Disclaimer: I do not own FFVII or the concept of human Tetris.
A/N Hi everyone! I hope you didn't get too sad about not having your daily Hojo death for a month. I am in a particularly foul mood, I failed at NaNoWriMo, and Friday was absolutely horrific. So tonight I was surfing YouTube in an effort to reprieve my anxiety and ended up watching human Tetris. Well I'll let you figure out the rest.
Hojo looked around the room, the flashing lights, loud noises and tight silver leotard reminded him of his first night at a club. It had ended rather badly, that time he'd wound up mugged by a bunch of bikers and stuck in a trashcan rolling down a hill. Somehow he'd been entered in a contest where the winner got to be on a game show where they could have any prize they desired. It was hardly relaxing being in this sort of situation and Hojo was nervous and excited in a way only an experiment made him feel.
The announcer stood up and looked around at the studio audience smiling, "today's contestants will have to perform the dangerous sport of Human Puzzle!"
A diagram showed up behind them, "it's really simple, they stand in the play area and have to fit through the slot on the wall. If they don't fit then they get sent into the water!"
The crowd started to cheer wildly as the first contestant, Hojo, walked onto the play area and got ready to go. Hojo was feeling distinctly uncomfortable; the silver leotard was riding up and giving him a wedgie. It felt worse by the moment and was highly distracting.
He shook it off looking up at the wall in front of him; it was sliding forward to reveal a number one shape cut out of the solid pink panel. He stood up and the wall slid right passed him cleanly, he'd cleared the first round easily. Walking off to one side he watched the other contestants get knocked into the water.
"Round two!" The announcer called as Hojo came back on the stage, a large opening appeared and he stood there calmly cackling as it passed him by.
The other people fell into the water like dominoes, he laughed at them dreaming up the prize he was about to win in the last round, it was a new lab coat with more pockets and designer flame retardant.
"Final contestant step up and get ready to claim your prize," the announcer called Hojo up laughing brightly. "All you have to do is get through one last wall!"
Hojo smirked, that lab coat was practically his. He walked onto the play area and got ready to go, the wall that came up wasn't a Styrofoam one but a solid brick one. It slid forward before sliding forward and slamming into Hojo straight on before tipping over and squishing him into a bloody pancake.
The announcer pulled off his face and revealed a young girl with brown hair and green eyes. Aerith Gainsborough looked up at the studio audience, consisting of Zack, and the SOLDIERs he'd deemed worthy for the setup. Zack had paid off the host of the game show as a favor to Aerith, since it was the anniversary of her mother Ifnala's death and she wanted a little payback.
"Thanks Zack!" Aerith smiled.
He smiled back at her, "no problem."
