Networked X-Boxes in a PC lab
Inside a PC lab there a several rows of computers. Consoles, possibly X-Boxes, are hooked up so they are being played on the monitors. The lab is full with about 30 people playing consoles. They are all hooked together playing the same game. I think it is Tomb Raider because the main character is Lara Croft. The cut scenes seem cheesy because they are engine rendered. I focus on her polygon accentuated biceps. She is climbing mountains. More specifically she is climbing directly over a mask of a buddha's face that is secured to the top of a mountain.
The cut scene ends and the game enters first person viewpoint. The fighting is taking place next door in my childhood neighbor's front yard. The friend who used to live there is the one I am fighting. It is a complicated fight. We do not hate each other, for it is just a game. There is a count off inside the game and the person in charge states that someone is unaccounted for. I am unconcerned.
The person in charge proceeds to look for the missing person. We do not even know who is missing, just that we are one off in the numbers. In the person's search they knock on the door of a strange house. My grandmother answers. I miss the exchange as I sneak in the house. Once my grandmother shuts the door and goes to the bedroom I sneak out the front door. I think she is disturbed by the noise of my exit. I am able to sneak in again but this time I leave via another door. This new area is fresh, new, and unknown. During my sneaking about I miss one or more accountability counts.
Real life interrupts on the game as Tony Soprano enters the PC lab. He observes the game for a moment. Before he can say anything Meadow, from a couple of rows over, says "What in the world is this", anticipating perfectly his statement. He takes over administering the game. When I dive back into the game my viewpoint is much smaller. I seem to be alone in the game. Confused my intellect half focuses on the real world for an explanation. Tony explains to the room that he fixed it so that whoever was the unaccounted for person previously is now a bug in the game. It is obviously me. I missed a couple of counts, but who was unaccounted for before me?
At this change of events half the people leave their PCs and sit apart as observers. Unsure what is going on I ask an observer if I am supposed to continue to play. He replies that it is all right if I do and to find an open seat. I get up and find a new seat to play from. As I sit down half the current players swap sides of the room with the other half. I don't know what the seating rules are, or why they swapped, so I maintain my newly chosen seat.
In my new seat Tasha is sitting next to me. She has the American Beauty album but for some reason the band is labeled incorrectly. I point out that it is really by the Grateful Dead. I express my surprise that she has or listens to it. She was unaware of the mislabeling it. She just really liked the music. I notice that she also has several Pink Floyd CDs. We must share a lot in common if she also likes my favorite band. This idea is shot down by her general lack of caring for Floyd. She is not even sure why she has them. Though strangely enough these CDs of hers have my mark on them. Perhaps I marked them for some reason? If so then I might also be the one who playfully squirted water with my squirt gun over some of her other stuff.
The cut scene ends and the game enters first person viewpoint. The fighting is taking place next door in my childhood neighbor's front yard. The friend who used to live there is the one I am fighting. It is a complicated fight. We do not hate each other, for it is just a game. There is a count off inside the game and the person in charge states that someone is unaccounted for. I am unconcerned.
The person in charge proceeds to look for the missing person. We do not even know who is missing, just that we are one off in the numbers. In the person's search they knock on the door of a strange house. My grandmother answers. I miss the exchange as I sneak in the house. Once my grandmother shuts the door and goes to the bedroom I sneak out the front door. I think she is disturbed by the noise of my exit. I am able to sneak in again but this time I leave via another door. This new area is fresh, new, and unknown. During my sneaking about I miss one or more accountability counts.
Real life interrupts on the game as Tony Soprano enters the PC lab. He observes the game for a moment. Before he can say anything Meadow, from a couple of rows over, says "What in the world is this", anticipating perfectly his statement. He takes over administering the game. When I dive back into the game my viewpoint is much smaller. I seem to be alone in the game. Confused my intellect half focuses on the real world for an explanation. Tony explains to the room that he fixed it so that whoever was the unaccounted for person previously is now a bug in the game. It is obviously me. I missed a couple of counts, but who was unaccounted for before me?
At this change of events half the people leave their PCs and sit apart as observers. Unsure what is going on I ask an observer if I am supposed to continue to play. He replies that it is all right if I do and to find an open seat. I get up and find a new seat to play from. As I sit down half the current players swap sides of the room with the other half. I don't know what the seating rules are, or why they swapped, so I maintain my newly chosen seat.
In my new seat Tasha is sitting next to me. She has the American Beauty album but for some reason the band is labeled incorrectly. I point out that it is really by the Grateful Dead. I express my surprise that she has or listens to it. She was unaware of the mislabeling it. She just really liked the music. I notice that she also has several Pink Floyd CDs. We must share a lot in common if she also likes my favorite band. This idea is shot down by her general lack of caring for Floyd. She is not even sure why she has them. Though strangely enough these CDs of hers have my mark on them. Perhaps I marked them for some reason? If so then I might also be the one who playfully squirted water with my squirt gun over some of her other stuff.
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