Doing the Dirty Work [Open!]

[appletastic]

How did Applejack stand working so hard around the farm? Her secret was simple: combining work and play. She'd brought the same styl to Hydroponics, where she'd sectioned off a small patch of the ground to be a place for some of the animals to play. The grass was dug up and seeds were planted elsewhere, water was poured, and Applejack herself was pounding her legs into the dirt. Making mud! Her bright orange coat was now coated in brown, and the longer she worked, the further she sank.

But this wasn't very fun. Back home, she'd done---yeah, that was what was missing! She hopped out of her little mud pit, tracked dirt across the grass, and set off at a fast trot. "Yee-haw!"

If anypony happened to be hanging about, they'd be splattered when the large pony came crashing down, rolling in her little pit of dirt. Her hat sat some distance to the side, miraculously untouched by the splattering of mud. Surely most would know to stay away from such a display.

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[morganknight]

"Besides." Morgan grinned, glancing around the area Applejack had mudded up. "You haven't needed thumbs all this time. If I expected you to be worse off because you didn't have 'em, then I'd be the idiot!"

[appletastic]

"You sayin' somepony's an idiot here?" she warned, though she clearly didn't mean it.

She's not an idiot. She just doesn't like math much.

[morganknight]

"Anyone who thinks you're hard to work with or not worth it because you're a pony." He took a quick look around. "Don't see anyone here doing that, so not at the moment! Unless you already buried them under the mud," he added with a wink.

[appletastic]

"Nah. Hasn't been that bad of a day yet," she laughed. "But somepony might get buried! Day's still young."

It sounded like fun, actually. Not that she'd admit that.

[morganknight]

"Serve them right if they do!" he said, imagining a few of the darker and more serious people on the ship going under. That earned more than enough amused snickering from him to hint that he might be enjoying the image too.