Seventh attempt: request

[kind_to_all]

visual

[ 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. ]

Comments

[Action]

[sekai_level]

[Pierrot receives and returns the hug just as fiercely. He listens patiently as Fluttershy described her ailment, only speaking up when she's done.]

This... 'Flutterbat'. She is another side of you then, that acts like a... a vampire fruit bat, you said?

[It's a lot to take in, admittedly. But the clownpony schools his face to a neutral mask of concern, to show Fluttershy he is still paying attention.]

[Action]

[kind_to_all]

S-sort of. But... she is a vampire fruit bat.

[ One of her wings shudders. It looks a bit more leathery. ]

[Action]

[sekai_level]

[Of course the wing-shudder catches his eye - world-level eyesight, blah blah blah. But more importantly, Fluttershy can see as the pieces fall into place in Pierrot's mind, and the concern in his face becomes sharper and more clear.]

Fluttershy... Just, ah, what is a vampire fruit bad, exactly?

[Action]

[kind_to_all]

A, um... winged creature that sucks the juice out of fruit. [ She gets nervous at Pierrot's look, pawing at her hair and trying to will the changes not to occur. ] They r-really don't mean any harm...

[Action]

[sekai_level]

Oh. Oh I see, it's a fruit bat that vampirically drains fruit. That doesn't sound so bad.

[His expression softens but quite a bit, but the concern remains.] Forgive me for repeating myself, but if I understand correctly... You turn into Flutterbat, who is... a vampire fruit bat. [A brief pause.] ...A Fluttershy-sized vampire fruit bat?