Cheating the Cycle of Life- A Padded Pony Collab

Coco Pommel was thrilled to receive a chance to be free from Suri Polomare, and run her own career in the fashion industry as a designer. After everything she had endured at the hooves of Suri, nopony could blame her for striking out on her own.

Of course, Coco never forgot about the wonderful mare she had to thank for giving her the chance in the first place. And despite living in an entirely different town, Rarity remained in constant contact with Coco. The two of them exchanged letters from time to time, largely just to find out what was going in the other’s life. Coco’s new career kept her very busy, even after “Hinny of The Hills” wrapped up its Bridleway performance, and the producer moved on to other works.

Eventually, with the blessing of said producer, Coco was given the chance to open her very own fashion shop, and she eagerly took charge of it. She didn’t land any big shot clients, but she didn’t mind. Tending to the everyday citizens of Manehattan, and the occasional custom orders from clients elsewhere in Equestria, gave Coco enough of a clientele to stay in business and make a good living.

But one day, Coco was surprised to receive a letter from her good friend Rarity, informing her of an important order that needed to be filled as soon as possible.

The order wasn’t anything really expensive or really fancy, but it was rather unusual. The client, who wished to remain anonymous according to Rarity’s letter, had requested some custom designed cloth diapers intended for adults. Rarity had graciously taken the liberty of obtaining the client’s measurements, and had provided them in the letter for Coco to reference. The letter ended with the suggestion that if Coco did well enough, the client might request more cloth diapers in the future, and that she intended to pay for them when they arrived.

Not one to say no to a potential new customer, Coco had agreed to do the order. The only problem was, she had never designed cloth diapers before, let alone diapers for adults.

Coco wanted to write to Rarity, and ask her for advice, but she decided against it. If she wanted to make her own way in the fashion industry, she couldn’t always rely on the help of others to get things done. She had to be willing to learn new skills, and take on new challenges if she wished to stay in business.

But that didn’t mean she couldn’t still do some research on the subject. It took some asking around, but Coco managed to find books that contained the necessary information. After reading over them a couple of times, she decided that she was ready to begin the designing and creating process.

Designing the diapers was easy enough, Rarity had not only provided the client’s measurements, but had also included information about what the client liked. Using said information, it took Coco less than an hour to come up with a design that she was certain the customer would enjoy.

Making the diapers proved to be a bit harder. Coco had purchased many different types of cloth, and had a feeling that buying multiple rolls of each type would save her a lot of headaches. And she was right.

Several times, Coco had to discard the current cloth and start fresh, because of a mistake that she made. But she refused to give up. “Rarity and the client are counting on me, I have to keep on trying until I get it right!” she thought to herself.

At last, with one final cut from the scissors, Coco managed to finish the last of the cloth diapers. It had taken several hours of frustration and determination, but her hard work had payed off.

Now came the really hard part, Coco needed to test out the diapers in order to make sure they fit right, and could be used without any chance of rips, tears, or leaks.

Since she had yet to earn enough money to put ponykins in her workshop, Coco knew that a live model would have to be used instead. And as luck would have it, she matched the client’s measurements almost perfectly. Which meant, there was only one thing she had left to do.

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“Okay, let’s see if I’ve got everything I need to test out the diapers,” Coco said to herself, as she set her saddlebags and the pack of diapers on the floor of her workshop bathroom. She then pulled out a checklist, and began to read it outloud to herself “Wet wipes, check. Foal powder, check. Rash cream in case I need it, check. Changing mat, check. Extra diapers, check. Training potty with absorbent pad to catch any leaks from the diaper, check. And most importantly, air freshener, check.”

Putting her checklist away, Coco took one of the diapers out of the pack, then opened her saddlebags and took out both the container of foal powder, and the changing mat. She unfolded the changing mat, carefully positioned herself so that her rump would be completely covered by it, and lay down. She carefully unfolded the cloth diaper, slid it under her rump, and strapped it up so that it was nice and secure. She then stood up, opened the back of it, and shook the container of foal powder, working tufts of the substance into her diaper.

The diaper fit securely, and after walking around for a while, Coco was certain it wouldn’t rip or tear just from being put on and being worn. That just left the part Coco dreaded, testing how well it held up when used.