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For dinner, as part of his attempt for a healthier diet, Anthony decided to make homecook meal.

He made ramen noodles.

Actually Anthony was a good cook, always making delicious dishes on his own. He watched Masterchef episodes one too many and his inner Gordon Ramsay suddenly came out. Often times he would take turns with Melina, who fortunately shared the same passion for food. She'd do breakfast and he'd serve dinner, and then take turns. And then...

And then he cooked breakfast and dinner, both.

Oh well...

By the time he finished his ramen, he took a quick shower and went straight to his computer. Logging in to the game and making sure his Discord call was connected, also making sure his setup was running perfectly. To top it off he prepare nice cold beer on the side of his table.

"What's going on guys? Do I sound good?" Anthony spoke over the mic. As he set up his mic, he realized that only four GTA character were showing on the game instead of six. "Tyler? Mami?"

"Hang on, my games is loading still," Tyler responded.

"Yea," said Chrissy. "Mami is setting up something first. She texted me just now."

"Tell me a little about Mami again? I seriously don't know who she is," Marcel added jokingly.

"I met Mami when playing League of Legends. We played for a little longer. And then we suddenly played a lot more," Chrissy told him. "She is really fun to play with."

"What's her channel name?" Marcel asked.

"She doesn't have a YouTube channel, I don't think," Chrissy said. "No, actually she does but rarely use it unless to save a video."

"Ahh, where she from - "

"Hello! Hi! Hi, mic check, onetwothree," came a very quick call-out from the call. At the same time a new webcam showed up, revealing this young Asian-looking woman wearing glasses and what looked like a sweatshirt. "Guys! Hey, can you - is my microphone working now?"

Internally amused her sudden outburst, Anthony chuckled. "Yeah, we hear you clearly Mami. What's up?"

"Oh good then. I was messing up with this audio setting a little bit," Mami said. "So I heard we are going to play some GTA today?"

"Yeah. We're trying this new game mode. New update, Halloween edition stuff," Anthony explained. "You have it yet?"

"Course. I download it immediately. Slasher, it's called. Sounds fun," Mami chuckled. "Oh, Marcel is here. Nice to meetcha."

"Likewise," Marcel offered a quick salute to the camera. "So Mami, this will be our first time playing together yeah?"

"That's right. Don't be nervous Marcel," she commented, "O yeah, I like your channel by the way. Big fan."

"Mami you said that to pretty much everyone that you've played with," Scotty sneered at her. "You said the same thing when we met."

"What can I say, I have big heart."

"Alright, I am in! I am in and we're good to go," Tyler finally joined in the lobby. "What's up guys!"

The Slasher was a horror-themed game mode where a monster, which was a slasher, had to hunt down couple of hiders in a very dark building. Like its theme, the slasher looked ridiculously scary, enough to make jumpscare here and there, enough to make Tyler screamed like he was getting raped. Anthony didn't mind that; the jumpscare, not the rape. Horror was something he grew up with. Jumpscare did scare him, but it was pretty fun as well. It was more fun when he gave that jumpscares to his pussy-ass friends.

One thing he liked about playing games, other that it gave him opportunity to grow as a gamer and a person - was the fact that time flew by very quickly, without him realizing it. It was very useful for foul mood. The thing about gaming, it gave him level of peace he needed. Sure, he raged a lot; no peace in that. The peace he needed, however, was in a shape of mind illusions to make sure his life was going well. He enjoyed games so much he could forget his problems, his own miserable life even. Well, he needed to forget reality lately.

"So Mami?" Anthony heard Marcel calling up to her. "We call you Mami, right? Is it your legit name or just a fun thing to call you?"

"It's both, really. It's a nickname from my childhood and kinds stuck till now."

"And what's your real name then?"

"A-ha," suddenly she let out a snorted laugh. "You don't wanna know. I have a long name. I think none of these guys remember my name at this point," she said, gesturing the other people in the chat.

"I do. Kinda," Tyler retorted quickly. "It's... It's Army-something. Yeah, I don't know."

Thinking back Anthony also failed to remember of her name.

Marcel chuckled. "Army-something?"

"Alright. My name, my full name is Ni Gusti Wayan Armamitya," with a laugh, she told them.

Marcel's GTA chatacter suddenly stopped moving, as he was too baffled with what he just heard. "What? What kind of speech is that? Where are you from?"

"You see Marcel, I am not from around the block. I am from Bali."

"Bali? Like the beaches and stuff Bali?"

"Yep, the beaches and stuff Bali."

"No shit, really? My family planned to travel to Bali in three months," Marcel exclaimed excitedly. "Nice to know the local people before. To prep up - hey you can be our tour guide."

"That'be nice, but I don't actually live in Bali anymore. I live in the West Java now," Mami then added. "But perhaps I can go back once in a while."

Mami was introduced to Anthony when one day during a boring Black Ops 3 session back in July, Scotty invited Chrissy to the lobby, and she immediately invited Mami to join the team. Since then - well until now, Anthony never really played with her again. They'd often like and post some simple comments on each other's instagram and reply tweets, but that was pretty much as far as his interaction with Mami went.

Not that it mattered to him anyways.

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