Luna intones, "The Monsters Rejoice For The Party Is Dead."
Everypony at the table exclaims at the same time, "WHAT!?!" Minus Pinkie Pie. She is in the kitchen getting snacks and has missed her turn several times.
Slicer Jen is the loudest. "That's not true! I should be the only one left alive, I win!" Luna tosses her a folded piece of parchment which she unfolds, reads, then flips around to read the other side. "A lightning bolt!?!"
The other mares read what is on the back of the parchment, in Slicer's handwriting. I stab everypony. Twilight spazzes out, "Oh come on, again with the stabbing??"
Luna cuts in, "And thus you defeated your allies before the monsters can. They overrun the town, the countryside, the world. You lose. Oh, and you get a lightning bolt for your ingenuity." Twilight starts bumping her head on the table and Luna leans over, whispering, "Now just imagine trying to run an Equestria, much less this little circus tonight."
Twilight sits up and asks meekly, "Slicer, can't you at least try to use some imagination besides 'I stab everypony'?"
Slicer retorts, "I imagined stabbing everypony for the glory of my princess."
Twilight argues back, "The first time was real, the second time you passed on a secret note just so you could get out of here early!"
Slicer replies, "Can I pretend now?"
Everypony yells, "NOOOO!!!!" Slicer waves a hoof.
Just then, Pinkie Pie trots in with a tray full of snacks, "Oh, did we die? Super! Now can we play the live version?"
Luna and Twilight yell, "NO!" They glance at each other again and Twilight settles down grumpily. Luna sighs and says, "Okay, I'll bite. Why did you do it 'this' time? You know I'm not letting you specifically off the hook until this game is officially done."
Slicer shifts uncomfortably as everypony stares at her. "Do you even have to ask? They were taking forever just trying to get out of that stupid inn! It was either them or me." She fiddles with her knife below the table.
Luna tilts her head and smiles, "She's got a point. We've been at this for how long?"
Twilight responds, "Three hours, twenty eight minutes, sixteen seconds."
Luna nods, "Figures you'd know. Now, Slicer....What is your primary role in this game?"
Slicer stares down at the table and mutters, "I guard their backs from the shadows and fix them when they screw up. That is my role."
Luna gives her a strained smile. "This is to help ALL of you with building teamwork and social skills."
Twilight chimes in, "And it is for fun, too! Simply do what you would normally not get to do otherwise."
Pinkie Pie blinks, "Oh, well that counts me out."
Slicer says, "Nopony to stab in this inn. Ditto."
Rainbow Dash leans over to Applejack and says, "They are SO not normal." AJ snickers.
As Pinkie Pie passes around snacks and drinks to the other mares, Luna's facade becomes dark. "Alright little fillies, that was your one free pass. The second you step out of that inn, everything is permanent. You will work together in the game or I will guarantee suffering OUTSIDE of the game." She eyes Slicer who takes this moment to be interested in a piece of dried fruit. Really interested. "Everypony knows their roles, the rules, how to use the dice, how to roll for initiative. You understand THACO and armor class...assuming you even HAVE armor." She glances at Rarity who has redone her character portrait in the most thinnest and longest gossamer of gowns, likely to trip her up more than do anything for her enchantress. "As well as armor penalties, apparently. Now, go forth and adventure!"
Rainbow appears on the road outside of town. A few seconds later, the other mares appear next to her, minus Twilight and Slicer...nevermind, Slicer steps out of a shadow...because there just happens to be a shadow on the road in the middle of the day. It took so long, Luna arbitrarily moved the in-game clock forward to high noon the next day. The mares look around for Twilight. Rarity asks, "Might I inquire, how is it she is the one that arranged all of this and she takes the longest getting here?"
Rainbow flies up in the air, irrespective of the fact that her Cavalier is not supposed to have wings, and squints, "Oh you have got to be kidding me!" Luna tosses a crumpled piece of paper at Rainbow and she opens it up. "Wait a sec, this is the note Twilight gave you...oh, your note is below that....yeah I know I'm not supposed to fly, but it's not like we can't hear her telling you what she is doing." Rainbow tosses away the note. "Come on, Twilight, do you HAVE to orrate every detail of getting out of town? Just WALK out!"
Twilight frowns at Rainbow and continues her tale of how she packs up her gear, checks her spellbooks are secure, secures her staff to her saddle and walks through the door of the inn, then down the street while checking alleys left and right as she heads for the main road leading out of town. She passes several stores that are selling interesting wares and spell ingredients, which she peruses the player's handbook for a list of available supplies.
Rainbow assumes her role as Cavalier and lies down on her pack in the middle of the road. "Wake me when she actually gets out of town!" The rest of the ponies groan and sit down, twiddling their hooves, or dagger if they have one.
Luna grits her teeth. "I promise things will move a little quicker than this as soon as she joins you. I AM the DM, afterall." She motions for Spike to come over, "Little one, I have a special task for you. How is your imagination?"
Spike grins. "I dream in adventures and wake up to find them!"
Luna rubs his top frill with her hoof, "A drakeling after my own heart. Let's see if we can't heat things up."