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// Unnecessary Tension 
// Story: Ponytale 
// by Dragonfire2lm 
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Tia kindly suggested to try the lever and as soon as Frisk pulled it down, a resounding clack echoed out from the door.

The young human whirled around to see two of the doors holes had been filled with buttons that were slowly sinking back down. Frisk, on impulse, slammed a hand onto the disappearing switches, the slight sting of hitting stone was quickly ignored as a satisfying click came from the door as the buttons vanished and the door opened.

Tia praised their quick thinking and explained that the door was one of many with a 'quick time event' puzzle built into the structure. When Frisk asked how it worked, the unicorn mare simply stated it through a complicated mix of clever minds and magical knowledge.

Frisk followed Tia up a large staircase into a hallway decorated with moss covered rocks, floor to ceiling vines and wall carvings that depicted the three races of ponydom. Onwards they went from room to room, until another pony crossed the pairs path. Tia stepped back as the world around Frisk seemed to be swallowed by an empty void as a white, glowing barrier boxed them in with the newcomer. They refused to move and called for help.

Tia's calm voice answered back, surprised that they called her 'Teacher' in their moment of panic. She explained the area Frisk was in was a pocket dimension of sorts, built into the nature of The Ruins and the rest of the Underground to manage conflicts between inhabitants, dubbed the FIGHT system.

Frisk looked back to see their opponent, a pegasus pony with a mailbag and eyes that couldn't quite focus on one thing, looked just as frightened as they were. 

To the humans surprise, four labels in pink boxes hovered before them, caled Fight, Act, Item and Mercy respectively. Tia advised that the best way to solve the conflict was to strike up a friendly conversation, as most ponies preferred to aviod violence. They hesitated, but managed to press Act to introduce themselves and this seemed to calm the scared pony and with an exchange of the 'spare' option ended the fight.