8.31.2017

Do the Dance

“Alright.  And is he the one who tells you where the caves are, too?”
“No.. uhm... you've got to do tons of stuff before you even find out about the caves.  He just sells you healing potions and tells you about this whistle thing oh and  he does a super sweet dance.  Ever notice how incredible those little pixelated characters can be when they dance?  Amazing, I tell you.  Fucking amazing.”
“Forget the dance, man.  Where are the rest of the quests?”  You spot a two story bamboo house nestled in the trees.  A figure clambers down from the second story on a vine, lands on the ground and comes dancing out towards you.
“All the quests are in the village north of here.  Oh man, oh man.  Check him out!  This dude is so sweet.  God damn!  Scope the way he bangs that stick on the ground and turns his masked head.  And the jumps!  Look at the little jumps he does!  Oh man... the jumps.”
You sniff the air.  “You didn't by chance go get high before coming back here, did you?”
He sits up ramrod straight and scans the room several times.  “Maybe.  I mean... uh... dude?  Is that a problem for you?”
“Other than the fact that it's slowing you down? No.  But I'm wondering if you're aware of the fact that you're talking like a 16 year old from the eighties.”
He clears his throat guiltily.  “Yeah.  So I got a little high.  I was frustrated with the game, alright?  I just need to chill.”
“Alright.  Well chill by continuing to feed me whatever you learned in the first couple hours of play, will you?”
“Sure, dude.  Sure.”
“You're right, though.  That dance is pretty sweet.  I like that he keeps doing it even though he's talking as if he's all pissed off.  There's no way any human being could dance like that and be angry.”  You follow the path north to the village.  “Maybe he's not human!”
“You never know man.  You never know.  Maybe he's the scorpion.”

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