"Come on, buy your stuff later, first upgrade the generator."
"Just go to the gold generator."
"For what? I'm the one who goes to the centre to get diamonds."
"5 more seconds."
"Other teams have already reached the centre, now go there yourself."
Eggwars is fun if you quickly get 21 iron to buy 64 concrete blocks. Dominating the centre is how you win this game. Minecraft Bedrock edition would be fun if there were large survival servers where people talked.
1 hour of eggwars but we could play only 2 games because the players love to grind in this game. It is not always fun. But it's hilarious when one of your teammate is sitting in front of you instead of a voice chat. Though I never used voice chats. It's still afternoon, I would use discord during this time but it was deleted.
"Wanna go to supermarket? Maybe I can invent a new mixed-cuisine."
"You don't wanna play it anymore? Maybe we can play some other game."
"They are all the same, people keep on grinding instead of finishing the game quickly."
"But I didn't..."
"Let's go!"
I knew he wasn't talking about playing some other game from the same minecraft server. But he instantly agreed for going out instead of playing another game.
[Walking to the metro station]
"What new can be made today?"
"Why don't we try some other cuisine instead of adding more to the sino-indian cuisine?"
"Like what?"
"Maybe Thai, they have curry based cuisine too."
"I don't know much about Thai food."
"Well just see a recipe online and mix your ingredients."
"That's not how it works."
"Where are we even going anyway? If you don't have anything in mind, let's just go to a random supermarket and then cook a new dish however you want."
"I'm not a cook dude, leave the supermarket, let's go somewhere else."
"I see, you're slowly getting to the topic."
"What?"
"We have almost reached, decide where are we going."
"You suggest a place."
"Let's go to an arcade and play some sports in VR."
"You know there's only 1 sport I care about, and it won't be there."
"The metro station is here, where are we going?"
"Just take me somewhere where everything is available."
[In the metro]
"You should really learn cricket btw."
"I'm not learning a sport which goes on for 5 days."
"That's not even funny now."
"Also didn't you delete discord, that's where you discussed cricket right."
"Yeah, but the quality discussions were rare to find."
We both were then quite till we reached at the station.
"Now can you decide where shall we go?"
"Yeah, give me a moment."
"Oh look, that kid's wearing a shin-chan t-shirt."
"So let's go buy one for you."
"Right, let's buy anime costumes."
"Oh, that's a nice idea."
"I never bought any."
"I had bought one before and went to bilibili world once, I don't think there are any good stores here."
"So we are heading back to the metro station?"
"Unless you want to buy mainstream costumes with a visually bad quality."
"Nah, I just need a black coat and a sword."
[Back in the metro]
"So whom are you going to become?"
"I'll see what they have there."
It's silence again. We reach the station and walk towards the store.
He asks
"Has cricket ever been featured in any anime? There was a whole series dedicated to NFL."
"There is a cricket episode in black buttler."
"I don't know much about that series."
"Same, we should also get cricket gear and have fun with it later."
"Oh, I have played some baseball."
"Different sport. You will realise yourself once you face a cricket bowl."
We reach at the store.
"Oh, wow, there's a whole collection for SAO here."
"And there's what you wanted. Doesn't look nice though."
"Yeah, they have alicization ones too, that should be better."
I finally found what I was looking for. He bought a kimono based costume.
"I'm just going to wear this black suit now."
"You are not wearing that now, I know you very well."
"It's just a black suit, doesn't even look like anime at first glance."
"Let me check if there's any event today on bilibili's site. We can just go there."
"Sure."
"There isn't any today, however, there is one tomorrow and it seems fun."
"Cool, we have leave tomorrow, so let's go back now."
"What about your new mixed cuisine invention?"
"I will make you some rabbit stew in minecraft."
I bought my first anime costume, it wasn't looking very anime at the first glance, so I loved it.
"What is the event even about anyway?"
"Release of a new anime, and meeting its creators."
"Doesn't seem fun, can we even wear what we bought?"
"Yeah."
"And what are we going to do?"
"Partying."
It didn't seem much interesting from his talks. I had never been to an anime event before.
[Next Morning]
"At what time are we going?"
"3 PM."
Time for the event!
We didn't had anything to talk about while going there.
I was surprised to see the crowd at the event, I didn't expect that many people to be joining.
"That's a lot of people."
"Now let's split up and have fun."
He disappeared before I could even say huh. I was looking for a place to sit but there wasn't any. People were just standing and talking. I found some food stalls, I didn't know what they were selling but it was just expensive. I quickly got bored after roaming around, didn't know where the roommate went. I grab my phone and then I find out discord is gone, and I couldn't play a game while standing.
The creators of the new anime were here, and I didn't know what they were talking about. I could find a place to sit, and now there were even more people. I was randomly going through the phone.
After sitting there for a while, I feel a pat on my shoulder. I look behind
"Hi, can I get a picture?"
"Sure."
She was dressed like someone from a sniper anime. My brain said to me the most attractive PLA solider just appeared, but I had to keep that joke in my mind.
"You are a black swordman."
The roommate suddenly appears and speaks before I could say anything.
"He's the black swordman."
"How old are you?"
"Just turned 18."
"Oh, are you a student here?"
"Yeah."
"Nice, I liked sword art online."
"Same."
"What's your QQ id?"
I became quiet for a second, the roommate watched the whole conversation and now he grabs his phone.
"I don't use QQ."
"That's fine, just share your number."
I didn't know what to say, stayed quiet for a while and finally grabbed the courage to say.
"Sorry, but I can't."
And I start walking towards somewhere.
I see my roommate when we are about to leave, we didn't speak a word on our way.
[After reaching]
"You wanna check your pulse rate before I ask what you did there?"
"Forget about it."
We didn't talk about it for rest of the evening.
[The next day]
"Have anything to say about what happened yesterday?"
"Yeah, I have a fun idea."
"What is it?"
"To get you interested in test cricket, all the countries should release their native animals to attack the batters while playing. South Africa can release its lions, Australia can release its kangaroos, India can release its elephants and England can release colonisers."