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Getting Bathed, Oil School!
Jun. 30th, 2015 10:29 pmIt was another hot and humid day today and I was ready for trip to the spa. So was everypony else. Fortunately I'd dropped by the spa yesterday to reserve us six spots.
The spa ponies had something new. Rarity had come across a description of a fragrant oil bath in a book she consulted at the Crystal Empire library. It involves getting covered in oil and then getting nearly all that oil combed out of your fur, mane and tail with a curved, scoop-like comb. I had to try that! For science! Fluttershy, Applejack and of course Rarity were game too, but Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie had other plans.
While we got hooficures, massages, seaweed wraps and finally a cool rinse and dry in anticipation of getting slathered in oil, those silly mares went from the hot tub to go roast in the sauna! When finally they were so hot you'd think they were about to burst into flames, the two of them dashed outside to where Dash had parked a big black cloud. Dash kicked the cloud into action and they cooled off in the torrential downpour. Then, looking like drowned rats, the two of them ran back inside and giggling like fillies, shook their coats, spraying us until we too were soaked.
We dried off again, and we were ready for the oil. Lotus and Aloe must be consulting quite a bit with Zecora because that oil really smelled heavenly, relaxing and invigorating, all at once. Rarity said that the reference she had was pretty vague on what the oil was made of or what it smelled like, so the spa ponies just, improvised.
We stood on large raised stone tables and got light, warm oil poured all over our bodies. It felt weird. There were grooves on the table to both collect the oil that dripped off our coats and to ensure we wouldn't slip and fall. There was also a wooden bar in front that we could grab with our teeth, in case we started to slip anyway. When the oil had soaked through, the spa ponies pulled out their custom-made "strigil combs" and combed and scraped every flank, hock, crevice, nook, hair and feather on our bodies. Those ponies work fast but it still was a lot of work. But Celestia! It was worth it!
When the four of us stepped out of the spa, so mellow and so silky, I swear all conversation just stopped everywhere. We just glowed and glistened in the sunshine and everypony stared. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie joined us and as we strolled to Sugarcube Corner for ices, I think we nearly started a parade of agog ponies.
It still feels fantastic, but there is a downside. I have to watch where I settle down so I don't leave a pony-shaped oil patch on a favorite rug or anything else that's hard to clean. Like my books.
The spa ponies had something new. Rarity had come across a description of a fragrant oil bath in a book she consulted at the Crystal Empire library. It involves getting covered in oil and then getting nearly all that oil combed out of your fur, mane and tail with a curved, scoop-like comb. I had to try that! For science! Fluttershy, Applejack and of course Rarity were game too, but Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie had other plans.
While we got hooficures, massages, seaweed wraps and finally a cool rinse and dry in anticipation of getting slathered in oil, those silly mares went from the hot tub to go roast in the sauna! When finally they were so hot you'd think they were about to burst into flames, the two of them dashed outside to where Dash had parked a big black cloud. Dash kicked the cloud into action and they cooled off in the torrential downpour. Then, looking like drowned rats, the two of them ran back inside and giggling like fillies, shook their coats, spraying us until we too were soaked.
We dried off again, and we were ready for the oil. Lotus and Aloe must be consulting quite a bit with Zecora because that oil really smelled heavenly, relaxing and invigorating, all at once. Rarity said that the reference she had was pretty vague on what the oil was made of or what it smelled like, so the spa ponies just, improvised.
We stood on large raised stone tables and got light, warm oil poured all over our bodies. It felt weird. There were grooves on the table to both collect the oil that dripped off our coats and to ensure we wouldn't slip and fall. There was also a wooden bar in front that we could grab with our teeth, in case we started to slip anyway. When the oil had soaked through, the spa ponies pulled out their custom-made "strigil combs" and combed and scraped every flank, hock, crevice, nook, hair and feather on our bodies. Those ponies work fast but it still was a lot of work. But Celestia! It was worth it!
When the four of us stepped out of the spa, so mellow and so silky, I swear all conversation just stopped everywhere. We just glowed and glistened in the sunshine and everypony stared. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie joined us and as we strolled to Sugarcube Corner for ices, I think we nearly started a parade of agog ponies.
It still feels fantastic, but there is a downside. I have to watch where I settle down so I don't leave a pony-shaped oil patch on a favorite rug or anything else that's hard to clean. Like my books.
