Day 43 - [Text]

[babel_hacker]

[One day, something shows up on the screen. It looks like a pixel sprite of something.

In the background, there seems to be falling poffins of many different colours. After a while, text begin to show up and a small Porygon is bouncing around at the corner of the screen.]

Poff Poff Poff!
Poffin!
Poff Poff Poff!
Poffin!
Press the BUTTON! Poke the Poffin!
Make more Poffins!_

[It seems like someone wants people to make more Poffins. And that someone is Fortran, Atsuro’s Porygon, who’s hijacking its trainer’s PokeGear. It has been a while since it did it.]

How many will you make?
But don’t cheat or I will know, you jerks!_

[It can totally make better stuff than whatever Atsuro’s making for that programming business.

After a while, his trainer may show up...]

(OOC: Poffin version of Cookie Clicker by Fortran. Warning: it’s easy to waste time on Cookie Clicker. Just let me know if you want Atsuro to pop up.)

Comments

[text]

[captainash]

DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS THING, IT WARPS YOUR PERCEPTION OF SPACE AND TIME AND CAUSES POKÉMON REVOLUTIONS!!!

[This little PSA comes seven hours after Fortran's message. Seven lovely hours spent ignoring his progressively hungrier team as he kept telling himself just a few more clicks.

No wonder his couch is on fire.]

[text] 1/2

[babel_hacker]

[By that point, Atsuro already got back to his PokeGear (seven hours was more than enough for him to find out) and is torn between laughing and being pretty exasperated. Fortran is basically laughing at that announcement inside the device right now.]

HA HA HA
HA HA HA
HA HA HA_

[text]

[babel_hacker]

[Okay, time to be a responsible trainer right now.]

Sorry about what Fortran unleashed onto the network. But what do you mean by Pokemon revolutions?

[WHAT HAPPENED.]

[text]

[captainash]

LOOK, I WAS JUST PLAYING A LITTLE BEFORE LUNCH, SINCE I HAVE A DAY OFF FROM WORK.

THE NEXT THING I KNOW, MY COUCH IS ON FIRE AND MY HOUNDOOM IS SITTING THERE, AND MY WATER-TYPES AREN'T EVEN PUTTING IT OUT!!!

[text]

[babel_hacker]

[Holy crap, man.]

Just how long did you play for?

Text;

[puppetnurse]

How would you cheat at this game?

[Because really all you do is click the poffin...IT'S A VERY ADDICTING GAME. She's been playing with it for an hour or so now while traveling...really helps to pass the time.]

Text;

[babel_hacker]

By messing around with the code!
Duh_

[Fortran not everyone is made of data and can enter computers like you...]

Text;

[puppetnurse]

...messing around with the code?

[This girl is definitely one of those people who is made of data and can enter computers. She's not even one of those people who can understand code if you showed it to her...]

[text] ...sob I'm lost in this game now, I have 50 grandmas, help

[pipers_son]

Oh, this is really fun! I like it a lot! Did you make this???

[This might be coming from Joker's 'Gear, but it's certainly not Joker. One with actual fingers, too, although he'll keep quiet about this for now. Just Zoroark nature to pretend to be things they aren't. That's his excuse anyway.]

[text] i'm half torn between apologising and laughing evilly

[babel_hacker]

Yep, yep, yep!
I put it all together!_

[Well, most of it. The technical aspects are easy for Fortran, but the sprites took it too long to make.]

Because we all need more Poffins, duh_

[text] I avoided it for so long too, you *fiend*

[pipers_son]

I think I'm a little jealous. I can't do something special like this. Joker wants to teach me some tricks but I'm scared.

text;

[superordinary]

...This game sure is addictive.

[ GUESS WHO JUST SPENT THE PAST TWO HOURS AND A HALF PLAYING IT. ]

The Grandmas saying things like "It'll all be over soon." concerns me.

text;

[babel_hacker]

Oh?
Concerns you how?_

[IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT WORRYING TO IT.]

text;

[superordinary]

It sounds ominous.

text

[copycat]

[She's spent maybe a half hour playing it, she punches in her reply after realizing she's running late to do something.]

Wow, I'm hungry now after playing this.

text

[babel_hacker]

[If no one's hungry after this, they're either already full or hate sweets. Whoever hate Poffins can get out.]

Of course!
Who wouldn't after seeing so many yummy Poffins?_

text

[copycat]

I might go buy some, do you know which store has them?

[Text] One hour later, one bowlcut does the stupid.

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

[Why did he do this to himself again? At least he had the sense to not get too far gone into this messed 'Poffin Clicker'...]

Uh...who's responsible for this?

[Text]

[babel_hacker]

ME ME ME.
Fortran the GREAT!
Shower your praise on me!_

[A moment later, a different typing style shows up.]

It's my Porygon, Souji.

[Text]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

Your Pokemon did this?

Is that normal?

[Text]

[killer_sweets]

[There goes five hours of his life, even worse the minute he put it down to get his pokemon food. They snatch the chance to play this addictive thing.]

Who ever made this is an evil genius, I have to admit it.

[Text]

[babel_hacker]

[And of course, Fortran take this chance to respond.]

Thank you!
Thank you!
I'm clearly the best!_

text;

[lullabytes]

This sort of game, after a while it starts to play itself.

text;

[babel_hacker]

No one can click fast enough!
That's why there's upgrades and helpers!_

text;

[lullabytes]

And when you have enough of those, you don't really have to click any longer...