The games we play.
I'm in the bathroom. Steve is patiently awaiting my return in the living room so we can continue our show without more interruptions. But as I go to yank open the door, I find him standing directly outside of it. His face is expressionless and I wonder for a split second if he's about to puke. Instead he raises his arms, the heels of his palms together, fingers crooked as if he's holding an imaginary ball, and he loudly states:
HADOUKEN!
I do one of those defeatist sighs and admit that he got me. There can be no counterattack to the hadouken; he beat me fair and square. But I'm not going down that easily, I will get him back some day.
And that day is the next day, when he goes to leave the living room. I'm bent over the video games searching for something when I call out to him. He turns and I shoot around, hitting him with a silent hadouken. Instead of him accepting his fate he complains. "You didn't say it! You have to say it!" "It's a sneak attack!" I argue. He huffs in response and we decide we need some rules to our new game.
RULES:
1. You can only do one attack per day. The first person to attack wins for the day. No counterattacks.
2. You still cannot counterattack even if the person messes up the special technique but you can block it.
3. An attack must have either the words or hand signals to count.
4. If the attack requires a "power up" (ie Kamehameha), you must wait patiently.
5. You have to switch it up. You cannot always attack first thing in the morning.
6. You also have to be creative.
Most of the attacks come from Street Fighter but we allow certain ones from Dragonball, Mortal Kombat, and Naruto among others. There have been days that have slipped by without any kind of imaginary weapon thrown at each other but it just makes it more intense for when it does finally happen. Steve is in the lead (of course) and seems to be quite partial to the Sonic Boom. I like the Tiger move because of the hand sign that goes with it but I’m already planning my next attack which will be totally hardcore.
I get Steve with a paper Sonic Boom taped to his steering wheel because there was no way he could defend himself. It takes a week for him to recover and when he finally creeps out of the shadows it’s a good one.
I’m in Hot Topic getting a gift for Michelle’s birthday when Steve looks at me anxiously. I pop an eyebrow and he tells me after my purchase I need to meet him outside. I get a little giddy and start singing to myself: I’m getting a present! I’m getting a present! When he comes out he hands me a bag. The gift feels suspiciously like an energy drink and when I pull it out….
Well played, Steve. Well played.
HADOUKEN!
I do one of those defeatist sighs and admit that he got me. There can be no counterattack to the hadouken; he beat me fair and square. But I'm not going down that easily, I will get him back some day.
And that day is the next day, when he goes to leave the living room. I'm bent over the video games searching for something when I call out to him. He turns and I shoot around, hitting him with a silent hadouken. Instead of him accepting his fate he complains. "You didn't say it! You have to say it!" "It's a sneak attack!" I argue. He huffs in response and we decide we need some rules to our new game.
RULES:
1. You can only do one attack per day. The first person to attack wins for the day. No counterattacks.
2. You still cannot counterattack even if the person messes up the special technique but you can block it.
3. An attack must have either the words or hand signals to count.
4. If the attack requires a "power up" (ie Kamehameha), you must wait patiently.
5. You have to switch it up. You cannot always attack first thing in the morning.
6. You also have to be creative.
Most of the attacks come from Street Fighter but we allow certain ones from Dragonball, Mortal Kombat, and Naruto among others. There have been days that have slipped by without any kind of imaginary weapon thrown at each other but it just makes it more intense for when it does finally happen. Steve is in the lead (of course) and seems to be quite partial to the Sonic Boom. I like the Tiger move because of the hand sign that goes with it but I’m already planning my next attack which will be totally hardcore.
I get Steve with a paper Sonic Boom taped to his steering wheel because there was no way he could defend himself. It takes a week for him to recover and when he finally creeps out of the shadows it’s a good one.
I’m in Hot Topic getting a gift for Michelle’s birthday when Steve looks at me anxiously. I pop an eyebrow and he tells me after my purchase I need to meet him outside. I get a little giddy and start singing to myself: I’m getting a present! I’m getting a present! When he comes out he hands me a bag. The gift feels suspiciously like an energy drink and when I pull it out….
Well played, Steve. Well played.