Let’s get down to business part 1
Day one, fallout duty.
With broom now in hand he began sweeping the papers in a corner making a path towards the kitchen. He took out the trash, then let the water flow on the dishes while he went to deal with the toilet. He returned victorious after a while. Checking the fridge and took out the milk and made a note what he needed to buy the for the next days.
From a cabinet he took out a bag of coffee and one of sugar, he place them on the kitchen table and headed for the sink.
From the pile of dishes he pulled out a two kettles, careful not to have the whole thing fall on him. He gave them quick wash and filled one of them with water, in the other he poured the milk.
He lit the stove and let the water to warm up. He did a couple of the top dishes before returning to add the coffee. On another burner he placed the milk and added a teaspoon of sugar to it. Two more plates were done before he returned to take them off the fire. He quickly washed a cup and a small plate, before wiping them clean.
He poured the coffee and the milk in it and gave it a quick stir before heading for Twilight. The doorbell rang and some ponies entered the library.
Spike told them to look around for whatever they needed and he will be with them shortly. The ponies looked at the shelved books while Spike ran to the kitchen to close the tap, wiped his hands and returned to them.
Some had already found the books they were looking for. Spike asked for their names and dug through the pile of papers in the corner of the room for their cards. After he found them, he wrote down the names of the book the ponies took and wished them a nice day.
He helped a little colt get a book from a higher shelf, and a couple of mares to find the books they sought. Like before he searched for their library cards, wrote the book names and wished them a nice day. It was the first time the colt visited the library so Spike had to make him a new card. It did not take long. Name, address, book name, bye.
With the library now empty he returned to the dishes. He put the dried one back, washed a few more and breaked for lunch. A few gems for himself would do but first there was Twilight’s to take care of. One BLT (beet lettuce tomato) sandwich, and a piece of Applejack’s apple pie would do.
He pulled out the ingredients and placed them on the chopping board. He cut the ingredients into slices and took out two pieces of bread. After assembling the sandwich and plating it he put a piece of apple pie on another plate and took them to Twilight.
She was sitting at her desk filling out form after form. Spike put the plates next to her and ran back down. He returned with a glass of fresh lemon juice and two apples. He placed them next to the plates and closed the door after him, quietly not to disturb Twilight.
He gave the place a quick sweep after eating something and returning to the dishes. He was almost done with half of them when he heard the doorbell again.
Turned off the tap, wiped his hand and went to help them. Some were just browsing, others were returning books and others took out one or two books. Name, cards, goodbyes, back to the kitchen.
He paused shortly after when he saw that it was getting dark outside. Lit some of the lights, went outside to check the mail. He was sure Twilight forgot about it this morning. A few letters, some more work for the princess, a couple of bills, the usual. He closed the door and flipped the open sign so it now read closed. He took them upstairs and put them in their respective piles.
He finished the dishes, made dinner, took it up to Twilight, took the two plates and empty glass and left them in the sink. Ate his dinner, took the bowls were Twilight's dinner had been back and also put them in the sink. Let some water run over them, before closing the tap and going to sleep in his basket.
“Good night Twilight.”
Short chapter today... and next one might be a day late (on the 1st at the latest)
Pretty short but i understand that your busy
2491914 actually that is not the problem
i am at chapter 60 actually, but writing a chapter is easier (for me)
than it is for my editor/proof reader to check it
so I have to pace my releases so I don't pressure him.
If only I could find another editor...
2491974 being pace and scheduled like twilight right
2492040 oh hell no
but in all honesty I would release a chapter every day if my editor could keep up (life and all)
TO MY EDITOR:
you know I you man, please oh please don't drop me
2492079
That editor, would he be your "Spike" from real live? Did he is purple and green too?
2492266 YOU NEVER SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT YOUR EDITOR. NEVER.
Call him "Spike" is a great compliment, you know. He may even become conceited, and dedicated.
WoW! A day in the life of Spike.
I must admit I do not like the "too stupid to feed herself and keep her house clean" Twilight but I still LOVE this story...
2492386 so to answer your concern
twi is not "too stupid to feed herself and keep her house clean" as you say
she is just very busy and has 3 big problems
FIRST she has to many jobs, she is the princess, the town librarian as well as a scholar, avid reader and part time researcher
SECOND she like to do EVERYTHING by the book, and doing everything by the book involves a LOT of paperwork
AND LASTLY she does not like to delegate, AT ALL, so every little report, every little request, she has to read, analyze and approve, and she does it for each and every one of them. IT IS HER JOB(s) and she HAS to do it, thus she has an assistant (SPIKE) to help her with her work and house work
Twilight is not a bad mother/big sister/ whatever you consider her. She is just overworked, and prioritises her work over trivial matters (like cleaning) hence the mess
2492386 see the discussion in chapter 3 where I say what twi has to deal with
also in chapter 19 i mention that she has a lot on her hooves on a regular bases,
as well as some problems when somepony (ie. RD) fills a form wrong
and in chapter 20 i show what spike does on a regular day
and take note that twi is working from home, and not from a dedicated administrative building like the town hall, where she would have other ponies to help her.
one last thing
in the show it is shown that twi plans her days months in advance, to a degree that she has no time left to plan for the next month (a bit of an exaggeration but is the idea that counts) so a sudden change to her routine (ie. spike leaving for a few days) causes her to fall behind on some of her duties, and keep in mind that she has to take care of what spike had to do during those days and I think a mess is reasonable outcome
2492446 maybe I should have made a blog post about this
2492416
Sorry, I just misunderstood what you were saying in the story.
Spike was only gone for two days and Twilight seemed to completely loose her mind (that was NOT your intention) she was just overworked and overstressed...
(she was just acting kinda bitchy ... )
Heck ... in the show every time anypony has so much as a hangnail they run to Twilight to solve the problem so there is no telling how much has been going on in the two days that Spike spent in his dream journey in the Tardis-Pot (or was it a Tardis-Cauldron?)...
2492507 Tardis-Pot has a nice ring to it
bitchy maybe, angry sure.
but tell me this, if your kid/sibling (lets assume that the real world is a teen or young adult) disappears for two days without telling you where he is going would you be a little worried or at least distracted?
2492525
LOLS... Oh i would definitely be pissed ...
add in the fact that she is his sole guardian and that he told her that he was leaving while he (this is a guess) Knew For a Fact that Twilight was not paying attention to what he was saying and she has every right in the world to be angry at him...
2492558 well after living with someone (somepony) your entire life you learn a few things
you learn a few of their quirks (we all have them some are just more visible than others) and
you also learn how to piss them off (and quickly)
SO it is safe to guess that Spike knew that Twi would be busy and paying little attention to him
also it could have been a possibility that she would not have let him leave for that long a time
so i was looking on the stats of the story and found something that is at the same time
ODD,
EPIC and
DISTURBING
apparently 2 people found this story while, i sh*t you not, googling "spike fucks applebloom"
2501291
The hell? How did THAT happen?
2492592 like me and my step dad a few times he lost his temper and hit me but he always say sorry after word don't try and and start a shout fest with me or say bad stuff behind my back tow of the easiest way to piss me off