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Bobchi's vision was pitch black as she began to stir awake, she couldn't remember the last thing she was doing. From what she could deduce, a sack was currently on her head.
She tried to move her arms around only to realize she was tied to a seat. The sack which adorned her head was aggressively pulled off. Bobchi winced at the flickering light bulb in the room that filled her vision.
She looked around the room, she was in what seemed to be the basement of someone's house. Looking forward she saw a figure stand in a shadowy area of the room.
“what is this, what's going on here!?” Bobchi yelled, demanding an answer to her predicament
“Two-hundred…and forty-five gigabytes.” The figure said.
“Wha-huh?” Bobchi said in confusion
The figure stomped out of the darkness, its footsteps echoing throughout the damp and dim basement. As it did, its features became clearer to bobchi. It was a male. Looked to be around 6 feet tall. And wore a Grey suit with black gloves. Looking at the face she immediately realized who it was.
“Two-hundred and forty-five gigs!, are you out of your mind bobchi!?”
“Undertaker_01?....wait hold on I can explain!”
He stepped closer, his red eyes piercing into her own.
“Oh yeah, this is gonna be a good one. Alright lets hear it.” He said stepping back, his hands moving to his hips as he took a stance that could only be described as that of a dissopointed father.
“ there's a bunch of content we needed to stuff in the game!” She cried, as her body struggled against the ropes restraining her.
“God this again…you know, we had a good thing, you and me.” He said as he walked around her. “ we really did. You keep your file size tight, I played your games decently often to escape my responsibilities as a functioning and responsible spouse and parent for a bit. And when it came time to clear hard drive space, you'd be spared.”
Bobchi listened intently, not saying a single word, fearing what he might possibly do to her. “But then you had to go and get too big for your britches, didnt you?”
“Look, I absolutely understand it sounds like a big number, but between all the maps, modes and skins, not to mention the battle passes, it all adds up!” Bobchi attempted to de-escalate the situation, surely he'd understand where she was coming from. This was all stuff he enjoyed about the game right?
But he stepped back a bit and looked at the ground, looking even more disappointed than before. Bobchi saw this and said one last thing that might have convinced him to understand it from her perspective.
“P-plus there's a hi-res texture pack-!”
“Bobchi.” Undertaker interrupted her, with a noticeable yet skillfully suppressed angry tone. “I know you're really proud of your hi-res textures, and I don't wanna hurt your feelings. But I swear to god! Your dumbass bob cut has looked the exact same to me since attack tactica 2 on the G-Box 180!”
“Now hold o-” bobchi attempted to provide a refuted but was once again cut off by this very angry gamer.
“No you shut up!” He yelled at the AT mascot in anger. “every f@$king release you're out here like ‘oooooh, here's our new and improved graphics, ooooh look at the fish, ooooh look at how detailed that dog's asshole is, you can see the fiber per serving in it's sh@t on the ground.’ and i nod my head, going along with it, but the entire time I'm thinking, I must be crazy, because it looks i-f@#king-dentical to me!” he made exaggerated movements that corroborated his distaste towards the mascot incredibly clearly. He then grabbed something from his coat pocket, and pointed it at bobchi like a gun. It was a controller, and his thumb was on the x button…
“Undertaker look I'm sorry, im really sorry!” She apologized profusely, making a vain effort to try and convince the reaper to spare her.
“And I'm sorry I gotta delete you pal, I really am.” He lamented. “But I've got to be a responsible dad, so that means my weekends are gonna be mochi friendship island 16 from now on.”he admitted as he aimed the controller directly at her forehead.
“Wait wait wait!, you wouldn't want to miss my totally organic corporate crossover like the buster gun and drake bundles would you!?” She scrambled for a reason to make him not to delete her.
“God this is just sad now…goodbye bobchi, its time for AT's reaper to retire.” He then pressed the x button
"Wait no, don't do this! NOOOOOO"
*
Shin pressed the x button and deleted Attack tactica 10: cyber ops off his S-station 5. Shin in his Grey t-shirt and ultramarine blur pajama slacks leaned back onto his couch, the feeling of his back pressing into the cushions caused him to relax and close his eyes.
The sound of the front door opening was caught by his auditorial senses. In which he opened his eyes once more.
“We're home!” Came the voice of his wife. Their 8 year old daughter came running into the room, and launched onto his lap, giving her father a hug that was the equivalent of a death grip powered by cupcakes and rainbows.
“Hi daddy, i missed you!” Alice said. Her cheery voice brining a smile to his face.
“Hey there, missed you too kiddo.” He replied, his bloodred eyes softening. “You up for some MFI 16?” He asked her.
Alice nodded profusely while shaking violently and then grabbed the controller from her dad's hands, sitting back on the couch cushions. Her tiny legs kicking up and down, as she inputted on the D-pad to select MFI 16 on the game selection menu.
“Triple kake shot here I come!” She exclaimed with immense joy.
His wife, the strikingly beautiful Vladilena Milize, or rather Vladilena Nouzen now. Came to sit on his side opposite to Alice and gave him a kiss on the cheek as she removed her coat and placed it on the armrest of the couch next to her.
“No AT Friday this week?” She asked him.
“Nah, I think the reaper needs some time off the BR scene.” He responded, nuzzling his head into her neck, giving it a couple kisses.
They had met back in college. The circumstances of how they started dating deserved its own story written about it. But all that mattered was that they were married now, with a wonderful daughter to top it off. And they could still do what got them to fall in love with each other in the first place. And that was gaming. life was good.