Deadmeat Chronicles: Scientific Observations

>You are a top scientist.
>You are heading to the park with your fluffy, it is a great place to make observations.
>You have lots of theories on these guys and you are constantly taking notes.
>You have you usual stash of food so you can draw them in close.
>Suddenly you hear, ”Daddeh!”
>You look down and see a smiling yellow Pegasus with a purple mane.
>“Daddeh! Yoo take Sissy and smawty fwen home!”, she says.
>You looks down, “What have we here?”
>That is strange, Fluffies do not usually think of others.
>She is sitting up raising her front hooves wanting to be picked up.
>You set down the carrier with your fluffy and pick up this fluffy.
>”Yay! Daddeh take Sissy and smawty fwen!” She looks at you, “Found daddeh smawty fwen!”
>A maroon unicorn with a light green mane runs up, “Nuu hewt fwen munsta!” he shouts.
>Wait… is that the promising stray you’ve been feeding?
>Looks like his ear is mangled now, he seems to have a battle scar.
>”Well, if it isn’t the lone smarty.”
>You look closer at the yellow Pegasus.
>She is thin but seems thicker than most fluffies in the park.
>You surmise she was abandoned recently.
>You look between the two fluffies and realize that the lone smarty must be the one she is referring to.
>You look toward the maroon unicorn, “Seems you are forming a herd now.”
>”Wet fwen go munsta, no hewt fwen!”
>He is looking at you with a worried expression and puffed cheeks.
>”Nuuu, dis daddeh, he gif us huggies and nummies and sketties!” The pegasus says.
>”Munsta gif owchies! Pwease wet fwen go!” it puffs its cheeks again.
>So one has been hurt by humans and the other has been raised by them.
>But they have seemed to formed a bond, which is fascinating.
>You set the Pegasus back down, “Sorry I’m not your daddy. Your daddy abandoned you.”
>”Nuu yoo daddah! Yoo haf to bwi- ack!”
>The maroon fluffy has run between the two of you and pushed the yellow Pegasus back.
>”Deadmeat say stay way fwom two wegged munsta!” He raises a hoof and she backs away.
>”Sissy sowwy! No boop! Gif Sissy spechul huggies, yoo feew betta! Make smawty fwen nice Sissy!”
>Manifesting aggression… getting a following… seems to have started making rules and disciplining…
>Normally smarty friends round up and take other ponies against their will.
>But this yellow fluffy seems to follow this one on her own.
>Experiment time!
>You pour out a large pile of fluffy chow.
>You carrier start to shake, “Dat nummies? Therum wan nummies! Wet thewum out pwease!”
>”Oh I’m sorry, come out Theorem.” You open your carrier.
>You pony is running up to the strays, “New fwen? Wan pway?”
>Both the strays see the food, the yellow Pegasus runs up and starts to eat happily with Theorem right next to her.
>The maroon one however walks and keeps the pile between you and him glancing up every few bites to keep an eye on you.
>Other stays run up and start eating.
>When they get too close to the maroon fluffy he bumps them away.
>They give an angry grunt and babble madly at him but they do not push their luck.
>He insures him and the yellow Pegasus get the largest share of the food.
>After the food is gone the fluffies start to hug each other and start to giggle.
>They start playing games and it seems that the maroon fluffy is deciding what to play.
>He is a smarty, but it seems he doesn’t know he’s a smarty.
>So do the others sense he’s a smarty?
>Did the yellow fluffy seek him out?
>She offered special hugs, does she naturally sense superior stock or is it a survival mechanism?
>You remember seeing another smarty that would kick members of its herd out so predators would eat them and not him.
>That smarty is not like this one, so what makes a smarty?
>So many questions.
>You have the urge to grab this maroon fluffy up so you can study him better.
>But no, he is a better subject running free, maybe you can document how fluffy herds form.
>He is now walking away, must be getting close to nap time.
>She is following and … “Theorem! Come back!”
>You run and grab your fluffy that was following them.
>”Thewum wan pway wif fwens!” he protest.
>”Maybe later, remember, there are other friends to play with.”
>”Yay! Thewum pway wif fwens!” he wiggles happily.
>You check your camera phone.
>You have new pictures.
>You are going to keep an eye on that maroon fluffy.