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Skipping Stone is your average pony, one amongst thousands, who went through the portal to the human world to look for better job prospects. Whether or not he found them is a matter of debate.
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Written, vaguely, for Admiral Biscuit's Not-Really-A-Contest about ponies working jobs on Earth. Probably not the direction he intended we take things in, but you write what you know.

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Super Trampoline

Super Trampoline #1 · Sep 20th, 2019 · · ·

Obligatory working class anthem:

Starlight Nova

Starlight Nova #2 · Sep 20th, 2019 · 1 · ·

Where can I find the list of contest entries?

TheDriderPony

TheDriderPony #3 · Sep 20th, 2019 · · ·

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I don't think anything has been put together yet officially. It's a very casual thing. Supposedly there'll be a group for it eventually.

FanOfMostEverything

FanOfMostEverything #4 · Sep 24th, 2019 · 2 · ·

Not necessarily a good job; for those you needed a diploma, which he reasoned were something like the human equivalent of a cutie mark only a lot less helpful outside of the workplace.

And depending on the diploma, possibly not even helpful within it.

I really hope that's not the Twilight we know. The implications there are horrifying.

And wow, that last line hurts.

A painfully adept portrayal of the darkly banal side of PoE slice-of-life. Nicely done.

Blackraven

Blackraven #5 · Oct 13th, 2019 · 1 · ·

There were a lot of things he wanted to say to the little monkey wrench at that moment. Things which he chose to stay particularly quiet about since the colt practically had a direct line to his boss’s boss’s boss’s boss. So much for the remainder of his free time with Sami. Still, more work meant that the company was relying on him more and that his prospects looked good. In any event, he was better off than the foal. At least he was getting paid to do the same job!

yeah,this guy would make a brilliant father wouldnt he?

Geminii

Geminii #6 · Oct 21st, 2019 · 3 · ·

...Button's going to be given his job, isn't he.

Shenzy

Shenzy #7 · Aug 25th, 2020 · · ·

'Keyboard' was a generous term, as it was less a board of keys and more of a board with two wide, flat discs set onto it.

I imagined EQ typewriters to work like Morsecode. Dot line dot dot

SIGAWESOME

SIGAWESOME #8 · Mar 29th, 2022 · 1 · ·

'Keyboard' was a generous term, as it was less a board of keys and more of a board with two wide, flat discs set onto it.

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I imagined EQ typewriters to work like Morsecode.

Sounds like an OrbiTouch keyboard actually. This would be perfect for hooves. Given the cost, and the "Corporate Purgatory" vibe, I imagine the wind-up drones in Accounting were only convinced to stump up the money for a fancy, (relatively) pony friendly keyboard on account of Amalgamated Widgets ~~International~~ Inderdimensional being part of a highly public work visa program with Equestria.

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