Generally speaking, working at the Canterlot City Museum of Science and Natural History is far from the most exciting job in the world. But Maud Pie is fine with that. And on the slow day of the week, she was prepared for a relaxing, low-stress day on duty.
And then Fluttershy came in with a rather pressing emergency.
An entry into the A Thousand Worlds Contest II. Pre-read by The Sleepless Beholder and Dewdrops on the Grass. Very loosely inspired by a true story from Tipper.
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This was a fun one. Poor Maud, stuck with all those animals. I particularly enjoyed the out of place fawn being present as just a silly kind of double-you-tee-eff moment.
How long did it take you to find 'Clowder' ?
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Oh that’s awesome! I didn’t even know STTP did Equestria Girls story reads!
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The Big Bang Theory cat episode. Yeah, I saw a lot of that show when I was a kid.
Wow, this story was just hilarious to read, keep up the good work.
A muesum that has only 1 applicant to work in any wing? I am both jealous and horrified
pffffft
Greetings. Your reading has been completed and can be found below. I hope you enjoy.
but those are the best kind of days to come in!
those darn rich kids!
that guy must’ve had a weird childhood
so true. a skill issue, even
aww so Maud. and of course to her the Humane Seven are all just Pinkie’s friends
aww that is so Fluttershy
ehehe
well that’s just inviting dramatic irony!
that just raises further questions!
that’s the spirit! weird life experiences are great fodder for art
great look at a pairing we sadly don’t see very much of, thank you for writing!
Maud has written an entire dissertation on the inaccuracies and misrepresentation of Mr. Driller. To say nothing of Bejeweled.
The story does reach a logical stopping point, but I hope you keep going after the contest is over. There’s potentially a lot more to tell here. The story thus far does put a possibly disproportionate amount of its word count into setup, but the punchline makes for a great mental image. All told, delightful bit of rare character interaction. Thank you for it.
A great thousand-word story.
Being a 1000-word story on purpose, it's obvious you're not going to continue this. A pity, because I can imagine at least two different continuations:
Ending #1: Fluttershy leant her geode to Maud, "in case of emergencies". With the animals threatening to tear apart the room, Maud rather reluctantly put the creepy trinket on--and learned that she could talk to Boulder. After that it no longer really mattered to her what happened to the room.
Ending #2: With the room threatening to fall apart, it's up to the fawn to talk the animals down. Said deer then reveals that she's a spy of the Everfree Deer from the comics, who snuck into the Castle and through the portal to determine if this neighboring world was a possible threat to them or not. Deer magic being so different from pony magic meant that all that happened was that she transformed into a younger deer. She's been stuck here for weeks, since Principal Celestia set up that security camera pointed at the statue. Maud calmly accepts this entire confession and offers to take the deer home that evening, with no other human or pony being the wiser. "I'm a spelunker," she explained, "and I've found all sorts of interesting passages and discoveries deep underground." And then she pulls out the One Ring that had been hanging on a chain under her shirt for illustration.