mylittlejamjar | 6th Sign: For science! Or magic. Magic science. [Visual]

I understand many of you may be busy at the moment, so I will attempt to keep this brief. For those of you who don't know, I work with the Equestrian Magic Foundation in studying the ongoing phenomenon of outsiders being drawn into this universe and the accompanying polymorph into various local fauna. My grant with the foundation this year has increased substantially, but it comes with a few more expectations, the scope of which will be challenging to handle myself.

Thus, I am in the position to hire one or two assistants so that I may focus on the research itself. Duties will include regular travels to the Canterlot library, material acquisition, setting and cleaning up experiments, handling of potentially dangerous magical materials, scribe work, and miscellaneous errands. I do not require you to have previous experience in magical research, and I will set aside time to train you. The work isn't terribly difficult, and as long as you follow proper procedure, I can ensure no harm will come to you. If you are interested, contact me here on the scrolls or stop by the Ponyville library.

That will be all for now. Thank you.

[So much for 'brief'.]

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Madame Knowledge, I am glad to see you are doing well!

...Ah. I thought you disappeared.

[Warm welcomes all abound.]

You are correct!

[A world-level clown does not let a lukewarm audience slow down his performance, Patchouli.]

Or rather, I should say "you appear to be correct" as I am only recently finding out how much time has passed since I was returned to my own world. For instance, I do not recall Madame having contacts in the EMF!

I have had them established since a month or so after my arrival. I suppose it was simply not common knowledge. Regardless, they have been quite beneficial to my studies.

Merveilleux! In that case, I would like to offer my assistance! I'd offer you my resume, but a good deal of my references are in another world, in a timeline that no longer exists except in my memories!

I would still accept a resume like that; many of us here are in a similar situation. Regardless, I would be willing to hire you based on what I have seen of your performance in the past.

I am curious, however. What did you do in your home world?

[Pierrot pauses for a moment. On the one hand, that is the perfect set up line for a joke. He can already hear the deadpan snark, or the deadpan snarker's equivalent to a facehoof.]

[On the other hand, he is talking to Madame Patchoulli. Also this might-slash-very-likely count as a job interview? Grumble.]

.....I was a clown!

[You can practically hear him bite down on a joke.]

...Or rather, this was the role I played during my performances, but behind the curtains I was the Ringmaster, the leader of our circus troupe. It was frequently my task to book shows and negotiate use of land for our tents, as well as performing as master of ceremonies in and out of shows.

[It's about as close to a job interview as Patchy gets.]

I see. You know how to be responsible, so that is enough for me. The work I will be having you do won't be terribly difficult, so long as you have some sense of time management. I see no reason to not allow you to work.

I will have paperwork for you to fill out tomorrow morning to make the position official. Stop by then to get it and to introduce yourself to your partner, Jaune. I will have to train you both in lab safety before I can give you any heavy work.

Rodgerigible. Have no fear, Madame Patchouli: as they say, "a clown who is late for his cues is a clown who can't pay his dues!"

[How quaint, Pierrot.]

Tomorrow morning, certainly. At the Golden Oaks library, of course. [Pause.] Who is this Jaune fellow?

Jaune Arc. He is the other one I hired for this position. He is young, but follows direction well and seems to have some semblance of common sense.

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[Visual] --- TORN BETWEEN BEING INFORMATIVE AND BEING AN IDIOT, A CLOWN'S STORY

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