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[tapestodiane]

[There's been a lot of stuff going on on Coop's end lately. Between fighting sudden fire mutations, two of his coworkers arriving, having very interesting dates and other shenanigans going on, he hasn't felt the need nor exactly had the time to adress the network.]

[Today is different.]

[Today is a very important day with a very important topic.]

Evening, network! I have a proposition to make.

[Wait for it ...]

While there is no shortage of action in both regions, especially as of late, [you Rockets been busy, haven't you,] I still find that I have a preference to the kind offered by puzzle games. And to my knowledge I'm not the only one.

So how about some friendly competition? I'd love a Tetris score to beat other than my own.

[YEP. He's still playing. It's been a year since he last mentioned it and since then, what with all the game recommendations, he's been slowly going through most games the apps have to offer. And gotten mildly addicted to almost all of them. But Tetris is still his one true love. Tetris and Minesweeper.]

I'm thinking an all-encompassing high score table. I'll keep it updated for as long as there's interest. Any takers?

[Dork.]


[Also action for anyone in Goldenrod - he'll be easily found along the streets, hanging out with some of his pokémon, window shopping or  messing with his gear some. It's a nice quiet day and he's happy to just soak in that for a while.]

Audio, private to Heather: I'm in town. Do you have time to meet?

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[action]

[quickattackjack]

<sub>[The ghouls are out early this year! Jack is making his way down the street with his arms full of bags. He's found several new horror movies lining the shelves and though he knows deep in his heart that they are all terrible, he still has to see each one.]

[It's personal now.]

[It isn't long before he notices a familiar someone ahead of him. He throws up an arm to shout and wave at Coop, dropping half his movies in the process.]</sub>

Cooper! Cooper over here!

[action]

[tapestodiane]

_{[One of the nicer things about being back in the big city is that you're almost guaranteed to run into someone you know. It's been a while since Coop talked to Jack, but he recognises the voice pretty quick and turns with a grin and walks right up to meet him, Deerling in tow.]}

Hi there, Jack!

_{[Brb coming right over. c: ... also those are a LOT of movies, and Coop sort of looks amusedly at them before he stops to help pick them up when he gets close enough.]}

How have you been?

[action]

[quickattackjack]

I've been well! How about you? Did you get your...whatever that was cleared up? How long have you been in town?

_{[He stoops down to collect the movies as well and notices the Deerling. 8I He hasn't seen that pokemans before.]}

Who's your friend?

[audio]

[vulpesvivus]

Sounds like fun.

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

_{[Oh, hey. It's been a while, haven't it?]}

I'm glad you think so. What's your game of choice?

[audio]

[vulpesvivus]

[sup bro. how you been doin'?]

I used to play Tetris a lot, actually--but I haven't touched it in years.

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[worktodo]

Are you finally giving it a rest? I honestly didn't think anything could be more profoundly annoying than the incessant background music, but that damn Tetris theme is giving it a run for its money.

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[tapestodiane]

No, Albert, I'm trying to get other people to join me.

_{[HE EXPLAINS, with the kind of tone you'd find in a patient child.]}

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[worktodo]

[Oh, hell, he knows that tone, that is the tone that is the immediate precursor to him delivering a righteous verbal smackdown of Gandhi-esque love onto one Sheriff Harry Truman. Let's not even go there with that tone.]

The average resident here has the mental acuity of a loaf of bread. I doubt you're going to find many contenders for your record.

[Video]

[soggypastry]

[Tetris? Where has she heard that before--oh. Right. Leon and his sudden distraction that had seemed so odd. Lightning...really doesn't see the appeal, but...hang on...was Cooper the one who introduced Leon to this?]

Did you introduce Leon to this thing?

[Video]

[tapestodiane]

Guilty.

_{[The smile is a bit more subdued because he'd forgotten about that momentarily, and he misses the guy. But it's still a cheerful expression he greets her with.]}

Did he show you?

[Video]

[soggypastry]

Something like that. He spent a couple of days just playing around with it. Kept saying things about high scores.

[She wanted to be a little angry at whoever introduced her former beau to the stupid thing, but...it's Cooper and he misses Leon, too. It's hard to be actually angry at him for it now.]

If he'd been anyone else, I think he would have forgotten to eat because of how hooked he'd gotten.

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[exeggutorhead]

[Cooper you have said the magic words of 'Tetris' and 'competition'. How could Envy not get in on this?]

Sounds like it could be interesting.

[By which he means hell yes sign me up.]

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

<sub>[See, that was his plan all along.]

[... Coop's not sure what he thinks of Envy still, though, but you know what, this is just Tetris and they could all enjoy themselves regardless.]</sub>

Glad you agree. What's your score to beat?

[Audio]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[It's been awhile since their last conversation.]

[It's not so much a SURPRISE to Heather, because she was expecting to hear from him at SOME point, but she still hadn't quite been prepared for it.]</sub>

... Um... hey...

Yeah, I've got time.

Where?

[Audio]

[tapestodiane]

Does the park near the Department store work for you?

_{[There's no uncertainty in his tone to mirror hers, but he speaks softly, acknowledging that there might be quite a few things to work out between them.]}

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[shallbeavenged]

Which one is that?

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[tapestodiane]

Tetris? It's the one with falling puzzle pieces. You arrange them into lines.

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[newberktown]

[He'd looked over the games a few times... Only ever played Kanto Discovery Trail, though.]

...What's a good score, for Tetris?

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

_{[Discovery Trail is pretty fun, but Coop always liked puzzles more. Patterns. c:]}

A hundred lines seem to be a good goal. That could be anywhere between two and five thousand points, though. It depends on how you arrange the blocks.

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

[[Did someone mention a game?]]

That sounds like a great idea!

[Video]

[tapestodiane]

_{[NATURALLY also hello]}

Bakura! What's your game of choice?

[Audio]

[leftinbasketforfbi]

Tetris? [Oooh. Puzzle games.]

I would compete with you, if you like. What's your high score? [Don't do it, Coop. Competing with Reid in any intellectually-based game is a mistake. Try Kanto Discovery Trail instead--all of his people would die from him overthinking things.]

[Audio] /makes up numbers

[tapestodiane]

Tetris.

_{[Confirmed very happily. Because NOPE, we're doing Tetris and everyone involved is going to like it. Maybe some Discovery Trail later, though, because it's the kind of fun you indulge in when you're not craving patterns and puzzles. ... which means nowhere near as often as when you do. But. Hey.]}

264 lines, 46 782 points. I take it you already found the game applications?

audio or action idek whichever you prefer; | /sneaks in here

[doitrockapella]

[Hey, man, it's just another lazy day in the life of Carmen Sandiego, and given that it's kind of drizzling outside she's decided to spend the day in a way that she hasn't in a conspicuously long time — hanging out in her room with what she hopes will be an excellent book, stretched out comfortably amid a pile of cats.

And that is all going well and truly according to plan up until she realizes there is a faint undercurrent of sound beginning to drift through the room, and it appears to be coming from the direction of her PokeGear...

...and upon a more careful listen, yup, that sure is Zack merrily singing the Tetris theme from inside her Gear, in a tinybird rendition consisting entirely of beeps and boops.

... B|a ]