The building where the Weather Team usually had their meetings wasn’t very big. Neither did it stand out from the others in Ponyville. It was equiped with just the basic things the team needed, as one would expect in a small town. A couple rooms, a meeting room, a kitchen and a relatively large restroom. There was currently where Swift was, the restroom empty aside from her. The others were scattered around the building or had simply already left and the pony was left the restroom for herself to take warm shower. The almost too hot water running down her coat causing wonderful sensations and helped the pony relax after the stressful day of work. She had been in her own world when the quiet voice made her jump right back into reality. She whipped around, almost slipping on the wet floor and letting out a rather embarrassing squeak and covering herself with her wings (thinking back, she wasn’t sure why she did that, they did walk naked on a regular basis either way). “Y-yes?”
The small changeling snickered at the surprised pony’s reaction. “Sorry if I startled you,” She continued speaking happily, rather oblivious to the awkwardness of this situation. “I was looking for my friend Shocks, but she doesn’t seem to be around. We were supposed to go flying later.” She idly rubs one hoof with the other before continuing, “… and everypony else seems really grumpy.” She goes back to staring at the surprised Pegasus. “But you’re happy!” At this she pauses, blinking a few times. “Or at least, you were happy. Did I do something wrong?” She tilts her head to the side in thought, trying to remember normal pony manners. “Oh right! I forgot to introduce myself” At this she approaches Swift and extends one of her hooves. “Hi! I’m Bucketling!”
It was hard to process that amount of information right away, the little changeling seemed to give off almost as much energy as Ponyville resident party pony… Or maybe she was just tired and any energy was too much energy, it was hard to tell.
The fact that she was a changeling- well she couldn’t honestly say she was totally with it. As accepting as Equestria was, it was still hard to trust a changeling 100%. No matter how many times she had seen her around town.
The pony glanced down at the changeling’s extended hoof for a moment before finally resigning and placing her own over it. “Swift Sketch.” She said and started lowering her wings. “And sorry, I think Shocks already left.”
Bucketling didn’t show any hesitation in shaking Swift’s hoof in greeting, grinning happily and inadvertently showing off her fangs. “Well it’s nice too meet you! Shocks must’ve forgotten about meeting me here, and I was really looking forward to trying out my new wings and catching up with her. Oh well.”
She lowers her hoof and continues to stare at Swift, her large blue pupil-less eyes are somewhat unnerving at this close proximity. After a moment, she continues, “Are you one of Shocks’ friends? You felt a bit different when I mentioned her name.”