"Ugh, when are Applejack and Fluttershy gonna get here?" groaned Rainbow Dash.
"I hope they get here soon," said Twilight, "or else we'll never stop the dragon from spreading his smoke all over the town."
"Anypony up for a game of tic-tac-toe?" suggested Pinkie
"I'll bite" said Rarity, "I know all about putting objects in straight lines from sewing buttons onto clothing." She drew a large hash symbol on the ground. "Ladies first," she proclaimed, drawing a circle on one of the side spaces.
"Um, you're both ladies," pointed out Twilight.
"Let her have this one," said Rainbow Dash, "it's about to get ugly for her."
Pinkie Pie marked the center spot with an X.
"Victory is mine! Two in a row!" said Rarity, drawing a second circle in one of the corners.
"It's three in a row, silly!" giggle Pinkie Pie, drawing an X that blocked off Rarity's potential three-in-a-row.
"I shall set up another play for 3 in a row" said Rarity, drawing a third circle, forming a triangle between the three she had. "Triangles are so elegant, don't you think?"
"Yeppie," agreed Pinkie, "but so is victory!" she completed her line of X's. "Woohoo! I win!"
"Where? I can't see"
"There, diagonally!"
"Oh, haystacks!" cursed Rarity, "it seems there are more ways to win than I figured. No matter, I'll have another go. This time, you go first"
"Okey, dokey! I pick, the center square!"
"Then I shall respond with a diagonal."
"Me too!"
"I'll take another diagonal," replied Rarity, a forming a tiny grin.
"Nice try, but I'm gonna block you" said Pinkie, putting an X between Rarity's two circles.
"Rats! Then I'll take the last diagonal."
"That's an oopsie! You left my chain wiiide open!" chided Pinkie, taking the last space, then connecting her three X's with a line in the dirt.
