Whether we realize it or not, one small move we make can affect almost the world or the whole world itself, because a small move is like a drop of water falling into a pond. It ripples and spreads, even though the shape or the actual thing may not retain shape it could affect someone else actions and decision.
It was nothing but a normal day, that's all it was. It was kind of cloudy though, but it was pretty much normal. Nothing really interesting happened. I did something that a lot of people have done before. I went to a video game store. Now, I didn't go there just to buy a video game. No, the store just happened to be one of the stores I walk by to get to the train station so I could go home after school. Why I went into the store was because I felt like it, besides it was better than sitting down then standing up repeatedly along with pacing back and forth.
Inside the store it was nice. When I walked in, like most stores the woman at the cashier said hello. She was young; younger than I was and I guessed from her name tag which her last name was the same as the store's, that she was the daughter or some relative of the owner. I began to look down the aisles and ignored the filthy, video game obsessed men whose mouth's dropped when I walked past them. They were probably thinking about having me as a girlfriend or approaching up to me and make a total fool of themselves. Though, that's all it was just a thought or thoughts. None of them actually took action.
As I walked down the aisles I saw games that I might play up until level 10, then quit, games that'll be too easy, games whose stories I'll be able to predict and games which I definitely won't like. I continued to walk until I saw consoles, TVs, controllers and some handheld systems out. They were put there to not only test the consoles, but to test out the games that were released recently. I carefully stopped and looked at each one. I passed at least 4 before I stopped in front of the 5th one. It was an Xbox which had a newly released game from a series.
The game was one of those music ones, except this one was a bit different because it had action in it too. The graphics was also pretty cool. So of course, I started to play the game and of course the only mode I could play was tournament mode. So that's the mode I played, it was nice the character selection that is. I choose a character that was the least like me, a cute small bubbly little girl. It was after I picked the character that I realized it was a game that required a controller for some parts and not a controller for others.
The screen flashed to step back. I took a step back. A second later, the game then popped up instructions. I quickly read them. I had to sing and fight at the same time. Something I should've seen comming I guess. The song then began to play as I started to fight enemies with my controller. A box popped up, which said that my attacks will get higher if I match the punches and kicks to the song; and defense will get higher every time I get the lyrics right or the notes. The lyrics then began to show and I began to sing.
"Nagareru toki no naka matataku
setsuna teki kirameki wo
Kono yo no kioku ni kizamu tame
Aruki tsuzukeru Believer."
A guitar solo then began and I continued to fight. I did my best to match the beat of the guitar solo and it seems like my best, was good since my attacks did get more powerful. The lyrics then came back on.
"Dare ni mo mirenai yume wo mite
irania mono was subete suteta
yuzurenai omoi kono mune ni yadoshite.
Mada riarui idearu no hazama ni ite
gisei no kase ni ashi wo toratete mo
Afeureru shoudou osae kirenai
tsuyoko motomeru kokoro ga aru kara."
I then started to get hit as I sung,
"Itsuwari osore kyoshoku urei."
But I doubled the amount of hits I got hit back at the enemies.
"Samazama na negatibu ni
torawareru hodo yowaku wa nai kodoku mo shiranu trickster."
The song then ended and it went to a point screen. I waited for awhile, as the numbers went up higher and higher my eyes grew wider and wider. I then felt something; I think it was my mask cracking, because I felt like...my old self again. It felt like in that instant that my walls were simple crumbling. I then heard a voice say.
"Wow...it's still going, but you know if you press a button you can make the total show in an instant." I turned around and saw a red headed guy there, he was wearing goggles with jeans a striped shirt and a vest. He was smoking a cigarette, which he then changed the position of it with his mouth, no maybe his tongue which was not seen because his mouth was closed.
"I didn't think I'd ever meet someone that was good at games as I am. Okay, well almost as good." He said. I didn't have much to say, it was because I was in shock I guess. My heart pounded loudly.
This guy then reached over and pressed a button which showed my total. My eyes grew wider.
"It can't be..."
"Hmm?"
"It can't be that many? I'm not dreaming am I?" I said. "It's a…nearly perfect score. How can it be 98%? I got hit several times during the game." I said.
The guy then took a smoke of his cigarette, I wasn't looking at him, but I can hear him. "You must have hit the enemy twice the amount they hit you. This is one of those games that rely on your hits and depending on your hits and the enemies hits and the timing of them your score can either go higher or lower. If you hadn't done this, your score would've dropped." The guy said. I looked at him.
"You're an expert at this, aren't you?" I asked. He then took out his cigarette and breathed out smoke.
"Yeah, guess you can say that. You're pretty good at this game and you looked like you enjoyed it. You should buy it." He said.
I then looked down at the controller and noticed his hand was still there, over mine. He must've noticed, because he then asked, "Is my cigarette bothering you?" I looked at him where I guessed his eyes would be. I then looked at the controller and let go of it with my other hand and looked back at him.
"Can you please take your hand off of mine?" I asked. In that second I predicted he would apologize, but no his face hadn't changed and he took his hand off of mine. He then turned and walked down the rest of the aisles and turned the corner. He turned his head and looked at me, our eyes met in that one second; okay well my eyes and his goggles. He then looked forward and went into the next aisle.