- 90 [Action]

[fortunefail]

[Yuan had headed to the general item store early in the morning, with the intent to search for new gadgets and appliances. Over the past year, he's taken quite a liking to tinkering with otherworldly technology, especially the electrical kind. He doesn't do anything too grand with it- he just finds it oddly therapeutical to take things apart and then put them back together, drawing blueprints of them as he goes. His trip was rewarded when his eyes fell on this little beauty, complete with batteries and a special adapter that could plug it into electrical outlets. Yuan's not entirely sure why you'd need two different power sources, but that's just another thing to examine when he takes it apart. There's just one problem.

Curiosity got the better of him and he decided to try it out in the store, to see what exactly this thing does. He found a cartridge with the word "Tetris" on it, which fitted perfectly into the slot on the back. One thing led to another, and five minutes later he found himself completely absorbed in the game.

How much time has passed since he started playing? He doesn't even know. He does know he decided to take a seat on the ground at some point, to make himself more comfortable. He also knows he needs to beat this level.]

Left... Left... Now turn! Good, now I just need- No! There is no place for a square! Damn, damn, damn!

[Yes, there is a grown man playing Tetris in a corner of the item store, now completely blind to his surroundings.]

Comments

[powdersup]

[That is so incredibly distracting. She tries to keep to her own business, but once she's got something in a bag under her arm... he eyes and finally her body drift back to Yuan and-] Are you sure you don't need help?

[fortunefail]

[He's not even looking up from his game, this time.] What makes you think I need any?

[powdersup]

You sound like you're having trouble, anyway.

[fortunefail]

It's just a game. Having trouble with it is the whole point of playing it. [He considers this little toy the ultimate challenge of the mind.]

[powdersup]

That thing seems portable though- the plug could be used at your house or apartment, right?

[fortunefail]

... What's your point?

[Is this woman seriously kicking him out of a public area? Because that sure is what it sounds like to Yuan, right now. It'd probably be best for him to get frustrated with this game in the privacy of his own home anyway, but it's the principle of the matter.]

[powdersup]

That you might be more comfortable playing that... game in your own home?

[fortunefail]

[Well. His cynicism was actually justified for once.]

I have as much right to be here as anyone else.

[powdersup]

I'm not saying you don't, mister.

[Just. Disruptive]

[fortunefail]

Then I will remain here. [Because now it's become a matter of principle and he'll be damned if he retreats into his home because some girl asked him to.]

And I'll see what I can do about the noise level. [But just to make his point, his thumb moves to the little knob that controls the music volume and he turns it up just a bit. Have fun with the annoying Tetris music, Asami.]

[powdersup]

Not you're just being petty. You're a grown man, show some dignity.

[Seriously? Turning it up? Gosh]