Crazy Customers
Uncle had noticed the influence that the three fillies had on the customers who came into the shop. When they made an effort to be adorable, even the hardest dealer turned to goo, and Sweetie Belle at least seemed to have an instinct for just the right time to be adorable, with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo following suit.
What Uncle hadn't noticed or really thought about was how his customers changed as a result of their presence. After all, antique collectors were unusual to begin with, and Uncle was no exception. It didn't occur to him that the presence of the three magical creatures in his care drew some of the more...unusual members of his clientele like moths to flame. Still, they were good customers, so Uncle didn't really think much about it.
Besides, it made for good stories.
It was just after sundown and Uncle was getting ready to put the fillies to bed when the bell rang to indicate someone had entered the shop via the front door. Inwardly, he winced, realizing he'd forgot to flip the sign to 'Closed' earlier. Sighing, he made his way back down to the shop, the fillies trundling after him curiously in their usual manners: Scootaloo on her cloud, Apple Bloom on her hooves, and Sweetie Belle on his head.
As he reached the shop, he saw the potential customer. She was a rather well endowed young blonde woman wearing a uniform Uncle didn't recognize, and dark sunglasses over her eyes. "Can I help you?" he asked calmly.
The young woman jumped, startled, and turned to face him. She started to open her mouth to speak, but instead stared right at Scootaloo. Walking right up to her, she began to stroke the tiny pegasus' mane ever so gently. Scootaloo, for her part, leaned into it happily.
Uncle cleared his throat irritably. "Uncle owns antique shop, not petting zoo!"
"S-sorry!" the woman apologized, jumping back. "I don't mean to disturb you. I was just in the area on business when I remembered that my Mast-" She paused, running her tongue over her teeth as she searched for the right word. "Dàshī's birthday is coming up," she concluded. "I wanted to get him something as a special present to curry favor." She glanced away. "Maybe he'll finally start calling me by name," she grumbled under her breath. Looking back up, she continued. "Anyway, this...felt like the right place to shop."
Uncle looked at her for a time, then shrugged. "Very well. Look around. Maybe see something you like?"
Nodding, the woman began to peruse the shop. She examined several artifacts carefully without touching, but eventually moved on. She paused, however, at an ancient looking sword. "This..." she began, plainly drawn to the weapon.
"You have interesting tastes," Uncle offered, coming up behind her. "Sword has very interesting and wicked history. Once belonged to Vlad the Impaler. Very wicked weapon...yet legend say blade is blessed. Most unusual."
The woman smiled widely. "Oh, Master will definitely love to have this..." Under her breath, she whispered, "...again..."
Not hearing the last word, Uncle nodded. "Let us discuss price, then. Come." Taking the sword from the wall, Uncle carried it to the counter.
After a quick negotiation, the young woman paid full price for the antique, fishing dollars out of her money pouch from in amongst a great deal of pounds. Taking the sword, she began to make her way out...pausing to pet Scootaloo again.
"Why spend so much time petting Scootaloo?" Uncle asked curiously. "No pet Apple Bloom or Sweetie Belle?"
The woman paused, flustered. "There's just...something about her," she replied softly. "A...certain kinship. I can't really explain it." With that said, and a gentle pet to each of the other fillies, she left the shop.
Uncle turned the sign to 'Closed' locking the door. "Nice lady," he praised. "Fillies can learn from her how to act properly." From outside, a strange scream could be heard. Shrugging, Uncle lit an incense enchanted with his magic to ward away the undead. "Hope she knows how to use sword. Will likely help her make it back to her Dàshī if need such aid. Now, bedtime story."
With that, he led the fillies back to bed as he moved to select a story.
Another day, Uncle was at work in the shop, filling another shelf with unusual items from around town that the fillies had picked up. Having determined that they had magical properties, he was keeping them in the back for those aspects of his clientele who weren't looking for antiques. After all, for those in the know he was also a Master Chi Wizard, and sometimes those who came to his shop were seeking those services, rather than antiques.
As he worked, the bell chimed as a new customer came in. Turning, Uncle started to smile, only to frown. The young silver haired man who entered did not look to be the sort interested in antiques. However, the bat wing shaped key chain resting on the compass visibly glowed to Uncle's vision, showing that it was magic of some sort, meaning they were looking for something. Uncle was not overfond of young magic users, as they had a strong tendency towards being reckless.
When the young man looked up from his magical compass, however, uncle revised his opinion. His steel blue eyes showed great wisdom for his age, and a hard resolve. Plainly, this was a mage warrior, not a wizard. Those were much better to deal with young when they were learning responsibility, rather than old when they thought they knew everything. "Welcome to Uncle's Antiques," Uncle greeted warmly. "What are you looking for today-"
"WHEEEE!"
Uncle covered his face as the inevitable happened.
"...not being knocked over by a pegasus on a runaway cloud," the young man responded, getting back to his feet. He playfully mussed Scootaloo's mane. "Watch where you're going next time, squirt," he chided. He then looked up at Uncle. "There's something I need here, and...I think it's here somewhere. An...unusual item?"
Nodding, Uncle gestured to the shelf. "My wards bring many unusual items in this week."
The young man looked over the shelf, then pointed at a small green block. "That one," he said firmly.
"Powerful magic inside," Uncle replied. "Not let go of easily, especially with magic unidentified."
The young man offered a full looking satchel. Uncle peered into it, then shook his head, as he only saw yellow and blue baubles that had no value to him. The young man then offered a different satchel, holding various shards, stones, gems, and crystals of different materials, each containing unique and powerful magic that could easily be put to use in Uncle's magic research. "This will do," Uncle replied, taking a handful and handing over the small block.
"Thanks," the young man replied. "Took me a while to find those...glad I won't find anymore here."
"Good luck on your journey, young warrior," Uncle replied warmly as the young man left. He shook his head as he turned back to his shop. "What is with young people wearing so many belts and zippers?" he grumbled under his breath.
As the bell once more rang, Uncle looked up from teaching the three fillies to read. Standing in the entrance was a tall, pale skinned, black haired, red eyed man dressed as a butler. He stepped calmly and peacefully into the shop, but his very presence gave Uncle the willies. "W-welcome to Uncle's Antiques," he greeted nervously. "Looking for something special?"
"You could say that," the man replied softly. He pointed at a shelf where a jeweled ring rested, a recent acquisition that Uncle had painstakingly restored, focused around a single bright blue gem. "That, specifically."
"Ah!" Uncle murmured happily. "Is centuries old. Very precious." He gently lifted it off the shelf.
"Price is no issue," the man murmured, setting a satchel of gold and silver coins of varying age on the counter. As he did so, he reached over to gently stroke Scootaloo's mane as she nuzzled up to him like a cat. For some reason, he found this highly amusing.
"Why is it you want ring so badly?" Uncle asked as he made the exchange.
"This ring is very important to My Lord," he explained, "and yet...he is constantly losing, misplacing, or damaging it, and it always falls to me to fix it. A situation most easy to repair if one looks through time, rather than space." He gazed at the gem appreciatively as it caught the light. "You do very good work. Your high recommendations were well earned. I am glad I directed it to you for this."
Uncle shivered, deciding he didn't want to know anymore. Scootaloo, however, was plainly curious. "How you do dat?" she asked eagerly, all three fillies having started to develop more of a vocabulary by now.
The man chuckled softly as he brushed his hair back from in front of his eyes. "A butler who can't do this much isn't worth his salt, whoever he works for...My Lady," he replied gently. "It is amazing, what one learns looking through time."
"I'm no lady!" Scootaloo complained, blowing a raspberry in protest much to Uncle's terrified surprise.
The butler smiled softly. "Perhaps in another life..." he answered, stepping out of the shop and vanishing from sight.
Uncle shook all over as he began researching anti-demon spells for his shop. Not that they'd do any good if that one showed up again, but he had to calm down somehow...
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Well, the last one is Black Butler...
I don't know the first, but I think the second is the Dante guy and the third is the butler from black butler.
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First one is Seras from hellsing.
No clue on the others.
These are my guesses:
Customer Number 1 is Seras Victoria from Hellsing.
Customer Number 2 is Riku from Kingdom Hearts.
Customer Number 3 is Sebastian Michaelis from Black Butler.
A silver haired guy with a bat wing shaped key chain? Is that a reference to kingdom hearts? If not, I'm stumped on every reference.
I recognized Sebastian, but what about the other two? Who are they? It's entirely possible that they're from shows or anime I haven't seen before, so that may be why I recognize them.
First one: Seras! From Hellsing!
Second one: Don't know.
Third one: Beeker, Captain Phule's butler from the Phule's Company series!
The lady was Seras from Hellsing.
Very nice chapter, I do have some suggestions for magical items that can show up in Uncle's shop: seven different colored gems with some plain gold rings, a small wooden cup, seven orbs with stars in them, a statue of a bird, three playing cards from ancient Egypt, a green lantern with ring, Green Destiny, a set of silver shoes, a crystal skull, a red stapler, and a partridge in a pare tree.
Since the first one almost said Master Dashi, I immediately thought Xiaolin Showdown since that was one of the main background story character, but not too sure about it either.
The second one is probably Riku. He's the only teenager that I know of with silver hair, has a lot of zippers on his clothing, collects dozens of different types of crystals and stones from enemy defeats, and as for the small block, it almost sounded like a piece of a gummi ship maybe?....
7241244 yeah, those are the three, the blond haired, Big chested one had to be The Police Girl. No other, and frankly her yelp at the end certainly seemed to fit. The second one took me until the end, but reading through it, I recognized the use of Munny, and then the shards from taking down various Heartless, Nobodies, and other such creatures. Then the final one...never saw the anime, but damned if I didn't hear a fair bit about Black Butler, and the only thing that would make it MORE obvious is if he said his famous line, "I'm one hell of a butler." As is, figured that one out, and MAN I missed the last chapter when it came out!! Two more excellent additions...but my Bad Day counter remains unused...
...you doing this on purpose? Or am I just getting some hard luck? Either way, great stories and wonderful cameos. Thanks again!
Yeah, the other story references stumped me, so I couldn't have enjoyed this chapter as much as I could have.
Well, I think there's a reference to Daughter of Darkness with Seras. Only other reference I caught was Riku looking for Gummi blocks.
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Correct on all counts.
Now, can you name my stories - two published, one only announced in blogs - that were being referenced by those three being there...and how they interacted with the ponies?
I got Seras Victoria from Hellsing almost off the bat, but had to piece together the others from the comments. I didn't see any PWNY verse references though. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
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Ding ding ding! That was the first one.
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The author's note said the stories being referenced were not PWNY.
7241336 Ah, my mistake.
The last one was from Black Butler. That I know for sure. The others not so sure.
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Seras and Sebastian I recognized right away. Sadly, despite being part of one of my favorite series, I didn't catch Riku until I read the comments.
Ah, I almost forgot about "Yes, my Lady"; the story where Scootaloo has a rather special butler (as well as a griffon chef and minotaur gardener if I recall correctly). I've been waiting on that for a long time.
Second's definitely Riku, recognizing the gummi block and munny. Last one is Black butler apparently. No idea about the first.
assuming the second was Riku from Kingdom Hearts, please tell me he was wearing pants over his pants, like in the first game.
I really need some Pants-Pants.
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Hellsing reference.
7241436 Seres Victoria from Hellsing. Her "Master" is Alucard, or Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler.
It's good that Sebastian didn't say his catchphrase in front of the children.
Did not even realize all three visits were cameos.
What? No Dr. Facilier? That would've been fun to see him try and enter into Uncle' shop especially with his history as the shadow man.
Considering the references you put in, does it mean this is a teaser for new stories to come?
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Think it's the Abridged version?
I caught Black Butler Seb, but I did not think about Riku. Riku has multiple designs so pin-pointing them is hard.
7241326 Hmm... well, I dunno about the other two, but for the bit with Seras, would that perhaps be a shout-out to that fic where Scootaloo is Alucard's daughter?
7241488 not sure, possibly, but I'm not sure if he had a sword in the abridged version.
I got Sebastian the instant he walked in.
Loved Uncle's comment on that one at the very end. I missed the others though, and I shoulda caught Riku. Great little chapter. 
I wonder if we'll see a follow up with those sales... either way, I only caught Seras on my own.
7241488 Heh, that'd be amusing to read. Though alas, she will always be known as the Big hearted police girl.
Another enjoyable chapter. Great job.
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The 'bat-winged keychain' was in reference to his Keyblade from KH2, implying he was using it to point out a missing gummy block he needed to get off world.
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Yup! That's the one the third part was referencing...which is why Sebastian paid so much attention here to Scootaloo.
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Yup. Daughter of Darkness.
Okay, no idea who the first chick is, but I'll say Riku from Kingdom Hearts second and Sebastian from Black Butler third. Now to check everyone else's answers.
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Can you direct me to that certain fic my fellow Black Butler fan. Also I knew who the first and last customers were but not the middle. You kinda made my day with Sebastian being there. If you do another chapter like this could you have Claude show up? I know he's a douche but he's kinda hot and has a voice that makes me swoon.
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"Yes, My Lady" has not yet been written, only announced. As my latest blog entry explains, it's next on the list of 'non-PWNY' stories to be written when a slot opens up in the update schedule.
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I honestly don't know if they can. However, since the keyblade is reshaped by attaching different keychains to it, it seemed to make sense that, in keychain form, other effects were possible...especially with Riku, who was always more creative in the use of his abilities than Sora.
Police Girl(forgot her name) from TFS Hellsing Ultimate Abridged in the first scene, and I liked the added 'again' when she found a sword owned by 'Vlad the Impaler' since Alucard is pretty much him.
Riku in the second scene, getting a special gummie part, ship, or something or another and giving Uncle Munnie for his troubles.
Sebastian from Black Butler getting Ciel Phantomhive the ring that his family owned for generations was found again because he normally tends to fuck up with his ring and all that stuff.
And before people ask no I did not look up the blog post 'The References'. I just saw that and I read the first 'I was looking for people to guess the references in the chapter' so there's that. Love the chapter.
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Cool. Look forward to reading it. Question though are you going to have Claude in the fic?
can't say off the top of my head but number 3 is likely "one hell of a butler"
7241876 most keyblades are manmade and have many abilites yet to be seen.
Guess our first customer is decided to... cut to the chase with her purchase.
Looks like Scootaloo flew in... face first for our second customer.
Seems Scoots doesn't... ring any bells with our third customer.
At least none of them had any... clouded judgement with Scoots.
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Sera's Victoria from helping I think is her name
7241473 Sometimes I hate cameos. Then I find good manga and anime from looking up cameos.
What's his catchphrase?
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You put down the wrong eye color for sebasation he has red eyes not black
7241488 In the canon, Alucard called Seras 'Police Girl' all the time, too. To my knowledge, he only called her by name once, after he was decapitated by Anderson and encouraging her to drink his blood.