Chromatophage

I checked over the stuff I found yesterday. Turns out that the stuffed toy was moldy. Pipp wouldn’t appreciate a moldy toy even if it was clean. Not sure why the idea crossed my mind anyway. She’s so absorbed into her “Pippsqueaks”. Gods that’s a stupid name. I told her that today and she got mad. Whatever.

The other items were just as I left them. I put the chalk by my board and set the jar up on a table. Then I started my daily search. The quadrant I had mapped out for today was pretty sparse. It had a few chairs for ponies to wait in and a counter with nothing behind it. I wonder why it was completely empty. Most of the nooks and crannies are full of random stuff. Usually junk and trash, but there’s something there. All these shelves had was dust. It was weird but I was okay with it. It gave me more time to look at the jar.

I went back to the table and stared at it for I don’t even know how long. The rainbow colors never stopped swirling around, but also never mixed. What kind of swirling liquids don’t mix? Then I remembered that the jar tumbled over onto its side but didn’t spill. I looked at the lid of the jar. It appeared to be sealed with wax, but I tested it and it was certainly a lot harder than any wax I’ve worked with before. Since the seal looked nice and solid, I decided to try shaking the jar to see if that caused the colors to mix. They weren’t mixing so I shook the jar harder. And I ended up shaking the jar a bit too hard.

The edge of the lid closest to my face came loose and dropped some of the rainbow fluid onto my muzzle and chest. On instinct I licked my lips and got some in my mouth. It was bitter. It was sweet. It was spicy. More flavors than I can describe, and all of them at once. Nothing has happened to me, so I’m not too worried about that little amount. I’ll just be more careful in the future.

But at least the lid is open now. I’ll be able to work on it more tomorrow.