Discord clicked his forked tongue, pacing back and forth in his home, each back and forth lap across his living room dug a further trench into the carpet.

“Let’s see. Gabby took out Sunset, Babs assisted with Spike and Ember, so that’s practically two. Dear me, I’m falling behind at this rate!” He muttered to himself. “I need to make a move, and yesterday! …But who?”

With a snap of his fingers, he summoned a list of photos right in front of his face, consisting of those still not eliminated yet, including Babs and himself.

“Now let’s see, Rainbow Dash is the most obvious target, considering she’s constantly struggling. Perhaps I can do her a favor and go for Zephyr Breeze instead. Though that would possibly get me repercussions with Fluttershy… I could just go for Chryssie, that’s always fun, although…” He looked at the photos of Babs and himself, holding them between his fingers and pursing his lips. “...Oh, it’s just too much to decide! I’ll just let Lady Luck choose who I gun for! In a totally and completely fair method of choosing, of course.”

Discord pointed at the wall, sticking all the photographs in a circular arrangement like a crudely-made dartboard. He turned his back to the photos, putting his paw over his eyes and removing his goat horn with his claw. His fingers spread apart, letting one eye peek out, and with a flick of the wrist, Fluttershy’s photo flew off into the next room.

“And here…we…go!” Discord tossed his horn behind him, and despite the half-hearted toss he gave, it soared perfectly through the air, nailing a picture dead-center.

Discord turned around to see where the dart made its mark, grinning as he saw the target, snapping his fingers to warp away.

Fresh Coat was in the middle of her normal, daily routine, sitting down to eat her lunch at home. She lifted up her teacup to take a sip, but she stopped when her eye caught something swimming around in the tea, then screamed when it looked up at her.

“Mmm, not enough sugar for my liking…”

“GYAH!” The unicorn screamed, using her magic to hurl the teacup at her wall, but a paw caught it before the glass shattered.

“Now, is that any sort of way to treat a guest?” Discord chided, appearing in front of her at full-size.

Fresh Coat’s panic went down only slightly upon recognizing Discord. Her expression relaxed, but her body remained tense and shaky. “O-Oh…it’s you, Discord…”

“Of course it’s me! What other draconequi do you know?” Discord mock-huffed. “I was in the general universe and decided to stop by, keep you a bit of company on this late…” he took a quick look at his bare wrist. “...Thursday afternoon!”

Fresh Coat’s muscles relaxed a bit more, looking up at Discord with a bit of suspicion. “...Why me, of all ponies?”

“Well, it occurred to me that you’re not quite as…let’s say, ‘experienced’ as some of the others in this little game. And it’s been making you a bit self-conscious, right?”

The unicorn’s face softened, “Y-Yeah…”

Discord’s coy little grin grew a little bigger. “And while the rest of us have been galavanting around and having fun, you’ve always felt like you’re still on the sidelines.”

Fresh Coat gulped, staring at the floor as Discord’s words cut her down.

Discord lifted up her chin. “Well, fear not, because now you have me to help you out!”

“Um…help out, how?”

Discord shrunk himself down to drape around her neck. “You need to be stage-ready, of course! You think you can just coast on by on the side and then expect fanfare at the end? No no no, dear. You’re going to get yourself out there, missy, you hear me? You’re going to earn that happy ending!”

“...What are you saying?” Fresh Coat squinted.

“Well, I want you to expand your little social circle a little to join the rest of us!” Discord said, patting her on the cheek. “And if you do, then I’ll make sure that your first at the victory orgy will be the most mind-blowing thing you’ve ever felt in your whole life.”

Fresh Coat felt a tingle go through her whole body. “R-Really?”

Now that he had her interest piqued, Discord floated up to her ear. “Ohhh yes, I’ve got plenty of little tricks only I could be capable of pulling off. I could make your whole body an erogenous zone and then slowly give you a deep massage, or pull out different versions of you to go around for everyone, and you’d be feeling yourself having sex with all the winners simultaneously…”

Just imagining what it would feel like made Fresh Coat start to drool and shudder. “Y-You can do that?” She asked, fanning herself with her hat.

“Can I do that?” Discord imitated mockingly. “Please, that’s all stuff off the top of my head! I was saving some of my planned fun for Fluttershy, but I wouldn’t mind showing you what it’s like on the chaotic side…if you keep up your end, of course.”

Discord crossed his arms and waited for Fresh Coat’s answer, only to see her start bolting for the door. “Hey! Where are you going?!”

“To go see Twilight and her friends over in Ponyville!” was her response as the door slammed behind her.

Discord simply shrugged and chuckled to himself. “Well, that ought to be the push she needed.”

He summoned the photographs again, tossing them on Fresh Coat’s wall before turning around and shutting his eyes.

“Now then…”

A strong thud resonated through the middle of Ponyville, causing several ponies to turn their heads.

The source of the commotion was a very frustrated gray earth pony punching the dirt with a frightening amount of force. Several nearby ponies started to back away from the cracks she was making in the ground.

Limestone Pie looked up to finally notice she was the current center of attention, giving an icy glare to all the ponies that were still looking. The daggers being shot at the onlookers was more than enough to send them all either running, or looking back to mind their own business, eventually making them all disperse.

All but one coy pegasus, who didn’t seem bothered at all by the enraged mare. “Golly, you look really worked up!” she said as she slowly made her advance.

Limestone turned her head to the only pony still standing nearby. “Yeah? What tipped you off?” she growled through clenched teeth.

“Well, you just seemed really on edge is all!” Cozy Glow smiled earnestly. “Feeling stressed out now that we’re halfway through the month?”

“Maybe I am.” Limestone slowly raised up a trembling hoof. “Ya got something funny to say about it?”

“Oh no, of course not! I just wanted to know if I could do anything to help! I know how difficult it is to go a whole month, so I’d be more than happy to be a little distraction for a while!”

Limestone pursed her lips before reluctantly lowering her hoof. “Well, thanks, but I’m good. I’m not in any danger of losing or anything.”

“I literally just saw you punching the ground a minute ago.” Cozy’s voice and personality immediately dropped from cutesy to snarky.

Limestone turned her head to see the miniature fissures she created. “Oh, right. Well, that was cause of something else entirely. Just…having troubles with somepony, that’s all.” Limestone internally cringed. Even to her, that sounded like the most obvious lie in existence.

“You sure you don’t mean some griffon?”

The moment the question left her lips, Cozy suddenly found herself getting a full-own staredown from Limestone. The earth pony’s forehead nearly slammed into her own at full speed. She saw enough death in Limestone’s eyes that Cozy actually felt a chill down her spine.

“Who told you.” Limestone’s words were short, quiet, and nearly monotone, but there was a clear icyness in each one she spoke.

“N-No one?” Cozy gulped. “I mean…it’s kiiinda obvious to a lot of us? You get real blushy and stuff when you’re either around her or if she’s even mentioned.”

Limestone backed off to put a hoof to her face, feeling the heat emanating from her cheek that confirmed Cozy’s words. “...Damnit.”

“I mean, I don’t really get what the problem is,” Cozy shrugged. “She seems to like you too.”

“W-Well…How do I know for sure?” Limestone’s constant glare finally softened up as her eyes nervously darted from side to side.

Cozy clicked her tongue and grinned. “Well, that’s easy. You seem to really like spending time with her, so just get another excuse to hang out with her again!”

“Wha-like a DATE?!”

“If that’s what you wanna call it, then yeah,” Cozy shrugged. “If she says yes, then that’s pretty solid proof she’s into you, right?”

“I…guess. But like, to do what?”

“Well, she keeps talking about how much of a dump Girffonstone is. Maybe take her somewhere nice for a change?” Cozy suggested.

A million ideas were running through - and getting shot down in - Limestone’s head to try and find the ideal situation for them both.

“Doesn’t have to be this month, but ya know…” Cozy threw in. “If you wanna make that end of the month orgy feel extra special…” she teased, adding in a wink.

And now, all those ideas of finding the ideal situation were turning into finding the ideal position to be in.

Author's Note

Discord fucking with background ponies because no one would notice is probably on brand.