Rariquest: The Quest for More Money

by Ganondox

Chapter 12

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Magically pinching your nose, you step into the shelter. It's not enough, and the sudden wave of stench causes you throw up in your mouth. You swallow it back down. Hey, better to eat your breakfast twice than to let it go to waste and make this disgusting place even more disgusting. Though it tastes much grosser the second time down.

The shelter is full with several mangey beds with unfashionable ponies laying in them. You notice there is one puke green one sitting next to door wearing mud colored rags. You wonder why he even bothers to wear anything, and then realize the inherent irony of the fact that while you sell clothes, you generally strut around naked. At least Sassy wears a dress, and Coco has that dorky...thing she wears around her neck. You think for a second, and realize that as unfashionable as your parents are, they still usually wear clothes. Really, it's just your close friends who typically wear nothing. Of all of them, really only Applejack wasn't a nudist as she does have a hat. Must have been a good thing you've given up on friendship, as those Ponyville ponies are a bad influence. Oh well. He also has a mangey looking dog sitting next to him, scratching fleas. You can't identify the breed, so it must be a mutt of some sort. Typical for such undignified ponies to not care about pedigree.

A slightly better dressed unicorn approaches you. She is wearing a smock stained it you-don't-even-want-to-know, but at least it doesn't have holes it.  Her coat is also a pale grey, and her mane is darker shade and pulled back into a practical bun. She starts to speak to you in a low, grainy but tender voice, and you can't help but scare at her crooked yellow teeth.

"Hello madame. Thank you for coming to my humble shelter. We are currently looking for donations to support the wave of refugees that came in with the fall of the Crystal Empire, but the local homeless population is always in need of assistence. Would you please open your heart and show some generosity? "

How generous are you feeling?

Generous? HA! Rarity is no longer the element of generosity, she is now a wealthy capitalist! The gods will tremble at your new found power. Show her just how generous you are by kicking that stupid excuse for a pony's stupid excuse for a dog!

>Not that generous. Make up an excuse to be polite and leave.

Offer to make a deal for discounted clothes. Not out of generosity, but to resolve this crime against fashion.

Maybe you're feeling a little bit generous and could spare a few bits.

True generosity is not sprinkling a few bits for the poor. That is merely an act of moral masturbation and makes no real difference in the lives of others. No, you'll work out a partnership to continuously boost the infrastructure of this institution for generations to come.

>You're feeling super generous! So generous in fact that you've decided your own life doesn't even really matter, these random hobos are much more important. Offer to give them your vital organs!

*Give them your health potion.

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