The game console they found was in much better shape than the one
Mew remembered Toll constantly playing with, which made sense considering this
device had likely been in storage for generations.
They took the console back into the main lab and treated it
like a legendary piece of history, which it very likely was. They made sure it
was still fully functional, replaced some parts that were failing due to age
and turned it on.
The console booted perfectly. The professor turned it back off and
plugged the ring controller into the game console. He turned the console on
again and after the introductory screen a menu came up that referenced the ring
controller. Ling, Cory, and the professor all shouted in excitement. The
professor accessed the button for the ring console and they were dismayed to
see a never ending list of options come up. Each entry was nothing more than a
string of numbers.
The professor sat down hard in his chair. “Solve one problem, and
a whole butt load more present.” He sighed as Cory pressed the button to go
back to the top of the screen. The screen showed a total of two hundred and
forty five files they had discovered.
Mew was totally lost. “What do those numbers mean?” She asked.
Ling shrugged. “That’s the problem. We don’t know.” She admitted
as cory opened the first file and found more files that seemed to be named with
random strings of numbers and letters. “And it’s going to take us a decent amount
of time to decipher them.” She said.
The thin guard and the fat guard came through the lab doors with
the pizza that the professor had ordered. “Here’s your lunch. From now on you
get delivery from actual pizza delivery, this crap is below our pay grade.” The
thin one dropped the pizza on an only partially filled lab table, turned and
walked out as the fat one followed him.
