#flimmaker!Giovanni

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ACS Week: Day 4 AU

I wanted to at least TRY and get something done for ACS week. So....here’s a little something that hasn’t been seen in a while. NoTeams!AU with Gamer!Cyrus-which seems to have become more of a thing since I’ve left-and FilmMaker!Gio. 

(AO3 Link)

Pairings: Absolutecontrolshipping, hinted Researchethicshipping, hinted Darkdreamparadiseshipping

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It was an intense game Cyrus was playing. A horror survival that has repercussions if you lose anyone in the party. The game itself would autosave after you make your choice, making it almost impossible to retry after the choice was made. Nerve Wracking but enjoyable in a way. 

The game itself had a well thought out story and the characters were well handled. Gio was impressed. Sure there were times where he would get invested in Cyrus’ playing, but that was more watching the younger man play. 

This...this was him actively enjoying the game. Hell, Cyrus was even asking him for second opinions too. It was, really nice actually. 

The chat was also enjoying it from the comments they left behind. 

SGTMareepFluff:Yooooo boyfriend-o heping GL! Is so cool yo!

MegloChance: Never see GL so into a game before.

Fire/LightningLeaders4EV: He’s totally making sure everyone frickin lives

MODYaaaBoii: Don’t fuck up. 

“Shut up Boii,” Cyrus huffed as his eye darted over to the chat for a brief moment. Even since that time he and Augustine streamed together, and meeting the other through one of the matches they played, there was a spark. 

A spark that grew to include YaaBoii and his other friends to join in. Cyrus wasn’t sure how to feel about SisSkullFlower just yet. She was intense and rather competitive. She was also really insanely good at almost anything. 

Then there was the other one...FabEliteCheif. Dude had an ego. 

And that was all Cyrus could take away from him. 

Alright that was a lie. He was arrogant too. Annoying...full of himself…

They hit it off right away. 

“You hear that?” Gio’s voice broke in. 

“Hm?” Cyrus stopped his character and listened. “That sounds like Maggie…”

“Should we follow that or just go to the meeting point?” 

Cyrus chewed at his lip. A choice to make, meaning that it’s either going to have a good outcome, or a bad outcome. He already restarted the game twice because of the decision he and Gio made, had several of the characters get killed within the first fifteen minutes of play. 

He was now well into almost five hours into the game. That means if he made a wrong choice he would need to restart all over again. 

And he was tempted too. He liked this character, Abby. She reminded him a lot of Cynthia. Confident, certain...she had this leadership quality to her. However, even with all those traits she still had flaws. The stress and surreal nature of the threat made her come off as cold and harsh. 

Cyrus and Gio jumped as an alert suddenly sounded. 

FabEliteChief raiding with a party of 35

“You’re a dick Fab,” Cyrus huffed. “Thanks for the raid.” 

FabEliteCheif: I COULD have taken my raid elsewhere you know. 

Cyrus rolled his eyes. “Yeah yeah you say that all the time. Good stream?” 

FabEliteCheif: Good enough, Col wanted to get attention though so I got distracted. 

“I would never know how that feels,” Cyrus smirked as he glanced at Gio.

Gio chuckled and leaned over to kiss his cheek quickly. 

MODYaaBoii: COC yo!

“You kiss your girlfriend AND boyfriend all the time on stream so don't start,” Gio pointed out.

“You also do that lap challenge, where you have one of them sit in your lap as you play,” Cyrus added. 

FabEliteCheif: Wait, are you playing Survive the Dawn?

“Yes, and I’m trying to figure out which way to go,” Cyrus huffed. “You played it before right?” 

MegloChance: THat’s cheating GL!!

FabEliteChief: I have, all I can say is; Good frickin’ luck. I’m gonna go give Col attention now. 

“Yeah later,” Cyrus sighed and looked to Gio. “What do you think?” 

Gio pondered for a moment. If he recalled the character Maggie was the one most against trying to stay together. Concerned for her own survival than the rest. However, she and the character Abby were close friends. If she died, there was a chance Cyrus could lose options later in the game. “I think we should follow the voice.”

Cyrus nodded. He made the choice and Abbey made it down the narrow passage. Once he got to a certain point, his heart sank as he no longer was controlling the character. Realizing the mistake he made, he set the controller down and leaned back in the chair, arms crossing over his eyes and awaited Abby’s fate. 

There was a shriek, and a scream...followed by the sounds of bones cracking and something hitting the ground...before the scrapping sound of the body being dragged against the cavern floor, and off camera. 

Gio covers his face. Welp, he fucked up. 

CanalclaveDawn: OH NO!

SGTMareepFluff: RIP Abby. 

MegloChance: GL? You alright?

MODYaaBoii: What did I say about fuckin up?

Cyrus sighed as he pulled off his headset and got up from his chair. Gio blinked as he watched the other. Cyrus was out of the webcam’s sight, but the microphone picked up the frustrated shout clearly. 

Gio covered his mouth as he tried not to laugh. THIS was something he wasn’t expecting. He watched as Cyrus trudged back over and leaned over the back of his own chair, holding his head in his hands. “...the rest of the stream is PokeCrossing...and I’m going to replay this off stream and make sure she doesn’t die.” 

“Il mio cuore,” Gio chuckled. 

Cyrus lifted his head and gave a playful glare to him. “I’m not asking for your opinion again.”