>Flapping around your head, she continues to bug you. >“Come oooon! It's taken more time to argue about it than it would have to actually walk there!” >Ha. “No way I'm moving from here. I'm too comfortable to go get mangoes with you.” >This chair is the best thing ever. >Some guy with a funny hat sold you it. >He seemed a little off, but of course if he had a funny hat then he couldn't be anything but honest. >The damn thing has to be magical. No earthly thing could be this comfy. >Her mane droops over her eyes. >“You have to take meeeeee!” “Why do I /have/ to?” >She frowns at you, and you know full well why. >“You're the one with all the bits! I have nothing in my change jar!” >You chuckle away to yourself. >Gloom Wing doesn't seem to understand why. >“What's so funny, buster?” >She finally stops spinning around your head and lands in front of you. “You wanna know why your change jar is always empty?” >Her head boops up and down. “Because you're always spendin' it on goddamn mangoes.” >Her mouth agape, she finally comes to the realisation. >“Anon...” >You flash her a toothy grin. “Yes?” >“Do I... do I have a problem?” >Oboi, here we go. “Well, I dunno about all that...” >She gets on her knees. >“Anon, pleeease don't send me to MM!” “What the hell's MM?” >“Mango Malcontents! It's where mango addicts like that silly Echo go to get cured!” >Oh Jesus, these bats even have their own AA group. >You're not sure if that's funny or sad. “Oh, well, Gloomie... I just don't know. I mean, here you come, asking me for bits for more mangoes.” >Her eyes start to glisten with liquid. “Sounds like the behaviour of an addict to me, don't you think?” >She begins to wail very loudly. >“ANOOON! PLEAAASE! I'M BEGGING YOU HERE! Don't send me to that dreadful place!” >Inside you're howling with laughter. >Outside, you look as stone-cold as... well, stone. “I'm sorry Gloom Wing, but unless you can prove to me that you're not addicted to mangoes, then I'll have no choice but to-” >She storms through to the kitchen and back again, with the fruit bowl in her hooves. >The last mango is there, awaiting the gaping maw of a certain bat. >“L-look! I'll destroy the last mango! And I'll stop bugging you about going to the fruit stand! I swear!” >She smiles maniacally and begins to smash the mango with her hoof into a mushy pulp. >Tears still stream down her face. >“And now, for my last act, I'll go up to my room and think about what I've done! Bye forever!” >She zips up the stairs faster than a Kenyan running the 100 metres. >From her room, you can hear the squeaks of the floorboard as she – most likely – rocks back and forth. >Little does she know that you're about to make a small journey, one that would've taken less time than arguing about it. >“So that'll be ten bits. Are you sure you don't need to go to MM?” >The clerk is damn sure you're addicted to them. “For the last time, they're not for me!” >“Tch, that's what they all say. Well, good luck with your crippling addiction sir.” >Stupid store clerk... >Silently, you creep back inside your home. >The fruit stand is no more than 20 feet from it. >...Damn, you really are lazy. >Up the stairs, you bring your tray of mangoes and knock on your friend's door. >“Don't look at me! I'm a hideous Mango Malcontent!” >You chuckle and twist the doorknob. “I was just kidding about all that Gloom Wing. Look, I went to the stand and got-” >She's... >She's bathing in mangoes. “Uh, where did you say that group was?”