[ 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.
[ 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-- ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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? ]
For that performance-- I'm buying the shittiest lunch possible.
[ it's his petty revenge, even if he still looks disgruntled and annoyed. but also, this is weirdly normal so he isn't totally put off. not yet, anyway. ]
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Date: 2020-04-14 06:13 pm (UTC)he kind of deserved getting his head thunked-- ]
Jesus Christ--
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Date: 2020-04-14 06:20 pm (UTC)[ She cackles, and bounds away into the arcade to find the machine ]
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Date: 2020-04-14 06:22 pm (UTC)[ 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?
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Date: 2020-04-14 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2020-04-14 06:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-15 12:28 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2020-04-15 04:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-16 02:18 am (UTC)after all, he's played Gar multiple times.
he's confident. ]
Get ready to eat shit.
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Date: 2020-04-20 06:51 am (UTC)They're 1-1 as they go into the third fight, when Catra says-- ]
Loser has to buy lunch.
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Date: 2020-04-20 04:28 pm (UTC)[ 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. ]
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Date: 2020-04-20 04:37 pm (UTC)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? ]
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Date: 2020-04-20 04:47 pm (UTC)[ 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. ]
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Date: 2020-04-20 04:50 pm (UTC)Hahaha! Oh boy, I can't believe you actually fell for that one! You should've seen your face!
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Date: 2020-04-20 04:53 pm (UTC)You're fucking lucky. That shouldn't even count.
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Date: 2020-04-20 04:58 pm (UTC)Ahhh. That's the good stuff.
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Date: 2020-04-20 05:06 pm (UTC)[ it's his petty revenge, even if he still looks disgruntled and annoyed. but also, this is weirdly normal so he isn't totally put off. not yet, anyway. ]
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Date: 2020-04-20 05:09 pm (UTC)You could never buy anything shittier than the endless parade of grey ration bars I'm used to. But I appreciate your commitment to the cause.
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Date: 2020-04-20 05:38 pm (UTC)You can find some surprisingly shitty options, if you know where to look.
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Date: 2020-04-20 05:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-20 05:57 pm (UTC)That mean you're scared of me actually trying?
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Date: 2020-04-20 06:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-21 03:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-21 03:43 pm (UTC)Yeah, sure. All right then, weirdo. Lead on.
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Date: 2020-04-21 03:45 pm (UTC)he pushes back from the game, and turns towards the exit. ]
Got a walk ahead of us, then.
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