I took one of the controllers from her hand and followed her to the couch, Thalia turned on the tv and played the game. She picked a character called 'Bloodface' who indeed had blood on his face and had armor on his upper torso, with hat to cover his head and wore a tank top and camo pants. I picked the character 'Guardian who wore a ghilie suit that covered his entire body and head.
"Nice character let's just get a random map" Thalia said with a smirk and overconfidence in her voice.
The game picked 'Foliage' which was a map that had bunkers on both ends with some vehicles covered in vines and plants. This was great since my character was disguised in foliage, the game started and we both started running. The map had 3 ways you can go to all going to the same place, a small field of dead soldiers and plants. I spotted her running and fired at her character, the screen showed her character got killed.
"Wow first blood not bad" Thalia said still focused on the game. She changed her strategy to randomizing where to go, she killed me while i was running around in the field. I changed my loadout from ar and pistol to smg and sniper, i went prone on one of the pathways and waited for her character to run in my crosshairs, she ran in my vicinity and i fired. The shot rang out as she was shocked on where i was as if she didnt realise i was staying there.
"Hey play fair no need to camp in a game for fun" Thalia said in an annoyed tone.
The game ended and i beat her like before, "You got lucky, i was gonna beat" Thalia put down her controller and sighed in defeat. "I played this many times before it should be easy" Thalia continued.
"Experience i guess" I replied, she started another match again and this time. It was a map called 'Frog fight' was a pure water map, it had crevaces and deep places to go to, your character has scuba gear so no problem in going up to get air. The match begins and we start hunting for each other, the water was deep and dark but some corals were visible. I saw her character swimming about in one of the caves and shot her, her body floated up to the surface with blood surrounding it.
The game ended again and i won once again, Thalia puts her controller on the side and grabs my shoulders and starts to shake.
"Where did you learn to get so good at this!?" Thalia's face got closer and closer with a serious expression on her face until our eyes were inches apart.
"Uhh experience" i replied stuttering on my words.
Thalia laughed sarcastically, "Perphaps i have many things to learn then," Thalia sat back on her seat and leaned back with her legs crossed, "I thought i was the best gamer in this team, and im sitting next to the new best gamer of the team" Thalia puts one of her legs on the couch.
"But you are also a good opponent to go against with" Thalia looks at me with a smile and reaches out her hand with a very decorated coin on her hand.
"Consider that as a reward for beating, thats just a normal but engraved to the point it looks nothing like normal, i just added some things on it thats all" said Thalia, the coin was gold in color and had engravings on it like swords and guns.
"Nice design choices Thalia" i replied holding the coin in the air to get a better look on it.
"Best i can do and just call Thali for short, its one letter gone but it feels shorter." Thali replied
"Why give up riches arent you the heiress of one of the biggest gun companies in the world, Argent prime arms?" i asked
"I still am the heiress to the company but i wanted to have adventures and an opportunity to become a mercenary, primarily for experience and travelling with a group of good friends i would actually like, something i dont think i can get as a normal student." Thali pulls out another coin and starts flipping it. "Even though im part of a mercenary group responsible for missions of killing or stealing i usually love to play video games, yes someone like me." Thali continues flipping her coin.
"Anyone can play games its just less common for the rich to dabble in it instead of doing other tasks at hand. Did you really want to be a mercenary?" i asked.
"No i had other wishes in mind like writing or government worker, i chose mercenary because it has fun like killing people who deserve it like that group you burned. And besides government worker all you do is yap yap yap and wait til lsomeone agrees, writing is probably an opportunity i still hold and maybe do once i end my mercenary career or dont partake in it anymore." Thali relplied, so Thali wants to be a writer well writers are in demand at this time.
Thali stood up and went to the table grabbing something, coming back she was holding two cups of tea. Thali extended her hand to me offering the tea, grabbing the cup it was hot and its contents were kinda green, drinking it the taste was sweet with a small flavor of honey.
"Nice tea where did you get it" I asked Thali.
"Its a family recipe that my mom made, she had a large garden behind our house that she made tea with. We grew many things and used it for personal use or sold it, normally we do tea, wine, and coffee. My mom taught me on how to make tea with what we grew in the garden, we grew goldhedge, bloodwig, and alot more but the tea you're drinking is goldhedge." Thalia sips her tea quietly as she stares at the tv with a blank expression.
"So you're a gamer, tea maker, and an heiress to a massive company, how lucky i am to be here" I replied sarcastically, Thali giggled as i finished speaking.
"Im many things Damon, a spoiled brat isnt one of them," Thali continued sipping her tea. "We can play games anytime as long as im not sleepy, these past days you were more eventful than usual when you joined in. Say you never told me or anyone about your family history?" Thali asked still sipping her tea.
"My mother worked was a financial analyst, my father worked as a gunsmith and armorer. He had ties with military personnel and urged me to become a mercenary, he wanted a son who had strength and wealth two things he deemed to be a rare mix. He did influence me to become a mercenary so did my mom, they wanted a son who had better opportunities than them. And someone who can actually change things in the world, not someone stuck in a desk job or listening to a teacher talk the whole day." After speaking i drank my tea again.
"Nice story you had good parents, better opportunities.... One of the most common reasons to be a mercenary, it used to be a terrible job to have you know. Protecting illegal cargo, attacking military outposts, bounty hunting it all used to be bad jobs. Now though its much more than that, jobs where you can raid alpha dens, destroy camps belonging to terrorists. Mecenary occupations became legal and even encouraged mainly in places in dire need of security or fighters, the war has led to the change of many things that could have not been accomplished if the wat never happened. Sacrifice comes with progress and here we are, students have a chance to fight for their country and their lives, the education system which was deemed to old with other things was revoked and a new system was installed, students are taughr basic requirements that are truly required instead by the book everything, students in this school though are greatly encouraged to be creative and to pursue true dreams, not formed fantasies form parents or a school. Every mind is different one hates math the other likes it, forcing someone to like something he or she isnt good at or cant do, is one of the worst crimes any human can make. Now each student has bright minds and uniquely shaped thoughts instead of all square or circle, sorry i was just rambling. My thoughts when i may ebcome a writer i suppose." Thali finishes her tea and so did i, she retrieved the cups and placed them somewhere behind me.
"Thanks again for palying with me, maybe we could do this another time." And with that Thali turns of the console and tv then walks back to her room.
I went back to my room and prepare to rest, once again staring at the same ceiling on the same bed, i close my eyes and many time before today ends and tomorrow begins.