My Little Tactics

Chapter Forty Five: File it under Human.

It had been a little over a week now and Dustan was facing an enemy he thought he would never beat. Paperwork! The search for a secretary wasn’t that bad, it was just the fact that they had to weed through individuals. Turns out a lot of Finance’s choices, once looked at under a magnifying glass wouldn’t be a good fit for one reason or another. Some were obvious in that they didn’t work well with other species, others couldn’t move that far for a job as they were happy in the location they were in and commuting such a far distance was not something they would do either.

Finance of course had apologized after a few of her choices dropped like that saying she should have considered these factors and about two things. Trimming the rest of her list down herself as well as reaching out to the local area for applications. That was a different kind of disaster. Turns out working at the Everfree Castle was a big opportunity, who knew right? As such when the word got out he was getting applications from almost two towns away that Dustan had to work through as well which was why it was taking so long, which was a problem as the Lord had other things to do as well other objectives to complete.

A good example of that was Twilight wanting to set up a date for her friends and him to all meet up to discuss who should go to the Human World. Something else he wanted to get up and running was the project that he sent Twilight to ok, which she did, the split was negotiated on quite a lot and he wanted a forty/sixty in her favor on his insistence but she wanted an eighty/twenty in his favor. They settled for seventy/thirty in his favor as while she claimed she only supplied a piece of the work while if he was financing it and building it, most of the work came from him. The human couldn’t deny her logic.

Financing, money not the pony, as he didn’t have enough of it currently and was thinking on how to fund raise his project was the other issue. Dustan knew what he wanted to do, but couldn’t do it till things around him were straightened out so he could ask Finance the exact amount they would need. Dustan had honestly done a good bit of research on the subject and knew what he would need total as well as what his little project would run and likely the biggest issue would be personnel needed to staff things. That latter part though was up in the air as he needed to talk to Twilight as since it was her work he needed to have some specifics, even if he wouldn’t understand some of the metrics used in it.

The good news, which was punctuated with a stamp, the human was down to one possible candidate from the local level and Finance had just dropped off her list, a total of two ponies. The Interviews were set up for the next day as that was when all of the ponies could attend, though one of them would be quite late into the evening as the train ride for them was quite a ways. Looking over the list the candidates all pretty much had the same skill sets, great at organizing, history in their respective field, work history and recommendations while different all amounted to the same though one candidate did excel in this faction as she was a middle-aged mare. That already put her in the lead in his mind as experience often translated to competency. Why else would you get consistent work or stay on to some places for so long if you weren’t good at what you did right?

“Enter.” The Lord called out from behind his desk. First up on the interviews was from the local level. The pony who entered was a hot pink color for her fur and a vibrant red for her mane coloration whose eyes were a type of green between forest and emerald he couldn’t decide which. The pegasus’ cutie mark was that of a cherry with a long stem that was twisted around into a fancy heart shape. “Welcome Wild-Cherry Stem. It’s nice to meet you and thank you for coming in for this interview.”

The mare smiled giving a small bow as her wings ruffled and fluffed out. “Thank you Lord Warner for giving me this opportunity, it is an honor.” As she rose back up she smiled at him and puffed out her chest. “Working in a place like this is a bit of a dream of mine. A castle, somepony important, even if the work I do isn’t important it still supports the important going on’s right?” She took a seat after that and got comfortable.

“Rightly so. A small piece of a big picture.” So far so good-ish. Her body language wasn’t making him comfortable but this was normal right?

Since his talk with Pinkie of her informing him of the two mares directly interested in him as well as his previous talks with various ponies about body language, he had something to go on. Before just knowing about positions of parts, actions, and such were all well and good, but without something to connect it to, it was just all gestures in his mind. Going back, looking on his interactions with those mares, and seeing in his mind the replay of things and their body language, Dustan now had physical representations to go on and he had to admit. He was blind as fuck. The Squire could see the gestures everywhere, not just towards himself either. He liked to pony watch from his window or when resting outside on occasion and now the gestures were everywhere, he couldn’t unsee them. Like with this pegasus, the fluffing of her wings, the sticking out of her chest, they were signs as she tried to make herself look soft and inviting and he hoped it was just her trying to add charm to her interview as he wasn’t blind to his world, ladies did it a lot to help give them an edge so why wouldn’t it be a thing here too.

Dustan had in his hand her résumé listing her experiences and by far she was the most fresh from all of them. “Alright Ms. Stem.”

“Please call me Cherry. I am not so old to be called Ms. Stem just yet.” She said putting her hoof to her chest.

The gesture was seen by Dustan and again he couldn’t unsee them now. “Well Ms Cherry.” Seems she didn’t like the middle ground compromise as he could see her pout as he was looking down to the papers in his hand. “It says here you worked for a firm in Manehatten called Big Buck’s Financial but were let go, it doesn’t say the reason though you worked there for three years. Then you worked in Canterlot for a private lawyer firm called Suit’s Suits for two years and again you were let go and it doesn’t list the reason. I tried to get in contact with both these places, but I have not gotten a response yet from either. Would you mind enlightening me on the reasons you were let go?”

“Ugh those two.” Standing up in the seat she looked towards him and asked. “Do you mind if I come over there and tell you. It’s a bit embarrassing and I don’t want this to be overheard.”

“Sure come on over.” Dustan pushed his wheeled office chair back and moved to the side of his desk as she jumped down and trotted over her tail switching back and forth, he didn’t like that sign.

“Ok between you and me, I worked in Big Buck’s Financial under Big Buck himself. I mean that literally.” She said and gave a grin. “Problem was, his name doesn’t really fit with him in that area if you know what I mean. He heard me talk with a few girlfriends when I was out and about and had gone to the same place we were eating at. He then found an excuse to let me go after that stating unsatisfactory work even though I always made sure he was satisfied. He could learn to lose some weight though, it always felt nasty when he moved as his grunting always sounded like he was hurting himself every time.”

‘Oh god she is one of those secretaries. Fuck me. No wait, she might, shit different phrasing.’ His face betrayed his embarrassment at this revelation. He was almost afraid to ask but he had to, the door was opened and he couldn’t close it. “And Suit’s Suits?”

“That one was fun.” She smiled before giving out a giggle her eyes glancing off to the side as she recalled something and blushed a bit. “Suit Case was a twig of an earth pony who went into his own law business. He was looking for somepony to help organize his files and such and I got the job. The stallion barely looked like he could lift up his own body and honestly at first I wasn’t looking forward to being mounted by him. But once he showed what he was packing and the fact he knew how to use it.” The mare shivered as her tail started swishing back and forth quicker. “I miss that job, but his wife came in one day and saw me face down with him over me and well, he was finishing filing at the time if you know what I mean.”

Groaning, he would cover his face with both hands not out of embarrassment but out of the innuendo’s the mare had used there. “So, the wife caught you and demanded you be let go?”

“Yep.” He heard her hooves on the stone move closer. “Which brings me here. I now have a chance to work under you. I am very good at what I can do as you see I found my special talent to be working with my tongue when I twisted up a cherry stem into a knotted heart shape. So it can be put to great use.”

Dustan pulled his hands away from his face and gave a bit of a start when he felt a hoof on a spot that shouldn’t be touched by a mare he just met. “Ahem.” The clearing of his throat must have caught her off guard as her hoof jerked back. “I appreciate your candid nature and honesty but I am not looking for a pony for stress relief or fun. I need work to be done here as I am honestly swamped.” The man told her this as he rolled back to his desk and under it. “I need someone who can get work done.”

“Oh trust me, I will work it.” Yep that was it. That was the final straw.

Putting her file away he looked to her. “That will be all. You may go now.”

The pony suddenly looked confused and tilted her head. “Um, not to be rude, but are you gay? I mean look at me, I'm hot! I am young and willing. And you just want somepony else that can file papers the right way?”

Yep Dustan was one hundred percent done now. “I am not gay, and yes I am looking for someone who can do that. It’s the reason I am looking for a secretary and not a slut who is willing to bend over for a paycheck and perks.”

Her face went as red as her mane as she heard that. “Buck you, you bucking monkey. Bet it’s tiny anyways.” She said storming out.

Dustan made a note in her file that he was going to send to Finance about what she did and said and to try to get the word out. If she was going to act like, he supposed the word in Equestria was, Whorse then that is what she would be hired for and he wanted her to know that. That wasn’t the most irritating thing about that interview though.

No that honor came after when he was alone and looked down under his desk at his pants. ‘Seriously, is everything going to make you say pop up and say hello now? It’s like I am a teenager again with you.’

The next interview was from the middle-aged mare that was in the lead to get hired before. The mare in question had her mane pulled back into a tight bun like what one might expect on a librarian or a personal assistant which came complete with a pair of glasses. Said mare was an earth pony gray in for her coat but black for her hair, though there was a streak that was going gray betraying her age. To be fair she didn’t seem upset by it but instead it was done up in her bun in such a way to make a swirl pattern. It took her adjusting her glasses to be able to see beyond their glare to see that her eyes were a soft blue and her cutie mark was that of a clipboard with illegible writing on it. She was the first of the two recommended by Finance.

“Welcome Meticulous Management, come in take a seat.” Dustan tried to be friendly despite that morning’s interview and the fact it was now around lunchtime. He had to admit, he was hoping this interview would go quick to get some food.

“Thank you Lord Warner.” She quickly took a seat and adjusted her glasses once more. “I see you have my résumé so you know my extensive history. However if you had not had a chance to read it, which I doubt, I will give a summery.” Her tone was quite curt and to the point. “I have worked in this field since I got my cutie mark at age thirteen, though at first it was as an intern. I did not go to college until later to refine my abilities though it was unneeded. My first big break, as one would put it, came when I was in Canterlot and worked somewhat under the princesses, though really it was so far down the chain that I do not think they even knew my name. Point was I was noticed for my work and was transferred to Manehatten to work under the local law enforcement agency. I stayed there for eight years before I was replaced when the new chief of police hired a young mare to bend over his desk. A lot of good it did him as I last heard she got knocked up and he was fired for inappropriate conduct. Of which I do not tolerate which is why I even relayed that bit of information to you Lord Warner.”

Yeah she was the type of secretary whose office was her domain and she ruled it with an iron fist, or hoof in this case. Her tone brokered no argument and her stance, beyond the bit about the former chief, never strayed from anything but professional. Her attitude though, was that of someone needing to get laid though Dustan wasn’t one to talk about that sort of thing. Meticulous went on to continue listing her work history and went about ‘summarizing’ it by listing it out to him. The mare was indeed middle-aged though just barely, she was forty seven and wore it well. The fact she had been working in that field since she got her cutie mark at thirteen meant she had thirty three years in the field total not just the twenty eight he had previously thought.

“However I understand that me simply listing my work experience isn’t enough that is why I brought these.” From her saddlebags she pulled out a folder. “That is a list of reference all notarized and listed by date given.”

Opening up the folder it indeed contained what she said, and just about every place she worked at left her a professional recommendation except the ex-chief of police. That was made up by the retired police chief giving her one. She was almost everything he wanted but one thing. It was an important thing, but so far she looked to be a shoe in.

“Well thank you for coming in for the interview. I have one more interview today for the position and once I have examined all possible applicants I will then get word back to you if you got the job or not.” He stood up and smiled to her walking her to the door. “You should be informed by the end of the day or early tomorrow morning at the latest.”

Lunch was fantastic, BLT, though because of cutbacks it was actually Faken instead of the real thing. The advertisement said it tasted just like the real thing for all those ponies that wanted to eat like a predator. It was a lie, he could taste the difference. Still though, bacon being a ten out of ten, this was a solid six. It couldn’t compare but wasn’t bad, he would eat it again. It might have been the reason why he got three of them.

The final interview came just after dinner in a way he didn’t expect. As he was approaching his office Merlene was standing by his door looking worried. The instant she seen him that worry grew even larger as she ran over to him and held up her talons.

“My Lord, I am sorry I have failed you. I have no clue how he got in there, but…it’s just the papers are everywhere.” Merlene sounded honestly apologetic and he wasn’t quite sure what was going on, but he had a hand on his hilt for his Blood Sword and came into his room to see…well a storm of paper.

Everything was held up in an aqua colored grip of a telekinesis spell all being swirled around a weirdly patterned pony. His main coloration was green but he had black swirls all over him, his mane was a purple color with white strips in it. Dustan could hear the unicorn mutter to himself as a paper flew in front of him and he pointed towards one of the filing cabinets. Speaking of filing cabinets that was what his cutie mark was, a three tiered cabinet which had its locks replaced with question marks.

“Excuse me, but what are you doing?” Dustan was a bit irritated at the unicorn right now and really wanted a good answer.

“Oh sorry, didn’t hear you come in. I am Out of Order. Nice ta meet cha.” The unicorn came out and held out a hoof. Moving his hand off his sword for now he went to shake the offered hoof. “I won’t lie, when I heard about you, I was expecting something a lot different. Oh wanna see, I drew it.” Suddenly a picture came over of a monkey in a suit with fluffy tufts of fur sticking out of the sleeves and pant legs as well with almost a lion like mane of fur around its face.

His brain was still trying to comprehend the fuck was going on around him as he shook it and again gestured to the room. “What are you doing?”

Laughing he gestured. “Your system is like my name, it’s out of order. Weird name right? My mom and dad were all like what his colors are out of order when I was born. Oh I should mention, my mom was a Unicorn and my dad a Zebra and so the name just kinda stuck.” The flow of his sentences was a bit hard to follow but it made sense…weirdly. As for his parentage that explained the weird black swirls and white strips in his coloration. “Oh see like this one. One Pinkie Pie was organizing a party and this was listed in P for either Pinkie Pie, or Party, not sure which, when instead it should be in F. You know for Favors, party favors ya know.”

‘Critical levels of ‘the fuck’ detected, will shut down soon.’ As his brain was twisting in on itself from levels of insanity his body couldn’t help but watch the swirling of paper as the level of control the unicorn displayed was rather impressive.

All at once every paper went stock still and shook before seeking out others and bunching up and then all sinking down into the filing cabinet. “There, done. Only took an hour but I had to learn how you filed things so that was the hardest part.”

‘Critical levels exceeded, shutting-wait did he just say he finished with ALL my files?’ Looking around Dustan was surprised as it just wasn’t the papers in his files, but on his desk as well and a small two neat stack was left on his desk of papers. “Wha-what?”

Smiling and patting the small pile “Ok, I put your papers in two stacks, ones that you need to sign after reading them, and others that are reports. Not sure if you want to read those or not. Oh wait hold on.” The papers picked themselves up and shuffled and were now three stacks. “There, that third stack is for reports and signatures that go together. Like the top one, which is about your guard and their uniforms, mostly about the cost it takes to repair them and that they are looking to hire someone named Rarity for a contract to have her service their uniforms exclusively as part of a deal to cut down on costs and time. Normally you could have your secretary sign off on these for you then inform you but I am not that so I can’t do that.”

Blinking as his brain started to catch up with the madness he had witnessed. “Wait, so are you telling me, you just read everything in my files, organized it to your fittings, and then organized my work with in the space of an hour while I had my dinner?”

“Yeah I am sorry; normally it doesn’t take me that long.” Pulling out a small rag Order went and buffed out a small little spot on his desk and smiled.

“You are hired.” Dustan said right away after hearing that.

It must have surprised the stallion as he turned and looked at the human. “Wait what, really? But I didn’t tell you about where I worked, or told you about my references, though not many are good ones. They don’t like how I do things.” The swirl patterned pony looked a bit down at that.

“I don’t care about that. You did what should have taken weeks to months to do in the span of an hour. Your abilities spoke for themselves. Plus you are friendly. I want those that come to my office seeking resolutions to problems to feel like they can speak to me and if you are my secretary you are going to be expected to talk to those people first. So far you have been nothing but friendly, a bit of a brain hurt but friendly. As long as you are around to tell me where something is when I am looking for it, then I don’t see an issue with your filing system. Actually thinking about it I kinda like it as it makes anyone who tries to steal copies less likely to do so as they won’t know where to look haha.” Dustan broke out in laughter.

The stallion came up and gave him a big hug. “Thank you Mr. Warner, I mean Lord Warner. I promise to be a great Secretary.” Looking around suddenly he asked. “So where is my desk? I need to get started putting things in place to make it easy for ponies and creatures to start talking to me.”

Blinking for a moment Dustan realized things. “Oh, its being ordered. I wanted to make sure that the seat and desk fit the person I hired as I wasn’t sure if they would be pony or some other species.” His brain however let out his true thoughts. ‘Yes lie, lie like you mean it! Don’t tell him you honestly didn’t think about getting your secretary a desk of their own.’

“Ahh of course, good idea. For the moment I will work inside your office as well if that is fine.” Giving him the nod and pointing to those papers Order smiled. “I will go ahead and sign off on things that it seems like you would sign off then give you the list in the morning. If you want you can head out early as I will have this all taken care of and give you a summary of the readable papers as well.”

‘What kind of witchcraft did I use just now to summon you here? You know what, I don’t care, not questioning a good thing.’ Dustan gave a wave and a chuckle. “I do have one thing to do before leaving. Got to sign off on a paper for you to be hired.”

The aqua glow that came from his horn took out a file from the cabinet and there was a pop before it floated over to Dustan. “There I made a copy of one of your other hiring forms and just removed a few things. You just have to put my name in the spaces and I have to sign and so do you. Then you take it to Finance, who I need to send a thank you gift for giving me a chance here, to sign off and she should take care of payroll for me after that.”

Dustan never signed a paper so fast that he could remember. “Finance is down the hall to the left, third door. Go ahead and take it to her, I trust you. I am going to take off early for the first time in…Oh wow the first time that isn’t a special circumstance like Estrus week or an emergency.”

The stallion smiled and trotted away with a bit of a skip to his step. Dustan’s lift got a bit easier after that point, only taking a day for Finance to now have the breathing room go through reports and tell him how much they would need. It wasn’t as much as he thought, but still a good bit. He still needed to ask her at some point what swung in their favor to increase profits, but was an issue for Future Dustan. Present Dustan was currently standing in front of a building with a particular sign, one that he had not been involved with for a while but had been hearing about good work from for a while now. The sign was a blue amorphous blob with stars inside that he smiled at. Inside there were creatures of all types of species waving at him as he passed and headed to the counter where he found a Moogle working, ok that was new. This Moogle was not like Mogri who was more bipedal, this one was more of a floating fluffball with wings whose eyes were closed.

“Hello how can I help you Kupo?” Unlike the other times with Mogri he could actually tell that he was being spoken to in English…Equish, he forgot which it was around there.

“Hello there, nice to meet you, didn’t expect to see a Moogle here but it’s always nice.” The little white puffball smiled as their pom bounced in the air. “I am here to see Scale Allure, I heard she was around and was wondering if she was in and free to see people.”

The puffball of a Moogle floated a bit sideways as they tapped the side of their head. “Let me think, I believe she is in Kupo. I can see if she can see you, what is your name Kupo?”

“Dustan Warner.” The man spoke to the puffball that was taking all his willpower to try not to reach out and touch. ‘He, or she I can’t really tell, looks so fluffy, I just want to touch!’

That made the Moogle float right side up again and seemed to straighten their back. “Oh you are Dustan Warner, I will have to remember your voice Kupo. Let me if she is in right away Kupo.” Floating quickly away towards a door on the side the Moogle disappeared.

‘I will enjoy your fluff one day.’ Dustan silently promised to himself. While he was waiting he got offered to have a few drinks later from a few guild members as they all seemed to praise him in some form for letting them build their new headquarters there. The location was great as it was a short distance from Canterlot but had easy access to other places like Ponyville and Mudsdale as well.

“She is available to see you now Mr. Warner.” The soft voice of the Moogle called out to him from the door and pointed towards it as they floated there.

Giving them a bow he smiled. “Thank you very much; I didn’t catch your name sorry.”

The Moogle seemed to suddenly realize what they did and shifted a few times uncomfortably. “Oh my I'm sorry. I am Mogfi.”

“Nice to meet you Mogfi, it’s nice to see other Moogles around.” The Lord said to them as he headed towards the door.

“Oh, you have met others? I didn’t think there were many like me that spoke pony language.” The fluffball said as she tilted her head some.

Nodding and chuckling he went inside the door though let them know. “Yeah, I don’t think he does. I can understand him because I am a summoner.”

As he was closing the door he thought he heard a confused ‘Huh?’ behind him. Beyond the desk was the half pony half dragon herself, the kirin of the hour as her koi fish patterned body of pink-red, black, and white was just as he remembered. She grinned as she saw him enter and instead of a greeting came up and reared up to gave him a strong hug.

“Nice to see you again big guy. Haven’t seen you in so long, I thought you forgot about us.” She laughed and went back to all fours as she trotted to her seat. “No, no its fine I know you have been busy. But I am glad to see you have a secretary now. Sometimes it took forever to get something to you. Also thank you for the money.”

“No problem and so am I, though I am confused. What money you haven’t heard about my idea yet.” For a moment Dustan didn’t know where to sit as the seat was too small for him except as he got closer it resized to fit him. ‘Not to self, order lots of chairs like this.’

“You have an idea? Huh can’t wait to hear it.” She then smiled and waved her hoof. “The money I was talking about was from the pool. I won it.”

“Oh you mean for how long it would take for me to get help for paperwork.” She nodded at that and he rolled his eyes.

Again giving a hearty laugh and tapping her desk with her hoof she smiled. “I knew you would be stubborn about it and want to do it yourself, so I made sure to book a lot of time at various points where things would get tough and I also booked it for after Estrus week as I knew, if you saw how light paperwork was during that time compared to your normal work load and the gush of work after, you would end up wanting help. I got two thousand bits for it. I will take you to eat some time to celebrate.”

For a moment Dustan looked at her, seeing if there were any signs there, but nope none. “Might take you up on that.”

For a moment Allure looked at him and seemed confused and then smiled. “For a moment I thought you were looking me up and down, but seeing how relieved you look I get it. You are finally seeing body language, about bucking time! Darn, I don’t think I won that pool and that one was a bigger prize then the paperwork one. Then again there were a lot more creatures betting in that one.”

“How many betting pools about me are there?” To be concerned or not, Dustan wasn’t sure which he should feel at this moment.

Grinning and winking she told him simply. “You don’t want to know. Just know that since you are the only one of your kind that many of us know, you have a lot of betting pools going on and have had them going on for a while. But enough about that, tell me about this idea of yours.”

Finally to the meat and potatoes of what he wanted to do today, pulling out his folder he handed it to her. “Look that over and tell me what you think.”

It got the kirin curious as she opened up the folder and started looking at the blueprints. Having to read the notes for a moment she seemed confused. “Ok, I get the idea of the function of what I am looking at, but, I don’t get the why of the application.”

He felt a bit bad but he couldn’t help the grin that formed on his face, bad because it must have triggered a bit of her pony instincts as he saw that instinctive shiver that ponies get when they see a predator do something predatory. “Those are modified teleport Glyphs. That is a blueprint for a building that has nothing but them in it. I intend to place buildings in every major city in Equestria and beyond. The idea is to get specified locations coordinates, assign glyphs to them in each of those places, and have instant access to the place in question. It won’t be cheap as say the railroads, but with it being instant I suspect people will pay for it.”

For a moment Scale said nothing, and instead reached over to grab a tissue to wipe her forehead. “Ok first things first. One, don’t do that again, that grin, some might be turned off by it, but some will find it REALLY sexy. I fall into the latter of that and that doesn’t happen often for me with a grin like that. Second, we might have to turn our little date into a private one as that idea is so good I honestly think I might be turned on more than I was in Estrus. What you are proposing will not only revolutionize travel for commercial reasons, but also for public ones as well. With how your blueprints are put out most of our over under will come from paying the staff. We could charge based on size of transportation, time, even number of creatures heading from one place to another if they made reservations and more. The amount of bits this will generate…Dustan, you could get only ten percent of the profits and still be set for life.”

“I figured, though I will want more of a cut then that. We can talk about that later.” He pointed out the blueprints again and smiled though tried not to make it as toothy or big as last time. “What I need you for, is I need financial backing, someone to front me the money to get this going, for which I am willing to let that person become a business partner and share in on the profits with me.”

“I am in.” She declared and went looking through some files that she had in her office. “And I don’t mean as a Guild Leader, I mean as me. I have a pretty good nest egg saved up and am willing to bet it on this.” She pulled out a piece of paper and was writing all over it with a smile. “I want thirty percent. For that I am willing to give you any amount you need.”

“I am looking to start up at least four places, Manehatten, Canterlot, Los Pegasus, and of course here in Luminary. From there, once word gets out, we can expand further.” Dustan looked over the paper she was writing, it was a contract.

“Add in two other locations, Mareami and Horsten, Mareami is a popular vacation spot and Horsten is big on trade as well. We get them in on this and we pull in some big time players to start using our services. Speaking of, did you have a name for this business?”

He couldn’t help it, he had a grin on his face that was both predatory and one that knew he was about to make a joke. “Equestrian Teleport Agency.”

It took a second, mostly as once again Allure shivered before she suddenly realized what he said and laughed. “Or ETA for short. I love it; our slogan can be ‘Your ETA is now’.”

“Yep, I also figure with your connections to the guild here, you would know a lot of individuals that could be hired for security or even the actual operates for this as well as those that could help schedule teleportations.” Dustan was very excited about this, he had been for a long time and had been refining his plans since Twilight first teleported him.

“Sign here please, or if you want to read it, go ahead take it to Finance I can wait.” She told him but was a bit surprised when he started to sign. “Oh, not going to read or get advice that is a bad move normally.”

“Scale, if you were the type to screw people over, you wouldn’t be the guild leader you are. You are someone who cares and wants to work to better things and give people better lives. You were the only person I had in mind for this I hadn't even considered anyone else yet.” Dustan smiled as he finished up signing only to look up and see Allure blushing.

“You are so lucky I was not in the castle during Estrus week. Keep sweet talking like that and I will schedule our date for right now and make sure to lock that door to ensure that no one interrupts.” It was Dustan’s turn to blush at her words before she grinned. “Of course, I wouldn’t do that, very tempting though. Mares of all species like honesty and you have it in spades. There is also the fact you are exotic which a good thing is and for some like me, the predator thing is a turn on. Ponies won’t admit it but about seventy percent of them are turned on by it. Most don’t even realize it’s a turn on and just think it’s them being frightened, which in part it is. It’s when you look past it which most cant that they get there. So combine that with sweet talking, a kind person, and someone who can grin like that, you have a safe predator and that…that just works. Now, I need you to leave my office, I won’t lie. I need some private time after this meeting. Tell Mogfi I won’t need her for a bit and to make sure no one interrupts me.”

Dustan left the office a bit quickly after that, much to Allure’s laughter, mostly because at first he thought she was kidding, but then she pulled something from her desk that he DEFINITELY shouldn’t see to show that she wasn’t kidding about the private time. On the bright sides, he learned two things. The size difference for ponies to humans in Equestria wasn’t as big of a difference as he thought it might be cause of equines and all that, and two, Mogfi was a girl. No more questioning in his mind on male or female so that was a plus.

Overall it was a good day. He did have one other plan today and that was taking place at the Carousel Boutique. Twilight had set a date to talk to all the Elements and discuss travel plans to the human world and wanted it to be private. Sweetie Belle was with her friends and Spike was there to make sure they were distracted or to warn them if they were coming back. Dustan had promised her and she had come through on her end so he would do it. Plus he honestly was looking forward to heading back to Earth for a bit just to de-stress from Equestria and the hectic run around the last couple of weeks he had been under. It should be fine…right?

Author's Note

Interesting plans I would say, could be useful to Equestria as a whole for sure wouldn't you all agree?