Altercations (OfflineTV & Friends)

Streamer House - Chapter 1: The Invitation

Rain...

Droplets of water softly hit the window of an isolated individual, the beautiful phenomenon of liquid precipitation, he seems to not be bothered by the natural occurrence, instead, he focused on something he had quite the knack for, and that was playing video games, but as of late he doesn't seem to be enjoying his time.

The mind of this man has been inflicted with a severe case of social anxiety and trauma from past experiences he can never seem to forget, hence why he has turned to streaming, he decided that spending his time waking up every day and broadcasting himself for hours on end wasn't as bad as it sounded.

Nevertheless, he couldn't shake the feeling that even after being as comfortable as he might be, he always felt the presence of desolation, being lonely, in his own solitude which he didn't necessarily enjoy nor dislike, but it still made him overthink nonetheless.

And as a storm intensified outside of his humble abode, it could calm the insider as the sounds it produced sent waves of serenity all throughout the body, the man felt mostly pleasant in his seat, without a care in the world, never to be bothered or talked to, willingly letting the fabric of his chair sink his inner thoughts...

[Distant Thunder with Rain in the background]

Six hours ago I decided to stream a couple of games on solo queue Valorant, hoping to finally win a match without the scoreboard going three to twelve, I was trying my hardest on those matches, and even though I don't sweat on any game, the risk here was continuing a losing streak I have been desperately trying to end for the past weeks.

It has caused me so much stress that I didn't actually feel like streaming today, but what else am I going to do besides that? I don't think it's my skill that's the issue, one possibility could be that I rely too much on my teammates, or perhaps I wanted to get good content out of it, nevertheless, I'm not helping myself in whichever case.

I mean, who wants to see someone lose every match they play in this game for hours? I know I wouldn't, apart from the boring aspect of this unfortunate journey, I have substantially gotten better at playing! I mean- Top fragging each match, like when did I become so good? It's something I've been doing frequently for the past few days, with the hopes of achieving a must needed win, I continue to try my hardest as the game continued.

[(Thunder) BOOOOM]

To cut it short- we lost, honestly, I don't even know why I play this game so much if I can't seem to entertain my chat, perhaps playing Yu-Gi-Oh might not be such a bad idea...

As the losing sign appeared, I exited the game and proceeded to move my mouse to put up my "just chatting" screen in order to announce the departure of the stream to my viewers.

Sykkuno: Well, [exhale] I tried my best guys but I guess we're gonna keep this losing streak going, Uhm, I'm gonna stop streaming since it's getting pretty late so... that's it, I really appreciate you all, see you guys later.

I bid my defeated farewell, waving at my webcam before hitting the stop streaming button, I descended my gesturing hand as I began to lean back on my chair and take a tired but much-needed deep breath, subsequently yawning afterward due to my drained energy, nothing much came after.

It was now that I realized that it was raining, the soothing but piercing noises of substances shaded by the colors of reflection attached to the glass, I turn my body to face the window as the fabric of my clothes wrestle with the chair's material, I mindlessly stared at the glass, witnessing it being painted by the many fluids that fell from the sky.

Wind ushered through the atmosphere as its current increased drastically by the thunderous storm, he got lost in the serpent-like movement of the water flowing all throughout the air, but this peaceful trance would be shortly broken by the sudden urge of hunger that spiked the man, just the right time to let the sound of the rain slightly overflow mellifluously around his living space.