Computer Gaming with Yong Soo
Mariana walks into the computer lab at school, and drops her backpack at a nearby desk. As she sits and turns on her computer, she greets her friends. "Are you ready Matthew?"
"Ah… I'm all set up already."
Mariana nods, "Kiku how are you doing?"
"Oh u-uhm I'm all s-set up. A-are you sure we should be doing this in the computer lab?"
"RELAX!" shouts another voice from across the room. Kiku looks over to the person at the computer next to him.
"Alfred said he'd make sure no teachers would come this way. We'll have a good long gaming session!"
"B-but, Yong Soo—"
"Let's get playing!"
Lately the five have been a little addicted to a video game. On Fridays, Mariana, Alfred, Matthew, Kiku, and Yong Soo all take over the computer lab so they can play the computer version together for a few hours until a teacher kicks them out. Eventually Alfred joins them, and soon they're all playing their game.
Alfred, the most competitive proclaims, "you guys are going down!"
"I don't think so," Yong Soo says with the enthusiasm in his voice lost, as his eyes remain fixated on the screen and he methodically types and clicks away at the keyboard, almost like a robot. "I'm going to win, because this game was made in Korea you know."
Kiku sighs, "It was made in Japan…"
"Then why do I win every game?"
Mariana retorts, "Because all you do is play this game! " It was true, Yong Soo pretty much spent all his time playing this game, sometimes staying up for days at a time. He worked on all his other pastimes while playing, like watching dramas, and anime.
Alfred laughs, "You're just sore because you always come in last Mari!"
"Well duh! I haven't been playing the game as long as you guys!"
"Yeah, but you've been playing for a while now, and you should at least be able to beat Matt by now!"
"Hey, I'm not a marker to judge who's bad at the game—"
"That's it! Today I'm kicking your ass!"
"Ha, we'll see about that."
The five play with their online friends for a while, as they listen to the K-pop music that's playing from Yong Soo's computer. Alfred tends to beat most of the players by using the biggest gun in the game. Kiku is hard to find because he hides in the game and then attacks when his enemies get close to his hiding spot with a knife, and Yong Soo is just untouchable.
Eventually Mariana jumps up in frustration. "Dammit that's the 4th game Yong Soo's won in a row! You've got to be cheating, no one's that good!"
"I don't cheat," Yong Soo says without looking away from the screen. "If I did I wouldn't get any of the awards."
Alfred chimes in, "But you've already won every award in this game."
Kiku interjects, "I'm the moderator for this battle, and I can tell that Yong Soo isn't cheating. He really is that good."
Mariana asks, "But how?"
Yong Soo replies, "I told you this game was made in Korea."
Matthew laughs, "With the way you play, I'm starting to believe you!"
Mariana shakes her head, "Well could you at least do me a favor and not kill me before I get to blast Alfred in the head?"
Yong Soo shrugs, "Sure,"
Alfred yelps, "Hey no alliances!"
Kiku smiles, "It's not against the rules we set earlier so…" he laughs.
Mariana smirks, "You shouldn't have shot off your mouth Alfred."
In their next battle within the game Alfred is his usual over aggressive self, blasting everything in sight.
Mariana thinks, "I've just got to wait until he runs out of ammo, which should be about… now!"
As Alfred's character runs for cover, Mariana's character appears from behind cover.
"Eat lead Alfred!" Mariana shouts and proceeds to attack Alfred's character.
"No way! No fair!" Alfred shrieks, furiously tapping away at the computer, but to no avail.
Mariana stands and looks over at Alfred, "I got you!"
Kiku calls, "Uh Mariana-san…"
Mariana looks back to the computer screen and sees that her character has been killed by Yong Soo.
"See, I waited," the Korean student smirks.
Kiku notes, "Poor Mariana-san's victory was short lived—"
"NO WAY!" Yong Soo shouts from across the room. "My character was killed!"
Alfred, Mariana, and Kiku stand in shock. The three run to Yong Soo's computer screen and look to see who killed him.
The four stare in disbelief, and then look back over to Matthew who sheepishly smiles. "Uh, good game eh?
The five decided to mark down the date when Matthew beat Yong Soo in a video game.
Author's Note: So this chapter is based on the stereotype that Korean gamers are just the best out there, and from what I've seen… they are! Sorry if the video game language was confusing, I somewhat of a gamer myself, and described the game as it came to me naturally. Please Review for Chapter 11!
