honestapples | 1st Rodeo [Voice]

[It's been raining for days and Applejack is getting bored. She found the farm not too long after she arrived, and the rain wasn't exactly stopping her from tending to everything, but the weather's turn for the worse today is definitely an impediment. And so, she's cooped up inside, running out of things to do. But hey, that's what this journal is here for, right?]

How come nopony told me 'bout this farm y'all got here? This is great! It just needs some more apple trees and it'll be just like home. Or... well, as close as Ah can get it. But that reminds me...

Have any of y'all ever heard'a zap apples? They're magic, but they're downright tasty an' real particular 'bout how they're grown an' harvested. Mah Granny Smith's the one who normally makes all the jam an' such, but if Ah can grow some zap apples here, Ah'd sure be happy ta share whatever Ah can make. Might not be quite as good, but Ah think Ah've picked up a thing'er two. Anypony got any ideas?

[It's something to think about, at least! Something that isn't baking more apple fritters, in any case.]

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[Don't hate on the voice. It's poetic and beautiful. Nothing wrong with that.]

DO THEY HURT IF SOMEONE TOUCHES IT? LIKE A DEFECTIVE PERSON PUTTING A FORK INTO AN ELECTRICAL SOCKET. [He can think of a few ideas of what to do with a zap apple if so.]

[Blink. Fork in... What.]

Naw, they don't hurt one bit. They're grown different an' taste different, but they ain't gonna hurt anypony any more than a regular apple.

[WHAT!] THEN WHY ARE THEY CALLED ZAP APPLES!? WHERE IS THE ZAP!

The zap is part of how they're grown.

[Beat.]

What're you yellin' for, anyhow?

YOU ZAP THEM? WITH WHAT? [Wait, what. Who's yelling.] WHO SAID I WAS YELLING!?

Lightnin'. [Auuugh this voice. It's grating on her ears. She swivels them backward so that it won't be quite so harsh.]

Ya sound like yer yellin'.

THEN HOW DOES YOUR MAGICAL ZAP APPLES NOT DO ANYTHING PAINFUL!?

[He just keeps getting louder at this rate. He's sorry.

... No, not really sorry.] GET YOUR EARS CHECKED.

[Pinning her ears back now, thanks.]

Ah think you might be the one needin' your ears checked, sugarcube. The lightnin' is just part of how they're grown. They don't... store it or nothin'.

[Why does he seem to want to be zapped by the apples?]

[Robo-Ky just wants to hit people with them. Or trick them into being zapped. Or maybe he wants to try one and expect something out of it besides just absorbing it for energy. All of the above.]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POINT BEHIND GROWING FRUIT WITH LIGHTNING AND NOT HAVING IT STORE.

Why would anypony want it ta store the lightnin'?

TO GIVE AN EXTRA KICK! OR TO HURT PEOPLE!

Now wait just one cotton-pickin' minute! Hurt people?!

[Did she not hear.]

YES. OR TO HURT PEOPLE!

Why would you-- What?!

... I'M NOT REPEATING MYSELF AGAIN! [She did say what.]

No, Ah mean... what's wrong with you? Why would you wanna hurt anythin' like that?

[Oh. His bad.] TO TEACH THOSE DEFECTIVE BEINGS WHO DEFIED ME A LESSON. WHY ELSE?

THERE'S SO MANY THAT DESERVE A GOOD SHOCK, AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE DEPLETING MY ENERGY TO DO IT MYSELF.