The night started off with a bang. Before we went down to play we decided to hit the valley mall Tilt and play some Soul Calibur 2. While we were there, this chick comes up to the machine and just stands in front of the screen. We know this person, she's done it before. So I decide to pick her up, and move her off the machine. This made her mad for some reason (I didn't cop a feel, I swear... *wink*), so she starts walking back and forth while Chris and Jon are playing eachother. Hmm, fun. Anyway, she leaves, which is nice, and I have not one, but two eleven win streaks. Woohoo. Anyway, we leave and get a free doughnut at Krispy Kreem, since we're flat broke.
We return home, eat, and go down to LaserQuest. When we get down there, all the other teams are already there, and it's only nine. Oh well, we have three plus hours to burn before our game, so we decide to go hack in the hall. Well after about five minutes, disaster struck. I was going for a kick, and my shoe fell off and was flung into the ceiling. The cleaning lady at Wild Walls next door heard this, and came out to see what the noise was. We bolted out of there, me with only one shoe on. After some Pac-Man we decide to go back out and hack some more. Well, when we get there, we find out that nobody has the hack. We left it in the hall, and the cleaning lady took it. Well crap, there goes fun.
About half an hour later, we are informed taht there is a supermarket six blocks from where we were. Hey, they might have hackey sacks! So anyway, we decide to go. Six blocks later, at a gas station, we are told that the store is another six blocks. Well, as you guessed, six blocks later, still no store. So we decided to quit our journey and walk back. On our way to LaserQuest, we...borrowed some balloons from a car dealership. We jump this 2 foot ledge to keep from walking another block around it, and Chris biffs it bad. His knee is cut and his leg numb. Ahh, cool thing to happen only hours before our first game!
We get back to LQ, and get funny looks because of the balloons. A full half hour of helium huffing ensues, with even a marshal joining in. Well, after two balloons, I began to feel... different. So I decided to quit. Yeah good call. We get bored again soon, and decide to go hack in the hall. Ah, but no hackey sack. But Chris suggests that we hack his wallet. It works like a charm. Well, it did until.... Kenny (our fifth member) wound up, and kicked the wallet into Chris' jingle berries (that's right, jingle berries. I just came up with that. I'm proud). While Chris is on the ground with tears in his eyes, so are we, but with laughter and not pain. Which was nice. So Chris gets racked half an hour before we play. Sweet. It's abuse Chris night, and there's another eight hours to go.
Finaly, game time! Our first game is miserable, and we end up loosing it. Bad. It was a normal team game, and we for some reason just couldn't do much against these people. They were good, but not that good. Oh well, game two will get better.
Half an hour and two games of Soul Calibur later, we get to play again. This is yet another normal team game, woot. We get in there, play our asses off, and expect to get dead last. Well, we get outside and behold, Team GK is number one. The game was within 50 points the whole time. Now that's intense. Looks like things are getting better! Whops, I jinxed it...
Game three is a highlander game. This means 11 lives. We take our places, and ten seconds before the game starts all the red team comes to me. That's right, they gather in my hiding spot. Well crap. I run to where the others are, tell them, and the game starts. Well, we are stuck in the middle of two teams who are walking inward. We got raped. Last friggin place.
Now game four, the next team highlander. We decide to stay back and see where everyone goes. I don't like the idea, but Chris (our team capitan) says so. So when we do wait, both teams go to one side. That leaves us with one whole side to use. We start in the middle, and let the other teams decimate eachother. Then we move in and take out all but two of them. Robert got out too, but just because he was stupid. The two that were left each had one life, but I would have liked to take them all out. We get first place.
We are seeded as number seven, placing us against Spokane A (our own center, one of the best!) and Regina A. We are against the two top teams. Well crap. We loose the first game and the second game, knowing it was going to happen just how it did. Spokane A moved on to the finals, we were sent home. Spokane A ended up getting third in the tournament.
But Chris' night was not over yet! When he got out of the car, he hit his other knee on the drop. Well ouch. I swear, this kid will be sore in the morning. Well, me too.
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