My Life on a Cassette Tape

I woke up the next morning, ending the first good sleep I had had in a while. Uninterrupted by sexual antics or villains. My dreams were as frantic as always, and honestly were a welcome reprieve from the world. I sat up in the massive bed, looking around at the empty room with a sigh of longing. I had barely had the mares with me for a week, but I missed them dearly not having them to wake up near me. I looked at the sheets on my lap, not really focusing as I tried to collect my thoughts. Suddenly my phone buzzed as a text came through. Reaching over, the thought came to me that I hadn't switched it back to ring since... two days ago? However long ago it was we took down these ponies.

Looking at it, I suddenly felt awake. Three text conversations with multiple messages were collapsed into three boxes, each having a different number of messages. Shooting out of bed to get myself ready while I read, I rushed to the bathroom, looking over the first.

New Text Conversation with Twilight

Hey, Cress, just wanted to tell you that the eleven ponies have been dealt with.

And by that I mean we've established they aren't a threat.

They're just horny and submissive, almost frighteningly submissive.

I want to say we can release them into the wild, but I'm not so sure that's smart, especially since they had no records with any public agency and would likely raise some eyebrows.

For their own safety, it is a possibility that we might have to keep them with us, or at least under our supervision.

Hey, Cress, it's me again.

It's now past noon, you really should wake up and come down here, we've made a break through with the 'Doctor'.

This is some exciting stuff.

Also terrifying, but exciting nonetheless.

I quickly looked at the clock at the top of the screen and saw it said thirteen twenty-four. Great, I was an hour late to that message. Moving to the next message group I worked on changing into something that didn't smell like sex.

Text Conversation with Berry, Periwinkle, and Raven

Berry
Yo Cress ma boi, you up?

cuz you should be

Periwinkle
Hey stop bothering him

Raven
I thought you two were in the same room

why are you texting each other?

Berry
I moved

am with Twi

Periwinkle
That

She left about

five minutes ago?

Berry
ten, give or take a few

Cress, wake up

or answer at least

Raven
Let him sleep

Berry
No

Sleep is for the weak!

GET UP!!!!

Periwinkle
don't worry

I'll find her and shut her up

Berry
you can try

you underestimate my POWER

Periwinkle
yeah, well I still have the high gourd

*ground

Berry
I'll get your gourd high

These mares would be the death of me. The conversation was still on going, which was promising. I hadn't missed too much. I looked over to the last conversation and froze.

Text Conversation with Dubs

Yo, Cresh

your dad told me you moved out to ponyville

me and Thyme are taking a train that way and wanted to meet up to catch up on things

I know its only been like a week or whatever, but hey, it seems both of us are moving up in the world

I hear there's a sweet place in town, Sugar cubic corner

*cube cover

*cute corner

autocorrect is to be my depth

...

anywya

yeah, let's go with that

wanna meet me over there at say

two in the after noon?

depending on how the train keeps to schedule of course

I'll take your silence as confirmation

mostly because I've been sending you these as we were boarding

be there in ten, train's a tad ahead of schedule

Well this made my life complicated. I moved back to the conversation with Twilight.

Just found out that family is coming to town

Is Pinkie the pony who runs SSC?

No, she works there though.

The Cakes are the owners.

Pinkie will probably still be there, just a guess.

She tends to pop up where she wants.

Alright

I'll try to make my way over to see what you've found out asap, but I'll have to tend to family first

Understood.

Be safe.

I stuffed my phone in my pocket and then looked over to the nightstand, seeing the cassette player and mic. Grabbing both, I made my way out. I didn't anticipate needing it, but I also could anticipate everything that might happen.

Ponyville seemed different, or maybe that was just me only having known it when I was on the look out for danger. Double Time coming to town certainly was a pleasant surprise, and I wasn't sure how it would work out. I felt bad for hoping I might only have to deal with a short visit, but in the end, there were some very important things on the table at this point, things that I begrudgingly had to note were more important than entertaining family.

Taking my last turn, I found the train station, one of the larger assemblage of buildings in the Ponyville area disregarding Twilight's Castle. Moving up, I looked about, and within a few seconds, spotted Double Time as he disembarked the train with his backpack held loosely by his side. I smiled as I walked up to him, but paused as he turned, holding out a hand to help another pony off the train. If I had been in one of those western flicks, I would've expected a large hat and a veil, but instead it was a green mare with a purple and white mane in a graphic tee about some band I didn't know and a pair of skinny jeans. I chuckled a tad, closing the distance.

"Dubs! It's been a hot minute!" I shouted as I approached him, giving my cousin a hug before looking over at the mare who I knew but had never met. "And I suppose you are Thyme."

"Yep," She said cheerily, "Spring Thyme. You must be Cresh." She extended a hand for a shake, which I accepted happily. I only then noted I kind of missed normal social interactions. "Double has told me all about you."

"Only good things, I hope." I chuckled as I looked over to the stallion in question.

"'Actually I only told her the worst parts. She still likes the sound of you, so I guess it didn't work out." Thyme nudged him gently, shaking her head. "So, how's things been?"

"How about we start walking over to Sugar Cube Corner. We can talk along the way." I offered.

"Sure thing, I'm starving." Dubs chuckled, patting his belly.

"If that's the case, we might want to pick another place. Sugar Cube is a pastry shop and not much else. Well, that and a party venue."

"Nah, I need something sweet in me." Thyme interjected. "We can get something more substantial later." I nodded and motioned them to follow as I walked off.

"So what brought you out here to Ponyville? It's nothing like Manehatten, that's for sure. You just wanted a place in the country?" Double asked, looking about the place lazily as we walked.

"It just sort of worked out." I shrugged nonchalantly. "There was a place I could move into easily and some opportunities in the area."

"Oh yeah, did you find a job yet or are you working at that?"

"I'm doing odds and ends at the moment, nothing spectacular." 'Except fighting off a shadowy Empire of ponies and more that would love to take you and every other pony as slaves that is.' I thought to myself. "But yeah, it's working out pretty well."

"Sounds good to me. Have you scouted out if they have different drinking age laws in the area?"

"Nope, don't care to. You can ask yourself, but I'll stay out of it either way."

"I can get that," Thyme added, "I rarely drink anything except like one light thing at the weekends if I'm at a party. I don't like getting drunk."

"Yeah, I've been cutting back myself." Double confirmed.

"You... you aren't drinking age."

"Going from zero to any number that isn't positive is cutting back. So... I'm cutting back!" Double grinned. I shook my head in a chuckle as we entered the sweet shop. The interior was quite busy, though the line was nonexistent. Apparently we arrived just after a rush.

"Well, here we are, Sugar Cube Corner." I proclaimed happily to my two followers.

"Nice place." Double nodded as he looked about. "Certainly smells like a bakery... I like it. Do they got those little peppermint sticks here?"

"I don't know, I actually haven't bought much of anything from here." I admitted. In fact, the last time I was here I was rushed out by a member of the Empire crashing my party. Looking about, I actually recognized some of the ponies as attendants to said party. Looking behind the counter, I saw the couple that had been at Berry's mercy. Oh no... by Celestia, had she been milking one of the owners?

"Oh, hello, dearies, what can I get you today?" Ms. Cake, I presumed, asked happily. Well, at least it seemed the artifacts effect held. She didn't seem to hate my guts, or at least didn't attach my guts to Berry for the moment.

I let Thyme and Double make their orders as I got us a seating arrangement outside. I had been in one cooped up, sex-smelling place after another and I needed some fresh air as a change of pace, and plus, the weather was nice. I doubted they'd be angry. I looked about as I waited, my hand idly feeling over the buttons of the recorder as I sat there. It certainly was a nice day.

The two of them came to the table sitting down as they munched on their sugary delights, and I simply enjoyed the mostly silent company, looking about over the slowly moving mass of ponies as they went to and fro about their day. My mind concocted a dozen sexual scenarios I could enforce on the area, and better yet, leave everypony involved unaware. I could make Ponyville a town of nudists and have that be normal. That certainly would be hot. I could make asking for sex a thing as easy as asking for a cup of flour from a neighbor. I could make it so greetings were done by eating out or blowing the other pony. I smirked at the ideas as they flitted through my brain, my index finger itching on the circle indentation of the recorder, before I broke away and looked back to the ponies as they finished their treats.

I found myself wondering what Thyme looked like naked. I could find out easily, just a few words. I could make sure she didn't even get in trouble for it. I could fuck her right here and now and Double would be fine with it, even if she got pregnant from it. I circled the indentation with my finger. There were so many perverted things I could do, that I wanted to do.

"Hey, Cress!" I turned and saw Raven in pony form approaching our table. I smiled back, my mind leaving the perverted thoughts behind as I stood up.

"Raven, I got some ponies for you to meet." She turned to the two with a smile. "Raven, this is Double Time, my cousin, and Spring Thyme, his special somepony." I introduced with a grin.

"Actually," Double said, turning to the mare who was now blushing, "she isn't just my special somepony." Thyme lifted her hand and revealed a ring as she beamed in excitement. Oh... OH.