Cookies for Heaven

[letteropener]

Who: Princess Celestia
When: October 14-21st
Where: All around the Far Shore
What: Princess Celestia brings cookies and, perhaps more importantly, wellness checks to the temples of the Far Shore.


Two things circled each other in Celestia's mind, forming a taijutu symbol in the way each completed the other: A lot of people in the Far Shore really needed some personal attention, friendship, and care; and she had, thanks to practice and effort, gotten quite good at baking cookies.

So each morning, Celestia cheerfully moved dough into her oven on sheet after sheet, the entire kitchen in Inti's temple animated in golden light like Merlin himself had set it all to baking-- and each afternoon, Celestia took wing above the Far Shore, traveling from temple to temple to seek out the inhabitants therein.

So at some point, an alicorn will come knocking at your door, with a bright smile on her face and a basket of cookies floating by her side.

Comments

[letteropener]

I'm afraid not, but I don't consider that a terrible loss. After all, I've read most of those books!

[unlucky7]

That's a shame; I was hoping I could read some.

[Look, there are no shortage of books about humans going on adventures. Books about ponies going on adventures is a novelty. Though at the same time, all books are still a novelty so it's really win/win all around.]

[letteropener]

I'd love to share the Daring Do books with the Far Shore at large. I think everypony could enjoy them. [Ah well. Wish in one hoof...]

[unlucky7]

[Alas, but at least there are plenty of other pulp novels to read in the Near and Far Shore.

With the ruse of secrecy gone, Ginia changes back to audio, gesturing at the shelves as she plays her message.]

Do you want to look around more or do you want to see the rest of the temple?

Sorry I'm not a good guide, I've never shown people around before.

[letteropener]

Oh, I can go either way. Your god won't mind if I get the full tour?

[Or at least a partial one? She doesn't want to intrude onto any private spaces, after all.]

[unlucky7]

[Ginia shakes her head. There's not too much that's off-limits aside from personal bedrooms. She considers what to show. The futuristic aesthetic covers most of the rooms making things blend together.]

Let me show you one of the spaces for Aja.

[The room isn't too far from the library. Ginia opens the door to a room entirely different. The walls and floor are all wood, looking more growing than cut planks, especially where roots cross over the floor. Plants also grow everywhere, the space negotiated and tended to by itself.]

Aja is a god of forests, animals, and botany.

[letteropener]

Oh, that explains a lot.

[Celestia steps into the room, her wings unconsciously extending slightly as she responds to an environment she understands and welcomes more than that futuristic scheme of other areas.]

If the Far Shore ever crossed over with Equestria, I would call Aja an earth pony god.

[unlucky7]

Mind the floor, it's a bit uneven and the roots can get a bit high. The orchids in this room are particularly pretty.

[She's definitely tripped more than once coming walking around the room, especially when it seems to change on the day to day. It's also a bit more humid in the room, so Ginia leaves the door open. The aforementioned orchids are at the far end of the room, blooming freely in patches of dirt along the floor and moving up the walls.]

Earth ponies, pegasi, unicorns. Are there any other ponies? Seaponies?

[letteropener]

Thank you for the warning. [Though it is a little unnecessary -- Celestia is, after all, a quadruped, and thus far more steady on four hooves than humans are on two feet on such terrain. Curved spines have many advantages, she's concluded, but stability is not one!]

Well, we are very rare, but we alicorns, of course. [Celestia twitches her wings open slightly.]