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“It’s definitely…Spartan,” said a very yellow mare. She stood beside Cosworth in the main room of his new home, accompanied by a plain futon, a desk, a lamp, and the plain, unfinished walls. Cosworth casually took in the surroundings and chuckled.

“This is all I need right now. Well, that and I didn’t want to spend all my money decorating.” He held up an overturned hoof as he spoke. “I have more priorities than that—things like getting a job, learning the streets,” cataloguing food sources, “You know.”

“Not going to just take it easy on your first day?”
“I am taking it easy, Sunny. I mean it’s only one in the afternoon, I’ll just wander a bit.”
“Don’t get lost, then. I’ll be back at my office if you need anything.”
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The sun had shone onto Coffee Bean's windows as his day was going to be. He woke up as the sun shined on his eye and he rubbed his eye and closed the curtains with his horn and got out of his bed. Coffee Bean walked towards the bathroom as he brushed his teeth and then washed his face so he could get ready for work. He walked out of the bathroom and went to his dresser so he could find his light green apron and go downstairs to his job. He walked downstairs to his coffee shop and smiled as he opened the door to the kitchen and turned on his machines. He grabbed a bag of coffee bean and put it on the counter as the large espresso machine was driven by steam and used a water/steam combination, which would take forever to turn on.

He waited until it was ready to start putting in the coffee beans and grabbed a mug and placed it under the tube, where the hot coffee would exit. He then used his horn as carry the bag of coffee to the machine and started to dump some inside of the machine. The machine would make the coffee, it usually takes two-three minutes to make a coffee, but it would be hot and warm once the coffee lands on the mug. He grabbed the bag of sugar and place it by the bag of coffee bean as the machine dumped the coffee onto the mug. He then used his horn and grabbed the mug and started to drink it and then placed the mug onto the counter and used his horn again and grabbed a spoon full of sugar and dump it onto the coffee.

He tried it again and smiled as it was warm and sweet at the same time and drunk all of the coffee as he placed another mug under the machine and put the used one in the sink. Coffee Bean then heard the back door knocking and he walked to it and then opened as Silver Night was standing and smiled. With his light green apron on, he walked inside as he closed the door with his horn and said, "Ready for work, sir." and Coffee Bean said, "Good thing that you're here, was about to open it without you.". And Silver Night laughed as he pulled out the mug and placed another one in its place and said, "Well, you would of failed if you did that." and drunk his mug of coffee. Coffee Bean got out of the kitchen and walked to the door and he said, "Are you ready?" and Silver said, "Of course I'm." and Coffee Bean unlocked the door and flipped the sign from close to open.
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After parting ways with Sunny, Cosworth had been on the town for much of the afternoon, cramming as much information into his brain as he could manage: streets, the names of them, landmarks, manhole covers, guards, neighbors—everything. He immediately drew up several contingency escape routes for if he ever failed his mission; if he ran out of energy before he could find a proper source to replenish it, his disguise would falter and he would have to slink off, back to the changeling kingdom and beg for a second chance. Which was hardly an appealing prospect, as he was fond of life. Eventually, after introducing himself to the closest neighbors and managing to convince the local post to run an ad for his machinery repair services, he made it to the slightly industrial sector of Hoofington. There, he took it upon himself to fix the inner workings of a water wheel that had just recently broken down, and the owner, Steady Flow, was beyond thrilled.

“Uh, this is very generous, Mr. Flow,” Cosworth said as he eyed the bag of bits that floated in the green glow of his magical grasp. Without counting and judging by weight alone, he could tell that he was paid far above the asking price for what he had done. According to his training, at least. The middle-aged, blue and gray stallion that guided him out the door only laughed at the suggestion of overpay.

“Son,” he drawled, “I’m downright horrified, the master assembly is on the ground in pieces, and somewhere in the background, a bank has just caught fire. In you walk and say, ‘I can fix that in a jiffy!’” Steady lightly pressed one of his blue hooves into Cosworth’s shoulder as he spoke. “And then you do some crazy unicorn nonsense and fabricate a whole replacement out of scrap without batting an eye. I don’t think you quite understand the value of that if you think that’s too much money to be paying you.” Cosworth looked at the old stallion beside him and furrowed his brow.

“Really?”

“Really! It’s a bit stupid, but there’s nopony in town that can service those things,” Steady Flow said as he gestured back at the wheelhouse the two had just stepped out of. “I would’ve had to call a mechanic from a big city like Canterlot or Manehattan to come down here.” He began repeatedly jabbing at the ground with his hoof as he explained the process. “They would’ve taken a day or two to show up, they would probably ask me some stupid question, like whether or not I’ve tried unplugging it and plugging it back in again,” he paused to whisper in Cosworth’s ear, “Whatever the hay that means,” before continuing. “Then they’d look at the real problem with this bored face and go, ‘yep, it’s broke!’ and say they would have to take measurements and order replacement parts from a metalworker if we didn’t have none. Then, eventually the town wouldn’t be missing a water wheel no more. You just did it, no questions asked, then ask for pocket change. That’s not right! Cosworth, son, I don’t care what you think, but you’ve saved me time, money, and a week’s frustration and hair splitting. That’s worth the money and then some.”

Cosworth stood, silent for a moment. “Oh,” was all he could say at first. “Hey, is this a problem anywhere else in town?” he asked as he tucked the bits into one of his saddlebags as he felt the money slowly grow heavier in his grasp. “This sort of stuff is sort of my special skill…sort of.” He scratched the back of his head as he glanced down the river at a few more water wheels in the distance.

“To varying degrees,” Steady Flow said without missing a beat. “I’ll put in a good for you, don’t worry. My partners’ll be thrilled to hear we’ve finally got an industrial mechanic who works locally. You have a nice day now, Cosworth.” With that, the two ponies bid each other farewell and Cosworth once again found himself wandering the streets of Hoofington.

As he built his map of the town, it occurred to him that he hadn’t eaten at all. It was not that the emptiness had any effect on him; it was a reminder that normal ponies did things like eat food in addition to drinking and sleeping. It would be unlikely that anypony would notice that Cosworth ran on literally nothing, as though he were some sort of magical robot, but, he reminded himself, “safe is better than sorry.” He eventually found his way into a coffee shop, not out of preference, but proximity.

As he stepped up to the counter, the interior of the building didn’t particularly blow Cosworth away. Must have arrived during a quiet hour, he thought as he noticed that, other than the staff, he was on the only pony around. A quiet, “huh,” escaped his lips before he turned back to the attendant pony. “I’ll take the strongest brew you can make. I’m gonna have a long evening.”
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As the doors open, he saw a person walked in, first person of the day. Coffee Bean knew that It was going to be a busy day, if someone walks in as soon as he flipped the sign. "I'll take the strongest brew you can make. I'm gonna have a long evening" said the guy as he walked to the counter. "Alright, sir, we'll get you coffee out as soon as we can." said Coffee Bean as he turned around and shouted, "Sliver! We need the strong brew for this here pony!" and Sliver walked to the machine and did the things that Coffee Bean did early. Coffee Bean started to talk to the guy, "Why is it going to be a long evening for you?".
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Cosworth gently leaned against the counter, offset from the register as he briefly fussed with his mane. “Oh, the usual,” he sighed in most casual manner he could manage. “Just moved into town. The house needs a bit of interior decorating and I’ll need to stop by the hardware store for some materials. Then I have my business to setup. I kind of left home in a hurry, so I didn’t plan much. When I saw real estate for sale here, I jumped on the offer without thinking too much of it.”
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