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[makainoou]

[Bet you were all wondering if your Overlord was going to get all affectionate, too, and make things weird.

But you know, just because he secretly views all his vassals as friends doesn't mean he wants to cuddle with them. Not much anyway. No, there are far better things to be done with friendship.

If you're anywhere near the throne room today, Laharl may come up to you, and not about work.]

Hey, you! [Should you know your friends' names? Eh.] Wanna go a round in multiplayer?

((Totally open for thread-hopping, too!))

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sorry for the late ._.

[makainoou]

Even button-mashers are challenging for a few rounds.

C'mon!

[Plus if your boss is inviting you to do stuff then you definitely have the time.]

[nerveball]

O-okay! [She doesn't expect to do very well, but if he's insisting that she give it a try...]

I haven't seen this particular game before, though. Could―could you give me a quick run-down on the controls? [Or, you know, just leave her to figure out what button is what. Which, honestly, is what she's expecting.]

[makainoou]

But that takes the fun out of watching your character do stupid things while you figure it out.

[Yeah, her expectations are pretty accurate.]

[nerveball]

[She won't deny that there's at least some fun to be had in trying to figure the game out for herself, either. So now she picks up the second controller and looks at the screen, trying to figure which character on the roster looks like one she might turn out to be okay with.

Maybe that one...no, swords are a little too generic. What about...nah, characters that look like they have range would probably be quickly shut down by anyone who can get too close. How about―what the hell is that character even supposed to be?

...

Ah, to hell with it.

She picks random.]

[makainoou]

[What was that about swords being generic? Laharl is totally picking a character with a sword.

And it looks like Stella has wound up with some sort of... blob monster? Really, what is that? Does it even have any form of limbs or... eyes...? About all it has going for it at first glance is that it looks hard to slice with a sword.

Laharl snorts.]

Good luck with that.

[nerveball]

[A blob. She got a blob. This is going to end horribly, isn't it. With both characters chosen, though, the game is set to begin; there's no backing out at this point.]

Wha-what's this even supposed to...?

[There's no time to question it as the first round starts, all that can be done here is...hit buttons to see what happens.]

[makainoou]

[Laharl has clearly had time to learn all the moves and combos for his character, and he doesn't waste time using them. He gets off a pretty devastating slash-and-energy-beam kind of attack while her blob is flailing uselessly, but then-- something she presses makes the blob completely envelop his sword, and his arm.]

What the--?

[Is that- a grab move or something??]