?: Well here we-
? scored a Hole in One!
(? can be heard cheering in her room in a fair distance.)
?: Go…
?: Wow. I see how it is! This game loves ?…
(?'s ball gets sent over the goal gate AND the windmill blades.)
?: AND HATES ME!
(Laughter from everyone else except ? who is still not at their computer.)
(Screen cuts to black.)
Blake: So what now?
Mercury: Guess we do Hole Ten.
(The starting point is a square platform with four small branching pathways.)
Jaune: I kind of feel bad for Roderick. At the same time, I don't.
Ruby: Well, when you go from first to pretty much last and then get horrible luck not soon afterwards, I can kind of see why Roderick left.
Pyrrha: Yeah. I hope things don't get worse.
Mercury: I'm putting money on someone else rage-quitting.
Yang: Double or nothing if you guess who it is correctly.
Blake: How about we don't gamble on something like this.
Jaune: Well, I'm going to find the hole, so I can block you guys again.
Ruby: I think I might have already found it.
(Ruby hits the ball to one of the pathways. It doesn't do anything.)
Blake: No you didn't.
Ruby: Hey, on a map like this, you don't know what to trust!
Yang: Uh, guys… Look up.
Mercury: You're shitting me.
Jaune: Oh for fuck's sake.
Ruby: HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET UP THERE!?
Yang: The hole's upside-down too! What the hell?
Blake: And how did Leichter get there?
SangriaDespot1 finished in 6 strokes.
Pyrrha: I think Leichter found out the trick.
Mercury: And he's not on Discord to tell us.
Blake: Remember that he's calling Stella right now.
Jaune: Oh yeah…
Ruby: I found the trick. And it's not really a trick.
Mercury: Well, what is it?
Ruby: One of the pathways puts you upside down to the hole. That's how Leichter got it there.
Pyrrha: Oh.
Jaune: Which one?
Ruby: Jaune, for the sake of no more rage-quits, I'm not telling any of you so Jaune can just block it.
Blake: Fair.
Jaune: No it's not!
Yang: Yeah, it kind of is.
CrescentRoseReaper finished in 3 strokes.
Mercury: I found it.
Pyrrha: So did I.
PolarExpress001 finished in 4 strokes.
BlackheartBoots41 finished in 3 strokes.
Pyrrha: I'm guessing Leichter made a few wrong guesses and ended up taking more strokes.
Mercury: Guess we found it before that, huh?
Yang: Good for you. Where is it?
Pyrrha: For greater good, we can't tell you.
Blake: Yang, it should be obvious why they can't. So don't ask, please.
Yang: I don't need to. I found it.
Jaune: So did I. BUT I'M RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PORTAL BECAUSE I BUMPED YANG IN IT AND I STOPPED!
Blake: Oh there it is. Now I see it.
CelicaDrake6 finished in 5 strokes.
GambolGambit13 finished in 2 strokes.
Jaune: Fine. Might as well complete the hole then.
TheGreatArc finished in 4 strokes.
(Insert Discord Connect Sound here.)
Leichter: Hey guys. I'm back.
Yang: So how'd it go.
Leichter: Stella heard the banging from her home. When I called her, she was already at Roderick's front door.
Mercury: I forgot that they live close to each other.
Leichter: Yeah. Me, Stella, Chihiro, and Roderick live in the same neighborhood. I'd be surprised if we didn't.
Ruby: Oh yeah, you do.
Leichter: Anyways, Stella said she had something for Roderick that might help him. So I guess that's done with.
Pyrrha: It would seem so.
Leichter: Huh. Roderick never left Discord in his fit of rage.
Blake: No he didn't.
Leichter: Anyways, Hole Eleven.
Mercury: The sign says; 'MORE MEMEORY TESTS!' in all caps.
Yang: Alright, which hole is it going to make us remember this time?
Ruby: There's a portal behind us.
(Everyone shoots at the portal. It puts them on a ramp that says; The pathway is invisible. But if you remember Hole 5, you should know that the hole is where the portal was. It's not fake. These signs have never lied, and they never will. Enjoy being frustrated at your bad memory.)
Leichter: Of course.
Blake: I think we were so distracted by the rage we forgot it.
Ruby: Yeah.
Pyrrha: Just blind faith then?
Mercury: Not like theirs a better option.
(Everyone tries in vain to navigate through the invisible maze. Nobody has any luck by the time the timer gets to 20 seconds left. Except one, who got extraordinarily lucky.)
GambolGambit13 finished in 57 strokes.
Blake: Nice!
Mercury: Does anyone know the exact path Blake took.
Blake: I'm going to be honest, I was just lucky.
Jaune: Sick.
CrescentRoseReaper ran out of time.
BlackheartBoots41 ran out of time.
SangriaDespot1 ran out of time.
TheGreatArc ran out of time.
CelicaDrake6 ran out of time.
PolarExpress001 ran out of time.
Blake: Well, Jaune, a lot of us got a hundreds. You got what you wanted.
Jaune: It's not exactly satisfying when the hole is an INVISIBLE MAZE!
Ruby: I think you do need luck in order to do that one.
Mercury: Or spot on memory.
Yang: And now I'm suddenly glad Chihiro's not playing.
Jaune: Yeah. Her memory's SCARY!
Roderick: Hey guys.
Ruby: Roderick's back!
Blake: So, how'd it go?
Roderick: Stella's over at my house right now. I may or may not have woken her dog up.
Leichter: That would explain why she was at your front door when I called her.
Yang: So you going to finish the course with us?
Roderick: Yeah, and start with one hundreds for every hole you've done so far because I have to join in late. Yeah. No thank you.
Mercury: So, what are you doing?
Roderick: I'm here to turn off my Discord. I may or may not have forgotten to turn it off in my anger.
Blake: Yeah, we noticed.
Roderick: I'm going to play Tetris Effect on my PlayStation 4. Stella bought me a copy. Supposedly, according to Chihiro, this game is supposed to be therapeutic.
Jaune: You have fun with that. Don't break your television.
Roderick: Fuck off Jaune.
(Insert Discord Disconnect Sound here.)
Pyrrha: Well, I'm glad that resolved rather well.
Jaune: Meanwhile, we're on Hole Twelve.
Mercury: That is the fastest spinning windmill I've ever seen.
Ruby: Oh hey! There's a goal gate behind the spinning thing.
Blake: And the sign behind us says: 'It's all luck based.'
Jaune: So we have to shoot and hope it works?
Leichter: Which means you can't sabotage us.
Jaune: Damn it!
Mercury: Well here we-
CrescentRoseReaper scored a Hole in One!
(Ruby can be heard cheering in her room in a fair distance.)
Mercury: Go…
Jaune: Wow. I see how it is! This game loves Ruby…
(Jaune's ball gets sent over the goal gate AND the windmill blades.)
Jaune: AND HATES ME!
(Laughter from everyone else except Ruby who is still not at her computer.)
Pyrrha: I will admit, it is going to take some luck AND speed to make this one.
Yang: You mean like this?
(Yang gets deflected.)
Yang: Never mind…
Mercury: I think first place is truly cemented now.
SangriaDespot1 finished in 2 strokes.
Leichter: Hey, I'm only six strokes behind. Which means nothing as just ONE of these troll holes could drastically change everything.
Blake: Though, I don't see a way for Jaune to win.
Yang: We ALL would have to fuck up royally.
Mercury: And if what Jaune's saying is true, Ruby will somehow get in the hole while he gets just as royally fucked as we do.
Jaune: Why do you think I'm trying to sabotage you guys. I KNOW I don't have a chance at winning.
GambolGambit13 finished in 8 strokes.
Blake: Although, the majority of these holes are in hidden locations, which will make it hard for you to sabotage us.
Mercury: Maybe try and bump-lock Ruby's ball so she can't move?
Ruby: DON'T YOU EFFING DARE!
Leichter: Where have you been?
BlackheartBoots41 finished in 7 strokes.
Ruby: Just flailing like a madwoman over how I got that shot.
Yang: At least you're honest Rubes.
TheGreatArc finished in 8 strokes.
CelicaDrake6 finished in 8 strokes.
PolarExpress001 finished in 8 strokes.
Mercury: Did you just all go at the same time and all simultaneously get it!?
Ruby: Wow, that's impressive!
Jaune: Probably the only good thing I've done all game.
Pyrrha: Don't feel bad Jaune. We care about you.
Ruby: Maybe not Roderick. Right now, at least. But we do.
Jaune: Thanks.
Author's Notes
Yeah, things are getting a bit better now. Especially for Roderick. Seriously, just watching Tetris Effect gameplay can get me in a better mood with how good the soundtrack and flow of the game is. Anyway, here are the current standings;
Ruby: 203
Leichter: 209
Blake: 222
Pyrrha: 234
Yang: 236
Mercury: 240
Jaune: 505
Roderick: DNF
That's all. See you tomorrow. Until next time, I'll stay Enigmatic.
-UltimateEnigmatic