[ TT ] You are known for being the best , never losing a game and never losing a bet . Problem is , you 're in a situation where you WANT to lose , and you 're still winning .

The blue shell moved at impossibly fast speeds down the track. Jimmy tried in vain to swerve out of the way, but Yoshi spun out just before the finish line. I probably didn ’ t need to sideswipe him on my way into first place but it ’ s what Bowser would have wanted. 
 
 “ Jesus dude, are you sure you ’ ve never played Mario Kart. First place on Rainbow Road with Bowser? Are you guys messing with me? ” Jimmy looked like he was having a hard time accepting this loss. Something I ’ ve never had to do. 
 
 “ We told you he always wins ” Nikki chimed in, “ like at everything. ” 
 
 “ I know a game he can ’ t win at. ” A sly grin came over Jimmy ’ s face. I was excited though, I wanted to lose. I wanted the sting of defeat, the thrill of needing to be better, to have a worthy opponent. 
 
 “ *** **** ” Two artificial beeps emanated from Jimmy ’ s mouth. There should have been words there but…. did he just censor himself? Everyone else is laughing, what did he say? 
 
 “ I didn ’ t hear you, say it again. ” Maybe I was just hearing the TV or someone ’ s ring tone. 
 
 “ *** **** ” The same monotone noises concealed his words. The other groaned, were they not hearing these beeps? 
 
 “ Has no one explained this to you? ” Jimmy could read the obvious confusion on my face. “ You see **** ******** **** *** **** **** *** **** *** ****. That ’ s all there is to it. ” 
 
 Am I having a stroke? Is hearing beeping instead of words something that happens during a stroke? 
 
 “ I can ’ t understand what you ’ re saying. ” I said, trying to keep calm. 
 
 “ It pretty simple ” Jimmie tried explaining again, this time picking up a notepad from the table. He wrote a few words in huge letters and turned it around for me to see. “ *** ** **** *** **** ** *** *** **** *** **** ” 
 
 The beeps kept coming out of Jimmy or maybe just from inside my head. And the notepad! A huge black redaction rectangle covered the words that were on the page. The black bars seems to follow the notepad as it moved in Jimmies hand. This… this can ’ t be real life. What ’ s happening to me? What is this game? 
 
 
 
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 # THE GAME 
 
 ^^^^^You ^^^^^Lose
