They're... ON HOLIDAY?

Day 5 - Standard procedure: 2/8

"So, what's the plan, 10013?" asks 99380, walking by 10013's side through the hallway on the bottom floor of the apartment complex for the resort guests, still smiling from figuring out that its mental slowness isn't due to some serious deficiency.

10013 has been searching the walls for any cards containing a schedule, but so far it's only found copies of the map they already had in their suite. Thinking the question through, it stops and taps the floor with its hoof.

"I'm stumped. It feels that it's too early for anyone to be working, but I can feel tremors in the floor, so there are creatures moving around."

"How about we just find the nearest open door and ask if anyone needs help?" suggests 99380.

"That's what we're bound to end up doing, but I'm trying to figure out where we'd have the best chance to find anyone needing help as the day goes on. I'd like to find a schedule or something similar to what I saw hanging on the wall of the cruise ship."

*Curious face!*

"Whoa..." 10013 leans back when Smiley's unusually intense expression aimed its way conveys its meaning, "Is anything wrong? Trouble?"

*Shake shake shake!* *Thinking face...*

Smiley bumps its nose against the wall a few times before turning back to 10013 again with a:

*Curious face!*

"A wall... question..." mumbles 10013, "The schedule on the wall I mentioned? It's a plan of activities ponies could do on that day written in pony scribbles. For example, I listened to a leadership lecture by a very shouty two-legged creature with horns. I haven't properly named it yet because it didn't attack me so I didn't know what name would be useful."

*Blank fa-*

Smiley squeaks when 99380 lunges at it and hugs it.

"You are getting smarter! We just kinda have to figure out what you mean but you actually asked a question!"

10013 tilts its head.

"Agreed. That was a bit more complex than usual. Maybe we could test-"

Smiley stands up with 99380 hanging around its neck, and licks 10013's face before trotting off, sniffing the air. 99380 opts against sliding on the floor while being pulled, and lets go of Smiley. A brief roll on the floor later, the drone joins 10013 following the Silent out of sheer curiosity.

Shortly after, Smiley loudly sniffs the air again and walks into a closed double door. Thankfully, it isn't locked, and leads to a large, open room filled with tables.

"Oh! A dining room like on the ship!" 10013 starts walking around and updates the hive mind map with a simple note.

Smiley, on the other hole, walks over to a large blackboard covered in chalk writing by the entrance, sniffs it, licks it, narrows its eyes, finds a bowl with a stick of chalk on a table next to it, and unceremoniously eats a piece. Seemingly satisfied with what it just did, it sits down on the floor.

"I don't think that's for eating, Smiley," 99380 pats its shoulder, "Didn't that horny blue pony draw with it?"

Smiley's jaw drops, it looks at 99380 with amazement, and finally it grabs the bowl and empties it into its mouth.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" calls out an equally horrified and angry voice from the kitchen door, and a griffon curious about the talking in the dining room rushes towards the changelings, "By the Emperor, the bug monster just ate a bowl of chalk!" he looks from happily chewing Smiley towards the kitchen door, "Wensley, call the nurse RIGHT NOW!"