"Definitely."

She grabs one of the two Mario Kart boxes and strips the plasticwrap off, then opens up the case to reveal the gamecard, which she slots into her DS, then boots. She sets the internal clock, checking it against her watch, then selects to load from the gamecard.

Mario's distinctive accented "Here we go!" comes through the speakers as the Nintendo logo flashes.

Awww, that's kind of reassuring honestly. 

She pops open the large mario kart case to reveal the much smaller game inside, prys it out of its holder in the case, and slips it into the cartridge slot. Then she repeats the process Sable's gone through, looking at the time on her laptop to set the internal clock. 

Mario Kart boots fast, and she selects the multiplayer mode. The game prompts her to pick a nickname, and she pulls out her stylus and taps in "SONGBIRD" into the device. Then it prompts her to paint the front of her kart with an emblem; she scribbles out a little feather quickly, and then smiles at Sable. 

"Okay!" she says. "I'm ready to race!" 

She loads the character selection menu, and then blinks. 

"... Only one girl racer?" Her eyebrows climb. "This really is an alien planet." She giggles, and picks Peach for her racer. 

Sable figures she'll go with Toad for now, having set her nickname to "SABLE" and painted her kart with a purple heart. "I think there might be a second we can unlock? But this is fine for now."

"Alright. Let's go!" 

And she taps forward... into a mode selection screen. 

"Um... Grand Prix, Knockout Tour, VS Race, or Battle?" 

"Can't remember, haven't played Mario Kart in years, so let's go with Grand Prix."

"Alright!" 

She picks Grand Prix, and the game gives her a difficulty select. She picks 50cc (which she thinks is the easiest difficulty) and then the Mushroom Cup.

"Okay, let's go!" 

And off they go to the races! 

Sable doesn't do great at first, still getting used to the controls, but she starts catching up after a minute or so. Good thing 50cc is easy mode.

Foxbox has an even harder time than Sable, since she doesn't know what any of the game's random items do. The first race goes to... Wario, an NPC, a rather embarrassing outcome. But Foxbox is smiling. The game is silly and fun and a lot more... wacky? ... than she's used to seeing, and it actually feels better than she's used to!

Sable grins at Foxbox and bumps shoulders together and tries to focus her sabotage on the NPCs as she figures out more and more of how to play.

"This is fun!"

"It is!" 

The cup's only four races, and each one only takes about five minutes. Foxbox learns as fast as she can, but still is placing behind Sable by the end of the cup. 

"Aw! Good first match.~" She giggles and kisses Sable's cheek again. "I think maybe we should look at the manual, I think we might be missing a couple things." 

"Probably. Much as I like figuring it out by the seat of my pants, manuals exist for a reason."

She pulls one out and hands the other to Foxbox.

Foxbox goes through the manual page by page, skipping past such obvious things as "press A to confirm your selection." 

"Huh, you can drift in this game? And wiggling on the d-pad gives you a boost while drifting? Oh, and there's a list of all the items!"

"I'm looking forward to trying to drift, for sure. And I'm a little curious about those lava trenches, too."

"Yeah, me too." Foxbox wiggles and grabs her DS again. "Wanna try another race?" 

"Sure! Wanna try retro rather than nitro this time?"

"Sure!"

And they race!

They both do a decent bit better this time, and try drifting on the curves.

It's kind of fun wiggling the buttons back and forth, especially since which way you press on the d-pad helps decide how sharply you turn. It takes a little skill to know when to swap directions!

Foxbox does better this time, but still places behind Sable. Alas. 

She giggles and squirms on the couch. 

"Okay, this is actually really fun. Wanna try another mode maybe?" 

Sable squeezes Foxbox close after the race ends, laughing happily. "Sure, cutie. Got one in mind?"

"Battle maybe? It looks fun!" 

"Sure!"

And they try a round of that, and generally have a great time breaking in their new games of Mario Kart.

Eventually, though, Foxbox wears herself out. She starts curling up on the couch a little tighter and getting less chatty and more tired. 

Eventually:

"I think that's enough multiplayer stuff for now," she says. "My social battery is kind of drained. And... food, maybe?"

Sable leans down and kisses the top of Foxbox's head. "Valid, little bit. I'll go get started on food. How do you feel about grilled salmon on rice?"

"Ooh! Sounds great."

She curls on the couch horizontally and hugs her DS to her chest. "Good console. Good Sable. Good world sometimes."

"We manage once in a while, yeah."

She gives Foxbox a gentle pet, then heads off to the kitchen to bustle about making food.