I would like to participate. But I must ask; what are the details of this? What must one write about? Is there a particular theme or subject in mind? Details, please.
Battlechili said: I would like to participate. But I must ask; what are the details of this? What must one write about? Is there a particular theme or subject in mind? Details, please.
Anything goes but it will be judged in terms of something like 'most enjoyable to read'
Battlechili said: I would like to participate. But I must ask; what are the details of this? What must one write about? Is there a particular theme or subject in mind? Details, please.
Anything goes but it will be judged in terms of something like 'most enjoyable to read'
Is there anything we are supposed to write about? I wrote something quite a while ago that would fit the criteria.
That radio broadcast I just recorded played to over 100 homes! I know that some of them didn’t actually have people listening and others had multiple, so it probably averages out. I know I should feel proud of being able to make so many people happy, but I haven’t met any of them so it doesn’t feel very personal. I see so many people holding hands and kissing each other that I can’t help but feel lonely. When I record I change my personality to whatever will reach the most listeners; I don’t feel like any of my fans even know what I’m actually like. I’ve had plenty of romantic relationships before, but only one of them has lasted more than a week. I don’t know if I’m just an easy target for people who want to try out dating or if I just look like I would be a better boyfriend than I actually am. I wish girls could rate me from 1 to 10 just so I know how much I need to improve.
Although I do have one real life friend, most of my human interaction comes from playing an MMORPG online with some people I met ingame. The name of the game changes every 3 months to go along with the newest patch. It’s currently called “World of Mages” because of how powerful the mages have become. There are two people in my party that I really get along with. One is a guy and the other is a girl. We’ve gotten quite close just by voice-chatting while playing the game together. She’s an archer in the game and she likes Japanese things, so she chose the Japanese word “Yumi” (弓) meaning “bow” as her username. She hasn’t told me her real name yet, but there is a gaming convention that will be in my area fairly soon, so she might tell me her name when we meet. She’s suggested that I try out “dating sims” which is a type of Japanese game for lonely people, but I don’t think it could ever replace the need for a long-lasting romantic relationship.
At work today my colleagues who get more listeners than I do congratulated me on my high viewership from last time.
“Welcome to the over 100 club!” one of them said.
“Thanks!” I said awkwardly.
“How does it feel to be famous?” another one asked.
“I don’t know if this really counts as being famous.”
“Sure it does. 100 people is enough to fill a movie theatre.”
“Maybe a small one. Besides, it doesn’t even mean I have 100 fans though, it was probably just coincidence that I happened to be the host at that time.”
“I guess we’ll just have to see what today’s turnout is like.”
After I did my broadcast I was told that I reached 90 devices.
“Now are you ready to accept your achievement?” someone asked me.
“I guess so. I would prefer to have a longer streak, but this is still better than just one time.”
“Good luck on doing well again next time, Radio Mike!”
“Thanks! You too!”
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“Level Up is in just 9 days! Do you think I could stay at your place, Radio?” Yumi asked me during a partner mission.
“My apartment isn’t very big, so I don’t know where you could stay. I don’t have a second bed, but I wouldn’t want you to sleep on the floor.”
“That’s okay, I can sleep in your bed.”
“Is that okay with your parents? We haven’t even met yet!”
“We’ll have pajamas on, so it’s fine.”
“I don’t even own pajamas.”
“Then buy some! They’re not very expensive.”
“Okay. So when are you coming over?”
“I’m planning on leaving tomorrow.”
“How are you getting here?”
“That’s classified information”
“Why?”
“Because I want it to be.”
“I guess I should clean my house. It’s kind of a mess.”
“Yeah. I should also get ready.”
“K, bye!”
“See ya!”
There’s so much junk in my house. I don’t even know what most of this stuff does. I probably needed to get rid of this clutter anyway. This is going to take a while.
One and a half garbage bags later I’m finished cleaning out my house. It’s amazing how much trash can fit into such a small home. Unfortunately the garbage pickup only allows one garbage bag per week per household. Some of the other houses next to mine are empty, so I can pretend that this is their garbage.
After doing everything I promised to do it was still only 10 pm. I decided to watch a movie. Tomorrow sounds exciting, but I’m also nervous. I don’t know why Yumi wanted to come over so far in advance. I’ve been friends with her for over two years now, but I’m still afraid that she won’t like me in real life. There must be something wrong with me that only comes out when people get to know me better. The people at work seem to like me. Is there some negative trait that I need to hide? I doubt she would give up very easily, so maybe she could help me fix whatever people seem to dislike about me. I didn’t end up paying to much attention to the movie, but it didn’t seem that good anyway. I don’t think I’ll watch it again.
While I was waiting for Yumi to show up, my phone rang. I didn’t recognise the number, but I picked up anyways.
“Hey, could you tell me how to get to your place? For some reason my GPS won’t work anymore.”
“Is this Yumi? How did you know my number?”
“We exchanged numbers a while ago, but we never called each other. So, can you look at a map or something? I shouldn’t talk to you when the car is moving, so hurry up.”
“I opened up Google maps. What street are you at?”
“Rupert street.”
“You’re going in the wrong direction.”
It took over half an hour to guide her to my house. When I knew she was getting close I went outside so she could see me. She didn’t know what I looked like, but I was able to wave her down.
“Can I just park here?”
“Yeah, I think that should be fine. Wow, you’re beautiful!”
“You’re not too bad yourself.”
“I’ve always associated your voice with your avatar. I don’t know what I expected you to look like.”
“Well, now that we’ve finally met, do you want to get lunch?”
“Sure. What would you want to have?”
“I don’t really care. Nothing too cheap though.”
We went out to a restaurant together. Although I’ve been on about 100 dates before, none were quite like this. Maybe it’s because we already knew each other. I do have a slightly different personality online, but so does she. Something really special happened after we finished our meal.
“I have something I’d like to give you.” She said.
She leaned in and kissed me.
“Could we kiss for a bit longer?” I asked.
“Um-hm”
I’ve never had a kiss feel so real before. I think I’m finally in love.
If it's acceptable I could make it a bit longer. I wrote this for school and we had a lower limit than 5000 words so that's why I made it shorter.
