Three common but still pretty sweet items in the form of emojis and sprays. The blue outline of an Uncommonitem was the first to catch his eye: An SAS keychain to dangle on the side of his gun. And the last one that made his heart skip a beat.
"A rare cheetah paint for my rifle!" He exclaimed in awe, a wide grin splitting his face. "I'm so lucky! And to think it was just a buck! Loot Boxes are such a steal!"
Cackling, he immediately equipped his sick-ass cheetah paint on his rifle and started a match to show off his lucky new acquisition to the lowly peasants who couldn't afford a measly $2.99.
[Laborn Household]
"What?!" Aisha Laborn almost screamed at her smartphone that she definitely did not steal, and definitely bought with her own money. "Fuck you too, Jean16! You think you're hot shit just because of your lame-ass cheetah gun? Call 4 Duty is all about skill, not fancy skins!"
But since voice-chat wasn't a feature in the game just yet, Aisha could only pout angrily at her phone as the now Level 4 corporal made every attempt to shove his cheetah-paint rifle against her character's face. Taunting her with shit that she did not have.
"...I can get a rare paint for my rifle too if I wanted!" She growled- trying not to break her phone in half. And it was at that moment when they finished the level and Aisha levelled up her character to a Level 3 Corporal.
C4D =
Congratulations on your promotion, Corporal Aishla!
Your stellar zombie-killing prowess is an inspiration to us all. Your rank now allows you the privilege of the Loot Box. An additional prize chest that may hold fabulous rewards including one guaranteed to be at least Uncommon! These can be opened using Keys that can be assembled using key fragments that will now spawn in your matches. You also have the option to purchase them directly.
Would you like to purchase a ring of 3 keys for only $2.99?
YES! = / no
C4D =
"No shit?" She murmured in realisation, "Was this how he got the cheetah-paint for his rifle?"
"Now where am I going to get the money to get that?" Aisha muttered to herself. Her oppressive big bro wasn't going to give her money, that's for damn sure. Brian was obsessed with showing off how he was a responsible big boy and everything- acting like he was the man of the house while swinging around his 'responsible-big-boy-dick.'
Checking the time and discovering that it was still morning, Aisha figured that her mother was still likely wasted in some corner of the house… meaning that her purse was unguarded. Tiptoeing to the purse hanging off the dining room chair, Aisha quickly bought herself a nice dozen Loot Box keys for a measly $12.
Rushing back to her game, she opened her first Loot Box with shaking hands. The flurry of flashing lights was somehow the most satisfying she had ever seen as the music played majestically in the background. Items flew out of the Loot Box and crashed front and centre for her to see.
"No.. fucking… way…" She breathed. Four normal cosmetic items that practically doubled her loot for this mission as well as a single Rare cosmetic item that took her breath away: It was a gun sticker that she could place on the side of any of her guns. An absolutely badass sticker of a mischievously-smiling daemonic imp that somehow spoke to her on a soul-deep level.
"Loot Boxes are the shit!" She whispered in awe before giving way to a vicious grin. "Jean16 is going to do a flip when he sees what I've got! But first, I better show it off to the plebs~!"
[The common room of The Wards HQ]
"Where the hell are they getting all these skins?!" Chris, or 'Kid Win' as he was known, exclaimed in disbelief as he ran his hand through his brown hair out of frustration.
In the tablet screen in his hands, both corporal Jean16 and corporal Aishla were doing 360s in front of his character's face. Both their guns were sporting awesome textures while his own still had on the 'Danger Red' paint that was available to everyone.
A passing Armsmaster still in his tinkertech armour seemed to have heard his outburst, because the PRT hero walked up to him on his place on the couch. But it was not a dressing down that he received, instead.
"Ah, an excellent choice in free-time activities, Chris." Armsmaster nodded, "I too enjoy that video game."
"You play C4D too?" Kid Win can't help but sputter in disbelief. And the bearded hero just nodded as if it was an obvious answer.
"I find Call 4 Duty to be effective at safely curbing excess stress and frustration." the older hero answered, "It also simultaneously trains hand-eye coordination as well. By those two factors alone, it is an effective past-time when I have depleted my allotted tinker-lab hours. I also heard the frustration in your voice. Was something wrong?"
Well, since you're also playing…" Kid Win trailed off before showing Armsmaster his tablet. "How was this possible?! They were only two ranks ahead of me, and they had at least three times more Uncommmon and Rare cosmetics than I have! How did they get all this in the span of a few hours of playtime?!"
Kid Win didn't mean to end with a shout, and he winced as he readied himself for being chewed out for shouting at his superior officer. But to his great surprise, it never came.
"Ah." Armsmaster hummed as he smiled a fatherly smile- the one that all but said that he was older and thus more wise in the ways of the world than Kid Win was. "You must be at least a level 3 corporal before you unlock the Loot Box option. When you do reach that rank, you may purchase sets of three keys priced at $2.99 to open them, however it increases loot drop efficiency by 328%. Observe."