Created for the Build a Better Fluffy Trap theme. Jack Lalonde is part of my Rainbow Acres continuity.
“HUUU HUUUU! NU WAN’ BA’ WAWA!! DADDEH HEEEEEWP!!”
Your head shoots up hearing the sound of fluffy misery nearby.
You are Bingo, a blue and green pegasus and ex domestic fluffy. You and your mummah used to live together till one day she didn’t come into your saferoom to feed you. After forever her landlord found you and said she had abandoned you and he was going to take you to a shelter. You were SO smart though! You knew he must have done something to your mummah, and escaped out an open door to go find her before he could do anything bad to you.
You ran towards the sound, circling the alley it was coming from a few times before you made the right turns.
The search for your mummah hadn’t been going well, but you put that aside hearing a fluffy in need of rescue. You would be a hero, like Captain Flufftastic! You saw him on your saferoom TV all the time, he would save fluffies from precarious situations and then everyone loved him!
A purple mare pressed her hooves against a clear barrier, a wall to her right and a large container of water to her left. She sobbed as she tapped her hooves on the barrier.
“WAWA BA’ FO FWUFFIES!! HUU HUU!” she wailed.
“BINGO AM HEWEW!” you called back, galloping down the alley and stopping in front of a large boxy looking thing.
“WET FWUFFY OUT!” she screamed to you.
You studied the contraption, working out its mechanics. You circled it once, nodding your head as the solution became clear. All you needed to do was go up the ramp and get her!
“Nu wowwy, pwetty mawe! Bingo sabe!”
You trotted up the ramp on the side and bonked your head on a clear barrier between you and the mare. You didn’t see this coming, and sat down to study it. Why would there be a barrier between you and her? That would make it very hard for the two of you to have special huggies when you were done rescuing her. You’d never seen Captain Flufftastic do that, but you assumed it happened after the mares gushed about how handsome and wonderful he was.
You shook your head, trying to will your nunu stick to calm down. Special hugs later, you needed to rescue the mare first! You gave the barrier a small experimental push. It moved slightly, bumping into the mare.
“Gu bak’, Bingo moob dis an’ wet pwetty mawe out!”
“Huu… nu wan’ wawa…” she whined, looking away from you.
“Moob, den Bingo sabe!” You ordered firmly.
The mare nervously scooted away, letting you shove the barrier a few more inches before it bumped into her rump again.
“Moob!!” You ordered again.
“Buh wawa-”
“MOOB!” At your shout she yelped and moved a little further away.
You were starting to get annoyed with her. None of the mares Captain Flufftastic dealt with were so difficult. He would tell the fluffies what to do and they just did it!
You pushed on the clear barrier until it bumped into her again. You could see a small gap opening at the bottom. Leaning your shoulder into it you gave another hard shove, pushing the mare along with the clear plastic.
“WAWA!! NU! NU MOOB MOWE!!” the mare wailed.
“BINGO SABE, NU WOWWY!” you yelled over her as you gave another hard shove.
“NU WAN’! NU WAN’! BA’ WAWA!!”
You rolled your eyes. Did she want rescued or not? You considered just leaving but the tiny bit of her special place you could see pressed against the barrier was too tempting to pass up. You gave another hard shove as she kept screaming.
“NU MOWE!! WAWA BA’ FO FWUFFIES!! NUU! NUUUUUU!”
“SHADDUP! BINGO SAB!!”
With another solid shove the barrier swung up with a loud splash. You pushed under it, standing triumphantly on the platform.
“Bingo sabe pwetty mawe!” you cheered.
You couldn’t hear the mare’s thanks over the loud splashing.
Looking over the end of the platform you saw a large pool of water filled with colorful blobs. A purple one was flailing and splashing in the water. It wasn’t until she fell still that you realized that the blobs were fluffies. The purple one being the mare you just rescued.
You shied away from the ledge, not wanting to join into their watery grave. Your rump hit something and you spun around to see another clear barrier blocking your way out. You shoved it as hard as you could but it didn’t move.
“WAWA BA’ FO FWUFFIES!!” you screamed. “MUMMAH HEWP!! BINGO NU WAN’ BA’ WAWA!!”
A red fluffy appeared at the end of the alley, galloping to your rescue. You pressed your hooves against the clear barrier, shouting for them to hurry and save you. You didn’t want the horrible water to get you!!
“Why can’t they get back out?” Daniel turner asked, studying the video of the trap in action. The red fluffy on the projector screen began to push on the clear barrier, causing the wheel above it to spin and push the blue fluffy down the path towards the water.
“The wheel only turns one way.” the presenter, Jack Lalonde replied. He pressed a button on the remote to return to the diagram of the trap. “The spokes of this wheel are the clear barriers, as one pushes the bait fluffy along another traps the helper fluffy to be the next bait.”
“How much are these going to cost us?” A man to Daniel’s left asked.
“This prototype was built for $175 in materials.” Jack pressed the button again to show a parts list. “I, of course, didn’t charge for my labor but as most of these materials are recycled they would be much cheaper to get in bulk which should cover labor costs. The only parts that would need to be bought wholesale are the bearings for the wheel and the plexiglass for the spokes.”
“How do you start the system? The city would never support us putting more fluffies out on the street, even if they’re being used as bait.” Another executive across the table asked.
“We had some luck using artificial fluffies but of course, skettie works best.” He circled the small can on the platform with his laser pointer. “After the first fluffy finds that the trap baits itself. Fluffies have an inherent urge to help each other, so eventually another will come along and attempt to rescue the bait.”
There was a moment of silence in the room while Daniel chewed his lip. Jack anxiously fiddled with the remote.
Finally, Daniel nodded. “Yeah, I think we can back this. I’ll email you the contact for our R&D department, they can help you source materials and locations for a trial run.”
“Thank you sir!” Jack grinned. “You won’t regret this!”
Daniel smiled in reply. “Send the next presenter in on your way out, please.”
Jack nodded and tried to suppress the skip in his step as he left the conference room.