Oh, the Misery - Arcane Male Reader Insert

II: Some Mysteries Are B̶etter Left U̵nsolv̶e̵d

Vi swung her gloved fists at the machine before her, landing three punches before it could even throw one, and even then, it never landed one but instead just gave her more time to throw another punch

Vi trained with the boxing machine in front of her, one that had multiple arms with boxing gloves, and Mylo's face drawn into it. "Extra motivation", Powder called it

Above rested a scoreboard. Out of the twelve spots, ten belonged to her, while Claggor hung onto the last two

The way Vi moved was astonishing, her reaction time was well beyond any of the others present, and her punches were precise and powerful. The teenager was barely breaking a sweat by the time she reached second place

Mylo: Remind me why we bother with this dump

Mylo picked his nose before he grabbed a toy gun

Vi: Vander said to lay low

Vi rolled her shoulders, with a new high score behind her as she finished practicing

Vi: Enforcers never come down here, so this is as good a place as any

Claggor gave him an amused look

Claggor: Oh, what's the matter, Mylo? You worried Powder's gonna beat you again?

Mylo turned to him

Mylo: Hey, if she didn't keep fixing these things, I wouldn't keep missing

Right on cue, Powder appeared behind the counter, holding two ends of a plug. Her sudden appearance startled him

She connected the plugs and twisted them firmly. Just like that, the color returned to the shooting gallery, with neon colors popping out

Shortly after, the wooden targets began to move

In one of his many attempts to look cool, Mylo aimed the gun sideways and started to shoot

Needless to say, he missed every time

Nearby, Vi was taking off the gloves. A bit too small for her, and always left her with aching wrists, but her mind was not on this odd pain

But rather, on what Vander said to her

She looked over her shoulder

Vi: You guys know I wouldn't take you on a job you couldn't handle, right?

Mylo stopped briefly to answer

Mylo: Are you kidding? That was the best job we've ever done

Then he continued to shoot and... yes, to miss

Mylo: Maybe just don't take Powder next time

The young girl next to him scowled him and loaded the other toy gun. She knew Mylo just wouldn't let it go, so she decided to shut him up in the one way she deemed best:

By showing off

So she aimed at the front, closed one of her eyes, and started shooting. Unlike the previous player, she successfully hit all her targets and all of them in either the head or chest at a speed akin to Vi's when she was boxing

Once she was down, she made a face to the now speechless Mylo and walked off to another game. Claggor saw her walk by but felt that something was missing

Or rather, someone

Claggor: Hey, Vi

She hummed in response

Claggor pushed himself off the wall and questioned:

"Where did you say Y/N went to?"

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