"I've got this relic that I want to show you." Never before had Mary spoken in such a serious tone. Her frown and tightened lips matched her sudden change from her jolly self to this new Mary. A more pressing one.
"Please keep seated. I'm sure this will impress you," Mary told Shrike. She reached out for her leather bag and frantically searched in it. The tentacles around Mary's neck and wrist matched her sudden haste by moving, curling themselves around herself, the grass she sat on, the edges of the bag, her clothing folds, and…. Then it stopped. Mary felt silent before Shrike. Unmoving. Like a statue.
She slowly looked up at the superhero and smiled. No longer able to hide her excitement. "Okay, close your eyes," she said as her hand slowly revealed the thing she had been searching for.
A purple GBA rested between her fingers. Its screen had a small crack in it, and its buttons were coated in dust, but it was a Gameboy Advance. One that still made a sound as Mary turned it on.
"Okay, you can look now!" Mary held out the GBA to Shrike and smiled broad and wide. The small handheld console started to play a tone as different hamsters appeared on the screen. Followed by the title of the game: 'Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak'.
"I sometimes find these things that don't belong here," Mary rattled. "Strange technology," she added. "I saw you and you reminded me of this! I thought the purple matched on your outfit and you mentioned those hamsters like the ones," she pointed, "in this pocket game." Mary placed the Gameboy in Shrike's lap. Like a golden retriever would place a duck in its owner's lap.
"I tried to play it but the hamsters make such a high pitch noise, which I can't stand." Mary laughed. "But maybe you'll be able to deal with it. Because of your own uh, particular, voice."
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For Np: Mary is easilyimpressed by anything not-sheep-related. She lives a boring life, with boring sheep.
Mary is DEF impressed by that 😭❤️