- 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

[corrinesbell]

Is that "not long" like a few minutes or "not long" like oh wait a second when did it turn into tomorrow?

[fortunefail]

"Not long" as in "not long enough to warrant any kind of worry".

[corrinesbell]

Just take the toy with you. It looks small enough to carry around.

And if you're not gonna play then gimme a turn.

[fortunefail]

[fskljf it's not a toy. Still, he'll relent and hold the Game Boy out for Sheena to take.]

Do your best. [Complete strangers have proven to be better at Tetris than Yuan, so he's curious to see how far Sheena will come.]

[corrinesbell]

[Give her a minute (and a few failed levels) to work out what all the buttons do, what is helpful and what isn't. Give her several more minutes and she is both hooked on the game and terrible at it. Her reflexes and the screen just do not sync. Pieces drop before or after they should, into places with no holes or too many.

Suffice it to say that level five is an achievement. After that she's about ready to smash the thing.]

What kinda game is this?

[fortunefail]

[Ahhh... Finally, someone who's worse at Tetris than Yuan is. His mood has brightened up a bit, now.]

A game that requires you to make the right decision in a matter of seconds.

[corrinesbell]

[Okay okay PAUSE just hold on a minute.]

What're you trying to say?

[fortunefail]

I'm only explaining what sort of game this is. [That is what Sheena asked, after all. Though, he is teasing. A little.]

[corrinesbell]

Then I guess your decision making's just as bad. Explains a lot.

[fortunefail]

[Hey. Hey hey hey. That smirk is wiped clean off Yuan's face.]

I, at least, managed to advance past level five.

[corrinesbell]

Yeah, after hanging around here for hours.

[fortunefail]

It did not take me hours.

[corrinesbell]

You think we could've beat the other angels just by giving them this game to play?

[fortunefail]

[F-ffft. All right, fine, she's gotten him to smile again.] If they could gather up enough interest for such a thing, I'm sure it would've kept them occupied for months.