This is a story by Neville about his 'quest' to get a PSP. It is so ridiculously funny that I thought I'd post it (omitting my interruptions):
Tis was a bright and sunny day, one which was the perfect weather to set out on my adventure for the legendary psp. Geared though i may be with insurmountable money, i was lacking a companion to assist me in my epic quest. I set out on a quest to search for a partner willing to join my quest, one who was loyal, brave, and willing to lay down a few bucks incase I needed it. Though the warriors of this land was, again, insurmountable, there were few willing to go on such a suicidal quest...especially on a holiday.
Then, as i was again, for the umpteenth time, rejected in my offer, there came a call from behind me. Apparently this young traveller had been eavesdropping on my conversations. Apparently, my desperation and enthusiasm to embark on this epic quest has caught the attention of said traveller. "If thy may permit me to accompany you" she said, "I have great interest in the object that inspires such great obsession in a man such as yourself."
Thus, the party was formed, ready for the great adventure for the legendary psp. We searched high and low throughout the lands of Sungei Wang and Low Yat. Many are those who prophesy falsely to the location of the true...and cheap psp. Yet we refuse to be discouraged, we pushed onwards!
Then we stumbled upon a man, long deprived of true customer contact, yet his eyes glimmered with a glow that communicated his experience with the best and greatest gaming systems.
"You there!" I yelled (well...not really...) "Thy eyes... and the fancy store you're in, tells me you know of the legendary psp!"
"Aye..." he said "and what business be it to ye'?"
"Speak, how much does the legendary psp cost?" I asked. "for long have I travelled, but little is the information that is useful to me!"
"Aye, ye have a good eye! Ye've come to the right place!" This was his last words, as he dissappeared into the darkness to get the manager out to speak with me.
"Tis not wise young master, to speak so openly of the legendary psp!" he said in a whisper, as he began to recount a tale of love, hate, deception and death...
"There was once, in the beginning of time...for the psp... it used to only be able to play original games. It was a luxury reserved only for the aristocrats of the modern age. The people living in the middle class of society looked on with envy. They wanted it as much as any of the rich and famous did. But these scoundrels were too kiasu to fork out the money intended to make Sony immoral with wealth. Thus, they plotted against Sony, to steal their wealth by creating modifications to the psp that would make it play pirated games. It would drive Sony insane with the profit they would lose to more middle class people. But the first spell they casted on the psp, the 5.03 modification was not stable! it would make both Sony and those who wielded it lose, as it would delete data immediately after the psp was set to rest, and another, more powerful and expensive spell would need to be cast to bring it back. Thus, an upgraded version was built...the 5.50 modification was one that would continue to allow you to play games even after the psp has rested...it also allowed you to play newer games, which the 5.03 didn't. But the cost of such an advance level spell was paramount...even more than what the psp would originally cost! The middle class citizens were shocked and appalled, and they rebeled against those who first brought them the modifications. Thus, the 5.03 lived on, with all it's flaws, unbeknownst to the young souls like yourselves..."
"I do still, however, have a few of the psp that was imbued with the 5.50 modification, and it shall not cost you more than that which I paid to keep it in my possession..." he said finally with a wicked smile.
I turned to my companion but she did not share my enthusiasm. I eyed her down as if she had gone mad, but so did the man behind the counter. After a mere moment, his smile returned "Then have at this deal, you take my card, and come back after you've heard enough lies of a legendary cheap psp...I shall be waiting..." as he faded into the dark as well.
Thus, we journeyed onwards, yet our minds had never for a second left the words the man said. It followed us to the very ends of Sungei Wang and Low Yat. Every man we saw speaking of the psp, I just imagine lies spewing from their lips.
Finally, tired as we were, the words of the man before began to seem so honest. Until, of course, we came upon a humble store owner, with not even a roof over his head, he smiled as we came by "Can I help you young traveller?"
"Yes, we are seeking something, something of great value to us" I said.
"Oh? And what might this object you place such a high value on be?"
"It is a..." my voice dropped to a whisper, "...a psp."
The man broke out into laughter and suddenly, me and my trusty companion felt we had asked something quite stupid.
"Why, I've been peddling psp's since before the modifications came out!"
"So you know of its power then?" We asked eagerly.
"Power?"
"The advance power of the 5.50! And how it was overruled by the common people!"
"Now see here sir," he began with a stern face. "I know not of where you reside, or your business in this part of town, but I can assure you the 5.50 was not overruled!"
Our faces were now riddled with questions.
"You see, the 5.50 is a modification that attempts to upgrade the power of the psp, giving it the ability to play new games that, rumours have it, the 5.03 cant. However, the 5.50 was not compatible with the psp, as it's powers were too great. It made the psp laggy, slow, and it often even powers down itself!"
"But...but I've heard rumors, that the 5.03 needs to continuously be imbued with a powerful and costly spell should it ever shut down! You can't be telling me that's a lie!?!?"
"By no means!" he said with another chuckle. "The 5.03 does have a tendency to delete files should the psp be turned off. However, the spell to repower it isn't so diffucult that I can't teach you!"
At this point Neville has to go offline, and so the story stops. It might be continued - or not - I don't know.
