Re: Town Hall
Red was surprised by the nature of the questions but did her best to answer them, and hide her embarrassment at her bungling of the pony's name.
"Well, shortest answer first: The best cup of tea in town is to be found at the Summer Song Cafe, just a short trot down the street from here. That is where I always go when I want a pick-me-up, though I am a coffee girl myself, but all my tea-side friends swear theirs is the best."
She looked at the next item on the list: "As for Jobs that depends on your field, I observe that your Cutie Mark is a cog with a crossed spanner and screwdriver, so I am guessing your talent relates to mechanics. Sorry to say there is not very much call for machinists in this town, but there are still plenty of job opportunities here in Ponyville, not the least of which is trying to get the fershluging air conditioning in this building to actually cool off the offices. We have been in need of an HVAC technician for some years now, the whole system is held together with bailing wire and spit at this point. There also are openings at the aforementioned Summer Song Cafe, though that would be waitressing, which I think you would find a challenge: as well as an opening in government service as an assistant librarian, what with our current librarian being constantly sidetracked with her royal duties and the crisis-of-the-week. That however is an entire discussion unto itself, let us move on..."
"The Ponyville legal code tries to be fair and balanced to both renters and landlords but in all honesty it is the renter that has the greater degree of protections so long as they uphold the terms of their lease. Now most professional landlords counter this with stringent leasing requirements and complex lease agreements which give them the 'right' to throw tenants out for minor infractions but this rarely stands up in a full court case. Besides, the other approach is to eschew formal lease agreements at all and simply have an accord with one's 'paying guest', that is much more common."
"Moving on to your last item: the equestrian government is just as involved with Ponyville as every other town in the principality, but the monarchs do seem to take a special interest in our welfare, and not without reason, for the past four years or so since Luna's return from being imprisoned in the moon most of the major events of the principality have involved ponies from this town in one way or another. Princess Luna herself is in fact staying in town on an extended vacation even now. I understand that the ponies of Stalliongrad have rejected the monarchy, but rest assured the celestial sisters have not rejected YOU, the sun and moon still rise over your city by their grace and they are actually very sweet mares."