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A Slow Day

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Lickety Split:
It was a slow afternoon in Lickety's shop, an impressively well maintained and well stocked wonderland of confectionary, the large, colourful sign at the entrance, marking it as: Lickety's Split's Sweets and Treats.

Lickety was lazing behind the counter of her lolly-shop, snoring faintly. Her long, poofy, red and white mane fell over her eyes, blocking her face from view as she leaned back on her seat, leaning up against the wall behind her. She was snoring cutely, letting out tiny puffs and drawing in little gasps of air, each one pulling or pushing the tuft of hair that hung near her mouth, making it swing in the otherwise still air like a pendulum.

From somewhere behind the counter, a gramophone filled the huge, candy-filled shop with quiet music. A happy tune, and something about lollipops could be heard, but not much else, the mint-green mare having turned the volume down in order to facilitate her afternoon nap.

Sound Wrecker:
A small distance outside the confectionary store, amidst the bustle of the busy street, a lone blue stallion had slowly come to a halt, the sign catching the corner of his eye. 'Lickety's Sweets & Treats'. Sound Wrecker recalled all the times since first noticing the store that he'd wanted to pay a visit, and how every time he'd instead simply walked past it. As big as his sweet tooth was, it was always uncomfortable going into stores, such as this one, and browsing the shelves, when you could practically feel the shopkeeper's un-trusting eyes on you the whole time...

Luckily, as far as Sound Wrecker could see, as he took a few steps closer to look through the window, the keeper in question seemed to be sleeping. 'I have time to kill,' he thought, 'perhaps if I'm careful not to wake her, I could take my time to choose a snack for the train journey, and wake her up in order to pay?'

Deciding the plan to be a good one, Sound Wrecker made his way into Lickety's Sweets & Treats, the shelves stocked to bursting point with all sorts of delicacies Sound Wrecker was sure nopony would have ever heard of, a joyful look of wonder on his face.

As he scanned the available confectionary, Sound Wrecker's ears picked up the song playing quietly from the gramophone. He didn't notice himself humming along.

Lickety Split:
At the sound of the door being pushed open, Lickety stirred a little, turning to face the other way, still snoring sweetly, her peppermint mane blowing back and forth in the sugar-scented breeze created by her snoring.

Gradually, though, as the blue stallion walked around the otherwise empty shop, the chubby young mare behind the counter, slowly opened a single hot-pink eye, and as she trained it on the messy-maned young stallion who wandered her shop, a smile slowly appeared on her face, although she didn't give any other indication that she was awake, wondering what her visitor was up to, and why he seemed to be moving quietly deliberately.

Sound Wrecker:
Sound Wrecker took his time to pick from the figuratively infinite selection, whilst keeping one eye on a nearby clock. His train had been cancelled, and the next one due was in an hour. He wanted to be at the station ten minutes prior to that. No rush, but that didn't mean he should spend fifty minutes in a candy store just to kill the time...

Eventually deciding on a small selection of various confectioneries, he made his way to the counter, where the shopkeeper still appeared to be sleeping. Now, all he had to do... was just... wake her up, pay and leave...

Yup...

Wake up the sleeping shopkeeper... Who might be pretty cheesed off at being woken up...

Well, that wasn't going to happen. Nothing else for it. Taking a deep breath, he slowly reached out, in attempts to gently brush the mare's red-and-white mane. The new plan was to trigger some form of instinct reaction, similar to scratching an itch or swatting a fly, to give the illusion that she woke up of her own accord...

Lickety Split:
As Lickety watched the blue stallion finish gathering up the sweets he was going to purchase, and then approach the counter as if to wake her, she had to stifle a tiny giggle, but kept her eyes closed, deciding that she felt like pranking her visitor. Sure, it was a little mean, but she'd be sure to make it up to him afterwards.

The moment Wrecker leaned in to brush her peppermint mane, Lickety lunged forwards from her spot, placing herself eye to eye with the young blue stallion, and, grinning gleefully, shouted: "SUPRISE!!" at the top of her lungs, her bright pink eyes twinkling with good, albeit childish, humour.

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