GRABBED AN IRON TANK MEMBER'S ATTENTION

Maci Gian

Okay guys, this is a really quick sorta-kinda update about getting Iron Tank’s attention. I kinda wanted to make this a separate article cause I didn’t want it to take the attention away from the Technicali VS Iron Tank article I’m still writing, but basically: I chickened out. Bad.

Okay, okay, so I went to the Hub, right? I even brought my own map with me cause I didn’t want to get lost in that stupidly convoluted stadium again, and I got good seats—and I’m talking good good. I was close to the front, several feet away from Iron Tank’s benches, and I practiced all those steps Valeria gave me, and guess what? They worked!

But that’s the scary part. They worked.

I called out to this one guy, I didn’t know his name, but I noticed he was running past me a lot, and I ended up remembering his jersey number (it’s 6), so I called him out several times and then he actually looked at me.

It wasn’t a quick glance either, he full on turned his head and locked eyes with me. Then I saw the way he raised his brows and I got scared and I don’t know why!

It’s like everything else around us stopped. I couldn’t hear the crowds cheering anymore, I couldn’t hear the announcers, even the game itself felt like it froze in that moment. I can’t even remember if anyone actually scored in that stretch of time.

I wonder if he felt the same way?

Only reason I’m asking is because as soon as he noticed me, he basically ignored his team and stopped chasing after the player he was supposed to and just looked at me.

I ducked behind the fans in front of me at the same time Iron Tank’s Colonel yelled at him—I couldn’t remember what his name was, I think it started with a ‘K’?—and told him to focus on the game.

What did I say to make him stop in his tracks? Was my shouting really that loud? I didn’t say anything rude did I? No, I don’t think so, I would’ve remembered saying something rude, or the fans would’ve given me weird looks and then I would’ve melted into a puddle of shame.

I sorta hope he didn’t get a good look at me. I hope I looked like every other face in the crowd, and the moment he went back to the game, he completely forgot what I looked like. I don’t know if I can stomach the thought of an Iron Tank member getting furious at me because I caused his coach to yell at him. He’s nearly twice my size! If he gets his hands on me no way am I staying in one piece!

Anyways, I guess I wanted to write this to verify the fact that Val’s tips do indeed work, and that I’m slowly (but surely) making progress. I’m sure when I attend Iron Tank’s next game against Colossus, I’ll have more courage to get the attention of any other Iron Tank member except that specific one.