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[nonacquiescent]

Characters: Waver Velvet nonacquiescent  and open
Setting: The media room (floor 14) December 31st-January 1st and the halls/room 1-16 on January 1st
Format: Starting action but I can match if you want some intense video gaming prose
Summary: It's not like Waver likes video games or anything. Don't get the wrong idea.
Warnings: Proobably nothing

Floor 14, December 31st

[Waver headed down to the media room in the afternoon, planning to pick out a video game to play for a few hours, just until dark, so he could get back to his room without running into any monsters. Of course, he quickly gets caught up in it and forgets to look at the time.  He had an important campaign going, so he couldn't just stop in the middle of it!  By the time he realises it, it's already well over the time he had to leave in order to avoid the monsters.  ...So there's nothing wrong with playing for a little while longer, it makes no difference by now. It's better than going to sit in his room.

He probably needs to stop playing games of conquest, though. He doesn't want to be caught at all, but it will look especially bad if he's seen with that kind of game. After a little while he slinks off to look at the other games. Maybe an RPG, or an FPS...he hates that he's coming to learn these terms, but, there's really nothing else to do in the tower, so...!! As long as no one finds out, he's good.

Oh yeah, he's still wearing that Christmas sweater he got. There's a teddybear on it.]

Floor 14, January 1st

[Eventually he falls asleep, controller in hand, and within a few minutes, in big red letters, 'GAME OVER' flashes on the screen. He'll be upset once he realises, possibly more as someone sleeping outside their room is a pretty easy target for all kinds of pranks and such...]

Halls or room 1-16, January 1st

[Once he does wake up and realise he's been in the media room all night, Waver quickly hurries back to his own room, desperately hoping he doesn't run into anyone he knows and have to explain himself, since it's pretty early for him to be up for the day already.  And once he gets back to his room, it's a quick dash into bed. You'd think he was doing something illegal with all that desperation for secrecy.]

Comments

[nonacquiescent]

And this one was supposed to be such an improvement on the system, too...

[Oh, wait, did he just say that out loud? He certainly hadn't looked into the rest of the series back at home or anything...!!]

[puppy_lancer]

[He doesn't see anything wrong with Waver knowing about video games or enjoying them. After all, he doesn't know about the boy's reputation or goals.]

There's more than one game in this series? Any that let you use combat by champion to determine a battle?

[nonacquiescent]

You can unlock that feature later in the game, once you have any champions to speak of. ...Is that how it was for you?

[puppy_lancer]

Sometimes. It saved a lot of lives and was more fun than the other type of war.

[nonacquiescent]

That's assuming you're the one chosen as the champion, right?

[puppy_lancer]

With my power? I always was.

[nonacquiescent]

So it way fun for you, but not the others.

...Not that war should be fun for anyone at all.

[puppy_lancer]

Everyone I fought knew what they were getting into. Some of them probably had fun.

[Though at least one of them told him to grow some facial hair before coming back.]

And hey, it kept entire armies from slaughtering each other or making havoc on the countryside.

[nonacquiescent]

See, that's what there shouldn't have been a need to prevent in the first place. It's all because of these people who are too obsessed with physical strength!

[puppy_lancer]

Then what would you suggest?

[nonacquiescent]

Obviously once it started, it's pretty much impossible to stop, but if every country wasn't relying on a giant army built up on physical strength... Deciding with champions is better than full wars, but obviously the best would be using brains over brawn.

[puppy_lancer]

You'd think the leaders would know to talk it over better, right?

[But in the end, in his opinion, there were things that could only be fought out and not talked over at a table.]

[nonacquiescent]

Something like that, anyway. I don't know why the world as a whole puts so much weight on strength. It can make others afraid of you, sure. But is that really how they want to do things?

[puppy_lancer]

It gets things done fast. And it lets you do some great things. Besides, if we all sat on our asses, it would be a boring world.

[nonacquiescent]

What kind of 'great things'?

[puppy_lancer]

Where do you think a hero's legend comes from, kid?

[nonacquiescent]

'Great things'. That doesn't always mean war.

[puppy_lancer]

No, but it often means battles. Or, you know, heavy lifting to build something. Mental prowess is great and gets you remembered, but not always a hero.