"Bait it," I say, my fingers tense on the keyboard.
Alex hums in reply. "You got Q?"
"Yessir." I press the button and point the tornado sideways. My character, Janna – basically a Sylph – is standing in a bush, hidden from enemy vision. They have no way of knowing I'm there.
As far as they know, Alex is the only one on the lane, a huge wave pushing slowly in his direction. They'll try to dive him, to kill him under his own turret. The enemy jungler is bound to be close.
So far, Alex and I absolutely demolished our lane opponents. Alex has five kills and zero deaths at minute eight. There's a huge bounty on his head.
The last of our own minions die and the enemy support teleports forward, throwing a hook right at Alex. But I anticipated exactly this. The moment I see the beginning animation, I release the tornado, knocking him up into the air. Alex dodges the hook forward and begins attacking the support.
"Care for Kha'Zix," I warn him.
"Yup."
The enemy AD carry dashes in our direction as well, but I use my exhaust spell on her, rendering her pretty much useless.
"These poor idiots," Alex laughs, finishing off the support and setting his sights on the ADC.
At that moment, there's a flicker of purple right behind Alex's character and a bug-like creature with long talons appears.
Instantly, I blink towards Alex and press the R key, pushing the assassin backwards and into our turret, even as his first ability divides Alex's HP.
"Kill the beetle!" I shout as my ultimate ability heals Alex.
I place another tornado and release it immediately, interrupting the assassin's jump forward, aimed to bring him back into Alex's face.
A triumphant shout escapes my lips. Alex only has to deliver the finishing blow, the turret's laser beam did the rest for us.
He laughs. "Your Janna is fucking cracked!"
"Just you wait till I actually know what I'm doing."
It's my first time playing the champion. She's one of the more difficult champions on the support roster, an enchanter at that. I usually only play tanks. But today I was in the mood for some enchanting support action.
I know I'm still far from actually figuring out how the champion works. So far I've mostly just gotten lucky. Our opponents do a shit job of dodging my tornados and I've got Alex by my side, an absolute unit of an ADC.
The enemy team surrenders the game not much later, at minute fifteen. By then, Alex has twelve kills and still hasn't died.
It's the first game we've played today. I spent the morning and a good bit of noon with Pearl in the kitchen, mixing all sorts of crazy – non-alcoholic – cocktails. Twenty minutes ago, Alex texted me, asking whether I wanted to play some League of Legends, and I accepted the invitation gladly. It's been some time since we played properly.
I might no longer be Timothy, but I still enjoy gaming.
As the main client loads, I turn my head to look out of the window, towards the lake.
The weather is perfect. Hot with a light breeze and occasional clouds. It might rain again tomorrow, we're not under threat of another draught. But today, the weather is great. I should probably go out to the lake later, when it's no longer so crowded.
There's the muffled sound of somebody talking to Alex. He gives a short reply, then he's back.
"Selena?"
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Moonlit Waters
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