and then wrote about it. In which case, gosh, that was quick!
Seriously though, these are always fun to read when they come out.
Awwww, jeeze. The poor dear, heck if I had to deliver a pizza to a lady like that I'd probably vaminos the heck out of there too.
This chapter was amazing. Also you should update more because you are amazing.
Welcome back, Pillow Case!
So, she talks about delivering pizzas for a month, then tells us about a customer who scared her away from pizza delivery
forever? Nevermid, it was just vaguely worded. It would help if it was made clear she didn't return to work just for that day.It
Capitalize name
Nice chapter, stream of consciousness writing is fitting for a story like this.
cute
I just discovered this story and already I want to see more Casey. She's adorable.
Yay! Pillow Case is back! Hugs!
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The sadness associated with being a fanfic writer. No one will ever know your work, or your poor pizza topped unicorn. I'd still eat it...
Short little chapter, one that has me anxiously wanting MOAR!!
Man, Pillow should really just go back to Equestria, it is looking like she is just going to be miserable the longer she stays in the U.S.
Got caught up, it's pretty amazing. See you guys in 6 months.
Came across this story from a referral link, really liking it so far.
Some of the pictures seem to be broken however.
Slice of life right here. This character has more character than several characters I've read about already.