A Puzzle...

[cabbitzilla]

I finally got around to opening my mail from today about an hour ago. In it was a small brown box addressed to Elisabeth M. ...

Someone sent me a GBA. Postmarked from Montana... where I know absolutely -nobody-. Typed address label on the package, so no clues to be had there. Unit is marked 'used, function 100%' on a sticker on the back (also typed). Also in the box was a little light thingamabob that snaps onto the top of it, also marked used and also working just fine.

And a typed note inside: Something is coming. Be patient.

Someone's playing games with me... or sending me a game to play with them. But I can honestly say that to the best of my knowledge I don't know a soul in Montana. It's a wonderful surprise; it'll give me something small to keep me occupied when I'm stuck at various relative's houses.

I'd really like to thank -someone- for it. Please?

What's kinda odd is that I myself have never owned a piece of Nintendo hardware... the NES and SNES systems here are Megan's... the Sega Genesis and addons are mine.

And it's purple! The only way it could even -possibly- be better would be pastel pink, which really would look damned silly. It's just my luck that my favorite color makes my skin look green. Purple and yellow step up behind it...which means it's from someone who knows me well enough to know how my color faves are ranked (or it's a damned amazing guess).

Someone? Please?

Comments

[wibbble]

I think that most GBAs were purple, weren't they?

Anyway, sounds very intriguing. :o)

[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

Endrion's got a pink one. I found that out about 20 mins after this post went up. Go figure. :p

Call me a conspiracy theorist...

[performingdude.livejournal.com]

but be careful. Montana is not unknown to have its share of nuts and kooks who may not appreciate you for who you are.

Typed address that offers no clues as to where it came from. You might want to have that thing looked at. Especially since you know absolutely no one in Montana.

Re: Call me a conspiracy theorist...

[lys1022.livejournal.com]

And there's no reason anyone in Montana would randomly decide to target her for anything. Yeesh, dear. Way to take the joy out of a surprise. Someone probably is just sending a holiday present and wants to make it special by increasing the antici.....

...pation.

*smacks Conspiracy Boy for being a killjoy*

I am not a killjoy...

[performingdude.livejournal.com]

I just know how stupid people can get. I hope it is something nice. I just don't trust them Montanans. hehehe

Re: I am not a killjoy...

[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

*blinks, patpats gently, and then administers more Prozac*

It'll be okay, dear. Go to your happy place.

:p

[rowandoll.livejournal.com]

I have my suspicions, but I'll keep them close to the vest

Except:

Keep in mind, that thanks to the 'used' system within amazon and other companies, all someone from a state you know would have to do is tell the seller: 'No packing slip, add this note'.

[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

A point I'd forgotten... and something that could be done via eBay as well.

Meef. That just makes me wonder even more. :p

[invader-tak-1.livejournal.com]

I had a Pink GBA I gave it to weasel E**. I wish I had known you wanted one, I would have rater given it to you. You would have appreciated it more, she just chucked it in the corner.

They were not pastel as such, more of transluscent pink, like they were made of hard candy. "I used to get an endless kick out of peoples reactions to me playing Wolfenstein 3D on my candy pink GBA"

It was so ME somehow.

I traded it in on an GBA SP "plain silver", but I love the backlight.

Funny thing is, all I do with it is play Tetris. and not the newer one the original 1989 cartrige, I'm looking through my junk for my original style gameboy brick, "Original, but clear cased" If I'm going to play the retro game I might as well play it on the retro machine. It scares kids! ;)

[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

*chuckle*
The last box I unpacked at the apartment turned up the Tetris cartridge Megan had for her original beige GameBoy. For the moment, I'm house-sitting and have one of my Athlons down here with me, so the GBA is tucked away safely in my desk.

[invader-tak-1.livejournal.com]

Be online! Failing that what is the latest I can call you? I am getting distinctly concerned.

[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

The trouble is that I'm not -home-, love. I'm alive and reasonably well... provided the nine cats I'm trying to keep track of here don't conspire to kill me and bury me in the basement. :p

[invader-tak-1.livejournal.com]

So when you getting home? You had to babaysit me online when I was being a whiny wreck. Been in a great mood all week and no sign of you.

Don't want you to think all I do is whine. :)

[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Sweetie, everyone hits rough spots. You haven't (yet) had the honor of having me go completely to pieces on you... something that rowandoll, jhyanmar and lys1022 have all had the 'priviledge' of experiencing. :p