honestapples | 3rd Rodeo [Action/Voice

[It's been a really long week since the storms ended. Applejack has been working around the clock, trying to clean up the wreckage around the farm, sweep out the water that got in through holes broken in the roof of the barn and also the cottage, find a few sheep who wandered off in panic, and just overall repair all the broken fences/sheds/whatever. Not to mention there are several very young apple trees that she had just barely planted who have been unfairly broken.

She manages to make it through this sleepless week working by herself - alright, with Winona helping - but even her dog is exhausted now and there's still more to do.

The loss of the trees is what's hitting her the hardest. This never happened back home. The pegasi always just said if a big storm was coming and then tadaa, they could secure everything in time.

She thought about asking for help earlier, decided against it, and balanced her journal atop a fence. Which she's in the middle of repairing, so after kicking in a few nails, it falls off and open. She doesn't notice at first, still mumbling under her breath as she works, lost in a sleepy haze.]

...gone. All of 'em. Rosemary, Irving, Bloomburg Junior... even Gladys... [Kick. Board is on crooked. Heavy sigh.] Hayseed.

[Another badly-aimed buck knocks the board off for readjustment, and it's only then that she sees the journal wide open.

...Oh.]

Uh. Heh-heh. Howdy. [Sleepy brain whirring, she manages a sheepish:] Don't reckon anyone would mind helpin' ta fix some fences? Or maybe catch a couple sheep...?

[[ooc: Tags most likely to come this evening, but they'll be on the way >>]]

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[Blank look.] ...Oh. Ah'm always a pony. It's not any kinda magic or anythin'.

[...huh. Well, she's not about to fret over it too much. It's not every day you meet a talking pony, zoan or not.] Oh, okay.

My name's Vivi! I have a duck named Carue. He's smart, but he can't talk like people. He just quacks.

It's nice ta meet'cha, Vivi. Ah'm Applejack.

[She chuckles a bit over Carue, though.]

Ah've never met a duck that could talk, either. Most of ours back home just quack, too.

Nice to meet you too! Applejack is a neat name. Do you like apples a lot?

[Vivi nods, looking somewhat wistful.] Yeah, none of the other ducks can talk either. I wish he could, though! Sometimes it's hard to figure out what he wants.

[There is the proudest of nods at the question about apples.] Eeyup. Apples're my family's specialty. We've had the best apple orchards in all Equestria since even before my granny's time. All the family's got apple names.

Where's Equestria? [She's never heard of that island, but she's found there are a lot of people here from islands she doesn't know. She lowers her voice to a near whisper for her next question.]

Um. Is your whole family ponies too?

["Where's Equestria" causes a faint sizzle in her tired brain. How does she even answer that?] Uh... Equestria's where Ah came from. Ah think it's a whole other world from where most'a you humans come from.

[That works, right? She feels like she's leaving something out. Oh well.]

And yup, my whole family's made up of ponies. Well, except for the family dog, but we took her in.

[Vivi's eyes widen at the thought of a whole family of talking ponies. And they even have a pet dog!] That's so wonderful!

Is your family here too?

[Oddly, she wasn't prepared for that question. She probably should have been, but it hits her right in her tired heart. After all the repairs to the farm and all these months away from home, she's definitely feeling more homesick than ever before. It's been way too long since she rounded up sheep with Apple Bloom or teased Big Macintosh or gently woke up Granny Smith from one of her many naps.

In spite of that, she tries to keep up the cheer in her voice.]

Well... no, but some of my friends are here an' they're just about as close as family. [She gets a little louder as she goes on, because she's also trying to convince herself.] It's prob'ly better my brother and li'l sister stay home ta take care of the farm anyhow.

Oh. [Vivi nods. She hadn't thought about that.] I suppose somebody needs to be there to watch it, huh?

But it's good you have other friends here! [A beat.] ...are your friends ponies?

[Alright, she can't help a low chuckle at that.]

Yep, they sure are. Ah'm sure y'all will run inta some of 'em sooner'r later. Pinkie's bound ta find ya an' invite ya to one of her parties one of these days.

Oooh! [Imagine, there are talking ponies here, and they throw parties.]

I'll keep an eye out for them!

3rd Rodeo [Action/Voice - Backdated to July 1]

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