The Voices (In My Head Again)

Mocha Jon was used by and written by this guy

As the trio make their way into town to find the coffee shop Sketch gets a lot of odd looks.

“Why are peop-er, I mean, ponies looking at me?” Sketch asks.

“Well, humans have never existed in this world so you are one of a kind here so of course ponies are going to stare, for now anyway,” Twilight informs.

“Yup!” Pinkie Pie agrees.

“Thanks.” Sketch sighs,” So why do you think the coffee shop will hire me?”

“Well I don’t know for sure if they would hire you but how else do you expect to make money.”

“I take it I can’t live in your castle forever then huh…Sad face.” Sketch adds

“You can stay until you get on your feet Sketch, don’t worry I’m not going to make you leave without a place to go to.”

“Thanks,” Sketch says sincerely.

“No problem,” Twilight adds.

As the trio of Sketch, Twilight, and Pinkie Pie reach the coffee shop they are met a note on the door, “Out to lunch be back in five minutes.”

“Well, at least it is a short break.” Just as a blue stallion just walks around the corner.”Hey, is that him?” Sketch asks as he points to the cyan stallion eating a bag of what look like to be chocolates.

The cyan unicorn looked over and notices the Princess of Friendship and Element of laughter finally by his shop, this is so rare because they always seem to prefer going to Sugarcube Corner. He initially doesn’t notice the human because he is so excited to see such powerful ponies finally come to see him. However he does soon notice the bipedal being and he had only one comment, “Okay... Did Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash sneak into the zoo, free a gorilla, shave it and disguise it again?” He says, sarcastically.

“Sarcasm, I like this guy already,” Sketch says.

The unicorn wants to shake his hand but he admittedly isn’t sure how to do that. He improvises and just does a hoof bump on his palm. This confuses Sketch slightly but he thinks 'ah close enough' and accepts it.

“Okay, gotta ask, who, what when, where, and why…?” He asks, clearly referring.
to Sketch.

“In order, I’m Sketch, I’m a human, I’m from Earth which is a stupid name for a planet when you consider it translates to dirt and why I’m here is for a job hopefully; maybe delivering orders or working the cash register.”

The stallion is initially excited because he was hoping Twilight and Pinkie were going to say they need his help with a super important friendship mission, but his excitement fades when he finds out the real purpose, “Oh… Okay, no comment on most of that… But I suppose I could try it, have you ever worked in a coffee shop before?”

“I once worked at a fireworks stand selling the merch and talking people up.” Sketch points out. “What’s your name?”

The unicorn rolls his eyes at that response, “Really? How did you know spark powder was my secret ingredient?” The unicorn playfully asks as a joke. “Prince Shining Armor…” He says as he points to his name tag, labeled Mocha Jon.

“Okay Mocha, well I know how to make coffee and I know I can sell it, or at least deliver it.” Sketch informs, hoping to get hired. “Also I have an idea for a candy you can sell here that is coffee related.”

“Okay… Even though I’m assuming you don’t have a valid Food Handler's’ permit or even a proper Social Security number… I’ll give you a shot.” Mocha says as he looks over at the mares, hoping to make them happy.

“Sweet, also the candy I was talking about is dark chocolate or milk chocolate covered coffee beans, they’re my favorite and maybe Pinkie Pie can sell them at Sugarcube Corner.” Sketch informs.

Oh yes, Sugarcube Corner, the place they always prefer to spend time there instead of at the coffee shop… “Well since they are probably not copyrighted I doubt he could stop her from doing that,” Mocha says as he looks to the mares, still surprised they actually wanted his help for once.

“So what do you say? Can I work for you? I promise to work my butt off.” Sketch hopes.

“Well it would be easier if you probably kept your butt on, but never the less I suppose I could give you a shot, the breakfast rush is almost over so this place is gonna be pretty much vacant for the rest of the day,” Mocha says as he dumps the entire bag of chocolate into his mouth and eats it almost instantly, seemingly inhaling the foodstuff.

“Okay, since the rush is over can I go to Sugarcube Corner as you guys called it and make some of the candy I mentioned? I promise to not disappoint.”

“I can’t wait to try it Sketch!” Pinkie Pie enthusiastically shouts.

“I wouldn’t mind trying it either, I have been looking for an alternative to tea as it seems to be wearing thin on me as I drink it day in and day out,” Twilight interjects.

“Well if you’re looking for an alternative to tea, you and your friends could come by here more and we could…” Mocha tried to say but he could tell by the looks on their faces they were wanting to leave and go to Sugarcube Corner more, “Never mind, yeah you can go, just make your things quickly and have fun doing it.” Mocha said to them, clearly envious and upset that they didn’t want to spend more time, but he was doing a good job at hiding that.

“Alright, thanks for hiring me, come on Pinkie let’s go make some candy!” To which Pinkie Pie squees loudly and she and Sketch run off to Sugarcube Corner to make the aforementioned sweets.

With Pinkie and Twilight in tow, they all head to the candy shop that Pinkie had met them at earlier, once inside he draws the attention of everypony in there.

"C-Can I help you?" A light blue mare with a pink mane asks nervously, Sketch towering over her.

"Yes, I would like ten bits worth of your milk chocolate."

"Right away!" She disappears in the back for a few minutes and reappears with five bags of chocolate.

"There you go, anything else?" She asks a little less nervous about him since she saw Twilight right behind him, he couldn't be that bad if the princess of friendship was with him. The two talk about candy for forty-five minutes before Twilight tugs on his t-shirt and reminds him he is supposed to be working right now. He thanks the mare named Cupcake and asks if he could use their kitchen to make a new type of candy he doubts has ever been made before in Equestria

He gets a large pot of water up to a boil and then puts a smaller pot inside it, he dumps the chocolate into the smaller pot and lets it melt then he throws in the coffee beans Mocha gave him and made his favorite candy ever, of all time. As he mixes the concoction he pulls them out one at a time ready to serve, he lets the chocolate harden and then he puts them back into their respective bags and hurries back to the coffee shop.

“I’m back, sorry it took an hour, but they are done, I made five pounds with some milk and dark chocolate the Cakes had on hoof.”

Mocha Jon was not paying attention to Sketch as he was drawing on a piece of paper, “Okay no, that foot is too big, the ears are not even, and that nose makes it look like a giant freak!!!” He said as he crumbled the paper up and threw it in anger… Accidentally hitting Sketch in the face with it, which Mocha notices… “Oh… Sorry man…”

“You’re not the first to throw stuff at me, anyways like I said, the candy is done, wanna taste test this moderate coffee bean covered in dark or milk chocolate? The dark is my personal favorite because I like my like I like candy my coffee, strong.” Sketch says as he plops down two large bags of candy on the table. “Also we owe the cakes ten bits for the chocolate but if we sell this at ten bits a pound and i made five with twenty that means we make forty bits of profit for each ten we spend, cool huh?”

“Okay, first, make it 11 bits per pound because of taxes, and second, I’ll try the milk chocolate, I prefer mild coffee because it has more caffeine,” Mocha said as he grabbed a piece of the candy and took a bite on impulse. After one bite, he shoved an entire hoof-full into his mouth and ate it quickly, “Oh my Celestia that stuff is good!”

“I think I just earned myself the job, I’ll go buy more chocolate so we can have some more ready for tomorrow, how much should I make, I need to know how much to buy.” Sketch says.

“Bring by like say, fifty bags, and remind me to make it thirteen bits… Something tells me we may not be making as much a profit on your price..” He says as he takes another big gulp himself. The unicorn thinks it could be nice to have another guy around there.

“Whatever you say, boss, give me the bits to buy it and I will start making it, also your money is called ‘bits’?” Sketch asks.

“Yeah, I don’t remember why we call our currency bits either, maybe there’s a book on it…” Twilight ponders aloud as Pinkie bounces in place, happy she could help a friend.

“Okay one, I think she’s had enough for the day… Two, are you guys doing anything later? Maybe there’s something going on or something?” Mocha asks, hoping to finally feel included but not wanting to sound like he was being pushy.

“Well, my job for the moment is to monitor Sketch and see how he integrates into Equestrian society so I am going to be here watching him and taking notes,” Twilight informs.

“Aww phooey, I have to watch the twins, sorry guys I have to go,” Pinkie says sadly.

“See you later Pinkie! So, about the one hundred bits I need?” Sketch asks Mocha

“Here, it’s one hundred and fifteen bits, in case the tax increases… or maybe just to get some extra for me… Which ever you think would happen…” He says, trying to hide the fact that he cannot control himself.

“How about I get one hundred for the shop and then for you?” Sketch asks.

“Your call man, your call…!” Mocha said, trying to make it seem like he didn’t care, but it was obvious he wanted it.

“Okay hand me one hundred and fifty bits and I will bring back the change, scout’s honor.” Sketch swears.

“It’s in the back room, here’s the key to the safe…” Mocha said with a strange grin on his face as he watches the human go to it.

“Huh, okay, thanks,” Sketch says as he takes the key and walks into the now empty coffee shop and goes for the safe, he opens the door only to have a bucket of liquid fall on his head. ”AH! What is this stuff it’s making me….sound….funny….crap.” He says as his voices climbs ever higher in pitch.

Mocha Jon looks back and starts laughing to himself, “I knew something weird would happen here if Pinkie Pie was in here for as long as she was!” He says as he starts laughing even harder.

“How do I get back to normal?” Sketch asks in a voice that would make Pico from One Piece sound like Morgan Freeman.

“Ugh, let’s draw you a bath…” Twilight sighs as she is now responsible for un-poison joking Sketch.

Mocha Jon sighs because he never gets to spend any time with the Princess of Friendship and she keeps leaving. He doesn’t like being envious but he is upset that the only reason Twilight and Pinkie came in at all was just for someone else, “Alright, I understand.” Mocha says as he takes out a journal and begins writing in it, and clearly, he does that a lot on his free time, considering the pre-existing text.

As Twilight drags off Sketch to give him a bath he raises the question.

"Why do I sound like this?"

"One of Pinkie Pie's pranks, she dumped water mixed with a little bit of poison joke to play a prank on you."

"Clever girl, but why do I need a bath?"

"That's how we remove the poison joke's effect is with an herbal bath."

"How long will that take?"

"About thirty minutes."

"Ugh... I will get my revenge on her yet."

"Good luck with that anyways let's get you to the spa..."

"Welcome to the spa my name is Aloe, how may we assist you today princess and guest?"

"He was poison joked by Pinkie Pie."

"Second time this week somepony fell prey to her pranks, follow me please."

As Aloe leads him to a room with a large tub full of herbs she tells him to soak for anywhere from thirty minutes to an hour.

"Twilight!"

"What is it, are you okay?" Twilight asks seriously.

"I'm fine, I'm just lonely is all."

"You've only been in here for ten minutes at the most."

"My phone says seven but yeah, I don't like being alone."

"Understandable, so, what do you want to talk about."

"Science." At this Twilight squees and gets out a notepad and a pencil and begins writing furiously as they talk about biological breakthroughs his world had made, with this time flew by and before he knew it he was back to normal, Twilight pays for the bath and they head back to Mocha.

“I’m back and now I don’t sound like a Disney character!” Sketch announces as he holds over fifty pounds of chocolate, however, there was a single little problem… “We owe the cakes a bit more than I anticipated since we cleaned out their shop of milk chocolate, it was thirty more than I expected, dang taxes,” Sketch says as he drops the large sacks of chocolate on the counter in the shop.

“What’s a Disney character?” Mocha Jon initially asks as he initially didn’t grasp his concern, but when he catches notice of what he said, he felt guilty. “We cleared them out!?” He yells, because he feels upset, understanding what it is like to get cleared out in a shop. He opens the register and pulled out a few bits, and took the rest from the tip jar, “Here take these, I was saving for a new art set but they need it more.”

“Don’t fret, they were more than happy to be sold out, some of it was going to be thrown away anyway, turns out there was a miscommunication in the order and they ordered too much. So it all worked itself out man, they just need thirty extra bits to cover the taxes.”

Mocha handed the jar and even though he was envious of the business, he didn’t want to hurt them like that, “They are nice ponies.” He says, feeling guilty about being envious of such good ponies.

“Okay, be right back!” Sketch says as he runs back to Sugarcube Corner with the tip jar in hand and rushes to get back there before it closes, he didn't read their hours of operation when he was there the first two times.

"Welcome back dear, you know we're out of chocolate, right?"

"Yeah, but my employer wanted you to have this as compensation for clearing out your shop for us, think of it as an additional thank you."

"Awww, well that is mighty kind of you dear, tell your boss I said thank you for the thank you."

"Will do Mrs. Cake."

With the money given Sketch runs back to Mocha who he finds sitting in front of his shop “So anyway, the place is about to close, so we can really just prepare to head out.” Mocha says as he finished wiping up tables.

“Can I have the key to the shop? I wanna finish making as much chocolate covered coffee beans as possible, plus I wanna show you how much I appreciate your hiring me is to me.” Sketch says as he heads back to warm up some water.

“Alright I guess, could be fun,” Mocha said as he was organizing the chairs until an epiphany approaches him… “Oh gosh… Pinkie Pie was here earlier… SKETCH WAIT!!!” He says as he rushes over to the back himself to get in the way of the water himself…

After the whole debacle with Pinkie Pie’s pranks, Sketch began making chocolate covered coffee beans using the cheapest beans they had and spent the majority of the day doing so. Not leaving to head back ‘home’ till seven fourteen at night, but as he locked up for the night he saw Twilight asleep outside who had made a whole slew of notes about him: hard worker, trustworthy, inventive. All words she uses to describe him, this brings a smile to his face. He carries Twilight home and so ends the day, now time for him to hit the hay, but not before his nightly routine.