The tension in the room was so thick, you'd need a lightsaber to cut through it; two people were locked in a serious battle of wits, skill, and cunning. Each person giving it their all, and still broke even with the score... until Alena found the needler.
"Don't you DARE use that, we agreed to never use that unless we really wanted to start a war!" Alena's only response to Placidia's comment was sticking out her tongue, followed by rapidly firing an assload of pink projectiles of doom into Placidia's character while flying overhead with the man-cannon at her base. Valhalla was Alena's favorite map in the entire Halo series, mostly because of the man-cannons at the base, and all of the sniping spots there were in the game. The announcer declared 'game over' after Alena's traitorous use of the needler, or as Placidia calls it, 'the pussiest pink pistol in existence.' Placid was close to throwing the controller at the TV, but thought against it - she really couldn't afford to replace the TV... again.
Placidia took a few deep breaths as Alena changed the game, "Hey, how bout some All-Stars Battle Royale?" Placid rapidly shook her head, "All you do in that game is play Issac and continuously lay down mines right before I hit the ground, and then hit me with your level 2 super. Hell, I tried playing Issac to counter you, and all we did was use our super on each other at the same time and couldn't get a kill in. The only time I do win is if I play Kratos, and you practically shout at full lung capacity because you hate how broken he is! So no, I won't play that game with you. How about some Dead or Alive 5?"
Alena's eyes glazed over as the thought of playing one of the best fighting games with the best jiggle physics played through her mind; Placid had to snap her out of it by picking up the game case, and placing it on her head, balancing the case on its corner. Surprisingly, the case stood stock still. The case fell when Alena snapped out of her thoughts, which made Placid snicker.
"Enjoy your fantasies?" Alena replied by socking her friend on the arm, "Can it, you! And yes, yes I was; Ayane cutest fighting character of 2015."
Placidia flicked Alena's nose gently, "You're just saying that because you can easily cosplay her; that, and she's also a cheap character, though not as cheap as Zack or Jan Lee."
"Awww, someone's butthurt because I'm actually good at this game."
Placid's eyes roared with a fire within, "You take that back, buttwipe!" Alena giggled as she scooted closer to Placidia, and put her face right up to her ear, as she whispered, "Come on and make me, then." Placid could feel Alena's hot breath on her ear, which made her shudder for a moment before she picked up the controller, and got a determined look on her face, "Oh, I'll make you take it back, and then some."
The truth was though, that Placidia was still a little flustered from Alena's little stunt, and wasn't really sure that she could win. There was really only one way to win against Alena in this game, and that was to wait for her to pick her fighter before picking her own. Thing is, Alena was also waiting for Placid to pick hers as well. Placid just resigned to her fate and picked Marie Rose, while Alena picked Hitomi. The only saving grace for Placidia was that Alena picked second, so Placid got to pick the map; she just pressed the Y button on random, which Alena picked up on, since she knew the difference between the sounds when the map is picked.
"You just can't handle being in The Danger Zone, can you?" Placid just blew a raspberry at Alena before the match loaded. Hitomi came onto the screen in a school swimsuit. Placid just looked at Alena as if to say 'Really?' Alena replied to Placid's unsaid comment, "You can't really say much, cause you're as much of a perv as I am." Right then, Marie Rose came on with her gym uniform on, which Alena pointed to, "Told ya so." The two turned towards the screen, and began pummeling each other into the ground, though it was more Alena doing the pummeling, and Placidia going into the ground. This went on for a few rounds, until Placidia got the hang of the game and started getting good at it. Then they started breaking even with each other... Then Placidia picked Ayane, and things went to hell. The two got seriously into their friendly rivalry, and ended up gaming the whole day away playing Dead or Alive, and then when Placidia passed out on the floor, Alena played a bit of story mode before she called it a night.
Placid was woken up from her sleep by Alena, and the two got ready for bed; Placid snuggled into bed with nothing on, and Alena jumped in with just an oversized white t-shirt. Placid was already fast asleep, snoring lightly, sounding really cute; Alena noticed that Placid took both pillows, so she just opted to snuggle up close and use Placid's chest as a pair of pillows. The two were comfortable with enough with each other that those kinds of things didn't bother them. Getting dared to make out by drunk guys at a graduation party may or may not have had anything to do with it.
It was a beautiful morning, as the sun shone through the window in the bedroom. Alena got up and stretched, as she scratched an itch that had been bothering her. As she gathered her clothes and brought them to the bathroom before she got into the shower, Alena went over to the family room and turned on the home theatre system, and also turned on the hallway speakers. She turned on her iPod, and selected a random song in her library, which happened to be Meaning of Life by Vinyl Scratch. The song blasted throughout the house, and a satisfied Alena went into the bathroom to take a shower, while Placidia stirred awake from the loud wubs.
Strangely, when Alena turned on the shower, there was no water. There was power, but no water, and she was damn sure her mother paid the utility bill. Alena just shrugged and used some deodorant as she got dressed and brushed her teeth; she wasn't going to let the water issue affect her having clean teeth in the morning. Placid knocked on the bathroom door, "Sorry, I'm still in here, gotta wait." The only problem with Alena's house, was that there was only one bathroom , though it wasn't really a problem when it was just her. Soon as Alena left the bathroom, Placid rushed in and slammed the door, before she did her business. leaving Alena to her own devices.
With nothing else to do, Alena headed to the kitchen and got out a loaf of bread, some cheese slices, peanut butter, and a container of margarine, along with a frying pan. Moments later, there were two grilled cheese sandwiches with peanut butter, a glass of chocolate milk for Alena, and a glass of orange juice for Placid. Placidia was in the kitchen a couple of minutes later, with nothing on but a Metallica t-shirt and underpants, which were striped with blue and white. All Alena did was give her a flat stare.
"I'll get dressed after I eat, don't get your titties in a twist. Speaking of which, how did you sleep last night?" Alena had to take a second and stop chewing her food before she choked, "I slept fine, though I would've slept even better if someone wasn't doing her best impression of a chainsaw."
Placid just rolled her eyes, "Just admit it, you find it cute that I sleep with nothing on, sprawl out all over the bed, and snore like a chorus of chainsaws."
"Actually, you snoring like a chorus of chainsaws makes you about as cute as a hairless Sphynx cat."
The two of them went back and forth at each other for quite a while, before they had decided to settle things the old fashioned way: a game of Halo 3, this time with the weapons set to human only, score to unlimited, and timer to one hour.
Twilight woke up pretty early this morning, though for her she was right on time. Spike was still fast asleep in his basket, comic hanging from his claw; Twilight made a mental note to get him a proper bed, as he was starting to get a little bigger, thanks to working things out to get Spike his own private hoard and keeping it regulated. Twilight hummed to herself as she levitated a brush and got rid of her bedhead and brushed her coat, the song being hummed was Morning in Ponyville, which woke Spike up nearly instantly.
"Not that song, anything but that one song! You've sung it three times this month, and hummed it daily! Please, for the love of you, stop humming that annoyingly catchy song!" Spike groaned as Twilight ignored his complaints, and so he grabbed the pillow and wrapped it around his head to cover his ears. Today was going to be a long day.
Twilight ignored Spike's protests about the song she was humming, and went downstairs into the kitchen to grab something to eat before she went out into the market to pick up some groceries and a few new books for the library; she only hoped that some of the salesponies would stop giving her things at heavily discounted prices or for free. Just because she ascended into being an Alicorn, doesn't mean she should suddenly be treated any differently. She had secretly wished that Celestia hadn't coronated her into being a princess, so that she could return to being a normal pony, instead of being worshipped like a ruler of Equestria.
As she walked to the market, Twilight began to hear sounds... like little popping noises. Curious, she followed her ears, until eventually she came upon a house in Ponyville that wasn't there before. It definitely wasn't like any of the other houses, as it seemed to be made of small bricks, with what looked like a sort of cement that was similar to what the walls of the other houses were made of. The windows had glass in them, and the roof looked very different from the rest of the houses in town. Even without the windows open, Twilight could hear the sounds coming from within the house, which meant that whatever was making those noises, was pretty loud.
Twilight looked around the house, and had found two beings inside that looked similar to Diamond Dogs, but they only had hair on the top of their heads, and were wearing clothes. They looked as if they were playing with something in their hands, but they were looking at something that was just out of her view. Curious, Twilight wanted to get a better look, but the only way to do so, was to go inside. Steeling her resolve, Twilight brought her hoof up to the door, and knocked.
Placid and Alena were well into their match, when there was a knock at the door. Alena paused the game and put down her controller, "I'm gonna go see who it is."
Placidia couldn't help but comment, "Come on, no one from our neighborhood knocks on the door, they all use the doorbell. Besides, you know that I'm the one who knocks." Alena groaned and headed for the front door. She was expecting to see another person on the other side of the door, but instead what she got, was Princess Twilight Sparkle.
"Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle. Excuse me for possibly being rude, but what are you?"
Alena turned behind her and called out, "Uh, Placid, I think we have a problem..."
Placidia called back, "What is it, creditors?"
"No, it's not creditors. I don't think we're in Philly anymore."
"How so?"
Alena put her face into her hand, "Just come and ask little miss Sparkle over here yourself."
The only comment after a few seconds of silence came from Placid, "What."