Story ideas and snippets

by blake0831

Macross: Equestria snippet 3

Edwards could only looked in disbelief at the sight before him. Beside him, his friend and fellow ambassador/translator Twilight Sparkle had stopped and gawked. On one side in front of hangar 3, stood a variable fighter, a two person variant, in GERWALK mode. It is covered from nose to tailfin and thrusters in sticky tree sap. Stuck to the sap was various sticks, leaves and other forest detritus.

Standing on the other side, stood four figures. No wait, make that five. Standing on the upraised palm of the tallest figure was normally tall and stoic Lieutenant Jade, now 15 cm tall and blushingly dressed in a handkerchief. The figure holding her up was the heavyset, usually jovial Sergent Sato, now grumpily sporting thick wooly hair all over his body. Edwards had previously wondered why a hairy gorilla was standing on the runway, before he realized that the said 'gorilla' was wearing a flight suit.

Standing next to the humans, were three fillies. One, an earth pony with a yellow coat and a red mane and tail. The next, an orange pegasus with purple mane and tail. The last, a pale lavender unicorn with two tone purple mane and tail. All three looked like they've been mud wrestling.

Edwards stared at the unusual group for a moment more before sighing and raising his hand to massage his temples to futilely ward off the impending headache.

"Alright. Jade. Sato. How did you two end up like ..." he trailed off, at a loss for words and instead resorted to gesturing at them to indicate their current 'condition'.

Lieutenant Jade hesitantly cleared her throat and spoke up. "Captain. Sergent Sato and I were accidentally knocked into a patch of blue flowers. The locals called it 'Poison Joke'. When we got out of it, we became as you see now." She sounded like a chipmunk.

Edwards glanced at Twilight, and she answered his unspoken query. "Poison Joke is a magical plant that likes to play magic pranks on whoever got into them. Normally, the effects takes overnight to occur, but apparently it has a accelerated effect on humans..."

'A magical plant that likes to pla..." Edwards shook his head. He can sort out that particular headache later. He glared at Jade and Sato. "And how exactly did you get 'knock into' the Poison Joke in the first place? Why were you there?"

This time, Sato answered, "Well, sir. Me and Jade were finishing up the geographical survey near the coast and were heading back to the research center with our data, when we spotted three young ponies running into Everfree forest. I've positively identified them as Applebloom, Sweetie Bell and Scoota..."

"Stop", Edward commanded, his headache bursting to full strength. Of course. That explains a lot. Applebloom, Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo. Collectively known as the Cutie Mark Crusaders, or the CMC for short. Also known on the base as the 3-pony walking disaster zone and the Three Stooges.

When the UN Spacy and the Equestrian Princesses agreed on setting up a research center, outreach base and trade center here near Ponyville, the news had garnered a lot of interest. Interest in humans from outer space and their technology. The reception were generally positive, with some isolated grumblings here and there.

Anyway, the CMC had asked (read: begged) to help out around the center in order to 'find their special talent and get their cutie marks'. Most people found them endearing and their determination admirable. Like the local ponies had, the humans quickly learned that the CMCs had a collective talent of getting themselves into trouble. And despite the security, somehow managed to get themselves into the normally restricted (to them) places.

Their tenacity and resourcefulness might have impress some people, except that the CMCs were impatient, determined to try everything they can get their hoofs on, and tended to not listen to adults when they're saying something. Already, they've made the head mechanic chased them out of the hangars (CMC mechanics), fried the main navigation board of a variable fighter (CMC repairponies) and gave the pilot of a Cheyenne Mk II a heart attack when he found them messing around in the cockpit of his Destroid (CMC robot pilots!).

The suffering captain looked despairingly at the lavender pony beside him. "Twilight, is there a way to fix this? Or reverse it?"

"Yes, there's a special herbal remedy bath that can fix this. The local spa can mix it up quickly."

Edwards nodded and turned to the pilot standing there. "Sato. Jade. March yourselves to the spa to get rid of your 'condition'. Once you're back to normal, come back here ASAP. Twilight, can you go with them and arrange for the bath?"

"Now, you three," Edwards growled as he focused on the 3 miserable fillies. "I got half-a-mind to banned you from the base and the center. But I won't. However, if you're so eager to help out around here, you can start by washing the gunk off this fighter. I'll be keeping a close eye on you while you work. I'll also be informing your parents and siblings of your recent escapade. The rags, brushes and buckets are near the main building. Now get in line and follow me."

The fillies scrambled and quickly lined up behind him. He tiredly shook his head at their antics and herded them towards the main building. Twilight gave him a sympathetic look before heading towards the spa, with the two humans trailing behind her.

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[Tangent]

I hope Sato remembers to bring Jade's uniform along to the spa, or she's in for a long, embarrassing walk back to the base.

Or, more likely, a long, slightly less embarrassing wait at the spa as she sends Sato to fetch her uniform for her.