255: The Aegis Collection

by AegisExemplar


Hookup

<BriickDewd>: So, I’ll see you then?

<Chickenwengs>: Totally! ^-^

*Chickenwengs has left the room.

Cornerstone leaned back from the speech-to-text microphone. He had a date! An actual date! He’d even let her see his MyFace profile and she didn't run screaming. She had shared hers, as well, and she looked good too. It was exciting, actually.

He went to his profile and began to blog about it, but then he suddenly realized something.

He hadn't updated his profile picture since he’d gone pony.

Chad, his roommate, came running in when he heard the loud thud of something heavy striking the floor. Cornerstone lay there, the earth pony staring at the ceiling, one hoof still resting in the chair.

“Brett, dude, what’s wrong?”

“Chad, you gotta help me! And it’s Cornerstone, now, remember?”

“Uh, right... So, whatcha need?”

“I have a date, and we’re meeting up in an hour.”

“Hey, that’s great, man, congrat-”

“And she thinks I’m human!”

One hour later, Chad was heading to the cyber-cafe they had agreed upon as the halfway point neutral ground to start their date at. Chad was looking for a blonde with a red scarf, while ‘Chickenwengs’ was to watch for the red ballcap Chad was now wearing. Cornerstone followed along. They took a table upon arriving and waited.

It wasn't long before Chad spotted the scarf sitting at a complimentary computer-station across the way. He went and began to chat her up, leaving Cornerstone alone.

Cornerstone sulked alone for a few minutes before being joined by a pegasus.

“Um, hello. is everything ok?”

“Oh, yeah, hey. Name’s Cornerstone.”

“Glidepath. You’re a newfoal, too, huh?”

“Yeah. I was here to meet somepony, but it isn’t gonna work out.” Cornerstone sighed.

“Me too, but he’s chatting up my friend instead. He thought I was human, but, well...” Glidepath waved a wing over herself.

“Heh, yeah, same here. At least my friend is having a good time. He’s over there.” Cornerstone pointed at Chad.

“And Mindy’s over there.” Glidepath pointed the same direction.

Cornerstone looked at Glidepath, and Glidepath returned the glance.

“BriickDewd?”

“Chickenwengs?”

Both laughed, and trotted to the other new couple across the cafe to share the good news.