mylittlejamjar | Seventh attempt: request

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[ Harvest season's coming along, and apples are being bucked down at a healthy rate. The amount of ripe apples on the trees has caused Flutterbat to surface more frequently; perhaps, late at night in the orchard, you've witnessed a shadow flitting around the trees? But now that only a few of them are left, the batpony has grown hungrier. Fluttershy has to take care of her.

When Fluttershy opens up her scroll (at the entrance to the Everfree Forest), she's out of breath, and the fangs are receding into her gums. Flutterbat is particularly grumpy today, and Shy's having some difficulty keeping her under wraps long enough to make a message for the Apple family.

Well, she intended it to be just for the Apple family, anyway. ]

A-A-Applejack? It's, um... well, it's me. And... and I know Fl-Flutterbat's caused a little bit of... of trouble this season, but... well, she's running low on apples, and I know it's a lot to ask, but I was wondering if we could, um... just- set aside a tiny bit of the harvest for her, so she has something to munch on through the colder months? She's been a little, um... upset, lately, and... I-I know it is your harvest, so you don't have to, but... if there's any way to-

[ She's been nervously rubbing at her ear as it shrinks back to normal, only now she freezes, a look of panic in her eyes. ] Did I...

[ Examining the scroll, she realizes her mistake. The message is broadcasting to everyone. Everyone. All she can do is stare at the scroll in horror for several seconds, before snapping it shut. ]

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B-but that's the problem... sh-she's getting hungrier... she just feels like she needs more...

[ For once, when dealing with an animal, Shy's at a loss. ]

But...even she will have to see that there isn't as much anymore...There's a chance she could try gathering before winter, but...I don't know how much time and resources are left...

What if she ... goes after the barn?...

Mm...maybe the Apples could build better protection around the barn...If she sees the trouble it would take to get those apples, she might opt for something else...

[Because if she's like most animals, then she'd also want to conserve energy unless she really needed it.]

[ Fluttershy thinks for a little bit. It is a little extra trouble for everyone involved. But maybe if she helped... ]

... I'll talk to the Apples. ... Thank you. [ She's not sure what else to say, but hopefully her double has some idea of the panic she brought her down from. ]

[A little trouble to prevent even bigger trouble is probably all right.]

You're welcome...if there's anything I can help with, please let me know...

[She has a fair idea. If the roles were switched, then she would probably be panicking just as much.]

I will...

[ She makes a plan to make Fluttershy some tea later. Or possibly a salad in thanks. Soon as she figures out this apple thing. ]

Seventh attempt: request

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