save a horse ride a cowboy / magica x poe x scrooge

[lifesa_witch]

 It's not as the ranch never got rich clients before - but what would come upon their humble abode this day was a few steps higher than mere "rich". The two that exited the limo were in a league all their own.

"I don't know about this."
"Look, it's got five stars from all the best rating sites. And you said you wanted to be with some animals."
"Doesn't mean I want to live in a zoo."
"None of that now. Let's give these people a nice little opportunity to better themselves with our presence... smile, darling."


With that, a pair of twins headed up to the front desk, their exhausted chauffer carrying way more bags than the human arm could really shoulder. One would think the two were moving in instead of crashing for the weekend.

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[richestduck]

Matilda spotted them first. She gave a low whistle before turning her attention back to the computer. "All that for one weekend? Who needs that many bags for two days?"

"Just fix the blasted system." Fergus scowled at the computer. "Never had this kind of issue with the old metal keys."

"Until someone copied them in town and broke in."

"Nng."

[lifesa_witch]

Ever heard a choir of throat-clearing before? Now they did.

"Private cabin for two, please." Said the woman.

"Two separate cabins." The man interrupted.

"Poe-"
"Magica, we are here to relax. And how can we do that if we're completely hovering over each other? It'd be no different than home."
"This whole thing was your idea."
"Like it'll make a dent in the mint."

The woman, Magica, sighed. "... Two it is."

[richestduck]

"What's the name on the reservation?" Matilda asked politely.

After all, the ranch only did reservations. Walk-ins were welcome in the beginning, but the place had gotten so popular that it was next to impossible to have free cabins at all times.

[lifesa_witch]

"Poe De Spell." He'd made the reservation, after all. "And this is my sister, Magica."

"Charmed," she added drolly.

[richestduck]

"It's nice to meet both of you!" Matilda said, unphased as her father studied the duo. She typed a few keys. "It looks like the reservation was made with two cabins in mind, so we placed you into neighboring Sugars. Give you both a little space without feeling like you're at the ends of the Earth from each other."

A few more keys and the card machine spat out two card keys.

As she slipped them into two separate sleeves, she asked, "Would you two like spare keys to each other's cabins?"

[lifesa_witch]

"Yes."
"No."

Magica glared at her twin, but glared back.
"We have phones. What kind of possible emergency could there be that we'd need spare keys?"
"Fine. But I better not hear any whining about 'missing sissy'."
"I haven't called you that in years."
"You literally called me that this morning."

[richestduck]

These two were going to be a barrel of fun.

"Here you are." She handed each of them a key. "Miss De Spell, you're in Sugar Loaf. Mr. De Spell, you're in Sugar Plum."

Fergus eyed the bags. He rolled his eyes. "Ah'll call for someone to carry all yet luggage." He pulled out a satphone with walkie talkie capabilities. "Scroogey, going tae need a couple of hands. Got a lot o' luggage fer some visitors."

"Arthur and I will be right over."

[lifesa_witch]

Magica snapped her fingers, letting the chauffer know he could put down the bags. "Pick us up on Monday at eight a.m., sharp."

A small salute, and off he went.

"The purple bags are mine, the black ones belong to Poe."

[richestduck]

"All right." Matilda looked up as the door opened, beaming at her brother and his second-in-command. "You two ready to carry some bags?"

"As we'll ever be," Scrooge said.

Arthur looked at the collection of luggage and gave a low whistle, tapping the brim of his hat. "You two's got quite a bit there."

[lifesa_witch]

The twins tilted their heads to get a better angle when Scrooge turned around. At least they could agree on something.

Magica was the one to speak again first. "Better to be safe than sorry. We've never been at one of these types of... things before."

"We've been at resorts, bungalows, islands, hotels, motels, and the like..." Poe explained. "But this is our first ranch."

[richestduck]

"You picked a good one to start with," Arthur said. "These folks'll make sure you don't wanna leave by the end."

Scrooge chuckled as the two of them picked up the bags as if they didn't weigh much at all, so used to living hefty bundles of hay and other things. "If you'll just follow us, we'll get you where you need to go." He glanced at his sister.

"Sugar Loaf and Sugar Plum."

"Got it."

[lifesa_witch]

Nice ass and nice muscles. Not a bad way to start the visit.

The twins made a connected "hm" sound before following him.

"Your co-worker seemed fairly confident about this place." Magica said. "Must be a hefty salary for that PR."

[richestduck]

"We pay basically peanuts, but one of the advantages of working for us is room and board is included."

Arthur chuckled. "Given some of us have night shifts and whatnot, it's better than havin' to drive. Plus Mrs. McDuck makes some damn fine food. I'll take the pay cut if it means I get to eat like a king every day."

Scrooge laughed. "If Mummy hears that, she might give you an extra slice of pie for dessert."

"If that's the case, let's take a little detour by the kitchen so I can repeat myself!" Arthur laughed.

[lifesa_witch]

Mummy? What grown man called their parents mummy? If Scrooge was some kind of man-child underneath the hunk, it'd be incredibly disappointing.

"How... charming." Magica said without a drop of care.

"Yes, very... rural." Poe wasn't even sure if that was the right word to use.

[richestduck]

The duo chuckled a bit more as they passed one of the paddocks. A few of the horses trotted up, expecting goodies.

"Sorry, Gunmetal, Coppertone, but we don't have anything for you right now," Scrooge said affectionately.

The dark gray one, Gunmetal, huffed and stamped her hoof in irritation.

[lifesa_witch]

Magica slowed down to a halt, her expression softening as she looked upon the horses.

Poe wasn't as charmed, and even tried to pull Magica away. "Magica! That one is called GUNMETAL, it's probably dangerous!"

"It's in a paddock, Poe, it can't even bite me at this angle!"

[richestduck]

Twin sighs from the two ranch hands. Not this again...

"She's named for her color, Mr. De Spell, not her temperament," Scrooge explained. "She's very sweet if a bit pushy when it comes to getting treats."

[lifesa_witch]

Magica smirked, shoving Poe off her (perhaps a bit more roughly than needed) in her victory. "I thought so. Look at that face! She couldn't harm a fly. Isn't that right, Gunmetal?"

Poe grumbled, but didn't add on. As long as Magica was happy...

[richestduck]

Gunmetal whickered while Coppertone kicked up his heels to trot off. Meanwhile in the background, Black Beauty -- a black Fresian -- struck a pose.

"Show off!" Scrooge called towards the stallion.

[lifesa_witch]

Magica was all heart-eyes now. "And would you look at that one? What magnificent coloring! It's divine!"

Poe rolled his eyes, trying to drag his sister along. "We do have a room to get to..."

[richestduck]

"That's Black Beauty," Scrooge told her. "He's a bit of a diva, so we usually only allow the more advanced riders to ride him. Otherwise, he's typically only ridden by staff."

[lifesa_witch]

"I can see why, that's a special kind of beauty!" Magica clasped her hands together, eyes glittering. "Only for the best!"

Great. Two against two. Poe looked at Arthur, trying to gesture for some help in getting them to move.

[richestduck]

Arthur rolled his eyes. "Boss, if we ever wanna get back to work, we need to get them to their cabins. The horses aren't going anywhere."

Scrooge blinked before blushing. "Ah. That's right. Sorry about that."

They resumed the trick towards the cabins, arriving at Sugar Loaf first.

"This is your cabin, Miss De Spell."

It was a relatively modest little cabin if one chose to ignore the private hot tub on the deck. There was a wet bar just inside the door, leading the way to the living room with a large flatscreen TV above the fireplace. There was a Blu-ray player and a satellite TV box set into a niche in the wall, out of the way of everything while still easily-accessible. A king-sized bed was just behind a set of railing separating the bedroom from the living room, allowing the occupants to lie in bed while watching TV or the fireplace. Just off of that was a luxurious bathroom that included a jacuzzi tub and a shower large enough to wash one of the horses in.

[lifesa_witch]

Once the horses were gone, the bitch-ness returned. She was used to this life of luxury, so none of this really made her bat an eyelash. She did, however, eye the wet bar, before glancing at Poe.

"I specified there was to be no alcohol in our cabins." Poe said, a bit gently, and at that Magica seemed to relax.

[richestduck]

"They're stocked up with bottled water, juices, and sodas instead," Scrooge added as he carried her things in. "Some of the bottled juices have names like 'Bloody Mary' due to them being mixed to taste like the cocktails, but there's no alcohol. I promise." He nodded at the room service menu sitting on the bar. "If you don't want to come to the lodge for meals, you can order food and drinks to your cabins. Fair warning: Alcohol is listed there. It's too expensive to print up fresh menus for every customer's specific tastes, and that's money that can go back to the horses."

He wasn't sure what the issue was, but it wasn't his business. His job was to mind the horses and make sure his Uncle Pothole didn't sink the entire endeavor.

He took some of the bags from Arthur and led the way to Poe's cabin. It was a mirror of Magica's right down to the wet bar completely lacking alcohol.