Depression as the Boring Part of Janga

The boring part of janga, if you were wondering, is the part right after someone pulls out the piece that makes all the others fall.  Not the big pop, when the tower collapses and everyone’s shocked and excited and shouting.  The moment after that, once the blocks have dropped and scattered, all their tension removed.  (Inert, flat.)  After the noise dies down.

The blocks lay there, that is depression.  (Inert, flat.)  

At this point you can walk away from the blocks, they can lay there for a while, who knows how long.  

Eventually you have to rebuild another tower if you want to play again.  It’s scary to try to build another tower because it’s hard to tell if it will be structurally sound enough to get fully rebuilt, or if it’ll crash before the game begins again.  It’s hard to know how solid the foundation is.  If the blocks fall in the middle of rebuilding, they might lay there for a while again.  Who knows how long.

Eventually you have to rebuild another tower if you want to play again.  Maybe this time you’ll get the whole thing built, right?  Depression is not the fun part of janga, when blocks are removed but the thing stays upright.  Quivering, maybe, but solid enough to stand.  Leading up to the next fall, tho.