Sunset Shimmer's Apartment
Sunset Shimmer was excited. So very excited and she could hardly contain herself. As she went about her apartment setting things up just how she wanted them given her perfectionist nature she kept a big goofy and excited smile on her face. Sitting on her couch was her best friend out of all of her best friends Twilight 'Sci-Twi' Sparkle and she was just as excited as Sunset was if not a little bit nervous since she was going to be helping Sunset with this endeavor.
All of the girls as of late had been doing more things online in their spare time, using social media to their individual advantages and lately a lot of them had been taking to using a camera and posting videos on ViewTube. Each of them had their different channels and Sunset was just now getting her jump into thing because she wanted to wait for a really hype game to come out to make her debut and what better game than the one every single anime fan was going to be playing upon its release?
Rarity had her fashion channel where she kept everyone up to date on the latest trends and fashions, talked gossip, did Q & A's, charity streams and a lot more as of recently since she'd been having her friends help her with ideas.
Pinkie Pie had her channel that hosted a variety of different content ranging from baking tutorials, prank videos, comedy skits and reaction videos since Pinkie Pie's reactions to things with absolutely hilarious.
Rainbow Dash had her channel for sports and awesome things she would do while skateboarding or playing any kind of sport. Recently she'd been getting a lot of views on a couple of epic fails after Indigo Zap posted a recording of Rainbow biting it big time attempting a new trick and while at first it start it bit of a beef between the two it quickly began a collaboration type thing with the two now working together.
Even Twilight had her own channel that was all about reviewing forms of technology, doing cool and fun experiments, explaining science in a fun and friendly way to people, full educational tutorials that had proved very helpful to many other students struggling with their studies and since Twilight was in fact a geek and a nerd? She also on the side reviewed anime and manga along with video games she liked.
So now it was Sunset Shimmer's turn to get in on the fun and at first she had a hard time picking exactly what to have her channel based around but then she came to the conclusion that none of her friends had a purely gaming based channel and out of all of them? She was most certainly the gamer of the group surpassed only by Rainbow Dash.
So that being the case Sunset decided to have a purely video game based channel where she would play video games either alone on stream or with a friend or two in person, review games she liked in a way that was informative and funny and she was even thinking of doing animation on her channel since she had the artistic know how in order to animate and Twilight could most certainly help in that regard.
And so here she was, walking about her apartment with a pep in her step as she got ready to debut the first episode of her gaming channel Shimmer-Code! She couldn't begin to contain her excitement and had pony'ed up by accident several times but she was far to giddy to care and her joy was infectious because Twilight was practically bouncing in place where she sat on Sunset's blue couch with the controllers next to her.
"Alright lets see; controllers charged? Check! System Updated and connected to WIFI with full bars? Check, Check! Headset fully charged and room at decent temperature to avoid sweaty controller hands? Check and Check! And last but not least? Game loaded in, downloading and camera set up for recording. Check-a-roo! Alright We are all set for the first episode of my gaming channel! Ooooh I'm so excited but like also really nervous." Sunset said smiling as she ticked off each of the boxes of the check-list Twilight helped her make for organizing her channel.
"I'm sure you'll do great Sunset; I mean you're the leader of our band and our group in general. I bet people are gonna flock to your stream like crazy when you start!" Sci-Twi said with a smile on her face as she sat on Sunset's couch as she watched her friend set up for her very first gaming stream for her ViewTube channel.
"Heh yeah and hopefully I won't have to flash my tits at all" Sunset joked remembering how she once watched Lemon Zest and Indigo Zap do a gaming stream and someone dared them both to flash their tits and they did which got them tons of subs and likes but also got the stream closed only moments afterwards.
Sci-Twi blushed at her friends crass joke but giggled all the same. "I still can't believe that they did that!"
Sunset chuckled and came and plopped down next to Twilight. "Funniest part was that Vice Principal Luna saw it too! A-And Celestia recorded her reaction." Sunset remembered and began to laugh as she recalled the shocked and dumbfounded look on the Vice principals face when she saw the breasts of two students on her computer and that her older sister came in and misinterpreted what she was doing.
Twilight laughed along with Sunset even if she tried not to at first as she didn't want to laugh at her Vice Principal but even she couldn't deny her reaction was a priceless one to behold. "Hehehe I know and then that started that whole prank war thing they have going on over on their channel. Heh I'm surprised they even have one!"
"Everyone's gotta have a hobby right? It was actually Ms.Luna who suggested I try video games as a way to curb my mood and my anger issues awhile ago and its been so helpful. I even played a few games with her on her gaming channel back when I was still going through the beginning of my redemption. Ms. Luna and I are more alike than I ever thought really"
Sunset said with a slight somber tone as she remembered her meeting with VP Luna after her defeat at the Fall formal and while she did receive punishment in way of suspension from school for 2 weeks, marks off on her grades that she had to make up and aiding in rebuilding the front of the school? She expected worse however the VP had showed her mercy after sharing details about her own troubled past and circumstances that lead her to where she was now.
"I just really hope I can do this; I mean there are bound to be haters and scumbags. I'm just hoping I don't well...'regress' if someone gets too under my skin." Sunset said with a genuine tone of concern as she knew gaming could bring out the worst in some people and she didn't want it to bring out the worst in her if some troll was going to try and ruin her reputation and she flips off the nice switch and blacks out.
Putting a reassuring hand on Sunset's shoulder Twilight smiled. "Words are just words and all the hate they spit at you is simply spat because they want to make you look bad. Don't let those kinda people get you down. People leave mean and stupid comments on my videos and especially Pinkie's all the time but Pinkie of course just laughs it off and I pretty much do the same cause they are just that stupid" Twilight said smiling at Sunset to reassure her that what she was venturing to do would bring results as long as she did her best and didn't let the negatives get her down.
Sunset smiled in return and hugged her friend. "Thanks Twi; that means a lot." She withdrew from her hug with a cocky smile. "Don't think that mean's I'll go easy on you though!"
Twilight's smile matched Sunset's own and she chuckled. "We'll see about that! I'm going to totally pick Jo-Jo, Kenshiro & Deku can kick your butt!" Twilight wasn't as crass as Sunset was only cursing when she felt it necessary or if she let it slip in anger. Twilight along with Pinkie, Fluttershy and Rainbow were the resident anime geeks of the group and Twilight had a special spot in her heart for the characters she mentioned.
Sunset rolled her eyes and scoffed at her friend seeing this as a challenge. "Psh please in your dream dorky cause when I fully customize my own character and pair her with Boa Hancock & Sasuke your sparkly ass is as good as mine!" Sunset said playfully shoving her friend.
Twilight blushed and puffed out her cheeks. Sunset was in fact her closest friend out of all of the girls and as such she often found herself playfully teased by Sunset more than the other girls and it was typically done in a flirtatious manner to purposely fluster Twilight. "Hmph Oh yeah?!"
"Yeah" Sunset rebutted quickly smile smug still adoring the flustered look on Twilight's face.
"Then how's about a bet then?" Twilight said her grin turning mischievous which was rare for the normally shy nerd.
"Ooooh color me intrigued" Sunset said teasingly raising an eyebrow wondering just what wager Twilight had in mind.
"Loser has to pay for pizza" Twilight said smiling and held up her phone. "And I'll even toss in the added bonus of using my pizza points to get you a desert if you win without taking an losses!" Twilight knew Sunset wouldn't be able to resist this kind of bait having long since decoded the pony turned human's weakness for baked goodies especially cupcakes and ice cream.
Sunset as expected took the bait and smirked with all her devious confidence. "Oh you are on!" Sunset then noticed a notification go off on her game system and noticed that the game was now fully installed and ready to be played. Her laptop and camera were already set up for use near her and she had a remote to activate the camera from her current position on the couch.
Picking up her headset and putting it on she also handed one to Twilight and they both picked up a controller as Sunset started up the game allowing the opening credits to play out. It took a good two minutes for the sequence to finish and once it completed fully it arrived at the start menu reading JUMP FORCE in bold letters across the screen and it was at that moment that Sunset pressed record on her camera and she saw all the lights indicate she was in fact live and streaming.
"Hey everyone! And welcome to the first livestream of my new gaming channel! This is Shimmer-Code and I'm your lovely flame headed host Sunset Shimmer." Sunset said with a playful and cute flip of her red and yellow hair and she smiled when she saw Twilight rolled her eyes and giggle.
"And with me on my first episode I have my friend, classmate fellow Rainboom and the most adorkable girl in Canterlot; Twilight Sparkle otherwise known as Sci-Twi on her channel The Magic of Science! Say hi Twi" Sunset said panning the camera over to her friend using the small remote in her hand.
Twilight smiled bashfully and waved at the camera. "Hi everyone; for those of you joining us from my channel? Thanks for coming! It was so much fun helping Sunset start her new channel up and I'm so happy to be here for the first stream and of such a highly anticipated game no less!" Twilight said with great joy giving her best greeting to fans of hers she had in the stream.
"And thanks a bunch to everyone else who helped spread the word for this first stream! It was so much fun to rock the Canterlot Stadium last month for that epic dodgeball tournament which of course was won all the way by our resident speedster Rainbow Dash! You rock Dashie! And you all be sure to go check out her channel 20%-Cooler." Sunset said giving a shout out and peace sign to her friend Rainbow and her channel. Taking a look at her screen she smiled to see they already had a few hundred viewers in the stream and a few of them she could recognize as friends from school and every students from Crystal Prep and Everfree High were in the stream.
"Thanks so much for all the support so far you guys! We've got exactly 250 viewers in stream now so I think it's about a good time to start up! For this game we'll be doing personal matches and for those who send in a super chat we will do requested fights. Although I think we all know who the clear winner is gonna be" Sunset said with a playful and cheeky smirk on her face as she popped the collar on her jacket.
"We'll see about that. Let's get your character created and start" Twilight rolled her eyes monitoring the chat.
"Right; gosh this is so exciting! I really can't tell you all how much fun this is about to be. Oh hey Twi look! I can see a few of the girls in the chat! Pinkie just sent in a $10 super chat and it reads; ahem..." Sunset shook her head to frazzle her hair into a style similar to Pinkie Pie and she put on a goofy smile and upped her happiness to Pinkie levels or as close as possible and did a imitation of Pinkie. "Omg omg omg! Super duper congrats on your first stream sunny! Have fun!!" Sunset then calmed herself and straightened out her hair smiling at all the lol's, lmao's and rofl's she got in the chat for her imitation and Pinkie had sent in another super chat for $20 that just read LMFO-ROTFL.
"Heheh thanks Pinks and we totally will with humor like that coming in! Make sure and go check Pinkie's channel: Pinkie's Fun-House for even more laughs! Oh we got another super chat for whoooooooa! $150 from you guessed it the primadonna and fashion queen herself; Rarity! Hehehe c'mon marshmallow you're spoiling me! Her's reads" Sunset quickly brushed her hair into a style similar to Rarity's and she adopted a tone of voice more regal and refined to imitate Rarity.
"Congrats on opening your first stream strong darling; do your best and feel free to count on your friends for any help." Sunset then stopped her imitation and smiled. "Aw thanks Rarity! I'm glad you girls are so willing to help us out! Since she was so generous to me just now I can only return the favor by shouting our her channel Diamond-Darling. Trust me if you want cool threads like mine or Twi? Hit up Rarity's shop online or in person and she will totally hook you up!" Sunset said with a smile making sure to properly promote Rarity and her business as a show of thanks for donating so much money.
"Alright lets slow down on donations and chats for now and get to making our character. Twi will be monitoring the chat while I put in work to this character." Sunset said as she got to the beginning screen and the game opened up with a cinematic cut-scene showing the opening events of the game with Frieza and various nameless grunts attacking a city that looked a lot like Manhattan.
The graphics for the game were certainly something to behold as the game was amazingly detailed and the effects on character models were very fluid and crisp looking as to be expected from a next generation system. Sunset had the most updated version of the Playstation 4 pro and even had a friend modify her games skin to look like a phoenix and it even had her cutie mark on it and she also had a special red controller with her cutie mark on it as well.
As she got through the opening cut-scene and she was brought to the main character creation menu of the game which for now was merely allowing her to give her character a body type, hair, eyes, mouth, nose and ears as it would seem changing their outfit and attack moves would come later on as she progressed through the game. Naturally her character was roughly modeled after herself with the same yellowish skin, bluish green eyes and of course her iconic two toned crimson and yellow hair. As for a name she opted to call herself Phoenix Sunshine since that was the name of an original character she had created for a comic book she was writing alongside Rainbow, Twilight and Pinkie.
"Alright I've got my basic look; what does the chat think?" Sunset said asking Twilight who was monitoring the chatroom from the laptop next to her.
Turning on the slow-chat for the live stream Twilight looked through the various responses and they were all pretty positive with the occasional troll comment here and there but Twilight was smart enough to ignore those. With a smile she would read off a few of the comments to Sunset.
"Rumble-Boy11 says; awesome character! She's hot!" Twilight said to Sunset which was obviously set up to be a pun.
Sunset gave a 'really?' look at the camera for the kid who just made that pun but she smiled still as she did it. "You guys are terrible but I love ya! And yeah she is pretty hot isn't she? She's based off yours truly after all" Sunset said with a smug smirk and stick out of her tongue.
"The-Flash says; hey Sunset glad to see you online and doing your thing! Hit me up to play sometime its been awhile" Twilight smiled and giggled a bit knowing for a fact that was Flash Sentry from school.
"Heh sure anytime Flash just don't think I'll go easy on you cause you're my ex-boyfriend." Sunset said chuckling as she continued through the game learning the basic controls and layout of the game and for the most part it was pretty straightforward to her as it reminded her of other fighting games she had played before with similar mechanics.
"Alright so I think I got the basic hang of this now. So how about I do a couple story missions, unlock some characters and moves and then Twi and I can play. Oh I wonder how many of you are actually online playing this right now too? See if you can come and find me in the lobby! I'll take any challengers!" Sunset proclaimed.
As she made that bet the chat began to go crazy with people saying they were playing or waiting for the game to finish installing so they could play and a bunch more were accepting Sunset's challenge. With a smile Sunset crossed her legs on the couch and allowed her character to wander around the lobby until she located a shop where she could purchase a few upgrades since she had the funds to do so after completing the tutorial. She decided to buy all fire based moves at first with the first 3 moves being: Red Hawk, Fireball Jutsu & Pegasus Meteor Fist with the element of fire added to it since she managed to unlock that early.
Then she got a chance to change some of her clothes and she put her character with long flowing hair like her own along with a jacket, red shirt, shorts and sneakers as well as some fingerless gloves and earrings. Smirking as she got a funny and also pervy idea she asked the chat.
"So how big should I make my tits in this game?" Sunset smiled as she saw Twilight's reaction first and she couldn't help but laugh at the dorky girls blushing and sputtering.
"Ah uh...pft ummm....same size as they are now?" Twilight answered as best she could
Sunset couldn't resist teasing her friend some more as she said. "Sooooo big or small?"
The burning blush on Twilight's face caused her to cover the front of her face with her hands and mumble something.
Putting a hand to her ear she leaned in closer to Twilight. "I can't heeeeeear you flutter-Twi." Sunset said with a cheeky smile throwing a small jab at both Twilight and Fluttershy for being so meek and easily flustered. Her smile widened as she got another idea and she knew she might catch some flack for it but she was having too much fun now.
"If you can't give me an answer from looking; you can always touch and gauge that way. You're pretty smart so I'm sure you could figure it out" Sunset said in playful tease to her friend pushing her chest a bit closer and since Sunset often didn't wear a bra? Twilight could see right down her shirt when she got close enough and she was borderline nose-bleeding.
"..........." Twilight fell over on the couch, her face steaming as she lay there unable to reply. Twilight Sparkle .exe has stopped working. Please reboot.
"Heheh whoopsy. I think I broke her. What should I do to revive her chat?" Sunset asked looking at the screen of the laptop with a smirk and she blushed when she saw many of the replies. Many of which said kiss her and others said to give her a certain amount of CC's of friendship. Since she wasn't trying to make out with Twilight on her first live stream she opted to go with the second option.
"Ok looks like she could use about 50 CC's of friendship." Sunset grinned still wanting to be bad and tease her friend as she put her controller down, rubbed her hands together fast to build up friction and smirked at her friend. "CLEAR!" She then slapped Twilight smooth on the ass causing the purple geek to yelp and shout in surprise.
"EEEEP!!!" Twilight yipped and fumbled off the couch and landed on her butt. "Ow! Sunseeeeeeet?!"
"Pffffffahahahahahahhahahh" Sunset laughed in place on her couch. "I-I'm sorry Twi that w-was just too good to pass up!" Sunset smiled at her friend in a cheeky manner.
"Ooooh you are so mean!" Twilight pouted but knew full well Sunset was just toying with her.
"I am not; the chat told me to do it!" Sunset defended.
"Hmph we will see who has the last laugh! Hand me a controller!" Twilight demanded as she was now determined to get revenge.
"Oooooh I'm sooooooo scared; heheh your cute when you get all aggressive." Sunset teased further sticking her tongue out at Twilight and handing her a controller.
"Then I guess I'm about to be the most adorable thing since baby Fluttershy because I am about to kick your ass!" Twilight said now more determined than ever even using foul language.
Sunset's eyebrows shot up in surprise and she chuckled "Ooohoho looks like I woke up the beast inside; alright Dorky your on! And our bet still stands; loser has to pay or pizza and desert." She said taking a controller and getting back on the couch and sitting down determined to wipe the grin off Sunset's face and cease her taunting.
"Place your bets chat! Who will win? Me or Twi?" Sunset asked the chat-room and looking at the replies she could see it was pretty much in her favor and she gave Twilight a cheeky grin. "The chat has spoke and so I have to represent. No hard feelings Twi."
"Then put up or shut up Sunny" Twilight said fully ready to play and show Sunset a thing or two.
After that little back and forth Sunset motioned her character to the online battle counter and selected P1 vs P2 and they were taken to the character select screen where they were able to pick out the characters they wanted. Sunset set the time to unlimited and the amount of rounds to three and with that said and done? She began picking her team.
"So lets see I'm gonna go with; Phoenix Sunshine. Kenshiro & Jo-Jo" Sunset said as she picked her female character and then two other male characters. One was tall with brown hair and scars all over his chest dressed in black leather and the other was dressed in all blue and purple wearing a hat and looking just plain bad ass.
"Not a bad selection; I'm picking Luffy, Deku & Hancock." Twilight said picking her characters. Two of which were from the same series One Piece and the other character with green hair and a green suit was from Boku No Hero Academia. Surprisingly to most Twilight was actually a big fan of Shonen manga and she even got Rainbow Dash into reading manga not long after she got her into the Daring Do books.
"Alright lets fight and you're sure you don't wanna practice first?" Sunset asked.
"Best way to learn sometimes is as you go and under pressure." Twilight answered simply.
"Wisely said my friend. Let's do this!" Sunset said as she selected the fighting stance at random and once the screen came back up it was revealed that Japan was going to be their battleground. After a few moments the match would begin and their respective characters would clash with Luffy saying he was going to beat their ass while Sunset's character said nothing which made Twilight giggle.
"Guess your OC isn't as chatty as you" Twilight teased sticking her tongue out at Sunset.
Sunset rolled her eyes and grinned still. "Pft talk is cheap; lets fight!" Sunset said dashing in right away only to be dash countered by Twilight and then dashed at again and pummeled with a full combo into a gomu gomu no Red Hawk. Sunset was dumbfounded and looked over at Twilight.
"You wanted a fight? Lets fight!" Twilight said having Luffy go in again to attack Sunset's character but Sunset blocked and kept blocking; that is until Twilight used a heavy smash to break her guard and then switched to Deku and caught her with a Smash finishing off the rest of her health and winning her the match which left Sunset stunned.
"Lucky shot!" Sunset semi-snapped and the second match started and she began to dash in and got in a couple good hits with a red hawk in the middle and when Twilight tried to counterattack? Sunset used to fast dodge feature by giving up some of her dash gauge and she continued her combo with her created character only to then switch to Jo-Jo and that's when Sunset's grin began one that would look more at home on Adagio's face as she attacked Twilight with Jo-Jo and then used his special move.
"EAT THIS! ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!" Sunset shouted with a devious gleeful smile as she ended that combo and switched to Kenshiro only to allow Twilight enough time to breath and herself to charge her energy and once she was fully charged? She dashed in to attack again but Twilight forced her to dodge to the side after having switched to Hancock and fired off her special pistol kiss. When She dashed in to try and attack Kenshiro Sunset used a move called 100 rending fist and Kenshiro countered the incoming attack and a cut-scene reoccurs and Sunset in sync with Kenshiro shouted.
"ATATATATATATATTATATATATATATATATTATATA!!!" And it was that combo that finished the second round and Sunset chuckled in slight triumph and shot Twilight a look and smirked at her. "Final round Dorky; think you can win?"
"You bet your little pony ass I do" Twilight reaffirmed still high on the adrenaline from the fight that just occurred and her desire to win. While she may not have always been the most win crazy of the Crystal prep students? She did have a competitive streak when she found a worthy rival in terms of intelligence and in this cause? Video games and Sunset was a worthy rival in both categories indeed.
Smirking back still she looked at the chat and saw everyone was having a fun time, laughing, leaving funny comments about who would win and imitating phrases the characters they were playing as. Truly everyone was having a blast and she could see tons of unread donations and super chats and this made her happy as could be.
"Final round; chat, who do you think will take the win?" Reading the chat again she could see that it was completely divided between the two of them and she went back to the couch and sat down now not crossing her legs she sat in a more serious 'I am gonna kick your ass in this fighting game' position that she had often seen Rainbow Dash take when she had to 'get serious' on Applejack in video games they played during their slumber parties.
"I do believe this calls for some mood music." Twilight said pulling out her phone and the miniture speaker it was wirlessly hooked up to from her backpack and she scrolled through her list of anime OST's and found the perfect battle theme for this fight.
"Lets go!" Twilight said as the epic music came on and Sunset knew full well this meant Twilight was not playing games anymore. She fully intended to defeat Sunset...in her own house! Oh it was on now!
As the music began the two dashed in and clashed and began to exchange blows and for every hit one got in? The other got in just as many. They would dodge each others attacks, break guard, use their specials in combo's in ways both of them had trouble keeping up with and it was now down to 35% for each of them and they each had the option to awaken or use their ultimate move. Both Sunset and Twilight had determined looks on their faces as they squared off, sizing each other up to see who would slip first.
"Time to end this!" Twilight said going in and using Red Hawk.
"To slow! I've got you no-" Sunset said as her character had just enough energy to hyper dodge but she leaped in too soon and even though Red Hawk missed? She couldn't escape from what Twilight was about to do next.
"GOT CHA! GEAR 4TH!" Twilight said as she activated Luffy's ultimate move and he entered Gear 4th bounce-man which turned the normally slim and buff Luffy into a hulking armament haki coated bouncing beast that could shatter mountains with a punch. He would fly forward and a cut-scene would occur when he got close enough to Sunset's character and he unleashed a barrage of punches and it was with that the fight was ended and Twilight whooped and cheered in triumph.
"WOO-HOO! BOOYAH BABY!" Twilight shouted giddily hopping up and down. "Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!"
"Aaaargh that was a load of horseapples!" Sunset said not angrily but she was incredibly salty.
"Heheh got any fries for all that salt?" Twilight said in a cheeky manner mirror how Sunset was earlier feeling very good about herself right now.
"Oh kiss my cutie marked ass you dork! How are you already so good at this game?!" Sunset demanded to know.
Twilight blushed and waved a dismissive hand. "I maaaaaay or may not have played the beta when it came out" Twilight said sticking her tongue out at Sunset. "Got cha; and now you owe me pizza and desert."
Sunset was flabbergasted that the dorky science girl was able to play her so well and she chuckled clapping impressed. "Twilight Sparkle you devious little minx you. Okay points to you for giving me the old run around but I'll get you next time! But I'm a lady of my word so I guess we can take a small break while I order pizza." Sunset said pulling out her phone and selected the app for the pizza place she was going to order from and order her usual with a drink and desert.
"Alright there we go; order all set....sooooo. Rematch?" Sunset asked Twilight.
"Game on!" Twilight replied with a smile as they would begin to play another match while the others watched in the stream and she and Sunset knew this would be the beginning of many fun times to come.