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Rather a plain looking Ket. Abisi was not what the fashion guru’s on Renais would ever have dreamed of being on of their most demanding customers! The moment she opened her mouth, Koiji squealed. “Of course. Right under our noses!“ She hustled Abisi over to Corky. Demure? Softly spoken? Corky smiled. “I have my code. BUT!” She whispered to him. He stood back as she approached the screen and entered the code.
Of course no one else knew what it was. “Thank you, you are a valued customer of Renais. Please continue and enjoy." The tone of the voice changed to the one that was the original male voice? “Player two enter your name.“ Corky looked at Abisi, she shook her head pointed at Koiji. “Hope you can remember how to play the game?“ She nodded. Entered her name. “Even if my brother was cheating, this was the first game I ever played that I actually beat him.“ She smiled
“Only the once. I can tell you he was a sore loser, not so much cos of his sister winning it, but the fact that a FEMALE had beaten him!“ The game scene activated, gasps from the Kets stood around watching? What the? Ping Pong?“ The Elder Kets and other Kets were speechless totally dumbstruck, unable to reason what was going on! This was a game infant Kets played! It was old, very old in its origins and one based on a physical game played originally by the Humana!
OK, so it had become popular across the galaxies in its competitive REAL form. Not I should add, REALT format! 2nd level, 3rd level, Corky was winning, then Koiji, then Corky, it was getting quite exciting as the others now were transfixed! “Last level gives us, core entry. The moment it registers the winning score, it will open that up, to give us access to the crystal.“ Koiji was struggling, the skill required, on getting the actual scoring right, at this level, was critical.
They could NOT fail this level with a score that was too low. OR they would face having to start the game all over again! Corky was breaking out a sweat! It had been years and years, since he had played this game with Kets on Fendiq and then only after Ocasa, had thrown down the challenge, teaming up with Corky to some other ‘visiting Kets’ from Bexes. Claria had not wasted any time in teaching poor Ocasa how to lose.
So what, was happening inside the game? Well the introduction of the Ping Pong game had some bizarre after effects. Narya ducked as an object, passed so close to her, it almost touched her! It was travelling at speed in the other direction, she could almost have reached out and grabbed it. “What the.“ Muttered Coleja. “Was that?” They all had to duck, as the object now returned at speed towards them over them! This happened several times, but Becci had taken time to look at the object, with more of an objective perspective, outside of the box, type perception.
She was trying hard NOT to laugh. “It can’t be.“ Soniette was stood next to her, well stood momentarily as the object came slamming back past them and they ducked! She looked at Ocasa grinning. “Do you remember that game Corky played with us, that old Earth (Humana) game with the table? The one Claria trashed you at.“ Ocasa rolled his eyes, feeling a tad embarassed? “Not Bing Bong“ Becci laughed “Silly! Ping Pong!” “Well who’s playing the game.“
Bjoi stared at them, even he had to duck! “Must be Corky and whoever but why?” Becci stopped then raised her hands to her gems the others watching her as her face now took on a rather blank expression; wherever she was, it wasn’t in the game! Corky almost missed his shot the intensity of Becci’s thoughts now intruding on his. He realized what was happening! ‘Good one Becci now I can think and YOU can read my thoughts, tell you, what’s going on! A definite plus point for us!“
The Gaisek had realized the energy patterns had varied SOMETHING or SOMEONE was communicating outside of the game, yet from INSIDE the game? Fendiq. One of Cistera’s brats! Telepathic powers. It was furious, enraged at the power it had little or no control to stop! As for this stupid game, of what was it called? PING PONG! It hated the game! Never won at it and!! aargh.! An ancient Humana, stupid and time wasting, mind numbing, piece of trash.
It needed to show, whoever was fooling around outside of the game, that the Gaisek, still had power, over the Kets inside the game? A warning to the outsiders, to stop sticking their noses in, where they didn’t belong?. As for Cistera’s brat? That interfering brat of a Ket? What was needed was a distraction to stop her, or interrupt her powers? It was the thud thud thud never mind the object whizzing past them that did the trick as now Becci lost her link disturbed by the sight of IT, and IT, was not a welcome sight! NOT at all.
The other Kets were more than aware of IT and the size let alone the build of the thing. Hideous? Terrifying? Something out of most Kets nightmares! A Xoqat. A two headed creature with long arms and quite hideous to look at apart from large sharp teeth that now glinted as it ran its long lizard like tongue across its pearly teeth, drooling at the sight of so much food? Stood almost directly in front of IT shaking with fear was Anora the look on the creatures face was one of extreme pleasure, not as much as that of the Gaisek watching. SO this was one of the Jogarth Kets. Things it would seem were improving. Lunch was about to be served.
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