Oh the Humanity!: Friendship is International Adventure, Thursday, period 1

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The class had been handwavily notified this week to come dressed for a warm, wet hike. Pinkie, for one, was wearing a cliche bright yellow raincoat, hat, and galoshes. Eliot was more traditionally decked out in waterproof hiking boots and a lightweight, rain-proof jacket. They had extras in case any of the students didn't get the message or were otherwise ill-prepared.

"Guess what, everypony?" Pinkie enthused when everyone was gathered and properly attired. "This week we're going to one of the most exotic places on this whole planet!"

"Unless you're actually from a tropical rainforest," Eliot pointed out. "Then it ain't exotic at all."

"It's so neat that they've even got their very own division of disease research!"

"We've got bug spray," Eliot noted. "I don't want anyone coming home with zika. Or malaria." Malaria sucked ass.

"There are fish there that eat people!"

"Which is why we're not going in the water," Eliot said.

"And big hungry jungle cats!"

"Actually, jaguars are relatively small compared to lions or tigers."

"And adorable giant river otters!"

"That can take out the caymans."

"And man eating sloths!"

Eliot shook his head. "Ain't even a thing."

"Then why do they have such large claws?"

The portal opened up behind them, which was good because Eliot had no idea how to respond to that. Instead, he gestured for Pinkie to the lead the way into the jungle.

"We're meeting a professional guide there. I know we usually let you all have some free reign on these trips, but this time, I gotta ask y'all to not wander off. Pinkie ain't got a firm grasp on reality, but the Amazon is not a place to fuck around." He smiled despite his hard tone. "It's just also not one to be missed, if ya can help it."

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Ready for some jungle days

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Hanna Heller

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Kathy Li

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Listen to the lecture

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MAN EATING SLOTHS.

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How much of this was Pinkie making up? Hanna honestly couldn't tell this time, because Eliot was being so deadpan about it all.

Explore the Amazon!

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The guide looks pretty nonplussed, though whether it's the portal, the pink pony, or the fact that he's doing a few hour hike instead of his usual weeklong tour is anyone's guess. He and Eliot clearly know each other from somewhere, though, and the man is clearly ready to just roll with the weirdness.

Either way, the scenery is pretty damn gorgeous. Just try not to get lost and die.

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"Camera, camera..." Right, she had to take pictures of all of this. And find a tree to climb to get better shots. Ooooooo! (http://travel.mongabay.com/pix/peru/machu_picchu-Machu_1019_1174.html)

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Kathy was taking all sorts of pictures with her phone. And, unlike Pinky, actively looking for sloths because they were just the cutest.

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They're right there near you, this time!

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"Hey, Eliot," the guide said when they paused for a break. "Is it true you once bit the heart out of a live snake to sell a bit?"

"Who told you that?" Eliot asked. ". . . it wasn't a live snake."

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"Where is a snake's heart?" Hanna asked, from a little ways away, taking pictures of one. Looking intrigued.

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"Little more than a hand's-width down from its head," Eliot said, complete with hand gestures.

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"So, you did this to... convince someone you were on their side?" People were weird. Hanna reached out for the (non-poisonous, she could see it didn't have venom sacs!) snake, and stroked one hand down its scales. "I could do that, I think. I wouldn't, but. I could."

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"Don't --" Eliot grimaced when she pet the wild animal. Just because it wasn't venomous didn't make it harmless. "We were workin' a job to take down a con man. I had to oversell to keep him distracted thinkin' about how terrible we all were at conning him."

That and Eliot just wanted the guy to shut up about being a damn shark.

"Now please just -- stop touchin' the Amazon, okay?"

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Hanna withdrew her hand, looking somewhat mournful for a second. "But it's right here and so pretty." She took a picture of him with their guide, then of Pinkie scampering around. "This is what I'm going to do, after I graduate. Just go places. All the time."

She started hanging from her knees so she could get a picture of one of the hanging sloths from the right angle.

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Eliot was getting such a look for that.

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Don't think Eliot didn't see that look. "What?" he asked.

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"Why were you eating snake-hearts?" she asked.

Was this something she was going to have to do once she signed a contract? Because no one had mentioned this beforehand, just saying.

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"One," Eliot said. "One snake heart. I was keepin' the mark off-balance."

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"From a real snake?" she checked, just to make sure she was truly understanding the nuances of the situation.

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"SLOTH!" Pinkie shrieked, pointing into the trees. "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"

The sloth very slowly turned its head towards her, then very slowly turned it back and continued to leisurely chew its leaf.

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Thass my great-grandma. Chillin' in the Amazon. Drawin' a snake.