Chapter 25 - Super Nintendo
After the crazy routine, I got up from the floor, picking up the teacup. I placed it to my lips, allowing the liquid to flow through my mouth. Damn, this is some gourmet shit, Mark!, I thought to myself. My jelly boyfriend eventually pulled himself up, sitting in the chair. "You know, you can take that outfit off now.", he said to me. "You know, it was weird, but I kinda liked it", I replied with a hint of relief, taking the costume off as I walked out of the bedroom to let him enjoy his game.
As I was taking the last of my costume off, I looked over at the T.V. Now, I gotta have something else to play on that somewhere around here. I walked over to the second bedroom, which had a door to the attic in the ceiling. I pulled down on the handle of the door, allowing it to open, letting down some stairs. I walked carefully up the stairs (they must have been over 40 years old), and looked around. The attic was barren and mostly empty, however it had a window that let a lot of light in.
I squinted my eyes to look around until I found it: A cardboard box labeled "OLD GAMES". I reached over to the box, grabbing it and carefully placing it onto the bedroom floor. I leaped off the stairs and shut the attic door, eager to find what was in the box. An old NES, SNES, and even an N64 console! It brought back memories of my childhood. I would always run home from school to try and see if I could finally get past that one Battletoads level. You know, the one with the snakes?
I looked deeper inside the box to see what games were available. Super Mario Bros. 3, Legend of Link, Castlevania, Kirby's Super Star, Super Mario World, Starfox, Super Mario N64, Super Smash Bros., and Super Mario Kart 64. Not a bad collection at all. Many of these games came from my childhood, but there were some missing. That's what happens when you try and keep cherished childhood memories forever.
I picked up the SNES console, blowing the dust off, causing a big cloud to appear. God, it HAS been a long time since I opened this. I hooked everything up out in the living room. I'm lucky I bought a T.V. that still has a Coaxial input! The first game I put in was Kirby Super Star. After switching the console on, I went back to the couch, sitting down as I was about to revisit some of my favorite pastimes.
Meanwhile, my jelly boyfriend was doing really, really well in Saints Row IV. He had already beaten the story, and was in the middle of liberating an alien operation when he began to grow hungry. After defeating the aliens, he yelled over his shoulder, "MARK! CAN YOU GET ME SOME OREOS?" Unfortunately for him, I wasn't paying attention. He grunted in displeasure as he got up from the computer chair, walking over to the living room.
As I came into his view, he realized why I hadn't been responding. "What's that?", he asked me, pointing to the controller in my hands. "Come over here.", I told him. He scuttled next to me on the couch, eager to find out more things that were going on. "That over there is what I used to play long ago.", I said, pointing at the T.V. "It's a Super Nintendo console!" He shot me a look of confusion. "What makes it so super?" I replied, "Well, I guess it's just what they called it back then."
He looked in awe and wonder at the T.V. He really liked the colors that appeared on the screen, but there was something about it he really wanted to know. "Can I try it?", he asked me. "Uhh, sure!", I said, handing him another controller. I pushed the button that created the partner that follows Kirby around. "There you go! I had the Hammer power before, so now you're the hammer man!", I said in excitement. This was the first time I actually played a video game with my jelly boyfriend.
"Hold on a sec", he said, morphing back to a pink human form. He grabbed the controller, and began to test the controls a bit. He ran back and forth a little bit, jumped and used attacks. It's usually what you do when you're just trying a game out. "Here, this way.", I said, jiggling Kirby back and forth to grab his attention, which it did. He jumped up and followed where I directed him.
I took this time to do something I've been doing a lot in the past few days: Thinking about my jelly boyfriend. I just couldn't wrap my head around his existence, even now. He still hadn't explained why he chose me to be his mate. But now he's looking to save yet another being from the same place he was at. He learned 90% of this from me, and me alone. It's nice having something to look after, loving it just as much as you love yourself.