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Rain hit. And hard. We weren't let in, and the throng dispersed, rather, the throng with pre-reserves. They hid under umbrellas. In doorways. In convenience stores. Watching Yodobashi Camera across the street. Intently.

Those without reserves, stood it out. On the slim chance that they might pick up an unclaimed console.

The security guards told us to move towards the door. We did. All of us. (Current head counts puts the number over a thousand.) Can't be sure.

Right now, I've crammed myself into a photo booth. I am ten feet or more from the doorway. My laptop up on my knees. This is the only available seat. And it's mine.

Wet, impatient people are pushing. And that doorwary to Yodobashi Camera, it looks tiny. Brian Ashcraft

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