1 Bee [visual]

[honeycombing]

[Well. This is...fun. Sort of. Maybe. Not.

Honeycomb is admittedly frowny-faced, though maybe not for the obvious reasons. In fact, the minute she opens her mouth-]

Um, so I have a question. Um...apparently I'm not in Equestria but I am? And, uh...

[Hoof shuffle. And her wings flap--wait, are her wings actually buzzing?...They actually buzzing!]

Do you guys...know where I can find Langstride frames? Or, um, supplies where I can make them? Because I don't wanna miss out on the first nectar flow of the year...I was totally all ready back home, too...

[So either this girl is really oblivious, or really used to just waking up in random places. Or too concerned with her beekeeping to care.




Yeah, its the bees she's concerned about. Seriously, her wings even buzz like a bee's!]

Comments

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

If all you wish is to work with bees
You'll find you'll adapt to here with ease.
What supplies do you require
To make hives that will inspire?

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[honeycombing]

Weeeeell...I need some wood, preferably pine, some wire mesh...it has to be a certain hole width...

...

Wait, you're rhyming. Should I rhyme my response? Is this like talking to a sphinx?

Uh...

I need some pine
And mesh and...

it'll all be....fine?

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[zebrarhyme_everytime]

I see you haven't met a zebra before.
You need not copy! You may ignore.
As for pine, we have a woods
Where you might find such goods.
But take heed of the dangers within
Your misery will prompt no grin.

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[honeycombing]

Oh! Ok! So I don't have to rhyme.

...What dangers?

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Everfree is wild, untamed, and fierce
Its creatures have teeth and stings to pierce.
Even its planets have their own tricks
Some even play jokes for kicks.

[honeycombing]

Oh, they like playing pranks? That doesn't sound so bad!

[Uh, Honey, what about the teeth and stings?]

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[stormbroken]

Yeah, it's still Equestria, kid. Same deal with the princesses and the ponies and all that. Discord's free, so there's that, but past that it's pretty much the same as any other Equestria.

[It's then that the buzzing catches Flare's attention.]

You, uh. Might wanna lay off the sugar, though.

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[honeycombing]

Oh! Well, that is a relief. So everything is perfectly fine then!

[Bzzz]

Oh, I don't eat sugar! I eat a lot of honey, though! But that's because of what I do for a living.

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[stormbroken]

...Well, in your case there's no issues. [Seriously, the last thing she needs is somepony like this panicking.]

......you might want to cut back regardless. You're, uh.

Vibrating.

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[honeycombing]

Oh. Uh, that's normal for me. Just been around bees so long I...kind of...yeah.

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[stormbroken]

...riiiight.

Well, if you need beekeeping stuff taken care of, there's bound to be a place in Ponyville. I'd look in the outskirts, closer to where all the tea and candy shops are. Don't wanna stray too far from your biggest clients, after all.

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[honeycombing]

Ah! That works! Thank you so much, mister!

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[surpriserainbows]

Really?

That's what you care about right now?

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[honeycombing]

Why wouldn't I care? Its what my cutie marks says I'm supposed to do. And I can see that it is nectar flow time and I have no hives ready!

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[surpriserainbows]

Well, to begin with, you've been kidnapped.

I think that's worth worrying about more.

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[honeycombing]

...I have?

[Cue...surprise?]

But...I don't feel kidnapped...

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[surpriserainbows]

So the fact that you're in an Equestria that isn't your own and you're surrounded by ponies you've never met before isn't enough to tell you something's wrong?

[queentakesknight]

(Well...Chrysalis has never met a pony whose wings flapped like that. That and minimal attention is given to being in a different Equestria. Interesting...

She decides not to question it for now and instead, keeps up the disguise.)

I'm not entirely sure. This isn't my Equestria either, so there's not much I can tell you.

How many Equestrias are out there, anyway?

[honeycombing]

...I have no idea!

[And she seems not to care either!]

[queentakesknight]

(Well that didn't get very far. Oh well.)

Probably too many to count. What I want to know is why this Equestria is taking ponies from other Equestrias...and apparently others from other places.

[honeycombing]

Probably! But I'm not worried about that.

[...Nope.]

[queentakesknight]

So you're the here and now type of pony...I hope your reflexes can match that.

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[skypiratejohnny]

Hm. From my understanding, this is Equestria.

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[honeycombing]

I know! Pretty surreal, huh!?

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[skypiratejohnny]

[He chuckled.]

I would have to say so.