I met a squeaker today while picking up a couple of fill-ins for a Crota raid with my clan. We were all in a party, so when the new guys joined my "ambassador" would go to game chat to make sure they knew what they were doing. That's when it happened.
Psaud, our metaphorical "Speaker," left the party as usual to discuss the raid strat before we began, to make sure they were there for the right CP and could listen well, etc.
Then suddenly, only moments after leaving the party and moments after I invited the fill-ins to the party, Psaud's voice, frantic and obviously boiling with fear, rambled through our mics: "You gotta boot this kid! He's the worst squeaker I've ever heard! He'll never stop talking! He'll- *Squeaker001 has joined the party*... oh hey man."
The raid begins. We're at the Crota checkpoint, hard mode, and we're all packed with heavy synths and ready to go--well, almost all of us.
"Squeaker, are you ready?" I asked.
"Give me a minute, I have to do the heavy glitch."
First of all, I was shocked that he even payed enough attention to figure out the glitch, but I played along, as did my team. It was late, we wanted to get this done.
"Alright, ready. Middle strat, right?"
Everyone aghast, my clanmate Sammy responds with a single breath that depleted as soon as he started his words: "..That's right.."
Did this squeaker know what he was doing?
"Who has the sword?" He asked.
"That would be me," replied Sammy. We took our positions, and Sammy ran to grab the sword from the ashy remains of the Swordbearer.
"Ready, go!"
Sammy leapt from his perch on a rock straight up to Crota's heel, who kneeled promptly from 4 rockets that all hit him in beautiful unison.
The squeaker had not said a word. At this point I could tell in their hesitant voices that they were careful not to excite him. The next sword phase passed, no squeaker voice was made audible. The ogre phase passed, still nothing.
"Is everyone good on heavy ammo?" Sammy said. I could tell that he was thrown by the initial squeakidge and now the lack thereof. No voice above a tenor replied. I couldn't help myself. I had to know why this squeaker was so quiet, and why every stereotype of a squeaker had just been debunked at its seam.
"Hey [Squeaker], you good?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He sounded normal, no frustration, no hesitation in his voice. His normality was perplexing.
"Why are you so quiet?" quizzed Adam. We waited with bated breath for the conundrum to be solved.
"Everyone hates my voice, so I just listen and do whatever I'm told. I don't want to annoy anyone, I just want to get the job done."
About ten seconds went by where not a soul could be heard save the screeches of thralls and the snarls of the Hive god above us. The first noise heard was a clapping noise. Then another. Slow, but the cadence in it was undeniable; Squeaker was getting an ovation. We all put our controllers down, and before the squeaker knew it we were all standing in front of our screens, applauding the living, breathing anomaly before us.
The raid ended, Crota turned to nothing, and to orbit we went.
"Thanks for letting me play, guys. Have a good one." said the squeaker.
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We never got to respond to that kid, but I think we could have been in the presence of someone that will turn out to be an inspiration to squeakers everywhere. I didn't use his real tag out of respect to his privacy. I can only dream of meeting a squeaker like that again.
Pray that you may one day experience the same.
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To see the rest of my stories, click this link: [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/108243048/0/0[/url]
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That's an awesome post!
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Guardian down...with a case of the feels and hella respect
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"Squeaker" is such a stupid term...
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I'm 14 and I still sound pretty like I have I high voice on the Xbox I almost never talk to randoms unless I'm asked a question. The life of s high piched voice is hard
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That kid is the real mvp
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Based on the Ny times bestseller comes to you "Squeaker"
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I respect that young man. Not all squeakers are assholes.
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11 out of 5. Jolly good show my friend.
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we were all squeakers once.
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I'd like to know why squeakers are suddenly getting their own social justice campaign on these forums.
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That's some great writing bro!
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That was the best story I've ever read on this forums, I felt the characters prevail to the end and I also felt the pain of the squeaker. 10/10 best post ever
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Wow amazing
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Hahahaha this has to be one of the best things I've read
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SQUEAKERS UNITE! We have already taken over CoD! Our quest for total Game Domination has already begun! Once we totally populate Destiny with our kind, NO ONE CAN STAHP US! So get your mics ready, Mountain Dew loaded, and voice changer activated! Now let's get this party started!
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Edited by WolfWillowgrove: 2/12/2015 3:16:49 AMEven if this story wasn't true (even though believe that it was) it is still great to see some understanding of the new gamers in the community:)
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Edited by mus: 2/12/2015 2:26:55 AMWrite a book - the squeaker by Cadence Chaos
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3 edits per 1000 replies. That's what I did with my post that went trendy. Great story bruh hahah
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Still better than the destiny story [spoiler]lol what story[/spoiler]
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Rather be in a fire team with a squeaker over stoners and drunks any day lol
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Let's face it most kids can kick ass on destiny it's just moms in the background that do my head turn that off Now etc
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If only every squeaker was that awesome, to bad he's the 1% lol
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Edited by Butt Salad: 2/12/2015 1:48:30 AMAre u serious just bcuz u are a squeaker doesn't mean u don't know anything, u never listen, ur stupid, and u talk alot. I haven't gone through puberty either and I act like that kid too. Sometimes it really does suck when u get rejected just bcuz ur voice is annoying. Soooo many times people treat me like I'm a piece of crap, bcuz I'm 12, and I'm a lvl 32 in destiny, and I play video games.
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This actually made a bit of a year come to my eye.
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I like squeakers...when they're girls...