Wisdom:

Game Sample #2
This game was played with a stranger via an ICQ chat June 1st 2003

Session Start (AIM - KusanagiFlames): Sun Jun 01 18:23:28 2003

[18:23] KusanagiFlames: It's your fault

[18:24] frogstar42: It's actually your fault. You must have forgotten that you left the glove on the table.

[18:25] KusanagiFlames: Oh that's true. I had forgotten about that. Thank you for reminding me. But remember, you gave me those gloves for my birthday, so it's your fault

[18:26] frogstar42: Yeah... but you can hardly use that as an excuse./ We've given each other gloves every year for 12 years now... and you were the first to give gloves for my 4th birthday... You knew you'd be getting gloves. I'm not going to break a 12 year tradition, so it';s really your fault.

[18:28] KusanagiFlames: I see. But think back, if you will. To why I started that tradition. When we were just kids, you would repeatedly punch my in the face. I felt that by offering you gloves for your birthday, I could make amends and simultaneously lessen damage to my face, so it simply must be your fault.

[18:30] frogstar42: Oh yeah...Although it was my 4th birthday, I was a pretty nasty kid. I would blame my foster parents for that, but my therapist says I shouldn't. Truth was, I only ever punched you in the face when you wore that strange BOZO THE CLOWN mask your mother made you wear... so it's her fault.

[18:36] KusanagiFlames: Oh come now, you can't blame the woman for making me wear that mask. Truth is, I adored that mask. I still have it to this day (though it is slightly bloody from repeated punches to the face.) But since your mother thought I had an uncanny resemblance to Richard Nixon, who she despised, she made my mother promise to force that mask upon me. So, in hindsight, it is indeed your fault.

[18:38] frogstar42: Really? I never knew that story. Of course, we were 4. I do however have a very clear memory of my Mom's hatred for Nixon, and how it clearly your father's fault. He bought her that TV during the two week affair they had. We'd lived in happy ignorant bliss before then, but Mommy became obsessed with watching the news and Nixon doing all sorts of odd things. I wish I'd grown up without a TV like my other Friend Tommy. This would have never happened to him. Anyway, - spilled milk. It's your fault.

[18:38] frogstar42: (This may be used as a sample game on the web site with your permission)

[18:41] KusanagiFlames: It would indeed be my fault were it not for the fact that it was your uncle who had hired my father as store manager at the appliance store. Without that 50% discount, he could not have afforded that TV set. While I too envy little Tommy, the fact of the matter is it's your fault.

[18:41] KusanagiFlames: (Sure go ahead)

[18:44] frogstar42: How could you say it's his fault because he hired him as store manager. You know it was him that axe murdered the previous store manager, thus guaranteeing his promotion from assistant manager. We only found out about the murder years later, but that doesn't change the fact... As assistant manager, his discount was only 33%, and he wouldn't have been able to afford it without the raise. Come to think of it, was Tommy a key witness at your dad's trial?

[18:50] KusanagiFlames: Tommy was indeed a key witness. I had forgotten about that. But years before, in a moment of weakness, he confessed to me, his bozo-mask-wearing son, that the axing idea was only brought to his attention after a two day axe murderer movie marathon that your uncle dragged him to (no pun intended) back when he was still a lowly Asst. Store manager. So, as the facts show, it MUST be your fault.

[18:55] frogstar42: I remember seeing a clip on that marathon on the news last week during a 70's music review show... I bet it was fun. Although it didn't gross anywhere near as much as the ROMANCE movie marathon they did the week before. It broke all records. It was your great grandmother's idea to try marathons in general. Most people still didn't have TV's in our neighborhood. I don't know what inspired her... but I bet it wasn't anything related to me, so it's your fault.

[19:02] KusanagiFlames: Oh yes, Grandma Fred. She was a nice lady, and boy did she love her marathons. You are correct in your gamble that her inspiration did not pertain to you in any way, shape, or form. I was ready to accept blame until I remembered that fact that I was poor no-TV Tommy who had taken your uncle to that very romance marathon. He loved it so much he was ready to take Tommy to the horror marathon next week, when sadly, Tommy was killed by a Nerf dart to the spleen. The assailant was none other than your aunt, wanting him to stay away from her husband. Left with two buckets of fish heads and no one to share them with, your uncle dragged his poor Asst. Manager to his house for the marathon. So, however you look at it, it is most certainly your fault.

[19:02] KusanagiFlames: (Wow that one was hard!)

[19:05] frogstar42: Hmmm... I think I win... through an odd rule break I have not encountered. When we started using Tommy in our stories, we added a new dimension to keep track of. You broke a time-line by killing Tommy BEFORE the marathon, and therefore the FACT that he was a witness to the murder trial years later would be impossible. Darn that Tommy! He's always been a foil to your family. I declare myself a winner, but enjoyed the game enough to include it as a sample on the site. So few people "get" this game, I always enjoy a good challenge. You played like a master.

[19:08] KusanagiFlames: Wow, I suppose that's true. Darn that Tommy. I accept defeat (and blame) from you, oh master fault player.

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