"Nice shot, Master!" Ene squeaked, dodging sideways and shifting weapons from her heavy blaster to some small laser pistol. "But not nice enough!" At his computer, Shintaro swore. He hadn't unlocked that one yet.

Her in-game avatar, which looked just like her but clad in heavy boots and futuristic armor, raised the pistol and fired at his character one handed. Again, Shintaro's avatar collapsed to the ground and 'Game Over!' began to blink across the screen.

Behind the rage-inducing words, he could see her model leaning down to kiss his 'dead' corpse, full on the mouth. He gripped the edge of his desk, unintelligible curses grinding between his clenched teeth as her pixelated hand stroked down the dead face of the video game model that looked both not enough and too much like him. It was infuriating, the things she could make this game do. Things that should never be possible. He hated cheaters like her.