I’m playing my friend Bob online. He chose Minerva, the witch, and I chose the robot.
He’s more experienced than me (this is my first time online, I only played the computer before) so he setup the match for us: the ball is rather fast but so are the characters. Also, we start with more lifes than usual, more crates, and he chose one of his item presets, but didn’t tell me what it was.

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I’m playing the last level of the Quest mode, against Krog, the ultimate boss.
I’ve been trying to beat him several times, he’s tough! But this time I chose to play Duvna: with her fairy power, she can freeze her opponent, and I intend to use this to my advantage.

The computer just scored a goal. The ball is on my side, after the 3-seconds countdown it will be shot towards him, so I take a deep breath and consider my status.

The HUD shows that I only have 2 lives left out of my initial 10. Krog has got 5 left, but he started with 15 (damn boss!).
So overall I scored 10 times, and he only 8: if I keep up my pace I can make it, but I’m only allowed one more mistake!

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