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Down to 20% health, him at 30%. Think fast. He's going for
the throw. Touch of Death, Touch of Death, come on... tap.
Boom. EK down.

"YOU... WIN."

Double-portrait, EK bruised and bleeding. "The Zen of the
Spatula overcomes such primitive fighting techniques," I
standardly say. Fade to black.

WHOA!

Jeez! My normal brain activity flooded back in, a tidal
wave of consiousness. What was that? I couldn't think about
anything other than the game. Cool. I was pulling off combos
and special moves at a mere thought. Good adrenaline rush...
first time I've ever beaten #1, too! ALRIGHT! I'M #1 NOW!
AHAHA! SUCK ON THAT!

Now how do I get out of there?

"Congrads on the victory," the disembodied voice of Mr. Bow
Tie said.

Huh? What're you doing here? Where IS here, anyway, now
that I seem to have my consiousness back?

"It's a virtual reality direct thought input version of
spatula fighter 2," the man said. "We sort of wanted to surprise
you... ummm... but there seems to be a bug here..."

Bug? What sort of bug?

"Well, joystick number two seems to be working fine, and it
jacked out your friend there, but you can't seem to let go of
yours."

Say WHAT?

"Please, don't get agitated, it fuzzes up the thought
signal."

You mean I'm still hanging onto the joystick in the real
world, like some sort of zombie?

"Well, yes, the cyber link is on the stick itself."

So pry my hand off of it so I can go home.

"Well, umm, if we do that, it'll probably wipe your brain