A Quick Intermission
"Honey, wake up for a minute." I felt a hoof gently nudging me.
"Whuzzi- huh?" I mumbled.
I stretched out and rubbed my eyes. With a yawn and a mighty effort I managed to push myself up, to make out the dimly lit face of Golden looking up from the side of the bunk bed.
And with that, last night came rushing back.
Shit, if I didn't know better I would say I was lighting up the entire room with the burning in my cheeks.
"U-um, about last night." I stammered.
Golden chuckled and gave me a small smile. "It's fine. All your comments and behaviors hurt at first, but now I get it. No hard feelings. Did you sleep alright?"
"...Yeah. Pretty well." I mumbled, averting my eyes. I gazed out the window to avoid looking at Golden, and realized the sun wasn't even up yet. "It's uh, way earlier than you usually wake us. Is something wrong?"
Golden chuckled again. "Well I have to go do… what is it that you called it? 'Weekend Warrior' stuff."
My vision dropped to the bedsheet I was sitting on.
"Wait." I shot back up. "So you're gonna be gone… all weekend?"
Golden's smile dropped. "Yeah, talk about bad timing. I'm sorry. If I could just call this off, I would."
"N-no. I mean, I get it. It's fine." I coughed. "So this is goodbye? I mean, for now?"
"More like 'see you later'." Golden gently raised my head so my gaze met hers. "I realize you might not totally believe me, and have every reason not to, but I'm coming back. As soon as the weekend ends, I'll be back. I promise you."
"No, no I believe." I tried forcing a reassuring tone, but I know she could hear the little bit of uncertainty in my tone. "Like I said, it's fine."
Golden gave off a small sigh. "Tell you what. As soon as I get back, the rest of that day we'll do whatever you want. You want to go out as a family, that's fine. You want to just go out, the two of us, that's also fine. Whatever you want."
I forced a nod and suppressed the shudder that threatened to blow my whole facade. I mean, it made sense. I already knew she was a reservist, and her obligatory weekend was this weekend. I guess I didn't know it was this far into the week.
"It's cool. I trust… that I'll see you soon." I finally managed.
Golden nodded softly. "Okay, well, I should be going soon. I just wanted to make sure you were in the loop. Is there anything you want to ask or do before I head out?"
I shook my head. I had been weak last night, but now I could be strong. I could hold myself together.
"No. I'm okay. Uh, have a safe trip. I'll see you soon."
Golden smiled and gently ruffled my mane. "I'll be back as soon as I can, my little ray of sunshine. Try and go back to sleep."
And like that, our interaction was over. She stopped in the doorway to look back and give me one more tiny smile, then she was gone. As the door shut the room was submerged into total darkness.
I rolled over and stared hard at the wall, pulling my blankets up to my chin. I didn't stop the shaking this time.
I forced a deep breath as I heard the front door closing.
I doubted I would be able to fall asleep again.
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Yeesh. Well, now that Jenny has aired herself out hopefully things will go smoothly from here on out. I'll trust you when you say 'now the healing may begin,' but I've been lied to before…
I think you mean "rest" there.
What’s the story reason for making Golden a Reservist? Is it going to come into play later, like Chekov’s Gun? Or is it just a neat characterization detail with no serious plot significance?
We think it says a lot she wanted to tell her face to face.
Nice
11441944
Oh damn you are right.
now make jenny go on another binge while golden is away to balance this positive vibes with bad ones
Ponies are good for the soul, especially the parts that won't admit they're in pain.
And then Golden gets kidnapped by Diamond Dogs and no one knows where she is, and Jenny believes she's been abandoned again!
But then she stumbles upon the Dogs brutally enslaving Golden and goes SUPER NIRIKSAN, burninating the entire underground lair to LIQUID-HOT MAGMA!!!
Which causes everyone there to die to death!
Because authors like tormenting their poor characters. (Don't we all?)
11442849
Damn, thanks for the info. Guess I had too high of hopes that lying with statistics wouldn't extend into the medical field.
But considering America's past I shouldn't be surprised.
My dumbass brain immediately went to “Golden’s gonna die offscreen now isn’t she?” because I’m a pessimistic asshole. Somehow I think that’s entirely wrong, but what if it wasn’t you know?
11441897
Nah, kidding. While rocky, things will get better.
11441911
Fixed. Thanks.
11441944
Mainly for the conflict down in this chapter, but also for characterization. Golden and Script's story is actually inspired by a Navy Chaplain I met during my time in the military.
11442003
Uh... Pardon? Can you replace that? Don't quite get what you meant.
11442041
Thanks!
11442212
Fun an idea as that is, not this time.
11442346
Yeah.
11442853
Jenny will be like "Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru" and the universe will explode.
Or something.
Also thank you for bringing Dr. Evil back into my life. He's a genius.
11443937
Nah, she comes back, no problem.
11444267
It says a lot that Golden went out of her way to assure Jenny before she left.
11444267 Oh we all blow up a universe or two. Things happen! Ain't nuthing ya can do! Forget about it! I dunno what happened! One moment the universe was there, and then it was gone! Who can say what happened? They shoulda paid their protection money, that's all I'm sayin'!
(Alondro is Don of the Cosmic Mafia!)
11463670
Sorry if I botched it up, but Autumn was the herbalist, not shaman.
11463673
She's also been stranded, finding herself in a cartoon world, body of another species, attacked, and had her entire perspective on her life crash down on her.
When all the "holy shit everything is insane" cools down, she copes with her crutch.
I know you probably won't do this, but after that, one would expect Equestria to suddenly be attacked pearl Harbor style and having to call up its reservists to arms! Also, what does a reservist look like in your Equestria? Do they wear camouflage uniforms or royal guard armor, or some other thing?
11468297
Way I remember it, which could easily be wrong, the guard armor we've seen has only been seen in the castle and in Canterlot. So it could be like the equivalent of a Marines' Dress Blues, like they wear while around the president. Could very well be that reservists wear cammies while not on royal assignment.
11468869
I wonder how jenny/sunny would react to golden coming home in uniform? Soldiers doing so is always an impressive and endearing sight, says I!
11468931
I agree, but you have to remember Jenny was military. She wouldn't really care.
11472629
The first thing? Yeah, stupid choice. 100%.
The second? That's a result of addiction. It does such funny things to a person's logic.
11472770
Ah, yeah, your right, sorry.
This right here made my nervous tick fire up something fierce I know in my bones something bad is going to happen. To be honest I love how grounded this fanfiction is in reality for the MC Jenny. Loads of existential dread and inadequacies abound. I can relate to Jenny for the fact that I am in reality from a very military orientated family. It kind of hit close to home with the whole don't trust golden because I personally had the same thing happen to me but with my Dad instead. So! Kudos to you for writing a roller coaster of a ride story that's quite original. I can't wait to read more.
11503274
Wow, this is a touching comment. I'm kind of shocked how many people are relating to this character I just kinda half plan, half ride out.
Thank you for the comment, and more will come. I've just been in kind of a depressive rut recently and haven't gotten much done.
11503287
Well I'm kind of old. 42 in March. Take your time and don't stress over it. The Muse will do what it do just go along for the ride. Besides the reason why I generally relate with the character other than emotional issues with family I also self medicate.
11503299
Yeah... those parts were written from experience.
Im still sobbing