Copper Cup startled and jumped up at the loud noise just as she was about to reply. She fumbled for her rifle underneath the counter and sprinted through the back door and around the front, where she saw a black pegasus cowering on her doorstep under the assault of a mirelurk. "OH BUCKING FLANK!" she shouted as she raised her rifle. She looked down the sight and took a deep breath, then squeezed off a round, which promptly missed. "Bucking Celestia horsepiles....." she muttered, and shot again. This time, her shot homed in straight to the sensitive face of the creature. It screamed vilely and charged her. By this time, a small crowd had gathered outside her shop, and other ponies had drawn weapons. She shot once more into the monster and it collapsed twitching in pain. She putt her gun away and reached for her machete, which she stabbed downward into the weak spot at the top of the carapace, causing the mirelurk to shudder and die. Well, at least there's meat now. she thought.
"Calm down everypony! Nothing to see here! This corpse is mine!" she trotted up to the prone pegasus. "Are you okay?" she asked