Only a Matter of Time (Kota)

[Damia Owens]

It was night again, and with night came everything Damia was supposed to do, and nothing that she wanted to do. There was sleep, of course, but that wasn’t going to happen. Homework would be good but would require focus… and not panicking. That wasn’t going to happen either. With little left but walking around, watching TV, or playing video games Damia predictable returned to her xbox.

The night started out relaxed – a new character, no particular goal, just recollecting items and getting as far into the game as she could. Around 11pm, however, something triggered in the back of her mind. She needed a challenge, and not just any challenge, the biggest challenge she could find. So she loaded her most difficult save she could find and returned to the boss she could never beat. 3 hours later she was still at it, obsession in full swing, only now the aggravation had been building for the past three hours.

It wasn’t possible. She should have known that. No, she did know that. She could hardly get the boss down to three quarters health, but then she almost got it down to half and her hopes skyrocketed. She died of course, but that was okay. She could do it again. The next time she walked in, however, she didn’t even get a first attack in.

Her frustration erupted. She cursed. She threw her controller. She cursed again. Damia even looked for something to hit, but quickly pulled herself back to her senses. She picked up the controller and tried again… and died immediately. Discarding the controller with a clatter, she got up. There was nowhere to go really, but Damia definitely needed a break.

[Dakota Clemson]

By the time Kota got to bed that night, she gladly welcomed the sleep. Her day had been a little tiring and she wanted nothing more then sometime to regain her strength. Although night wasn't always the best time. She often had nightmares but thankfully, Kota's sleep was dreamless and easy.

That was until she was woken up by a crash. Kota shot up in her bed gasping, her hands clutching tightly to the sheets. She looked around to see her room mate cursing. She didn't want to say anything so she carefully laid back back down as the girl quieted herself.

So far Kota had had very little interactions with her room mate, Damia. There had been a few awkward moments of like five seconds of interactions but so far they had kept to themselves. Damia had a habit of staying up late but Kota wasn't one to complain.

When she threw the remote again Kota looked over at her. She pushed up onto her side a bit, unsure of what to do. She had promised herself she would make friends so maybe this was a time to work on it. "Um... Are you uh, okay?" Kota asked, barely audibly.