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- >"Ren? Is that you?"
- >A shout goes up in the gathered crowd, soon followed by more.
- >"1200!"
- >"1300!"
- >"We've got 1300... no 1400 from the gentleman in the back! Do I hear 1500? Come on folks, this is a prime workhorse here!"
- >The pink mare keeps up her attempts at communication.
- >"Ren! Renegade Heart? It's me, Ivy! We went to school together! Don't you remember me?"
- >Her loud stage whispers fail to register on the pony auctioneer.
- >Or perhaps she's deliberately ignoring it.
- >You wouldn't doubt it.
- >Pony collaborators weren't treated with any particular respect by their kin.
- >Except maybe in cases like this.
- >The bid reaches 2100 before the pony is finally auctioned off.
- >"...going twice! SOLD to the young lady in the stunning green skirt!"
- >The auctioned pony resists the man attempting to lead her off the stage.
- >"Please, Ren! Don't let them take me! Please!"
- >Ren doesn't look back at her, she's busy shuffling her papers in preparation for the next pony.
- >This seems to break her.
- >"REN! You dirty, traitorous whorse! By Celestia, you'll get yours! You'll pay for selling your own friends and family into slavery!"
- >The slave pony's screeching insults and curses continue until they finally fade out, distance and the ambient sounds of the auction house eventually drowning her out.
- >Ren, for her part, seems unperturbed.
- >Collaborators have a reputation as being cold-blooded.
- >A pony has to be, for this kind of job, you guess.
- >"Seven-fifty going once, going twice... sold to the gentleman in the black tux!"
- >The other Anon goes up to receive his new pony
- >"Alright ladies and germs, that does it for-"
- "One thousand!"
- >"Sir, I'm afraid the the bid is already over-"
- "Not for her."
- >"Pardon? There are no other ponies for sale-"
- "For you."
- >"M-Me?! Sir, you can't be serious, I'm the auctioneer, you can't-"
- "Two thousand."
- >"Sir, really!"
- "Three thousand."
- >"Buh- I-"
- "Going once."
- >"Now hold on a moment!"
- "Going twice."
- >"This is absurd!"
- >>"SOLD!"
- >The owner of the storehouse grabs the auctioneer pony by her tiny collar and boots her off the stage into your waiting arms
- >>"I'll ring you up by the front door. Will this be cash or check?"
- >"This isn't happening!"
- >The happy merchant rubs his hands together
- >"This can't be happening!"
- "You take credit card?"
- >>"There will be a small surcharge."
- "There always is."
- >"I paid my dues, dammit!!"
- >You'll name her Fluffles
- >She thought she was going to be shanked.
- >It turned out to be a few hundred decent people that bought up most of them.
- >All the ponies run free in their little community.
- >Some even run little shops.
- >It almost feels like a small equestrian town.
- >Magic of harmony allows them all the prosper.
- "Wow. Just wow."
- >Your ex-slaver pone's ears flatten against her head
- "You even sold your own princess, you absolute scamp."
- >Celestia looks sternly down upon the little mare
- >"If I remember correctly, you slapped my royal tushy and referred to me as prime meat in front of every buyer there."
- >If Fluffles slouches any further she's going to collapse in on herself, like some kind of equine dying star
- >"Now, my little pony, would you like paper or plastic?"
- >For a thousand-something year old ruler, that she's trying and failing to hide her contempt must speak volumes to her anger
- "Best go with paper, I have a feeling you'll try to suffocate her with that plastic bag otherwise."
- >"There's nothing keeping me from bounding over this counter still, dear."
- >Oh yeah, she mad
- >That was the sweetest, most sugar-toned threat you've ever heard
- >You quickly pay for your items and exit the store
- >Celestia sighs as she looks down at the puddle of fear Fluffles left behind
- >Picking up the P.A speaker she calls out
- >"Luna! Clean up on register three!"
- >"And up next, we have a beautiful specimen. Earth pony, mare, strong but submissive in temperament! Bidding starts at 1000. Do I hear 1100?"
- >The pink pony, which had walked up to the stage with her eyes downward, suddenly looked up with surprise.
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