Have Our Limits.
Violet's eyes moved across the books that graced her small bookcase. She had read through all of these books, some of them multiple times. Having the day off had shown her a new problem.
She had nothing to do.
The thestral let out a sigh as she thought about her options. The flower sisters were out of town on business, and Andrew was at that picnic thing with Scootaloo. As she thought this, she realized that she didn't have many friends, at least not in Ponyville. Though, there were the Elements of Harmony.
Applejack and Rarity were with Andrew at the picnic and Rainbow Dash was in Cloudsdale, so they were out. Twilight was in Canterlot so she was out, too.
That left Fluttershy and Pinkie.
"Well, today might be interesting." She spoke to herself as she opened her front door.
It was later in the morning as she walked through the market on the way to Sugarcube Corner. For the most part, the town was calm. Only a few ponies were out and about. Most were out of town or at the picnic with their foals.
When she arrived at the bakery and entered, she was hit with the sweet smells of muffins and pastries coming out of the ovens. The inside mirrored the outside in the fact that there were only a few ponies partaking of the morning delicacies offered by the Cakes.
Mrs. Cake was at the counter stocking the displays. When she noticed the aimless thestral, she waved.
"Good Morning, Dear!" She placed the last of the pastries and closed the display as Violet walked up to the counter. "How can I help you."
"Is Pinkie busy?" Violet asked as she eyed the display.
"I don't think she is." Mrs. Cake stated. "I could go get her for you." She finished motioning towards the stairs.
"No need!" A loud voice shouted next to Violet's ears causing her to jump and release a sound not to dissimilar to a squeak. This caused Pinkie to giggle. "You make the most adorable sounds when you're surprised!" She waited for Violet to stop hyperventilating before continuing. "You call?"
"Uh, yeah." The thestral nodded. "I was wondering if you were free today."
"You wanna hang out with me!" Pinkie gripped Violet's shoulders and looked her in the eye with the widest grin the florist as ever seen. "Of course." she positioned herself next to the thestral, one arm around her shoulders. "I know exactly what we can do!"
Violet was then dragged up the stairs by Pinkie so fast that she couldn't protest.
"You know, the last time I went to a fair, I got mugged by three clowns and 'Alabama's Third Smallest Man'." Andrew spoke as they walked past several food carts and carnival games. He took a bite out of the cotton candy he had bought for him and the girls.
"Ah don't believe you." Applejack stated with furrowed brow.
"Swear on my brother's coin collection." The human's face twisted in thought. "I'm pretty sure he wasn't really the third smallest man in Alabama." He shrugged as he took another bite. "I didn't have much with me that day. They took three dollars, a Burger King coupon, and my library card."
"That is kind of hard to believe, dear." Rarity said as she took a dainty bite from the cotton candy she had floating in her magic in front of her. "It just seems so far fetched."
"Look." Andrew shot a glare towards the doubters. "You don't know fear until a two and half foot man has a knife to your groin." He let out an involuntary shudder. "Did I mention the clowns? There were clowns!"
The girls only rolled their eyes at the human, in retort, he stuck a blue tinted tongue out and blew a raspberry at them. His attention was drawn to a carnival game nearby. It was that one game where they had bottles stacked into a number of different piles and had the players attempt to knock them all down with a bean bag or ball. His attention wasn't so much drawn to the game, but specifically to a small white filly with a red curly mane and large purple glasses. She had a ball in her hoof.
"Aww shoot." The filly let out as she missed another throw. Andrew recognized her as Twist, friend to the Crusaders, and sister to one of the human's favorite clients, Bon Bon. Before he knew it, he was already standing next to her. His eyes roaming the many stuffed plushies lining the prize shelves. Each shelf had a sign on it indicating the conditions to win something from it. There were also numerous prizes hanging from the top of the stand, including a large stuffed gorilla about the size of a pony. At this point, Twist noticed the human. "Thully!" She shouted.
"Hey Twist." Andrew smiled at filly. He always found her lisp to be very adorable. "Having trouble?"
"Yeah." She nodded before pointing at a prize on the highest shelf, a large stuffed candy cane. "I really want that, but I'm not very good at knocking down thothe bottleth." Looking up, Andrew studied the bottles. There were three stacks, one closest and to the left, one in the very middle of the booth, and one in the far back on the right. The sign with the rules written on it states that everypony gets one ball per try to attempt to knock down as many bottles as they can. Twist's prize requires two stacks to be knocked down.
"I got this." The human said aloud as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet. it was more of a bag then a wallet, but that's what the ponies called it. Andrew looked up to the pony running the game. He was a grey unicorn with a brown mane. Said unicorn also had a look of poorly hidden disdain as the human's attention focused on him. "How much for one attempt?"
"For you." The unicorn looked him up and down. "Four bits." This caused Twist to cock her head in confusion.
"But you only charged me two bith." She said, causing the human's brow to raise.
"Yeah, well you're a pony," The unicorn stated as he pointed a hoof at Andrew, "It'th not." He finished, mocking the filly's lisp.
"That'th not fair!" Twist opened her mouth to continued, but was stopped when Andrew held his hand up.
"I got this." He repeated himself. Placing four bits on the counter, he held his hand out for the ball. The action caused the pony to smirk. At this point the girls returned to Andrew's side, Applejack having clearly heard the conversation.
"Now hold on!" She was about go off on the pony at the counter before the human performed the same calming hand motion that he did with Twist.
"I got this." Andrew said again. He reared his arm back and threw the ball, knocking down the closer two stacks easily. The human pointed at the candy cane, and the unicorn floated it down to the filly, the smirk on his face gone. "What's the prize for knocking down all three?" At this, the unicorn's smirk returned.
"A human." He said simply as he pointed up.
At the stuffed gorilla.
Andrew's eyes narrowed. His brow furrowed. Applejack and Rarity were ready to tear into this pony like Opalescence tore into Andrew's leg when he first met her, but were stopped in their tracks by the human placing another four bits on the counter. Rarity gasped.
"Andrew, darling, you are not seriously considering giving this rude colt anymore of your money are you?" She asked as the human received another ball.
"I know for a fact that he isn't getting a single bit, it's all going to the school." Andrew stated. He spoke to Cheerilee a few days ago while fixing one of the desks. The unicorn had already been paid.
"You clearly are more skilled then your average brat," Said unicorn interrupted, "I'm going to have to ask you to throw from a greater distance." He smirked as he motioned for the human to back up. This caused all of Andrew's friends to glare at the unicorn even harder, but he ignored it as the human complied. "This only to keep it fair, you know. Monster's tend to have stronger throw- WOAH!"
The insult was stopped by the human seemingly throwing the ball right at him, only for it to curve away from him and into the first stack, then the second, and finally the last where it then hit the back wall of the booth with a loud thud. Everypony around stared at the fallen bottles with mouths agape as the human walked back to the counter. Without taking his eyes away from the unicorn's, he pointed at the stuffed gorilla. The gorilla then floated down into his grasp as eyes finally left the unicorn.
"Wow, how did you do that, Sully?!" Scootaloo exclaimed.
"Little League." The human stated as he eyed a particular stuffed animal on the top shelf. "I would like another ball." His gaze shifted from the prizes to the unicorn as he placed two bits on the counter.
Violet and Pinkie stepped out of the party mare's closet. Pinkie was giggling up a storm, while the thestral had a dazed look in her eyes.
"I.." She shook her head, "How.. What?" Violet took a few more steps before sitting down and holding her head in her hoof, "I don't even."
Pinkie snorted. "Andy said that, too!" She pulled Violet in closed. "So, what do you wanna do next?"
Violet placed her hooves on Pinkie's shoulders in hopes to calm her down. "As fun as that was, I think I'm going to do... Something else." She meant it, despite not being able to really comprehend what exactly she spent the last few hours doing, she had enjoyed it.
"Aww." Pinkie's smile disappeared for a split second before popping back into an ear to ear grin. "Okay!"
At this, Violet showed her own way out and began walking through town. It only being early in the afternoon, she needed to find something else to do. Maybe Fluttershy wouldn't mind hanging out. The thestral began walking in the direction that she believed held the skittish pegasus's cottage.
As she walked, she couldn't help but wonder how Andrew was doing.
The sun was starting to set as the human accompanied Applejack, Rarity, and the CMC. His gaze occasionally shifting between the direction they were walking and the stuffed gorilla in his arms.
"Why do I feel like I'm propagating a stereotype?" He muttered to himself as the group reached the picnic blanket that Applejack set out earlier. They all sat down, with Andrew setting the gorilla next him. The human felt eyes on him. Specifically, the sapphire like eyes of one mare named Rarity, whose mischievous smirk from earlier returned as she eyed, not Andrew, but the stuffed animal that fit in his shirt pocket. "What?" Rarity rolled her eyes at this and stood up, motioning for the human to follow, which he did.
He found himself being led away from other ponies. They soon found themselves near one of the park's many benches. Rarity hopped up on it and patted the seat next to her. Upon sitting down, the human took his usual sitting position. Left ankle resting on his right knee and his arm resting on the back of the bench. He looked up at the orange sky, the bench facing away from the soon to be setting sun, and took in a deep breath.
"When was the last time you took a break, darling?" Rarity asked. Andrew only responded with a confused look. "When was the last time you took a break from working?" Rarity repeated herself.
"You mean a day off ,right?" The human asked, receiving a nod from the fashionista. "That would be.." He tilted his head in thought. "It was..." He trailed off as his gaze seem to search for an answer in the grass, and he winced when he found his answer. Not daring to look Rarity in the eye, he gave it. "Hearths Warming." He whispered under his breath.
"What was that, Darling?"
"Hearth's Warming." He repeated loud enough for her to hear, and hear she did as she let out a shocked gasped.
"That's almost a whole year, Andrew!" Rarity shouted.
"Calm down, it's not that bad." The human tried to diffuse the situation, but judging by the glare he was receiving from Rarity, he only doused the fire with more fuel.
"Are you even sleeping?!" The fashionista asked as she studied his face.
"Of course!" He winced as he realized that Rarity didn't buy it.
"I can see the bags under your eyes!" She tutted at him. "No wonder you've been yawning so much!"
"It's not a big deal, Rarity." He continued to attempt to downplay it, but Rarity's reprimanding gaze caused him to shrink like a child who was caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
"Not a big deal?! I, of all ponies, know how big a deal a lack of sleep can be!" She wasn't letting up, she had been in Andrew's position before, and she refused to let him keep making the same mistake. "With the kind of tools you work with, you could seriously hurt yourself!" That last sentence made him wince.
"I.." The human was interrupted before he could say anything by the fashionista's raised hoof. Rarity took in a deep breath and closed her eyes. She let it out as she set a more concerned gaze onto Andrew.
"Why are you working yourself to death?" She asked.
"I.." Andrew started before placing his elbows on his knees and leaning into his hands. He let out a heavy sigh as he rubbed his face. "When I work, my mind is focused." Leaning back, he looked off to the side at a nearby tree. "There's nothing else in the world besides me, and my tools. Every day that I walk through town, I still get the stares, I still hear the whispers." He brought his gaze forward. "When I work, I can't see the stares. My tools are so loud, I can't hear the whispers." Rarity placed a comforting hoof on his back.
"There are no words to make up for all the hurtful words and actions of the intolerant and bigoted." She then jumped off the bench and walked to the front of the human. His eyes finally meeting hers. "However, nothing will change if you keep working yourself to the bone."
"What should I do?" He asked as he maintained eye contact.
"First, when you get home," She bopped him on the nose, "sleep. Then, take tomorrow off."
"And do what?"
"Walk around town, maybe spend some time with your friends for once," She put on a scolding look, "Heaven knows we haven't seen you around much." This caused the human to look away in shame.
"Sorry."
"It's alright, darling." Her friendly smile returned as she continued. "Get back out there do what you were doing this time last year. That soup kitchen in Canterlot is still there. I'm sure Big Mac misses his 'drinking buddy'," That mischievous look returned for a third time that day, "and maybe find a mare to hold you tight cause you clearly need it." Andrew leaned back as he scratched the back of his head in an attempt to hide the red creeping up on his face.
"I don't know about that one, I mean who.." He stopped when he saw Rarity's deadpan. Her eyes quickly shifted from his, to the object that was poking out of his shirt pocket. His eyes followed hers. Realization dawned on his face as his eyes widened. "Rarity, I don't know.. What if.. What happened last time.."
"She already gets the same stares and whispers as you." Rarity interrupted. "Don't worry about it."
"I.. I'll need to think on that one a bit," He turned his gaze to the ground, "but, you're right. I'll take tomorrow off and go to Canterlot." Rarity smiled.
"That's all I ask." She looked towards the 'picnic'. "We should return to our friends, darling." She stated as she began trotting back to wince they came. "Wouldn't want any uncouth rumors to form."
Andrew smiled as stood and followed the fashionista. "You wish."
Violet was walking through the park on her way from Fluttershy's. She had a very pleasant time helping her care for some of her animals, and they even had tea afterwards. For a timid pony, Fluttershy was pretty exited to talk about her animal friends. The thestral ended up staying until the sun started setting. Her gaze kept shifting from the path in front of her, to the sky above, full of oranges and reds.
As she walked she noticed a familiar wagon with a familiar human sitting on the back of it. While she was approaching, she noticed he had something small and black in his hands, and a thoughtful expression on his face. She extended her wings and floated quietly towards him. She noticed the wagon was mostly empty, so she tried to land as softly behind the human as she could.
Judging by the lack of reaction, she succeeded. She lightly approached Andrew and peered over his shoulder. It was a stuffed bat. Her brow raised as she looked at it. She had to admit, it was the cutest stuffed bat she's ever seen. The question at the forefront of her mind seem to force itself out of her mouth.
"What's with the stuffed bat." The words left her mouth as the human left his seat. He quickly spun to face the thestral, holding the bat closely to his chest.
"Geez, Vi!" He sat back down as Violet scooted to the side, somewhat proud that she was able to get the jump on him for once. "You scared the shit out of me."
"Sorry, couldn't resist." She smirked as she looked at the bat again. Curiosity returned to her expression. "So what's with the bat?" She asked again.
The human's face began to turn red. "It was a prize." He stated.
"Was it the grand prize?" Violet leaned towards the human with a smirk and raised brow.
"No~" the human sang, "This was." He said as he reached behind the wagon where Violet couldn't see, and what he pulled out had her tilt her head.
"Is that a stuffed monkey?"
"According to the unicorn at the counter, it's a human." The human stated as he held the stuffed primate at arm's length. His brow furrowed. "I'm not that hairy," Andrew's eyes looked into Violet's, "am I?"
Violet didn't know why, but this caused her to laugh. She tried to stop herself by placing both of her hooves over her mouth. A snort got through. This in turn, caused the human to smile, and she couldn't hold it in anymore.
She fell back onto the wagon and began laughing. Her hooves moving from her mouth to her stomach. The human joined in not long after. For several long minutes, the only sounds in the evening air were the sounds of the two oddest individuals in Ponyville releasing a uproarious series of laughs, giggles, and snorts.
After they calmed down, the thestral asked another question. "Why'd you get the bat?"
The human looked at her then back to the stuffed animal in his hands and smiled.
"It reminded me of you."
"Was it because of the wings?" She asked.
"No," The human lifted it up so she could see it, "it's adorable." This caused Violets cheeks redden. "And it squeaks." At this, Andrew squeezed the stuffed bat, and it released a squeak. That caused the thestral to smirk and roll her eyes. "Here." He held it out to her.
"What?" Violet shot a confused look at the human.
"I want you to have it." He smiled at her. That was a smile that said she couldn't say no to.
Not that she was planning to.
She took from him and attempted to hide the blush that was forming in her cheeks. As her gaze shifted around, she noticed something missing and a new question came to mind.
"Where's Scootaloo?"
"Dash got back from Cloudsdale early, and took her home." The human got up and walked over to the front of the wagon, but stopped and turned towards Violet. "We don't have any orders to do tomorrow." He scratched the back of his head and looked away. "So I'm going to Canterlot in the morning, do you.." He looked her back in the eye before quickly staring at the grass at his feet. "Do you maybe... want to come with me?"
"Sure!" Violet answered almost too quickly, so quick that she winced afterwards, "I mean, yeah, I would love to."
"Great!" The human grabbed the wagon, "See you then." He began to pull away. He couldn't help but look back at the thestral, who waved goodbye and started her walk home with a noticeable skip in her step. A smile worked its way onto Andrew's face.
Tomorrow was going to be an interesting day, and, he hoped, a good one.
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Where pizza? Pizza is my krytonite
Always excited to see this update!
8308970 Ah, but that time Zecora was projecting her own beliefs, not what was actually happening at the time.
Prejudices cut both ways once experienced.
Few realize that the BEST solution is to hate everyone equally! (But... no! That's a TERRIBLE lesson!) Too bad! I'm stickin' with it!
Was it armed with an AK-47 and smuggling cocaine for the cartels? (You really shouldn't leave such delicious grammatical errors where I can find them.)
Apparently baseball is super effective against speciest carnies. I was hoping that he would be sent to the hospital from Sully's throw. After all, there's only so much discrimination anyone can take.
Wow big surprise to see this story updated all of a sudden; it's a good surprise though, so no complaints here
The story is progressing nicely, even though it is only a few chapters write now, I feel like if you keep up this pace the story will be really good and I love the characters. So yeah, awesome job as always and congrats on the job. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's Cici's pizza but I could be wrong
Anyways! Thanks for writing and really can't wait to read more of you work!
And it just popped up in Featured again, too.
Kidding, congrats in the new job and thanks for the new chapter
Guerilla = Stealthy fighter, usually referring to an insurrectionist/rebel.
Gorilla = Can rip a sapling out of the ground with one hand. Beats chest to show dominance.
Fun chapter! Andrew sure has shown the jerk at the stall. I wonder if the girls tore into that guy when Andrew wasn't looking.
Either way, seeing Andy demolish the whole thing and get the prizes was extremely satisfying.
Welp, that guy wanted a monster, so a monster he got.
And indeed, Violet, "I don't even" is pretty much a default reaction to Pinkie-related stuff. At least the time flew past!
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I imagined pretty much the same thing
"Pizza-Pizza. Pizza-Pizza. Pizza-Pizza. Sorry. That button sticks."
Little Ceaser's is decent pizza, at least. If the franchise is any good, anyway.
And such d'aawww betwixt Andrew and Violet.
'Grats on the job!
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Somehow, I knew I was still misspelling it.
Thanks for noticing
I believe the word you are looking for is whence, unless they were in pain all the way back to the group.
Other than that, it is awesome to see this story updated again!
Heehee~ A wonderful update, and cute af
Good show! Good show!
I actually had a summer job at a place like that as well lol.
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Oooh, good catch!
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Pizza Pizza is a chain in Canada. Pretty good stuff for the price, the best creamy garlic sauce known to man, less than 45-minute delivery or it's free.
Space missing between the dot and the T after it.
Name not capitalized.
throw
Said ‘‘she’’ twice.
You mean ‘in’?
An apostrophe is missing with ‘‘park's’’.
buy
‘‘had a very pleasant time’’
seemed
‘‘couldn't say no to.’’
Either ‘‘formed’’ or ‘‘was forming’’.
I would like mine with extra anchovies, please.
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Thanks for spotting those
Anchovies are the bane of my good day
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You mean you do not like eating anchovies or that they are a pain to prepare?
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Both
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What?! But... but I love Anchovy Pizza!
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You could have just looked it up, but since you asked, "Who is Jeremiah Wright?"
An anti-white, racist, hate-preaching Baptist pastor, who had a lot of influence on then president-to-be Barack Obama.
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Ah. I was thought it was Little Cesar's.
I'm so happy to see this update. I glad to see Andrew is taking Rarity's advice. I hope Andrew and Vi have a pleasant date...er.. day in Canterlot.
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It is little ceasars
I don't live in Canada
Nooo, I ran out of chapters. Their is more coming right... right?
Yay. Jobs. Good things even if they suck. Double suck with pizza-a, sorry to say. But still nessar-a.
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Wow that original comment was a while ago almost a year. I had to reread my original comment to understand what you were talking about.
You are right though being racist isn’t exclusive just because you only see one race your whole life.
I must of had a bad day when I wrote the original comment.
555th like, let's go!
Is there going to be more? This story is awesome and I loved the thinking too much part, fits me to a 't'.
Hey, is this story gonna continue? If not then I’m gonna have a big TINKER with you mr. Diabeto!
Don’t stop now! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?!?
It is now 2020. This story is dead.
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SHIT!
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New chapter up.