Izzy's favorite computer game, the way she most deals with stress in her life, her escape when all of life feels overwhelming, Genshin Impact, suddenly stopped working on her computer. Apparently, the game's needs overwhelmed her operating system, and she couldn't access it anymore.
This was bad. Not only could she not escape, a banner dropped for a character she has desperately wanted right when it stopped working. You have to complete challenges and accrue pity points and primogems (or something) in order to be eligible for a draw, and you only have a 50/50 chance of actually getting the character, even if you do all the things. She was desperate to get Kazuha, a five-star anemo (wind), sword-wielding character that was so awesome she was going to die without him. You have about twenty days to possibly get the banner before it goes away and your chance is lost for years to come.
To say Izzy was desperate was an inadequate representation of how she really felt. She talked to us about it ALL.THE.TIME. We heard all about Kazuha, his traits, his talents, his charming good looks. And every day we heard her pleas to somehow fix the computer. "Can Guy come over?" "Can Blake help?" "Why isn't Brandt helping?" "AAAAUUUGHHHHH! I'M GOING TO DIE IF I DON'T GET KAZUHA!" Things were getting desperate. Brandt tried to build a computer and for four days we had computer parts all over the kitchen table, but still no luck.
With only four more days of the banner being available, Kent bought Izzy a computer he found on KSL. They went to pick it up and asked all the questions about compatibility and whether or not it was going to work for her. The guy they bought it from knew all the things and assured her it would be just the ticket. They brought it home and immediately set it all up, with Izzy very actively engaged in seeing it was all connected. Brandt was able to transfer over her hard drive so things weren't lost, and Izzy began downloading Genshin.
Miraculously, it worked! Hoorah! And even more miraculously, the day the banner was set to close, Izzy drew Kazuha. Double Hoorah! Hoorah! All was right with the world once more.
As I downloaded this picture,
Izzy shrieked in delight and said,
"It's my baby boy! I love him so much!"
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