He closed the client, grabbed a glass of water, and started looking up warding guides instead of credit card forms.
Jax logged in. The icon was beautiful—a shimmering golden crest. He felt a surge of unearned prestige. He queued up for a Ranked Solo/Duo game, ready to finally play with "people who knew what they were doing."
The screen’s glow was the only light in Jax’s room, casting a rhythmic blue flicker against the empty energy drink cans littering his desk. On the monitor, the words hung like a sentence. He was hard-stuck Silver IV, and his sanity was fraying.
He closed the client, grabbed a glass of water, and started looking up warding guides instead of credit card forms.
Jax logged in. The icon was beautiful—a shimmering golden crest. He felt a surge of unearned prestige. He queued up for a Ranked Solo/Duo game, ready to finally play with "people who knew what they were doing."
The screen’s glow was the only light in Jax’s room, casting a rhythmic blue flicker against the empty energy drink cans littering his desk. On the monitor, the words hung like a sentence. He was hard-stuck Silver IV, and his sanity was fraying.