Another day another bit! Flim

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Flannel sheets had to be the most comfortable sheets to ever sleep in and her bed was large enough to fit four ponies at the size it was. Currently it only held one, Fleur. She had wanted to get a full rested sleep last night, so the guest bedroom had been her place of choice, minus that fact that she had come home late. Oh well another day another bit, right? Pulling her eye mask from her face, she slowly got out of her bed and put on her silk long robe.

If there was anything to label Fleur as, a princess would be on the top of the list. Although she was running a tad bit late this morning, something that was very much not like her. Dashing from one end of her home to another, she got ready for her day and was out the door before you knew it. Since she was also no Pegasus, she couldn’t just lift up some wings and zoom off to her destination and she was not about to go galloping there either. A lady never did such thing, late or not.

Trotting down the road she held her head high and her tail just a tad bit up in the air, letting the wind blow in her soft locks she made her way to work. Thankfully it was nothing too far away for her, she liked everything close, and it made things easier for the mare.

Pushing open the large glass door, she was created by a young pony, purple and pink in coloring. The young mare helped her with all of her scheduling for shows or shoots, whatever Fleur needed to be planned. On today’s list you ask? Approving dressed for her new line of clothing, yet still unnamed. Everything would come together though, Fleur just knew it. Her morning shake brought to her as usually, using a bit of her own magic she sipped the drink and listened to the young mare’s list of to do for her day.

It seemed more like a drag now than every today though. She didn’t feel like running through the list, checking it twice, making sure everything was did. ”I’m going shopping” with that statement, she was up and on her way outside of the building. No pony could stop her so they didn’t put the effort in to try. She trotted out the building and within twenty minutes, she had more than enough bags to make three outfits. Some materials, others clothes for herself, little gifts for Fancy. Only sopping for a moment she admired a cupcake in the window, how long had it been since she ate one. She wasn’t going to lie, last week…but still.

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”Dear Mr. FlimFlam. We are sorry to inform you that….beh, garbage,” Flim said as he balled up the note in hooves before shooting it into a nearby trash barrel.

It was yet another rejection letter from potential investors. That was what, the sixth or seventh one? And here he had thought that Canterlot was the money pit of all of Equestria. All these rich families and unicorns and not one of them could spare a bit for a pair of hard working stallions from Dodge City?

The Apple Family had to be behind it somehow. Ever since their encounter with the Apples, they had been having the hardest time selling anything to anypony. They had been able to get only the slightest bit of apples at best, and at worst they were completely run out of town. Apparently the news of their dealings with those Apple farmers had spread rather quickly. How could they have known that the Apple Family had such a large network of, well, families?

Oh sure, him and his dear brother had tried to expand the business a little bit, but that could only work for so long. Profits were dwindling, capital running out, and those other products just weren’t doing all that well. If him and his brother were going to survive, they were going to need some support from a wealthy investor to prop them back up. The Flim Flam Brothers Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 wasn’t done for yet! All they had to do was find just the right opportunity, but exactly where were they going to do so?

As he leaned against a lamppost in thought, Flim caught notice of a mare staring longing into a window of a bakery. Normally he wouldn’t have paid her much attention, but there were two things drawing his eye to her. One, she had the look of a fashion model; that enough was probably worthy of attention. But the second thing that was coming to mind was recognition of the mare.

”No, it couldn’t be?” he asked himself as he straightened himself up. Stretching his neck out and trying to get a better look, his eyes burst wide with wonder before shifting into a sharper, more devious look with a matching grin.

That mare was none other than Fleur De Lis. She was a designer and a rather wealthy mare in her own right, but she was also married to none other than Mr. Fancy Pants himself. Together, they were probably among the richest ponies in all of Equestria. Maybe it was time for Flim FlimFlam do approach investors the way he did best; with a silvery tongue in face to face communication.

But first, he needed an excuse to talk to her; he knew enough about these types to know they didn’t like random inventors just spouting off things to them. He had to get the hoof in the door, so to speak. With all the stuff she was carrying, and her attention glued to a cupcake, it wouldn’t be all that hard. If there was one thing his magic could do, it was precise and detailed manipulation; that was needed to make the machines work after all.

”Alright then, a little bing bang zam and we’re in business,” he mumbled to himself as his horn glowed a slight green. With Fleur distracted, he simply began to lift an object out of her back; whatever it was didn’t matter. Slowly but surely he got it out just enough until it was safe to let go and fall out of the bag. Like any good citizen, he rushed right over to pick up.

”Sorry to bother you my good lady, but it seems something fell out of your bag,” he said, taking off his straw hat in politeness while lifting whatever random object he had pulled out of the bag with his magic.

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