The Queen's Descent into Madness

As soon as the politics-heavy game began, I headed toward where the robot was. Honestly, ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠I didn't even know the map layout, so I figured I’d just wing it and fight. A moment later, the enemy team appeared. They had two dealers I didn't recognize, along with Yana and Ryu Siwoo.

One was a female character with black hair and red eyes, giving off a slight Chinese vibe, and the other was an explorer-type character who looked neither male nor female. Since I didn't know their kits, I didn't rush in blindly. I stayed back, trading fire and poking with flames, but...

"Why isn't my health regenerating?"

Reinhardt’s barrier isn't infinite, so my own health had taken a significant hit, but strangely, no healing was coming through. "What is our healer doing?" I couldn't check properly while we were still engaged, so I just spammed the hotkey for 'I need healing.'

"Ah... are we getting pushed back from the start?"

I figured I had no choice but to retreat and regroup. But then.

"SEI!"

The Japanese battle cry from behind me caught me off guard. Genji had drawn his sword and charged into the enemy lines. "No, ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠why are you following him!" Mercy flew in right behind Genji to boost his damage. "Damn it." I had no choice but to use Charge to join them, but...

"Ah. Sleep."

I was hit by Yana’s sleep dart, fell asleep, and died. Less than two seconds later, Genji died, and Mercy, left all alone, followed suit. Looking at the screen after respawning, I saw Soldier was busy hitting Zarya to pad his damage stats...

"Why is your healing lower than Soldier's?"

Moira, despite being a healer, had managed the impressive feat of having lower healing output than Soldier. "Ah... my blood pressure."

"No. It's still okay." I steeled myself, waiting to respawn, when a chat message popped up.

"..."

"Ha... I have a lot to say, but I'll hold it in." If I weren't streaming, I would have unleashed my ultimate technique, but unfortunately, the broadcast was ongoing. As soon as I respawned, I faced the enemies again, trying to stop the robot from pushing the barricade.

"Ah. Can I do anything at all?" Charging in felt like a death sentence with this team, but standing still just meant my health ticked away. "Is the new strategy for tanks to go find health packs themselves?"

Looking at the situation, Mercy was glued to Genji, enjoying a private date, and Moira only threw damage orbs whenever her own health was fine.

"Огонь по готовности! (Fire at will!)"

"Ah."

Zarya’s ultimate, which had charged up out of nowhere, caught all four of us except for Soldier, who was off somewhere else.

"！ (Burning feathers scorch the sky!)"

Our team of four was completely wiped out by the ultimate of that Chinese character I’d never seen before. "Ha... this game is not going well." I let out a sigh of frustration.

Moira started the political game against me again.

That son of a... Soldier: "Hold the frontline a bit longer." Wow. If you just killed the dealers properly... Genji: "Agreed. The enemy Yana is free-firing but I can't catch her."

"I'm done. Forget it."

"Ha... just in case."

I asked Mercy the question I’d been wondering about since earlier. Moira: "Why do you think? Because you're..." I ignored Moira and waited for Mercy to type.

Right. Of course. There’s a famous quote from a popular manga: "If five humans gather, there is always one piece of trash." I decided to disagree with that quote starting today. There isn't just one piece of trash. There is only one normal person.

"Now, today we’re going to look at tank heroes!!! Waaaaah!"

I entered the hero selection screen and checked out the tank heroes I didn't know well. "Hmm... this sister looks hot." My first pick was a female character with blonde hair in the front and black in the back. I liked her slightly dark skin, too. "Dyomina? Hmm, her basic attack is unique?"

"Oh, right." I opened the settings, turned on 'Mute Chat,' and returned to the game. I went out to the battlefield, tested various skills, and died. "Ah. Too bad. I wanted to use the ultimate... but I'm looking forward to the next hero!"

"Next hero? It's Meuga! I like the name already?" The next hero I chose was Meuga. Her appearance reminded me of a Maori character I’d seen in a movie once.

"Poppy?"

"Controversy?" Honestly, the reason I held back at first was because I didn't want any unnecessary talk, but... "If this is a controversy, my teammates should be serving prison time."

"And Poppy, look at this." I pressed Tab to show our team's current status. My damage was 2nd. 1st was Soldier, and 3rd was... "Look. Moira is 3rd in damage and 3rd in healing. Does this make any sense?"

"If you have a sin, it's only the sin of logging into Overwatch at this hour today."

"See? So I just need to enjoy this game." "Meuga has arrived. You're lucky." I smiled as I heard Meuga's voice line. "Alright. Let's go!"

About a minute after I picked Meuga, our team was defeated. Surely my teammates were cursing me out, but I couldn't hear them. "Wow, that was so fulfilling." I wanted to close Overwatch as soon as the game ended, but unfortunately, I’d only played one match.

"Tsk... should I really try a different hero?"

"Meuga? She seemed okay." She had a large health pool and a dash skill, so she looked usable. "Then let's check her skills in the practice range for a bit." I didn't queue up immediately; I went to the practice range, selected Meuga, and read the information regarding her various skills and perks.

"I told you not to use crude insults, didn't I?" Honestly, I might have let it slide usually, but my mood was extremely foul right now, so I took appropriate measures. "I'm very sensitive right now. Don't touch me."

"Period! No, it's not..." I stopped myself, realizing I was a netkama. 'Should I just RP as someone who doesn't have periods?' What kind of nonsense is that? My mind isn't sound, so I’m having all sorts of thoughts. "I'll just start quickly."

Exhausted after just one game, I joined the quick play queue with a tired voice. "Please, let me meet good teammates this time... no, just teammates who don't type in chat." I prayed for about 30 seconds until the game was found. "Let's see..."

The three maps that appeared were all ones I didn't know. "Tsk... I'll just press ready." I didn't select any map and pressed the ready button. "Welcome to Monaco Circuit."

The Monaco Circuit we got was an escort map. In escort, the attacking team wins by moving the payload to the destination within the time limit, and the defending team wins by preventing the payload from moving. And our team was on attack. "Alright, pick Meuga immediately..."

As soon as the hero selection screen appeared, I picked Meuga. "Hmm... there are a lot of heroes I've never seen before this time." Except for Ryu Siwoo, I didn't know any of them, and I’d only met the character named Yanlan as an enemy in the previous game. One of the remaining heroes looked similar to Yanlan but was a more mature, southern European-style female character named Byendeta. And the last one...

"Can you play as a cat ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠these days?" Well, I guess there was a hamster when I used to play... Anyway, the last character was a cat character very faithful to the nickname 'JetEngineCat'.

"Alright. Let's do our best." I didn't intend to throw just because I was playing Meuga. Throwing for no reason to vent my anger wasn't very 'Egen-like' at all. "Combat ready. Five, four, three, two, one..." As I checked our team's heroes, the announcer's voice echoed, and the battle began.