"If you're not showering then get out of here!" a mare looks out of a shower stall with an annoyed expression, pointing towards the small locker room where two other mares are waiting, holding a towel each, "And stop making that green mess everywhere. It's disgusting!"
99111 stops measuring the distance to the central floor drain with its foreleg on the back of Smiley curled up into a ball. 99526, currently standing between the two and the drain itself, holding a clump of green soap and preparing a soapy trail over which Smiley should slide right past the drain and between two selected tiles, shoves the clump into its leg hole and looks around innocently.
"We're not blocking the stalls, are we?" it asks no one in particular.
"You're scaring other ponies and, unlike you, we're busy!" replies the annoyed mare.
"Can we play in the corner?" asks 99526.
"Go away or I'll get the hose!" she grabs the shower nozzle and pulls it off of the wall, revealing an extending hose connected to it through a hole in the stall. Threateningly, she points it at the three rather confused changelings.
Figuring out that the curling session is over, Smiley sits up, examines the situation by sniffing towards the mare, and completely fails to come to any conclusion.
"Five... four..." the mare starts counting down, and pauses, giving the changelings a meaningful look.
"Three," 99111 gestures to her in an attempt to jog her memory, "And after that comes two."
The mare's eye twitches, she points the nozzle at 99111, flips a small switch on its side, and kicks the control handle on the wall behind her. 99526, seeing such a neatly coordinated trick, clops its hooves together...
...just as a thick, pressurized jet of cold water hits 99111 directly in the face.
"EEEEE-BLLRLBRLBLRLBRL!"
Giggling and happily clapping 99526 gets hit by a second stream coming from a different mare, tries to dodge, slips up, and slides into a wall. 99111 ends up the same, albeit with a bit more success during the first dodge. Smiley smiles. Despite angry voices in the beginning, now it looks like everyone is having fun again.
"GET. OUT."
99111 and 99526 rush into the locker room and then outside. The originally shy mares finally enter the shower section as well, shooting Smiley suspicious glances all the way.
"You didn't hear me?" the angry mare points the nozzle at Smiley who looks around and, without much worry, starts scrubbing the green soap residue off of the floor with its forelegs, "Grrrr!"
As the jet of water hits its back, Smiley just softens its carapace a tiny bit and concentrates entirely on cleaning the tiles. The massage feels nice so Smiley decides to try it with warm water next time.
***
After splitting up, 99111 wanders the insides of the ship. Thankfully, the Queen and 93 are close enough to be sharing the knowledge that allows it to read the signs on the walls.
So... points. 387 said anyone would be able to check them whenever needed.
10013: 0
20100: 0
36658: 0
99111: 0
99380: 1
99526: 0
Smiley: 0
Neat! For the good of all drones, I must make sure I'm ahead of 36658 and 20100 no matter what.
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Fanfiction[SEQUEL TO: They're EVERYWHERE!] Several years after the changeling invasion of Canterlot, queen Chrysalis gets an invitation to attend a cruise followed by a stay in a luxury holiday resort on an island belonging to the Griffon Empire. Supposedly...
