Lost in a digital world...
The gentle hum of the swirling fans in Gummy's laptop roared to life after hours of midnight gaming...
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| The Ruggedly Handsome Nick (IMO) |
Overall, she didn't mind. Work was just a way to earn a dollar. Gaming, that was a whole other lifestyle. It was like being a superhero, putting on a mask and saving the world. Besides, playing with the handsome Nick wasn't so bad either. What made it better? His French accent.
At first, it was just a friendship but soon a courtship began. It was just one of those things that just happened.
Finally they finished the campaign barely surviving the finale. Sometimes it was easy and other times the zombies and special infected were so well timed in attacks that the whole team would be incapacitated. Not to mention, the entire team were starting to groan like zombies themselves, the evidence of lack of sleep taking effect.
It was time to shuffle over to the bed and she did so grudgingly but not before seeing her Nick buddy jump into another game.
"You're playing another game?? Don't you have to work early tomorrow too?" She messaged him.
"Yeah, but I'm just testing this one," he responded.
She laughed and shook her head and soon she was lost in the dream world running away from zombies and alligators. Why is everything so much more terrifying in a dream?
Over the next few months and a few days after Valentine's day both Gummy and her Nick played the familiar campaigns in Left 4 Dead.
They goofed around swatting zombies with med kits and jumped from beginning to end until the finale. When they reached the finale, it was a bridge torn with random vehicles tossed all over, and lots of hiding places where zombies could jump out at you. It was tough, they dared to play on advanced, and well...there is no happy ending for these love birds as Gummy is charged off the bridge and Nick is the lone survivor to make it to the waiting helicopter.
"NO!" he screamed, "Gummy..."
Everyone laughed over an open mic as they waited for Nick to board the helicopter and then, just when you thought he was going to make it he stops.
"I can't do it! Not without Gummy!" He ran to the edge of the helipad and jumped into the open water killing him instantly.
Everyone yelled out, in surprise and dismay, as they watched his body hit the water sprawling out as if he hit pavement instead...that's game physics for you, sometimes things just don't make sense. Laughter broke out and even though they could have made it, they weren't going to unless Gummy made it. Thankfully, after another try, everyone lived happily ever after.
The game had ended and the credits rolled and Gummy looked at her messages in the Steam overlay. Three simple words appeared in a swift stroke of the key that read: "I love you."
Sometimes, when you least expect it, that's when love finds you. In this case, Gummy found it in a digital land filled with zombies and special infected. She wasn't looking for it, but because of a bored Nick, they ended meeting on one server that changed there lives...at least for the time being.
They goofed around swatting zombies with med kits and jumped from beginning to end until the finale. When they reached the finale, it was a bridge torn with random vehicles tossed all over, and lots of hiding places where zombies could jump out at you. It was tough, they dared to play on advanced, and well...there is no happy ending for these love birds as Gummy is charged off the bridge and Nick is the lone survivor to make it to the waiting helicopter.
"NO!" he screamed, "Gummy..."
Everyone laughed over an open mic as they waited for Nick to board the helicopter and then, just when you thought he was going to make it he stops.
"I can't do it! Not without Gummy!" He ran to the edge of the helipad and jumped into the open water killing him instantly.
Everyone yelled out, in surprise and dismay, as they watched his body hit the water sprawling out as if he hit pavement instead...that's game physics for you, sometimes things just don't make sense. Laughter broke out and even though they could have made it, they weren't going to unless Gummy made it. Thankfully, after another try, everyone lived happily ever after.
The game had ended and the credits rolled and Gummy looked at her messages in the Steam overlay. Three simple words appeared in a swift stroke of the key that read: "I love you."
Sometimes, when you least expect it, that's when love finds you. In this case, Gummy found it in a digital land filled with zombies and special infected. She wasn't looking for it, but because of a bored Nick, they ended meeting on one server that changed there lives...at least for the time being.
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