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- >The mess hall of a pony base was a little irregular.
- >Their government emphasized unity and bonding, leaving their military friendlier than they probably should be.
- >The relaxed atmosphere of the dining was one of those times.
- >Furniture and spaces for any race imaginable was provided, with safety walkways and transit walks to stay out of the path of a giant pony’s hooves.
- >You were hanging on a railing for one of those walkways when a familiar figure approached.
- >Etched in English on a helmet perched above her happy expression, is her self-given designation.
- >You say her name curtly, and with a slight air of suspicion.
- “Daisy.”
- >”Good morning, human!” she says through your personal translator’s monotone, womanly voice.
- >You pause at her greeting and glance at a large screen displaying strange symbols.
- “It’s the afternoon.”
- >”Not on Earth it’s not!” she chirps in her sing-song voice.
- >”In fact, it’s Easter!”
- >Had it really been that long?
- >When was training supposed to end, again?
- >”I researched this human day of celebration and I have procured a bunny!”
- “You bought a bunny for Easter?”
- >She shakes her head and holds up some hulking metallic rabbit that you grimly note is built to her scale, making it easily the size of a small mech.
- >“I couldn’t ship a live rabbit from Earth so I found a robot!”
- >“Draw,” the robot comments.
- “That’s not what rabbits say.”
- >Daisy frowned at the inaccuracy.
- >”Are you sure? Sounds like an animal noise to me.”
- “No, that’s more of a statement.”
- >”Really? But it even lays eggs!”
- “What."
- >”Sure,” Daisy says, followed by a mechanical click.
- >A hatch pops open on the back of the rabbit and a colorful egg plops to the ground.
- >Did you mention the egg was about the size of a car?
- >The rabbit seems about as surprised as you are, craning its head to see what just happened.
- >Through its emotionless face, you sense confusion and embarrassment.
- >”T-tada!” Daisy says, standing proudly, “Are you impressed, human?”
- “Um, yes.”
- >"Good! I also found a chocolate-like substance for authentic human food!"
- >She steps out of the way with a big smile, making room for a pony-scaled basket filled with more colorful eggs and giant golden coins.
- >She drops the robot gently to the floor and gestures to the basket.
- >"Behold, I have the colored eggs and the basket, the rabbit and the gold doubloons!"
- "Where did you get giant gold coins? That's not even Easter."
- >Daisy tilted her head to the side as she listened intently to her translator piping into to her ears.
- >She took a few steps back and fished a coin out of the basket.
- >"Sure it is, edible coins!"
- "That doesn't look like a foil wrapper, how can you eat it?"
- >"Like this!" she cheerfully exclaimed and bit down on the coin, utterly obliterating it to pieces, wrapping and all.
- >When she pauses mid-chew to show her teeth, they're coated in chunks of chocolate like a cargo container full of the stuff had exploded.
- >Bits of shining metal decorate it like sparkling glitter.
- >Maybe it's just you, but it looks sharp, and that's ignoring the strange twinkling effect even though no lights are moving.
- >"See? Safe!"
- >Aliens are weird
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