Our blades met with blinding force.
As they struck each other, we were knocked back. Once again we began to charge at each other, rocket propulsion bursting out of our backs. Locked in mortal combat, we knew who would be victorious and who wouldn't be. Closer…closer…
"OK, it's all clear! The arcade is closed!"
I hit the brakes, and so did my opponent. A voice on the loudspeaker said "Combat has concluded for the day. Please return to the hangar."
My name is Ren. The other members of the crew call me "Omega". We're from the new game "Hoshikuzu Robot Force". When we first started out in Japan, we were quite a hit. It started with the game, and eventually we got our own toys, trading cards, manga, and even an anime. Litwak bought our machine before the "Hoshikuzu Happiness", as the craze was called, began, and we relocated into his arcade.
We were just plugged in two days ago, and our team leader, Kumakichi (aka Alpha), insisted that we don't enter Game Central Station and that we should NEVER go "turbo", as he called it. In fact, from what Kumakichi told us, that's what everyone calls it. You see a long time ago, this creepy coot named Turbo, who was the star of his own game, decided to boost his star power and enter another game. Big mistake. Both that game and his own were pulled. However, Turbo lived on under the alias of King Candy in some other game. Eventually some guy found out the truth and destroyed Turbo, this time for good. What was that guy's name again? I have no clue.
Anyway, my opponent, my best buddy Saburo (Gamma) and I returned back to the hangar and dismounted from our robots. All of them were equipped with an Electro-Blade sword mounted into their left arm, and their preferred weapon of choice clutched into their right hands. All the weapons varied on the robot. Kumakichi's bot has a swarm missile launcher, Saburo's has a laser-guided sniper rifle, and mine has a Gatling gun.
I waved goodbye to Saburo and went to my quarters. The setting for our game is atop the futuristic Shorai City. All of the battles take place in the Sky Arena on the top floor of Hoshikuzu Headquarters. The first floor is the entrance, the second floor is our personal quarters, the third floor is the hangar, and the basement is storage for munitions and spare parts.
I opened the door to my room and flicked on the lights. I quickly slipped out of my pilot's uniform and into my lounge pants and flopped onto my couch. It was another long day at work for a Hoshikuzu Robot Force pilot.