Note: In Trigamon, turns can go very fast, sometimes lasting 20 seconds or less if need be to finish this duel in one episode.
New Scene(Previously_on_Trigamon()) {…}
New Scene()
Confused by his inability to draw a card, Starf wanders around the hallway, trying to get a good connection.
Starf: Hello?! Hello?! (x5)
Starf looks down at his arm.
Starf: I’d like to report a faulty duel disk.
Yami Benjy: This is too silly, even for a parody…
Starf: No, he didn’t play a card effect, it’s the first turn of the duel!
Starf: What?
Starf: WHAT?!
Starf stomps his foot angrily.
Starf: What are you talking about?! It’s not a feature, it’s a bug!
Starf: I’m telling you it’s a bug!
Starf suddenly looks at Yami Benjy, as if he’s been hung up on.
Starf: Blasted piece of (bleep). Normally I’d take care of things quickly, but since we have eight thousand life points in this realm, that’s not possible. But I’m still going first!
< Starf’s Turn (01) [8000LP] [5H] >
< Draw Phase > *QST.Duels.Draw_Failure()* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
/#Starf: I’ll normal summon Mathematician from my hand! (angry)
→ Starf::Normal Summon: "Mathematician"
Suddenly, the image of Mathematician materializes
/#Starf: Send rosewhip to the Graveyard.
→ Mathematician()
/#Yami Benjy: I play the effect of Naturia Cosmobeet.
/#Starf: What?
/#Yami Benjy: I When my opponent normal summons or sets a monster, I can special summon this card from my hand.
Yami Benjy places Naturia Cosmobeet into his monster card zone sideways, causing Naturia Cosmobeet to materialize.
→ (!)Benjy.Naturia Cosmobeet() { Benjy.Special Summon: THIS }
→ Mathematician: { Dump: "Naturia Rosewhip" }
/#Starf: Supply Squad and three face downs. Now surrender.
→ Supply Squad()
→ Set S/T Card
→ Set S/T Card
→ Set S/T Card
< /Main Phase 1 >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Starf’s Turn [8000] [0H] >
Yami Benjy: And you call yourself a puppet master. My draw!
< Benjy’s Turn (02) [8000LP] [4H] >
< Draw Phase > *Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
/#Yami Benjy: I’ll take out two of those cards. Mystical Space Typhoon on Supply Unit.
→ Mystical Space Typhoon() { Destroy: "Supply Unit" }
/#Yami Benjy: And now for one of the face-downs.
→ Mystical Space Typhoon() { Destroy: "Breakthrough Skill" }
→ The World Tree()
/#Yami Benjy: Now Lekunga!
→ Normal Summon: "Lekunga"
/#Yami Benjy: I tune Naturia Cosmobeet and Lekunga! Synchro Summon Splendid Rose!
/#Starf: That’s an illegal move!
/#Yami Benjy: Huh?
→ Synchro Summon("Lekunga" + "Naturia Cosmobeet"): "Splendid Rose"
New Subscene(@Temporal -= 5 seconds) {
Outside of the shadows, Chikorita and Pixielite are watching the duel next to Lana. Both are startled by each monster summon, but the synchro summon of Splendid Rose really freaks them out. Both turn and run towards the door to Benjy’s office, but stop as a popping noise occurs and Splendid Rose appears to shatter.
Lana: They’re playing Yu-G-Oh!™ Right? Does that mean.
}
→ (!)Solemn Warning(Starf.LP -= 2000) { Splendid Rose is destroyed }
→ The World Tree(@Trigger) { Gains 1x Flower Counter }
< /Main Phase 1 >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Benjy’s Turn [8000] [1H] >
Starf: You are not going to summon any monsters with two-thousand attack or more.
Yami Benjy: What makes you so sure of that?
Starf: That’s none of your business!
< Starf’s Turn (03) [6000LP] [0H] >
< Draw Phase > * Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
/#Mr. Starf: Useless (bleep)!
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
→ Call of the Haunted() { Special Summon: "Naturia Rosewhip" }
/#Benjy: You know, if we had held onto our second M-S-T we could destroy Call of the Haunted, taking Rosewhip with it!
/# Yami Benjy: I didn’t think of that…
→ Synchro Summon("Mathematician" + "Naturia Rosewhip"): "Vulcan the Divine"
→ Vulcan the Divine() { Bounce Targets { "The World Tree", "Call of the Haunted" }
/#Benjy: And now he gets to re-use it!
/# Yami Benjy: ?
→ Set S/T Card
< /Main Phase 1 >
< Battle Phase >
• Vulcan the Divine ➤ Direct {Benjy.LP -= 2000 }
< /Battle Phase >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Starf’s Turn [6000] [1H] >
Mr. Starf: Are you ready to surrender now?
Yami Benjy: You’ve merely evened the score.
Mr. Starf: WILL YOU STOP WASTING MY TIME?! (angry)
Yami Benjy stares at Starf in disbelief.
Yami Benjy: Excuse me!
Mr. Starf: STOP WASTING MY TIME! (angry)
Yami Benjy: You started this… Shadow game…
Mr. Starf: ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?! (angry)
Yami Benjy: I could say the same thing about you. (angry/calm)
Mr. Starf: Fine! Take your (bleep)ing time! See what I care! (angry)
Yami Benjy: Just for that, I’m going to kick your (bleep).
< Benjy’s Turn (04) [6000LP] [2H] >
< Draw Phase > *Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
→ The World Tree()
→ Normal Summon: "Bird of Roses"
→ Set S/T Card
< /Main Phase 1 >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Benjy’s Turn [6000] [0H] >
Yami Benjy: Now show me what you’ve got!
Starf: It’s interesting. Even within this enclosed space, you think you have a chance at defying your fate.
Yami Benjy: I think you’re confused. You claim to be a puppet master, but you’re acting like a puppet!
Starf: I think you’re the one who’s confused. You appear to have mistakenly assumed that being a puppet and a puppet master are mutually exclusive.
Benjy: Actually, that does make sense.
Starf: Unlike you, I accept my fate. Do you understand?
Yami Benjy: You accepted being a puppet? Why?
Starf: For the same reason you help a little old lady cross the street! It’s the right thing to do! Your resistance is pure evil!
Yami Benjy: For some reason, I get the sinking feeling that you don’t understand good and evil.
Starf: Shut up!!! You’re the one who doesn’t understand!
< Starf’s Turn (05) [6000LP] [1H] >
< Draw Phase > * Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
/# Starf: From my graveyard I use the effect of Breakthrough Skill!
→ Graveyard::Breakthrough Skill(Target = Bird of Roses) { }
/# Yami Benjy: What does that do?
/# Starf: It prevents you from activating it’s effect when it destroyed! Vulcan the Divine, attack Bird of Roses!
< /Main Phase 1 >
< Battle Phase >
/# Yami Benjy: Activate quick spell: Book of Eclipse
→ (!) Book of Eclipse() { Bird of Roses and Vulcan the Divine are flipped face-down }
/# Starf: You’re really weird…
/# Yami Benjy: At least you’re acting more human now.
< /Battle Phase >
< End Phase >
→ Book of Eclipse() { = Vulcan the Divine is flipped face-up, Starf draws a card }
< /End Phase >
< /Starf’s Turn [6000] [3H] >
Yami Benjy: My move!
Starf: Curiouser and curiouser.
Yami Benjy: That’s what I should be saying.
Starf: I informed him that what he was doing was bad and wrong, but he keeps doing it anyway.
< Benjy’s Turn (06) [6000LP] [2H] >
< Draw Phase > *Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
/# Yami Benjy: Flip up: Bird of Roses!
→ Flip Summon: "Bird of Roses"
→ Set Monster Card
< /Main Phase 1 >
< Battle Phase >
/# Yami Benjy: To bad for you, your Vulcan’s defense is lower than my bird’s attack!
/# Starf: Impossible! How did he know?!
/# Yami Benjy: Bird of Roses attacks the face-down Vulcan the Divine!
• Bird of Roses ➤ Vulcan the Divine { Vulcan the Divine is destroyed }
< /Battle Phase >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Benjy’s Turn [6000] [0H] >
Starf: Those blasted Aluminti from earlier must be aiding him. There’s no other explanation! No matter, I’ll wipe him out this turn!
< Starf’s Turn (07) [6000LP] >
< Draw Phase > *Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
/# Starf: You do understand what "divine" means, right?
→ Call of the Haunted() { Special Summon: Vulcan the Divine }
→ Normal Summon: Ice Hand
→ Set S/T Card
/# Starf: Now this is why you can’t win.
< /Main Phase 1 >
< Battle Phase >
/# Starf: Ice Hand attacks Bird of Roses!
/# Yami Benjy seems surprised at this move, and even more surprised when ice hand is destroyed and Starf takes battle damage.
/# Starf: Ice Hand’s effect! When it is destroyed, I can destroy one spell or trap card you control.
→ Ice Hand() { Destroy: The World Tree, Special Summon: Fire Hand }
/# Starf: Then I can special summon one Fire Hand from my Deck. Fire Hand attacks Bird of Roses!
/# Starf: Fire Hand’s effect! When it is destroyed, I can destroy one monster you control.
→ Fire Hand() { Destroy: Bird of Roses, Special Summon: Ice Hand }
/# Starf: Then I can special summon one Ice Hand from my Deck. Vulcan attacks destroys the face-down monster!
• Vulcan the Divine ➤ Prickle Fairy { Vulcan the Divine is changed to Defense Position}
< /Battle Phase >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Starf’s Turn [5400] >
Starf: And that's another thing that doesn’t make sense.
< Benjy’s Turn (08) [6000LP] >
< Draw Phase > *Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
/#Yami Benjy: Ice Hand can only special summon Fire Hand if there’s a card to destroy, correct?
/# Starf stares at Yami Benjy, with what looks like nervousness.
/#Starf: …correct…
/#Yami Benjy: Then I summon Lord Poison!
→ Normal Summon: "Lord Poison"
< /Main Phase 1 >
< Battle Phase >
/#Yami Benjy: Lord Poison attacks Ice Hand!
• Lord Poison ➤ Ice Hand { Ice Hand is destroyed, Starf.LP -= 100 }
< /Battle Phase >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Benjy’s Turn [6000] >
Starf: You’re really weird, you know that?
Starf: I don’t get it. You know now what you’re doing is wrong, so why do you keep doing it? Is it out of some kind of warped sense of honor?
Yami Benjy: I heard you. But I don’t believe what you’re saying about right and wrong is accurate.
Starf: You’re not making sense…
Yami Benjy: If I told you what you’re doing is wrong, would you stop?
Starf: But hat would be incorrect.
Yami Benjy: It’s not incorrect. What you’re doing is wrong.
Starf: I don’t… Just stop parroting, okay?!
Yami Benjy: What does that word mean? Parroting?
Starf: It means I’m going to finish you here and now!
< Starf’s Turn (09) [5300LP] >
< Draw Phase > * Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
→ Foolish Burial() { Naturia Rosewhip(d) → Graveyard }
/#Starf: Here we go…
→ Vulcan the Divine: Switch to Attack Position
< /Main Phase 1 >
< Battle Phase >
• Vulcan the Divine ➤ Lord Poison { Benjy.LP -= 500}
/# Yami Benjy: Since you did that, I get to call back one plant-type monster, and I choose–
/# Yami Benjy: Which one?
/# Benjy: Bird of Roses. When he destroys it, we can summon out two tuners, which we can then use to Synchro something more powerful. But it has to be in attack mode for it’s effect to work!
/# Yami Benjy: Bird of Roses!
→ Lord Poison() { Special Summon: Bird of Roses }
< /Battle Phase >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Starf’s Turn [5300] >
Yami Benjy: My move now!
< Benjy’s Turn (10) [5500LP] >
< Draw Phase > *Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
→ Normal Summon: "Lonefire Blossom"
/# Starf: Activate Book of Moon.
→ (!)Book of Moon( Target: Lonefire Blossom ) { Lonefire Blossom is flipped face-down }
/# Starf: Now that your Blossom is face-down, you can’t use it’s effect to call out something more powerful. Again, we’re even…
/# Yami Benjy doesn’t reply, but just gazes at Starf as if lost in thought.
< /Main Phase 1 >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Benjy’s Turn [5500] >
< Starf’s Turn (11) [5300LP] >
< Draw Phase > * Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
→ Set S/T Card
< /Main Phase 1 >
< Battle Phase >
• Vulcan the Divine ➤ Lonefire Blossom { Lonefire Blossom is Destroyed }
< /Battle Phase >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Starf’s Turn [5300] >
< Benjy’s Turn (12) [5500LP] >
< Draw Phase > *Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
→ Sets Monster Card
< /Main Phase 1 >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Benjy’s Turn [5500] >
Starf: And this is going nowhere!
< Starf’s Turn (13) [5300LP] >
< Draw Phase > * Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
< /Main Phase 1 >
< Battle Phase >
/# Starf: I attack the face-down monster!
• Vulcan the Divine ➤ Prickle Fairy { Vulcan the Divine is changed to Defense Position }
< /Battle Phase >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Starf’s Turn [5300] >
Starf: And it’s amazing how he’s not weakened by the shadows… Take this!
Upon ending his turn, Starf stomps his foot, then twists it on the shadows on the floor.
Yami Benjy: What are you doing.
Starf: It’s none of your business.
Yami Benjy: Tell me anyway!
Starf doesn’t reply, but continues scraping the shadows with his foot.
Yami Benjy: Then this will come down to brute force! My move then!
Yami Benjy attempts to draw a card, but midway through the motion collapses to his hands and knees on the ground.
Benjy: What’s wrong?!
Starf: Brute force, please. I’ve decided that I’m just going to end you here and now. Since you won’t stop wasting my time, I have no choice.
Starf stamps his foot, and Yami Benjy cringes.
Yami Benjy: You always have a choice.
Yami Benjy: Benjy, I feel like I’m loosing power. Like I’m about to fall asleep.
Benjy: Weird… I feel fine…
Yami Benjy: Even if it’s the end of the world?
Suddenly, Yami Benjy collapses on the ground and the Millennium Gameboy Advance glows. Benjy looks around. QST.camera now synchronizes with Starf’s perspective as Benjy gets back to his feet.
Starf: Impossible! He can break the rules of the shadows also?
QST.camera now de-synchronizes with Starf’s perspective.
Benjy: It think… He forgot to wiggle my toes…
Refresh Scene()
Benjy faces off against Starf in the corridor.
Benjy: You’re really creeping me out, you know that?
Starf doesn’t say anything.
Benjy: But it makes sense. If pokémon and duel spirits can come into our world, then what’s stopping fictional people? This guy is probably from Yu-Gi-Oh!™…, although I’ve never seen anyone like him! Maybe he hasn’t aired yet, or he’s some minor character that never had a big enough part to play to get any screen time…
Starf continues to rub his foot in the shadows.
Yami Benjy: Benjy, what about fanfics?
Benjy: !
Benjy: Yami me! Are you feeling better?
Yami Benjy: I feel like I’m about to fall asleep, but I’m not quite tired enough yet. But… I’m no longer feeling any worse.
QST.camera synchronizes with Benjy’s field of vision as he sizes up Starf,
Benjy: Well if he’s from a fan-fiction, that means…
Benjy: We’re in serious trouble. Professionally published works get moderated, but fan-fictions… And that also implies that every author is now…
QST.camera desynchronizes from Benjy’s field of vision as Benjy shakes his head rapidly.
Benjy: I need to focus! I need to beat this guy…
Benjy: …By spirit alone!
Starf: So you lost your ability to talk?
Benjy: I draw!
< Benjy’s Turn (14) [5500LP] >
< Draw Phase > *Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
/# Benjy: Perfect!
/# Yami Benjy: ??
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
/# Benjy: I tribute Bird of Roses and both Prickle Fairy!
/# Starf: Three tributes?
Starf shivers
/# Starf: No way! Don’t tell me?! He has a god card?!?!
/# Starf: That must be precious… It would be a shame if anything were to happen to it. (shuddering)
→ Tribute(2x "Prickle Fairy", "Bird of Roses") Normal Summon: Moisture Creature(x3 Tributes)
/# Benjy: When Moisture Creature is summoned with three tributes, I can destroy all Spell and Trap Cards my opponent controls.
/# Starf: If it’s effect resolves! By discarding Effect Veiler, I can stop that from happening.
→ (!) Effect Veiler(Target: Moisture Creature) { Moisture Creature’s effect is negated. }
/# Benjy: Something… Something somewhere is telling me that those cards aren’t used for… …defensive purposes… And in this game, waiting can be just as dangerous as going for it…
< /Main Phase 1 >
< Battle Phase >
/# Benjy: I’ll have Moisture Creature attack Vulcan the Divine!
• Moisture Creature ➤ Vulcan the Divine { Vulcan the Divine is destroyed}
< /Battle Phase >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Benjy’s Turn [5500] >
Benjy: No reaction.
< Starf’s Turn (15) [5300LP] >
< Draw Phase > * Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
→ Sets S/T Card
/# Starf: I activate Swords of Concealing Light! Now do you see it’s hopeless?!
→ Swords of Concealing Light() { Moisture Creature is flipped face-down }
< /Main Phase 1 >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Starf’s Turn [5300] >
Benjy: That’s something I’d only do if I were desperate, and the voices in my head seem to agree…
Benjy: Wait, why are there voices in my head?!
< Benjy’s Turn (16) [5500LP] >
< Draw Phase > *Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
/# Benjy: I hope it’s just my subconscious.
/# Benjy: I set one card!
→ Sets S/T Card
/# Starf: That won’t help you! I activate Mystical Space Typhoon!
→ (!)Mystical Space Typhoon() { Wild Tornado is destroyed }
/# Benjy: When Wild Tornado is destroyed, I have to destroy one face-up card on the field. The only one that qualifies is…
→ Wild Tornado() { Swords of Concealing Light is destroyed }
/# Starf appears to shiver.
→ Flip Summon: Moisture Creature
< /Main Phase 1 >
< Battle Phase >
/# Benjy: If this were anime I’d be nervous, but this is real life, and in real life, when you brick, all you can do is bluff…
/# Benjy: Moisture Creature direct attack!
• Moisture Creature ➤ Direct { Starf.LP -= 2800 }
< /Battle Phase >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Benjy’s Turn [5500] >
< Starf’s Turn (17) [2500LP] >
< Draw Phase > * Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 > < /Main Phase 1 >
< End Phase > < /End Phase >
< /Starf’s Turn [2500] >
Benjy: He passed?
Benjy hesitates.
Benjy: And the voices are gone. No, they weren’t voices. More like… I’ll figure that out later!
< Benjy’s Turn (18) [5500LP] >
< Draw Phase > *Draws x1* < /Draw Phase >
< Standby Phase > < /Standby Phase >
< Main Phase 1 >
< /Main Phase 1 >
< Battle Phase >
• Moisture Creature ➤ Direct { Starf.LP -= 2800 }
<> Due to Starf having 0 LP, Benjy wins!
Moisture Creature hits Starf with a bolt of light, and Starf collapses to the ground, his duel disk disintegrating as he does. Suddenly the shadows disappear, and Benjy and Starf’s body are back in the hallway. Around the area that was affected, many are now standing, including Alex, Alexandra, Lana, and Doctor Who. The duel disk on Benjy’s arm now starts to dissolve into golden particles.
Yami Benjy: Benjy? Wake me in three hours, okay?
Benjy: I’ll try.
Benjy is suddenly almost knocked over by Chikorita, as he and Pixielite rush at him, happy to see him safe.
Max: Benjy, what was that?
Benjy: …
Benjy takes a deep breath.
Doctor Who: It appears to have been a shadow game.
Enough of Benjy’s golden duel disk has now dissolves for his deck, in it’s deck box to fall out, which is caught by Pixielite.
Benjy: Max, I’m thinking.
It appears to suddenly dawn on Benjy just how many people have gathered in the hallway to watch this, and it makes him jittery. Benjy quickly scoops up Chikorita and then quickly pushes his way through the crowd to his office, quickly pushing the buttons on the keypad to open his door, and slips inside with Pixielite behind him carrying his deck box.
Outside Benjy’s door, students and staff are gathering by Benjy’s office door, while Benjy looks at them through the window on his door and the ones on both sides of his door. Someone knocks on Benjy’s door, then to Benjy’s surprise opens it a crack and drops Shroomish’s ball inside, before closing it again. As Benjy watches, Doctor Who walks away from his door, recapping his sonic screwdriver as he goes. Shroomish’s ball rolls on the ground, and Shroomish pops out, a little bit dazed.
New Scene()
On some hallway, Brett enters a closet about ten feet wide and ten feet deep, holding Starf’s necklace. Brett chuckles to himself mysteriously, then flips on the light. This closet, like Benjy’s office, is mostly empty, but Brett has several crates and boxes lying around to act as furniture.
Narrator: At Realie Academy, it is not uncommon for a student to take over an empty closet and turn it into their office. Thanks to a change in fire codes in the 1980s, Realie is chock with rooms that can’t be used as classrooms anymore. This particular room is located underground, and is part of a bomb shelter left over from when Realie was built, during the cold war.
Brett walks over to a crate and sits down, chuckling to himself. He turns the symbol of Zaros over in his hands excitedly.
Brett: My precious…
Brett: Well, that whole thing was weird, to be honest. I’ll return it if it turns out to be nothing, but I’ve got a feeling that this isn’t a fashion statement.
Brett places the necklace with the Zarosian cross on a cardboard box next to him.
Brett: I can’t tell if he was insane, or if this thing is magical…
As if in response, the Zarosian cross sparkles.
Revert Scene()
Benjy is in his office, holding his right arm out towards Shroomish, with the back of it against the floor.
Benjy: Hey, how ya feeling?
Shroomish stares at Benjy’s hand nervously, while Pixielite and Chikorita watch it.
Shroomish: Shroo–shroom!
The server in the server rack now whirrs to life, and Benjy looks over at it for a split-second before he looks back at Shroomish.
Benjy: It can’t bite me if it can’t get it’s mouth around my finger, right?
As Benjy holds his hand on the floor, this certainly seems to be the case. Shroomish just watches him curiously.
Benjy: But if fictional characters are bleeding into reality, then something needs to be done. It will finally shake up the monotony around here, but that’s only the silver lining. There’s a big black thundercloud on the horizon…
Benjy: I need to speak with a physicist about this… Someone who–
A knocking sound on Benjy’s door suddenly causes him to look up. QST.camera also shifts to the door, where [L] is knocking. With his left hand, Benjy quickly recalls, Shroomish into its ball, then quickly gets up to let [L] in.
[L]: Benjy! Benjy! What happened?!
Benjy looks at [L] and takes a deep breath.
Benjy: It’s a long story.
[L]: So you’re not going to tell me?
Benjy: I’ll tell you, but…
[L]: Okay, I’ll use the restroom first.
Refresh Scene()
Two chairs are now in Benjy’s office, and Benjy is standing up so he can use his hands for hand motions while explaining things to [L], who sits in the other chair.
Benjy: So his life points hit zero, which means I won the game, and then he went unconscious and I wound up back here.
[L] shakes her head.
[L]: So it looks like we hired another fictional character–er–you know what I mean
Benjy nods, and sits down.
[L]: So tomorrow, we’re going to do a "training" day.
[L] does quote marks in the air before and after she says the word "training" in the previous line.
[L]: We’re going to run background checks on all of the new hires, but it will take some time to get good information back. That man back there is a consultant that we recently hired.
[L] shakes her head.
[L]: My hair is going grayer by the day.
Benjy: Has he woken up yet?
[L] shakes her head.
Benjy: Don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing…
[L]: We’ve just turned what’s left of him over to the police. But that’s interesting that he did the Beybey thing…
Benjy nods.
Benjy: At least that’s what I saw. It might have been an illusion.
[L]: Okay.
Benjy: And do you know who won the election?
[L]: To be honest, we’re going to have to do that over. Or maybe we’ll make a way for you guys to vote electronically. We lost a whole day of instruction thanks to that–no, two days.
Benjy nods.
New Scene(Night)
Benjy sleeps soundly as a storm rages outside, and is only awakened when a bolt of lightning strikes an adjacent neighbor’s house. Pixielite and Chikorita dive under a pile of laundry. Benjy reaches for the light, then notices that his computer is still on, and a a program called "randomGen" is still active.
He gets up to check it but jumps as lightning strikes a few feet outside his window. Benjy reaches for the mouse again, but jumps back as lightning strikes again. This happens one more time.
Benjy: So much for lightning never striking the same place twice. I guess that myth is busted.
Benjy reaches for the mouse, and lightning strikes again. Benjy is prepared this time and doesn’t jump or flinch. He retrieves the mouse and clicks on a button on the screen, which displays a log of numbers generated.
Benjy: Looks like the max is one-twenty-nine. That shouldn’t be possible with signed bytes… What’s going on…? Looks like tomorrow I’m going to have to ask him.
…///To Be Continued///…