The Magicless Adventures of Anon

It has been half a year from when you set out from the Canterlot Castle. You have been working various odd jobs until you found that your dexterity, and hands, give you an unfair advantage over most ponies when it comes to delicate crafts.

Then, when reading through an old book from Twi-force’s collection for fun, and lack of internet, you discovered a book about massage.

Apparently, most massages here are like deep tissue massages from your old world. However, there are a few that had mastered pressure points and could use it to improve health and even increase magical power temporarily. It was so difficult to do with hooves or even magic that it was now almost a lost art.

But you, you have hands! If you practice, you might be able to get good at this. So, you practiced.

Twi-force was more than happy to lend you the books on the subject. Then, Rain-bro and Jacks volunteered to be your test subjects under the careful observation of Twi-force.

You are in a room of Twi-Force’s tree-castle and Jacks is laying prone on a massage table Twi-Force magicked up to help your practice.

“N-Not that I don’ trust ya r’ anything, Sugarcube… but ya r’ sure that you’ll be gentile and all, won’t ya? Last time Rares talked me inta a massage, I had bruises from them mares worken out ma stiff muscles.”

“Of course, Jacks, if you feel any discomfort, please let me know so I can stop.”

“Aright Anon, I trust ya.”

Giving a nod, you limber up your fingers and apply warmed lavender oil to your hands. You warn Jacks that you are starting and begin to gently spread the oils onto her withers.

From what you had read, there are several pain blocking and relaxation pressure points along the shoulder muscle groups. With slight ministrations, you gradually circle around these points with your dexterous digits. This relaxes the surrounding muscle groups for increased access.

After several passes with only a slight relaxing sigh here and there from your friend, you ask Jacks to take in a deep calm breath, then slowly release it and relax.

As Jacks starts to take in her deep breath, you circle ever closer to the pain relief point for the left foreleg. As the breath is let out you slowly increase the pressure on your finger until you realize that the skin is tougher than described and shift the pressure too your fingernail.

Finally, you feel a give and the surrounding muscle groups relax. As you do, you slowly release the pressure point from your tense digit and start to massage the left forelimb’s-tired muscles as you circle over to the same region’s relaxation pressure point.

Only after the pain is blocked and the muscles are relaxed by the massage, warmed oil, and appropriate pressure points do you give a firm but gentile massage of the well-toned appendage. Then, this process is repeated until you are done with all the major muscle groups of her body and finish with both a rejuvenating and strength pressure point. You avoided the more intimate areas and stuck to her back, neck, and limbs. Still, you feel you did a good job.

Only when you were all done from your task do you look away from Jacks for a second. This is when you note that Rain-Bro and Twi-Force are just sitting there with their wings sticking straight out. They have expressions you cannot quite place and they have large blushes.

You look down to check on Jacks and gently tap her shoulder to get her attention. She doesn’t respond. She is still breathing steady, and you never heard any painful sounds… though you thought you heard a moan once.

“J-Jacks… a-are you alright?” You ask cautiously.

As you start to get worried you hear a soft snoring sound… Jacks fell asleep. You slowly make your way over to the other two and in a whisper you hope is quiet enough not to wake Jacks you ask, “Who wants to go next?”. They both shoot up a hoof, then glare at each other. You chuckle softly while shaking your head.

After several more weeks for daily supervised practice, you are feeling more confident in yourself. Even the local spa owning twins came to try out your massages after you got good enough. They were so impressed that they hired you! Also, under the condition you would massage them once a week, you got a larger than normal paycheck and get to keep tips.