SEP 9 Tuesday.

I reapply new glue to a book cover and start delicately rebinding the book. I used the glue removal spell to remove the glue on the book not long ago. I've looked into the spell and it's actually interesting, it has a few interesting ideas in it, and I think it could be useful.

After I'm done with the book I start on the next. And because I'm an overactive pony I let my mind wander as I do so. First things first, Entropy's new method of practice is to teleport to the secluded Oak tree and back home twice a day. And it seems to be going well.

She gets tired but not to a dangerous or worrying degree. And like the last times we've changed her training I think it will get easier for her with time. Moving on to all my other training. My language lessons are going well as always. And my training with Stone is also going well.

In fact I've been doing so well that he's upped my training by throwing small pebbles at me while we practice fighting. And he can throw them pretty hard and fast, so now I have to constantly be aware of flying pebbles. As for where the pebbles come from? He's hidden them throughout the training room, somewhere I can't find.

I swear if that old guard wasn't such a good trainer and teacher I'd have thrown something back, maybe a table. But that's just me being dramatic, as much as he causes me pain he's also the reason I'm in such good shape. That and he's also the pony that teaches me how to hit others in the right way.

Want to know an interesting fact? Turns out punching somepony in the throat is just as effective on ponies as it is on humans. But moving on again, I've been working my way through a lot of the different things I've been meaning to research and noting things I learned down.

And as always I learn more than I expected and less than I wanted, but that's fine. One thing I learned is about Emotional affinities. I've not learned much as it's an under-researched and vague topic, but I did learn a few things.

First magic with an emotional affinity comes from somepony experiencing that emotion, the stronger the emotion the more is released. I don't know why the beings of this world would evolve like this. Either that or it's some type of unintended effect from having magic.

I never found an answer to that question. But I did find something much better. I found an old research journal about an experiment to convert magic into an emotional affinity through an enchantment. This is something I've thought about in the past but gave up on for now as there was no knowledge to work with.

I've found some knowledge about converting magic into an affinity but never an emotional affinity. I'm not sure why nopony tried, but my guess would be that it's simply not needed. I mean what would you even do with a reserve of sadness? or happiness?

That and I think there is a moral aspect to consider. I rather not have somepony be able to create a large amount of hatred affinity magic that could be used with a spell to cause chaos on a mass scale. Then there is the opposite end, somepony forcing somepony else to be happy.

Both are things that probably aren't likely to happen, but I rather not test them in practice. But that doesn't mean that this avenue of research is not useful, the most obvious example is creating love for the changelings to feed off of. But I'm not sure if giving them an endless source of love is a good idea.

Chrysalis was able to gain some form of power boost from having so much love at her disposal. So giving her an endless amount is probably a bad idea. But it's still an option to consider as I don't know if all changeling would get more powerful from overdosing on love or just her.

But for now I've shelved the idea. Beyond all of this I also found another very interesting thing, I found another one of the runes from my cutie mark. It's also a very old rune like the last one, and it's for wind. Water and now wind, I'm not sure what they mean or if they mean anything at all, but if nothing else I've made some type of progress.

I finish binding the book and place it to the side to dry and be added to the library. I look at my bracelet and see the time. "Lunchtime Blaz" I called out to him while making my way out of the room we work in. And after a short walk we enter the breakroom and get some food.

And like always we sit with Daisy and Maple. "So how are you two doing today?" I ask both of them after sitting down.

Daisy is looking a little tired and is the first to answer. "Well besides the paperwork from somepony lighting a book on fire inside the library, not much."

Eveypony else in our little group raises a brow. And I'm the first to speak, "How? Who starts a fire in a library?"

She just looks at me with her tired eyes. "Apparently some young colt with poor eyesight thought that he needed to see the pages of a book better. And so he cast a small candle flame, and one thing leads to another and the book now on fire. Also you'll be seeing an order for a textbook coming your way soon."

Both me and Blaz groan at this. Textbooks are the worst, their words are small and close together so the copy spell can only copy half the amount of pages at once. That combined with how many pages these books usually have means that copying a single textbook can take as long as copying three other books.

That and if we don't have another copy we'll have to wait on a new one from publishers or another library and that's its own kind of hell. I rub my muzzle and turn to Maple, "Please tell me you don't have more work for us?" I ask more as a joke than anything.

"No, I don't." She answers in her short and blunt manner. Seriously the only thing she seems to get excited about is pie.

"Well I have some news." Blaz says. We all turn to him and wait. "What? Noponies going to ask?"

Daisy sighs. "Fine, what's the news?"

Blaz shows a massive smile. "My son sent me a letter, he and his wife are having another foal."

Daisy's the first to speak, a little more energy now in her voice. "Congratulations!"

Maple congratulates him next. "Same" and she does it in the most Maple way possible, with a bland tone and simple words.

I'm the last to speak and decide to mess with him some. "I don't live here anymore so you should look up some recipes."

He looks a little bashful but takes my verbal jab in stride. "And don't come to me for relationship advice colt." And like always he jabs back, So I just smile at him. "Beyond that, I'd like to go out to eat but rather not spend a dinner celebrating alone. So do any of you want to get a free meal?"

I just nod to him. "I'll have to stop home for a bit but I have nothing to do, so sure."

Both Maple and Daisy also agree and we make a plan. We'll be going to a decent restaurant that Blaz likes after work at seven. And we'll all meet there.

But for now we finish up our lunch and get back to work. I go through the books I have to work on and after a few more hours I'm finally done for the day. I leave the library and after getting home, and I tend to Entropy like always. And then I take a shower to clean up and leave my apartment again.

And after walking through several streets I found the right place. The Bashed Table, I swear even after living as a pony for twelve years I still don't understand their naming sense. But I ignore that and stand near the building, waiting for the others to show up.

And I don't have to wait long, as I see Blaz walking towards me with Maple. They both live at the library so I guess that's why they're showing up at the same time. "Hey you two, I guess it's only Daisy we have to wait for."

Blaz nods, "Ya seems like it."

"How about both of you go in and get us a table while I wait for her out here?" I offer both of them.

"You sure colt?" I nod. "Well thanks, we'll be inside then." With that they walk inside while I continue waiting. And after ten minutes or so Daisy rounds a corner and walks over to me.

"Are Blaz and Maple not here yet?"

I shake my head. "They're inside getting a table, they should have one by now."

We both walk in and see Blaz and Maple sitting at a table waving us over. We both walk over and sit down on the cushions around the table. I look around the restaurant, it's nothing amazing but has a nice feel to it. And I can smell something good from another table.

"This meal is on me so get what you want."

I take a look at the menu and see a few options. But one does catch my eye, a fruit salad with some slightly sweet sauce on it, and some cheese. I think the cheese is a little odd but some fruit doesn't sound bad so I choose that. A waiter takes our orders and leaves us with some water.

"So anypony have something interesting to talk about?" Blaz asks after we order.

Daisy answers him. "Beyond work? Well I did finish a new painting recently, I think it came out ok. But I do want to try and find a better blue paint color, mine are just not right for what I need."

I speak up at that. "You know, I don't think I've ever seen one of your paintings."

"Have I never shown you? I guess I haven't. Well remind me sometime to show you, I may not be the best painter but I take pride in being decent at it."

I just smile and nod. We talk about several things but eventually the topic of conversation drifts into Blaz's hobbies. "I swear Blaz the only thing you do is puzzles." This stellar comment comes from Daisy.

"That's not true. Ok maybe it is some, but I used to have other hobbies. I just stopped doing most of them over time."

"Really like what?" I ask him.

He smiles. "At one point I tried to learn the griffon language but stopped."

I cut him off before he could continue, as I saw an opportunity to mess with him. None of them know I can speak griffin almost fluently. It's not something I've tried to hide but it just never really came up. Honestly I don't use the language a lot out of learning it as I have no one to talk to.

"Really, you know how to speak griffin? so what if I called you old right now?"

All three of them turn to me with looks of surprise. It's times like this that I want to buy a camera. "I didn't understand much of that but I heard the word old" Blaz responds back. "And if you're calling me old I'll keep calling you colt until you're my age."

I smile wider at him. "I said. Really, you know how to speak griffin? So what if I called you old right now? It's not my fault you can't understand me."

Daisy joins back in. "When did you learn griffin?"

"I have been for a while now, it just never came up. And to answer what you're probably going to ask next, no I'm not fluent but I am getting close."

Daisy looks a bit put out at my guess, but smiles again at getting an answer. Blaz joins back in, "Well I'll admit that's impressive, but colt you are just like an onion." I raise a brow at him. "You're full of layers and smell awful." He says this with a smile typical of him. I try to stay strong but seeing his smile and hearing his stupid joke I can't help but laugh.

The joke also gets a laugh out of Daisy, and surprisingly even Maple gives a small chuckle. "Oh Blaz never change you mad, old, pony." I say after I stop laughing.

"Same to you, you young, weird, colt." After a little more banter we all stop as the waiter brings out our food. The fruit salad is nice and the sauce goes well with it, I even try some of the cheese. It's not bad and goes surprisingly well with the fruit and sauce.

We continue joking around while we eat our food. But like all things it must end. And after another hour we decided to call it a night and head home. I thank Blaz for the meal, he just waved me off and told me to go home. When I do get home I decide to just relax and play with Entropy for the rest of the night.

Ponies much like humans can be a pain in the neck to deal with. But it's nice to spend time with friends.

Author's Note

Not much plot here just some fun and filler.

Thanks for reading and have a good day.