//------------------------------// // MMO? // Story: World of Friendships // by Xp45 //------------------------------// A month ago the computer had been invented and Twilight was using it to research all her projects and do whatever she wanted. It was a fascinating device to ponykind and her friends all had one as well, including spike. Rarity was using it to try to publicize her new designs although Nopony else really had any. Applejack almost never touched the thing, she was always saying how fancy gadgets can’t solve your problems. Fluttershy couldn’t understand how to use it and was always goofing up the typing despite the fact that the keys were enlarged just for her. Rainbow loved to use the computer to listen to Daring Doo audio books as it gave her the chance to “read” while still flying. Pinkie ended up taking hers apart and using its parts for random things despite promising Twilight that she’d put it back together. Spike quickly discovered several gaming websites and spent nearly all his time playing on them instead of doing his chores. Starlight was rarely on hers but when she was she liked to look at spell books from the comfort of her own bed instead of having to climb six stories up to get books in Twilight’s Library. Life was still peaceful in Ponyville but meetings with her friends had dwindled thanks to new technology on Everypony’s faces, leaving Twilight lonely some days when her research had hit a dead end . She wondered if she could find someway to get her friends together using their devices. The task seemed impossible but then she remembered spike saying he was going to go play games with his friends online. She would need to figure out how he communicated online and then maybe she could find a way to get her friends together more often. With a plan in Mind Twilight headed straight out of the Throne room with a renewed vivacity in her steps. When she reached her assistants room after a quick jog around the castle she paused, before opening the door revealing the young dragon haunched back in his chair, a pair of headphones on his head. Having noticed the incursion quickly muttered into the microphone attached to the headset. “Hold on guys Twilight’s here” He said before he took his headgear off and spinning around to face Twilight. “Whadya need Twilight?” He asked nonchalantly. Twilight turned her face from staring at the screen to answer Spike. “Spike, I need to know how to get everybody together online, to like, play a game or something” She asked trying to make her request sound clear. “Oh, well than that’s easy, just get everyone to play an MMO and all have headsets” Spike answered calmly as if expecting Twilight to understand. “A what now?” Twilight blatantly responded. “Right, you don’t have as much experience with online gaming,” Spike said, flicking his claw in a superior way before returning to conversation. “An MMO is a slang word for Massively Multiplayer Online game, It’s basically where a bunch of people go online and play together.” “Ooh sounds perfect!” Twilight happily clopped her hooves together. “But unless you all are in the same room you are gonna need some headsets to communicate” Spike added quickly before Twilight zipped out the door. “But where would I get one of those” Twilight asked directing a hoof toward the headset Spike had left on the table. “Oh, Filthy Rich started selling them a week ago, you can go down there and get them” Spike replied. “OH! and one more thing spike” Twilight sheepishly added “What games would you recommend?” “Well I like to play World of Warcraft but It’s up to you Twilight” Spike said as he slipped back into his chair and reached for his headset. “Thanks Spike!” Twilight whispered as she left the young drake to his game and shut the door. As she trotted away she made a mental note to make a visit to Filthy Rich’s shop later that day. ———————————————— “Alright” Twilight said as she dumped her bags of headsets down on the table. “Time to find a game!” Twilight sat down on her haunches and began typing up a website Spike had mentioned that let you download tons of games, Steam she thought it was. As Google pulled it up and Twilight clicked on it she found it had to be downloaded. Letting out a small sigh she clicked the download button and fell back deciding to think about how she was going to get her friends to play this game, whatever it was going to be. She thought maybe she could get Starlight to help her test run it and then invite everyone over but she didn’t know when she was going to find the time, she herself was busy running the School of Friendship and her friends would only be open on weekends. She thought harder as the download bar continued ticking down. “Maybe we could make it a routine thing like a get together at a certain time. Applejack might even like her Computer if Twilight made it like a routine chore. Fluttershy would probably drag the group down, but then again if they were all playing together it could be valuable practice for the shy Pegasus. As the download bar reached its end Twilight got up and left quickly to go grab a quil an paper, she was going to need a plan if she was going to organize anything with ALL of her friends. A thought nearly struck her dead as she reached for the paper with her magenta colored magic. “Pinkie’s computer is still broken” Twilight muttered angrily to herself. “Well I guess if she wants to miss out on the fun” Twilight slyly said to herself. She then grabbed a quil and started formulating a good excuse to get everyone to the throne room tomorrow. When Twilight returned to her office the Download was already finished and Steam pulled up on her desktop. “Fantastic!” Twilight whinnied while galloping over and sitting down on her seat. “Let’s see” She said as she started typing in the search bar for World of Warcraft. She didn’t make it to Warcraft before one of the search options peaked her curiosity. “World of Tanks?” She asked no one in particular "What the heck is a Tank?”