Ari welcomes Cam to Hell
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"Well, that would... look like a level in a children's videogame... throw in a racetrack or something..."

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"Racetracks, yes. Possibly a great big series of hoops for jetpack races as well. We're demons, my friend, the sky is the limit."

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"Having realized that I could instantiate Mario Kart in real life doesn't make me want to actually do it."

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"Isn't that the plumber? Or is this a different Mario?"
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"The video game character Mario is ostensibly a plumber but never seen plumbing. He and the other characters of his franchise spend most of their time doing other things, including racing go-carts through assorted colorful scenery. Do you want to play Mario Kart?"

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"...Yes. Yes, I want to pretend to be a plumber racing around colorful scenery, that sounds like the invention of the damn century."

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Cam laughs. "All right, how much do you already have in the way of video game hardware, let's not be redundant unnecessarily."

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"I'm only barely aware of them as a medium. I have a television, though?"

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"Let's see your TV and see if you need an upgrade."

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The TV is nearby! It is a ridiculous thing that takes up almost an entire wall. It's very, very modern.

"My most recent summoner was rich and knew things about technology and he wrote me up a list of his favorite toys," grins Ari. "I have no idea what half of them do, but whatever it is, they do it well."
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"This TV will do nicely." Cam conjures up a Wii and its various hookups already in place, and controllers (the wheel kind, because why not), and a copy of Mario Kart. He goes briskly through various setup procedures while explaining the general phenomenon of Mario Kart to Ari, and then hands him one of the wheels.

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Ari gamely attempts to Mario Kart! He is roughly as competent as might be expected of a man from 1426 who until fifteen minutes ago believed that video games were essentially Choose Your Own Adventure novels.

He does improve noticeably as time goes by, though.
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Cam doesn't play very fiercely, but he doesn't let Ari win anyway; the computer players won't.

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After some rounds, Ari actually wins a round! He performs a victory dance, detonating several tiny smokeless fireworks around himself.

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Cam laughs.

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