Vidya Dazzles

>"Ok Anon, we're gonna play Gears of Halo 2: Call of the Electric Battlefield Boogaloo. Since you're our guest, we'll let you pick who you want on your team, the other two will be on the opposite team."
>Unthinking Ultramarine waves the game case in front of you, as if you wouldn't believe her what game you were playing.
>"And just to add a bit of spice to the game, the losing team has to cook dinner and clean up afterwards."
>Of course Cheese Puff would want to make some kind of bet out of it.
>Always looking to gain some kind of edge, no matter how trivial.
>But you, and apparently the other two, accept the arrangement.
>Cooking sucks.
>""Deal""
>With that settled you go about thinking who you want on your team.
>You play games during your free time.
>Which is to say anytime you're not at school.
>You could probably beat all three of them alone.
>But it's just a friendly game with a friendly wager.
>For now.
>'Friendly' games don't stay 'friendly' very long.
>You miss the friends you had before Mario Party existed.
>Good riddance to those sons of bitches.
>Enough about that.
>Gotta pick the best of the three.
>You doubt any of them can cook worth a damn, but just watching them cook for you will be worth it.
>So the question is,
>Who to pick?

>Adagio doesn't seem like the type who plays games, so she's probably terrible.
>You could see Aria playing them.
>Probably gets off on the anger.
>Sonata seems like a total casual, better than Adagio, but worse than Aria.
>So its decided.
"I choose Aria."
>"Awww, I wanted to play with NonNon."
>Bumbling Blueberry whines.
>She looks a bit dowhearted that you didn't pick her.
>Breaks your heart.
>It should be a crime for anyone to be that adorable.
>Almost makes you wish you chose her to see what her reaction would've been.
>"FUCK!"
>What?
"What?"
>"Maybe I should save myself the frustration and just start cooking now."
>Maybe you chose poorly.
>Is one, or both, of the others really that good?
>It's probably Adagio.
>She is awfully tricky.
>There's a good bit she doesn't tell you about herself.
>'Girl has to have some mystery, don't you think?'
"Is Adagio that good?"
>"Adagio? *pfft* Adagio couldn't play her way out of a game of 52 card pickup."
>"Hmph, some of us actually have better things to do than sit around playing games, Aria."
>"Yeah, whatever."
>The game hasn't even been turned on and already people are miserable.
>Sounds about right.
>But Sonata good at games?
>Maybe the other two just don't play and she's only 'good' by comparison from what they know.
>"Come on girls, it's Anon's first night here! Let's just have some fun!"
>Azure Airhead does her best to try and lift everyone's mood, but it is clearly not working.

>"I-if me playing makes it unfun, I'll just sit out then, and you can have fun together."
>Sonata looks like she's on the verge of tears.
>No, she is actually crying.
>You can feel your heart breaking as she sniffles, wiping the tears from her eyes.
>Gotta try and salvage the situation before she unwittingly kills you.
"I-it'll be fine! Right girls? We'll just play and have fun together, it'll be great!"
>Aria, in typical Pomegranate Pout form, crosses her arms and scoffs.
>"Yeah, sure. But you're doing most of the work Anon."
"Already giving up Aria? I thought you were better than that?"
>You goad her on, trying to get a rise out of her.
>Instead she looks at you with a dead expression.
>Eyes that have already resigned themselve to an inescapable fate.
>"You ever play a game with Sonata?"
"No."
>"Then shutup till it's over."
>Is she really that good?
>No offense to Sonata, but you can't imagine her being so good at a game that other people quit before it's even started.
>While all this drama was happening Adagio went ahead and started the game up.
>If Aria's face expressed her belief that she was gonna lose with certainty,
>Adagio wore the opposite.
>A victorious smug adorned her face.
>That smug grin really suited her, but damn could it be obnoxious sometimes.
>"Well girls, now that we've all settled down, no point putting off the inevitable, is there?"
>Everyone takes their controller, and the game starts.
>Not five minutes in, you see what Aria meant.
>Adagio decided to go read a book the second the game started.
>Two versus one didn't sound fair, but then you encountered Sonata.
>Literally jumping up and down, spinning in circles.
>The moment you entered her field of view, she puts one in your skull.
>From across the map.
>She never stopped spinning.
>She smiles and laughs with a big goofy grin on her face.
>Ok, so maybe she's got some skill.
>This happens several more times to both you and Aria.

>Eventually Sonata just starts hopping and spinning around the map.
>Attempts to catch her off guard have failed as she shoots you anytime you approach, or she suddenly pops into view and instantly puts you down.
>You wanted to try and be 'fair' and not team up against her, but clearly that was a mistake.
>So you and Aria try to flank her, both of you emerging from close range at the same time.
>It would seem a half instant isn't close enough as Aria pops out of her cover a little faster than you, and is rewared with one through the eye as you ready to blow your load in her ass.
>...Not in that way.
>At least that's what would have happened if her spinning didn't continue as whe swapped to her sidearm and put three in you.
>This is fucking stupid.
>She's gotta be cheating, but after the waterworks earlier you don't wanna upset her.
>She looks like she's having so much fun.
>Not like a griefer has fun, but someone just having a nice game with friends.
>Finally the game ends, with Sonata the undefeated and undisputed victor.
>"Yay, wasn't that fun guys?"
>No, it was the most frustrating game you ever had.
>You understand why Aria didn't want to play.

>Speak of the Devil
>"Yeah, it was a real blast, woohoo. I'm gonna go get started on dinner"
>Mad Mauve circles her finger in the air in faux celebration, enough sarcasm dripping from her voice to fill an ocean.
>Of course it flies right over Sonata's head.
>But
>Sonata looks happy, so you'll suck it up this time
>She usually gets the short end of the stick, being the naive airhead that she is, so you don't begrudge her her victory.
>Every dog has his day.
"Yeah, it sure was. We should play something else sometime, though preferably something more along the line of co-op?"
>"Sure thing NonNon! And I know a great game we can play to work together and strengthen our friendship!"
"Oh, what game is that?"
> "League of legends"
> Truly the real test of the strength of your friendship was about to begin.