Workin on the Farm
You feel like you should greet them. You've got quite a debt to pay there, and you better get started on paying it back. Besides, the commentors think you shoul to... Wait, what?
Suddenly everything goes white.
"You know too much." She says. Solid Snake stands behind her, and nods, because he's Solid Snake, duh.
You wake up from your daydream. What were you thinking about, again? Whatever. You should propably go greet them.
You suppose should go on and greet them. After all you do have a lot of work to do today, might as well get started. Plus, the commenters think that...
Suddenly everything goes white and the world around you disappears.
"You know too much," you suddenly hear the voice of Pinkie Pie say behind you. You turn around to look at her, but the second you do, suddenly you're staring ahead again at Applejack and Big Macintosh coming out of the barn with the cart behind them. That was a weird daydream.
What were you doing again?
Stroll up to them and say "I'm ready to help you ALLONS-Y
Walk up to Applejack and ask "Alright, what's first?"
(She replies)
"Alright then. Allons-y!
You decide to walk up to them and start the morning right with a funny sitcom entrance:
"Heeeeeerrrree's Jason!" You proclaim while jumping in front of them and pointing both thumbs towards yourself, at this point you realize you look like a massive dork, but it's too late now, just hold the pose.
Big Mac chuckles lightly, but AJ just rolls her eyes
Laugh awkwardly as you break the stupid pose then ask if they have a spare hat you could borrow for work today.
Action: Greet AppleJack and Big Mac
You go up to them and say "I, Jason, the guardian of Justice, has ARRIVED!"
*crickets during the awkward silence, Big Mac silently chuckles while AJ just rolls her eyes*
You suppose should go on and greet them, after all you do have a lot of work to do today, might as well get started. You walk right on up to them to let them know that you're there.
Right as you're about to say 'hi' to them, something.... well not exactly terrible, but kind of unexpected happens. Applejack turns over and looks at you, and she's actually smiling.
"Howdy Jason," she says in a rather cheerful tone. "Almost thought ya'll weren't gonna show." While you can understand why she said that, she's still smiling while she does. Now that you think about it, this is the first time you've actually seen her smile since you've met her. This isn't bad in any way, but it kind of takes you back a bit.
Unfortunately, it also kind of messes up the silly entrance you were planning on making....
...
...
...
Oh what the heck, you'll do it anyway.
"Yes, I... Jason Morgan, the guardian of justice, HAVE ARRIVED!!!" You shout for no reason as you walk up to them and point both thumbs to yourself. You realize now that you pretty much made yourself look like a massive dork, but its too late now. The moment has come and gone.
You notice Big Macintosh chuckling to himself at your antics while Applejack just rolls her eyes. You laugh awkwardly to yourself a little before you drop the pose and just stand normally.
"Nice clothes," Applejack says to her, her smile returned. "Where'd yah get em?"
"Oh, these," you respond. "Rarity made them for me."
"Rairty..." is all Applejack responds with. "Could 'ave guessed. Still, ya'll look nice in em."
"Thanks," you reply. This is weird, she really is being nice. "Oh, hey, before I forget." you say as you walk over to Big Macintosh and hand him his clothes back. Thank god you remembered to bring them. "Thanks, but I don't think I'll be needed them anymore." you say to him.
He just looks down at his clothes for a moment before taking them in his teeth and tossing them onto his back.
"Thank you," he replies as he walks over to the farmhouse, presumably to put them away. Now that you think about it, this is the first time you've actually heard him speak. His voice is incredibly deep, but you kind of expected that. For a pony as friggin huge as he is, that type of voice fits him nicely.
With him gone, you turn your attention back to Applejack.
"So, what are we doing today?" you ask her. " You need me to pull the cart again?" You really aren't looking forward to that, but you-
"Nah, don't worry about that," Applejack responds, again with a smile. "Big Mac's got cart duties today. We just need ya'll to help us with gatherin apples. Shouldn't be too hard." You can feel your eyes try to widen out of your head as that statement hits you. You're not about to say anything of object (you've just be handed an opportunity to not pull the cart, of course you are gonna take it), but her sudden change in attitude is kind of freaking you out a little. "Uhh... Jason." Applejack says to you. Her voice breaks you out of your little trance there.
"Wha..." you say like an idiot. "Oh, yeah right. Umm... thanks." At that, Applejack just smiles kindly at you before responding.
"No problem, it's what we do." At that, Big Macintosh comes back and walks up right next to her.
After Applejack and Big Mac tell you what you're going to do today, you develop the sudden urge to say "Geronimo" as a result of channeling the Doctor. Unfortunately, your hollering angers the United State's Army's 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, who fly by in a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III shouting "You'll never be as cool as us!"
"Right," you say, as you feel ready to go. "Well then." You suddenly turn around to face the endless orchard of apple trees. "GERONIMO!!!" you shout.
-Meanwhile, back on Earth-
A United States Army's 509th parachute infantry regiment flying in a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III suddenly feel themselves get incredibly angry for no particular reason right as they are about to jump.
"YOU'LL NEVER BE AS COOL AS US!!!" one of them shouts right as he jumps out of the plane.
"WHY IN GOD AND SATAN'S NAME DID YOU YELL THAT, PRIVATE!!!" another soldier yells at him as he jumps out too.
"I DON'T KNOW SIR!!!" The first soldier responds.
-Meanwhile, back on Equestria-
"What now?" Applejack says as you turn back to look at her. The look on her face pretty much embodies the expression 'The f**k you just say?'
"Oh, sorry," you say to her. Though you have no idea why you feel the need to say sorry. "Allons-y!" you say instead as you head out into the orchard. Applejack and Big Macintosh just share one confused glance at each other before following. Big Macintosh carrying the empty cart behind him.
Eventually, the three of you get to a spot out in the orchard where you suppose they're going to buck the apple trees. You help them as they set up the wooden baskets around the trees. They seem to be strategically placing them, so you do your best to follow what they are doing. They don't correct you, so you guess that you're doing a pretty good job.
Try really really really hard not to fuck up, and then do so anyway...
Murphies law came to bite you on the ass and you apparently trip on a unsuspecting stump and trip into a tree knocking each and every apple out, with your bloody face
Unfortunately, Murphy's law seems to have it in for you at the moment, because as you're carrying another basket over to another tree, you trip over an unsuspecting stump that you didn't even notice and fall forwards, head first, right into a tree.
You head hits the tree, and you hit the ground shortly afterwards.
you yell them so that they notice you.
you Start walking towards them and watch as they wave back.
Now why are they yelling something abo-
Your head hits a low hanging branch and you fall on the ground.
You can see small pinkie pies hopping around your head. one of them even waves at you.
You just shake your head so that they vanish.
(you don't notice, but the one who waved to you hides inside one of your pockets.)
Applejack runs to you and helps you up.
(everyone needs their own inner pinkie [Creepy laugh that only protagonist hears].)
You feel your head spin a bit as you lay there. You then start to see small versions of Pinkie Pie hopping around your head. One of them even waves at you. You must have hit your head harder than you thought.
"OW!" you scream aloud as you shake your head, which makes them all vanish. You don't notice this however, but the one that waved at you suddenly dives right into one of your pockets.
"JASON!" Applejack suddenly call out and rushes towards you, Big Macintosh at her side. From the ground you look up and notice the look on her face. She seems genuinely concerned. Ya'll okay!?" she asks you, the concern present in her voice too. Also, you think you can hear Pinkie Pie giggle, though she's clearly not here so you don't know where that came from.
"Yeah," you say to her as you get back to your feet. "Yeah, I'm okay." Despite hallucinating a moment ago (seriously, what the hell was that?), your head doesn't really hurt all that much from hitting the tree, and it doesn't feel like you're bleeding. Hell, compared to most falls you've taken, this is nothing.
"Yah sure?" Applejack says. "That was a mighty hard fall yah took." Okay, this is strange now. She actually is legitimately concerned for your well being. This is starting to freak you out a little now.
Between the pain in your head and the fact that you know that there is work to be done, you decide not to question it now. You definitely will later, though.
"Yeah, yeah I'm sure," you say to her as you pick up the basket and set it down next to the tree. All the while, Applejack just keeps staring at you with that look of concern. After a few moments of it though, she gets back to work herself.
The rest of the morning goes by quickly as you all get to work. Mostly what you've been doing is helping collect the baskets of apples and loading them back onto the cart. Since you have hands, this task is much easier for you than for the two of them. So basically your day has amounted to loading up baskets of apples onto the cart, walking with them as they take the cart back, and then helping them take the baskets off. This is friggin easy compared to what you were doing before.
There were even a few other things Applejack had you do around her farm that didn't have to do with gathering apples. Feed the pigs, oil up the bands for the cider press (my god that thing was huge), fixing a fence that you can remember not being broken the last time you were here, and chopping some wood, which was what you were doing now.
They even gave you lunch, and MY BY THE BEARD OF ZEUS THOSE APPLE PIES WERE DELICIOUS!!!
Since you can't buck apples like the ponies find a sledgehammer then channle your inner Thor and exclaim, "Heed my words, evildoers! If thou dost wish to challenge the Odinson, thou will face the divine power of mighty MJOLNIR! Never shall the god of thunder RELENT!" Then, smash it against a tree.
"HEED MY WORDS, EVILDOERS! IF THOUGH DOST WISH TO CHALLENGE THE ODINSON, THOUGH WILL FACE THE DIVINE POWER OF MIGHTY MJOLNIR! NEVER SHALL THE GOD OF THUNDER RELENT!!!" You shout with all of your manly might as you bring the axe down and chop the log in front of you cleanly in half. Man you're filling up the reference barrel today.
You didn't expect to be good at chopping wood, but you're doing a pretty damn good job of it if you do say so yourself.
"Umm..." you turn around to see Applejack standing there looking a little more than confused. Apparently, she saw you make that whole speech.
"Oh..." you say as you nervously laugh to yourself and turn around to face her. "Hey Applejack, what's up."
"Hey Jason," Applejack just responds.
"You need something?" you ask her, but she doesn't say anything back. You look closer at her. She's not looking at you, hell, she's looking everywhere but you. Not only that, but the expression on her face seems to have changed. She's not smiling, and she's not really angry either. If anything, you'd say she looks sad. The fact that she spends most of her time looking towards the ground also helps with that assumption.
Tell her about the debt thing in this >>2381300 . I would like to see what the element of Honesty has to say about the fairness in placing accountability of what happened to her stand on Jason, given the circumstances at the time.
"Appleja-" you say to her before she interrupts you.
"Look, Jason," she says to you. "I just wanna say I'm sorry." Okay, this is getting strange now. Now you actually wanna hear what she has to say. "It ain't fair to blame you for what happened in the market a few days ago. Everypony..." she looks up at you right as she says the next part. "And human I suppose, that got caught up in that was a victim of circumstance. Especially you." She pauses for a moment and looks back down at the ground before she continues. "Ya'll really don't have any kind of obligation to be workin here if you don't want to. You're helpin us out, and Ah appreciate it, Ah really do. But..." she really pauses for a moment before she says her next few words. "Ya'll don't have to keep on workin here if yah don't want to. T'aint anymore fair to you than it is tah me."
You're kind of taken aback by that. You did not expect her to say something like that, not to you at least. Yeah, she is right, you were a victim of circumstance, but to be honest, you do feel bad for destroying her stand and a lot of her apples. Yeah, it was hard working here when she had you carrying that cart around, but you're not doing that anymore, so it's not like that's an issue. If anything, working here's been a little pleasant (aside from falling into that tree earlier).
Also, she really does seem depressed. Like really. She's not showing you her face, but you can swear that's the saddest you've ever seen her.
You really don't have any idea what to say.
What do you say to her?
What do you do?
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Charge toward her at the speed of sound, pick her up, super jump into the air, and hug the FUCK out of that farmer pony. Then proceed to help out on the farm.
Ask her if she can teach you how to play the fiddle, you've always wanted to learn.
What he COULD so is say "applejack" in a calm tone like he's also a bit sad about something, touch her chin and slowly bring her sight to your face, and say "applejack, I am sorry for what happened during that time. I didn't and couldn't even think of what would result in what I did and from that, I hurt your feelings, and that is something I am sorry for. While I do realize that I am not at fault, and am not obligated (forcefully like "you either pay back this debt, or your legs go to the ocean, with your body staying behind") to help you....the unspoken man-code of humans that I go by obligates me to relieve you of the sadness and negative feelings brought onto you by this event." You take the time to gently wipe the corners of her eyes clean, as she was slightly tearing up at your explanation at this point; you continue, "applejack, I am sorry for what I did before, but it was necessary to survive and run away from twilight; had I known this would've happened earlier due to some fortune of fate, I would've planned better, but believe me when I say this: Until I have completely secured myself in your good graces, and your families good graces (brother included), I will continue to help you with anything on the farm, even if it means I don't get payed a single bit/cent. From what I remember (insert remembrance of a moment in which you learned from lyra & bon-bon what the elements of harmony were and their respective bearers) rarity is the element of generosity, well I am giving you my generosity, and my honesty, as proof that I am saying the truth. I've worked (in a sense) too hard to earn the trust from lyra & bon-bon, and managed to gain yours, and I don't want to break it now, or ever" After saying this, you pull her into a hug which is full of whatever kindness, generosity and calmness you can muster. Applejack's eyes seem to water over at this, and she hugs you back while thanking you for this. It seems that little speech of yours has managed to alleviate her fears, and possibly strengthened the bonds of friendship between you and her, perhaps by this, you have gained another ally to confide yourself in, and possibly hang out with, only time will tell if your decision won't go "Newton's Third Law" on you and roast your ass into a fine turkey dinner.....No Homo
Tell her it's OK and that pulling the cart and picking the apples is the least he could do for her because not only did she harbor you away in your time of need (albeit against your will, but you let that go because of the circumstances at the time), she also came to your aid in the forest and she never tried to molest you, not to mention the delicious apple pies you've been given, so you tell her you appreciate her help and give her a hug. Since she says you've got no debt to repay tell her she can still come to you if she ever needs help with something, hands are a universal tool here it seems.
If she still looks sad or nervous, ask her if there's something else bugging her and try to comfort her.
Hug the poor mare.
You do miss your family and friends. Maybe it is time to figure out a way home.
The centaurs that Lyra is talking about is human/horse mixture, not a human/magical unicorn pony. Something for Twilight to think about.
Sweep the pony into a hug before you die from adorableness. Inner Batman is screaming something about a pansy. You don't care.
You kneel and look the sad mare before you.
Take hold of her chin and gently rise it so that she looks you in the eye.
Smile gently and say " Applejack. I'm working here because i want, not because i have to." you sigh and turn to look up. After while you continue. " I felt bad that i had to break your cart and wanted to pay you back." After this smile to her.
Suddenly you hear pinkies voice. "Daaw~w, That was so cute. Are you going to kiss her?" The voice asks. you whip your head around, but can't see Pinkie anywhere. Finally you just shake your head and think that you have been too long in sun.
Rational Action:
Talk it out with her.
Renegade Action:
Hug the sadness out of the pony.
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This is what the two decisions are.
Give her a friendly pat on shoulder, NOT TOO HARD but hard enough to make a point, and tell its ok and you enjoyed working here,
you do this as you dont see her as the hugging type so this will have to do.
Reassure her you want to help on the farm because you did break her stand, even if it was an accident. Then hug her.
Tell her that you want to help out. Sure, when you were pulling the cart - which you aren't physically adapted to do well in the first place - the work was pretty miserable, but today it has not only been pleasant but also enjoyable. Obviously, this is bothering her, but you want to help out. You really have nothing else to do with your time until you have a way home - or, alternatively, you are on your own feet here as far as this being a new life (trying not to think about that, of course) - and just idling around doesn't agree with you. Besides, if helping out here means getting to eat more of those apple pies, then who's complaining?
If Applejack still is feeling down, tell her there is something she can do with you to make everything better. Then Walk the Buckin' Dinosaur with AJ!
An orange circle opens up in front of you, and strange device comes out. You fire it to the horizon, and a blue projectile comes out. The gravity of the planet slingshots it around to the moon. Well, fuck.
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And as you are hugging AJ, Big Mac shows up.
Big Mac: What the BUCK do you think you're doin with my sister?
How the hay did a pony learn to use a shotgun?
GIVE HER A GOD DAMN HUG!!!
Tell her "Meh, thats what happens when your running to not be raped.
Hugs. Hugs everywhere.
HUGGLES!!!
Then pat her on the head and say "that'll do pony, that'll do.
Forgive, Forget, see if you can do this as a paying job, if not finish the day, and flip the bird to the next heavenly/badass/chaotic being that decides to say your not AWSOME, cuz you are.
Jason! It is suggested you spontaneously grow a fetish for apples!
Applejack: Be weirded out by how Jason is reacting to raw apple fruit.
work off the debt anyways, feel better knowing ya did some good and it gives ya a pill of good karma... ahhh karma
nothing weird happened just going to pretend she was
shutting up now 
see even Pinkie Pie agrees- wait... when did she show up?
never there-
You swear you can hear your inner 11th Doctor kick himself in the knee for hating apples
1.) say 'alright. But I still need a job.
2.) Switch out Thor for John Henry
3.) Work LIEK A BAWS
4.) After completion of work (if all goes as planned), return to Lyra and Bon-Bon, and sleep.
Channel your inner hulk and shout: HULK HUG!
Plant a kiss on her cheek and say, "'Tweren't nothin'."
Then hug her and ask, "What's up?"
YOU ARE CHANNELING THE DOCTOR AND YOU SAW THE DOCTOR AND YOU MET DERPY AND DERPY AND THE DOCTOR WERE TOGETHER AT ONE POINT AND YOU QUOTED THE DOCTOR TWICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO... MUCH......WIN!!!!! AGGHHH!!! fhkfhfjkflllbbbf;lllb bllfnnnfkrfurhfyrtgfhedjkdjyrhfdjska *foaming at the mouth and falls out of veiw to start twitching on the ground*
DERPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOw I neEd mORe DEPRY!! HAHFHAHAKLhah
d-derp-derp-derpy
i fangirled myself to death SO MUCH WIN... CANT HANDLE... AEAEEAEEAEAGHHH!!!! foams at mouth then explodes. a little derptor (derpyxdoctor) would be nice. if you can do lyrabon then you can do derptor 
best chapter ever. cant stop loving it and randomly commenting my insane love of this chapter !!!!!!!! 
Burn down half the orchard so you can keep working
I just noticed something its an apple orchard, the doctor is somewhat cannon, and you are channeling him...
"Count the shadows. For God's sake, remember... if you want to live, count the shadows."
That is my message for you. Good luck.
SET PHASERS TO HUG!!!
Run around town yelling free at last free at last then head for the party pinkie is throwing for you
That Cowgirl needs a Hug!
Ask Applejack if you can keep working for her, because you might be in this world a while and you don't want to mooch off of Lyra and BonBon. There will be alot of things to buy, like more clothes and weed.
Tell her either you or twilight need to pay for that stand and twilight wont be working anytime soon. Also ask her where twilight is.
Give her a hug.
Also, Tell her that she needs to get Twilight to pay her back for the stand. That mare's got a royal stipend after all!
You tell her that you won't work for her, but you'll work with her. She helped you, now you're going to help her. That's what friends are for.
You let out a slight smile and give her a hug. Heck she shouldn't worry about it, at least not THAT much.
"Don't worry about it. I don't really mind working that much" you lie. what ever just make her feel better
Tell her its alright, and that you are glad to help. Despite everything, Applejack's has honestly help despite the Heat spell applied to you during the time. Be sure to give her a hug!
HUG THE APPLE LOVING SHIT OUT OF HER!!!!!!!
After that pull a cookie out from behind her ear to cheer her up some more!
This thoroughly confuses you...
Out of the corner of your eye you see a miniature pinkie pie floating in mid air, she gives you a wink and disappeared
~C'mon, light the fuse! There's a rocket and it's ready to go!
'Cause now the countdown has started and it's ready to blow!
You've got the dope sounds pumping in the stereo!
Kickin' censor fast... puttin' on a show!~
I'm glad to see that the last comment of mine was incorporated into the story. I really wanted to see if Applejack thought it was fair to hold Jason responsible for the stand.
Jason: Its fine AJ I really don't mind working here. In fact I was think if I can maybe get a job here. You know I might be here a while and well ... I need a job so I can buy me some food and cloths.
AJ: Well if ya insist
Jason: I INSIST!!!!!!
Then procced to hug AJ not to tight and not to softly just the right amount of hug
Then start working once again
P.S. Why do I have the feeling that AJ is being seduced by this guys looks and charms? OH GOD NO!!!!!!!!!!!! RUN MAN RUN!!!!!!!!!!
Kneel before the sad, orange farm pony, look her in those adorable emerald eyes and say to her in the most gentle tone you can muster and tell her, "Applejack, I know that although this is true, I still owe a debt that must be paid. It's my fault that your stand was ruined. You brought me here earlier for a reason, to pay off the debt I owe. I still owe this debt and it will be repayed at all costs." then at that moment you hug the crap out of that pony like you mean it and take several seconds to release. All the while Big Mac is right there, but you don't mind him being there at the moment.
Nahh, it's cool. At least I have something else to think about after all whole... Thing...
*Awkward turn*
Say Applejack, what have happened to the purple unicorn, Twilight if I'm not wrong?
Oh! She ehh... Is cooling down.
Meanwhile 1000 mile away.
I'll get you Jason if it the last thing I do!
Yeah... cooling down.
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She apologized. Use fancy psychology (I'm sure the Doc knows some) and hug her or something as positive reinforcement for being fair.
Simply state "I'll help ya for the rest of the day" then run up and hug the living ************ out ta her
Step 1.) Move towards her and pat her shoulder
Step 2.) Sincerely say, "Thank you Applejack. It means a lot to hear you say this."
Step 3.) Stand and smile widely in a mature stance while continuing. "Now, I seem to remember agreeing to help you on the farm. I have the cloths, and I'm already here. So I think we should get back to work don't you? After all..."
Step 4.) Move back over to her, putting her in a one armed hug, "Friends help each other out. You've been fair to me since I wound up on your farm, and have been genuine and honest with me since. If that isn't enough for me to see you as a friend, nothing would. Besides, if I do a good enough job, you might hire me! And until I find a way home, I'll need money to pay back Bon-Bon and Lyra. Let no one say Jason is a moocher!"
Step 5.) Steadfastly ignore the fact you are, in fact, a moocher as you attempt to boss your way out of this.
Step 6.) ???
Step 7.) Profit (For real, as in Job acquisition=salary=profit!!)
Step 8.) DANCE YOU FOOL, DANCE!! (You know the one...)
Give her a hug and a pat on the back.
Randomly your shirt rips. Inner Hulk GOOOOOO! HULK HUG!