It was a completely normal and ordinary day for Existential Panache. The skies were sunny with a few stray clouds flying by, the air was nice and warm, and a cool breeze blew through the air. Though a normal day still meant a busy day.
There was plenty of work that Exist had to do. His job was to deliver several messages around the place for the Cloudsdale Mental Hospital. As he looked through the letters, it seemed that the letters were going to mostly Cloudsdale and Ponyville, so he didn’t need to travel very far today.
Thankfully, his job didn’t require much of a time crunch. So long as they all reached their intended recipients before sunset, he’d be fine.
The griffequus hovered above the clouds, flapping his wings to keep himself afloat as he leafed through the remaining stack of letters. He had already gotten through a good amount already, but his work was far from over.
He put his paw to his rumbling stomach. Still, it wouldn’t hurt him to take a little break…
Exist touched down at Ponyville, looking around at all the different ponies walking around and going about their day. He gave a little shrug. Nothing out of the ordinary. Though with all the weird antics that the town went through almost every other week, there was nothing wrong with a regular day.
After the shrug came a little sigh. There wasn’t anything wrong with a normal day, but it did feel boring at times.
As he walked through the streets of Ponyville, trying to decide what to eat, he heard a voice behind him calling his name.
“Excuse me, you’re, uh…Exist, right?”
His ears perked up. The voice was vaguely familiar, not one of a close friend, but one he’s definitely heard before. “Um…yeah?”
He turned around, surprised at who was trying to grab his attention. A brown earth pony with slicked-back black hair. “M-Mr. Rich? Can I…help you?” He quickly flipped through his remaining letters. He was sure that none of his letters were addressed to anyone in his family today.
“Well, it’s more of a question of if I can help you,” he chuckled softly. “I didn’t catch you at a bad time, did I?”
“No, I guess not,” he shook his head. “Was just about to take a break, actually.”
“Ah, perfect!” Filthy Rich smiled brightly. “Then do you mind coming with me for a moment, then? I have something back home that I think you’ll love.”
Exist shrugged, but agreed and followed Filthy Rich to his house.
“Now, I know you’ve been working pretty hard,” Filthy Rich started. “Flying around delivering those letters of yours. I’ve heard plenty from the other ponies around town that you’re always so fast and polite!”
“Ahehehe…” Exist started to blush. “A-Are they really saying that stuff about me?”
“Indeed. I think it’s only right that you get something for all the effort you put in,” he nodded, inviting the griffequus inside.
On display in the middle of the living room of Filthy Rich’s home was something that Exist presumed to be the reward he was talking about.
Hanging up on a rack was a very extravagant and soft-looking light-blue coat. He could see that the cuffs on the sleeves were especially fluffy. “W-Wow…” He gasped, his wings starting to flap in excitement. “This is for me?!”
“Mmhm…” Filthy nodded, gesturing for Exist to walk closer to examine it. “It’s going to get awfully chilly later in the fall, so I thought this might help keep you nice and cozy.”
Exist rushed over to the coat, slowly tracing his paw over the back, finding it plush to the touch. Upon seeing it up close, he noticed there were even sleeves to fit his wings so he could still fly around with ease. “Oh wow…T-This is amazing!”
“Well, I’m glad you approve!” Filthy Rich beamed with pride. “How about you put it on to see how it fits?”
Exist took the coat off the rack, turning it around to see the interior. He wasn’t a fashion expert, but whatever was lining the inside of the coat was white and fluffy. As he slipped his arms through the sleeves, he felt a little tingle go through his body. He stood on all fours as he pushed his wings through, feeling the fluffy cuffs on the underside of his wings.
Filthy walked up to Exist, gently nudging him. “So? How does it feel?”
“Ooh, this is niiiice!” Exist grinned as he shifted around, trying to get used to how it felt on his body. It felt like a constant, soft hug. He could already imagine soaring through the crisp autumn skies, being kept nice and warm.”
“Is it a good fit? Not too tight or too loose?”
Exist stretched out his arms and hooves, swaying his flank from side to side, the fluffy interior shifting against his body. “Mmm, I think it’s good!”
“You sure? Cause it looks to me that it’s a little bunched up right around here…” Filthy said, prodding his hoof against Exist’s ribcage.
“Eeep!” The griffequus let out a short yelp as he jolted in surprise.
“Oh, and around here, too…” The hoof pressed into his sides, rubbing in small circles.
“A-Aaahahack! H-Hey, t-that tihihickles!” Exist giggled,
“Hmm, might need to make a few adjustments…” Filthy Rich said to himself, ignoring Exist’s giggly pleas, rubbing his hoof against the fluffy coat.
The stallion’s hoof was tickly enough, but Filthy Rich was rubbing the fluffy interior of the coat against his sides, making Exist squirm and squeal.
“Though I suppose it doesn’t look so bad in motion…” Filthy joked, wiggling his hoof against Exist’s side with more deliberate motions.
Exist started stamping in place, not wanting to be rude and push Filthy away. “S-Staaaahahap! Y-You’re tickling meeheeheehee!”
“Oh, am I? My apologies,” Filthy said, though he clearly wasn’t stopping. “It’s just you’ve got such a delightful giggle, I couldn’t help myself!”
“Aaaahahaa! Eeheeheeheep!” The offhand comment was enough to make Exist blush, his giggling raising up in pitch as he started to step away.
Filthy Rich let out a short chuckle, stepping forward to continue his tickling advance, now using both his front hooves to dig into his sides and ribs. “Now that I think about it, I think it’s more of a perfect fit than I thought!”
Exist went on the defensive, trying to swing his flank away and move around the living room. “N-Nohohoho! Stahahahap tihihhickliiing meeheeheehee!”
Wherever Exist tried to retreat to, Filthy Rich followed, keeping his hooves on his side at all times, Even getting under his outstretched wings to ruffle up his feathers.
Exist squealed, his body flinching when he felt some hooves against his wings. “Eeeheehaha! M-Mr. Rich! Nohohoho mohohohore!” He kept trying to retreat, but was constantly looking behind himself to not trip over the furniture in Filthy Rich’s home.
“You’re quite a ticklish deliverer, aren’t you?” Filthy teased, pressing his hooves into his ribs, seemingly following Exist every step of the way. No matter which direction he tried to go, Filthy Rich kept his hooves on him, almost as if he knew where he was about to try and flee.
“Bahahaha! Stahahahap! I-I caha-AAAAH!” In his attempts to get away from the tickling, Exist backed up into the couch, causing him to slip off balance and fall onto the cushions.
That little stumble was more than enough for Filthy Rich to take advantage of the poor stallion. With his belly exposed, Filthy Rich struck, rubbing his stomach with both his hooves.
“NAAAAHAHAHA! NOHOHOHOHOHOHO!” Exist wildly flailed around, trying to push Filthy Rich’s hooves away.
Filthy Rich grinned, “Oh, did I find a sensitive spot?” His hooves made little circles on his stomach. “Does it tickle when I do thiiiis?”
The hooves tickling his belly was bad enough, but the fluffy coat he was wearing made things so much worse. The fluffy interior felt like a vortex of feathers swirling on his stomach. “EEEEEE! Y-YEHEHEHEHES!”
“Well, the more that I think of it, this looks to be a perfect fit!” Filthy Rich scribbled his hooves around Exist’s belly, really digging into his squishy stomach. “This is quite the good look on you!”
“HEEHEEHEEHAHAHA! S-STAHAHAHAP TIHIHIHICKLING MEEHEEHEEHEE! P-PLEHEHEHEAAASE!” Exist begged, trying to cover his stomach up, still trying to make sure to not accidentally hit Filthy Rich with his flailing.
“I dunno, Exist, you seem to be having a lot of fun…” Filthy Rich’s hooves squeezed his sides. All the flailing from his hooves and paws were easily dodged, though the few that did hit him were easily taken on. “I’m sure you wouldn’t mind a bit more tickling…”
“PLEHEHEHAAASE! I-I HAVE TO WOHOHOHOHOHORK STIHIHIHIHILL!” Exist’s wings splayed out in shock at the squeezes. His cheeks were glowing with a fair amount of pink from the promise of more tickling, but he still had a job to do.
Filthy Rich tilted his head from side to side. “Mmm, oh alright, I wouldn’t want to keep you from your job.” He backed off, causing Exist’s paws to flop down over the edge of the couch.
“Aaah…ahah…heh…thank you…” Exist let out some wheezy giggles, putting a paw on his stomach to catch his breath and get rid of the tingles on his stomach, though even the slightest movement of his paw was giving him a few tickles due to the fluffy inside of the coat.
“Heh, my apologies if I got carried away, but it looked like you were having a lot of fun,” Filthy Rich apologized, helping Exist sit back up straight.
“Heheheh…i-it’s alright…” Exist giggled, still feeling lightheaded.
“Still, do you enjoy the coat?”
Exist nodded. “Mmhm! It definitely feels nice and really comfy!”
Filthy Rich beamed with pride. “Well, that’s good! I hope it turns out to be of good use to you!”
Exist took a deep breath to regain his bearings, and stood up. “I’m sure it will, thank you so much! I’m going to love wearing it!”
“Glad to hear it!” he nodded. “Well, I don’t want to keep you from your work any longer than I need to, I’m sure you’ve still got plenty of work to do.”
“Yeah, still lots to deliver!” Exist stood up, adjusting the coat. “But uh, thank you again for the gift! …And the fun little distraction.”
Exist waved goodbye to Filthy Rich as he walked out of his house, stretching out his paws and hooves with the coat now draped around him, his mood considerably improved, though he was still hungry.
His cheeks were still glowing lightly with blush. Out of everything that happened from meeting Filthy Rich, him getting tickled by the stallion was by far the strangest part. Maybe it was due to the coat making everything more tickly, but Filthy Rich was a more effective tickler than he expected. It was like he knew every time he tried to step to the side to get away.
Though he was right, he definitely wouldn’t have minded a few more moments of getting tickled, but he still had work to do. He was still thinking about how unexpected it was, getting a tickle attack from him, but he just chalked it up to an unexpected, pleasant surprise.
The rumbling of his stomach snapped him out of his tickly hazy state and reminded him of what he was originally planning on doing. He went back onto the streets to go grab some food.
“Mmm, hayburgers…sandwiches…muffins…” He mused to himself out loud, trying to figure out what he was in the mood for as he walked. “Hmm…yeah, muffins,” he decided, walking to Sugarcube Corner. He didn’t want to get sauce or condiments on his brand-new coat.
He walked through the doors of Sugarcube Corner, and the soothing aroma of frosting and baked bread hit his nostrils.
“Hiya, Existy! What can I do for ya?” Pinkie greeted, waving her hoof rapidly.
“Hey, Pinkie!” Exist waved back. “I’d like a blueberry muffin before my break’s over!”
“Caaaan do!”
At the same time, Pinkie tossed a muffin Exist’s way as Exist threw a few bits. As Exist caught the muffin, he gave a thumbs up. “Thanks, Pinkie!”
Pinkie winked and clicked her tongue as she caught the bits. “No problem, enjoy!”
Exist bit into the muffin, letting out a little satisfied moan. “Mmm…so good…” he grinned, patting his stomach.
As he munched on the muffin, he heard another customer entering the shop.
“Oooh, heya, Sunburst! What brings you here?” Pinkie asked.
Exist turned around to see an orange unicorn at the doors. “Hi, Pinkie. I was stopping by to see Starlight, but wanted to grab a quick bite before we went off on our picnic,” Sunburst said. “Do you mind making some chocolate chip cookies for us?”
“You got it! It’ll take a little bit, but you’ll definitely get them fresh!” Pinkie nodded, before bouncing away from the counter.
Sunburst and Exist watched Pinkie hop away into the kitchen.
There was an awkward amount of silence as the two waited. Sunburst shuffled his hooves, Exist quietly finished up his muffin.
Exist took a look at Sunburst, noticing that he looked different. He still had his usual scraggly beard, messy mane, large round glasses, and starry cloak, but he was wearing something extra, a fluffy yellow feather boa was draped around his neck.
“Hey, uh…Sunburst…” Exist said, trying to awkwardly start a conversation, his eyes focused on the feather boa. “You’re…uh…looking good…!”
Sunburst turned to Exist. “Oh, uh…thanks!” He started to blush, also feeling fairly awkward.
“Yeah, um…” Exist nervously rubbed the back of his neck, his eyes still trained on the feather boa. “I really like that new thing you got there!”
“Oh this?” The unicorn looked at the boa that Exist has been staring at. “Yeah, just decided to throw it on for the day. I dunno how long I’ve had it, but y’know, figured it’d be nice to wear.”
Exist smiled warmly. “Well, it looks good on you! I think you should wear it more often!”
Sunburst nervously chuckled. “Really? Well…I guess it wouldn’t hurt. I do like how it feels…” He looked over towards Exist. “And I really like what you’re wearing, too!”
Exist did a little shimmy, letting the fluffy frills on his sleeves shake. “Thanks! Filthy Rich gave it to me.”
“Well, it definitely suits you well!” Sunburst nodded in approval.
Now it was Exist’s turn to blush. “Ehehehe…”
Sunburst lifted up the yellow boa with his magic. “Honestly, I think this might suit your look better than mine. Maybe I should just give it to you, instead.”
Exist raised an eyebrow. “I dunno about that, plus it’s yours anyway, I already got this new coat, don’t need another gift.”
“Well, if you insist, but it wouldn’t hurt to see how it looks on you, right?”
Exist shrugged. “Mm, I guess not.”
Sunburst floated the feather boa towards Exist, draping it around his neck.
“Oooh…” Exist grinned, wiggling his shoulders. The feather boa felt nice, he put his paws onto the boa, grinning in contentment as the feathers slipped through his fingers.
“Yep, definitely looks good on you!” Sunburst nodded in approval.
Exist nodded along. “Thanks! I’ll definitely get one of my own later. Maybe after work…” He took the boa off, trying to give it back to Sunburst.
The unicorn took hold of the boa with his magic again, but didn’t bring it back to his side. “Well, it definitely looks good on your coat. I wonder how you’ll look with it inside…”
“Huh? Hey, w-whaaaaahahahaha!” Exist watched as one end of the feather boa slid down past the collar. He burst out into a fit of giggles as he felt the feathers glide across his chest.
“Oh well would you look at that? That’s a much better look on you!” Sunburst grinned. His horn still aglow as he manipulated the feather boa underneath his coat.
“Ah! Hehehehehe! S-Sunbuhuhuhurst quit ihihihiiiit!” Exist squeaked, shaking his hips from side to side as the feather boa completely slipped under his coat, sliding around his body.
Sunburst only responded with a short chuckle at his expense. “Wow, all this from just a feather boa?” he teased, shaking his head. “You must be super ticklish, Exist!”
“Gyaaaahahahaha! No no nohohohohoho! Stahahahahaaaap!” Exist felt a few tingles going down his spine. The feather boa was slithering around his stomach like a snake. The ends wiggling against his ribcage.
“Aww, why? You look like you’re having so much fun!” Sunburst sat back and enjoyed the show as he made the feather boa do all the work.
Exist tried to stop the feather boa in its tracks, pressing his paws against his coat to trap the feather boa, but all he succeeded at was slapping his belly. As long as the boa was, it was always able to slip out of Exist’s grasp. Partly due to the expert control of Sunburst’s magic, and the feathery interior of Exist’s coat making it harder to create enough friction to stop the feather boa.
“Oooh, watch out, Exist! It’s gonna get ya!” Sunburst giggled, wiggling his hooves in the air.
“Aaaahahahaha nooooohohoho!” Exist felt both ends of the boa wriggling against his armpits. His paws immediately shot down to his sides, but it was too late, Sunburst’s control of his magic made sure that both his pits were tickled at all times. “Stahahahahaaaaaap!”
“A-tickle tickle tickle! Tickle tickle, Exist!” Sunburst taunted, chuckling to himself as he waggled his eyebrows. The feather boa continued to wiggle against his pits at both ends, but now he made the center dance around, brushing against his belly.
“GAHAHAHAAACK! NOHOHOHOHO MOHOHOHORE! AAAHA IT TIHIHIHIHICKLES!” Exist cackled, falling onto his back. He kept swapping between trying to pull the ends of the boa away from his pits, and stopping the middle of the boa from tickling his belly. Though never committing to either one caused him to be left completely helpless to the tickling power of both.
Sunburst stepped forward, looking down at the flailing ticklish griffequus. “Hehe, you look pretty cute when you’re all ticklish and giggling like this.” The feather boa wrapped around Exist’s stomach, rolling up and down his belly.
Exist’s blushing cheeks got even deeper as he howled with laughter. Though now with the boa moving in a more predictable pattern, he figured it’d be easier to stop. He put his paws onto his stomach to try and trap the boa, but Sunburst’s magic made sure that it simply slipped underneath his arms, continuing its ticklish sweep across his belly. As he felt it slither under his coat, Exist felt a stir starting from down below, and he instinctively crossed his hind hooves.
“Aw, and you’re even cuter when you’re trying to stop the tickles!” Sunburst shook his head, taunting Exist more by swiping the feather boa underneath his paws.
Exist tried and tried again to stop the feather boa, slamming his paws down into his stomach over and over again in vain. “NAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! EEEHEEHEEHEEP!” No matter how hard he pushed down or tried to grab, that devious boa slipped through his paws. “EEEHAHAHAHA P-PINKIE! H-HEHEHEHEHELP!” he called out, desperate to make the tickling stop.
“I’m a little buuuusy right noooow!” a sing-song reply came from out back.
“NOHOHOHOHOHO! NOHOHO MOHOHOHOHORE TIHIHIHIIIICKLES!” Exist stopped trying to fight back against the boa, hugging himself as he rolled around on the bakery’s floor.
Sunburst playfully rolled his eyes. “Alright, alright, if you reeaaally want the tickles to stop…”
“HEEEEEEHEEHEE!” Exist could feel the boa stop rolling up and down his belly, but Sunburst decided to take the long route out of his coat, slithering around his waist and under his wings and past his armpit to exit out of his sleeve, landing back around Sunburst’s neck.
Exist was left panting and gasping, but eventually stood himself back up, wiping the tears from his eyes and brushing the crumbs off his coat.
“Ahehe, sorry, guess I couldn’t help myself…” Sunburst chuckled nervously. “Didn’t know that it’d tickle you that much…”
“Haaah…ahah…don’t worry about it…” Exist giggled. “It was really fun! Would’ve loved to have it keep going but, uh…I gotta get back to work, so…”
“Oh! Right, yeah, totally get it!” Sunburst nodded. “Wouldn’t wanna keep you busy. Though…if you ever get another break, you know where to find me!” he winked.
Exist laughed a little nervously as he started to go out the door. “I’ll keep that in mind! Uh, see ya, I guess!”
Exist took off towards the skies, organizing his letters and trying to figure out where to go next, though his mind kept going back to what happened with Sunburst. That feather boa of his was super tickly, and though he didn’t want to admit it out loud, he loved being at his ticklish mercy. The way it rolled on his belly felt amazing, though it was an amazing coincidence that Sunburst just happened to be wearing a feather boa.
Now that he thought about it, it was a bit weird that both Sunburst and Filthy Rich gave him a bunch of teasy tickles today. Though he was certainly not complaining.
But there was no time to think about tickles yet, he still had a job to do. He flapped his wings, taking off towards the high skies of Cloudsdale.
Up in the skies, groups of pegasi flew by. Soaring through the open air, not bound to the usual traffic laws of the grounded unicorns and earth ponies, able to avoid crashing into each other by changing altitudes.
Exist looked around, trying to plan the shortest route to deliver all these letters. Cloudsdale was a huge city, so it was in his best interest to get things done as quickly as possible. It’d be exhausting if he needed to backtrack, even if he could travel by air.
He looked at each of his remaining letters, trying to visualize a map of Cloudsdale in his mind and where each of the houses were. He thought about the different possible routes he could go through, and how long each of them would take.
As he pondered his options, his mind started to wander back towards earlier today, lying on the floor of Sugarcube Corner, giggling his head off as Sunburst slid the feather boa around his belly, teasing him and making him feel extra giddy with tickle talk..
He shook his head, snapping himself out of his fantasy before he got too far into it. Still, Sunburst did an amazing job with that feather boa, and if Filthy Rich was there to rub his hooves against his ribs to tickle him through his coat…
Another shake of his head as he felt a stirring in his loins again. “I gotta focus…” he muttered to himself, slapping his cheeks. He put away his letters and flew off, figuring out his route.
Exist delivered the first two letters without much difficulty, though the distance did leave him a bit winded. There were only a few letters left to go, and he would be done for the day.
He flew through the different buildings of the city, checking between the letter and the nearby buildings to double check that he was going the right way.
“Let’s see…I’m near the stadium right now…”
As he was flying, he was too busy looking at the letter to see the other pegasus flying in his direction.
Both of them collided in the air, causing the two to tumble down. Thankfully the fall was short, and they hit the fluffy clouds below.
“Urgh…” Exist sat up and rubbed his forehead, looking around to see if he dropped the rest of his letters.
“Ah jeez, I’m real sorry about that!” The pegasus quickly apologized. “Wasn’t looking where I was going-”
“No, it’s my fault. I shouldn’t have been looking down so much.” Exist said, looking up to see who he bumped into.
The other pegasus was a sleek black stallion with a mohawk. “Oh hey, Exist. You alright?”
Exist nodded. “Yeah, just a little shaken up, is all.” He looked over at his remaining letters. “Oh! I guess it was good timing, cause I got a delivery for you!!”
“Oh, thanks!” Thunderlane took the letter. “Hey, you got some time? Been a while since we hung out. I was just gonna do some practice in the stadium if you wanted to just watch.”
Exist thought for a few moments. He did have a few letters to deliver still, but getting to Thunderlane early made the job significantly easier. “Mmm, yeah, alright I can spare a few minutes!”
“Awesome, c’mon!”
The two went into the stadium, and Exist watched as Thunderlane trained, flying laps around the ring as Exist sat on the sidelines.
Exist watched Thunderlane soar through the track. He was a bit envious of how fast he could fly, though it was definitely due to his extensive training as a Wonderbolt.
After a few minutes, Thunderlane came back to Exist for a quick break.
“Sometimes I can’t believe you can hit those speeds…” Exist said.
“Yeah, well, all comes with being a Wonderbolt,” Thunderlane said between gasps for air. He sat next down to Exist to rest his wings. “So? Anything new with you? I mean, aside from that new outfit of yours?”
Exist let out a short little chuckle, looking down at his coat. “Oh yeah, I guess I forgot to mention this. It was a gift from Filthy Rich.”
“Really? Huh, that’s pretty cool of him.” Thunderlane nodded. “It is a pretty good look on you,” He said, elbowing Exist in the ribs.
Exist giggled, leaning away from Thunderlane as the nudging through his coat started to tickle him. “H-Hehehey, quit it!”
“Fine, fine…” Surprisingly, Thunderlane actually did back off at his request, giving him his space. “Seriously though, anything new with you?”
“Well…” Exist thought for a moment, wondering if it was worth sharing to Thunderlane. “Ever since I got this coat, things have gotten…uh…weird?”
“How so?”
“Well, Filthy Rich gave me a few tickles, and then when I went to get a snack, Sunburst started tickling me, too.” He started to blush, recalling the experiences. “It’s like ever since I put this thing on, stallions have wanted to tickle me. I know that sounds weird but like…I dunno how else to put it.”
“So maybe take the coat off then,” Thunderlane stated plainly.
“Aw, but it feels so nice on me!” Exist gave himself a hug, feeling the fluffy interior on his arms.
“Then I guess I’ll just have to…tickle it off of ya!” Thunderlane leaned back in, rubbing his hooves against his sides.
“Ahahahahack! C-Come on! Quihihit iiiit!” Exist squealed, trying to push Thunderlane away.
“Sorry, Exist! But I don’t think I can help myself! It’s like your coat is telling me to tickle you!” Thunderlane joked, only getting further along Exist’s body, rubbing circles on his stomach.
Exist kept leaning away, but tried to keep himself upright so as to not fall on his back and expose himself again. “Stahahahahap, that’s nohohohot fuhuhuhunny!”
“You sure?” Thunderlane chuckled, poking and prodding his sides. “You seem pretty amused by it!”
Exist tried to get away from Thunderlane by scooting on the seats, but the pegasus easily caught up to him due to how slowly he moved. “Nahahahaha! Quihihihihit iiiiit!”
Thunderlane continued his advance, squeezing Exist’s sides between his hooves. “Ah ah ah, not until you take that coat off!” he teased, trying to push him on his side or back to pin him.
Exist considered trying to fly away and escape. Thunderlane was fairly fatigued by the practice, so maybe he could get some distance despite how much faster the pegasus was than him. Though the problem was actually finding an opportunity to break free.
“A tickle tickle tickle! Oooh, I bet this tickles soooo much, doesn’t it?” Thunderlane teased, digging his hooves into his sides.
“GYAAAAAHAHAHA! I-IT DOHOHOHOES! NOW STAHAHAHAHAAAP!” Exist howled. Thunderlane was rubbing the fluffy and feathery interior of the coat against his sides, combining the gentle tickles with the harder tickles in the same spot.
Thunderlane did slow down, but just went back to the harsher tickles, scribbling his hooves on Exist’s stomach. “I dunno, you seem to looove getting tickled, so why should I stop?”
Exist kept scooting away on the seats, but with how slow he was backing up, Thunderlane always closed in with ease.
Just as Exist was about to fall over and expose himself again, something caught Thunderlane’s attention. The pegasus paused and turned around, giving Exist a chance to catch his breath.
What distracted Thunderlane was the arrival of another pegasus. A light blue pegasus with a darker blue, windswept mane. “Woah, did I fly in on something I shouldn’t have?”
“Oh hey, Soarin’,” Thunderlane casually greeted. “Was just having some fun with Existy here.” He gave him another poke on both sides to make him squeak to prove his point.
“Ooh, that does sound like fun!”
“H-Hey! Wait a sec!” Exist raised up his paws in defense. “You can’t just-”
Before Exist could even finish his sentence, Soarin’ sat down on the other side of him, sandwiching the griffequus between two pegasi.
“Y’see, Exist here thinks that his brand new coat makes him some sort of tickle magnet.” Thunderlane rubbed his hooves against Exist’s side.
“Gyeeeeheeheehee!” Exist giggled and squirmed, trying to lean away from Thunderlane, but leaning into Soarin’ instead.
“Is that so?” Soarin’ grinned, starting to prod Exist’s side as well. “What makes him think that?”
“Nahahaha! S-Stahahahahap!” Exist begged, now having four hooves rubbing against his ticklish sides. The fluffy interior of the coat made the tickles even worse.
Thunderlane poked at his ribs and hips, chuckling as he kept Exist still by boxing him in with his wings. “Dunno, but he’s said that ever since he’s put it on, stallions keep tickling him!” He casually explained, digging his hooves into Exist’s hips.
Soarin’ softly chuckled, ruffling up Exist’s wings. “I can see why! He’s got a pretty adorable laugh!”
“Naaaaahahaha! Nohohohohoho mohohohohore!” Exist’s wings sprung out in surprise, only giving Soarin’ better access to tickle his wings. His blush only got deeper when hearing Soarin’ cooing into his ear.
Thunderlane nodded. “Oh yeah, definitely. He especially does the cutest little squeal if you poke him on the hips riiiight here!” he said with a demonstration.
“NYAAAHAHAHA!” Exist flailed and kicked his hooves around in ticklish desperation, practically leaping out of his seat as he let out a high pitched squeal.
“Oooh, you're right! That is a pretty cute squeal!” Soarin’ grinned, squeezing Exist in the same spot on his other side.
Thunderlane chuckled as he started squeezing Exist’s hip in tandem with Soarin’. “I know, right? Look how cute he is when he’s being tickled!”
“AIIIIEEE! NOOOOHOHOHO! STAHAHAHAHAAAAP! P-PLEHEHEAAAASE!” Exist felt paralyzed by the stallions squeezing his hips, the verbal teasing only making him more flustered and desperate as the pegasi showed no signs of stopping.
“Sorry, Exist! But that coat only makes us wanna tickle you more!” Thunderlane joked as he and Soarin’ kept squeezing his hips.
“OKAYOKAYI’LLTAKEITOHOHOHOHOHOFF JUST NOHOHOHO MOHOHOHORE!” Through his ticklish squeals, Exist slipped out of the fluffy coat, letting it droop down onto the seats, hoping that it would finally get the pegasi to stop.
Judging from the looks in their eyes, it looked like they were just getting started.
“Ohhh, so I guess it’s not the coat after all!” Thunderlane said, holding onto Exist’s paw to keep him still.
“Yeah, I still wanna tickle him anyway!” Soarin’ grabbed onto his other paw. “And now that the coat is off, he’s got his belly nice and exposed…”
Exist whimpered and trembled as he watched Soarin’ and Thunderlane’s wings popped open. He tried to wriggle away, but their grips were tight. “W-Wait! C’mon…Y-You don’t have to do thaaaAAAAHAHAHAHAAA!”
Both pegasi brought their wings down onto Exist’s midsection, taking turns swiping a wing down his chest and stomach, and peppering in plenty of tickle talk along the way.
“Kitchy kitchy koo!”
“Oooh, you’re soooo ticklish!”
“Tickle tickle, Exist!”
“I bet our wings feel niiiice and soft on that ticklish tummy of yours…”
“Squirm all you want, you can’t get away from the tickle tickle tickles…”
Exist screamed and kicked his hooves out as he howled with laughter loud enough to shake the clouds. Tears flowed down his burning red cheeks. The soft feathers from the athletic stallions, combined with an endless bout of tickle talk assaulting his ears gave him shivers, as well as plenty of excitement down below, something that the two took notice of.
“Oooh, you really DO like being tickled, huh?” Soarin’ chuckled, looking down.
Thunderlane smirked, looking at Soarin’. “What do you suggest we do?”
“WAITWAITWAAAIIIIHAHAHAHA! NOOOHOHOHOHOHO!” Exist gasped, watching the wings go down his chest, past his belly, getting dangerously close to his crotch and to his slowly hardening cock.
Thunderlane’s wing stopped just short of actually making contact. “Excited huh? Can’t wait to get tickle tickle tickled?”
Exist’s cock twitched with a shudder. He still had work to do, but deep down, he wanted to feel both of those soft fluffy wings brushing against his shaft. “Eeheehee…Oh gosh…P-Please…”
Soarin’ let out a playful little hum, gently teasing his cockhead with the tips of his wing. “Is that a yes? Does the cute little deliverypony want the tickle tickles?”
Exist gulped, still trying to wriggle free. “I…I still got work to do…!”
“Aww, so you don’t want anymore tickles? Can’t all that work stuff wait until later?” Soarin’ cooed.
The griffequus felt their grip loosening up. “I…I…I’msorryIgottagonowbye!” With one swift motion, he broke free from the grasps of both pegasi, grabbing his remaining letters and coat and flying as fast as he could, his half-hard mast between his legs.
As he flew away with a madly blushing face, Exist tried to mentally process what just happened. Him getting turned on by all those soft feathers tickling him wasn’t too surprising, but the way both Thunderlane and Soarin’ were eager to keep tickling and teasing him with their soft feathers, possibly until he…What was going on?
Exist flew through Cloudsdale as fast as he could, dropping the letters off and immediately making off to the next stop. Anything to avoid another ticklish confrontation. As he finished delivering his last message, he could sense someone behind him, almost as if he was being followed.
He turned around, and he could swear he saw two pegasi dart out of his view. His heart sank in his chest. Were they following him? Were they still set on tickling him crazy? Not that he would mind such a thing but…he was more confused than excited at the moment.
Exist immediately took back to the air, making a divebomb all the way down to Ponyville. Maybe Twilight would know some sort of solution…
The griffequus landed down at Ponyville once more, just in front of Twilight’s castle, frantically looking to see if Thunderlane and Soarin’ were still in pursuit. They didn’t seem to be around yet, but he couldn’t afford to take the chance.
He looked both ways just in case, before making a mad sprint to Twilight’s castle, frantically knocking on the door, praying that Twilight, Spike, or even Starlight would answer quickly.
The one who answered the door, however, wasn’t any of the ones that regularly lived in the castle. It was a tall, white unicorn with a deep-sapphire mane. “Uh, is there something I can help you with?”
Exist didn’t have the time to question why Shining Armor was over at Twilight’s castle. “Hey, uh, real quick, can I just go inside and stay for a bit?”
“Uh, sure? I don’t see why n-”
“THANKYOU!” Exist bolted inside as fast as his hooves could take him, going as far away from the windows as possible to hide.
Shining Armor slowly closed the door behind him, turning around to confront the hiding griffequus. “So uh…you mind telling me you’re hiding, Exist?”
Exist took a quick look outside the window before turning to the unicorn. “Uh…just…there’s some ponies looking for me, is all…long story…” he nervously chuckled. “...I-I can stay, right?”
“I…guess so…” Shining shrugged. “You can explain while I do some stuff around here.”
“Oh thank goodness!” Exist sighed in relief, following Shining deeper into the castle.
“...Alright, so…I don’t know why, but…stallions just seem to want to tickle me today.” Exist explained. “I know that sounds really really weird, but…I don’t know how else to explain it.”
Shining let out a short chuckle. “Is that all? That’s why you’re hiding? You’re being chased by some tickle-hungry stallions?”
“H-Hey! It’s not funny! It’s just been…really weird!” Exist protested, stamping his paws. “W-Wait, you’re not going to…!”
“Me? Nah. Not really feeling in a tickly mood,” Shining casually shrugged, before shooting him a coy look. “Unless you want me to…”
Exist’s eyes widened in panic. “Huh? N-No! I just-”
Shining couldn’t help but laugh. “I’m kidding, I’m kidding! So you came here to see if it was some sort of magic spell or whatever that Twilight could undo?”
“Y-Yeah, so is she around?”
Shining shook his head. “Sorry, she and Spike just left to get some groceries. They said they’d be back in an hour or so. I’m just here to prepare for dinner and tidy up a bit while they’re gone.”
Exist sighed in disappointment. Though at least here, he felt a little safer than just being out in the open. No doubt Thunderlane and Soarin’ were still looking for him. At least Shining didn’t seem to have any sort of urge to put him through some ticklish torment.
The griffequus followed Shining around the castle, making sure to stay away from the windows, just in case the pegasi were searching nearby.
“You know, you don’t have to follow me around everywhere,” Shining said, looking behind him. “You can just hide somewhere in the castle, and I’ll tell Twilight about what’s going on when she comes back.”
“I-I know, but…it’s just…I feel a lot safer if I wasn’t just hiding alone.” Exist nervously scratched the back of his head.
“Alright, just gotta do a little bit of cleaning, so no complaining if you get bored…” Shining said, walking into the main library of the castle.
Once Exist and Shining walked into the library, he felt a wave of relief wash over him. The library was fairly deep in the castle, meaning no windows for Soarin’ or Thunderlane to spy on him through.
“Jeez, for a pony that loves books so much, Twilight sure lets them get dusty a lot…” Shining said to himself as he picked up a feather duster with his magic.
Exist couldn’t help but stare at the feather duster for way longer than he should’ve. It looked so soft and fluffy. Though when Shining Armor turned his way while brandishing it, he flinched, expecting more tickles.
Shining didn’t pay Exist much attention to his weird reactions, just going about his regular business, dusting the library’s shelves.
Exist watched Shining walk past him and use the feather duster on the shelves instead of his stomach. He let out a quiet sigh as he watched Shining do his work. It was a pleasant surprise to just not be tickled for once.
“So how did it all start, anyway?” Shining asked, not turning around to look at Exist. “The whole…tickling mess thing.”
Exist shrugged as he sat down on a chair. “I dunno, it was all normal when I was delivering letters. Then Filthy Rich was nice enough to give me this coat. I guess that’s when it all started, cause he was the first one to start tickling me.”
Shining turned around to look at Exist with a bit of confusion. “Really? That’s definitely strange.”
“Yeah, but I didn’t think much about it at the time. I went to get a snack at Sugarcube Corner, and there I met with Sunburst. He was complimenting me on the coat, but then he started tickling me too!”
“Sounds like it’s the coat that’s attracting all the tickles then,” Shining casually joked, moving up higher on the shelves.
“Yeah, that’s what Thunderlane said!” Exist pointed out. “He and Soarin’ were trying to tickle it off of me!”
“And?” Shining raised an eyebrow. “Did it work?”
“Well…no. They made me take it off, but it only made them use their wings on my belly! A-And my…” Exist started to blush heavily, covering up his cheeks with his wings.
Shining stopped dusting and turned around. “Your…?”
Exist didn’t have the courage to say it out loud, only using his paw to point to his crotch.
“Aaah…” Shining nodded in understanding. “So it’s been a terrible experience all around for you?”
Exist nervously looked from side to side. “Well…not…exactly…” He fidgeted with his fingers. “I mean…It’s not like I hate being tickled or anything. I really, really like it. Just…the whole day’s been really confusing.”
Shining smiled as he approached Exist. “Well, sounds to me like you’ve had plenty of fun today.
“Y-Yeah…I guess so.” Exist started to sheepishly smile, his body relaxing just a bit.
“Well then, I suppose you wouldn’t mind if I diiiid…this!”
To Exist’s surprise, Shining snuck the feather duster into his coat, running the fluffy plumes against his chest. “AhahAAACK! H-HEHEHEHEY!”
“Aww, you know you love it, Exist!” Shining chuckled, tickling his belly in a manner similar to how Sunburst did, being able to maneuver the tickle tool with ease, while it worked underneath his fluffy coat.
“NAAAHAHAHA! S-STAHAHAHAHAP! I-I THOUGHT YOU SAAHAHAHAAIIID!” Exist protested, wondering why Shining decided that he wanted to tickle him now.
“Well, I wasn’t gonna, but the way you were talking about your day, if all those other guys got to tickle you, why should I be left out of the fun?” Shining playfully chuckled, using his hooves in tandem with the feather duster to tickle him.
“AIIIEEHEEHEEHAHAHA! NOHOHOHO! STAHAHAHAP, PLEHEHEAAASE!” Exist squealed. Shining Armor was far stronger than any of the other stallions he encountered today. The unicorn was pinning him down and tickling him at the same time, really making him feel helpless.
Of course, the tickle talk from him wasn’t helping either.
“Oooh, this is fun!” Shining cooed, rubbing his hooves against his sides as the feather duster got to his belly, sweeping back and forth against his stomach. “Tickle tickle tickle! I bet the other guys looooved making you laugh.”
Exist wasn’t sure whether to keep fighting back against Shining Armor’s magic, or just give up entirely to the tickling. Though it didn’t seem like he had much of a choice anymore.
Shining took the duster out of his coat for a moment, only to dance the feathers against his hooves.
“BAHAHAHAHA! NOHOHOHOHO! STAHAHAHAHAAAAP!” Exist flailed his hooves around wildly, seemingly uncaring if he accidentally kicked Shining or not. But no matter how much he flailed, the duster always found a way to kiss his tender hooves.
Shining Armor continued his tickling attack, kneading his hooves into his hips as the feather duster got lower and lower with each sweep.
“BAAAHAHAHA! W-WAHAHAHAIT! SHINING NOHOHOHOHOHO!” Exist could feel himself getting hard again, and at an alarmingly fast rate as he could feel the fluffy feathers get closer and closer to his nethers.
Shining looked down, noticing Exist’s excitement showing through the coat. “Oh, but I think you want more tickles…” he whispered in his ear as the tips of the feather duster barely stroked his shaft.
“EEEEHEEHEE! O-OHMYGOHOHOHOSH!” Exist let out a shudder as he got to his full hardened length.
“I see someone’s excited…” Shining nodded. “Very excited for all the tickles that are coming to him…” He took Exist’s coat off, letting his cock spring free and at full attention.
Shining moved the feather duster at a horribly slow pace, sliding it up and down his shaft. “Oh, you loooove that, don’t you? It must tickle sooooo much…”
Exist was caught between maddening giggles and aroused moans, kicking out his hooves as he arched his back, starting to hump himself into the feather duster.
Shining watched him thrust his hips with a chuckle. “You’re so needy and excited, aren’t you? Tell me you want it…”
Exist shut his eyes tight. It wasn’t easy to think and consider his choices, but if he was going to be tickled by stallions today…then so be it. “I…I want it…!”
Shining raised up the feather duster with a smirk. “I thought you might. Now then…” He stamped his hooves on the ground twice.
Exist heard a low rumbling. He turned his head to look around. The door opened to show a bunch of stallions waiting at the library’s entrance. Not just the ones that have been tickling him all day, but a bunch of new faces as well. Each of them had the same tickle-hungry look in their eyes, and each of them were equipped with either a fluffy feather duster, or a feather boa.
“Oh jeez…”
Exist’s mind turned into a total blur, though he tried to process it all anyway. The stallions had surrounded him, pinning him down on the chair with ease. The rest were busy feathering him all over. His stomach, sides, ribs, wings, pits, neck, hooves, butt, all of it was being attacked by either a duster or a feather boa.
That was to say nothing of the tickle talk that he had to endure. The stallions were whispering tender teases into his ears as they utterly wrecked him.
“A tickle tickle, Exist…” Sunburst said, wrapping the yellow feather boa around his cock, slowly pumping it up and down.
“I told you there was no escape. You can’t get away from the tickles!” Thunderlane teased as he and Soarin’ stroked their wings down his sides.
“But you absolutely love it, don’t you?” Filthy Rich asked, as he and Big Macintosh dusted his belly.
“So ticklish and so needy…I bet you wanna cum soooo bad, don’t ya?” Braeburn said as he dusted his hind hooves.
“Let it all out, you cute ticklish mess, you!” Shining whispered in his ear, using his magic to spin the feather duster at his leaky cockhead. “No use holding back, show us all how much of a tickly mess you are…”
Despite all the wild laughter and screams and moans, Exist heard all the teasing loud and clear. His senses were overwhelmed by all the feathers stroking practically every inch of his body. Lost in a wave of ticklish insanity, he had no choice but to give Shining exactly what he wanted. With a final thrust upwards, he shot his seed out with a horny cry.
And just like that, the tickling seemed to stop. Everything seemed to stop, in fact. As he recovered in the afterglow, Exist slowly opened his eyes. None of the stallions seemed to be moving anymore, as if time itself had stopped.
He looked around in confusion, until he heard a familiar voice chuckling from seemingly every possible angle at once.
“D..Discord?”
With a bright flash, the draconequus himself appeared in front of him. “Hello, my dear Existy! How was your day?”
“Wait…you did all of this, didn’t you?” Exist started to chuckle. Everything started to make sense now.
“Oh, I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he scoffed.
“Come on, Discord, all of this happening? You’re saying you had nothing to do with this?”
Discord playfully rolled his eyes. “Well, what do you think is more likely, that all the stallions around you decided individually and all at once to tickle you until you went crazy, or that I, wanting to give my dear Existy-kins a fun ticklish day, decided to turn him into a absolute tickle magnet for stallions by making him get tickled in all the ways he enjoys it?”
Exist chuckled, and walked forward to give him a hug. “Thank you, Discord. I loved what you did.”
“Well, I wouldn’t start thanking me too soon yet.” With a quick gesture of his claw, he lifted Exist up into the air. And with a snap of his fingers, time started moving again, and the griffequus found himself on the other end on dozens and dozens of feather dusters.
“After all, I’ve still yet to have my fun with you today…”
It was a totally chaotic day for Existential Panache. And that was perfect.
