She knocked and set her ear on the door and grimaced then it swerved open, she screamed covering her eyes and footed back when he emerged drowsily.
Guy hissed at the spray of coffee on him and clumsily clothed himself running outside "Jillian, wait"
"That's a visual that I'll never be able to get out of my head" She trembled leaning on the wall and took deep breaths, flustered.
"The fucking door's unlocked" He said shrugging quickly into his shirt to get to her.
"Guy? Is anyone out there?" Shawna said.
"It's a friend of mine, no problem" He retorted.
Jillian sniffed and adjusted her glasses after hearing the female voice.
Guy wiped out and wiped his eyes trying to see clearly and stepped back uneasy about explaining.
"Blimey, my phone got dunked in the toilet, I wasn't expecting you" He reached out and Jillian resisted.
"What do you mean you weren't expecting me? You said tomor_today. I mean..."
Shawna stepped outside and her expression shrank at Jillian and Guy wished he could shrink into the wall.
Jillian scoffed "Obviously you had_plans. I'm Jillian"
She waved "Shawna, I'll be inside" She nodded and huffed closing the door.
Guy wiped his snout.
"Getting laid, uh good for you. I came to tell you that I'll be moving uptown tonight"
"T_tonight? But_"
"Right, that uh, I'll be directing you to a new optometrist and he'll be issuing your glasses_I told him about a discount and hopefully you'll be able to pay up without getting into trouble"
She passed him a card to his office and he flipped it to see a coupon with a 10% discount.
"That's all I could offer, come back after two weeks" She kissed his cheek in a hurry.
"I really appreciate that...can I help you vacate, you know?" He shrugged.
"I already have help, they'll come by 4pm and you can stay home and sort your problems" She bounced giving him a sheepish smile.
He hugged her and she pat his back "I'm gonna miss you,"
I'm just moving uptown, Guy, no biggie" They seperated.
"Well, take care" She saluted and hopped then skipped the old plywood, he sniggered watching her exit and clenched his fist. Shit.
Guy walked in and raked his hair while she pulled on her boots.
"She's my best friend" He pointed a thumb and Shawna scoffed and brushed her hair back tweaking her boots and adjusting her bra.
"Best friend ay? I just think you need_you just need to..."
"Get my priorities straight?" He glanced at the window with the blazing sun "Trust me, Shawna, I know"
She cupped her cheek "No, just, your mail"
He was expecting the worst "Oh, um" He picked up the mail.
"It was a one time thing so..." He saw she was eager to bow out and he shuddered when she rushed outside, he cursed, he would have a fun time forgetting that scenario .
He sat back flicking through the cards "Bills, more bills...a termination notice" He flicked an interesting looking card with midnight blue, red and amber facets and a title that said 'Game of Legends' As soon as he flipped it open, he found a hologram that displayed a big rotating M.
[ Congratulations, Guy Thomson, you have been allotted for the first ever Game of Legends Tournament. Courtesy of Sebastian Monte ]
He huffed and closed it afterwards, the robotic voice faded into the silent room.
"Sebastian Monte?" He scoffed "This must be a gag"
He was more disillusioned by the hologram that just appeared before his eyes and opened it, Sebastian appeared in a tailored suit.
[ Welcome contenders, to M-Tech's first ever gaming tournament.
To every gamer that receives this acreage, he or she will have the opportunity of participating and stand a chance to win a mouth-watering prize of $25 million USD.
From our survey we've gathered data of the highest ranked gamer from the number 5. We've even set up ads on television for the world to notice.
The manual is inscribed with the NPCs we've randomly assigned to each of you. Good luck ]
His hologram disappeared and Guy scoffed. AIs?
Absorbed by the amazing visuals and his hero Seb Monte was talking to him live. Not really. He imagined what he could do with a huge sum like that and smiled at the possibilities that just opened itself. His wildest dreams were coming to pass.
"How am I supposed to do this?" He whispered and a blue blurry light appeared and he set it over the desk to watch it develop into a panel that popped up with a woman's face.
She had a grey face with spots, visually appealing blue eyes and strands of her snow white hair tied on each side of her face with blue ribbons. She nodded.
[ Greetings, Guy Thomson, I am Spectran, an essence embodied in the form of your technology today from the realm of Okeanos.
Once again congratulations on your nomination as a tournament finalist.
To continue, determine your participation on the control that indicates 'I accept' ]
He was dubious that he didn't have a choice and a lot of gamers were boycotting against M-Tech for limited choice as always. He was so eager about prize money that he accepted it, the light around his fingers flashed as he did so and a panel appeared.
[ You will be given a 5-day prep time before the tournament begins, if so, you must be keen about the five realms of Zin accordingly you will be encouraged to study each Avatar ]
"Game of Legends? I expected something less mediocre like Xenome 3 or Galactica"
[ Game of Legends is currently under evolution and you will be instructed by our Creator once you reach out to M-Tech services. If you are not fully acquainted by the worlds_ ]
"I am, I've played it like a bajillion times"
[ Very well, to the rules...]