Three weeks had passed. Shuma-Gorath was currently paying another visit to Morrigan's realm and bedroom. In her chambers, a... particular atmosphere reigned.
"Oh, YES!" Morrigan breathed out, falling over in sweet exhaustion. Shuma-Gorath withdrew his tentacles, watching her expectantly.
She sat up after a long moment's rest, giving him a pleased smile. "Well done, as usual, Shuma-Gorath."
"Thank you," he answered. Morrigan got off the bed, a dark ring of some substance appearing around her left-hand fingers. The darkness rapidly shaped itself into her favorite outfit.
"I'm satisfied for now," Morrigan told him. An idea occurred after a moment's silence. "You may not know this, but I have long enjoyed Earth's video games. Care to join me?"
"I have never played them before, so why not?" Shuma-Gorath figured, then followed her out to the hallway.
Morrigan opened the next door on the opposite side, showing both of them a relatively large room. A PS4 and TV screen stood by the left wall, next to a bookcase with a dozen game packs, while a red couch occupied the space before the game array.
"What to choose?" she thought while making her way to the games. "A pity Dark Souls doesn't have multi-player here. Perhaps Divinity? No, that's mine. Arena might be fun." She picked the seventh pack off the shelf. "Any objection to a fighting game?"
Shuma-Gorath gave none. Morrigan set things up quickly, then got seated.
She chose her character quickly, a demon queen with horns and wings, while Shuma-Gorath observed her gestures. A click on the cross button made the box change color to gold.
Shuma-Gorath turned his attention to his telekinetically-lifted controller. A psychic press on the right button moved the blue outline to the second box of the forty fighters, and a down-button press did what Shuma-Gorath expected. Another two left-clicks took him to the other end of the gallery, a swordsman.
Seeing no reason not to, he pressed the cross button. The chosen box became the same color and the screen changed to show them a choice of arenas, which Morrigan promptly clicked past with the first.
After a three-count, the battle began. Morrigan's fighter launched into a rapid-fire volley of dark energy blasts that Shuma-Gorath had no clue how to defend against or dodge. A KO animation soon played on the screen.
"Perhaps we should play a practice round," Morrigan suggested.
"I am indifferent about being an easy victory in this game," Shuma-Gorath answered.
Morrigan grinned. "Then let us continue."
Their next two picks were the demon queen again and a ninja. Morrigan won this round as well, though Shuma-Gorath figured out how to deflect a few blasts with throwing stars.
Their third-round picks were the dark queen and a lean martial artist in a blue gi. Morrigan trounced him again, and the best Shuma-Gorath managed was learning to jump.
The fourth pair of picks were the queen and a giant robot. Unsurprisingly, she won again, while Shuma-Gorath learned nothing.
"How did you procure this?" Shuma-Gorath asked eventually. On the screen, the queen shot a blast at the martial artist. "From what I gather, Earth has no trade agreement with the Demon World."
"I helped Dante with a job, and that got me the money," Morrigan related while pressing for more blasts.
Shuma-Gorath eventually said, "I believe I can see some of the appeal to these games," he said while his character died.
"That's good to hear. I would hate to have a bored guest," Morrigan answered.