PONIES IN ARMS-3. MARECENARIES

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As we all sat and started to eat all of the conversations were based around what every pony had done during the day off, and to be honest I was quite impressed with a few of them for actually taking it upon themselves to go to outlying places to gather any and all Intel they could get on the n.l.r in town and made a point of letting them know that they would get recognized for their acts in the morning. Other ponies had gone and done some shopping for ammo, and other supplies for any future movements we may have had to make, and still others just lounged around not doing much at all. I was very happy to hear that none of them had gone to the saloon or if they had it was just to talk to the locals and smoke a cigarette and play pool not to drink, so in that right I was a very happy commander in deed.

As we all ate and chatted amongst ourselves we all had that since of something was about to happen but no pony said a thing about it, it wasn't the time or place for it and besides the wind had started to pick up a bit and the waiters of the diner were having trouble trying to keep the tables outside from blowing away so I told a few of my ponies to help them out which they did with no argument at all the diners owners had in fact been so kind as to let us take over for the night and it was the least any of us could do for them and they were grateful for the help as we all knew they would be anyways.

As we all got done eating the wind was really howling and it was hard for any of us to even see a hoof in front of our faces, we knew that if the wind wasn't going to let up by morning we would not have the pt test but decided to hold a meeting anyways to see who would host what event in the pt test. We all gathered in a cafe out of the wind and cold and got to work on making the choices as to who would host what event, there were 3 events and 3 of us so the choice could have been easy for us but no, they turned it in to a joke. No pony wanted a certain event and it came down to drawing straws kind of foalish if you ask me but hey it was either that or hoof wrestling and I wasn't about to do that, after all I am a mare and we don't partake in such activities unless we have to. As the straws were being drawn some pony turned on the weather report for the night and following day basically putting any thought of a future pt test out of sight for the next week.

"Well there's our answer you ponies sounds like we are in for this wind for about a week so I guess the pt test is out of the question then to all of this foal like behavior, I for one am happy about this I mean look were we really going to hold a pt test to see which of our ponies would be involved in a mission? Kind of lame if you ask me I mean in any mission or task we do we should do it together, not separate if we stay strong and united we can never lose a fight but if we separate then things can happen and we don’t want that do we? I am glad for this wind it casts aside any thought of a pt test and gives us some clear thought as to exactly what we can use this wind for. MAYBE IT IS A GIFT IN DISGUISE DID ANY OF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? I mean think about it we are planning to pony nap the n.l.r leader in this town right? What does blowing dust cause? Low visibility am I right think about it we pony nap him during a windy day and there we go the n.l.r will never know about it due to not being able to see problem completely solved right there."

Once again it was Harmony who was the voice of reason to bring us all back to the point of what we were in fact doing, she had taken on a whole new role in my company since she first joined the mercenary group of Major Reads and she was proving in fact to be a capable leader all her own. I knew what this would mean and I couldn't bring myself to admit it yet but she was ready for a command all her own meaning if need be missions all her own as well. I wasn't the only one to notice this either in fact every pony we had under us was thinking it as well or I wanted their thoughts to quit invading my mind. Now was not the time to be thinking such things, not when we had a task ahead and we all knew it. The same had been done with the note that the major had given me after the death of Blood Flank, Major Read had received the letter prior to the mission but had chosen not to give it to me until the mission was complete as would be the case in this as well.

Harmony's bit of rational thought had pretty much put an end to the need for a meeting and we turned the conversation to bed. We were all tired weather we wanted to admit it or not and we all needed sleep as well so we wrapped things up and said our good nights and went our separate ways for the time being