Cajoled by Pan


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                                                Cajoled by Pan

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                                                (21/09/2020)

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                                                https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/35887865/#q35894582

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                                                >Luster Dawn wasn't always studious

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                                                >Sometimes she had to be cajoled

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                                                >She was supposed to learn how the palace worked

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                                                >Took time out of her school day to shadow various castle staff

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                                                >Only... Luster Dawn wasn't doing that

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                                                >She was using this period to relax and wander the halls

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                                                >Writing phony reports after the fact

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                                                >Twilight decides to nip this in the butt

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                                                >Gives Luster six letters sealed with Twilight's magical, royal seal

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                                                >Excuses Luster from an entire day of classes, not just one period

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                                                >Either she'd deliver them as-is or learn a lot about magical codebreaking

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                                                >Luster would learn her lesson one way or the other

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                                                >Each letter was personalized

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                                                "Dear Head Maid / Guard Captain / Construction Supervisor / etc."

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                                                >Something like that

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                                                "My protégé, Luster Dawn, has not been attending her required apprenticeship shadowing with you.

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                                                No doubt she cooked up some story to tell you, if she saw you at all.

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                                                I humbly ask that you give Miss Luster one fifth of the spanking she deserves.

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                                                Yes, one fifth... you are not the only creature whom Luster has been shirking.

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                                                If time or other factors preclude you from delivering this punishment, just send me a note so I can make up for it.

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                                                Do not send it with Luster-- that filly has depleted my trust for the moment.

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                                                If you have time, you may continue Luster's shadowing for the rest of the hour.

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                                                If not, the apprenticeship will continue on the normal schedule we had arranged.

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                                                Thank you for your coöperation.

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                                                Your Friend,

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                                                Twilight Sparkle"

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                                                >For those of you who aren't good at fancy mathematics:

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                                                >6 times 1/5 is 6/5

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                                                >Twily, with the wisdom she learned from her Princess Predecessors, had grown into quite the troll

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                                                >Luster was getting an extra 20% of a spanking today

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                                                >And she deserved every whack

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                                                >Luster gulped as she shakily stumbled out of the Princess's throne room

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                                                >All that was left was to wait

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                                                >Twilight looked forward to evaluating her student's "progress"