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[Sleepy Fluttershy]

Gin Prank.

She runs around in circles for about half an hour (why is it so difficult to get directions from people?) until she finally finds it. The first house she was going to visit. It feels awkward to be standing there and knocking on the door.

On the one hand, she genuinely wants to find out what people want from a mayor, what she is supposed to do to make them happy and how she can change everything for the better. But doing this also looks like she is trying to make people vote for her and influencing their choice on purpose. It still has to be done though, so after a deep sigh she decides that she might as well just get it over with.

"Miss Lionel?"

Well, this is even more awkward than she thought.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but I was just wondering if I could ask you a few questions about the mayoral elections."

She wonders why her voice is so uncertain and weak all of a sudden. This has to be done. If this door opens, she's going to ask those questions, write down the answers and move on to the next person.

"And I forgot to mention... I'm offering you a free drink as compensation for your time."

What if she doesn't come out? She might not be at home. Maybe I'll just wait here a little and...

A shiver runs down her spine. Campaigning is... harder than she could ever imagine.

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There they are again, those three syllables that remind Lex that strangers are a mistake and she shouldn't engage with them. Miss Lionel? Ugh, she could vomit. But the woman standing at the front door had to be persistent to come all the way out here — even if she is so much of a stranger that she's knocking on the door of the house rather than the woodshop. Lucky for her that Lex is working on her porch expansion project today — the Lionel girl had recently finished cutting the decking down to size and had just started hauling the lumber up to the house when she spies the visitor.

"Lex," she corrects, coming up on the stranger from behind, six long boards balanced on her shoulder. "Just Lex." She leans the wood against the side of the house and takes stock of the visitor, who's here for something about the mayoral elections. How are those still happening? The campaigns could end tomorrow and it still wouldn't be soon enough. She'd already been bothered by enough petitioners and peacekeepers over the election to last her the next five years.

"Ask me whatever," she agrees, pulling the leather gloves off of her hands and tucking them into the back pocket of her jeans. "Just make it snappy. Still planning to get the decking installed by dinner, and I've got a lot left to do." There was always a lot left to do, but all of it was preferable to getting trapped in unwanted conversation. "I'll take your bribe so long as it isn't now-or-never. Liquor and power tools aren't a great combination, and I'm taking a break from getting impaled at the moment." Screws and nails were a lot more pleasant than maces and kitchen knives, but not getting stabbed was preferable to getting stabbed in her recent experience.

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[Sleepy Fluttershy]

Gin Prank.

A voice from behind her almost makes her jump. Now she really wants to run away and never come back and never go talking to random people again. No thanks, she has had enough of people sneaking up on her. But instead of fleeing she turns around and smiles cheerfully.

"Just Lex" doesn't look like she is thrilled to see a stranger at her front door and it takes Gin a moment to compose herself and think of something to say.

"Okay... First of all, it's not a bribe, it's homemade gin and I was going to give it to people who help me with the election to say thanks. And I am also doing this... Because my name is Gin and that would be funny, you know? Never mind."

Flustered and blushing, she takes out a small bottle and hands it to the girl. This conversation could have started better.

"And now we should go back to business. Do you have any thoughts about what problems our district has and what has to be improved here?"

Gin looks at her expectantly, hoping for a friendly reply while her heart jumps right to the bottom of her stomach.