day 14, fiddlesticks ; video from sleeper 6

[blitzcheer]

Hey everyone, how you doin'? I'm Tidus. Been here around since the last stop, and I know there's gonna be another one soon, but I've been itching to ask: What did you do for fun in your worlds?

Back home, the biggest entertainment was Blitzball! Two teams goin' up against each other underwater, giving it all they've got to score the ball in the other team's goal! [ He's grinning, excited even to share that. ] That's a simple way of putting it since I can't start showing everyone how to play, and I wanna hear about your guys' fun.

So? What did you do? It doesn't have to be just sport. Did you have videogames? Arcades? Did you have fighting competitions? Draw? What do you do now? I wanna hear what people are into!

And hey, if you ever want a partner for one of the ball games they have here, hit me up! I wanna try as many as I can. Can't do it on my own though!

Comments

[runs_on_batteries]

[He laughs and shakes his head.]

It's a running gag one of my kids usually warns new people about. He swears if anyone says they're bored I pop up and give them a chore. Trust me, it's a necessary evil with a number of the kids to keep them busy.

For example, if Joss is busy he can't troll as often.

[He heard that Joss.]

How does blitz ball work?

[blitzcheer]

[ Inside jokes. He'll brush it off. ]

Like I said -- you've got two teams on either side of the sphere pool made up of six players, and the goal's to get the ball into the other team's goal where they started. You get five minutes and two rounds to rack as many points as you can, and whoever gets the most wins!

Got anything like it where you're from?

[runs_on_batteries]

[He wasn't going to admit it, but this was one of few areas he was not an expert.

But, when in doubt, make shit up, right?]

That sounds similar to soccer except for the pool part. Can you play that game without the water?

[blitzcheer]

Never tried! You couldn't swim, [ obviously, ] and you need more room to let people move around...

[ He's thinking about it, but the more he does, he just huffs. ]

It'd be a completely different game at that point!

[runs_on_batteries]

Guess we'll just have to keep harassing the train's feedback feature till they give us a pool then.

If you're so into sports though, have you met Conan? He's really fond of soccer. We could set up some teams.

[blitzcheer]

Nope, but I was talking to the love guru girl and thinking it'd be fun to see who'd be interested in what sport.

Plus, gotta think about the layout of the gym. ...and sharing times with everyone training in there.

[runs_on_batteries]

I'll leave arranging things in your capable hands.

[He had bigger things to worry about.]

But do let me know and I'll join in.

[blitzcheer]

Sure! What'd be your sport of choice? [ Grinning. ] Something nice and slow?

[ Heh! ]

[runs_on_batteries]

[He was actually surprised. He had thought Tidus wouldn't want to keep talking to him but here he was joking around. It was nice.]

Ha ha. In my armor I can go 1700 miles per second. How fast can you doggy paddle there kid?

I don't have a favorite sport, but I get bored and stir crazy around here a lot.

[blitzcheer]

[ This is set before their argument, after all. ]

Pfft, anyone can go fast if you're using some machine to do it! How fast are you paddling without it, old man?

Come by the gym whenever, I'm usually there. Let's see how long you can even last!

[runs_on_batteries]

Well forgive me for wanting to brag about my armor.

[He chuckled, amused at being called out.]

I'll last just as long as you can, kid.