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Jun 15, 2016 17:17:05 GMT
Post by monkey on Jun 15, 2016 17:17:05 GMT
 Monkey is more than a little drunk. His vision is starting to fog, and he can vaguely see the outlines of fighters dashing at him with fists raised. Oops - he sways a little bit to the right as one of his opponents come at him. He misses, but Monkey's drunken fist doesn't.
God, which way is the sky? The sky is blue and the fighting ring is blue -- what's stopping him from falling into the clouds?
He doesn't know, but the people around him are yelling too loudly. Are they - are they cheering? For him? Against him?
Monkey takes out the Ruyijingubang and swings it at his opponents. The first two, he knocks out with the force of the shockwave alone. The third isn't so lucky. He ends the match with a cracked skull. Not that Monkey is aware. Why are all his opponents wearing the same uniforms? He squints and vaguely makes out the word 'SECURITY'.
Somewhere out there, an announcer yells into the mic: "SAVAGE IS A VIDEO GAME FIGHTING TOURNAMENT!! NOT A FIGHTING TOURNAMENT!!"
What?
@open
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Post by neo on Jun 17, 2016 5:24:42 GMT
Neo's a contestant here for every game, and she's been a contestant for the past few years. She's brushed shoulders with the very best, so she doesn't doubt she can contend with them, but in the past she's always made sure to lose before she made it past the top 64. This time around, she's not Tierra Newton, and she doesn't care if she makes a splash. Life's gotten dull enough that it'd be the best day of the week--if not the month--if someone here could genuinely give her a hard time. She didn't expect it'd be this guy giving her a hard time though. She assesses man that's supposed to be her first opponent as he throttles some poor security guard. They're telling her to stand back, but Neo brushes past the security. Neo steadies Monkey by the shoulder and shoves her spare arcade stick into his hands. (She suspects he might just break it with his clearly enormous strength, but that's no matter. She'd been intending to build a better one anyway.) "You. Hello." She tried to lead him towards the seat by the TV. "Sit. Here. Pick a character. We're going to play."monkey |
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Jun 17, 2016 20:05:20 GMT
Post by monkey on Jun 17, 2016 20:05:20 GMT
Monkey blinks when the object is shoved into his hands. He stumbles a little when Neo takes him over to the television.
The cursor lands on the "randomize character" tile, and the shuffling of silhouettes disorients him. Monkey hits all the buttons, hoping that something will make it stop. Somehow, they get to the actual fight screen without incident.
NajnGiW7 <50 monkey breaks the controller this round, otherwise he manages to actually get through a round
The directional pad didn't stand a chance, and now the green goblin fighter is eternally stuck running at the edges of the screen, never quite getting anywhere. It's all very #relatable. Monkey sniffles a little bit.
"But he's trying so hard!! Run, little guy...run and be free!!"
The goblin keeps running. He is not free.
neo
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Post by neo on Jun 18, 2016 4:49:39 GMT
Failure of equipment--if that could be called failure of equipment, it was more like brutally destroyed equipment--was an automatic forfeit. Idly, Neo pummeled the little green goblin while it ran face first into the edge of the screen. She could tell the tournament organizer to call the match for her and skip this farce. No one would object. Instead, because Neo was stubborn, she took her stick back. From her purse, she produced (randomly enough) a small roll of duct tape and a little pair of pliers. She taped the stick back together and used the pliers to carefully reconnect the wires. It probably counted as a miracle that the stick worked again. Neo handed the stick back to Monkey. "Try again," she said, less of a command this time and more of a suggestion. "If you want to play as the little guy again, you'll have to select him. Move the stick--gently--to hover over him. Then hit the left button."monkey |
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Jun 18, 2016 23:07:24 GMT
Post by monkey on Jun 18, 2016 23:07:24 GMT
Monkey does as she says. Hey, he managed to stay under a monk's tutelage for years before he got kicked out.
Crack.
It was already broken once. The directional pad didn't stand a second chance. The pointer scrolls to the very left and stays there.
Insanity is the act of doing the same thing twice and expecting different results
- Some proverb.
Monkey stares at the broken controller for a second. Then he throws the wireless device straight into the television screen with all his strength. Needless to say, the television loses.
He wins.
neo
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