>Another day in Equestria. >But like all the previous ones, it's likely to be awful. >Completely and utterly empty of anything. >Due to lacking a cutie-mark, you can't get work. >Even worse that your unemployment (although the Diarchy does give you a minor stipend) is your 'enemy'. >Fluttershy. >God knows, she isn't really an enemy. More a pest than anything. >Her constant attempts to find your fetish had been, initially, adorable. >Indeed, they would have stayed that way, as long as she avoided going to the more... extreme ones. "Just what do you want today, Flutters?" >Knowing her plan, you don't both getting ready beforehand anymore. She won't leave until she has her guess. >Leaning against the door-frame, you wait for her to respond. >Mutely, she stares back. >Not saying a word. Not moving at all. "Oh, for Celestia'a sake! Stillness is not my fetish!" >Poking her nose, then giving her mane a little ruffle, you see if she reacts. >Quietly, she topples over, seemingly boneless. >Right then. You just killed Fluttershy. >Slamming the door in her now-dead face, you run upstairs, to grab your bags. You've always heard nice things about Minotauria. >TAPTAPTAP on the window. >Ugly thoughts flash through your head. >Violent crime wasn't something you ever intended, but you're committed now. >What's another witness? >eXcitement drains from you. Fluttershy was one thing, but another pony? That's be awful. >You pull the curtains open, trying to spot your witness. She's yellow. And, apparently, not dead. >"Zany though it may be, Anon, is [spoiler]the alphabet[/spoiler] your fetish?