Lets Get Lost!
Quest Added: Job Hunting
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"Twilight, your curiosity is always one to be desired, but maybe that's enough questions for today."
Twilight looks up from her notebook and looks at Static with a sad expression on her face, " But I haven't gotten to the good questions yet!"
"We need to get home Twilight. Questions can wait for another time."
Vash walks up to you, visibly tired, and grabs your shoulder, "We need to get outta here man, I can feel my face start to melt." he looks like he might be having a stroke on both sides of his face.
"Ok, we need to find Dante and get out of here, oh and thank you, Princess Celestia, for speakin with us," you say, bowing at the ruler of Equestria with her acknowledging your words.
"Vash, do you know where Dante is?" you ask the barely awake Vash as he opens his mouth.
"I think he went somewhere with Princess Luna, maybe."
"I might have an idea as to where they might be, Sir Static..." Celestia pipes up.
"That would be really kind of you if you can lead me to them, and for all of you, let's meet up at the gate. Everyone nods in agreement as you and Celestia walk out of the room to wherever they might be.
It's been a couple of minutes since you left the throne room, and you both finally find your destination. It's a garden, a really majestic one at that.
"So, this is the place."
Celestia nods her head, "Yes, she usually comes here to raise the moon and enjoy the scenery."
"Ok, but wherein the garden are they-" you stop yourself as you hear a female voice giggling and making some rather lewd sounds off in the distance. You and Celestia look at each other, smirk at each other, face in the direction, and head over towards the sounds.
You both walk behind a bench finding Luna getting tickled by Dante... Well, that's not what you were expecting. Both you and Celestia Clear your throats as they both stand at attention with panicked looks on their faces.
"Sister!" Luna blurts out to Celestia.
"Uh, hey Static hehe," Dante says scratching the back of his head.
"We need to get going man, the next train to Ponyville arrives in an hour," you say with your arms crossed with a big fat grin on your face.
Dante nods his head, and both Luna and Dante say their goodbyes awkwardly, and you both head to the entrance with Dante not speaking.
"So you and Princess Luna, huh."
"It's not like that, well, at least not yet." Dante looks out the window as he continues, "I kinda want to take it slow, yuh know, build up things first and then get to that point."
"Wow, you must be really serious about her then."
He turns around to you and says, "Yeah, I guess you could say that."
-A Week Later-
You look inside the fridge, and you find the pleasant sight of a jar of olives, a couple of condiments, and a carton of milk that expired about a month ago. You really need to go shopping but the bits that Twilight gave you for shopping was not enough for a week of food. This means one thing you guys need to get jobs.
"Tenpenny has to be one of the worst antagonists in GTA, goofy-ass mother fucker." Dante spouts out.
Vash playing responds with, "Fuck off."
"Are there nicer antagonists?" Fluttershy asks Dante and Vash.
"Not really like that Flutts, it's more like towards intimidation and them doing bad things," Dante responds.
"Oh, ok..."
"Guys, we need to find jobs." you cut their conversation off, "We ran out of the bits."
"Oh, if you need jobs, there is always a job board at town hall... if you want to check it out." Fluttershy hides behind her main, "If you want..."
"Thanks Fluttershy, you good," you say with Fluttershy looking at you with a soft smile.
"Ok, turn off the game, and let's go see that job board."
As you say, Vash throws the controller to the ground as he fails the mission in the game.
"FUCK YOU, BIG SMOKE! FAT TUB OF LARD!" he says this as he gets up and grabs his coat, and walks out of the house. You and Dante follow behind as Fluttershy waves you off and flies over in another direction, probably back to her cottage.
The lot of you make your way towards town hall and find the job board. You see a bunch of jobs, but none catch your eyes, but you might as well go and get an interview from some of them with Dante looking the same way, but Vash looks at one of the papers on the board for an open position at a bar. He worked at a bar for a while when you were back on until a bar fight broke out. He said he tried to break up the fight but made the mistake of getting in between a fistfight and getting punched square in the face from both sides. Vash promptly quit after that.
"You might as well do it, Vash." Dante speaks up, "The ponies here are more peaceful and won't clobber you in the face!" Dante laughs at his own joke, and you plant a fist at the top of his head with him recoiling from the pain.
"Ok, I guess I'll go check it out. I hope you guys find something you like; well, maybe tolerate is the word for it." Vash walks away towards the bar's location as you two go your separate ways to find some jobs of your own.
-Vash's POV-
Ok, so the flyer said that the bar is on Stirrup Street, so maybe you should walk and look around. You don't feel like talking to anyone right now; every time you asked someone for directions before, they would give you some retarded directions and end up lost, especially in the city, and try to ask for more directions and end up more lost than you already were so you might as well use your sense of direction to get around.
As you walk along the sidewalk, you see a building with a neon sign with The Stable written in fancy lettering and a winking cartoon pony in the middle of The and Stable. You guess that most places have a horse-related pun as their store name. It makes no sense because, on earth, we don't have human puns for the name of any of our establishments, but that really doesn't matter; what matters is that you need a job that pays good and that's moderately safe.
You walk inside with a bell ringing as you go in. The mare at the counter cleaning a glass with a cloth speaks up, "We're closed right now come back at noon-" she pauses as she looks up. "Oh, you must be one of those 'hoo-mans' that arrived in town recently; well, we're closed if you are wanting a drink."
The mare's coat is a medium-dark shade of red, like a lighter shade of maroon. Her mane is a dark pale orange color, with her eyes a honey color. She wears a long-sleeved button-up the same color as her mane with the sleeves rolled up with it buttoned down enough to show an off-white tank top with a little bit of her cleavage. From all the ponies you've seen so far, she must be the tallest, maybe the same height as Luna, probably the second tallest in all of Equestria, with Celesta being the first. She is also pretty muscular, reaching almost the same amount of bulk that Big Mac has from what you've seen.
As you look around the bar, you see the regular round tables made out of wood with chairs put on top. The bar walls are lined with booths that seat different amounts of ponies, with a stage at the corner of the bar with a drum set and some speakers. They must have some live bands that play here; that would be pretty nice.
"Hey, if you done starrin', I'd like to ask you to leave," she says with a resolute look on her face.
You shake your head to snap yourself out of your mind, "Oh sorry, I actually saw a flyer that you were hiring, and I came by to see if you would want to hire me."
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that; go ahead and sit down, and I'll interview stranger." She put the glass and cloth away and gestured towards a stool by the counter.
You sit down, and she comes from the back of the counter and sits on a stool next to you. She gives you a good look over and speaks up.
"So what's your stanger?"
"Vash."
"That's a pretty good name." she shoots you a smile.
"Thanks."
She crosses her arms and legs, "Do you have any experience working at a bar before?"
You look at her as she towers over you even when she is sitting down, "I worked at a bar when I was back in my world for about a year and a half."
"Have you ever had to break up a fight before and kick someone out before?"
You've kicked people out of a bar before, but you think back to the last time you tried to break up a fight, you might as well, "Yes, I have."
She mulls over your answers and looks back to you, "Well, if what you say is true, then you can consider yourself hired!"
"Thank you, but I never got your name ma'am?" you say, looking at the large mare.
"Brandy, Brand Snap," she says, lending her hand over to you for a handshake.
You give her a handshake, "Well, thank you for the job Miss Snap."
"Miss Snap is my mom's name. Just call me Brandy!"
"Ok, Brandy, when do I start?" you say, arching your eyebrow.
"Tomorrow at noon, it's gonna get pretty busy, and I'll need the help."
You both get off your stools, and she waves you off as you walk out of the cozy bar. You hope you can remember all drinks to make.
-Dante's POV-
You walk back to town hall tired of all the places you had to go, and every single one, they said no. You guess that ponies aren't used to seeing humans yet and are too afraid to have one on payroll scaring off customers. You see Static walk up with a frustrated look on his face. You think to yourself, 'He must have had the same luck you have'.
"You couldn't get one either," Static says, leaning against the wall beside you.
"Yup..."
"I hope Vash got the bar job at least."
You shrug, "Or he got turned down flat."
"Be more positive Dante, Oh look, he's coming back," he says, pointing at Vash approaching with a smile on his face.
"I guess you got the job, lucky bastard..."
Vash walks up and puts his hands on his sides, puffing out his chest, "You bet your sweet ass I did!"
"Dante, why don't you ask Rarity for a job at her boutique? You like fashion, right?" Vash says, looking at you inquisitively.
"Yeah, but she probably isn't there right now. She might be off getting a manicure or some shit like that..."
"Oh, that would be a fabulous idea darling!" a voice right next to you exclaims.
You shoot up, looking where the voice came from, and you see Rarity with a sultry smile. She came out of nowhere! You see Vash giggling a bit, and the bastard knew she was right there. He did that to scare me.
"From what I've seen you wear, I can tell that you have a knack for fashion," she says, wiping her mane out of the way.
"You think? I don't know how to make clothes, you know."
"I can always teach you, Darling, but the main question is do you know how to draw and color?" she asks.
"Yeah, of course, I do."
"Alrighty then, you're hired."
"When do I get to work?" you ask, giving her a sly smirk.
"Now!" Rarity says, pulling you away to the boutique.
"I guess I'll see you guys at the house! Happy hunting, Static!" you say as she pulls you away.
You hope he finds something eventually.
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