nolanpines:

Marco grabbed his controller and turned on his Xbox. Star sat down next to him almost at the edge of her seat, gripping her controller with excitement. “So what’re we gonna play tonight, Marco? One of those shooting games? Ooh, or Mortal Kombat?”

Marco shook his head, “Nah, tonight we’re gonna play a little game called Minecraft.”

Star frowned and crossed her arms. “Sounds boring.”

“Quite the contrary. In this game you can basically do whatever you want. You can build cities, explore dungeons, fight monsters, the list goes on.”

“Fight monsters? Sign me up!”

“Well, we’re not doing that tonight. Apparently Janna made some challenge that, according to her, is the ultimate test in human endurance. I’m guessing it’s some kind of parkour course.”

“Sounds fun.” They put on their headsets while they waited for the game.



As soon as the game was loaded, they received a party invite from “BaJanna413″. They checked the party roster and it included “SurferGal95″, “GlowingBark505″, and Xx_Dark_x_Assass1n_xX, along with their OhaiMarc0 and OG Delirious. While Marco knew that OG stood for Oskar Greeson, he warned Star that other people might think the wrong thing about her gamertag. “So who do we have here.” Marco asked.

GlowingBark505 sighed and spoke sheepishly. “This is Tom.”

Marco laughed a bit, “Then who’s Dark Assassin?”

A very proper voice came on. “That would be me.”

Star was shocked. “MOM?!”

“Hello, Star.”

“What’re you doing here?”

“Well, I have the castle to myself for the evening and this Janna girl invited me to join you in this ‘Game Night.’“

Jackie interrupted, screaming in a fake British accent, “WOT IS GAME NOIGH’?!?!”

“…Well, anyways I thought, ‘What a splendid opportunity to meet my daughter’s friends.’ So here I am.”

Janna chimed in. “I thought I was your dad, but your mom was using profile.”

Jackie coughed. “Guys, I think I lost my voice,” she said faintly.

“At least you can’t imitate me anymore,” Moon said.

“I wasn’t…”

“Who cares,” Star said. “Let’s just get this challenge started!”