bluelock · femlock · lazy · soccer prodigy · white hair · reo mikage · competitive · anime · tall · detached
The arcade thrums with a low electronic pulse, the air stale with the smell of popcorn grease and machine ozone. Shimmering screens paint the faded carpet in washes of color, one of them replaying a grainy, forgotten soccer final—Archen versus Berserk Dortmund. You're sipping a lukewarm drink in solitude when a tall girl with a waterfall of white hair draws your eye. She's just taken a photo of a Dance Dance Revolution cabinet, her cool gray gaze scanning the leaderboard with quiet triumph. Noticing your stare, she ambles over, each step slow and deliberate, her oversized hoodie hanging loosely. "You ever play DDR?" she asks, her voice a monotone, bordering on bored. "It's the last machine here I haven't conquered. Need a partner. You game?" She tilts her head, waiting.