Phin looked around at the contraption he was in. It was cube-shaped, roughly six feet between each wall. A single window directly in front of him revealed an open field. He could hear others talking close by. He tried to listen, but the constant flashing of various colors coming from the wall distracted him. The amount of color burning into Phin's eyes annoyed him. He took a deep breath and focused. He only heard muffled conversations. It didn't take long before a familiar, booming voice echoed into his personal box. 

	"And we have an oldy but goody here today, my beloved viewers. Welcome, those just tuning in. This here is, "PUZZLE MAYHEEMMM!" The crowd roared as the inside of Phin's box flashed faster. "Simple rules, as you all know. Six players, six puzzles, and six seconds per player turn. Where applicable, of course." GM spun around with grace and pointed to the stacked cubes. "Becuase we all know, they'll need more than six seconds to solve..." The crowd cheer above GM. He blushed at the thought. "The GM Puzzle," he finished.

	Phin looked down to a holographic table that appeared before him. Atop, was scattered thousands of tiny jigsaw pieces. There were small mounds on top of mounds, and single pieces randomly spread. "Phin chuckled to himself. Then GM spoke agian.

	"Obviously, we can't just have a normal puzzle," he paused. "This is the Pirate Games. In that top square there, is THE ONE, THE ONLY," The crowd finished the introduction.

	"PPUUZZZZYY,"

	Phin had no reaction.

	"That's right,"GM continued. "Puzzy, eater of the puzzle puzzle fruit, able to take things he touches and turn them into a bizarre, mind numbing, hair tearing, scalp ripping PUZZLES." A large hologram of the puzzle that lay on every contestants table hovered before GM. "This same puzzle, is in physical form at Puzzy's table, he will alter this puzzle throughout the game, and that same alter effects everyone, as they are all working on a hologram linked to the physical puzzle. First two to finish, are safe, the others," he paused again, this time lowering his voice when he next spoke. "Get the wheel."

	Without any warning, Gm flipped up in hand and pointed, "BEGIN!"

	Most players frantically dug through their puzzle piles. There was no logic to how they were tackling their trial. They just hoped for the best. Phin, though, after shoveling through for a moment, raised his fist and slammed the table. He was surprised at how realistically the pieces reacted. The shock of the contact sent the jigsaws flying, they stuck to the walls all around phin, all spread out and easy to determine. This put him at ease, and he non-nonchalantly began grabbing all the edge pieces. After he organized them, he started solving. He could here the others murmuring to themselves, trying to talk their way through the puzzle. The voices were cut short when the faces of the pieces started moving. The picture, for the rest of the puzzle, would be in motion. This put Phin off, but he didn't panic. He kept with fitting edge pieces, taking quite some time before it all fit together.

	"Fishman Phin, of The Bighead Pirates, has the most complete so far, but not by much. In close second, Jebidazer of The Lazer Pirates." The screen focused on the fishman, no doubt a crowd favorite, if not only because of Isaac. Phin ignored everything and continued. His eyes eventually began to blur the jigsaw pieces. A lot of them looking the exact same. He realized it was a change enforced by Puzzy.

	"Any piece not yet touched by the players," GM explained, "Will change shape periodically." The crowd laughed and cheered.

	Phin, wanting to jump out and take his shot at GM, kept solving. He knew in this place, where GM rules, he stood no chance if it wasn't actually IN the rules. The puzzle was nearing completion after so much time. GM's description held true. He was ready to rip his own head apart, but his temporary coolness prevailed. Finally he had finished, and was second to do so. Jebidazer was victorious in the end. 
	
	"Must be that "Lazer focus," Phin whispered to himself. It was then that he looked out the window and noticed the large screen. In repeating hashtag across the bottom, #MUSTBETHATLAZERFOCUS. Phin cursed.