• Published 6th Oct 2017
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Never the Final Word (Vol. 2) - FanOfMostEverything



The continuation of an open anthology of continuations of other authors' stories.

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GhostOfHeraclitus's Administrative Anomaly (AugieDog's "A Civil Service")

Author's Note:

[Comedy]

This is a continuation of "A Civil Service," a selection from AugieDog's Ponyville & Other Poems. (522 of 14,299 words, [Slice of Life].)

A CIVIL SERVICE SPOILERS: Nothing to spoil. It's literally Mayor Mare's ode to her town and the ponies in it.
Though really, it's not her town. Not at all.

Familiarity with Ghost's Civil Service universe will help, but is not necessary.

"Mayor Mare is an impossibility. An anomaly. She's an elected official, a group known for being full of myopic self-aggrandizing petty bastards, and yet she appears to be motivated by nothing more or less than the well-being of her fellow citizens. I've subjected her decisions to the most rigorous scrutiny, I've ordered the most detailed investigations on her accounting and—nothing. Nothing. The only thing Sky Scribe found was a minor discrepancy in the town hall repair bill."

"Well there's your in, then."

"The discrepancy is in the positive direction. It so transpired the Mayor paid for some things out of private funds."

"Ah."

"It's an affront to all sense and reason. This sort of thing just doesn't happen."

"Oh, don't be cynical. Selfless, civic-minded ponies do exist."

"'Course they exist, but they join the service, not politics."

"I see. You aren't cynical, you are just prejudiced?"

"Hey, I call 'em as I see 'em."

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