Another Player [ Wade Watts/Parzival x Reader ]

2

OASIS

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I ended up following Parzival to his friends workshop. I immediately got the impression that he hasn't met many girls, in real life, nor in the OASIS. His posture was all over the place on the way out of the Race Track and he looked overwhelmingly nervous, his eyes darting all over the place.

As we entered I finally met Aech. He was pretty Burly in game, I don't know about real life. If he's anything like me, then I'm guessing he's the opposite of his Avatar. " This is my workshop. Touch, Nothing. "

I glanced around, my eyes landing on a large hunk of metal. " Holy pizzas! Where did you find an Iron Giant?! " I asked in amazement. 

" Find it...? I'm building it, plus commission. " Aech states. I had to admit. I was impressed.

Parzival looked at me. " Oh- yeah Aech is top rated on the Mark port. People all over the U.S pay him serious coin. Oh hey! Check this out! " Parzival pulled out a few small vehicles from a box. Again, clearly new at this 'talking to girls' thing.

" Hold it. Z...yo. " Aech tried to stop Parzival but he continued anyways.

" The Galactica of course..."

" These are my Babies, alright man...? "

" Sulaco from 'Aliens' "

" Dude! Why you showin' off my shit? "

" Valley forge from 'Silent Running'. Oh, hey, where's the Transporter...? That thing is sick! Fold space like a Boss...! You can get from Incipio to Archaide. "

" You'll Have to excuse him. He gets a little nervous around Pretty Girls. " I held in a chuckle.

Aech motioned for me to give him my Falcon. I pulled up my inventory and tossed the small replica towards him. He examined the damage.

" mhm...I can fix it in ten minutes. " He said nonchalantly. I nodded.

" Yep! He's pretty great. " I looked him up and down.

" He does seem pretty good with tools, I'll say that much. So, I assume you are in shoulder blades or clanned. " I stated, not giving any more options.

Parzival looked at me with a confused stare, before catching on. " Oh, Aech? Nah! I mean he's really good...but I don't clan. "

I rolled my eyes. " Oh, why? Cause your Parzival, as in the knight who found the holy grail himself. "

He looked me up and down. " What about you G/t? n/m [name meaning]. Fans must be killing to sign you up. "

I decided to play a think fast test with him. " Favorite shooter? "

" excuse me...?"

" James Halliday's Favorite 1st person shooter..! " I snapped, a bit annoyed.

" what..? Oh! The Goldeneye. " He said, catching on.

" playing as...? " I waited for a response.

" Oddjob. Is this a test? " I ignored his question and moved on.

" Favorite game variant? " I asked.

" Game variant, Slappers Only. " He paused. " no weapons- "

" I know what slappers only means. " I grumbled, slightly annoyed. " Racer? "

" Turbo. " he smiled. " And his favorite food was hot pockets. His favorite restaurant was Chuck E. Cheese's, song was Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. Video is Take On Me by A-ha. His favorite quote was from Superman. " Some people can read war and peace and come away thinking it was a- "

I interrupted him. " A simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on the back of a chewing gum wrapper, " We began speaking in unison.

" And enlighten the secrets of the universe. "

" Lex Luthor. "

" Cool! " He shouted.

" What would you do if you won? " I asked, curious as to learn more about this new person. " The whole contest, I mean. " I added.

" I mean, I've got tons of plans in the real world. I would move into a huge mansion. Buy a bunch of cool shit. Not be poor. " He stated.

" Now I know why you stopped short. " I proclaimed.

" I stopped because of Kong. No one ever makes it past Kong, that's like, a rule. " He stated.

I scoffed, and placed a hand on my hip. " Well, than you know it can't be true. Because Halliday hated making rules. " It stung a bit to say those words. I forced my mind to block out memories.

" I can not afford to zero out. " He argued.

" Your just afraid to lose your shit. " I laughed.

" No I'm not. " He grumbled, clearly annoyed with my attempts at trying to get him to crack.

" What happens when IOI offers you guaranteed coins for the keys to the kingdom? " I asked.

" Nolan Sorrento takes over the world. " He replies nonchalantly. I rolled my eyes.

" A real Gunter would risk everything to save the OASIS from IOI. " I finished, passion taking over my system.

" Who said that? " He asked, slightly confused.

I paused. " Me. " I then turned and walked towards Aech.

" There yah go, good as new. " I grinned. I was a fangirl when it came to stuff like Star Wars, and the Falcon was like my baby.

" Thanks a lot dude, your awesome. " I smiled at him, tossing the Falcon back into my inventory.

I turned to Parzival. " See you from the finish line....McFly. " I smirked and began walking away, I small smile formed on my lips and I laughed lightly, and teleported out.

That kid is interesting.