Q*bert: Angry Orange Fluff (80's Arcade Challenge)

by Jenunique

Qbert hopped all day long. Sometimes he hopped all night too. He was well known for his sudden unreadable outbursts.

”@!#?@!,” he yelled to the glass wall above him. Keep the stupid ball from hitting me on me head, you dolt! ”@!#?@!”

Qbert could see the teenaged boy with his tongue poking at the corner of his mouth concentrating intensely as he manipulated Q’s moves around the pyramid.

Of course, the boy was clueless as to Q’s thoughts. Over the wall went Qbert. He sighed as he climbed back to the top of the pyramid awaiting the drop of the coin.

The screen flickered and this time a girl’s face appeared. Same intense look. Q started down the pyramid, quickly. Wow, she’s fast… BALL ! ”@!#?@!” But not that fast. Idiot! ”@!#?@!”

The girl was laughing. Qbert had all he could take instead of waiting for the girl to make the wrong move, he took a wrong turn and jumped off the wall. The girl slammed a fist down on the screen. “Hey!”

Qbert appeared at the top of the pyramid, smiling.

Comments

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  1. Q*bert: Angry Orange Fluff (80's Arcade Challenge)

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    This was fantastic. Very original, too, to write it from the perspective of Qbert inside of the arcade machine. Oh, and I absolutely love the last sentence!
    LoA

  2. Q*bert: Angry Orange Fluff (80's Arcade Challenge)

    OrangeOreos' Buddy Icon OrangeOreos

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I loved it!

    Agreed with Ana Cristina. That was very, very unique.

    LoA

  3. Q*bert: Angry Orange Fluff (80's Arcade Challenge)

    YodaOnCrack's Buddy Icon YodaOnCrack

    Posted 4 months ago

    Q-BERT! Yes! My favorite so far – among some great entries too… Alright, Christina – I vote for you to write the Ms. Pac man story. You game? : )

  4. Q*bert: Angry Orange Fluff (80's Arcade Challenge)

    YodaOnCrack's Buddy Icon YodaOnCrack

    Posted 4 months ago

    Oops – I mean – Ana Cristina…

  5. Q*bert: Angry Orange Fluff (80's Arcade Challenge)

    Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus)'s Buddy Icon Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus)

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Ah, Q*bert. One of my all time favourites, cover by one of my favourite Ficleteers. Great job! I love him swearing at the player who lose.

  6. Q*bert: Angry Orange Fluff (80's Arcade Challenge)

    Freedom's Buddy Icon Freedom

    Posted 4 months ago

    Haha I agree with Capital “W”, great job on this.
    LoA

  7. Q*bert: Angry Orange Fluff (80's Arcade Challenge)

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Very funny. I love it being from Qbert’s perspective. Made for a very interesting ficlet!

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