And as i promised in the last chapter, chapter three, fresh from the keys on my keyboard.
Mental communication and Verbal communication
Narrative.
Nami was absolutely livid as her summoner forced her to take a right turn. You had two kinds of summoners: those who did not know how to use her skillset and left her to do her own thing and those who did not know how to use her skillset and demanded full body control. Well, time to run into a suicide ambush once more.
She mentally braced herself and it wasn't long until she felt the numerous cuts and gashes form on her skin before being cleaved in half by an oversized logging axe. Dying on the fields of justice was really quite an interesting experience. As soon as darkness overtook you, you could feel pure energy wash through you and there was this moment of perfect clarity in which you could be everywhere and nowhere at once before being ripped down back to earth and opening your eyes on the summoners platform.
"Damn those luckers, if you had hit your bubble, we would have had at least had two assists in that fight before dying! Now the enemy made a triple kill there, putting us six kills behind them!"
Nami had to refrain from yelling the summoner's brains out through their mental link right there and then and remind him that he was the one in control of all her bodies movements. Grumbling she went to the yorlde next to the platform and waited impatiently as he fumbled around looking for a locket of the iron solari.
Nami felt extremely gratefull when Mundo finally managed to backdoor their Nexus. Although the match resulted in a loss for her team, she was exhilarated to be done for the day. Mentally noting to file a report against her summoner later today she walked out of the summoning chambers. Suddenly a door burst open and one of the summoners that was refereeing the match ran out.
"Nami, you have been summoned for one last match."
Nami groaned and her shoulder slumped as she turned around and headed back into the summoning chambers. Boy, life really did hate her today.
It was a new interest he had picked up after reading an article about lunar teleportation magic in the summoner highlight a few months back. His hands had felt cramped after the hours he had spent copying the soaked manuscripts and he had decided a change of scenery was in order. Remembering that he had a promise to fulfill he pulled open his closet and started rummaging through the piles of sown cloth and magic ingredients.
Alex could rarely be found in the summoning chambers lately. His summoning robes felt uncomfortable and his crystalline orb, that used to fit so well in his hand, felt heavy and cumbersome. He had been spending too much of his time deciphering ancient Icathian and Shuriman scrolls concerning moon magic, he decided.
As he walked through the large archway that marked the entrance of the summoning chambers he briefly knocked on the administrator's room. A pale face that clearly had seen too little sunlight over the past decennium poked out of the dimly lit chamber.
"Is Nami available, Chris?"
The pale face retreated back into its cavern. Alex could see Chris briefly flip through a large, thick book that lay opened on a large lectern. He ran his finger down the page, found what he was looking for and came back to the door.
"She is in a match right now, but she should be finished in about fifteen minutes."
"Could you do me a favor and tell her to stay for one more match when she is finished please?"
He merely nodded before shutting the door in Alex's face. Alex was used to this treatment. He couldn't blame the old man really. If he were forced to lock himself away in a room with no windows every day of every year, he would slowly go insane as well.
Alex was staring at the wall across form him in the atrium to the summoning room, where he waited for the current match to finish. He was contemplating what he would do with Nami in the fields. He had briefly talked to others who had summoned her lately and most of them told her that she was but a mediocre support. Alex had something different in mind though.
Nami did not recieve the slightest satisfaction out of hindering her summoner's attempts at a telepathic linkup anymore. She simply did not care it after seven rounds of forced dying and being in a relationship with abusive adc's.
"Do you always try to make it as difficult as possible for your summoners to establish a stable link to you?"
Nami was shocked.
"Alex?! I really didn't think you would show up. I'm sorry, I am really tired. As usual, most of my summoners today were horrible. I really didn't expect to have to participate in another round and was kind of pissed about the whole thing."
"Well, today we are going to try something new. If you would be so kind to proceed to the shop, you will find a hunters machete and some potions waiting for you."
Nami couldn't help but feel a little bit excited as she waited in the bush for blue buff to spawn. For a change, she would be the one pulled and not the one pulling it today. She received some questioning looks from her teammates, but paid them no mind as she unleashed the wrath of the ocean at the large stone creature.
The coordination was perfect as she unleashed a tidal wave into the bush to her right, successfully pushing back the four enemies that had tried to prevent her from stealing their blue buff and captured the enemy midlaner in a bubble that slowly lifted him from the air. She sent an easing current towards her midlaner, soothing Zed's wounds and empowering his strikes before she languidly started recalling under the cover of a turret.
Nami only paid the "Shut Down!" half mind while she was enjoyably conversing with her summoner
"I must say that this is the first time I have truly and honestly enjoyed a round, Alex. We should play together more often. This is the first time that a summoner has taken so much time and effort to learn a bit about me and think my gamerole through a little bit before summoning me."
"Is it really that bad Nami? I don't believe that there are many people out there who find it difficult to use your abilities in a good way. Of course there are many combinations of your skills that require a lot of practice, but the basics are really not hard to master."
Alex put down his summoning orb before beating the stiffness out of his limbs that he had spent too much time holding perfectly still. He congratulated his team on the good game and shook hands with the summoners of the opposing team before grabbing a glass of water from the tray that had been placed by the door. As he walked out of the summoning chambers he heard a shout from behind him.
"Hey! Wait a minute!"
Alex turned around to see Nami floating out of the arch that led to the rift, her staff slung over her shoulder.
"That was awesome Alex! You don't know how much I appreciated this game."
"It was no problem Nami, I would play another round with you any day."
"Say, I would like to get to know you a bit better. How about after the games tomorrow you and I share a drink together at the cafeteria?"
Her statement started to turn into a question as she progressed through it.
"Well, personally I don't really like the drinks at the cafeteria. Nami looked away dejectedly. But I would love to share a drink with you if you would be so kind to meet me at the summoners lounge."
Nami looked at him with large eyes.
"The summoners lounge? I thought that it was for, you know… well… summoners."
Don't be silly Nami, Lots of champions go there to spend some time with their summoners, talking about games and personal matters. You may only enter upon invitation by one of the summoners though. So, if you wish to join me, you are hereby formally invited.
"Of course I would like to join you. Tomorrow at nine after we have all had dinner and time to calm down our stomachs?"
"Sounds good, Nami. I will see you tomorrow at nine."
Both individuals couldn't help but feel however so slightly excited about the upcoming meeting. Alex thought Nami to just be that tad bit cuter after today and Nami thought Alex to just be that tad bit different after today. Different in a good way.
Thank you for reading!