I don't belong here Twilight thought as she scanned the crowd of questionable individuals Why did my friends drag me here?
"Twilight?" Applejack said next to her. "You going to play or what? We kind of need the money."
Oh, right. we're stranded in Las Pegasus because we don't have enough bits to afford tickets home.
"Right, sorry. I was just thinking." Twilight picked up the set of dice in her hoof and shook them a bit. She threw them on the table a bit harder than necessarily. Earning her a questionable gaze from the pony running the table. Twilight ignored it and looked at her dice.
It showed two one's. The table operator pushed a pile of chips Twilight's way while calling out the roll to the other gamblers. The other ponies at the table grunted in approval of this risky move. Twilight felt a sense of euphoria and a smile found its way onto her face. She picked up the dice again and threw it down. This continued for several hours.
Before long, Twilight was encouraging her friends to join her, and had gathered a crowd of ponies to watch her lucky streak.
"Uh, sugarcube? I think we have more than enough to get home. You can stop now." Applejack said. Twilight shoved the dice in her face.
"Shut up and roll the bones. We're not going home until I break a thousand."
"Why are we even here anymore?"
"Because we are. Now are you going to roll or what?"
Applejack sighed and half-halfheartedly rolled the dice. There was a long pause. Applejack looked down at the dice. Suddenly sweating. She glanced over to Twilight, who was in turn glaring daggers at her.
Applejack had lost everything.
"Well, Applejack. What was that you were saying about having enough to get home?" Twilight said, a little too calmly for comfort. "Let's just hope Fluttershy is doing better at the slots..."