daftBLUE

"Hey, hey, Misty." Joe walked over to the door and held himself across it, barring Misty from leaving. "It's okay. So what if you can't control your magic? You couldn't control it when you were a filly, and the store's still standing." He attempted a grin. "You don't need to be so negative about yourself. Besides, you seemed to be able to control it just then." Then he noticed Argent Aegis had walked in. "Sorry for the wait, sir. Black coffee coming right up." He busied himself at the coffee maker. "Night watch, again? We seem to be getting a lot of night watch ponies. Not tht I'm complaining."

"Better finish the donut and coffee first." Joe smiled. "Let's just say that the doctor's ideas on health and my donuts don't exactly agree with each other. Know what I mean?" He picked up Saddlesore's payment and dropped them into the till. "Enjoy yourself, ya hear?" he grinned at Saddlesore. Then he heard Misty practically yelling at Big Time to apologize. "No need to apologize. You expressed your opinion, and I'm open to criticism." he said, dropping Big Tme's money into the till.

(Gah, completely forgot about this ) At Big Time's comment about his donuts not being very filling, Joe raised his eyebrows. Then Saddlesore came over and ordered a donut and coffee, which Joe set to work on. "Not very often." Joe said to respond to Saddlesore's question. "Though there was this one pony, a pegasus No idea what happened to him, but he kept rambling about how he was a zebra. And here's your coffee and donut. You want this to take away?" he asked Saddlesore.

I can't really remember my first game. I think it may have been the original Super Mario bros on NES. It was either that, Megaman 2, or Tetris.

(Sunshine, I think you mean YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! ) "I've lived here all my life." Joe replied. Then Saddlesore came in and began insulting people, and his store to boot. "Excuse me, sir. Kindly keep your yap shut if you got nothing good to say." he said sternly. When Misty's magic broke, turning Saddlesore into a crab, a mule, and a donut, Joe was laughing his hooves off at Saddlesore. He laughed so hard, he almost spilled his own coffee over his apron. He saw Misty retreat into a corner, looking scared, and went over to console her, telling Saddlesore "You should go wash that off in the bathroom." He went over to Misty with her donut. "Here." he pushed the plate towards Misty, smiling.

"Green tea?" This was a rare turn of events. Nopony ever asked for green tea from Joe. "Well, I'll see if I have any." Joe said before diving under the counter and rummaging through a box that contained several specialist ingredients. "I think...I have some...here." Joe exclaimed as he pulled out a small packet labled "Green Tea". "This'll take a couple of minutes to prepare. So why don't you have a seat?" Joe set to work cooking up some green tea for this new, strange customer. "I'm honored that you think so highly of my shop." He told the shades-wearing pony. "You sound like a food critic, if you don't mind me saying. Are you some sort of actor?"

As Joe passed Babbles her coffee and donut, and sipped on his own coffee, he noticed Big Time entering the shop. "Welcome to Pony Joe's. We have the...you know what? Forget the intro. Nice shades." he remarked. Looks like a city pony. he thought as he took another sip of his coffee. "What can I get you?"

"One triple espresso soy latte, touch of mocha, no foam." Joe repeated back the order to memorize it. "And one glazed donut. Coming right up." Making the latte took a little longer than usual, as he had to look through a few cabinets to find the soy milk, and almost put foam on it by accident. Eventually, he passed Babbles a hot cup of latte and a donut. "That'll be, uh, 7 bits. Do you want it to take away?"

"Honestly, Misty, I only know rumors. What I hear in the store, see." Joe explained. As far as I know, Prince Blueblood hasn't found a mate yet. He's far too picky, in my opinion. As for the Princess sisters, I don't exactly spend my days at the castle, and I don't think they want to come down here and eat donuts, so I don't know what's going on with them, either." He sighed and made himself a coffee. "Basically, life goes on in Canterlot. The Princesses do...whatever it is they do, and I work here, just as I've done for...I forget how many years."

"Alright, enjoy yourself." Joe said cheerfully as he passed Blade her coffee. "You were doing night patrol? No wonder you're tired." He turned to the next customer. "I'm guessing you want a coffee of some description as well? You look exhausted. Maybe a donut to go with that?" he asked, geniuine concern in his voice.

"Alright, seat yourself down at the bar and enjoy yourself, Misty." Joe grinned at her. He then busied himself at the coffee machine again for the next customer. "Okay then, that's one large coffee for you. That'll be 2 bits. Do you want that to take away?" he asked the pegasus. "What's up? You look really tired."

"One pink donut and coffee comin' up. You want that to go?" Joe smiled and set to work on the coffee machine. "Yeah, I heard about that thing at the Gala. I was working here, though, so I don't know exactly what happened. Here you go. That's, uh, 6 bits." he added, handing a donut and a cup of coffee over the counter. "So...you're a mail pony now?"

Joe noticed his first customer of the day entering and saying that she knew him. Somehow, she was familiar. "Welcome to Pony Joe's. The heart of Canterlot...no, that still sounds cheesy." he greeted the customer. Only when he looked at her properly did he remember who she was. Well, well, Misty Magic. Long time." he smiled. "I haven't seen you in ages!" Joe proceeded to busy himself behind the counter. "What can I get ya?" he asked.

The sun rose over Canterlot, and made a lot of things look nice and pretty. Pony Joe, however, did not see these things. He was too busy fixing his apron and hat on for work. As he trudged downstairs he flicked on the lights in the store. Anypony outside would see the store spring into life as Joe turned the sign on the door to "Open", and headed back behind the counter, where he began to practise what he would say to customers as a greeting. "Welcome to Pony Joe's. We're absolutely awesome...No that doesn't sound right....Welcome to Pony Joe's. The finest donuts in Canterlot...maybe." Joe said to himself as he adjusted his hat and waited for any sign of customers to appear.

Erm, Kibble, AH DO BELIEVE that I was the hacker and Malkav was the interrogator. They're just mixed up on the front page.

I suppose you could, if it's alright, you know, with everyone. . . else. . . It...um...would be very nice...meep.

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"Hm? Oh,I'll have the Oat'n'Hay combo, please." Re-roll replied to the waiter. "And just a glass of water to drink as well." He turned to Frostbite. "Where DID you get that food from anyway?" he asked, confused.

"I don't know what to have. It all looks really tasty." Re-roll skimmed through the menu. "I think...I'll have...the Oat'n'hay combo." He smacked his lips at the thought of such a delicious hay sandwich.

Cupcakes FOREVER!

(Probably the best course)

"I have to admit, I'm pretty hungry right now." Re-roll said. "I'm not one to say no to a hay sandwich." He trotted up to Aurora. "So what do you say we show Frostbite around after lunch?"

(Sorry. I was asleep ) "Hm, what? Oh. Yeah, let's take a look." Re-roll smiled. "Sorry, I got a little bit distracted." He looked at the other two ponies. "I mean, this is just to help out Frostbite. I've already got a place, so...yeah."

"Well, I've never been in here before. It seems nice." Re-roll wandered around the store, looking at everything on display. "Strange. My own store's just down the road, but I've never noticed here before. It's quite nice. Tranquil." he said to Aurora.

I get it. That's a pretty good drawing you've got there.