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Wise Cracker


Just some guy, riding out his time.

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Passiflora is the sort of pony most ponies are aware exists but never gets the spotlight. She's a dietetic nurse, somewhere in between medical doctor, dietician, and baker. She makes ponies feel better with food, and she's quite good at it, as any Wonderbolt who's needed her skills will attest to.

So naturally Spitfire is all too happy to accept her invitation when she asks to talk over tea.

Spitfire's seen the signs, though. Something's wrong with Flora, and Spitfire's going to have to use some tact and grace to stand by her friend in need.

Whatever Flora's problem is, Spitfire is sure to provide a solution.

Preferably before Flora lays waste to all the teacakes.

Author's notes: Side story to my old Flight Camp fic, acting as a prequel. There are some spoilers to to the Flight Camp fic, but none significant.

This was written based on advice by Andrew Price, namely to do one finished piece of art per week. At the time of writing, I'm planning to do this for one more week. This fic was mainly intended to work on something I do a lot in my stories, and as such I need to learn how to do right. Consequently, this fic has a lot of the same thing in it, but hopefully done well.

Cover art was made in the span of an hour. Yeah, it's lazy and ridiculous, but it's the first time I'm using this method, so there's bound to be a few hiccups.

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Heh, I knew one of these days, a story of yours would post when I didn't have time to read it. Looks like it went up around when work started, so it'll probably be at least six hours before I can.

I will be reading it, though.

That was cute. I'm now tempted to go read the other story that connects to it. :ajsmug:

Nice slice of life. I liked it, but I already like Whimper, and enjoyed getting to see a bit of his family behind the scenes. Of course, it almost feels like it should then go through and follow his progress in the Applecross Games...

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That's what Project Horseapple is for, actually. Somewhere in a parallel universe/distant future where I actually know how to use Blender, there's an animation about how he grew and how he did at the Games.

But until then, I'll just keep flailing around at random.

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Yay! You should know that Whimper remains my favourite OC to write, and I recently edited that story to be more professional-looking. Still have the same old cover art, though... oh well, glad you liked it!

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Ah, alright, so it is the works, anyways. Cool. I lose track...

--arcum42

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Umm, glad you liked it?

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That's what I thought of when you mentioned the rookie who could only eat corn. Yes I did like it, and I haven't even read your other fic with him yet, although now I will.

No trophies for the bullies to hind behind.”
-hide

“Right. Everypony runs. And your boy can’t.”
-Very good point...

This is the first time he’s actually asked if he could do anything that involved getting stronger or faster.
-One wonders if this was before or after he started bulking up from farm chores and such...

“Same way the Wonderbolts stay motivated, Flora. Same way anypony stays motivated for anything.”
-Drill Sergent's who can yell, friends who love them, and an unquenchable thirst for excellence?

-Well, in the end, I none of the factors I mentioned were mentioned.

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