[He takes a deep breath, shaking it off, and turns to flash William a smile. It's a little less convincing than usual . . . but he's not entirely faking it or anything. What's the point of dwelling on all that, anyway? It's not like he wants to talk about it or anything. How would he ever explain . . .
It's better like this, with William here to give him something else to think about instead of sifting through all that crap again. He does that plenty on his own.]
You ready? You've never used a console before, right? That's just like a video game in your house instead of the arcade.
Dude, you really gotta stop sayin' stuff like that to a guy who's totally treating you to pizza 'cuz he wanted to hang out . . .
[They're like one button-push confirmation away from starting their battle, but it's time to take a time out to complain about William's sore winning propensities first.]
he thinks. Sounds like it would either be hilarious to watch, or torture to be in the same room as. Well, right now, Leon's got to focus on not getting totally owned this first round, because how embarrassing would that be? He advances on William's character from the other side of the screen—better get one of those punches in soon.]
[Yep. He sure does. Leon doesn't gloat too much; he's pretty aware of his advantage right now, and savoring it while it lasts. It'd be overdoing it to act like he just totally got in an awesome hit.
But he does grin over at William. He can't help it.
Ow, hey! I totally let you have that one! Don't make me get serious on your first try!
[Please don't, that'd be embarrassing. But he can tell that time is fast approaching, and turns some of his attention back onto the screen to launch a counterattack.]
[Spoken like someone who just got a hit in, of course. He doesn't relent this time, since William was kind enough to ask him not to! and immediately moves in for another low sweep of his lady's lovely legs.]
But yeah, 'course it's trickier when this's your first time!
[Competition was inherently fun for him. Well losing not so much, but he wasn't a person to forgo a challenge. Even when it was something trivial like this.
And that wasn't fair to tripping him up like that. So William's going to take the moment his character gets up to do a running charge.]
It'd be no fun if you weren't any challenge, y'know? I had enough of that in my life, ha ha!
[Not that he likes losing, either. But baseball . . . well, okay, maybe he'd liked baseball some, like just a little, the teeniest tiniest bit, but it sure wasn't because it was "fun" to completely destroy every opponent the world could send his way.
. . . Mostly.
He tries to jump to dodge the charge, but he's half a second too late. WOMAN DOWN.]
Oh? You must have had it pretty easy up until you came up against me.
[Yeah the egotism is going a bit strong right now, though it's not meant maliciously.
That was a good opportunity and William's nails Leon's lady hard. He'd almost feel bad about it too, but he's going to go at this with a bit more relentless enthusiasm.]
[Aha! As soon as William's within reach, he makes the grab and connects, flinging the dude off across the screen in a shower of blood. It's not enough to entirely take him down, but that health bar just plummeted to close to nothing. HELL YEAAAAAAAH!]
Ha haaaa! Now who's desperate, huh?!
[He pumps a fist, rocking back against the couch with glee.]
[He's kind of shocked and not just because that happened. But because whatever just happened was really gross. But also looked really flashy.
And then he gets past that and is now annoyed.]
I am going to turn the tables around! Right now!
[He has one chance so he's going to work out a combo that he's sure has a low chance of being dodged. But it's a long shot. So William's just going to rush in and risk it all on potential death run.]
[SORRY DUDE. Leon almost panics at that sheer display of balls, but Ninja Fan Girl has a medium-range attack with her Ninja Fans, and he throws one once William is within range but before he can connect, taking him out.
Thank god, that might have been really embarrassing.
He doesn't get the badass gory special ending, though.]
Ha haaa! Gotcha! Man, that was cool! You totally catch on quick!
Hell yeah, that was just number one! Don't think I'm gonna let you get away yet! I dunno about redeem yourself, though . . .
[He laughs, all bright smiles, and then the doorbell rings. Whoops. Pizza has good timing. (Maybe CERES is watching them and deliberately waited until they didn't have to pause the game? Don't think about that . . . )
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[He takes a deep breath, shaking it off, and turns to flash William a smile. It's a little less convincing than usual . . . but he's not entirely faking it or anything. What's the point of dwelling on all that, anyway? It's not like he wants to talk about it or anything. How would he ever explain . . .
It's better like this, with William here to give him something else to think about instead of sifting through all that crap again. He does that plenty on his own.]
You ready? You've never used a console before, right? That's just like a video game in your house instead of the arcade.
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[Yeah continuing on to the next topic in full was definitely a good idea.]
But it does seem to be too different otherwise. I mean, I will still win in the end.
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[They're like one button-push confirmation away from starting their battle, but it's time to take a time out to complain about William's sore winning propensities first.]
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[He does actually. And well yes, he will tone it down.]
But fine, I will try not brag too much.
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[He eases off, leaning to bump up against William's shoulder, companionable. Good answer.]
Thanks for comin' over! . . . For me to kick your ass!
[Can't get too touching now, can we?]
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["Because it will be so much more satisfying to beat you then." But he did promise to chill a little.]
But we should get started. It will take a bit to get used to this one.
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[He says, and presses his button to confirm.
Of course, William needs to press his too, so it's not as cool and dramatic a moment as Leon was hoping for.]
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[Since human beings were inherently imperfect, he was admitting to nothing.
But he's presses his button and wow this is a lot more nitty gritty.
But he's going to try a few punches and kicks first just to get a feel for the game.]
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he thinks. Sounds like it would either be hilarious to watch, or torture to be in the same room as. Well, right now, Leon's got to focus on not getting totally owned this first round, because how embarrassing would that be? He advances on William's character from the other side of the screen—better get one of those punches in soon.]
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Wow blocking is terrible in this. So terrible. He's probably gonna get punched.]
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But he does grin over at William. He can't help it.
(That leaves him open, too.)]
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Like right now, where William manages to land a really good kick. He's beginning to get the hang of this, though he still has a way to go.
so he's going to resist the urge to get smug for a bit.]
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[Please don't, that'd be embarrassing. But he can tell that time is fast approaching, and turns some of his attention back onto the screen to launch a counterattack.]
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[No please take him lightly. It makes it easier to win.
He isn't able to block the counterattack fast enough. It doesn't connect entirely, but it still does more damage then William would like.
He needs to rally and quickly.]
This is trickier though.
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[Spoken like someone who just got a hit in, of course. He doesn't relent this time, since William was kind enough to ask him not to! and immediately moves in for another low sweep of his lady's lovely legs.]
But yeah, 'course it's trickier when this's your first time!
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[Competition was inherently fun for him. Well losing not so much, but he wasn't a person to forgo a challenge. Even when it was something trivial like this.
And that wasn't fair to tripping him up like that. So William's going to take the moment his character gets up to do a running charge.]
Fortunately I am a fast learner!
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[Not that he likes losing, either. But baseball . . . well, okay, maybe he'd liked baseball some, like just a little, the teeniest tiniest bit, but it sure wasn't because it was "fun" to completely destroy every opponent the world could send his way.
. . . Mostly.
He tries to jump to dodge the charge, but he's half a second too late. WOMAN DOWN.]
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[Yeah the egotism is going a bit strong right now, though it's not meant maliciously.
That was a good opportunity and William's nails Leon's lady hard. He'd almost feel bad about it too, but he's going to go at this with a bit more relentless enthusiasm.]
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[Dammit, he needs to concentrate! Stupid prodigy William! It's time to get serious. It's time to bust out . . . a special move.
Well, first he's got to get close enough to William's character, though. That's the downside of the Special Move.]
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He's aiming to finish this now.]
Don't sound so desperate.
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Ha haaaa! Now who's desperate, huh?!
[He pumps a fist, rocking back against the couch with glee.]
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And then he gets past that and is now annoyed.]
I am going to turn the tables around! Right now!
[He has one chance so he's going to work out a combo that he's sure has a low chance of being dodged. But it's a long shot. So William's just going to rush in and risk it all on potential death run.]
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Thank god, that might have been really embarrassing.
He doesn't get the badass gory special ending, though.]
Ha haaa! Gotcha! Man, that was cool! You totally catch on quick!
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[But he's staring at the game over screen now, annoyed and mentally going over all of his mistakes.]
I am going to redeem myself.
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[He laughs, all bright smiles, and then the doorbell rings. Whoops. Pizza has good timing. (Maybe CERES is watching them and deliberately waited until they didn't have to pause the game? Don't think about that . . . )
He hauls himself off the couch to go grab it.]
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