A cold morning greeted David as he woke up groaning to the feeling of his tired body. Instinctively, his head slowly moves to look at the calendar hanging on his wall, squinting his eyes to see clearly the little words he had written on it. Those little words that almost look like scribbles are his schedule for the day. Giving up on reading his own handwriting, David shakes his head and gets out of his bed to go nearer to the wall. Standing before the calendar, a sigh can be heard from him, “Well, looks like all of the subjects have something for us, today. Glad to be working, again, I guess.” A sigh again came out of his mouth as he walks back to his bed, “Guess I need some coffee again to wake up my battles soul so I can defeat these set of paper monsters.” Stopping before his bed, he stretches and shakes his head – trying to wake himself up and not be tempted to dive in the soft and warm embrace of his duvet. He hurriedly fixed his bed and went to do his morning routine.
A relaxing melody can be heard from the dark room of David, it is accompanied by a series of tip – tapping sounds coming from his keyboard where his fingers are rapidly pressing on the keys. With his serious eyes gazing back and forth on the screen and on the keyboard, one would be reluctant to disturb. Suddenly, the music stopped, replacing it with an annoying ringtone indicating that there is someone calling. Stopping from his typing, David stared at his phone; he saw that the call was from his friend, James. He made no move to pick up the call, just staring at it and patiently waiting for it to stop ringing.
Soon, the ringing had ended and David nodded as the relaxing melody came back, as he was about to continue his work, the ringing came back again. “What does this friend of mine want?” With a frustrated look on his face, David stands up from his study table, grumbly walks to his bed and picks up the call. He let his body fall to the softness of his bed as he greeted, “Good morning, Mr. James. What can I do for you?” A loud laugh can be heard from his phone, “Looks like you are having quite a well morning there, David. Can’t your friend just call you because he misses you dearly?” A smirk formed on David’s lips as he answered back, “Obviously, no. I know you well enough, James, that you will be calling because you are going to request something because it would require a lot of convincing and pleading, not because you miss me. Maybe your works miss me; I usually would be the one spending time with them rather than you.”
James groaned and clicked his tongue, “Sorry for that David. Those works slipped out of my head.” David smiles as he sits ups, looking again at his calendar, “Well today is quite a busy day, too. Do you want a helping hand?”
“No, no, it is alright! I can do those works-“, “But they are quite many-“, “And the deadline is still far, David. Chill, I am calling because of something else. Can you please, please stop working for now? I want to show you this new MOBA game.”
Standing up, David started to walk back to his computer to do his work, again. Putting it on loudspeaker, he set his phone beside the keyboard and answered, “What is this MOBA game? Why does it sound like a food? Is it some cooking game?” With an amused smile, David went back to typing.
Hearing the soft clatter of David’s keyboard, James then sighed and begged, “Please, please just like an hour or two of your time. This is for you, too. You have to take a rest and chill sometimes, I can see you being a workaholic in the future. It is good and bad at the same time. So to even out things-“ Laughing out loud, David picked up his phone and stared at the name on the screen smiling, “Alright, alright. I do not want your lectures about being a workaholic. What is this MOBA game? Where can I download it?”
With a laugh, James told the name of the game and carefully instructed him of the basic things to do in this game. With a surprised look, David looked at the game as if it is an alien – exploring it as he listens to his friend rambling on the things that are needed to know about the game, “Oh, this character looks really pretty and strong. Can I have this character?” With an amused chuckle, James asked what the name of the character is and explained to him on how to get it. David listened on carefully and explored more on the different heroes provided by the game, “Wow, there is a lot that I fancy, there are even skins. Oh wow! They even look greater in some skins.” Laughing at hearing David gush about the heroes, James started on how to play this game, and even gave him some strategies and explained the different roles of the heroes. “So many things to remember, can’t I just press randomly?”
Laughing again, James answered, “I am afraid no. Come on David, of course we have to make strategies and be knowledgeable of the capability of your chosen hero. We have to be aware of the weakness and the strength of them and maybe when we meet in some disadvantageous moments, we could outplay them with some tricks…” Hearing James rambles on with the game and the importance of understanding it, David shook his head, smiling. ‘This man really.’ With an exasperated sigh, David then said, “Let us just play for some rounds, then.” “Oh! You should be doing tutorials first!” Shaking his head, “I don’t want to. I am too lazy to do it.”
“You are so hard working in your work but lazy to do some tutorials?” Shrugging his shoulders, David answered back, “Well, I am just trying this out because I don’t want to hear you begging and lecturing about having for some time in a while.” James sulked and complained how David is such a meanie. Laughing at James silly antics, he then said that they should play now. Still having a sulking tone, David hurriedly logged in to his account.
David was smiling throughout the whole experience as he grasped the basic knowledge about the character he is using. “This seems easy to play, James. I thought I would be challenged to play these kinds of games.” With a snicker, James then said, “Hah, just wait until you are on a higher level and use a different kind of hero, let us see if it is still easy for you.”
Hearing James’ reply, David continued to play but as the time went on; one could see a young boy on his study table having a serious look on his phone. With a furrow of his brows, David complained, “What is this boy here rambling about? Is this boy looking down on my capabilities? Just wait and see, I will be able to win against his stupid a**.” Hearing David speaking profanities and talking back to the boy that was trash talking him, he laughed so much that his hero died because it got ganged up by the enemy when he was still preoccupied.
Looking at the countdown, James then felt funny, “Look David, my hero died because of you.” “Shut up! This game is more stressful than having 100 works to do.” Laughing again, James chilled for a moment and just watched how his friend went on and battled his opponent and got himself killed.
“What the actual duck!” James laughed again, and played as his hero had revived. James then carefully instructed on the things what to do and what to do in a fight with a light tone. Hearing his friend cussing at him for not telling earlier, he then smiled and just apologized.
They continued on playing the game until David’s mother called him for lunch. Shouting back a reply, David looked at the game and the clock hanging on his wall. “I have been playing for many hours? Ugh, my works…” James answered, “Don’t worry now. I will not disturb you anymore this afternoon. But you did have fun, right?” Staring at the game, James then said, “And this is why games are bad—“, “Hey!” David then laughed out loud, “Kidding, yeah I did. Maybe I will not be uninstalling this, it seems. Maybe I will just play once in a while. Are you willing to play with this newbie, Mr. James?”
“Game on! I still have many games to introduce you. I promise they are also fun. We could compete with each other.” David looked at his phone amused, “No, one game is enough for now. Now, sensei, please teach this low skilled being.” Laughing, James answered back with his voice sounding old, “Of course! Your master will teach you that you have to know so you will soar high and uphold my reputation.”
Both laughed and joked around for some minutes and said their goodbyes as they head now to eat their lunch.
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