The World Overflow

[justonezero]

Nsfw threads marked accordingly.

Comments

[deto]

Ah - damnit, a counter. Smooth, Yoshi, real smooth.

[ deto’s going to remember this strat ]

So this means a shell countering a shell would be possible too, yeah?

[justonezero]

Yeah, but it'll use up the shell.

[Sailing into first byeeee.]

[deto]

‘Kay.

[ - oh but the split screen means he can see what item yoshi gets, so if he just waits until yoshi can’t counter… hm. maybe that’s the play

in the meantime, he needs to maintain the momentum, close the gap - and use the computer racers to his advantage. after all, yoshi has just become public enemy number one by slipping into first ]

Watch out, Nanase. I’m coming for you.

[ and luck gives him another growth spurt- wow. he uses it to bully his way one more spot up the ladder ]

[justonezero]

[He maintains speed well on tricky corners and rail-less track, smashing into another box to get a set of three green shells which, while fairly useless for attacking, make an excellent shield when he leaves them spinning around him.

Final lap...!]

Good luck with that!

[deto]

[ hoping the other racers will use themselves as bait - and they do. maybe it’s a coincidence, but it seems to deto that the computers always roll the decent items. one of them fires a red shell yoshi’s way as something blue (?) and wild whizzes past him

nani the heck ]

1/2

[justonezero]

[The shells deflect the red at least!]

Whew, safe!

2/2

[justonezero]

[-Only to get obliterated by the blue shell.]

Ehhhhh?!!

[deto]

Thank you for the blessing, baseball gods, I humbly accept this boon.

[ … of impending victory!! thanks, computers!! now’s his chance to zoom to yoshi’s side ]

[justonezero]

Computerrrrr, you traitor!!

[He can't regain his speed in time... Akira surpasses him!]

[deto]

Excuse me, coming through -

[ the first time is always the most exhilarating and deto definitely experience that first place high for however long he’s in first

which is probably not that long as they have another lap or so, plenty of time for sabotage ]

[justonezero]

It's not over yet!

[He's even more determined now, working to regain some speed and drive into another box for some items - which turns out to be a pack of mushrooms he can use at the straight shots in the course to regain some ground.]

[deto]

[ following his own rules and not looking at yoshi, even though deto knows, intimately, by the tone of his voice what kind of face he’s making. tempting though -

but now that he’s in the front, it turns out the hardest part is paying attention to what’s happening behind him while maintaining speed and also catching item boxes. a trio of banana peels? he’ll take it. and rather than saving them for protection, he plops them out in a diagonal line behind him. his goal is to minimize free space on the track, but he almost flies off a sharp turn doing so - ack

… hey actually isn’t that a great strat? corners and curves are the hardest so if he clutters the area there with peels… ]

Heh, that sounds like something an anime protag would say.

[justonezero]

You're dating a nerd, you know.

[He's got good steering, if nothing else - it helps him to cut through the course and dodge obstacles along the way, too. He's regaining speed!]

[deto]

[ tch, bun too good, but he’ll save that strat for the bots. not much to do now but keep his lead somehow ]

Feels more like I’m dating a ruthless pro strategist. So, Mr. Protag, what’s your storyline?

[justonezero]

-Eh? Wait, am I a pro strategist, or a protag?

[With another box comes another chance of- aha! A single red shell.

Better make this one count!]

[deto]

Why not both? You’re capable of so much.

[ proud boyfriend, who is trying to remember what the maybe-squid-maybe-ghost item does. oh well, he’ll just use it anyway ]

“It Turns Out I’ve Been Isekai’d to Another Land After Tripping Over a Rabbit Plushie and Now I’m a Master Strategist Adventurer Who is Expected to Conquer the Demon Lord, but My Stamina Stat is F-Tier?!”

[justonezero]

Whoa! You remembered the naming convention of the most bottom-tier isekais!

[HE'S SO PROUD...

He's also undeterred by some ink on his screen, managing to fire a shot at Deto's back as he races to catch up.]

[deto]

Bottom-tier?? I thought it was the longer the better - oh, damnit -

[ the shell hits and deto’s kart spirals and sputters out of his control for a moment ]

[justonezero]

[Sliding into first place byeeeeeeeee.]

Thanks for holding my spot!

[deto]

[ next item: a trio of green shells ]

I’m a gentleman.

[ he says as he shoots all three yoshi’s way ]

[justonezero]

Gentlemen shouldn't throw shells at their boyfriends?!

[SWERVING TO DODGE which he manages, but now he has to thread through them as they ricochet off the rails.]

[deto]

It’s fiancé, thanks.

[ even as he races to catch up, he can appreciate yoshi’s expert driving. the threading helps to slow yoshi down some, and deto just hopes none of the green shells will bounce off the corners and ricochet back to him. no way that happens with his luck, right ]

[justonezero]

[Surely not!

The nice thing about them ricocheting is, once he's past them, they can't really catch up. He can make up for the speed he lost there!]

Whew!

[deto]

[ he ends up swerving around one anyway, still behind ]

At least winning looks good on you.

[ not that he’s looking; he has his eyes on the track ]

[justonezero]

Huh? What does it look like on me?

[So... close... to the finish...!]