(A/N: After a disinterested hiatus, and an email from a friend, I realized just how long it's been. I can't apologize enough, especially to those who really wanted to see what was next. I'm going back to my references, and trying to pick up where I left off. I'll probably perform a huge spellcheck on this, as I realized how badly I went over it the last time. And I realize my humor may not be the best, (Thanks so much to those who appreciate it! and thanks to those who point out my weaknesses. You're all great support and help.) But it's not my typical genre. Hello again, , I'm AJ Taylir, back in the swing of things and ready to unleash some creativity. I think I'm going to wind this story to an end sometime soon, and start on some other things. Maybe more 'when the system is off' bits.)

Okareena was getting a kick out of the codes. He got a little weirded out by pitfalling over the game area borders, but other than that, the Gameshark, in his entertaining opinion, rocked.

Unlimited life, ammo, magic, the player had loaded him up this time. Every code that could be activated was activated.

Unfortunately, the novelty of unlimited resources wore off rather quickly.

He got a real thrill from the hover cheat. It was like a forbidden roller coaster. He chuckled as he saw the limits of his small world. A mirror image of the sky extended below the ground. The canyon walls surrounding Hyrule seemed the sides of a small boat, floating in a sea of nothingness.

Then, sharing his quirky sense of humor, the player sent him over the void, and released L.

With an automated falling yell to cover his whoops of excitement, he fell until he was a tiny speck on the screen and vanished. The ARS, or Auto Return System, picked him up and placed him at the castle town gates.

The player's methods suddenly changed. It was like the seasoned player had been replaced by a newbie. Up and down, up and down, this wasn't quite so fun. Swinging his sword furiously at air, bouncing around, for about ten minutes Okareena thought he'd be sick.

Then, to his relief, the player paused. He wondered what was next. He frowned to himself as the player saved the game. That didn't seem right. The player NEVER saved after a Gameshark bit.

A few moments later, the system was turned off.

Walking out of the game area, he pondered for a little while.

Malon walked up with a thoughtful look on her face.

"Hi, Okareena." She said.

"Oh, uh, hi." Okareena replied, mentally kicking himself for saying something so stupid.

Malon cast a concerned look at the game door.

"The word is that some new kid's visiting player side. Some bad stories have filtered through."

Okareena followed her gaze to the door.

"How bad?"

They turned to face each other.

Malon was biting back some deep worry.

"'Destructo-child' bad."

Okareena turned back to the door. He managed a small smile. The resident players wouldn't allow something like that, surely. They took impeccable care of the system and the cartridges. When the system fell to the floor once, Player A worried over it for a week until she was assured it was alright.

But there were rumors among the cartridges. Rumors of a 'Destructo-child', who had once before caused the sudden end of a controller.

Player A saved out of habit sometimes. Surely the players knew what they were doing. No 'Destructo-child' was going to hurt this game.

Okareena gave Malon his best comforting look.

"It's fine, I'm sure." He said.

She grinned at him.

"Uh-oh. When you look serious, that REALLY means something's wrong." She joked.

Okareena chuckled a little.

Malon waved as she walked off.

"Bye, Malon!" Okareena managed to say before she got too far.

"Bye, Okareena!" She returned.

Okareena mentally kicked himself some more.

Giving the door one last glance, he walked off down the hall to his room.