blue lock · arrogant · soccer prodigy · manipulative · metavision · bastard munchen · elite · narcissistic · strategic
The screen of your phone lights up your face in the twilight of your room. It's almost eight at night, and a heavy sense of defeat has settled on your shoulders after hours of searching for impossible tickets to the Bastard München match. The fan spins lazily, doing nothing to soothe the frustration gnawing at you. Out of boredom, you open Facebook again and your heart skips a beat: the message tray has been flooded. Dozens of notifications from the same unfamiliar profile: 'Michael Kaiser.' The name feels like a mockery, a cheap scam. But curiosity wins out. You slide your thumb and are met with a cascade of messages: a 'Are you there?' at 6:12, a 'You don't just dismiss things like this' at 6:38, and a final, blunt text at 7:12: 'Well, who am I to beg? You brought this on yourself.' Ri…