“Did you know that Princess Luna plays a lot of video games, apparently?” Vinyl asked me.
“Yeah, she told me that,” I said through a mouthful of pasta.
“Wait wait, what?” my friend questioned me, setting her fork down to focus on me.
“Yeah. I have to go to the castle every once and a while for, uh... legal reasons. I got to meet the princesses. Turns out Luna really likes Castle Buster,” I thought.
“Hold on... you know the princesses?”
“...that’s... that’s what I just said.”
“Yeah yeah, cool. So what are they like?” Vinyl pressured.
“Eh, they’re not all that they’re hyped up to be, really. Celestia is supposed to be this powerful and caring yet imposing ruler who sees all, and Luna is supposed to be this... crazy, aggressive, and loud alicorn, but... they aren’t like that at all,” I recalled. I glanced down to see that I had eaten all of my food.
“Really? What’s different about them?”
“Ha! Where do I start? Celestia is actually really sweet. Like, motherly sweet. She likes taking walks to just talk and catch up. And it’s not just me. Other ponies and people in the castle have told me that that’s actually really common. She’s just... very personable. It’s hard to not like her,” I explained, getting up to wash my plate.
“And Luna? What about her?” Vinyl followed me with her eyes.
“Luna is the total opposite of what she’s made out to be. People like to think that Celestia is really caring, and that’s totally true. But people also like to think that Luna is cold and distant,”
“She isn’t?”
“Not at all! It’s actually kind of funny. She’s basically a little kid, when it comes to her friends. She loves candy and video games. When I met her for the first time, she asked me if I had ever played Castle Buster. She got really excited when I told her I had,” I smirked to myself.
“Ha! She sounds like she’d be fun to hang out with,” Vinyl thought aloud while getting up and giving her plate to me. I raised an eyebrow at her before taking it and beginning to wash it.
“She is, really. See, here’s the thing. They both have a lot of power, right?” I asked. Vinyl nodded.
“Celestia seems to be really careful with how she handles it, but Luna... heh... Luna has no problem using her authority for the most basic of things,” I chuckled.
“What do you mean?” Vinyl inquired as she opened the fridge and began digging around.
“I mean once when I was at the castle, Luna invited me to come and play split-screen with her. Obviously I would have been crazy to decline. We started playing, and soon after she called on one of her attendants. You know what she wanted?” I turned to Vinyl. She glanced up at me and tilted her head, milk in her grasp.
“She wanted him to go all the way across the castle and get her a bag of candy. That’s it. She could have just teleported there, but nope!” I teased my friend.
“To be fair, isn’t that their job?” Vinyl countered.
“Oh, absolutely. It’s just funny that that’s what Luna would be concerned about. Not tax legislation, or court dates. Candy. Luna just wants candy and someone to play games with,” I smirked, placing the plates in the clean side of the sink to dry.
“Well, she sounds like my kinda gal. You’ll have to introduce me at some point,” Vinyl chuckled.
“Ha! Oh yeah, I’ll be sure to do that, just for you,” I laughed as I dried my hands.
“Sounds good man. Hey, do you want to come shopping with me? I just finished off the milk,” Vinyl told me, waving the empty carton in front of her.
“Sure, why not?”
“Solid, let’s go,” Vinyl told me, and with that we made our way to the market, laughs of the princesses abundant.