[PRP] An Amusing Story [Penny D x Mooncake]

[cursedandwandering]

Astraea Pandora

So i got extremely distracted while typing this so i have no idea if this makes any sense.

Mooncake reclined in a chair, book in hoof. He read silently, enjoying the quiet time with his daughter. The shared hobby was something he could appreciate about the filly that shared his blood. It didn't matter that they didn't always share the same taste or that they didn't enjoy the same stories for the same reasons. They could both be reading the same ghost story and while he appreciated the detailed descriptions of the spooks (things he'd become particularly interested in since he met the mare who had become his wife), while she could be more focused on the horror elements, but it didn't matter as long as they were doing it together.  

[cursedandwandering]

Astraea Pandora

Looking up from his tome the purple stallion quirked a brow. "Can't possibly exist? My beautiful Penny, you've seen your mother. Surely you must have seen the phony around town that aren't quite normal, like the boy with the leg of bread. How can you say so definitively that some of these extraordinary creatures don't exist?" Mooncake sighed, tucking a hair back into his top knot.

"I happen to be reading the Heimskringla, which is a saga about Norse kings."  

[cursedandwandering]

Astraea Pandora

The flutter snorted and shook his head slowly. "Mythological creatures and monsters can be born too. Not all of them were pulled out of some god's body part or cried out." With a sigh he set his book aside. "Really you should look more into it if that's what you think it's all about. Mythology is how our ancestors explained the world around them and a good amount of it is based on life. There are mythological creatures that resemble those in the wild because people may have glimpsed them and not known what they were."

Tapping his hooves together he glanced towards the book she was reading. "Asking that is like me asking what the point of reading something that could scare you is."  

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Astraea Pandora

"And so is being curious and inventive!" The flutter replied, shaking his head. "Myths are how people explained the world when the world was unexplainable! It's our origin stories. What is not fascinating about the theories of where we came from and what else is out there in the great unknown?" Mooncake sighs, resting his cheek against a hoof. "What is the difference between a malicious ghost and a murderer? They're both things that sneak up on you in the dark to cause you harm."

This wasn't getting anywhere. "If you're going to complain about frivolous things, then maybe you should stop reading and go outside to find a serial killer."  

[cursedandwandering]

Astraea Pandora

"Pfft," Mooncake tossed his head, holding his nose up as he looked away. "Like wine, myths just get better with age. They teach important lessons and help to explain the universe too." With a sigh he undid his top knot, fiddling with his hair for a moment.

"Fine. How about this?" The flutter reached for a nearby book, flipping through it for a moment. "There was a man named Tantalus who Zeus invited to Olympus. Because of this he decided to offer up a sacrifice to the gods." He held out the book an illustration of a feast in the clouds on one page. "He killed his son, cut his body up into pieces, and cooked him and fed him to the gods. Most of the gods recognized what they were being served right away, but Demeter was distracted and ate a piece of the boy's shoulder. As punishment they damned him to hell where he was stuck with eternal hunger and thirst, unable to reach the apple above his head or the water at his feet." He flipped the page again and flashed a grin. "You might wonder what the god's did about the boy. They brought him back to life, but then Zeus threw him off the mountain cause he was so mad at his father." The stallion snickered. "That's funny right?"  

[cursedandwandering]

Astraea Pandora

Sounds like Hannibal xD

Mooncake snorted, rolling his eyes before he returned to the bookcase. "Fine. Fine." He flitted along, flying up to the higher shelves then dropping down to the bottom ones. Finally he stopped, a smile spreading across his face as he pulled a thin children's book off the shelves.

"Once upon a time there was a little old lady and a little old man..." He recited, opening to the first page. There was an illustration of a little man made of cheese fleeing from a house.  

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Astraea Pandora

It is the bestttttttt

Shooting Penny a glance, the adult chuckled, noogieing his daughter before he resumed. The flutter described the quirky little cheese man running from the old couple who created him, from a stray cow, from a group of children. None of which actually bothered chasing him because he smelled so bad.

Continuing on Mooncake went through the stories of the Princess and the bowling ball and Cinderumplestiltskin, all silly takes of well known fairy tales. Including a take on the princess and the frog where the frog was just lying about being a prince.

Finally reaching the end of the book, the stallion slowly closed it and flashed a grin at the filly. "Well?"