Return of the King

There's a newcomer lately.
Someone who plays carrom well and it was only recently when his talent was being discovered by us.
QuestLab.
That's what everybody calls him.
He is like a delivery personnel for the Lab station and appears to be a slightly over-middle aged Indian guy with a typical big tummy like the rest of his kind.
It was told by Kong and the rest of the Lab staff that QuestLab had won a trophy in carrom back in his younger days. I could imagine him playing when he was younger but at the present moment...
He just looks like someone selling prata at Jalan Kayu to me.
They were astonished by the fact that he had won a trophy from playing the game.
It was like a proof saying how good he is.
He was asked to play with us whenever he had the time.
It is an honour to be playing with someone at his level.
He only comes at around 4 each working day to deliver his stuff and everyone would be hoping that he had the time for a game or two.

Last Thursday, I witnessed him in action with my very eyes.
'QuestLab lai liao!'
'QuestLab lai liao!'
Chang called me on my handphone and alerted me of the news.
I was doing my area cleaning at the moment and stopped immediately knewing which was more important. I ran all the way to the Mess room and there he was.
QuestLab.
I did see him before when he was only delivering his stuffs to Lab and not in the aspects of a highly skilled carrom player.
He was pairing up with John and playing against Jackson and Joshua.
J&J Pte Ltd.
Jackson should be pairing up with someone else instead.
If Michael was with him they would be labeled as...
Team 'Michael Jackson.'
Celebrity Dream team.

It seemed that alot of people have gathered inside the room to see the match. Even Kelvin,
who was supposed to be doing area cleaning together with me was already there. I was actually looking for him to cover me back there but since he had won me into reaching the mess room first...
Well, what the hell...
might as well enjoy the show together.
I noticed that QuestLab was wearing a red coloured shirt.
The shirt was the first thing I saw when I stepped into the room.
I began to observe him as much as I could. I didn't mean to be a nuisance or anything like that but I better do some precautions just in case. I had to study his moves and weaknesses by all means.
I wouldn't want to underestimate him based on the fact that he was too old for any kind of sports.
For fear that he could be a threat to me in time to come.
I knew that he was up to something when I first saw what he was wearing. A shirt that catches your eye is like a distraction to those who are trying to aim. A distinctively slight jerk would even cause the sharpest eyesight to lose concentration and focus abit on what he was wearing.
From the perception of an experienced person like myself...
It would be like shining a torch light directly onto the opponent.

Apart from this, he had his own unique way of shooting the striker seed. He would lift up his middle finger and point at the direction before flicking his index finger against the striker seed. It is like having a crosshair to aid his aiming.
To me, it would be like cursing the nearby opponent to death and also lowering their luck of achieving unintentional points.
Pretty scheming guy eh.
He maybe just another guy good in carrom in the eyes of everyone.
But there's no way he is going to deceive me.
I am too far above from where he stands and all of these are of no issues to me.
QuestLab lost the game the game eventually and left.
He could have won the game but he didn't.
He knew that by losing,
was a way of luring me into having a game with him.
We have only heard of each other's presence through rumours and didn't really had a chance of playing a game together.

Yesterday, I paired with Aaron during lunch time.
We managed to defeat 3 different teams consecutively.
I didn't expect this to happen as I have already tried to give chances to the others.
Eddie and Michael were in the first team,
Kong and Victor the second,
Elias and Marcus the last.
It was in the third game which we nearly lost.
Elias somehow committed suicide and went in our seed the last moment.
I didn't know what he was thinking but he shouldn't have given up so easily even though he knew that he wouldn't stand a chance against us,
especially when I was involved.

This afternoon I paired up with Aaron again.
But unfortunately, we were defeated after 2 matches.
Aaron is a sharp shooter.
But he better practise more if he really wants to pair up with me another time.
I wouldn't want to lose unnecessarily because of him.

Now,
who is the King of carrom?
Who is the God?
You decide.