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"speech"
(Maybe I could just stay in the wagon and chill out today. I have been walking this wagon non stop for the past week and one day off my hooves couldn't hurt-) knock knock knock! "And there it is, the very second I decide to relax somebody knocks on my door to completely destroy that idea" I drag my self out of my bed muttering curses the whole way to the door of my wagon. I swing the door open doing my best to give a friendly smile instead of an exhausted grimace "Hi how can i help you".
(Standing at my door is what appears to be a mare with a brilliant blue coat and a pale blue mane. Her cutie mark appears to be a wand with a blue spectral crescent...what the heck does that mean. Oh well maybe Ill find out and maybe I won't, might as well see what she wants). "The great and powerful Trixie requires your assistance" I feel my eyebrow tilt up (really, who talks in third person or uses a title that arrogant ") uh alright what do you need" The mare is looking at me with disdain (but it seems to be false bluster hiding uncertainty just like all the hustlers and card counters in the casinos used to hide fear) "The great and powerful Trixie's wagon was destroyed in the last town she was in and she requires a new one" (that explains why she is walking down this path considering the fact the nearest town is Ponyville and that's several miles in the OTHER direction. I have the ability to make a wagon for sure but the materials are another story. I can probably get the lumber in Ponyville so I guess Ill offer to let her come with me till we get there and Ill make her wagon when we get there. How much should I charge...ah might as well let this one be free in exchange for some much needed advertisement, considering I know she has no bits.)
"Sure I can make you a wagon but you'll have to wait till we get to Ponyville so I can get the wood Ill need. In exchange just tell anybody who asks that I made the wagon and they can find me in Ponyville" I don't know why but she keeps flinching when I say Ponyville (that's probably the town her wagon was destroyed in, might be wanted there, I guess if it comes to that I can let her hide in my wagon until I am finished with her wagon
"Trixie...Trixie finds this acceptable. Trixie must ride with you however" I roll my eyes and reply with a simple "no ya think, I was gonna make you walk all the way there. You can ride in the wagon while I pull, we should arrive by evening and I can start on the wagon in the morning" She doesn't seem happy with my sarcasm but she also seems to be lightening up as I tell my plan. Her smile turns smug "Fine but Trixie calls the bed" (my turn for some fun) "fine but Im not sleeping on the ground so expect some company later" she is blushing so hard right now. (Ok I've had my fun) "I'm just kidding with you I'm just fine on the ground I've slept on worse"
Time skip 7 hours
(I have been walking for seven hours...seven...FUCKING...hours. This forest never ends, it just goes on and on. That knock was actually a bandit and I was killed...this must be purgatory, I have been cursed to wander this forest for all eternity with her, exhausted, dragging this damn wagon. I shall collapse in exhaustion but receive no rest and have to drag myself out of the dirt and continue on this path into nowhere. It is hopeless I can't do thi- )"Oh thank Celestia there's Ponyville I made it...Oh hell thank Luna I made it" I collapse in the middle of the path, much to the chagrin of my traveling companion who has her head out my wagon's window and has been talking AT me for the last two hours. But I earned this rest damn it and I am going to enjoy it "Trixie demands to know why we have stopped this close to Ponyville, And when you planned to get off your lazy rear end and get us the rest of the way" I did not just here that, I know I did not here that. I grumble to myself as I push myself to my hooves grateful my orange coat hides the dust on me from view of the town ponies I am about to make my first impression on. My companion quickly hides herself as we pass by what appears to be the wreckage of a wagon. (This must be hers I need to get closer and examine the wreckage to see if I can piece together what it looked like before this happened) I trot towards the wreckage and stare at it for a couple of minutes (I can see the frame as it would be normally. The coverings are even easier now that I can picture the frame. The paint job is foals play. I don't need to make a whole new wagon...this one can be salvaged.)
I dash back to my wagon nearly knocking the door off its hinges and giving the "great and terrified Trixie" a heart attack. "What are you doing you doing you mad pony, trying to scare Trixie?" I look at her grinning like a maniac before answering " no I am just really excited, you're wagon isn't a total loss I can salvage all of its lumber and rebuild it from the wreckage before the morning even comes, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes." Trixie's face takes on an expression of pure gratitude that melts my heart for a second...then it goes haughty and arrogant again "Trixie is pleased by this turn of events, but before you do that Trixie requires one more thing from you" I glance at Trixie as I slide on my tool vest and pick up my beloved hammer "oh...what else do you need Trixie" she gives me a genuine smile "your name, you never told Trixie" (oh I am a dick) "I apologize it must have slipped my mind, I'm Nail Bender but my friends call me Nails".
I grab two nails identical to the ones on my cutie mark with my mouth before slipping them with the rest in my vest. I adjust my beloved hammer which is designed with a claw like the one with the nails on my cutie mark, ready to pull or drive the nails as needed. I rush back out of the wagon towards the scrap pile/treasure trove and start to work. (Ok first I need to strip the wood of any old nails if I plan to reuse it) my body is moving on auto pilot doing that which is engraved into my very soul (OK the deconstruction is done now, to set up the frame of the wagon) a nail here, a screw there, this will not break easily (OK not much work is needed for the axels and the wheels just get them under the frame and secure them better then they were) this is as easy as always. I quickly secure the wheels in place before moving on (next the walls, this will be almost as simple as the frame but a bit more time consuming )The walls are going up easily, giving no trouble whatsoever last but not least the roof, this will be difficult because it appears the roof took the most damage it seems that I was wrong, this is fairly easy. I finish and step back to admire my work this is good work now Ill just move all the extra furniture and crap into the wagon as I finish resetting her wagon Trixie comes out giving the wagon a loving gaze before looking my way " thank you Nail Bender I don't know what I would have done without your help" I look at her with a content smile "It's nothing Trixie just come visit every now and then, and I told you my friends call me Nails" Trixie's eyes start to water as she replies "thank you Nails, and Trixie will try to visit when she comes way" she starts to pull the wagon out of town as I walk back to my wagon. I run a comb through my brown, medium length mane. Before collapsing into my bed
