BaronEngel
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They grind more than flour at the mill
🕑 Added 2015-12-24 01:35:48 +0000 UTC The knock on the front door of our cottage repeated itself in my Equestria dreamscape. For an instant I considered ignoring it but decided it would better if I got it before any of the mares woke Full House from it. Reluctantly I opened the door.I found Cogs standing there on threshold stone of our cottage. The golden-orange mare is a neighbor of ours from just down the road. She and her father run one of the local grain mills and the sight of their windmill slowly turning is familiar landmark for fliers and travelers in the area. From the packed panniers on her back it appeared that she was returned from the marketplace in Ponyville. Around her neck was her signature purple bandana. She had dropped by to see if Carousel was done with a couple tools she’d borrowed from Cogs.
I almost succeeded in getting rid of her when Rainbow Dash suddenly decided to make an appearance in the worst possible way. With a fine case of bed mane and tail, blood-shot eyes and groggy disposition it was obvious that RD had just gotten out of bed. Gotten out of the bed that was in my bedroom. The same bed that Petina, Carousel and I slept in every night. Then chorus of female voices emanated for that same room, and Cogs could quickly determine that three mares had apparently slept in my bed last night.
Now Cogs is a nice mare but she has terrible vice. She loves gossip, and suddenly she had what was probably one of the juiciest pieces of gossips in months, and from the look in her eyes she going to grind out the rumor of the year. Well this day was going downhill fast!
Comments
MishaFox
I know what many of the stallions will be thinking. He's got THREE mares! Lucky stallion!
MishaFox
RD is well worth all the trouble!
McClaw
Skybrush waking up on the couch wouldn't reduce the rumors much, because that would still mean RD spent the night sharing a bed with Petina. Besides, there's the "lap dance" incident from the previous evening.
McClaw
Best outcome: Cogs spreads only the truth she knows -- Dash spent the night in your cottage (along with the usual three occupants). She doesn't know more.
Richard Westberry
Cadfael would like to pass some wisdom along to hs friend. "With mares, they will ask you the questions, then tell you the answers. But in the end you will still be wrong!" Now go get their breakfast and don't forget the coffee.
ANTIcarrot
And at this point I'm getting a bit lost. What are the potential negative consequences of this news getting out? Are we talking annoying teasing? Slight loss of privacy? Social exclusion? Loss of job opportunities/sales? Violence? I know there are ponies that don't like all four of them, but I'm not sure I understand how this will affect enough 'swing voters' to justify Skybrush's reaction. Though if Skybrush had been a little more on the ball, he might have tried deflected this by making it clear he woke up on the couch. :P
MishaFox
OH! A shiny gold star! Thanks!
Baron Engel
Oh that is good! Nice to know some folks know their history! You sir get a gold foil star!
MishaFox
A gossip like that can cause more havoc and trouble then Sherman's March thru Georgia.
Vet
Very true. Been there a few times myself.
Baron Engel
Still there is that instinctive temptation to try and weasel out of it at first.
Baron Engel
Glad you like it!
Baron Engel
RD would agree with you. All I'll say is life gets more interesting for the two of us.
Baron Engel
It is not one of her more endearing traits.
Major Matt Mason
LMAO
Skyline
Ah poor stallion ... But for Rainbow Dash, I'd put up with the oncoming storm.
MishaFox
I used to like Cogs but there is little worse then a gossiper.
MishaFox
BOOM! That just set off a thermonuclear level gossip scandal. BATTEN DOWN HATCHES AND ALL HANDS MAN YOU BATTLE STATIONS!
Vet
You are so burned. Just own it and ride it out.
