“Ah, man, this guy’s more exhausting than I thought.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczIWfgZMVJ
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about gaming?464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPtvvyzg1K
Do you picture a bunch of over-eccentric boys kept silent by the audio of their headphones? 464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCmB0l165U
Do you imagine a whole new world of exaggerated color schemes and characters with various hair colors?464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVfRyFoZol
Do you think of racing, fighting, shooting, skating, gambling?464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDqsZZqToS
Do you live off of gaming? Or is it just one of those things that you’ll never understand the hype about?464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnL6PGrsV0
I live for it. Every breath I take behind my screen is new power flowing to my avatar. Every level I unlock is a whole new galaxy that I must swim through. Every character I take down, every creature I pulverize, every road I wander, every weapon I hold, every item I gain, every game I win. I live for it.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcKEGV8poo
“Fuji. Come down for lunch before I call out your entire name.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKAlElw1vn
“Oh. This is bad. This is bad, bad.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWg6FGgfrM
But man, I’m on the last level of RawSK8.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ010Pr9y4vD
“Fuji Nak-”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qPG9IIP0V
"I’M COMING!!"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAypweYCIeI
I rip off my ultra-bass headphones while gently placing them on my grazed desk. I abruptly swirl around 180 degrees in my swivel and violently jump onto the floor with my pale bare feet. It’s so cold. Was it this cold when I was gaming? I take one step closer to my door, and oh no- I’m already looking back. The room’s dark. All of the lights are off, and the windows are shut. The heater’s just barely working, we really need a new one. My desk’s cramped up with a mountain of tissues, Cola cans (some finished and some partially full), a half-eaten bowl of Ramen noodles, some thrashed-up looking figurines, lollipop wrappers and sticks, and a bunch of gambling cards dripping off the desk like water. I don’t even gamble (yet), where the hell did the cards come from?
My eyes shift away from the hot mess and gaze into the computer screen. A mirage of colors that look so enticing it’s almost dangerous- the only thing lighting up the room, brighter than blurred city lights. I taste the sourness of adrenalin wafting through the air. Wait a second- it’s sweat, so much for having my own dramatic monologue. 464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4S3HGGYiW9
I can feel my eyes gleam and grow bigger as they study the game’s interface with undeniable astonishment. “RESUME”, “HELP”, “CHANGE SK8”. These three words, floating in the middle of the glass like undiscovered planets, appear to me as Gods. Each button has a heartbeat of its own, and I can feel mine synchronize with every one of them. I get a cold sweat when competing, yet I’m on fire like never before. I feel like I’m being absolved off my sins in Church and every crack of the whip, off the game, is painful. I feel like-
“FUJI NAKAMURA, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocuEoP13dC
I feel like my life is about to come to an end over a bowl of miso soup. I should really head off now. 464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpcY8kvmLI
“Yes, I’m here, I'm here!” 464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6yIMsQRx1
“No you’re physically here, but mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and in every other way possible, you’re there.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsHW7dxhts
“Isn’t the existence of my body more than enough?”
“The existence of your body will no longer be if you come this late for lunch again.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLB0dq1xDuO
She’s smiling, but it seems sinister. Is this a good or a bad sign? Either way, the only thing that gives me more goosebumps than losing virtually is this woman right here. Mom. 464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUi1wEf5zCm
“Mom, we need a new heater.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddfa8dmEpl
“Sure, I’ll sell your gaming set for it.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vKEA6J6IN
“Mom, our heaters work beautifully, the suggestion of a new heater is absurd.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6QpepAd1T
Yep, she’s the only game I can’t figure out.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemrekdMhJC
“Okasa, tadaima!”
“Oh, a warm welcome to my much preferred child.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNsBEfn569
“Yeah, I always knew you played favorites.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOEcP4gcxO
“I did not say ‘favorite’, I said ‘preferred’.
With a short gap of silence taken to absorb the after-attack of such an already diminishing remark, all I could say is,464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8SZ5eY6x7
“I’m dumb, but not that dumb.”
“You’re dumb enough to have not passed a math quiz you cheated on.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMWNBGFA5a
And this is a game I’d never want to play, “The Sister Complex”, aka, Junko Nakamura. She was named after Junko Tabei, the first Japanese female climber to have climbed Mt. Everest. My parents, and their creepy obsession with the concept of overcoming situations, named her after the woman who’d overcome the highest mountain in the world. They have high standards, yet they had me. But as long as she hasn’t climbed Mt. Fuji, I’m good (wink wink). 464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExkx4F3fF1
“I… I… I’ll cheat better next time.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBkjypBpnt
“Dear God, I don’t know if I should be ashamed or proud right now.” 464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIfX0RkGnf
“Knowing this boy, the latter, mother. At least he’s putting effort into something other than twiddling his thumbs.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1agiOYYlRP
“Alright, foods getting cold, let’s eat. Itadakimasu.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36ORIaNCeF
(Fuji and Junko in unison) “Itadakimasu.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy01n27yZ8k
“Geh.”464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgxFOYvwjy
I slightly choke on the Miso soup.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BRQVF32gq
It’s cold.
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