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Gamer Vs. Trixie Part 2 (Undead and Magic)
Judging from the look Trixie was giving me, I could almost swear she was close to having a blood vessel pop. Still beneath those glaring eyes, I notice a small amount of confusion under them. I assume that it was from the fact that she had lost two games in a row and may be actually questioning her abilities. I tried to keep my face passive but on the inside, I was feeling a small amount of joy. Although I had challenge Trixie in defense of Derpy, I was hoping to try and break her boastful attitude while at the same time not damaging her confidence. It was a very thin line and with my very limited social skills, the line appeared to be even blurrier. I thought that I might be able to get two more games in and if I was able to win those then it might be just the thing needed to help Trixie become a better pony.
I gave a small smile and said “Are you ready to continue Trixie?” I was surprise when I saw a flash of enjoyment in her eyes and the fact that she returned the smile. It was almost like she was actually enjoying this as well. I guess she having fun playing the game like I was…or it could be that she was thinking about how my face might look when she does manage to gain a victory. My thought was interrupted when she replied “Trixie was born ready you persistent pony. Trixie cannot wait to wipe that smug grin of your face.”
I had to admit to myself that she was actually getting better at the game faster than I had hope. There were only two matches left and the longer we kept playing, the higher the chances of Trixie actually winning a match. I had to admit to myself that I was not really a person who plays a lot of multiplayer games; I much rather play co-op then against other humans. It doesn’t mean that I’m a noob in that regard but it is my weakest area. Time was against me and I had to beat Trixie with my best units. As luck would have it, those particular units just happen to belong to the last two elements I had plan on using. Some might call it cheating but since I was the one who issue the challenge; I’m allowed that kind of freedom.
Still…I couldn’t allow these distracting thoughts to enter my mind and I focused my attention back on the game. The screen was back at the part where it was waiting for my character choice and after thinking about which of the two elements to use first, I decided on the Undead element. With a bit of concentration, I focused on the four Skylanders attuned to that element. Out of all the ones present, I think it was these Skylanders that seem to cause the ponies to be uncomfortable the most. It was something that I couldn’t really blame them as they do have a frightening appearance.
I selected Cynder while Trixie collected the character that was called Hex and we got straight to the action. It wasn’t that much of a shocker as we both come to the understanding that words were not going to matter but action would. When the game began, I found myself realizing that I was at a minor disadvantage compared to Trixie. The reason being was that the character Trixie had chosen had in fact more range then I did and was able to hit me from father away. To make matter worse for me was the fact that Trixie realized this and was taking full advantage of this by making sure that I was not able to get in a range close enough to attack her while at the same time continuing to assault me with that long range skull attack.
However, I started to notice that once again, the game seemed to start going strange on me again. However, this time it was a little more noticeable as it appeared that the accuracy of Hex’s attacks seemed to have been nerf to the point where I didn’t even have to try and dodge her attack. Of course I was still getting hit but it wasn’t as bad as before. I looked over at Trixie a few times during the fight and I could see the frustration on her face and I really couldn’t blame her for feeling this way.
I couldn’t help but wonder as to why this was happening all of the sudden. As far as I can remember, I had never partaken in any kind of hacking and yet my game was doing such a thing. The weirdest part was that these changes seemed to be happening while the game was still going on and it wasn’t crashing it in any way. It’s not that I wasn’t complaining or anything but it was really starting to give me a weird feeling in my stomach and in all honesty; I wasn’t a big fan of cheating in a game in order to win.
Still it did take a while for the fight to end with another win for myself, but it was getting harder for me to maintain a sense of dominance over her in terms of skills and I wasn’t confident that I was going to win the last battle…especially considering the fact that Trixie would be more determine to win since the last element would be based around her trade.
The last element I had plan on using was of course the Magic element. The four Skylanders who are part of that element floated towards us. I selected Spyro while Trixie decided to go with Double Trouble. The stage was selected and the players were all in the game so there was nothing left to do but see what happens.
The moment the battle started, I realized that I had a big problem. Trixie seemed to have developed a plan and was now doing her best to keep me from getting too close to her character. It involved using the character’s ability to create copies of him to distract me while she attacked with the staff energy. If I try to focus on the doubles, I end up getting hit by the beam; but if I focus on attacking the real one, I end up getting swarmed by the clones. I was in a major problem and Trixie knew it. She was no longer still trying to get use to the game and was quickly proving that she does have some measure of skill under all that boastful nature.
The pain in my stomach was building and I started to feel rather ill which was strange because I really didn’t feel like I was coming down with something. Before all this began, I was feeling fine and I didn’t drink or eat anything while this match was going on so I was unsure as to what was happening. A part of me thought that Trixie might have cast a spell to try and reduce my effectiveness or create a distraction but for some odd reason, I dismissed that idea as soon as I thought it up. The pain was becoming too much for me to handle and I had to close my eyes in anguish. However, I remember that there was still a game being played and I needed to see what was going on. When I opened my eyes again, I let out a gasp of shock and surprise.
The screen was no longer showing the game but rather it was showing lines upon lines of what I recognized as what would be the code for the game. It all appeared in what looked to be like a stretched out version of the DOS screen on a computer. To make things even stranger was the fact that the world around me appeared to have become gray-scaled and also seemed to move in a slightly slower pace. I was sure my mouth would have fallen off at this point was it not still attach to my face. I really could not explain what was happening.
I return my attention back to the monitor and observed the lines upon lines of codes working at once. For the third time in the spam of a few minutes, I was surprise to find that I was able to read those lines of code and, more importantly, understand them. It was impossible that I was able to grasp it as quickly as the only coding I have ever done was on Java and I could tell that it wasn’t Java. It was then that I felt a sharp pain near where my horn was and saw as even more lines of code seem to pour out of my horn like a fountain. They started merging together in front of me before flying towards the screen and fusing themselves with the original wall of code.
The process was almost breathtaking and surreal. I thought it had something to do with magic as I was still feeling the strain on my horn but for some odd reason it felt…natural. It was as if I was meant to be able to have this ability and that it might actually somehow relate to my own Cutie Mark. I started to wonder how I looked liked back in the real world and I was still hopeful that I wasn’t too late and that there was still a chance for me to beat Trixie. The thing is that as more and more lines of code were added, I could feel deep inside of me a sense of confidence returning to me and it was honestly the first time I actually felt confident that I was going to beat Trixie.
The moment I came to that realization, or maybe being just a perfectly timed coincidence, the world around me started to regain its color and light and I saw the screen flickering between the DOS screen and the actual game. I shook my head to try and clear out the haze and when I opened my eyes again, everything was back to normal. My controller had dropped from my magical hold and I was quick to retrieve it and I got back into the game.
Once again, I felt the game had changed again. However, what changed was something I really didn’t expect at all. As I controlled Spyro, I felt the control was more responsive then before. That in alone wasn’t strange. What really is the strange part was the fact that I felt like I had some kind of…connection with the game. The DOS screen was barely present, sort of flickering in the background of the game, but that was immaterial at the moment. As I was playing the game, I had a feeling that I was…predicting how the game was going to respond. Like whenever Trixie was attacking me, I somehow knew how far I had to move to dodge the attack while still keeping myself in range and not coming into range of any of her other attacks. I also knew how long it took the healing items to reappear and was able to start hording that from Trixie.
However with all that, it was still not enough to earn me a victory. Trixie already had a good lead on me and was doing her best to keep me on the defensive. No matter what I tried, she almost always seems to be able to dodge or minimize the damage she is taking. It was starting to frustrate me to some degree as also I thought Spyro was a great character in the Legend of Spyro series, he really wasn’t that good in this game.
As if today wasn’t full of surprises, my new pony body and the game decide to pull off one final trick and let me tell you, this one seem to put all other to shame. The DOS screen was now more predominate on the screen and I could see the lines of code racing down the screen. It was then that my backpack started to glow in my peripheral vision and I saw that it was opening itself. I gave a small gasp as I saw one of my favorite games coming out of my backpack, which just so happened to be the one game I was just thinking about. Before I could process this development, an overflow of what appeared to be pictures, animations, and lines of code spewed out of the floating game and raced towards the screen. I watched with wide eyes as the new lines of code started to merge with the old one. The pictures and animations were also merging on the screen though they appeared to be doing so on the actual game itself and not the DOS screen. I tried to look around to see if anyone else was seeing what I was seeing but they all seemed to be more focused on the game and oblivious to everything else. Either that or they were unable to see it at all which only gave rise to more questions…questions I knew I wasn’t going to be able to answer until this battle was over.
When all was said and done, the screen returned to normal and the game was back inside the backpack which was now close. I looked at the screen and back at the controller as my mind started telling me what command I needed to do over and over again. From all the code I saw, in addition to all the pictures and animations, I was hesitant on performing the action but a gut feeling of my told me that nothing was going to happen. It was a big risk, I knew; if the coding turned out wrong or didn’t work then Trixie would claim this victory. Was that worth doing something like this…something that I have never done before in my entire life? I looked back up at the screen and I saw Spyro just barely hanging on with a sliver of health. I started to feel a sort of connection forming as Spyro seemed to literally turn his head to look at me. He stared at me with those piercing red eyes and I was feeling that confidence returning to me. I gave a small nod of my head in thanks for the vote of confidence even though he didn’t say anything and started to relax my body and mind in preparation for what was going to happen next.
It was at that moment that I heard Trixie give a off a laugh of victory and said “its looks like Trixie is about to prove, once again, that Trixie is the most powerful unicorn in all of Equestria!” I turned to look at her and flashed a grin of confidence before replying “Don’t count your pinecones yet Trixie; I still have a few tricks left in me.” Yeah, I wasn’t that good at making up victory quotes though, in my defense, I really never had that many chances to use them.
I return my attention back on the controller and started to input the command. I felt completely focused and in the zone at this moment that I almost forgot that I still needed to breath. To everyone else who was watching, it looked like Spyro was doing some kind of crazy, weird dance but in my eyes, I saw the commands in front of me clear as a cloudless night. When the last button was pressed, the crowd and Trixie let out a mix of screaming of fright and gasping of surprise.
Spyro started to float up in the air as a massive sphere of purple energy started gathering around him. The pressure was growing as the controllers started to vibrate in our magical hold and it even looked as if the arena itself was shacking with the pressure. I saw Spyro’s health bar completely restored in what felt liked ten seconds flat. Trixie, after getting over her shock, tried to renew her attack but before she was able to anything, Spyro released the blast and Double Trouble was hit was a blast of pure, kinetic purple energy; knocking him back and doing a rather impressive amount of damage.
Now, if you’re a little confused as to what happen, let me try and explain it. Somehow…someway…the Spyro in the game had been recorded with a new ability, complete with animation and visual effects. This all appeared to happen while the game was still playing and without causing the game to crash at all. To make things even stranger was that fact that I had a strange feeling like I was the one who accomplished this which was impossible since I had never done anything like that before in my life…at least not on that grand of a scale.
But I digress; the point is that Spyro from the Skylanders game had gain the ultimate attack that Spyro from the Legend of Spyro series possessed, the power of Convexity.
The moment Spyro was back on the ground, I didn’t waste a second. I quickly pressed the primary attack button and watch as Spyro unloaded a large Convexity beam directly at Double Trouble; doing an impressive amount of damage and causing knock-back effect. The beam was unrelenting as Trixie did everything she could to try and escape the attack. However, all her efforts were in vain as the last of health disappeared just before the fury ended. I had won the match, but I felt the questions that were inside my mind eating away at me, hampering my train of thought and making it hard for me to focus on what’s around me. I could barely hear Trixie in the corner of my consciousness and I felt a sense of exhaustion wash over me like a tidal wave.
Using what magic I had left in me, I gather up all of items that belong to me and returned them to my backpack. I secured my backpack to me and made my way off stage. Vaguely, I could hear voices in my head, though I was unsure wither it was from inside my mind or outside. It didn’t matter to me anyway; the only thing I wanted to find now was someplace where I could get some peace and quiet so I can gather my thoughts. I felt my body moving on its own as I made my way back towards the town, the game still fresh in my mind as well as the questions they revealed.
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