[ Or something like that. Oria has a feeling that losing to Kurapika is actually likely based on what he saw earlier, but he's going to do his best to win.
Oria immediately goes on the offensive. Where are you, Kurapika!! He's gonna hunt you down!! ]
And you're currently utilizing those skills by trying to find me. Good luck with that.
[ He's hidden near the side of a building, but he's kept it nondescript, with no markings and only the color of the siding he's crouched next to the only clues to his location.
Kurapika shifts his view to first person just in case he needs to snipe Oria. ]
[ The maze setting is something Oria tries to use to his advantage, subtly dropping traps here and there while keeping in mind where he dropped them in this place. His mental mapping is pretty decent, but he also keeps on moving in a slightly erratic way. There's no real pattern to his movements.
Eventually, there is a flare that shoots upwards like a firework that Kurapika can spot on his own screen. Did Oria shoot it just then? Who knows... ]
[ There's a little intake of breath from Kurapika when he spots that flare, and he readies his gun, backing up against a wall so Oria will have to come in front of him first. It's a risk that comes with easily getting backed into a corner, but one he's willing to take. After all, he can see Oria's erratic movements on his game screen, which means he could be anywhere. ]
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[ Kurapika frowns as he focuses, trying to gauge where Oria might be, listening for his footsteps or any indication that he's somewhere nearby (18).
The energy emanating off of him is intense.
((why do i only roll well for stupid or horny shit)) ]
[ cgdkdjsk that's so funny... unfortunately this happens but you know what let's play it by ear
If there is one advantage Oria has over Kurapika, it's the familiarity of the game, which includes the terrain. A vantage sniping spot is one of the good ones, because there are so few. Is it just Kurapika using the sniper scope to see or actually sniping? Oria is willing to bet on one more than the other.
The intense energy that Kurapika gives off is really something that it only makes Oria laugh a little to break the silence and tension. ]
Hey? You good?
[ Then he lobs a grenade in two directions. Let's freaking go, blondie. Oria thinks one of the two spots are where Kurapika is, but he could definitely be proven wrong. ]
[ INCREDIBLE why does this just. always happen. help. ]
Of course I'm good. I'm focused.
[ There, at least, isn't any tension or anger in his voice. Seems like he's just... intense in general.
With a 16, Kurapika's position gets revealed as he has to run out of his corner and out into the open, but the grenade only manages to scuff him as he runs away. If he's pinpointing this accurately, then he might be able to figure out the direction Oria tossed it from. That's the risk of aiming in two spots—it means Kurapika can triangulate.
So, he uses the scope on his gun to try and find Oria, firing several shots in a row as he does (20). ]
[ You know when people overprepare for something only for the actual event to be over very anticlimatically? That happens right now when Kurapika ends up getting Oria with those several shots and one of them happens to be a headshot. Incredible.
Oria stands there for a moment and then looks at Kurapika like. What the fuck!! Just happened!! He lost so bad. ]
[ For Kurapika, it feels perfectly climactic. He's wearing a little grin as he looks over at Oria, setting the plastic gun down on the game console with a little thump. ]
Not bad. That was fun.
[ All of that intensity from before? It's gone now, washed away like a wave. ]
[ The small noise brings Oria back to earth and he promptly puts his gun plastic gun back into the little holster on the arcade machine. The sudden absence of the intensity feels a little like whiplash. He vaguely wonders if this is what it's like to deal with his own bullshit from another person's point of view. ]
[ An archery competition being fun is something Oria can't fathom for himself, but if that's how Kurapika feels, he won't judge. ]
Your focus is really quite something. You'd be pretty good at first person shooter games on the PC too, with how much you have to aim and focus on the terrain and all that. Did a good job at showing me that you can.
[ If Kurapika played FPS on the PC, then Oria would probably play with him whenever he felt like playing (which was often). ]
Anyway, wanna play something else? Or do you wanna save that for next time? I'm gonna drag you here again if time permits, so watch out.
[ He likes archery, after all, and it's just a bonus that he's good at it. Or rather, he's only good at it because he likes it enough to practice extensively. ]
It almost sounds like you're trying to recruit me for your games.
[ Not like he would especially mind. ]
But we came all this way, so we might as well play more. Pick something.
[ Seeing as to how they had to plan for this little outing, that's what Oria thinks. Speaking of thinking, he looks around to see what else they can play. ]
[ That's neither here nor there, so Oria picks up a ball, rolls it across the ramp, and it gets one of the corner holes. It doesn't look like he has anything special about his way of throwing either. ]
[ He makes a good point, but like hell is Kurapika going to acknowledge it.
Instead, he silently picks up a ball and rolls it up the ramp. Only... he rolls it up a bit too intensely, so much so that it bypasses all of the holes and goes over the back wall. ]
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[ He'll try and keep an eye out for those traps, and he thinks about the different ways he can obscure his own location on his screen. ]
Don't regret your overconfidence.
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[ Or something like that. Oria has a feeling that losing to Kurapika is actually likely based on what he saw earlier, but he's going to do his best to win.
Oria immediately goes on the offensive. Where are you, Kurapika!! He's gonna hunt you down!! ]
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[ He's hidden near the side of a building, but he's kept it nondescript, with no markings and only the color of the siding he's crouched next to the only clues to his location.
Kurapika shifts his view to first person just in case he needs to snipe Oria. ]
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Eventually, there is a flare that shoots upwards like a firework that Kurapika can spot on his own screen. Did Oria shoot it just then? Who knows... ]
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...
[ Kurapika frowns as he focuses, trying to gauge where Oria might be, listening for his footsteps or any indication that he's somewhere nearby (18).
The energy emanating off of him is intense.
((why do i only roll well for stupid or horny shit)) ]
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If there is one advantage Oria has over Kurapika, it's the familiarity of the game, which includes the terrain. A vantage sniping spot is one of the good ones, because there are so few. Is it just Kurapika using the sniper scope to see or actually sniping? Oria is willing to bet on one more than the other.
The intense energy that Kurapika gives off is really something that it only makes Oria laugh a little to break the silence and tension. ]
Hey? You good?
[ Then he lobs a grenade in two directions. Let's freaking go, blondie. Oria thinks one of the two spots are where Kurapika is, but he could definitely be proven wrong. ]
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Of course I'm good. I'm focused.
[ There, at least, isn't any tension or anger in his voice. Seems like he's just... intense in general.
With a 16, Kurapika's position gets revealed as he has to run out of his corner and out into the open, but the grenade only manages to scuff him as he runs away. If he's pinpointing this accurately, then he might be able to figure out the direction Oria tossed it from. That's the risk of aiming in two spots—it means Kurapika can triangulate.
So, he uses the scope on his gun to try and find Oria, firing several shots in a row as he does (20). ]
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Oria stands there for a moment and then looks at Kurapika like. What the fuck!! Just happened!! He lost so bad. ]
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Not bad. That was fun.
[ All of that intensity from before? It's gone now, washed away like a wave. ]
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You switch modes pretty quickly, huh...
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Not particularly. I just wanted to win, so I treated it like I was at an archery competition.
[ So he simply Locked In. ]
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[ An archery competition being fun is something Oria can't fathom for himself, but if that's how Kurapika feels, he won't judge. ]
Your focus is really quite something. You'd be pretty good at first person shooter games on the PC too, with how much you have to aim and focus on the terrain and all that. Did a good job at showing me that you can.
[ If Kurapika played FPS on the PC, then Oria would probably play with him whenever he felt like playing (which was often). ]
Anyway, wanna play something else? Or do you wanna save that for next time? I'm gonna drag you here again if time permits, so watch out.
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[ He likes archery, after all, and it's just a bonus that he's good at it. Or rather, he's only good at it because he likes it enough to practice extensively. ]
It almost sounds like you're trying to recruit me for your games.
[ Not like he would especially mind. ]
But we came all this way, so we might as well play more. Pick something.
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[ Seeing as to how they had to plan for this little outing, that's what Oria thinks. Speaking of thinking, he looks around to see what else they can play. ]
Show me how good you are at skee ball.
[ His eyes almost seem to be glinting. ]
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But, of course, Kurapika doesn't say that. ]
...What are you planning?
[ Don't think he missed that look in your eyes, Oria!! ]
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[ He raises an eyebrow at Kurapika. Boy?? ]
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I saw that look in your eyes. Either you're expecting me to be terrible at it while you excel or you're planning something.
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[ Analytic? Yes. Over-analytic? Oria outwardly shrugs an arm. ]
Anyway, let's get to it! Here.
[ He inserts some coins for Kurapika and himself. They each get a stack of balls to roll. ]
You know how to play, right?
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[ He crosses his arms, looking down at the roll of balls. ]
Go first.
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[ That's neither here nor there, so Oria picks up a ball, rolls it across the ramp, and it gets one of the corner holes. It doesn't look like he has anything special about his way of throwing either. ]
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Instead, he silently picks up a ball and rolls it up the ramp. Only... he rolls it up a bit too intensely, so much so that it bypasses all of the holes and goes over the back wall. ]
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[ He can't help to say when he watches that ball zoom. ]
You frustrated at something, Kurapika?
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[ A look of confusion passes over his face before he thinks back to that throw.
Oh, he did throw that hard, didn't he? ]
That's how I normally throw. Frustration has nothing to do with it.
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[ Oria raises an eyebrow. Bro... ]
Are you sure you're not mad at something?
[ Though he looks like he's about to laugh instead. ]
Want a lesson? I can teach you.
[ how to... skee ball. Yeah. ]
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Sure.
[ Why not. He has no idea how Oria can even teach him something like that, but maybe it'll be interesting. ]
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