Equestria Dark: Tales of a New Appleloosan Stallion Water Salespony

Written by VelvetHeart

Dear Princess Celestia

I have discovered a great many things these past few days. For one, I made a friend of another culture entirely. Hopefully, this will advance my friendship studies in many unforeseen directions.

My new friend has taught me many things; for one, those predictable and dreaded times of estrus can be made a lot more fun with the aid of company, and even more entertaining with the aid of herbs.

My new friend is a kind of herbalist, you see. His knowledge of certain plants seems to exceed even Zecora's, as I found out when we discovered a weed growing in a little garden in Carrot Top's farm. I'm sure Carrot Top is happy we helped clean up her land.

It turns out this weed is a magical plant that brings incredible, vivid fantasies to life around you if you burn them and inhale the smoke. My friend said there are more, even better herbs, but that this 'weed' is a gateway into a fantastic new life filled with incredible experiences.

In order to further explore this, I would kindly ask for an advance on my monthly stipend, or perhaps a research grant. It seems some of the equipment needed for the fantastic new life is rather expensive.

Your faithful student, Twili-

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