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

[redarrowqueen]

Blitzball sounds insane!

[casslang]

Now that I would play! But arcades are a thing plus MMA, mixed martial arts. I'm drawing bugs in the garden car as we speak.

[blitzcheer]

You bet it is! Two rounds, five minutes each, and each team wants to ball. Anything's allowed: kicking, tackling, grabbing. You've gotta work with your team and make the best throws!

There's a reason the stadiums are always packed!

[redarrowqueen]

Anything goes indeed! It would be huge on TV in my world since extreme sports are a thing.

[loveandduty]

My two top fun things back in my world were volleyball and the arcade. Going there was so fun even if one would get strange looks because I was a girl.

I can't help it that I was a girl who liked video games, especially one as beautiful as myself.

[sizedoesntmatter]

Back home we had a variety of things, but our biggest game which... was bigger than sports I am sure was Duel Monsters.

It was so big we actually had a tournament that was throughout our whole city.

[It was pretty huge and well Kaiba had his reasons for throwing that particular one, but the game was pretty huge regardless.]

[sobothersome]

Video games.

[runs_on_batteries]

You know, the graffiti on the walls aren't going to clean themselves.

[blitzcheer]

[ That gets a small laugh out of Tidus. ]

Hey, girls just wanna have fun too! Everyone played 'em back in Zanarkand -- where I'm from!

But volleyball, I remember seeing that one in the gym. Which one is it? I know which is soccer and tennis...

[ Help him remember? ]

[blitzcheer]

Bugs? [ Repeated with amusement. ] How many you done so far?

[blitzcheer]

Oh yeah? What kinda games do they show? Tell me about them! Blitzball was basically all we cared about back home.

[blitzcheer]

Yeah? You went to it? Tell me more about it! I've never heard it before.

[ And he's missed the cards that are available in the gaming carriage because he's a loser. :( ]

[blitzcheer]

Cool, what kind? Like the ones we have with the headsets?

[blitzcheer]

Huh? Go do it yourself!

[sobothersome]

... Headsets?

No. DS and switch games usually. Just games.

[redarrowqueen]

Everything from basketball and football to hockey and roller derby!

[casslang]

Few dozen at last count. [She spins the device to show her work,]

[blitzcheer]

Whoa, those are some little guys! [ Aha. ]

You aiming to go 'round the whole car?

[blitzcheer]

Nnnoo idea what those are. But you been on the upper car of the game room? [ He points up, even if he's...in his cabin... ]

They've got VR games in there. Virtual reality. You put on the headset and it's like being in the game -- or, that's the idea.

[blitzcheer]

Basketball, that's the one-- [ what was it, what was it-- ] The bouncy ball, right? Kinda reddish-orange coloured?

[sobothersome]

Uh no. Not been up there. I usually stick to my room unless I'm made to go somewere.

video from cinema

[eyeslikeblood]

Ah, Tidus. I've found an animated series that promises to be about Blitzball. Are you busy?

[blitzcheer]

Huh? What-- wait!

[ PUTTING HIS HANDS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ICP. ]

Where?!

[blitzcheer]

[ A scoff. ] You don't go to the movie room? Or hang out anywhere?

[sobothersome]

Not really.
Maybe the kitchen sometimes. When I'm hungry.