Mm. Well, I suppose I could understand either approach, but if he has a moonlight romance with someone, it's definitely not me. His embarrassing losses in Divine: the Reckoning are completely platonic.
[ "Embarrassing" in that it's one of the only games where her win rate is higher. Luck of the draw, baby. ]
Yeah, he's a really tough opponent. Plus he knows your heart and your strategies, so even if he couldn't see your hand, you'd be at a disadvantage. I can still surprise him, sometimes.
[ Case in point: this... surprise gift... but it's probably a surprise that she's that strong an opponent. It never comes up!! ]
No way, I couldn't stand the attention. If I never do another tournament for the rest of my life, it's still too many. Rua was always the one who wanted the spotlight.
I don't remember the ones from when I was really little very well, but I know I went to a few. They thought I was a prodigy. But then I was really ill all the time, too, so then I didn't have to do them anymore.
He was never good enough to qualify on his own, and even though he played games with me all the time, he was really slow at getting better. A little before I was imPorted, I was selected to participate in a really big tournament. I didn't want to do it, but Rua did. He wasn't invited, though, so he went in my place. He lost in the first round, of course, but it was really embarrassing.
[ So Ruka had been sick, even back then...? Coming here must have been terrifying. ]
I'm pretty sure it was more than just thinking you were a prodigy
But it was nice of you to let him go in your place. Even if he DID fail the first round. How young were you when you started doing them if you don't even remember them that well?
[ What was he doing when he was three? He doesn't know. He can't remember. Probably on account of the fact that he was three. ]
Okay scratch that you were definitely a prodigy [ Dang. How does he keep on making the smartest friends? ] You must have learned to play around the same time you learned to speak. What was the game? Does it exist here?
[ ...right. Don't push it. Got it. Sometimes it feels like if you're here for long enough like them, even the most innocuous seeming topics are like navigating a minefield. ]
Yeah. That sounds like the kind of thing he'd be into.
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Date: 2018-12-31 10:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-12-31 10:47 pm (UTC)Besides, it's the only other real gift holiday. Isn't it? And I don't think something like obligation chocolate would have much appeal.
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Date: 2019-01-04 01:48 am (UTC)Other winter holidays too I guess but I don't really know much about those
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Date: 2019-01-07 01:10 am (UTC)Why, are you worried?
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Date: 2019-01-11 02:34 am (UTC)I feel like that's the sort of thing someone should tell their best friend/partner
[ For his part, Khaji is yelling at Jaime for being an absolute idiot. Shh. Shhhhh. ]
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Date: 2019-01-12 07:14 pm (UTC)Mm. Well, I suppose I could understand either approach, but if he has a moonlight romance with someone, it's definitely not me. His embarrassing losses in Divine: the Reckoning are completely platonic.
[ "Embarrassing" in that it's one of the only games where her win rate is higher. Luck of the draw, baby. ]
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Date: 2019-01-13 08:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-13 09:17 am (UTC)[ Case in point: this... surprise gift... but it's probably a surprise that she's that strong an opponent. It never comes up!! ]
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Date: 2019-01-17 03:55 am (UTC)I knew you worked in the industry but I didn't know you're THAT good
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Date: 2019-01-17 05:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-21 09:54 pm (UTC)You could go pro with skills like that. Though I don't know if that's really your style
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Date: 2019-01-22 06:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-23 03:58 am (UTC)But that's why I said it wasn't your style. You like attention even less than I do. Did he persuade you to do it with him or something?
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Date: 2019-01-23 04:11 am (UTC)He was never good enough to qualify on his own, and even though he played games with me all the time, he was really slow at getting better. A little before I was imPorted, I was selected to participate in a really big tournament. I didn't want to do it, but Rua did. He wasn't invited, though, so he went in my place. He lost in the first round, of course, but it was really embarrassing.
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Date: 2019-01-27 05:23 am (UTC)I'm pretty sure it was more than just thinking you were a prodigy
But it was nice of you to let him go in your place. Even if he DID fail the first round. How young were you when you started doing them if you don't even remember them that well?
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Date: 2019-01-27 05:27 am (UTC)well
I stopped doing them when I was three.
The invitational one was a lot later.
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Date: 2019-01-27 08:46 am (UTC)[ What was he doing when he was three? He doesn't know. He can't remember. Probably on account of the fact that he was three. ]
Okay scratch that you were definitely a prodigy [ Dang. How does he keep on making the smartest friends? ] You must have learned to play around the same time you learned to speak. What was the game? Does it exist here?
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Date: 2019-01-27 05:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-31 03:06 am (UTC)If you like it that is
Sometimes people are good at things that they don't even particularly like
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Date: 2019-01-31 03:26 am (UTC)It's come up before, with Hiro.
It didn't pan out.
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Date: 2019-02-02 09:48 am (UTC)Yeah. That sounds like the kind of thing he'd be into.
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Date: 2019-02-14 09:19 pm (UTC)Anyway, competition-type games are a little tiresome to me, anyway. I'd rather just play with the people around me. It's more interesting that way.