„How about a fight, like wrestling?“ Before you could answer, she continued, clearly amazed by her own idea. „But to make it more interesting, we will both race against each other in an obstacle course. The course is filled with power-ups. But both courses start at different positions, so we don’t see the progress of each other. At the end, we will meet in an ring with a special, more potent power-up for the winner of the race. Aaand, that special power-up will respawn regularly until both of us are there, so that the winner will get more, the faster they are than the other.“
Once she finished, you thought about it for a moment. „So, I can either try to collect more power-ups in the obstacle course and risk that I’ll take longer and you get the special power-up, or I can focus on finishing before you to get one or even more of the special power-ups myself?“
She grinned. „Or you are good and do both.“
„Fine. And then? What exactly do these power-ups do?“
With a tomboyish smug, she flex her right biceps. As always, you were impressed. It was a bit bigger than yours. She grabbed it with her left hand, then opened her hand slowly, as if to depict her biceps growing. „First, they’ll do nothing. But once we are in the ring together, they will take effect, increasing our size and strength. I mean, if we were to fight right now, you would clearly have no chance.“
You did not even dare to object. She liked to wrestle with you in bed and usually ended up on top. „Ok, I think I get it.“
She punched you against the shoulder. It hurt, a lot, but you managed to suppress a scream and just grinned painfully. „Then, let’s start“
Next, you found yourself before an obstacle course. It was clear on first sight that taking the glowing orbs you suspected to be the power-ups would mean taking more difficult routes. But then, you’d risk Cindy to get to the special power-up first and even get multiple ones. So, what to do?