The woman opened her door to her apartment, trying to catch her breath, and stumbled in, ignoring her roommate, who just happened to be making out with someone on their couch.

The roommate, noticing someone else's presence, reluctantly climbed off of her boyfriend, who was all too happy to be able to breathe again.

"I'd better go. You know how Gir can be when he's by himself."

The boyfriend rose and gave his sweetheart a peck on the cheek.

"All right. See ya tomorrow."

"Bye."

Both girls returned their goodbyes and he left. The girl called Ly peeked her head in from the kitchen at Gaz and grinned slyly.

"You know, you really didn't have to stop on my account."

Gaz grunted back and decided to change the subject.

"So, how'd it go? Did you find him?"

Ly returned to the living room with her glass of water and plopped next to Gaz on the couch.

"I found him, but I couldn't see him. The lights were off. And some psycho tried to kill me, so I came back here. I'll try again in a few days."

Gaz looked over at her insane friend and shook her head sadly.

"I hope you kicked his ass before you ran away. I didn't teach you those moves for nothing."

"Unlike you, Gaz, I am opposed to violence. I elbowed him in the face, and then ran." Her roommate looked slightly more pleased.

"Hm. You wanna play on the SlaveStation? I have an hour before I have to go to work."

Gaz, being a perpetual insomniac, had chosen hours that would accommodate this. Ly only slept when she really, really had to. She felt it was very restricting.

"Yeah, and I'm gonna kick your butt all the way to Tiny Chicken Town, too!"

Gaz looked at her funny look, and stated matter-of-factly, "That's not very pacifistic talk. Besides, you suck at video games."

Ly merely shrugged and dove for the controllers, laughing maniacally.