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[purrsistence]

who are you calling a nerd, you nerd?!

[overrate]

don't get distracted
eye on the prize

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Last one there has to be player 2!

[overrate]

wow.
there's no advantage to being player 1, you know.
anyway i'm almost there

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IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF THE MATTER

[overrate]

lmfao
don't make it so easy to mess with you

[purrsistence]

i'll mess with your FACE in a minute if you're not careful

[overrate]

hey guess what
i'm right outside the door

[purrsistence]

[ DEATH FROM ABOVE!!!!!



Which is to say, as soon as he sends that, there's a fluffy of fur pouncing down on him from up high ]

[overrate]

[ it's too bad he doesn't have a spider sense-- but when she pounces him, he definitely slams into the door for a moment.

he kind of deserved getting his head thunked-- ]

Jesus Christ--

[purrsistence]

You snooze you lose!

[ She cackles, and bounds away into the arcade to find the machine ]

[overrate]

Ow.

[ he rubs his forehead lightly-- and then well fine. guess he'll be player 2.

it's not like he plays video games enough to care about player 1 vs. player 2.

it's fine.

okay? ]

Same game?

[purrsistence]

Duh. What's the point of practicing all those nutso combos otherwise?

[overrate]

You memorized 'em all? Seriously?

[purrsistence]

It's actually a really good hand-eye co-ordination exercise!

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Oh, yeah, sure.

I've heard that one before.

[ it makes him miss gar, actually. Kinda sucks when the only one around is, well. Dick.

and all these alternate universe people. ]

I'm gonna beat you with button mashing.

[purrsistence]

Bring it. This time, I'm ready.

[overrate]

[ HOWEVER PAYING WORKS AT FUTURE ARCADES, that's how he's doing it. time to get ready to see if her massive preparation's worked vs. his button mashing.

after all, he's played Gar multiple times.

he's confident. ]

Get ready to eat shit.

[purrsistence]

[ Catra's reflexes are fast, but memorizing combos is hard, so she only successfully pulls them off about half of the time-- leaving her wide open frequently when she fails, but when she succeeds, dishing out devastating damage.

They're 1-1 as they go into the third fight, when Catra says-- ]

Loser has to buy lunch.

[overrate]

You're on.

[ she's no Gar. He can tell-- even if she sometimes executes the combos right, if he uses annoying button mashing tricks, it's pretty easy to knock her down to half health before she can recover.

so.

you know.

he's feeling pretty good about his rough around the edges strategy here. ]

[purrsistence]

[ They're neck and neck as the timer counts down, and as they near the finish and it looks like Catra's probably going to lose, she gasps suddenly, exclaiming-- ]

Whoa, what's that?!

[ She puts a little bit of her power into it too, the smallest mental nudge to pay attention to that thing over there, away from the screen! You want to look at it, right? ]

[overrate]

What?

[ look. he's trying to focus, but also. if she's nudging him to look, he's definitely... definitely... gonna glance that way. ]

Are you fu--

[ he realizes what she was doing almost as soon as he glances, but by then it's too late. ]

[purrsistence]

[ Catra lets out the most gremlin-level cackle of joy you've ever heard ]

Hahaha! Oh boy, I can't believe you actually fell for that one! You should've seen your face!

[overrate]

[ he lets out the most exasperated sigh. He shouldn't have looked. and now he's behind. ]

You're fucking lucky. That shouldn't even count.

[purrsistence]

[ She's like, still chuckling. This might be the happiest you've ever seen her. ]

Ahhh. That's the good stuff.