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bedesSummary: Because he grew up poor, Crow never was able to get good at video games. Luke grew up surrounded by video games... And guess who’s the competitive one between the two?
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“Why can’t we watch the cartoon?! I don’t lose at the cartoon!”
“Come on now, Crow...”
The issue with Crow and video games was this: he never had any. The only time he was able to play any sort of electronic game was when he went over to Luke’s house, and, even then, he only really played the occasional Mario Kart. But, him having little to no practice with video games lead him to not being so good at them; especially when he was trying a new game he hadn’t played before. And that, along with his competitive spirit, didn’t mix very well.
Crow, at this moment, was borrowing Flora’s 3DS and Pokemon game, so that he could battle Luke. He had grown up watching the cartoon whenever he could get his trashy old television to work, and that helped him get the absolute basics. But Luke has grown up with whatever the latest system was, buying each new game as it came out, and the anime and the games were very, very different. This lead to a crushing defeat every single battle they had; usually with Luke’s leading Pokemon sweeping through Crow’s team. And, after 4 losses in a row, Crow looked ready to chuck the gaming system out the window.
Luke tilted his head a bit, and moved on the floor, so that, instead of their 3DSes facing away from each other, Luke could easily see Crow’s screen. “Hey, if we battle again, I could try and help you!”
Crow gave Luke an irritated look. “I don’t need help!”
Luke raised an eyebrow. “Do you, though?” He glanced down at Crow’s screen, which still had the ‘LOSS’ screen up, which Crow quickly exited out of, followed by a, “Fine.”
Once again, the battle music began to play in unison for them, and Luke sent out his feathery reptilian Pokemon, nicknamed ‘Plumes’. (Luke nicknamed all of his Pokemon; Plumes was named after the Plume fossil it was revived from.) Crow sent out Flora’s Primarina, which she had nicknamed ‘Water Lillie’.
“So,” Luke began, looking at Crow’s Pokemon’s moveset. “My Pokemon is an Archeops! And Archeops have the ability Defeatist, where, if it gets below half health, its stats are cut in half!”
“Yeah, but Primarina is slower than it,” Crow grumbled.
“Not if it uses a move that’s guaranteed to go first! And, if it’s super effective, maybe it’ll get Plumes into Defeatist! Plus, if it uses... Say, Aqua Jet... It’ll get same-type attack bonus.”
Crow’s eyes lit up with this advice, and he immediate went to pick Aqua Jet, with an enthusiastic grin. As Luke had predicted, this got Plumes into Defeatist, and made it easy to KO.
The rest of the battle went similarly; whenever Crow was struggling, Luke would look at his screen and give him a tip or two, which would immediately result in his Pokemon getting knocked out. Finally, after his last Pokemon was down, Luke saw the ‘LOSS’ screen pop up on his 3DS. But somehow, it felt sweeter than the victory screen, especially hearing Crow’s triumphant laugh.
“I DID it! FINALLY! I BEAT you!!” he yelled, throwing his hands in the air and falling over onto his back.
Luke chose not to bring up the fact that he had only been defeated because he had given Crow tips throughout the battle. Instead, he smiled at his boyfriend being so proud of himself. “Yes, you beat me.”
Apologies if this seems rushed...! That would be because it is. Today was absolutely hectic for me; my family celebrated Easter today, among other things... I only had time to write near the end of the day!! But I got it out in time and that’s what matters!
First Chapter | Masterpost (for more information) | Previous Chapter | Next Chapter
“Why can’t we watch the cartoon?! I don’t lose at the cartoon!”
“Come on now, Crow...”
The issue with Crow and video games was this: he never had any. The only time he was able to play any sort of electronic game was when he went over to Luke’s house, and, even then, he only really played the occasional Mario Kart. But, him having little to no practice with video games lead him to not being so good at them; especially when he was trying a new game he hadn’t played before. And that, along with his competitive spirit, didn’t mix very well.
Crow, at this moment, was borrowing Flora’s 3DS and Pokemon game, so that he could battle Luke. He had grown up watching the cartoon whenever he could get his trashy old television to work, and that helped him get the absolute basics. But Luke has grown up with whatever the latest system was, buying each new game as it came out, and the anime and the games were very, very different. This lead to a crushing defeat every single battle they had; usually with Luke’s leading Pokemon sweeping through Crow’s team. And, after 4 losses in a row, Crow looked ready to chuck the gaming system out the window.
Luke tilted his head a bit, and moved on the floor, so that, instead of their 3DSes facing away from each other, Luke could easily see Crow’s screen. “Hey, if we battle again, I could try and help you!”
Crow gave Luke an irritated look. “I don’t need help!”
Luke raised an eyebrow. “Do you, though?” He glanced down at Crow’s screen, which still had the ‘LOSS’ screen up, which Crow quickly exited out of, followed by a, “Fine.”
Once again, the battle music began to play in unison for them, and Luke sent out his feathery reptilian Pokemon, nicknamed ‘Plumes’. (Luke nicknamed all of his Pokemon; Plumes was named after the Plume fossil it was revived from.) Crow sent out Flora’s Primarina, which she had nicknamed ‘Water Lillie’.
“So,” Luke began, looking at Crow’s Pokemon’s moveset. “My Pokemon is an Archeops! And Archeops have the ability Defeatist, where, if it gets below half health, its stats are cut in half!”
“Yeah, but Primarina is slower than it,” Crow grumbled.
“Not if it uses a move that’s guaranteed to go first! And, if it’s super effective, maybe it’ll get Plumes into Defeatist! Plus, if it uses... Say, Aqua Jet... It’ll get same-type attack bonus.”
Crow’s eyes lit up with this advice, and he immediate went to pick Aqua Jet, with an enthusiastic grin. As Luke had predicted, this got Plumes into Defeatist, and made it easy to KO.
The rest of the battle went similarly; whenever Crow was struggling, Luke would look at his screen and give him a tip or two, which would immediately result in his Pokemon getting knocked out. Finally, after his last Pokemon was down, Luke saw the ‘LOSS’ screen pop up on his 3DS. But somehow, it felt sweeter than the victory screen, especially hearing Crow’s triumphant laugh.
“I DID it! FINALLY! I BEAT you!!” he yelled, throwing his hands in the air and falling over onto his back.
Luke chose not to bring up the fact that he had only been defeated because he had given Crow tips throughout the battle. Instead, he smiled at his boyfriend being so proud of himself. “Yes, you beat me.”
Apologies if this seems rushed...! That would be because it is. Today was absolutely hectic for me; my family celebrated Easter today, among other things... I only had time to write near the end of the day!! But I got it out in time and that’s what matters!
