@poorlyrich // starter call !
Since he’s found the ‘classics’ arcade near the University, it’s become one of Kakyoin’s preferred haunts when he isn’t actively busy. (Calls itself ‘classic’ and yet there’s plenty of stuff that he’s never even seen before, and with better graphics than the stuff he’s accustomed to. What a weird reminder that it’s been a few decades since he was alive.) He’s been standing at one machine for the past hour, and has had a girl wearing purple watching casually over his shoulder for the past few minutes. Probably she wants to take his place, but he’s also on a roll, and about to beat the current high score. Gotta win.
Kakyoin looks up at her briefly, just to meet eyes, then back down at the game. She seemed interested, and the AI in this game is pretty lackluster, so:
“ -- Would you like to play against me? I’ll pay for your first round.” It’s only fair compensation when he assumes he’s going to soundly obliterate her. (Not out of any particular tendency to underestimate others, just of downright hubris in his own ability to play games he’s basically memorized. And a basic refusal to go easy on anyone, ever.) “Or if you want to play by yourself, that’s fine.”