"No Lapis, watch the video again. See, they're using their back to twerk, not just bobbing up and down." Lapis let Peridot go on her spree about the proper form of the newest dance fad, while she was scrolling through a cupcake recipe online. The barn had gotten a little hectic, due to Peridots obsession with random objects and Lapis' lack of motivation to clean them up. There were piles of Peridots things scattered around, one corner of the room was dedicated to purely alien themed things. Lapis' tablet started to ring, she was getting a video chat from Steven.

"Peri, come here, Steven is calling." Peridot paused her video and came over to Lapis. "Hi Steven" Lapis waved. "Peridot is here too". Lapis moved the screen so Steven could see Peridot.

"Oh, good, Amethyst and I just got back from the game store, and we got a new Wii console, do you guys wanna come over and try it out with us?" Lapis and Peridot exchanged a confused look.

"What's a Wii?" Lapis asked. Peridot shrugged. "Yeah I can fly Peri and I over, we'll be there soon. Bye Steven". Lapis turned off the tablet and turned to Peridot. "You ready?"

"Wait, we should bring a housewarming gift". Peridot ran over to one of her piles and plucked out a package of number 2 pencils. "Perfect". The two of them left the barn, and stood on the 'helicopter landing pad' that Peridot had insisted Lapis use for takeoff and landing. Lapis summoned her wings, and they flew over to the barn.

Peridot knocked on the door, and Garnet answered it. Peridot shoved the package of pencils into her arms. "Here you go. Housewarming gift". Garnet looked confused, but accepted the pencils.

"Thank you. Come inside". Lapis and Peridot walked in and sat on the couch. Amethyst, Connie and Steven were in the loft, playing on their brand new Wii. Pearl was making snacks for the three of them, and Greg and Garnet were sitting on the couch.

"NO NO NO, I FELL OF THE TRACK AGAIN". Amethyst was shaking her controller. "I'M IN 12TH PLACE GUYS!" Steven was focused intensely on the game, and Connie was laughing.

"EAT MY DUST STEVEN!" Connies car sped in front of Steven's putting her in 3rd place. Peridot and Lapis walked over to the three of them, and watched the screen.

"What are you guys doing?" Lapis asked.

"Mario Kart" Steven didn't turn his head away from the game. "If you guys want, you can play the winner". Lapis looked at Peri.
"Eh, I'd rather just watch". Lapis sat down on Steven's bed, paying attention to the screen.

"I wanna play!" Peridot watched them finish up the race, Connie came in second, Steven in fifth, and Amethyst in ninth.

"Aw I lost". Amethyst handed her controller to Peridot. "Good luck P". She joined Lapis on the bed, and watched the three of them.

Steven began scrolling through the worlds. "How about we play Moo Moo Meadows, cause Peridot is new at this". Connie nodded, and they selected their game. Steven was Luigi, Connie was Toad, and Peridot decided to be Yoshi. The game begun, with Steven starting out in the lead, and Connie close behind. Peridot, however, was going the wrong way.

"Guys, something's wrong". Steven glanced at Peridots screen and laughed.
"Peri, you're going the wrong way". Peridot looked confused, she turned around her kart and begun the race. She was doing pretty well up until the cows.

"I KEEP HITTING THE COWS STEVEN! THEY WON'T MOVE OUT OF MY WAY!" She managed to maneuver around a cow, only to hit another one. "CRAP".

Connie was smiling, "AW YES I got a bonus". She sped ahead of Steven once again. Peridot was beginning to get a hang of the game, and was now racing next to Steven.

"Hello Steven." Peridot was directly behind Steven when he dropped a banana peel. "Why is a banana on the track, am I supposed to pick it up or.. OH MY GOD IT MESSED ME UP, NO NO NO".

"Sorry Peridot, I have to beat Connie".
"You haven't beat me in five games".

"What? No I beat you when we were playing Coconut Mall".

"That was by one second though"

"I still beat you". While Connie and Steven were talking, they weren't paying attention to Peridot, who was quickly catching up to them.

Peridot picked up a powerup. "What is this?" She activated it and super accelerated. "OH MY GOSH I'M SO FAST". She turned the corner and saw the finish line. Connie and Steven were only a little bit ahead of her. She used the last bit of her power up to speed past them, earning herself the first place title.

"Wait how'd she get ahead of us?" Connie asked.

"THE POWER OF POWERUPS COMPELS ME!" Connie looked confused.

"What does that even mean?" Peridot laughed as she crossed over the finish line.

"YES YES I WIN. I AM THE ALL TIME CHAMPION!" Peridot hugged Lapis and jumped up and down. Amethyst laughed.

"Peri, you know that's the easiest level in the whole game right?"

"I CHALLENGE YOU TO A HARDER LEVEL AMETHYST!" Amethyst grabbed the controller and selected Rainbow Road.
"Let's go P." The race started and within 5 seconds Peridot had fallen off the track. She respawned, and fell off again. Amethyst was in second place, and Peri was in twelfe.

"Who's the all time champion now". Peridot threw down the controller, and started to hit Amethyst. Well, not really hitting, it was more of an attempt at hitting. "Hey, don't be a sore loser."

"I am not sore or a loser!" Peridot continued to "hit" Amethyst until she felt herself rising off the ground. Garnet had picked her up and set her down on the couch.

"I had foreseen this happening, Mario Kart makes everyone angry."