Make Each Meal a Special Treat

[Lucky]

"Aw man!" Lucky moaned, following Cadpig's statement that there were no Kanine Krunchies. "What are we SUPPOSED to eat?!" It slipped Lucky's mind at that moment that he'd been surviving quite well off the food before he learned officially there was no Kanine Krunchies. He was in full swing now. "We should start a petition! Form a protest! This is an outrage! I mean, how could they NOT have Kanine Krunchies?! I mean it's just plain unlawful! Thunderbolt would NEVER allow it! Not when he endorses it!" Lucky stamped a foot on the ground as if to emphasize this point.

"Maybe if we wrote a letter to Thunderbolt, he could storm the school and DEMAND we receive Kanine Krunchies for every meal!"It made perfect sense to Lucky. After all, Thunderbolt was an action hero, and busting into this stupid school wouldn't be a bit of a problem for him.

[Fluttershy]

"You're very welcome, little one," Fluttershy smiled from ear to ear as Skippy thanked her. Collecting up what he had wanted, the pegasus placed each item on her tray, along with a bowl of water for Cadpig and a carton of apple juice for herself. Balancing the tray on her hooves, she fluttered back from the counter and turned to smile at Cadpig; who she observed was following her advice regarding the tie.

"Shall we find somewhere to sit together? I'd love to learn more about both of you. I've hardly ever known talking animals before, there must be so much you can tell me. I've always wondered what it must be like to see the world from an animal's perspective, and now..."

While in her element, it was abundantly clear that Fluttershy was nowhere near as shy as she was normally; however she did trail off as a loud voice cut in over her words, preceeding the arrival of another spotted dog who, after a brief conversation with Cadpig, proceeded to vocally bemoan the lack of what she assumed had to be some kind of dog kibble. Still being careful with her tray, Fluttershy cautiously flapped a little closer to the male.

"Oh, well, there isn't any dog food, but there are plenty of other things to eat. I- I could pass something down for you?" Fankly, Fluttershy wasn't sure what to make of the newcomer. He was an animal, and she loved all animals, but his attitude was making her just a little nervous. It reminded her of Angel when he was in a picky mood, and she really, really didn't want a repeat of the fiasco that had followed that last time. Hopefully the male dalmatian, who appeared to know Cadpig, would accept something else. She had thought dogs were usually happy to have a change from dog kibble; though in this case, that didn't seem to be true.

"There's lots of lovely food up here... plenty of meat, if you want it. Are you sure there's nothing you'll eat besides Kanine Krunchies?"

[Cadpig]

"Or we could just ask," Cadpig said, shrugging her shoulders after a moment. She didn't have any objections to the human food, but still... A bowl of the Krunchies would have been nice every once in a while. She'd adjusted to the new food soon enough in spite of this. Cadpig was about to say more when she heard Fluttershy speaking up in response to what Lucky had said. Oh boy... It seemed that her brother had succeeded in making Fluttershy a bit uncomfortable with his boisterous ways. Not that she could blame her new pegasus friend; Lucky was rather loud and brash compared to some of their other siblings. That didn't mean that Cadpig hated him or anything, though. She was perfectly okay with it... Even if it did mean she had to go off on her own sometimes to find peace. That much wasn't easy to do with so many siblings, so Cadpig was grateful to know that only a handful of their siblings had arrived at the school so far.

"The food here's good, so I can survive without having the usual stuff we'd get back home. It's nice for a change of pace, I must admit," Cadpig said. Might as well introduce her brother to Fluttershy and Skippy while she was thinking about it. After all, if he was going to join them then they might as well know who in the world he was.

"This is my brother Lucky. Lucky, this is Skippy and... I don't recall you saying your name, miss," Cadpig said once she'd realized that she still didn't know Fluttershy's name. That was a problem that was easy to remedy, of course, but still. They couldn't go around without knowing each other's names forever now, could they? Of course not. That would be just plain silly.

[Skippy Squirrel]

(This reminds me of something, wasn't there an episode when Nanny runs out of Kanine Krunchies, and it was to expensive or something , and she decided to buy this Generic dog kibble named "Any mutt" or something like that instead. So the 4 decided to stow away with Nanny making sure she got the Kanine Krunchies instead of this other kibble. But, by the end of the episode they liked this generic brand just as much/if not more than Kanine Krunchies. I remember watching an episode about that a few times or something along those lines).


Skippy smiled as Fluttershy thanked him. "Thunderbolt? Who is Thunderbolt"? Skippy asked. By the way Lucky was describing him, he sounded like someone important...and someone as important as Lucky was describing, must have had other more important stuff to do than storm a school, just because of not being able to serve a brand of dog kibble. "Maybe we can help you, talk to the chef about broadening the menu and helping you get these "Canine Krunchies" on the menu. Or, you could try some of the other stuff. The stuff here is quite tasty. You might find something you can like just as much" Skippy said, wondering what the chef would say.

[Louis]

Louis moved between the students, tugging and smoothing his nervous tie. His ears lifted as he looked up at the foot, unknowingly encountering the same issue as Cadpig. He let out a groan. No ground to dig up so he was sort of screwed. Seeing a large plate of fruit made him even hungrier as he clutched his stomach, head dipping as he looked up at the colorful food. He gave a groan.

It never occurred to him to ask for help.

He played with the tie a little bit more before doing a few pathetic leaps from the ground. "Yeah this wasn't thought through properly." He groaned, "I just want fooooood." Complainy Molehog was complainy.

[Jenny Wakeman]

Well. This was going to be interesting. Jenny knew that she should have gotten used to the stares, after all robots didn't order food. She could have faked it of course but how awkward would it be to just order a can of oil. Thankfully she had brought her own cans from home, now food. That was going to be a challenge. She didn't have to eat, but if she wanted to be a normal girl then she had to eat like a normal girl.

Her eyes scaled the food, to find something that would be good, when she heard students talking. Well, they weren't human students. But two dogs, a squirrel. And was that a pegasus? Jenny's eyes went wide. She had only thought that those were fairy tails. But now she could see that it wasn't the case. Maybe getting to know them would be the best thing. After all, what was the point in coming here if she couldn't make friends.

"Um, excuse me." she said, feeling her heat rise in her system causing her cheeks to turn a dark blue to show blush. She gave an uneasy laugh. "Is there anything here you could recommend to eat?" She hoped they wouldn't think she was an idiot. That would be the worst.

[Skippy Squirrel]

Skippy's eyes went as wide as dinner plates, as he sees a robot walking into the cafeteria he needed to quickly put his tray of food on a nearby table, because what he really wanted to do was drop it out of sheer amazement, that he was actually meeting a robot. He was always a fan of robots and such. He walks closer to the robot his eyes still looking at Jenny with amazement.

"You're a robot" Skippy said pointing out the obvious, but, simply because he was too amazed that he had met a robot. "My name's Skippy! You can call me Skippy, or Skip, or even "Squirrel Boy" if you want. So what kind of robot are you huh? Are you like the "Here to take over the world" kind of robot, or the equally awesome can shoot laser missiles out of your arm type of robot? " Skippy asked it was as if Skippy had just met the most awesomest thing in the entire world. Cause, to Skip, what was more AWESOME than a robot?

[Jenny Wakeman]

Jenny blinked, wow. She hadn't someone that excited to see her since Tuck. In fact, Skippy was a lot like Tuck. Very excited and hyper. But Jenny smiled brightly. Glad to at least have someone happy to meet her. "It's nice to meet you Skippy." she said. "I'm Jenny, and I guess you could say I am the second one of your choices. Though rather than take over the world I kind of save it when I have to."

Was she leading her city of chaos because she had chosen to come here? That might be possible. But Jenny knew that there were others who could stop the evil around her home. Like the Silver Shell. As egotistical as he was.

[Skippy Squirrel]

"You save it? So you're like the "Kicking all kinds of butt, super hero robot"? That is AWESOME. What's a crime fighting robot doing here? Shouldn't you be be out somewhere preventing aliens or evil from taking over the world? Or being AWESOME somewhere else? I have always wanted to be a super hero. I mean how cool would it be , to have all these special powers and gadgets, and weapons, and stuff? " It was obvious, that Jenny walking into the cafeteria was one of the many highlights of his day, along with meeting Cadpig and Fluttershy of course.

But, it wasn't every day that you could ever talk to a Robot who was a super hero. And not only that, but this robot seemed a little modest about being a hero. Not cocky or arrogant at all. "It's really nice to meet you Jenny. I don't think I have ever met a real super hero before. Aside from my Aunt Slappy. She's not a "Super Hero" per sey. But, she's a "Hero" as far as I am concerned." Skippy said happily.

[Jenny Wakeman]

"Yup that's right. I was made to help protect the world." she said as she slowly frowned. "Uh, well the reason I am here is kind of complicated. See, I may be a robot but I want to be treated like a normal teenage girl. Not have to worry about saving the world all the time. I want to go to school, have fun, and make friends. Not be stuck in a house waiting to save the world all the time. It's too boring."

[Fluttershy]

"This is my brother Lucky. Lucky, this is Skippy and... I don't recall you saying your name, miss,"

"Oh, I'm Fluttershy." The pegasus looked mildly embarrassed as she realised she hadn't actually introduced herself yet - cute animals looking even cuter than normal in ties and needing her help had been rather preoccupying, so it seemed to have managed to slip her mind - but also relieved to return to talking to Cadpig again, rather than her brother. Not that she had anything against Lucky, and was sure she'd come to like him as well easily enough, but his attitude had been quite startling. The male didn't seem to have acknowledged her attempts to offer aid, however, so Fluttershy could only shoot a helpless look at Cadpig.

"He's rather forceful, isn't he?" she asked aside to Cadpig; her voice hardly rising above a tiny whisper, intended as it was for the smaller pup's ears only.

She was aware enough of Skippy hopping down from her back as a new arrival grabbed his attention. Fluttershy eyed what she thought was, maybe, a robot nervously for a moment as the little animal scampered closer to her; and then decided that since the squirrel seemed to be fine, she could just keep her head down and continue minding the animals around about her. Even if Skippy was now well and truly preoccupied, Fluttershy hoped that Cadpig - and maybe her brother, too - would still stick around to eat lunch with her. While the newcomer was undoubtedly fascinating, the pegasus wasn't sure she'd have it in her to follow if they both decided to approach the girl too, and Fluttershy didn't really want to be reduced to eating alone. It wasn't that Jenny looked like a threat; it was more the winged mare's shyness taking hold in full force around someone who looked more human than animal.

Regardless of whether that would come to pass or not, however... Fluttershy's eyes lit up as her gaze fell upon Louis instead. She wasn't completely sure what he was - he looked a bit like a hedgehog? Or maybe a spiky mole? - but not only did he look just as adorable as Cadpig and Skippy, he needed her assistance too. Setting her tray back on the counter for a moment, where there was no risk of it overbalancing, the pegasus again flittered closer to ground level.

"Can I help you as well, little friend?"


(ooc: The episode you're thinking of was Market Mayhem, Skippy ^^)

[Cadpig]

"That's one way of putting it," Cadpig answered. 'Rude' was how Cadpig would have said it, but she decided not to actually comment out loud. Whether or not Lucky wanted to be rude was none of her business. Besides, it wasn't as if them saying anything was going to change Lucky's attitude any. They'd just have to deal with it. All at once, though, Cadpig found herself distracted from the conversation by the fact that Jenny was apparently stealing Skippy's attention entirely. Fortunately, Cadpig didn't really mind that much. She wasn't sure what to make of Jenny, granted, but that was of very little importance in the long run. What was important was the fact that there was someone else in need that Fluttershy had seen. Cadpig, too, saw Louis nearby and went to join the pair.

"We'd be more than happy to help, you know. I feel your pain of being so close to the earth. So... Vertically challenged," Cadpig said. What was Louis, anyway? She'd never seen a molehog before, and outright asking him seemed about as rude as Lucky had been. This was what made her hesitate to ask about whether or not he was a hedgehog. People didn't just ask what other people were every day. Certainly not.

"I mean, honestly... Would it be so hard for these people to get a stepladder or something? It's an insult to the little people everywhere!"

...Whoops. Mini rant. Cadpig realized this a moment later and ducked her head down a bit. Maybe Louis and Fluttershy wouldn't mind, though. It wasn't as if Cadpig was the only little creature in the school.

[Skippy Squirrel]

Granted Skippy was rather engulfed in Jenny at the moment. He was simply "Caught up in the moment" . He didn't mean to leave Fluttershy and Cadpig. It was just he had never met a robot before. He would never dream of leaving his new friends high and dry though. He would def sit with Cadpig and Fluttershy. It was just Skippy had met a Bonafide Superhero for the first time. Skippy didn't understand what Jenny meant, being a super hero was boring, and she wanted to be a normal Teen? Wasn't it usually the other way around? Obviously Skippy had only seen the Pro's in fighting crime and not so much the cons. 

"You just have to meet my friends, Cadpig, and Fluttershy, and Lucky, Jenny. I think they are gonna like you, they are like really super cool."Skippy said looking around for Cadpig and Fluttershy. It wasn't until he saw both of them with this little rodent creature who was too small. That seemed to be the trend in the cafeteria today.

Skippy ran over to Fluttershy and Cadpig they seemed to have everything under control, but he might as well try to help if he can. He waves Jenny over if she wanted to come. 

"Okay, guys I really apologize for that. I guess I just got all wrapped up in the pure awesomeness about a crime fighting robot in the school, I mean you gotta admit that is pretty awesome right" ? Skippy said trying to find a way to apologize for leaving Fluttershy and Cadpig high and dry. He didn't mean too, he would never do something like that on purpose at least. " Awwww, poor little guy. This, seems to be a on going concern today. If you're still gonna talk about that "Kanine Krunchies" or whatever to the chef than you might want to bring up maybe adding a foot stool, or at least lowering the counter closer to the ground, so that us who are smaller, can reach it safely"Skippy said.