The Art of Organised Cheating Part 1

It’s now time to buy food. You’ve noticed a grocery store filled with good products along your travel here, and Lyra decides to buy from there. You all enter the store that offers a pleasant breeze as you pass through the doors. The market is indoors, and looks very sophisticated. Each aisle is marked with what products lie within them. The floor is well polished, and everything seems to reflect back off of it.

You’ve forgotten all about these kinds of grocery stores as you got accustomed to shopping in the outdoor markets of Ponyville. You split up into two groups and set out to grab essentials such as milk and noodles. You are paired with Colgate, and you both head towards the bakery. There, you see a large assortment of bread ranging anywhere from rye, white, wheat, and honey to styles of bread like croissants, rolls, bagels, and pretzels.

You both decide to purchase a loaf of wheat bread, a loaf of white bread, and a cheese bread roll. You thank the bakers for their service and head farther into the store. As you push your cart through the aisles, you realize that there aren’t many ponies shopping here. It is a little late, after all.

After 12 minutes, you’ve received everything you think 4 fully grown mares would need to last 2 weeks in the blazing summer. Needless to say, you brought a lot of drinks and fruit. You’ve passed by Lyra and Trixie a few times, cracking jokes like ‘nice to see you again, strangers!’ or ‘wow, look at those losers.’ Eventually you each meet up at a register. It takes a long while waiting in line, but eventually it’s your turn to pay.

The price has everypony’s eyes boggling. It came out to a total none of you were expecting. Colgate and Lyra pay with all their money, and it isn’t enough at all. You cough up everything you have as well, and the price is still only half paid. You’re contemplating putting the snacks back when Trixie pays the rest with all of her money. It happens to be just enough.

You each grumble and walk off without any bits to speak of. When you leave the building, however, you each thank Trixie for paying half the cost.

Finding a hotel will prove to be quite a bitch without any bits, but it would prove to be worse if you have nowhere to put these expensive groceries.

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