LJ Idol Week 3: In Another Castle

[seakittym]

Pupils dilate. Breaths are short and shallow. Mouth is dry.

Heart racing. Palpitating. Getting closer now.

The cold sweat of my brow is dangerously close to my eyes. Stinging. I must give all my attention to this one task. I can't lose now. I've come too far.

Heart pounding. Faster. My mind scurries. I struggle to stay on duty. Should I give up? No. I've come so far.

I'm here. Fighting for my life. Hammers fly. Fireballs whip past. I focus. I dodge. I jump.

Jaw clenched. Extremities numbed. Can I get through this? I think back on times before. I wonder how much more I can endure.

I've defeated the beast. I'll get what I've come for!

Your princess is in another castle.

Damn it.

What new Hell awaits beyond the pipe?

Comments

[mothermelete.livejournal.com]

OMG YES, bahahah. I did in fact beat that game. Once. In my entire life. I can't even play it anymore, it's so much harder than I remember it being.

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

I played The Lost Levels and it was pretty much an experiment in how much teeth grinding my enamel could take. Couldn't do it without save-states.

[ljidolvillian.livejournal.com]

Gotta love the brevity...instant identification with anyone who had an NES....well played.

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[basric.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling oh so well, you wrote it perfectly.

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Thanks! This game and Kid Icarus... oi!

[eternal-ot.livejournal.com]

Well done...handled it nicely..short and crisp!

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

Very cute! While I didn't play this game, I knew exactly what you were talking about. Nice use of details.

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

You didn't play the game!? Wow! Probably saved you a lot of ground teeth enamel if you have my temper.

[dusty-chenille.livejournal.com]

Clever!

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

This made me giggle. I like!

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

That's what I was hoping for! Glad you like it, thanks!!

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

Entertaining to read! AW

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[inawrites.livejournal.com]

Hahahah.. I could never win this game too.. I switched the Galaxy...much easier.:) Lovely post.

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Galaxy? I am not familiar with that!

I think I played almost all version of the Mario games, until they got super new.

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

I like how you describe this :)

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

Color me clueless as to the game reference here but well written just the same. Smile.

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's Super Mario Bros! Loved me some old NES.

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

kick-ass!
(please note icon, selected just for you)

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Love the icon! I tried on lots of ass-kicking boots today, actually!

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

Super!

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, nice. Thank you!

[kandigurl.livejournal.com]

I never got to beat the game because I never actually had my own NES, I had a Sega...but I played a few levels on friend's systems! I liked the way this was written. :)

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

I loooved Sega. My favorite Sega game was Sword of Vermillion. Did you ever play it?

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Very cute!

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!

[solstice-singer.livejournal.com]

All that work, and the princess is in another castle? (Sigh) Back to work then, I suppose.

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

And again and again...

[shimmerdream.livejournal.com]

I remember that game...

This was short and sweet, I really enjoyed it :)

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Thank ou!

[kagomeshuko.livejournal.com]

Love it! I definitely think you'll love mine after reading yours!!

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

I'll check it out this evening! Thank you!!

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

At least this puts the reference in complete context for me!

And I can see why gamers laughed at the prompt, because that result would be incredibly frustrating. :D

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

I guffawed when I saw the prompted! I knew quite a few people would be posting along the same line, but I didn't mind.

[witchwife.livejournal.com]

Yes. Every. time.

I wonder what kind of psychological damage this did to us all as kids?

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

Haha, I never considered that! Although there was a very interesting article on the instant gratification issue video games can cause...

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Short sentence fragments really set the feeling of being in the game.

I like the way the last line hints at more than one kind of addiction. :)

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

You know, writing that way is only a recent addition! Someone was editing some of my work and said, "If you write in fragments, it kind of makes the reader's heart beat faster." I had never noticed in my own reading before.

Thanks for stopping in!

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Aw, poor Mario.

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

:) This is an entertaining look at what those poor plumbers must have been thinking.

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. You totally got me thinking about something else at the beginning of the entry, nice deception, and nice rendition of real-life Mario :D

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

This made me chuckle, even though I saw it coming, it was still a fun ride!