I play to win!

Sombra crosses her arms loosely, clicking her tongue in an expression of mock sympathy as she makes her presence apparent. ❝ Ay, pobrecita! Did your little game go away? So sorry. ❞ She isn’t, at all and her lips lift to form a satisfied grin. A good reaction, something she wanted and it was laid out right before her in a predictable manner.

❝ And who is going to kill me? You? ❞ She leans back a bit, feigning as though she’s looking around for something.  ❝ You know, it’s funny. Seems like you’re alone, huh? ❞

❝ Seems like…you could use a friend. So I’d think twice before you take me on just yet, amiga. ❞

“You’re so not sorry!” She retorted, scoffing at the smug look upon the older woman’s face. She glanced down at the 3DS then sighed a little under her breath as she set it aside; that was annoying but it wasn’t like she couldn’t win again. 

      « ☀️ » : god, this world just didn’t make any sense to him! “how is this meant to be a place of fun and enjoyment when i am meant to work for something i want?! is this not basically a job!?” as he speaks, he waggles around the few tickets he managed to scrape up. he mainly just got angry at all the games because he had no clue how any of them worked. aah, gotta love princes’ from the 1890′s. “can i not just use my money!?”

“Don’t you want that feeling of accomplishment?” She questioned, leaning against the counter and blowing a small bubble from her pink bubblegum as she watched him wave his tickets like that would convince her. “Don’t you want to feel proud that you’ve earned something?”

- [ ✖ ] — Drifting down the hallway ( silent — no footsteps or swishing clothing ) as shadows clung to the walls. Pity this place was so bright. Greater pity he was here in the first place.

He was in no rush.

The turn down his hall quickly appearing as another headache. Frown hidden as eyes locked onto the young brunet — standing much to close to his own room. Wonderful.

❝  You say that as if I chose this. Perhaps you need a moment to wrap your mind around the whole sheep kidnapping thing. I heard that sometimes kids need to be given a few attempts when learning something new.  ❞

The mild annoyance present upon his visage was replaced very quickly by offence and anger at his comments. “Who are you calling a kid?!” She snapped, huffing in retaliation. Why did everyone say that? Nineteen years old was not a kid.

“The sheep kidnapping thing isn’t nearly as bad as living next to you.” Sure, being kidnapped by sheep was a strange concept to grasp but at least this city seemed peaceful, or what she had seen of it so far. As far as she knew, the sheep didn’t seem that bad. Her neighbour, however… that was going to cause some problems.

his first evening out on the town, and he chose to spend it within the arcade. for how could he resist to indulge in such nostalgia? the sight brought him back to hanamura. a time in his youth, as a more carefree and optimistic boy, would the young shimada spend hours in the arcade hiding from his responsibilities. he remembered all too well that more than half the cabinets in there had his name scrawled along the high score placement. first place, of course. genji could not help but wonder if anyone has since then beaten his records.

though it is not like he will be finding out any time soon. 

with a plastic cup full of tokens the cyborg aimlessly wandered, searching for a game to play. perhaps a survival game of some sort. or maybe more of a time-waster– pinball was a guilty pleasure of his. though indecisiveness would soon be interrupted by a clamoring sound. 

a crowd of people had gathered around one particular cabinet. mortal kombat it read, a group of boys hooting and hollering as one defeated looking individual slumped aside. out of curiosity did the ninja crane his neck a bit to see above the crowd, eyes widening for a moment to see just who had been causing all the commotion. 

all it took was a player one wins! screen and a determined young woman for everything in his mind to click. 

small world, was it not?

“not bad, but not the best either.” he was only teasing of course. pushing his way through the small gathering did the man settle beside her, setting his cup on the ground near his feet. genji grinned to himself while placing two tokens within the player two slot. fingers gripped the joystick with ease, his free hand resting on the buttons to the right of him.

“allow me to show you who reigns supreme, hana.”

@mekaist

Despite working on the arcade, nothing would ever deter her from spending much of her free time there. It had become her second home and very quickly she had become notorious for mercilessly crushing her opponents on every time of game the arcade had to offer, much like she did online.

Her challengers were anyone and everyone who accepted and destroying the boys at mortal kombat was nothing new. She enjoyed the game, she enjoyed taunting her opponent the entire time, telling them to “nerf this” when she finished them off and once again added yet another victory to her string of successes.

The small crowd gathering around them was also nothing new; her enthusiastic yet brutal attitude toward gaming had become a source of entertainment for the rest of the customers. “Who’s next?” She would ask the crowd, a smug smirk upon her lips as she’d glance over the crowd. “I don’t think this guy was even trying!”

However all it took was for a familiar voice to address her, dark eyes settling upon last person she ever expected to see her. “Genji?!” Her face broke out into a happy, yet somewhat relieved smile however she couldn’t help but scoff at his challenge.

Hana picked up her pace, raising a hand in an enthusiastic wave. Oh thank god he looked normal. “You must be my other neighbour!” She observed cheerfully. “I’m D.Va, I’m in 818. Have you been here long?”

So, when her break finally came around she hurried to the nearest shooter and picked up one of the plastic pistols and huffed when the game required another player. Glancing around quickly, she caught the attention of the first person she saw, regardless of what he was doing in the meantime.

“Hey!” She called, beckoning him over with a frantic wave of her hand. “I need another player. You in?”

Oh great, as if her day wasn’t bad enough already. First, she wound up in this weird place with no idea how she ended up here in the first place. Second, her mech was nowhere to be found and she didn’t even know where to start looking and now… she apparently had to live next to him.

A familiar face was a familiar face, after all and even though the tiniest part of her felt somewhat relieved to see someone she recognised… she’d much rather it be someone else.

“What are you doing here?” She demanded, arms crossing over her chest as she confronted her new neighbour. Can she move out now? This was not her idea of a good time.

“Looks like you got a lot of work to do. Better get to it. And no cheating! I hate cheaters, ugh…”