auroraexpress | The Nineteenth Trial

Bees. They're always beesy.

And they're actual hard workers beside the pun, so. That's not so out there.

[She laughs, looking bemused.] True. They are the great pollinators.

Far better than they are barbers. I heard one got fired because all he could give was a buzz cut.

[ He's giving her a small smile at that, definitely amused ]

Nice one. Would have made a good Clover.

....

No, I think that would have gone horribly.

[She is already having a million and one issues about not being a unicorn, she didn't need it staring her in the face from her clothes.]

I'd look terrible in that much pink anyway.

Me, on the other hand, I look absolutely dashing in pink.

[ it's said with extreme bitterness there, but eventually he sighs and shoves his hands into his pants pockets ]

I have two massages to give and you're willing to go along with this, so — sit down somewhere.

At least your colors are more neutral. You can work with it.

Like...

Actually, there's a lot of people here with more neutral colors here, huh. That's a weird coincidence. [Says the amber yellow girl.]

...yeah, okay. [There's a bit of discomfort, but she'll sit down. Mostly because how does this body even relax, WHO KNOWS.]

[Will also pull her mountain of hair forward over her shoulder.]

I've never been much of a color guy in general.

[ He can see she's not entirely comfortable but is enough of an asshole to not really give a shit, so. The moment she's sitting down he's going to reach for her shoulders to start the message, though he does try to make it at least marginally better— ]

There's no time limit on this one. The moment you have enough just get up.

More the black and grey type?

[She wants to win too and that does require playing ball.]

Got it. I have to give one too, this is a good chance to figure out how to...do....that.

Dark blue, actually. But gray and black work just as fine.

[ He's not like. Excited about the idea of getting any kind of massages, but again - collaboration is needed for this ]

You can do your massage too.

Dark blue is a good color, but I prefer black myself. Or red.

[Collaboration is hard. Mostly she just wants to know how to not fuck up a muscle somehow.]

Thanks. Is harder or gentler better for human bodies?

For human bodies? Thought you were one too.

[ you know, despite the skin color and magical hair ]

That's what I am right now.

But considering I couldn't even recognize what I was when I woke up, and the number of civilized species I could recall, humans aren't exactly a popular species on Equestria.

You're a horse.

[ just. Not even a question. Looking at her ]

Pony. Unicorn specifically.

Kudos to you on figuring out the natural pony love of puns for our names.

[ He has a goddamn unicorn onesie and he's now speaking to an actual unicorn this is not what he thought his life would ever be like ]

I'm too sober for this.

[She has no idea what a human child looks like, so not even gonna question that.]

Wait, do they actually have alcohol here?

[Because hey, she is an adult by pony standards.]

You can get some with sparks. Or leech it off of someone who has them.

[ He takes his hands off of her by now though, and gives her space to get up if she wants to ]

Gentle is fine.

....I might have to look into that.

[Because she's been having a time.]

Got it. [Will turn towards him.] Sit down. Let's give this a shot.

[ He's going to sigh and sit down, definitely not happy with this, but going along it regardless ]

Should be fine as long as you don't break anything.

No risk of that. Pretty sure such thin bones can really break something on accident.

[But then hands on his shoulders and she's going to be mimicking his movements for the most part.]

[ He's only getting more tense the moment he fees her hands on him but he'll play nice and not, like, bolt away. He obviously doesn't like touch either though ]

You know. How come you've become a human if you're a horse?

[She is definitely getting that impression, but she won't ask. She can get it's a bad time to ask when need to do the thing.]

That is the million bit question. I have theories from magical accidents to conspiracy theories.

We got time to waste, so. Let's hear them.

Magical transmutation accident, some kind of monkey curse since humans most closely resemble them from what I recall, kidnapped by aliens who are humans who do weird body exchange experiments, magical dimension hopping accident with world laws taking precedent to inhabiting a parallel me, someone deliberately changed me into a form whose power conduits I don't know so I can't use my magic, the prince of this place is a filthy liar and he wanted to take away my powers because I have a solid clue on how harmony magic functions.

Really, I could go on.

[But now she's done with the massaging.]

Just out of curiousity, do any of those have any basis or are you just shooting possibilities until one sticks out ...?

[ getting up the moment she's done and the relief is just like ALL OVER HIS FACE ]

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