1/3 >Work for a fluffy pony breeder. >Hey, it's a living. >Your Boss isn't just an ordinary mass-fluffy breeder. >He takes special orders for specific color/type combinations. >You want a BlossomForth colored fluffy? >He can get it for you. >How about a Luna fluffy? >Yeah; he can get one. >A Fluffyshy? >Just kidding...nobody wants a Fluffyshy. >You have a breeding pool of 40 mares. >200 more available from other owners. >No stallions on premises, you have a network of studs for that. >The boss has a phone book with over 500 studs in it. >Documented lineage on every one. >Using his patented system, the Boss has a 75% success rate at getting you the foal you want.   >Ordinary day at work. >One of your mares is pretty close to delivering. >B6M21-4...you call her Holly. >Names make the breeding mares feel special. >Holly is in labor. >She's panting...experiencing painful contractions. >"Whaaa! Fwuffy huwt! Pwease hewp fwuffy!" >Yeah, that's your job. >You keep her comfortable & calm. "Push, Holly, your baby will be here soon." >"Fwuffy wuv babee...owwwwiiiieeeee!" >Yeah, foaling is always horribly painful for fluffy ponies. >Holly seems comforted by your presence. >"Wuv Mista...Mista hewp fwuffy...fwuffy happy." >Oh good...the night shift girl is here. >Do a quick turn-over. >Grab your coat, head for home. >"Nuuu! Whewe Mista go? Pwease nu weave fwuffy!" >Holly is scared, in pain, and wants you to stay with her. >You can hear her crying for you as you go home for the night.   2/3 >Roll into work next morning. >The boss is already in. "How did Holly do last night, Boss? Did you get the foal you need?" >The Boss shakes his head. >"She's still in labor." "Holy shit, I left 12 hours ago, she's been in labor that long?" >Boss nods. >"Yeah. it looks bad." >Go to the back room. >Katie the night shift girl looks exhausted. >She's got Holly in the birthing pen. >Fluffy is nearly unconscious...panting & crying. >"Fwuffy huuuuuuuwwwt! Hewp pwease!" >The foal's head is poking out, buts she can't push the rest out. >Katie rolls her eyes. "It's been like this all night." >The Boss scowls. >"B6M21-4 can't keep this up.  We'll lose mother & foal." >Fluffy has another painful contraction...she barely has the strength to squeal. >"Okay, we gotta make a decision." "Do you have a buyer for the foal?" >Boss nods. >"Yeah...and it's exactly what he wants. Purple unicorn with rainbow mane." >Katie is already laying out the surgical tools. >"So which is it gonna be?" >"Save the foal or save the mare?" >"We can't save both." >The Boss ponders.           3a/3 ENDING #1 >"This client is an important one" says the Boss. >"We deliver his foal." >okay.jpg >Look at Katie the Night Shift girl. "You wanna do this or me? >"I'm really tired" admits Katie, "Can you do it?" >Fair is fair...she's been on shift all night. >Katie holds the fluffy mare down. >"What do? Hewp fwuffy? Babee come?" "Yeah Holly, we're gonna help your baby come out." >Fluffy voice is weak. >"Yay, fwuffy wuv babee..." >Push posterior fluff aside. >Grab a scalpel. >Careful not to injure the foal. >Slice fluffy mare's vag open. >"WHHHAAAAA! Owwwwiiieee! Fwuffy huwt! Owwwiiiee!" >Holly thrashes and kicks her stubby legs. >Katie the Night Shift girl struggles to hold her still. >Blood. Everywhere. >Slit fluffy open, crotch to belly. >Pull the foal out...it's alive. >The boss puts it in an incubator for now...attached to a milk nipple. >He'll place it with a foster mare later. >It's easy to get a foster to accept a foal. >Just tell her, "If this foal dies, I burn your own baby." >Always follow through...threats are meaningless without action. >Holly lies panting...dying of blood loss. >"Pwease...g-gif bebeee...wan gif h-hug-g-gies" >She has to know she's dying. >All she wants to do is hug her baby before she dies. >Stupid goddamn fluffy. >As if you'd let her get blood stains on valuable merchandise.   3b/3 ENDING #2 >"B6M21-4 is a valuable breeding mare" says the Boss. >"We can try again for this client." >okay.jpg >Look at Katie the Night Shift girl. "You wanna do this or me? >"I'm really tired" admits Katie, "Can you do it?" >Fair is fair...she's been on shift all night. >Katie holds the fluffy mare down. >"What do? Hewp fwuffy? Babee come?" "Yeah Holly, we're gonna help your baby come out." >Fluffy voice is weak. >"Yay, fwuffy wuv babee..." >Push posterior fluff aside. >Grab a scalpel. >Careful not to injure Holly. >Cut into foal's neck. >It can feel pain...it thrashes to escape. >Holly knows something is wrong. >"Whaa? Why babee scawed? Babee come out?"       >Katie the Night Shift girl struggles to hold her still. >Blood. Everywhere. >Don't cut the foal's head off completely. >Shove a hook down its windpipe. >Yank foal carcass out with hook. >Slimy with amniotic fluid & blood. >"Whewe babee? Babee am good?" implores Holly, frantically. >Toss the foal out in the bio-waste trash. >Holly is now bawling. "Pwease gif babee! Whewe fwuffy babee?" >The Boss asks "How's her vag look?" >Force your finger up here, feel around. >Fluffy pony screams in pain. "Feels alright...some tearing but it'll heal." >Boss nods. >"Okay, give her three days rest and breed her again.  I'll call the buyer and tell him the bad news." >Put Holly back in her cage. >She's still crying. >"Whewe fwuffy babbe? Fwuffy wuv babee! Why nu can haf babee?" >Hmmm...wonder if there's any coffee made.