Riki and Liz's Grand Adventure!

Gone debt? New debt!

So soft it feels like I’m on a cloud. Wait. Cloud, Las Pegasus, Casino, Blueblood! I jolted up as fast as possible but stopped when a sharp pain went through my body. Not this shit again. I hate waking up like this. “Alright, where am I?” I asked myself, looking around the room. It’s a nice bedroom with dim lights. Mostly everything is a deep dark red.

“Looks like the human is finally awake, goody.”

I look over to the voice to see, “Mimi?”

“You remember me, Riki-boy,” Mimi said with a smile. She is wearing a slim black nightgown with matching frills, “Like what you see, Riki-boy?”

“Where am I, and how long was I out?”

“You’re no fun,” pouted Mimi as she walked to the bed. Sitting beside me, she says, “We’re in my room, and more specifically, you’re at Mama Ruby’s place. Count yourself lucky. Only a few have landed on my bed.” I rolled my eyes, and Mimi was taken aback before continuing, “It’s Saturday, five in the afternoon.”

“Shit, I need to save Blueblood!” I yelled, trying to get up, but Mimi stopped me. “Why are you stopping me?”

“You’re not in good condition to run into their base.” Mimi said soothingly, “You were dropped from the casino's second floor, remember?”

I rub the side of my head, “Yeah, that fall really did a number on me. Still not the worst pain I’ve been through.”

Mimi lays down on the bed, “You know you didn’t say thank you, I did save you.”

“Thank you, Mimi.” I smiled, “I don’t know where I’ll be if you didn’t get me.”

“Stop it, you're making me blush!" She gets up and heads to her dresser, “Oh yeah, Mama wants to meet you when you wake up.” Mimi throws my clothes at me, “I took the liberty to wash your clothes. Got rid of all the sweat and blood.”

I pulled the covers off my body. Yep, no pants. Mimi walks into her closet as I ask, “Why does Ruby want to see me?”

“What do you mean 'why'?” Mimi yelled from the closet, “You saved one of her daughters.”

“Daughters?”

“Mama treats all the girls here like her daughters,” explained Mimi as she walked out of the closet. She’s wearing a blue short sleeve dress shirt with a light blue tie. A white frilly skirt and black toeless leggings. Mimi goes to her dresser to put on lipstick and fix her hair. “So how do I look, Riki-boy?”

I finished putting on my clothes before saying, “You look nice.”

“I was going for sexy, but that would do.” Mimi huffed with her hands on her hips. “Anyways, let’s go. I don’t want to keep Mama waiting.”

As we left the room, I saw a griffin and a pegasus. They wave at me, and I wave back, “Oi.” The two girls giggle at each other before leaving. “What was that about?”

“All the girls know you saved Twinkle. You’re a little hero here.”

“It was nothing,” I said as I followed Mimi down the hall. “Mimi, can you tell me about this place?”

She nods, “First, the place isn’t just some escort building, but a home.”

“...A home?”

“Not every girl here is an escort. Some need a place to live.” Mimi gets a smile before saying, “Mama Ruby is a beautiful and kind lady. Before she built this place from the ground up, Mama was one of the best burlesque dancers in Las Pegasus!”

Wow, Mimi looks up to her. “So, Ruby built this place?”

“Not really. She won this building in a poker game.” Mimi said casually, “Also won a golden tooth from a dragon.”

Holy shit, she is something.

“We also do burlesque shows, and sometimes when Mama is not busy, she joins.” Mimi stops at the door. “Alright, we’re here. Cute human first.”

“Thanks,”

The two walk into the room. Mimi shouts, “Mama, we’re here!” The office chair spins around, revealing a middle aged gray and white chubby cat, Mama Ruby. She wears purple eye shadow and matching lipstick.

Riki sees that Ruby has a resting bitch face, but that all goes away when she smiles. “My oh my, our guest is finally awake!” Ruby said gleefully. She gets up from her desk, and Riki is surprised to see she is taller than him by a head. Ruby makes her way and gives a big hug to Riki, accidentally smothering him between her breasts. “He’s like a hairless cat.” Riki can smell expensive perfume and cigarettes from Ruby’s fur. It’s weirdly relaxing, but the hug starts to hurt.

“Mama, he’s still injured,” Mimi said worriedly.

When Ruby lets go, Riki gasps for air. She fixes Riki’s hair and says, “Sorry, honey.”

“It’s fine, Miss Ruby,”

“Called me Mama,” Ruby said as she returned to her desk.

Riki nods then he notices someone else in the room. “Twinkle, what are you doing here?”

“Well, I’m Mama Ruby’s personal secretary.” She answered, “Also, I heard what happened to you. I feel like this is my fault. I did get you in trouble with the Pipistrello because of Kaz. I’m so sorry.” Twinkle then gives Riki a literal puppy dog look.

“Twinkle, what happened to me is my and Blueblood’s fault, mostly Blueblood. I would have saved you if Kaz was or wasn’t a part of the Pipistrello.” After I said that, her doggy tail started to wag, Riki remembered why he was here, “Mama Ruby, you wanted to talk to me?”

Ruby nods, “First, I want to say thank you for saving one of my daughters. I contacted Kaz’s idiot hairball Don, and we talked briefly.” That catches Riki’s attention. "He said he’d deal with it when he came back."

“It sounds like the two of you know each other?” Riki asked, “Old friends?”

Ruby smirks, “More like acquaintances, knew him before he became the new Don of the Pipistrello family. Also, he married my friend, Maple Page. We used to work at the same burlesque show before she got married and had a filly. You should have seen us on stage, singing and dancing. This one time-” Ruby stops when Twinkle gets her attention.

“Mama Ruby, you’re rambling again,”

“I’m sorry,” Ruby said, sounding embarrassed, “The other reason I have you here is your situation with the Pipistrello family. I wonder if I can help you with your problem.”

Riki begins to smile, “Really, that would be amazing! It’s Blueblood’s debt. That’s all I need help with.”

“How much is it?”

“300,000.”

Ruby almost fell out of her chair, “Sorry, I can’t ask the Pipistrello family to let Blueblood’s debt slide. If it was a few thousand, then maybe, but 300,000 bits.”

“It’s fine,” said Riki, “…The Pipistrello family, can you tell me about them?”

Ruby takes out a cigarette from her desk and then lights It. “The Pipistrello family is one of the three mafia families in Equestria. Las Pegasus is the first of many places where the Pipistrello family is located. They do all the dark shady mafia crap you can think of.” Ruby takes a puff from her cigarette.

“Why haven’t the princesses been involved?”

“The Pipistrello family knows ponies in high places, good lawyers, and great at hiding evidence,” Ruby answered.

Twinkle worriedly asks Riki, “What will you do now?”

“They want me to bring 300,000 bits to Red Daffodils. I’ll give it to them.” Riki said, “I have 50,000 bits in my backpack, plus some I won at the casino.”

“But you still need 250,000 bits,” said Mimi.

“Blueblood was smart enough not to bring all his bits to the casino. So, I will return to the hotel to get the money.”

“Mama, I’m going with Riki,” said Mimi.

Ruby puts out her cigarette, “Be careful, and Riki, watch my girl.”

“Yes, Mama,” Riki and Mimi said, leaving the room.

When they leave, Ruby lights up another cigarette, and Twinkle asks, “You think everything will be fine for Riki, Mama?”

“Riki looks and sounds like a tough guy,” Ruby said as she blew out some smoke. “He’s definitely going to cause havoc for the Pipistrello, haha!”

At the Red Daffodils, Coal sits in a room, pouring himself a drink. The door opens, and Slugger walks in carrying Blueblood, with Scout following behind. Slugger places Blueblood down on the nearby chair. “Be gentle,” said Blueblood as he fixed his hair.

“Prince, it's good to see you!” smiled Coal. "I'm Sorry I couldn’t see you last night. I hope you slept well.”

“Your goons made me sleep in a closet,”

Coal takes a sip of his drink, “So, I was told you don’t have the bits and your bodyguard, is that right?” Blueblood nods his head. Coal then turns to Slugger and Scout, “And the human, where is Ricochet?”

“Slugger dropped the human from the second floor of the casinos,” told Scout.

“Landed on top of a poker table,” Slugger added as he drank out of a bottle.

“Did you check if he was alive?” Coal asked, getting a bit frustrated. “Because a dead body can’t pay off the debt, please tell me he’s alive.”

“No,” said Scout.

Slugger slams this bottle on the table, “That scrawny kid is alive. He’s stubborn as a calf.”

Coal sighs, “You two go to the Blueblood’s hotel room and check if Ricochet is there. If he is, bring him here.”

“I’m drinking,” Slugger burped.

“I’m not going,” Scout said, picking up a magazine.

Blueblood shifts around in his seat, “What are you going to do to me?”

“Slugger, do we still have the dartboard?” Coal asked.

Riki and Mimi step out of the hotel elevator as she says, “Your sister sounds very lovely. I would love to meet her.”

“So, what about your family, Mimi?”

“Mama Ruby and the girls are my family.” Mimi chuckled with a hint of sadness in her voice, “Mama founded and raised me.” Riki is not sure if he should ask about Mimi being an orphan. “Riki, are we here?”

“Y-yeah, this is the room.” He said as he stopped. The two enter the pentroom, and Riki says, “I’ll go check Blueblood’s bedroom. You can make yourself comfortable.”

“Good, I’m going to fix us some drinks!” Mimi said gleefully, making her way to the indoor bar.

“Nothing hard,” Riki said, walking into the room. He grabs one of Blueblood’s luggage and starts to look through it.

He hears Mimi yell from the kitchen, “So, did you have a lady back at your home?”

“No,” Riki yelled back, “Too busy with my jobs, or sometimes it doesn’t work out… So, what about you?”

“No guys or girls have tamed my heart,” Mimi said as she finished making drinks, "I'm looking for three things in a partner.”

"What are the three things?"

"I'm not going to tell you, kyahaha!" Mimi playfully said, walking into the room. She placed Riki's drink on the nightstand and drank hers. “So, did you find it?”

Riki holds the bag of bits up, “Now I need to count the money.” He opens the bag and pulls out a bit with a 20 edge into it. “This almost looks like a quarter, but gold.”

“Let me see,” Mimi said, picking up the bag. She then weights the bag with her paw, “About 200,000 bits in here.”

Riki’s eyes widen, “Wow, that’s amazing, Mimi! How did you learn to do that!?”

“It’s one of a few tricks you pick up here, Riki-boy,” Mimi proudly said, returning the bag. “I also have a trick I can do with my tail. I can show you.”

“Mimi,” Riki deadpan.

She lets out a sigh, “I know, you’re on the clock.”

“You can show me later,” Riki joked, grabbing his drink and leaving the room.

“Oh, I really hope you’re not joking, love,” Mimi purred.

As the two step out of Blueblood’s room, a magic beam comes hurtling toward them. Riki drops his drink, quickly grabs Mimi, and hides behind a couch. He looks over the couch to see a unicorn and diamond dog, “They have to be from the Pipistrello.”

“Why are they here?” Mimi questioned.

“I don’t know, but watch me work, kitty cat girl!”

“I’m watching,” Mimi said with a sly smile.

Riki runs from behind the couch and punches the dog in the face. The unicorn fires off a beam of magic at Riki. He quickly pulls out one of his tonfas and swats the attack away. “Damn, I can’t believe that worked. Celestia really had these tonfas made amazingly well!” Riki then rushes towards the unicorn, dodging another magic beam. “My turn!” he yelled, slamming his tonfa on the unicorn’s head.

As the unicorn falls to the ground, the diamond dog comes right behind and wraps his arms around Riki. “Got you-” The dog was cut by Mimi smashing a lamp on his head. Letting go of Riki, the dog’s unconscious body falls to the ground.

Mimi stands over the body and says, “Saved you again, Riki-boy.”

“Thanks, but I thought you said you’ll be watching?” Riki said as he picked up his tonfa.

Mimi flips her hair, “Got bored.”

Riki rolled his eyes as he picked up the pony by his shirt collar. He begins to shake the pony awake and yells, “Oiii, wake up unicorn! I didn’t hit you too hard!” Riki makes his way to the sink and turns on the cold water, splashing it on the unicorn’s face.

The pony’s eyes slowly open, “W-what happened?”

“You tried to fight me, that’s what happened!” Riki yelled, splashing more water on the pony’s face. “Tell me why you and your pet are here?”

“Our Capo sent us here to find and bring you in.”

“Capo? Mimi, you know who that is?”

“Capo's name is Coal.” Mimi answered, “Ran into him a few times, annoying little pony.”

Riki drops the pony to the ground, “Alright, let’s go.”

“Wait, I don’t think that’s a good idea,” Mimi said concerningly.

“I know, but I need to see Blueblood,” Riki said as he poked the unconscious diamond dog. “You can go back to Mama Ruby’s if you want.”

“Nah, I’ll come with you. Just in case you get in trouble.”

“Awesome!”

Mimi and I have been following the two Pipistrello goons for about 20 minutes now. I quietly whisper to Mimi, “Have you been to the Red Daffodils?”

“A few times, just to tell them to back off from my sisters.” Mimi hissed. “The Pipistrello family really gets under my fur. Every time I walk in there, I feel sick knowing all the crimes they committed. I wish that place burns down to the ground.” Damn, didn’t know Mimi had this side to her. I can feel the hate in her voice. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t scared.

We finally made it to the bar. I looked over at Mimi, and she nodded her head. Opening the door, I was hit with the smell of booze, cigarette smoke, and bad news. Everyone’s eyes were on us as we stepped inside. “Mimi, you can wait outside if you want?”

“No, I’m good. Let’s just get this over with.”

Looking around the bar, I counted about 30 Pipistrello family members. If I take one missed step, I’ll be jumped. I take a deep breath and firmly say, “Where is Blueblood!?”

“Welcome to our lovely establishment, Ricochet!” I look up at the second floor where the voice is coming from. A dark gray unicorn steps out. “My name is Coal, one of the Capos of the Pipistrello family. I heard a lot about you. Look at that, Ruby’s kitty cat, Mimi.”

“Buck off.” Mimi hissed

“Where’s Blueblood?” I asked again.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.” Coal smiled, “I was told you were supposed to have the bits for the prince’s debt.”

I hold up my backpack, “It’s in here, take it.”

“Outstanding,” said Coal, “Kaz, take the backpack and count the bits.”

“Oh shit, Kaz, it’s been a while!” I chuckled, “Are you mad at me for throwing you in the dumpster?” Kaz only hissed at me and then snatched my backpack away. “Oi, Charcoal!”

“It’s Coal!”

“Don’t care, show me the Blueblood!” I demanded.

Coal huffed in annoyance, then stomped his hoof on the ground. On cue, I see that damn minotaur Slugger walk out of a room with Blueblood on his shoulders. Slugger looks down at me with a shit-eating grin. That pisses me off. Just because he won that little fight between us doesn’t mean he’s better than me. “You’re here, thank the sun!” cried Blueblood as he squirmed around, “It’s been nothing but Tartarus here! They made me sleep in a closet, fed me peanuts, and threw darts at me. I want to go home!”

“Coal, we got a problem,” Kaz said, walking back into the room.

“What is it?”

“I only counted 250,000 bits plus a bit extra.”

“250,000,” Coal said to himself, “Human, are you trying to pull one over on us? You know who we are!?”

“No, I’m not!” I quickly said, “It’s all the bits I had on me. I hope you guys can just pass 50,000.”

Coal was silent for a bit, just taking in the situation. Scout comes up to Coal and whispers something into his ear. After that, Coal says, “Sure, I can do that. Blueblood, your debt is gone.”

“Thank you, thank you, thank you!” Blueblood cried joyfully. “I won’t tell anypony about this.”

Wow, I can’t believe that worked. I look at Mimi, and she has a sour face. “What’s wrong?”

“Something isn’t right, Riki.”

“What do you-”

“Let’s talk about your debt now, Ricochet.” Coal said sternly.

“What debt? I don’t have a debt!?” I yelled.

Coal gets a big grin on his face, “You do. It’s the debt for beating up my guys.”

“You can’t be serious!” Mimi shouted, “You’re just making shit up!”

Coal ignores her and just focuses on me, “You beat up 11 of my guys, so let’s do 30 per head. Since I’m in a good mood, I’ll round down, and guess what? Your debt is 300,000 bits, hahaha!”

“That’s bullshit, and you know that!” I yelled, “You know I can’t get that.”

“Well, we will keep Blueblood as insurance.” Scout said, “And we also know you and Blue Boy will be picked up Sunday.”

“You have midnight to get the bits or explain to the Princesses why Blueblood is now a red puddle.”

This can’t be happening. I look where Blueblood is. Am I fast enough to grab him? Can I take them all on? I took one step towards Coal and the others.

He sees this, “Don’t be dumb, you know where you are.” Coal stomps his hoof, and all the creatures start to stand up, “I don’t want to kill a human.”

“Riki, we need to go now!” Mimi said worriedly, pulling on my hand. “We can figure out what to do back at Mama’s.”

As Mimi pulls me out of the bar, I can hear Blueblood yell, “Save me, T..Riki!” Holy shit, he said my name. Blueblood, I'll get you back, I promise! Just wait a bit longer. That's all I ask.