Noisy Neighbors

*Kssh, ksssh, ksssh.*

*Fsssssp, fssssssp, fsssssssp.*

*Ooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrreeee.*

Lilac continued to stare up at the ceiling as she laid in bed. She couldn't sleep, and not from lack of trying. The half-dragon had been tossing and turning in her bed for the past couple of hours as she tried desperately to find the sweet release of sleep. It was a constant reality nowadays that sleep remained elusive...

... and it was all because of her noisy next door neighbors.

For some reason, she'd become hyper-aware of the fact that the rooms at the mansion were not as... silent as they should be. It was subtle, but enough for Lilac to take annoyance with it. The half-dragon looked off to the side of her bed, seeing her roommate, Milla, sound asleep, curled up in her dog bed. Then she shifted her look toward the other direction at a standard-issue alarm clock to see just what time it truly was.

4:17 AM.

Groaning, Lilac placed her hands over her ears and squeezed her eyes shut. This place was killing her slowly. The thrill of the Smash tournament and getting to meet and live with so many new faces meant nothing if she wasn't rested enough to appreciate them. Frustrated, Lilac tossed her arms down at her side. Maybe it was time to have a word with her housemates...

Finding her way to her feet and guiding herself toward the door (her eyes were quite adapted to the darkness at this point), Lilac grumpily trodded her way out into the hallway. Taking a huffy breath, Lilac raised a fist to knock on his noisy neighbors' door. With three raps, her message was clear already.

She was exhausted and not equipped to deal with it.

The noises inside the other's room abruptly stopped, save the strange noises they always emitted every now and then. Steps were heard as Zombie and Enderman made their way to the door.

*Shlink! Fssh. Whrrrrrrr. Bmmmmmpt! Whrrrrrrrr. Thnk!*

"*How many locks do they need?*" Lilac asked herself.

Creaking open enough to let a mouse squeeze through, Enderman's bright purple eyes pierced the encompassing darkness. Zombie stood right behind him, and both were staring right at their late-night visitor.

Lilac gave the two mobs a look. An annoyed look. A look of distilled distaste. However, the annoyance was slowly being replaced by a new, growing emotion.

Curiosity.

Behind the two blocky creatures, a string of lights shone brightly. Lilac had to squint, as the sudden burst of color and sensory made his head hurt. Raising a hand, Lilac tried to peer behind Enderman to see just what it was that they was doing at 4 in the morning.

Enderman, noticing this, quickly shut the door with a loud ***SLAM!*** Startled, Lilac found herself suddenly in a defensive position... before relaxing once again. The annoyance was back, but the lingering curiosity was still there.

The loud slam echoed in her ears and in her heart, causing her head to throb even harder. A hand found itself upside her head once again as she tried to rub the pain away.

The lights under Zombie and Enderman's door disappeared suddenly, along with the beeps, boops, and vrrrrs. Whatever they had been doing was shut down with haste.

...but that was far from the last of Lilac's problems.

The door had alerted other tenants of the floor. Lights began to flash on in other tenants' rooms as they jolted awake and went to investigate.

"Who'n th' hell's up slammin' doors at this hour?!" A disgruntled and sleep-drunk King Dedede shouted.

Lilac sighed.

"*Looks like I'm not getting any sleep tonight,*" she thought bitterly.