1) Doing nothin’ can be pretty cool. I’m still waiting for the school year to start back up and hopefully get a full time aid position.

2) Pretty low, only slightly lower, and statistically insignificant.

3) No. To be honest, Strawberry, I don’t really appreciate your dream as my part in it would be one of two mares and nothing more. Hugs are special and I don’t want mine to be trivialized.

4) Bon-Bon: I even thought I gave a pretty detailed answer… Guess I was wrong.

Lyra: I liked the little human silhouettes better. The gray balls are dumb. Almost every anonymous question I get is from a human anyway. Also, I miss the flower in the background.

Lyra: What would being a secret madame connote? Also, I had to look up 1 Direction. Which makes me feel bad considering they’re evidently a pretty big deal.

Bon-Bon: Now I know I’ve heard of Faberge Eggs before…

Lyra: I… I am that one fat guy behind the dumpster!

Bon-Bon: [Audible gasp]

Lyra: Testing out deodorants sounds like a long process. And I don’t think Twilight would make a very successful movie.

Bon-Bon: What are Easter Eggs?

Lyra: Woo! Willie!

Bon-Bon: Woo! Potato!

Lyra: Now wasn’t this fun?

Bon-Bon: Eh.

Lyra: Oh- you suck.

1) Oh no. I was just taking the pictures. But thanks! Glad you like them!

2) Maybe. Could you link one you liked or something?

3) Bon-Bon: Bon-Bon. With the hyphen. And no. I have one sister. She’s Tootsie’s mom-and didn’t I already answer this?

Lyra: You know, I’m not sure. I thought I remembered getting a question that just said “Hi” a while ago, but I never answered it and now it’s gone. No telling how many times that’s happened.

Bon-Bon: Well, that’s not fair.

4) It certainly has! I figured you were okay. At least I hoped so. What have you been doing?

5) Thanks! Glad you enjoyed! Unfortunately tomorrow is my last one. Was fun having a steady morning queue for a while!

1) Lyra: Sometimes I wonder if scrunch battle was worth tasting a book over.

Bon-Bon: Just be glad it didn’t go up the other end.

2) Bon-Bon: That’s happened all of, what, twice? Usually I’m the one that’s gone. I have a full time job and a business to run.

3) About one-and-a-half times bigger in overall size. He’s only about a head taller than me standing, though. Most of his size is in his body mass. He’s actually small for a bear. Having seen his family I think it’s hereditary.

The banner on my page is pretty good. His head is a little bigger. Sort of makes it look like my head is bigger/same size as his.

4) I’m pretty sure I’d have one pony that would watch for like five minutes and then go “boooooriiiiiiing” and disconnect. I mean, the only thing I’m really playing on my computer right now is Warframe. Although I do have this one really cool automatic shotgun I’ve modded so that it fires like a machine gun. It’s pretty fun.

5) Hey! That’s pretty cool! I like hearing stuff like that, where the team put some real thought into even the simple things.

I know you said Krastos doesn’t live with you, but I made him anyways because I wanted to try to figure out what a human version of him would look like, besides the Raincoat Killer look-alike.

On a side note, I’m not very satisfied with the personality traits I gave you guys, so I might edit them later. For instance, all of you are friendly and vegetarian, to the point of it being a bit of a cop-out.

I’m really unsatisfied with Bon-Bon’s design, since I currently don’t have access to curly hair and her outfit feels very generic.

I’ll be honest, I don’t know anything about Tootsie, and because the family tree only lets you pick direct relationships (siblings, parent and child, dating, married; In order to make Tootsie her niece, I would have to make Bonbon a sibling and make him/her Tootsie’s parent), I made her Bon-Bon’s sister.

The whole family. I put it under Bon-Bon’s name since she’d probably be the one who put the most money into it.

Here is your house. I loosely modeled it after the houses I’ve seen in pictures and videos of Ponyville, and the pictures of it in Fuselight’s blog.

While you’re not the main household, because of the Story Progression mod I installed, non-active sims can do all sorts of crazy things. To wit, since the time I installed the mod, you and Krastos had a baby named Scotty, and Bonbon married Arino from Gamecenter CX, which incidentally makes her the stepmother of Link & Aryll from Wind Waker. Neither has yet to move in with the other, on account of inadequete housing. I think I might take control of one so I can edit Arino’s home to be more suitable for Bon-Bon to move in. I think I’ll also try looking for mods that give me more hairstyles.

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Lyra: This is pretty cool! Krastos looks great! I don’t like my nose, though. I like Bon-Bon’s nose. Ha! Scotty! What a silly name!

Bon-Bon: I married a guy? Certainly is fantasy. Also, what the heck? You’re going to make me move out of my own home?

Lyra: Yeah, this is Bon-Bon’s house. Tootsie looks good, though!

Bon-Bon: And I like that lipstick color.

Lyra: Gee, this is kinda old too. All kinds of weird stuff could have happened by now.

1) I had heard the name but I didn’t know anything about the game. Sounds interesting!

2) You might say that.

3) Bon-Bon: That’s the name of my shop. I’ll answer to it if somepony calls me that, but usually it’s just fillies or colts that don’t know my name.

4) Obviously; that’s where the phrase came from.

… How did it wind up being called that by humans?

5) Alright, Strawberry.

6) Not for the ones that already existed, from I’ve seen. There’s a bunch of new weapons; every one of the 77 characters have their own weapon now. So any character that’s had their weapon changed has a different EX combo. Most of the changes are more broad. You can store your Musou now so they’ll have up to 3 charges. They added something called rage where you get faster and can use a new special Musou attack. There’s a rock-paper-sissors mechanic to weapons so the switch system has more use for casual players. Switch counters. I think whirlwind was in 7, but there’s 3 other mechanics depending on the weapon; Dash, Dive, and Shadow Strike. The graphics and environments are way better and as best I can remember attacks are sped up compared to 7. Oh! And if you press guard just as you hit the ground from being knocked back, you’ll land on your feet and skid backwards instead of always doing that air-flip.

7) That’s actually a tree. I made sure my shadow wasn’t in any of them by holding the phone down and off to the side if I had to. I figured everypony would think that was me when I was taking it, though.

But thanks! I’m glad you like the composition!

Bon-Bon: Oh, you know, she only ran around with the thing for half an hour. Blowing leaves everywhere. Leaves from our yard. The neighbors’ yards. Then when the battery ran down, like anypony could have guessed it would, she tried to recharge it with her magic. Did that break it, Lyra?

…

Bon-Bon: It exploded- Oh yes it did! Huge scorch mark on who’s lawn?

…

Bon-Bon: Same pony that let you borrow it? Why I believe it was. Had to pay for the leaf blower and the damages. She won’t talk to us anymore. Her son, who’s a pegasus, actually flipped me off once. Little colt- gave me the bird! And you know, in the end, somehow you managed to wiggle your way out of explaining what in Celestia’s grace was going through your mind at the time. I don’t suppose you’d care to take this time to enlighten us, would you?

Lyra: … I like Play-Doh?

…

Lyra: Oh come on Bon-Bon, it was funny! Bon-Bon!

…

Lyra: She’s just mad she never got their family’s secret recipe. She never liked them.

1) Yes. EVE Online. Sorry. I did like Parasite Eve, though. I was all set to finish the Chrysler Building when my memory card reset and I lost everything except my Legend of Mana data. This is why I avoid third party products.

The fundamental idea behind hardcore is that your reward for doing well is nothing special; it’s just the ability to play the game. Your punishment for doing bad is taking that way. I’ll give you a perfect example: XCOM Enemy Unknown’s hardcore mode removes the ability to load and saves everything you do. If somepony dies, they die. If you fail a mission, you fail. If you lose all support, you start over. You could lose some thirty hours or more of work and have nothing to show for it. EVE isn’t a textbook example, but it is very much hardcore in the scale of how much you can lose.

“Nintendo hard” isn’t really hardcore. I’m not all that at video games, but I’ve beat Contra without dying. All it takes is practice and memorization. That conditioning, basically.

[omitted], I beat Megaman X2 without dying and getting the secret upgrade; and that took 3 hours! 3 hours of not dying once!

2) Bon-Bon: We don’t even have a leaf blower. And last time she used one she-

Lyra: Oh! Hamtaro and Bijou were my favorite! I liked Oxnard too! Cels, I want to watch it again! I wish it still aired…

3) No! That’s not me! That’s not who I am! [/Chowder]

1) And it was awesome! Thank you so- Ginza, huh? Opening those mystical chests for the best reward? Sacrifice fusion? Oh! Maybe you’re trying to get a stat up from the shop using tickets!

2) Well, I was supposed to be substituting for the summer. Haven’t worked a day yet. Not looking good.

3) Oh, I don’t know. They aren’t mine. I’m sure they could if they wanted to, but I don’t know for certain. I don’t eat flowers much. They’re kind of expensive. A daffodil and daisy sandwich is like… [omitted] 3 bits.

4) I played GTC 4’s multiplayer a little at a friend’s house. Was fun!

5) Lyra: … Can I-?

Bon-Bon: No you can’t play with a leaf blower.

Lyra: Aw…

Bon-Bon: But of course I’d welcome a new costumer! Not that Pinkie Pie empties out the store or anything. Reliable, though.

Lyra: I don’t know how well I could live by that, but it is cute and adorable and happy and upbeat. Kush kush!

6) Very tiring. Also somewhat disturbing to view, from what I’ve been told.

7) Uh… Rarijack.

Well, alright then.

1) Uh… Dragonball. Kirby. Bobobo. Cowboy Bebop. Big O. Shin Chan. I’m sure there’s a bunch of other ones. They were okay at passing the time.

But Speed Racer and Robotech were where it’s at, yo. Oh! And Hamtaro! Little hamsters! Big adventures!

I also watched a marathon of Sailor Moon for like… six hours. And there’s this one incredibly raunchy, and several times explicit, show called Ebichu. But there’s some really funny parts in it!

2) Uh… It’s not that I think you’d purposely give me anything that would hurt me, but I might not like what it does. I don’t like surprises.

No shed, but what would you be storing and for how long?

3) Cool! I mean, I don’t know how much fun it would be to play a sidescrolling Deus Ex, but it still looks great!

Also, I got that other submission you sent in and have been looking through them when I have the time.

4) Not in particular. I do look up some stuff about humans, though. Also, I can’t sing that well.

5) Bon-Bon: Hey! I’m not trying to tell you how to eat! Do what you want! I would be surprised to hear you ate ten, though. You’d probably start to feel sick after four or five.

Lyra: Oh, if I only had the money to eat as much candy as I want… I’d probably spend it on pasta.

1) Oh my gosh! Hi! How’s it going? How’s your writing? Not much has happened over here. Krastos is studying for his doctorate so he’s super busy. I’m just, you know, kinda hangin’ out.

2) Yeah, we drag our butts across the ground.

Because toilet paper is too advanced for us.

3) You mean the spy cams. Yeah, I know about that.

4) That’s not the pony way. And nothing is ever that simple.

5) I’ve never even heard of it.

6) Lyra: Like I was saying, Ever, no big changes or anything over here.

Bon-Bon: I’m answering questions now too! Isn’t that new?

Lyra: You want to answer this one?

Bon-Bon: Ew. No.

Lyra: Me neither.

1) I read this thing once about this “inner thigh cutie mark.” I laughed forever. It’s so completely ridiculous, and yet so incredibly creative. How does anypony even think to make something like that up? I like that one because, while a little adult, it’s mostly benign.

There are some ponies that seem to think your world’s culture is comprised entirely of American/Canadian and that you only have one language.

2) But why a line of toys designed as that particular age group marketed toward foals? Adults I can understand, but why an age where most still live with their parents and have to go to school? For that matter, why design it around school at all? Don’t kids hate school?

3) Fortunately for me, I like first and third pony shooters. So even if it’s garbage I can still play it. It’s just the “period accurate weapon” ones I hate. I don’t want to fire an inaccurate weapon that takes forever to reload and keeps jamming. That’s annoying. I’m trying to have fun, not get an authentic experience for murdering others.

I don’t really play JRPGs anymore. I used to be really into them. I think the last one I played was a pirated copy of Etrian Odyssey 3. Which was okay, but the pace was so dreadfully slow. Very grindy.

The only sports games I liked were the arcade-y ones. I don’t even understand the more accurate ones. Why don’t you just watch sports if you like it that much? Aren’t there recordings going back decades? Or better yet, play it yourself!

4) Bon-Bon: Well, I’m certainly not trying to change your mind or anything. I was just giving my opinion. Being around candy as much and as long as I have you start to be more careful about what and how much you take in. I would never eat a single candy bar in one or even two sittings.

Lyra: I haven’t tried that, no. I can’t afford candy much these days so when I do I just stick with Starburst, Skittles, Candy Corn; things like that. There’s loads of them and you can buy them up in bags for pretty cheap!

1) Is that really important?

2) Bon-Bon: I prefer the smoother taste of milk chocolate, but I see where you’re coming from.

Lyra: I like white chocolate. I know it’s not chocolate, but it’s awesome.

Bon-Bon: Nougat that you find in candy is usually table sugar, corn syrup, and what is known as a whipping agent. There isn’t a uniform recipe for it between businesses, but some of them use egg whites. After you have the core substance together, you can flavor it a number of different ways.

Bon-Bon: I don’t personally care for nougat; it’s basically filler so that a candy bar is cheaper to make. If you want to eat chocolate and caramel with possibly some nuts, I’d recommending eating a little chocolate and caramel with possibly some nuts. If you want to eat something filling, I recommend eating food. But money is money. Whatever ponies eat is what I stock.

Lyra: For the record, I like Milky Way and I think it would taste awful without nougat.

3) For some reason, the demand for “gray-[omitted] shooter” is large enough for multiple companies to fight over. There’s even room enough for the same type of “gray-[omitted] shooter” and have several still be successful. That’s not the companies’ fault; that’s the consumer. When folks stop buying crap, companies will stop making it.

If Soul Reaver/Blood Omen left any legacy (of Kain), it’s evidence that the demographic for action/adventure/puzzler doesn’t want competition. Which is great for Neightendo! For everypony else… Well, sometimes we get a new Deus Ex game.

1) Bon-Bon: Of course it’s upsetting and of course everypony has every reason to think less of her for it. But it doesn’t change her as a cook. It’s okay to like somepony’s ability to do a job without liking who they are, and the other way around too.

Bon-Bon: Now, if you’re boycotting something, that’s different. That’s saying, “It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do, this is not acceptable past, present, or future.”

Lyra: I feel that ponies get too attached to somepony they’ve never even met. Separate the job from the pony.

Bon-Bon: But no pony asked you. It’s specifically addressed to me.

Lyra: Yeah, but I’ve said some extremely hateful things in the past. Some of them I didn’t even know were hateful at the time! I’d be [omitted] if I lost my job over it.

2) In Snake’s defense, he’s usually involved in negotiations on a much larger scale. He brings his experience, which can make things more difficult, but also his leverage. He’s sort of involved as a favor, but he can get you more out of this than anypony else.

B: He’s also involved in negotiations with a number of other entities at any given time. I guarantee you are his lowest priority.

1) What, again? It’s barely been 24 hours!

Just one, though. No “S”.

2) Alright, I suppose. Hasn’t been very Luigi-esque over here, though. I don’t seem to own the appropriate systems.

3) So that’s why the moon was so bright Saturday! Other than the moon being really bright when I went on a quick market run, no. The Summer Sun Celebration was the day before, but I missed it. I think it was in Baltimare or something this year. They seem to get a lot of events there.

4) Bluh; meat.

Bon-Bon: Many, yes! Everything from soft-shelled chocolate bites to chocolate wafer bars!

Bon-Bon: There’s a lot of chocolate.