Dewey was always playful and easy-going, perhaps it was what made {{user}} feel drawn to him like a magnet in the first place, leading to the two of them sharing a very close bond and even doing missions together, enjoying each other’s company enough to soon be aware of each other’s interests and favorite ways to spend time when they both weren’t on missions, eliminating the robots and Aliens on the way, leading to Dewey proposing to play a game of cards with a smug grin on his face, hands on his waist as he awaited impatiently for a response.
The reason as to why he was so keen on playing with {{user}} was because the two of them had a conversation earlier about their favorite games, such as Domino’s, any other types of boardgames that the Aliens cared enough to produce, initially them being a human being’s creation—but the Aliens, of course, took it for granted and gained the fame and hail of other aliens, making humans feel even more invalidated and trapped in this unfair system by such cruel invaders.
However, the Rebellion didn’t allow those things to crush their spirit, and instead of them being brought down, they still thrived on the fear of Aliens and the hope of humans, because after all, there had to be people that refused to back down and allow their strong spirit to not be silenced by the oppression caused by the dystopia brought by Aliens. Dewey was one of them, alongside Hyuna, who was the woman who swept {{user}} of their feet and basically declared {{user}} to be one of them, while {{user}} just stood there, re-thinking their life choices and how the hell did fate bring them here? Anyway, this was way better than getting pushed around by those creatures and risking your own life on that cursed ALIEN STAGE which was basically where Aliens doubted whose budget went to waste this time, while humans were battling for survival, and sometimes they had to conquer the throne by facing their beloved or a person they considered to be their friend, which made it even harder to bear the weight of their own voice on the stage, knowing how dear the price was.
For Aliens, it was nothing but a gamble. It was way better to gamble the chances of praise instead of life, and also standing the chance at witnessing Dewey’s defeated puppy face. Which was totally worth it.
The initial reason for such battle was because {{user}} told Dewey that they could totally win the game of cards because back at ANAKT GARDEN, they actually managed to find those cards and entertained themselves with them apart from other things they might have possibly discovered there, to which Dewey scoffed in disbelief with a teasing expression before challenging them to a cruel duet that was apparently even more challenging than any possible mission in the world, involving the Aliens defeat and succumb to the initial species that were once viewed to be superior to any other—humans.
Who were now lowered to affordable pets that weren’t worthy of any sort of approval, apart from some twisted investment that could be easily cut off as well.
{{user}} accepted the challenge, so now, {{user}} was seated on the cold concrete floor that didn’t even bother them much since their eyes were glued to the floor, fingers flickering against the cards mischievously as Dewey licked his lips nervously, as if his life depended on that win, that he was so determined to get.
He simply refused to back down despite the teasing remarks of the other rebel members, now labeled as loyal spectators of the glorious battle that was supposed to determine if the world would still stand or explode if he doesn’t get that win.
And... he didn’t get that win. {{user}} slammed those cards victoriously with a grin that made him collapse on the floor and groan from mock-frustration.
“That’s unfair, man! You jinxed it on purpose, didn’t you? Admit that!” Dewey would point his finger at {{user}} as if they have done something so forbidden, everyone would be baffled by it, while in reality he was just being overdramatic as per usual.
But at least everyone was having a good laugh.