Rose Pendant: Master Watch Maker, Amateur Hypnotist

 

She looked up at one of the various clocks that littered her work space and gulped. “Not if I end up late! I'll deal with the mess later.” Her horn lit up as she grabbed her bags and tightened them around her chubby, white tummy. “Time for work!”

 

The unicorn dashed from her home and began a brisk jog to her job. She moved as quickly as she could, even as her stomach began to grumble. “Hmm...maybe I could stop somewhere for a quick bite. Everypony likes doughnuts.” She turned the corner and licked her lips as she slipped into her favorite doughnut shop.

 

“Hey there, Rose Pendant. What can I do for you?” The kind stallion smiled at one of his best customers.

 

“I need a dozen of glazed doughnuts, please. Nothing fancy for today.” She giggled as she placed a few bits on the counter.

 

“Aw, but I just put in a few of your favorites in the oven. Can't ya stay for a minute or two?”

 

Rose shook her head as she grabbed the box from his grip and placed it on her back. “Sadly, no can do. Today is my first day at the shop.”

 

“Oh yea! Down at your dad's place, right? Good luck.” He called out as Rose dashed out the door.

 

Rose made her way through the fancy streets of Canterlot, easing her way past the fancy nobles walking about. She knew the way to her dad's work like the back of her hoof from all the visits. The thought of getting her hooves on such interesting watches and clocks made her giddy. Rose grabbed one of the doughnuts from the box and nibbled on it as she walked into the front door.

 

“Hey there, Rose. Excited for your first day?” The elderly secretary smiled as Rose walked in.

 

“Kinda...mostly nervous. I'm not late, am I?” Rose bit her lip as she dug out one of the many watches jiggling around in her saddlebags.

 

“Not at all, you're right in time. Need me to follow you to the back and help you punch in?”

 

“I got it covered. Dad showed me a few times already. Want a doughnut before I go?” Rose smiled as she pulled a doughnut from the box.

 

“Oh my, no thank you. I eat something like that at my age and it goes right to my thighs.” She giggled as Rose nibbled on her second doughnut for the day. “You have a good day, Rose.”

 

“You too!” Rose smiled as she finished her doughnut and walked to the back. She punched into the time clock and wandered to the back of the shop. “I can't believe it ...my own little office.” Rose almost teared up as she looked at her name sitting on the door.

 

“Of course my sweet little tick tock gets her own office. Nopony else is as skilled as you are at making watches.” Rose Pendant gasped as her father grabbed her in a big hug. The cream colored stallion smiled as he gripped Rose as tightly as he could.

 

“D..Dad! Don't use that name here!” Rose's face was bright red as she weakly returned the hug.

 

“Aw, I'm just so proud of you, honey. I knew you'd be working here someday.” He let go and smiled as Rose straightened her glasses.”Wanna go say hi to everypony else? I can introduce you all at once if you like.”

 

“S...sure. Just...no nicknames, please??” Rose begged as she followed her father to the main work station.

 

“Everypony, could I get a moment?” Every set of eyes wandered over to Rose as her father talked. “I'd like to introduce you to our newest worker, Rose Pendant. I know she's young but she's highly skilled and I'd appreciate if you show her the same respect you show each other.”

 

Rose looked upon all the ponies in the room. Most seemed to be quite a few years older than her as they tinkered away at their orders. She gulped as a few unsavory glances pierced through her from the crowd. “Jeez...” Rose muttered

 

“Why not give a small hello?” Her father smiled, oblivious to all the harsh stares filling the room.

 

“Hi everypony. I'm Rose. Been making clocks since I was a small filly. More like, disassembling things much to my dad's dismay.” She smiled a bit as she grabbed the box still hiding on her back. “I brought some doughnuts, in case anypony wants one?”

 

The room was silent. A clock or two ticked the seconds away as the uncomfortable silence dragged on. “G..Great. I'll just...go to my office.” Rose sighed as she walked out of the workshop.

 

“That was a disaster!” Rose Pendant moaned as she slipped into her office. Distressed, she slammed the box of doughnuts on her desk and chomped away at another one. Her saddlebags were getting uncomfortable around her tummy, forcing her to unbuckle the straps with her magic.

 

“At least the watches don't judge me.” She scoffed as she picked up her first official project. Rose's skill was instantly tested as she used her magic to expertly assemble the watch in question. She pulled another doughnut from the box and munched away at it as she worked, not even aware that almost half the box was gone thanks to her appetite alone.

 

Rose sighed as she sat back into her chair. “There. That wasn't too bad.” She relaxed as her magic picked up the watch and let it dangle in front of her. “No scratches to the frame. Running perfect. All in all, a success!” Rose grabbed another doughnut from the box and munched it down in celebration.

 

“I can't BELIEVE she got her own office. I bet her FATHER had something to do with it.” Rose perked up her ears as she heard a few ponies crossing in front of her door. She swallowed the last of her doughnut and leaned forward in her chair.

 

“I know. There are FAR more capable ponies here. How dare they pass even someone like me for her?” Rose froze up as the hurtful comments rang through her ears.

 

“And did you SEE her gut? I bet she bought that whole box of doughnuts for herself and only remembered to try and offer them to us. It's like she doesn't even look at herself in the mirror and see her stomach wobbling about.”

 

Rose glanced over at the box of doughnuts and gasped. She had devoured half of the dozen all by herself. “N..no....” She whispered as a hoof poked her chubby tummy. “I'm not THAT fat...am I?” Rose bit her lip as she gave her stomach a push and watched as her flab jiggled to the touch.

 

“Well...that doesn't mean they get to bully me behind my back!” Rose Pendant stomped as she got up from her chair. “I'll tell dad that they...” Rose stopped as she thought about her plan. “I can't tell dad...if I tell dad, then those snooty jerks are right about me.”

 

“I'll...I'll just have to kill them with kindness!” Rose smiled as she returned to her work. With renewed vigor, she pushed through the remainder of her work and had it done in no time. “Now to see what else I can do around here.”

 

Rose walked into the work room as casually as she could. Several pairs of eyes studied her as she tried her best to act nonchalant in the sea of sharks before her. “Um...does anypony need help? I kinda...finished my work today and I thought I could maybe help out?”

 

A few ponies instantly got up from their seats. “Hey, you'll finish my set, right? Only one or two watches left for me.” They walked out with gigantic smiles on their faces as Rose gulped at the sudden workload.

 

“S..sure! No problem!” She let out a nervous giggle as she sat down to work. Rose Pendant grabbed the watch closest to her and frowned. “No no no...this is all wrong! How in the world did they mess this up?”

 

What should have taken a few minutes to do turned into an hour of readjusting and re-calibrating everything inside the little timepiece. Rose groaned as she opened up the next watch to find the parts so haphazardly dumped into place. “Well, at least I know why I got my own office...” Rose grumbled as she picked apart the scrambled watch.

 

Even with her skill, Rose couldn't finish the new workload. A heavy sigh left her chest as she dumped the few remaining watches into her saddlebags. “I'll deal with this at home. No sense in beating my head against the wall.” Rose looked at the half full box of doughnuts still sitting on her desk. “I don't really want them...but I can't waste food.” She shrugged as she placed the box on her back and took them home.

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow was a new day and another chance to make a good impression. Rose decided on a box of fritters this time, hoping that somepony would be interested in something sweet. She couldn't help but yawn as she struggled to stay awake. The extra watches had kept her up well past bedtime as she struggled to finish them all. “No matter. I'm sure they'll appreciate it.” Rose smiled as she walked into the clock shop.

 

“No no no, these are all wrong! I don't do things like this...don't you know anything??” One of her co-workers grumbled as they began picking apart Rose's beautiful work. “And get those fritters out of here. Haven't you heard of oats for breakfast?”

 

Dejected, Rose rushed off to her office and buried herself with her own work. “Fine! If they don't want my help, they aren't gonna get it!” Rose puffed out her cheeks in anger before stuffing a fritter into her mouth. “Oats for breakfast....sorry I couldn't fill my saddlebags with oats and a salad for you, they were too busy with YOUR WORK....” Rose grumbled.

 

Once again, Rose finished her own work long before quitting time. She sighed as she finished another fritter and reached for another one. When her hoof found crumbs, Rose peeked into the box to find most of them missing. “Gah...gotta stop snacking!” She blushed. The chubby mare stood up from her seat and walked around the building for a bit.

 

Rose wandered around at her leisure with a smile on her face. Her natural curiosity had her poking her nose everywhere she could from the roof entrance to the bathrooms. She took note of the various offices and grinned at her father's door.

 

“Did you see her this morning? Yawning every five minutes with her junk food. I bet that mare was up all night partying.” Rose stopped as she heard the same voices from yesterday echoing through the break room.

 

“And she clearly doesn't deserve that office, either. All the watches she assembled for me were all wrong! I'm surprised they even worked.” Another harsh voice chimed in. “I saw her walking around a bit today. Probably not even started her work.”

 

Rose Pendant turned around and rushed back to her office. Tears fell onto her glasses as she struggled to keep herself together. “Why? Why are they so mean to me??” The poor mare slammed herself into her chair and grabbed another fritter and devoured it.

 

She stayed in her office till it was time to go home. Rose kept her head high, even with the tight pain surrounding her heart. Every step felt like she was crunching eggshells under her hooves as the glares of her coworkers made everything uncomfortable.

 

Rose rushed home as quickly as she could. Exhausted, she slipped to her personal workshop and began tinkering with a set of pocket watches. Rose worked long into the night, skipping dinner as she struggled to work through her frustrations and disappointment.

 

The rest of the week was either awkward or plain terrible. Ponies continued to talk behind her back while still trying to take advantage of her spare time. Rose did her best to ignore their stares and comments as she focused on her work. More often than not, the plump mare was working harder on her own creations than the ones she were assigned to build all while she snacked on whatever sugary peace offering she had purchased that morning.

 

By Friday, Rose was near ready to quit. She didn't even bother to stop at the work shop that day and simply slid into her office with a box of cinnamon rolls all to herself. “Hm?” Rose tilted her head as she looked at a small package tied with ribbon on her desk.

 

“What the...who would leave something on my desk?” Rose picked it up with her magic and looked it over. “Thought you needed a little present to pass the time. How thoughtful!” Rose smiled as she read a note sitting nearby. Excited, she tore through the wrapping and held up her prize.

 

A shiny book adorned with a black and white spiral stared back at her. “Hypnosis one oh one: tricking your brain into believing anything?” Rose read aloud the title before placing the book on her desk. A small bookmark stuck out from the top, forcing the pages to flip to a desired page. “W...Weight loss and you. Learning to curb your subconscious appetite.”

 

Rose stared at the page forever. She couldn't hear the various ticking noises echoing through her office as her eyes locked with the words on the page. As calmly as she could, Rose closed the book and stuffed it into her saddlebags and sat down.

 

As usual, her work was finished long before lunch time. Rose sat in her chair and tried to swallow but her throat was dry and scratchy. With a trembling hoof, the chubby unicorn scooped up her bags along with her untouched breakfast and went home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rose sat down in her workshop and slammed down her saddlebags. She blushed as the chubby mare felt her sizable belly wobble against her thighs with the mindless slam of her flanks into her chair. “I'm not...THAT big...”

 

Curious, the pale mare eased herself back to her hooves and walked to a mirror. Her eyes scanned her body in mild shock as the results of snacking and stress eating were clearly visible. A soft tummy drooped between her legs, her thighs and hips were plump and round and her flanks were enormous. Rose turned around as best she could and raised her tail ever so slightly, blushing as she gave her butt a small pat.

 

“I AM that big....” Rose pouted as her stomach let out a desperate growl. Poor Rose had forgotten to eat in her anger and that hunger was gnawing at her. “Let's see what I've got in the kitchen.” Rose blushed as she made her way to the fridge.

 

Inside was nothing but junk. Boxes filled with half eaten doughnuts, fritters and everything else Rose had tried to offer her coworkers. “Gah, I can't be staring at this junk! I'll just stuff my face and get fatter!”

 

Another growl made Rose wince. “So...hungry...” She bit her lip as she returned to her workshop and sniffed at the still warm cinnamon rolls. Rose turned away, only to trip over her misplaced saddlebags. “Dang it!”

 

Her hoof kicked the hypnosis book across the room, making it slide like a hockey puck. “Hmm...I...I wonder...” Rose sighed as she gripped the joke gift with her magic. She flipped to the bookmarked page and began reading.

 

“Hypnosis is simple. Wave a watch a few inches away from the target's face and chant what you wish to change. Clearly as you can, state that the feelings of hunger and the desire for sugar fade away. When the subject wakes up, they will have a reduced appetite and will hopefully make better meal decisions.”

 

Rose scoffed as she grabbed one of her newest pocket watches from the table. “Simple enough...I wonder how much they paid for a book with such dumb tricks.” Rose Pendant eased the golden watch in front of her face and slowly swung it from side to side. Her eyes followed the flash of gold speeding past her face.

 

Soon, Rose began to feel sleepy. She struggled to fight it off but her legs were growing weaker with every swing of the pocket watch. “I'm....not....hungry...” She struggled to chant as a yawn was forced from her mouth. “Not...hungry.” She insisted as her eyes began to droop. Rose heard her stomach growl hard as she slumped to the floor in a daze. “I'm....hungry.”

 

Instantly, Rose forced her eyelids open, revealing a colorful swirl in place of her usual blue eyes. The room seemed to spin in place as the spell began to take effect. Her stomach roared like a wild beast, desperate for food as her last words echoed through her mind. “Hungry...hungry...SOOOO HUNGRYYYYYY.”

 

With a colorful stare and a happy smile, Rose sat down at her work stool and turned to the cinnamon rolls sitting nearby. Her magic flung off the lid and pulled each treat from the box. Rose eased one towards her lips and bit down, moaning as the giant bite slid down her throat. “Hungry.” She moaned like a mare possessed, finishing the rest of the pastry with a second bite.

 

Rose ate and ate, rubbing her swelling belly with her hooves as each cinnamon roll was stuffed inside. She giggled after every swallow, delighted in how warm and fuzzy each bite became. Her stomach gurgled along with every coo of delight as it struggled to digest so much food so quickly. The wagon load of sugar flooded her body and softened her up with every swallow.

 

“Hungryyyyy.” Rose Pendant whined as her magic tossed the empty box away. She whimpered in desperation as her magic reached out to the kitchen. All the leftover boxes from the week floated in, bringing with them such a divine, lovely scent.

 

“Eat. Eat to your heart's content.” Rose looked to see her pocket watch grinning back at her. “You know you want it and it feels so good! Just...eat.” Rose nodded as she found the remaining doughnuts and began stuffing them into her face.

 

“Eat...eat...eat...eat!” Another clock joined in, chanting such a lovely mantra to the hypnotized unicorn. Rose complied with every word, shoveling sweets into her mouth as quickly as she could. Her rear was blimping out, sagging over her stool at it began to whine in protest.

 

Rose's stomach was tight as she forced the last doughnut into her belly. She moaned and give it a little rub to ease her weariness. A belch brought another giggle to her lips as her stomach struggled to digest. The stool groaned once more as Rose grabbed the remaining fritters and continued eating.

 

“My, you certainly ARE hungry, you fat butterball.” A third clock smiled as it got into her face. “Keep going. Eat until there is nothing left! EAT! EAT!” Rose whimpered with desire as she crammed two fritters into her mouth at once. Her belly wobbled hard as she swallowed it all down as her stool began to warp and bend.

 

Rose followed her subconscious thoughts as they took control over her. A box full of muffins were gulped into her iron gut. Packages of cupcakes sloshed inside her super sized stomach. Big bagels smothered in jelly balloned her belly. The starved mare showed no restraint, even as her stool began to give out.

 

With a loud snap, Rose's plump posterior sped towards the ground. Her stool collapsed from under her as the intense gain had become too much for her well used seat. Rose's body wobbled and jiggled hard from the impact, forcing a gigantic wave of bubbles to rise from the depths of her gut and escape as an earth shattering belch.

 

Rose blinked as the chanting clocks faded away and the room stopped spinning. The spiraling rainbow disappeared as Rose returned to her senses. “Wha...what happened? What's this giant pillow doing here?” Rose reached out and gasped as she felt her hoof sink into her tummy.

 

“I..I...I'M A WHALE!” Rose shouted as she struggled back onto her hooves. Her tummy sagged low to the ground, weighing her down as she tried to move about. She could feel her rear swaying and wobbling behind her, making it difficult to orient herself. Memories of eating so many fattening treats surfaced to her mind, making her blush hard as she let a hoof rub her distended belly.

 

Another burp or two forced itself from her gut, making Rose tingle in embarrassment. “Oh gosh...I...I goofed. How am I ever going to explain this??” Rose bit her lip as her stomach gurgled loudly as it continued digesting her gigantic meal.

 

The unicorn waddled over to the mirror and shuddered. Rose almost didn't recognize herself with so much jiggly, heavy flab clinging to her body. Her face was rosy and plump, her stomach sagged low and her hips were round and heavy. Rose gulped as she turned around and took a peek at the damage set upon her rear.

 

Each cheek was bigger than her head. Bouncy and flabby as they drooped down onto the back of her legs. Rose could barely process the sight of herself as she struggled to accept her new weight. “That...that dumb book!” Rose stomped her hoof, forcing her belly to wobble and force out another burp.

 

Her whole body tingled as she let herself wobble and jiggle from such a powerful belch. “J..jeez...why does this feel so good?” Rose covered her mouth with a hoof as her whole face turned red. “I DIDN'T SAY THAT! NO I DIDN'T!” Rose squirmed as her stomach gurgled again. Another burp escaped, making the blushing mare moan as she stopped resisting.

 

“Mmmm....maybe this isn't SO bad. I mean, I already kinda stress eat.” Rose giggled. “Gonna need a new stool, though. No way am I gonna be standing around with all THIS weighing me down.” Rose went to fetch her saddlebags but stopped. “And maybe some bigger saddlebags until I can diet all this off....and a hayburger.” Rose licked her lips as a sudden urge to eat flashed through her mind.