The World Overflow

[justonezero]

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[justonezero]

I thought you didn’t want me to hold back?

[Turning on the TV and booting up the console. He's already got M*riokart in there, with all stages and characters unlocked.]

[deto]

Don’t I get a training arc first though??

[ welp, time to grab one of the controllers and face his doom, maybe. he takes a seat on yoshi’s bed, rather than the ground ]

[justonezero]

[Sitting next to him!]

There's an in-game tutorial if you want to try.

[deto]

[ looking down at the controller and audibly counting the buttons before he replies, distracted: ]

Yeah, let’s do that. This is the racing game, right? My strategy is to channel Oria’s driving.

[justonezero]

-Wait, what's his driving like?

Oh, um - use the joystick for directions and press A to select. B is for canceling your choice.

[deto]

He’s a psychopath. Drives to kill.

[ he’s only ever feared for his life a cooouple of times and one of them was with oria ]

Uh, okay. Is there… drifting? That’s a thing in racing, I remember.

[justonezero]

Yeah! If you're right behind another driver, you can drift a little.

[The tutorial is easy at least, guiding him through the different controls.]

[deto]

[ deto drives like a blind grandma, swerving off the road as he gets used to holding a controller ]

Did you buy this recently? The second controller.

[ so far he’s avoided driving into any of the funny boxes ]

[justonezero]

Is it obvious? Big bro doesn't really have time to play around, so I just used the controller he got with the console up until now.

Ah- if you run into the boxes, you'll get an item. And collecting coins makes you go faster, too.

[deto]

[ he has peered at console prices before and saw that they only come with one controller. what a scam ]

Nah, it’s quite cute how excited you are. [ as he slams into a box ] What’s this red thing?

[justonezero]

When we move out we'll have to get a console of our own, but either way we'll need two controllers, so I thought it was a good idea to get one now.

[Hehe]

Oh, that's a red shell! Red shells automatically follow the person in front of you to hit them and slow them down. Meanwhile, green shells don't target anyone, so you have to aim them before firing.

[deto]

[ absentmindedly: ]

A two-room apartment then? One for our bedroom and then a gaming-study room.

[ he goes for an npc, humming with satisfaction when the shell hits ]

This is kinda like batting the ball. I could get used to this.

[ …probably… ]

[justonezero]

There's other items that come up for different effects. The randomness adds to the chaos!

[deto]

Which one’s your favorite?

[ is he already strategizing? maybe ]

[justonezero]

It's hard to pick a favorite. After all... any of them can be used to snatch victory away from you at the last second...

[With a gaze that's definitely flashing back to all his thwarted near-wins.]

[deto]

Huh. Is that the play here? Gotta be an all-rounder?

[ he gets a star next and the jingle starts as he accidentally mows down the other drivers ]

I feel like this one would be you if it turned people pink instead.

[justonezero]

-Huh? I'm not invincible and all-powerful???

[deto]

Eh?! This is invincible and all-powerful?!

[justonezero]

Yeah! None of the other obstacles have an effect on you, plus you can run into people and knock them aside, too!

[deto]

… Noted… [ the tip and yoshi’s enthusiasm ] But I was talking about how it just becomes all wild and bright - that’s you.

[justonezero]

Still not sure what you mean by me being wild...

[deto]

Oh, you’ll see.

[ and then there’s the tutorial finish line. he doesn’t make first or second, but third isn’t bad ]

I think I got it. But I’m guessing the courses get harder - or weirder.

[justonezero]

Yeah, this is a pretty standard loop, but they spice it up with all kinds of different locations and stuff.

Ready for the real thing?

[deto]

Yeah. [ he’s ready to give it his all ] Take me to your favorite stage.

[justonezero]

...

Are you sure?