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GBA Story: Part 3
Written By: Chris O'Neill
Fiction
Suddenly, the screen turned black… And I don’t just mean black, I mean so black… The screen looked like a big, deep, deep hole.
I said out loud, “Is this a hole I see before me?” and it echoed, like a hole…
I wiped a large chunk of sweat from my flopping brow. “That was weird,” I thought in a big bubble next to my head.
The level loaded, but this time it took a lot longer. Mario stood in place so I pushed right and he began running. I noticed the graphics were getting all jumbly. Also, the music was becoming less like the Mario theme, DA DA DAH DUH DA DAH DUH!, and more garbled, like BRRPP BRPP BRUPP BRR BRUM BRADDAH!!!
I was nearing the first gap of the stage to jump over. As I drew closer, I readied my sweating, pink thumb over the ‘A’ button. The gap was here! I pushed the button, but Mario didn’t jump… He just screamed.
"HO!"
I pushed left as far as I could and he grounded to a halt, right at the edge of the gap. I pushed ‘A’ frantically and repeatedly to try and make him jump, but he just screamed and screamed.
"HA HO!"
The camera zoomed in on my face as I pummel that ‘A’ button, trying to make Mario fill that air above his body, but all that filled the air were my friend Mario’s screams of fear.
I said, "No more!"
I said out loud, “Is this a hole I see before me?” and it echoed, like a hole…
I wiped a large chunk of sweat from my flopping brow. “That was weird,” I thought in a big bubble next to my head.
The level loaded, but this time it took a lot longer. Mario stood in place so I pushed right and he began running. I noticed the graphics were getting all jumbly. Also, the music was becoming less like the Mario theme, DA DA DAH DUH DA DAH DUH!, and more garbled, like BRRPP BRPP BRUPP BRR BRUM BRADDAH!!!
I was nearing the first gap of the stage to jump over. As I drew closer, I readied my sweating, pink thumb over the ‘A’ button. The gap was here! I pushed the button, but Mario didn’t jump… He just screamed.
"HO!"
I pushed left as far as I could and he grounded to a halt, right at the edge of the gap. I pushed ‘A’ frantically and repeatedly to try and make him jump, but he just screamed and screamed.
"HA HO!"
The camera zoomed in on my face as I pummel that ‘A’ button, trying to make Mario fill that air above his body, but all that filled the air were my friend Mario’s screams of fear.
I said, "No more!"