Chief Piece - Neil

It’s ten fifteen, which means H period: I’m free. I leave class in CT, walking over to RTS. As I walk through CT, the white walls seem to be from the future;. I’m walking in the world of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s just me and the white, milky walls. The futuristic tunnel leads me straight to a glass door. I push the glass door to go outside and the sun is firing translucent rays down at the scorching pavement. As I make my way across to Roberts, I see the road is losing a battle to time; there are alligator skin-like cracks along the pavement. Finally, I open the door to Roberts, walking down the steps and entering RTS. The paintings on the wall of Mario traveling in a two dimensional world and Link on his horse immediately strike me. The vibrant red color of Mario’s world ignites the wall on fire, and I see Link leave Hyrule castle on his horse and travel along the wall on his way to save Zelda the princess. As I shift my focus to the center of the room, my ears are instantaneously saturated with the sound of electronic synths and driving beats. I see the noises flashing in front of me in the air, pulsing in red, green, cyan, magenta. I check the time: ten forty. I take a seat on the couch and grab a purple controller. The kids next to me are playing Super Smash Bros and I see them furiously pressing the buttons on their controllers. The flying thumbs become hammers hitting whack-a-moles. I look up at the kids to see their faces; they are focused and stressed - and intense. Despite this, they’re still seem to be having so much fun; I see all kinds of emotions pouring out of their heads like characters. The match ends and I get into the game. My character: Link. Three, two, one, the game commences. As I press the buttons, I see my character’s sword flashing around in a blur. He’s jumping on all the platforms, dodging all of the other characters, attacking with his swordsman skills. I check the time: eleven twenty. The period has been over for a while now and as I was lost in time and the excitement of the game I had no idea. I leave RTS to go to class. Man those kids know how to have fun.