The Game

[SplendaWeReGoingDown]

"Ah huh."


"Yup."


"Hm? Nah.." Charlie absentmindedly murmured into the phone, only half paying attention to her mother on the other end. The rest of her attention was focused on her new game, Crystal Kingdom. Her thumbs moved against the analogue stick, grimacing at default controller settings. She would surely have to go change that when she was done with these goddamn tutorials.


Charlie, are you even liste --


"I'm listening!" she huffed, sending a few stray hairs flying upwards with the exhale of breath. She heard her mom sigh on the other line and Charlie had the decency to mumble an apology in response. "Don't worry, mom. I set up the payment plans for this semester," she said, tilting her head to cradle the phone as she interacted with the first NPC's. "And my financial aid cleared too. So don't worry so much okay?"


She could practically feel her mom fretting from over here. After a few beats of silence on the other end, the only sound being that of the rain outside her window, her mother spoke up once more, lecturing her to call if anything changes. "You know it. Love you." And with that, she hung up the phone with a fond roll of her eyes before turning her attention fully to her new game.


Charlie had pre-ordered the game months ago and had eagerly awaited for it to come out. So far, she was impressed but she wasn't yet far enough in the game to enjoy the perks but patience she reminded herself as the designated NPC explained the art of button pressing.


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Finally, after a good two hours, the story finally began picking up and she began meeting the companions. It would have taken less time, but the power flickered for a moment earlier due to the thunderstorm currently raging outside. Lightning flashed behind her which she studiously ignored, instead focusing on the current dialogue. Her protagonist, appropriately named Craphole, was currently speaking to a villager about to embark on a mission.


As the villager walked away, her character was approached by a familiar looking man.


"Well, hello there," she said to the tv, waggling her eyebrows suggestively although there was no one to see. She was quite familiar with his character, his face was on most of the promotional artwork that was released for the game and she was almost certain he would have his own DLC later on.


Thunder roared loudly outside, the wind howling, but Charlie was too engrossed in the game to pay attention. They were in the thick of battle and she was focused on the battle. However, before she could even press X, a large bolt of lightning struck outside, plunging the room into darkness. A crack of thunder made startled her, flinging her glasses somewhere onto the floor and left her ears ringing.


"Fuck me," Charlie groaned, as she fumbled about her apartment, trying to find the breaker box and not break her glasses in the mean time.

 

[FungKu]

"Raise your swords men, today we fight for the safety of our town!" Daniel roared a battle cry as hundreds of men behind him roared in return to show Daniel that his battle cry has worked on them. He sheathed his sword from his and with his right arm and pointed it at the enemy in front of him to show his comrades who we are fighting. Knowing that some of them will die from the battle, Daniel really hoped that everyone would live through this and go back home to their family.


" I am honored to be able to fight along side you M'lord! " one of his generals shouted as Daniel felt his heart dropped and he looked behind him to give all his soldier his warm smile. " I am honored as well, Vlad" he replied to the mans compliments and turned around. He stood straight from his spot with his sword on his side as he dug the sword to the ground by it's point making his right hand free from anything else. He then proceeded to form his right hand into a fist and slam his it twice on his chest just right on the spot of his heart on his breastplate before steadily placing his fist there.


In front of him, the soldiers followed his motion and in unison as Daniel nodded. He then proceeded to pick up his sword and turned back to his enemies once again. The enemies in front of him were composed of Goblins, Ogres, Orcs, Kobolds, and other inhuman creatures. But the one leading them all, a witch in dark robes with a golden tiara. Her violet hair made her stand out from the crowds, and her sharp piercing eyes looked as if she could kill someone with only just a stare. Unlike any other witches he had fought, this one was young, beautiful and yet all so deadly. She had destroyed over 10 villages by now and no one stopped her. And Daniel decided to stop her for Schell's sake. For the sake of his town and it's people, Daniel would kill the witch.


"Charge!" Daniel roared once more to order his man to attack the enemies as he lead them by running towards the enemies with his sword ready. The witch merely raised her hand towards Daniel and his men and the creatures screamed and roared as they ran towards them as well. This one was going to be one hell of a clashing of blades and pride.


Daniel parried the goblins fierce strike with his sword and followed it with a quick left hook on to it's face, after punching he quickly recovered from the stance and took a swing on the goblin slicing it's hands off as it screamed in pain and Daniel moved on to the other one. On the battlefield he could hear his soldiers screaming in pain, but he tries his best to focus on the enemy in front of him. An Ogre took a swing at him with it's club but Daniel evaded it, he knew that the ogre's strength are much more stronger than a man's so he could not parry with is own sword with out breaking a bone or two. He evaded the attack by moving away from it's reach and than jumping forward with his blade stabbing the ogre to the neck as it choked in its' own blood and dropped. Daniel pulled his blade from the flesh and before he could realize.


A quick bolt of lightning had struck him. Daniel was pushed back, the lightning has pierced through his armor and through him. He fell on the ground on his back as the pain ran all over his body. Daniel tried to stand back up but his muscles wouldn't react to his movements. With all his might he tried to look around to fight that the witch had struck him. And it seemed like she had come to finish him off. Her hand was swerving with electricity and she smiled before she struck Daniel with it and everything went black.


Daniel wasn't sure if he was dead or not, but what he knows is he had failed his men. He could cry if it wasn't for his pride stopping him from doing so. But, the thing is, Daniel was not actually dead. Everything around him was just dark and he stood in place trying to realize where he was. " I-Is.. anyone there?" he called out in the darkness as he heard someone said, "Fuck me". Daniel blushed for awhile hearing those words as he cleared his throat, "H-hello?" he called out once more.

 

[SplendaWeReGoingDown]

(If you're still up for this just let me know! If not I don't blame you, it's 100% my fault)


The room was plunged utterly into darkness with the occasional flash of lightning illuminating the silhouettes of her furniture. Charlie fumbled about for her phone on the kitchen counter, recalling she left it there somewhere. Her hand slid along the smooth counter top until she could feel the distinct form of her smartphone -- the weight of it familiar in her hand considering she was always on it. Unlocking the screen, she turned the flashlight on and aimed it at the floor to prevent her from tripping on any of the myriad of objects that littered her apartment.


The sound of an unexpected voice made her jump a mile high and let out a yelp. Her hand scrambled nearby to grab whatever she could to defend herself and unfortunately was only able to grab a bottle of Windex. A distant part of her brain absently wondered why she even had cleaning products when her apartment was in such a constant state of disarray. The main part of her mind, however, was focused on the man who was in her fucking apartment.


Holding up the Windex, Charlie aimed the light at the source of the voice. She couldn't tell much from where she stood other than -- "Holy shit, are you holding a sword? Did you break into my house with a fucking sword?!" Her voice came out an octave higher than she intended it to be in her panic and she felt frozen to the spot. "Who the fuck are you and why are you in my house?!" She yelled at the man, at least she was able to tell that much.


Good god, she thought, mind running a mile a minute in this standoff with the man in front of her. The power isn't out for even a full minute and crackheads are already trying to ransack my apartment. Hesitantly, her thumb ran across the screen of her phone, typing the dial for 9-1-1 while keeping the flashlight steadily trained on the man before her. Her eyes went between her screen and the intruder, wary of any sudden movements from the man.


"Don't you fucking move," she warned. "I'm calling the police right now so you better get out of here." It was a bluff, and she desperately hoped the man didn't call her out on it. Whatever had knocked out the power, had apparently knocked out her cell service too. This is what I get for getting Verizon.

 

[FungKu]

[Wut happened xD ?]


Daniel raised an eyebrow at what seemed to be a light coming from some source of strange magical device. He was confused about the weird looking lady as well and as to where he was. In reality, all he remembered was that he was in a middle of a war against inhuman creatures. She was even surprised that he was holding a sword, not everyone would be surprised at that fact. He was a bit confused as to what was going. Daniel tried looking around but all he saw was mostly darkness, he felt his heart beating. One minute ago he was on the battlefield with roars and now he is on a dark and quiet place and some strange woman frantic about something.


Coughing a bit due to the confusion he heard the woman say something about contacting the police. He was not sure what she meant by 'contacting the police'. Was she gonna call someone, a man or a woman whose name is Police ? He was confused as to why a commoner like her would be hostile towards a noble like him since he had never done something wrong in his life and the people back in his town love him. Shaking her head and shrugging his shoulders from the confusion once more he decided to walk closer to the source of the light that he woman has, he was now suspicious about who she was and how she can make light without using any torches. And If there were any ways to do it, it would be by magic or witchcraft.


Seizing her by the hand on which was holding the 'thing' . He pulled the woman closer towards him a with a glare since he was very suspicious about her. He stared onto her eyes and finally started to speak, " You there, how are you illuminating light on this.. thing ? " he asks her as he raised her hand showing the 'thing' . Daniel then continues at his suspicions, " Are you some sort of a witch ?! If not, then how are you making light without any fire ? Surely you must be using some sort of magic ! " he asks her once again as he gripped the sword on his other hand tighter. If she would give him the wrong answer, he would strike his blade towards the lady without any hesitation since he does not show any mercy towards witches and witchcraft.