*Boing!* *Boing!* *Boing!* *Boing!*
Smiley has discovered the trampoline.
*Boing!* *Boing!* *Boing!* *Boing!*
"Twenty-seven," counts 65536, "Come oooon, I know you can do thirty. If you do, I'll give you a super hug," it sweetens the deal.
The drone is lying prone on a padded bench inside a gym that's empty this late with the exception of it, Blueblood, and 99. The prince is lying on the floor in a pool of his sweat while 99, roughly a pony length away from him, is currently trying to push herself up on legs wobbling with exhaustion and failing.
It would be so easy if she was allowed love enhancements, but both she and 65536 know that would entirely defeat the point of the exercise.
"I... can't...!" she hisses through gritted teeth and falls to the floor as her legs finally buckle under her, "Crap."
"Normal hug only it is, then!" 65536 slides from the bench and limps over to her, lowering itself down next to her and briefly nuzzling her neck, "You too, BB."
"Hmpmhh..." moans the barely conscious white unicorn pile when two small legs wrap around its neck.
*Boing!* *Boing!* *Boing!* *CRASH!*
The loud crack of chitin against the stone floor makes the two look up, only to see a black blur accompanied by rapid clip clop of hooves before the sudden hug pile gains a third member.
Seeing Smiley land on Blueblood and 65536, 99 breathes out a sigh of relief. In her current state, she's not sure if she could withstand the momentum without something getting crushed.
A moment later, Smiley is pushed off by 65536 standing up and trotting off to a door in the back of the gym.
"Guys, I'll grab the mop and you try to shuffle over to the showers. I'll be there soon. Smiley, you'll help me," the drone calls out, making Smiley stand up too, grab its writing slate from the bench, and trot over. 65536 hangs a bucket on the top of Smiley's head, grabs the mop, and the two return to the area of their final exercise.
As 65536 gets to mopping the floor, Smiley watches it for a while before writing a message on the slate and poking 65536 with it.
"Up arrow, down arrow, repeated three times, 99, BB, question mark," 65536 mutters to itself as it's reading, "Why did I have them do the pushups- uhh, the up-downs?" it looks at Smiley who smiles back and nods, "Because they're one of the healthiest exercises ever. They make you stronger all over, they warm you up, they make you breathe properly, and after the first few neither of them had anything else on their mind than going up and down without passing out. They're overall great."
Smiley scratches its head and then experimentally does a few pushups.
"Yup, you should regularly do some too," 65536 finishes the quick mopping, "Being stronger will make you use up less love when running from the baddies back home. But you did a good job on the trampoline too. It helps to make your hoofsies stable when you need to jump or run."
Smiley processes the message with a happy smile as they join Blueblood and 99 sitting in the same shower, the prince staring at her with a disbelieving expression and the infiltrator washing her carapace, seemingly unbothered. Seeing that, Smiley immediately rushes into the stall too.
"Neat, a sitting hug pile!" 65536 heads in too.
"What is this and why is it happening?!" croaks Blueblood, squeezing himself into the corner to avoid any potentially misconstrueable contact.
"Hmm?" 99 turns her head, "Anything wrong?"
"Why are we all in one stall? This is one of the richest resorts in both Equestria and the Empire, so why are we sharing one shower?"
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