First Keg: Where did you come from, where do you go?

[mistweaver]

Well, to judge, she came from the sky, and now, Jou Shan Aleflower is up in a tree, more than a few dozen feet off the ground. Sadly, this was not how she'd expected to arrive anywhere. Much less...where she was now. It didn't look like anywhere she'd been in Azeroth...

"Come on, Jou. You climbed higher trees as a cub...then again, I had paws," she groused, taking a look at the hooves that now ended her feet. "Not a zhevra's hooves!"

Still, grousing was not about to get her down, and her dangling was drawing something of a crowd.

"Put your belly in it, girl!" she encouraged herself, before with some straining and grunting, Jou Shan got herself up and balanced on the branch she had landed on.

Now, to try to get down...preferably in one piece!

Comments

[pirateponyprincess]

Ah, so she is new here. That would explain a lot of things.

"It is a mystery we are trying to figure out, but you aren't alone. Everyone that shows up here from other worlds are turned into ponies or animals of some sort. As for climbing, I'm sure some shops around here sell clawed horseshoes for that purpose. Perhaps you may look into those. In the meantime, however, would you like help getting down?"

[mistweaver]

"Well...while I can get down by myself, I am sure, it might be slightly less dangerous for others if I accept your help!" Jou said, after a moment's thought.

"After all, I do not want to hurt anyone in my attempts to get down. And I will have to look into clawed horseshoes, because that is a great idea!"

[pirateponyprincess]

"Good. It shall be but a moment, then."

And with that, the branch underneath the zebra violently snaps, leaving gravity to its work for a second or so before Celestia catches her with magic. Completely unnecessary, but it was entertaining.

[mistweaver]

It certainly earned a squawk from the unsuspecting Jou. She flailed for a moment, and balled herself up, before realizing that she wasn't about to take a nice bounce off the ground, and looked up, blinking and startled.

"Um. Thank you!"

[pirateponyprincess]

Celestia chuckles a bit, starting to lower her down at a less lethal rate.

"My apologies. I couldn't resist." Not that she tried very hard.

[mistweaver]

"Eh, no harm done. So it is all right. Thank you for the lift!"

And the zebra bowed respectfully.

"I do appreciate the help, even if it gave me a little excitement."

[pirateponyprincess]

"You're quite welcome."

Celestia lands shortly after putting the zebra down, tipping her hat in return.

"I suppose I should welcome you to Ponyville. You may be staying here a while."

[mistweaver]

"Oh, it would not be the first time I ended up someplace strange, and stayed there a while," Jou chuckled. "Only the first time where I have had a form change as part of the bargain!"

She looked around, now that she had her footing. "Still, this is probably one of the nicer places I've been stuck."

[pirateponyprincess]

"We have been having some problems here as of late, but yes, Equestria is quite a nice place to be. I am a bit biased, of course, having used to rule these lands." That was probably not something to drop so casually, but Celestia doesn't very much care at this point.