Ayame blushed at Areku's response. She didn't think anyone had complimented her on her smile in years. Most of them were too busy admiring her other skills, though perhaps part of it was also that she didn't smile much around other people.<br/><br/>Folding out the computer into a more standard laptop, she joined the match and was soon deeply absorbed in beating anyone foolish or unlucky enough to challenge them. She picked one of the races considered to be the most difficult but rewarding to play well and pulled it off flawlessly. She proved to have the same biting wit online as she did in person -- while she was polite enough with the more pleasant opponents, she wasn't afraid to show the more arrogant types just what it felt like to lose in record time.<br/><br/>Her head tilted slightly as Julian came behind them and taunted Areku, but she didn't look up from what she was doing. "If you're going to insist on picking a fight, please do me the favor of waiting until we're done with this match," she said crisply, though she was actually wondering just what he was talking about, as she as not familiar with Areku's reputation. "It will just be a few seconds so long as Areku-san can manage to hit that arrogant idiot..."