In Chicago, there are angels. Many, many angels. For the sake of this post, we are focusing on three. And a geek boy thrown in for good measure.
Bambi Dalton is in the park that will eventually devour Chicago whole, smoking and looking more than a little annoyed about life, the universe, and fucking everything. This is mostly because there's been
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Maybe you can get her in on your mission from God.
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"Tay! I have a question, since, you know, your ward is the guy who runs this whole place. Is there potentially an empty room somewhere around here that could be set aside for the purpose of..." He pauses, trying to figure out the best way to describe this. "...Activities of the roleplaying persuasion."
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And then it hits him.
See Andrew. See Andrew flail. Flail, Andrew, flail!
"WHAT?! NO! Not like that. I mean, like, literal roleplaying... Please tell you've heard of Dungeons and Dragons?" Because he will explain. He has charts... Or he had charts. Back on the other side of the Rift... Oh whatever, he can improvise.
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Vaughn's really, really sorry, Bianca.
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"I'm sorry," he says. "I'm really really sorry. I didn't mean for it to happen."
He really didn't. Really.
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"Do you just.. Have some sort of sign that says, 'I'm a danger magnet, kiddo?" She shakes her head. "No big deal. Shit happens, but it seems to happen to you with alarmin' frequency."
She slaps the bar. "Barkeep, get a drink for the kid here. Somethin' strong-" she whirls on Vaughn, "-you don't get to say no."
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And D&D has been one of his guilty pleasures for a long time.
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"Hi! ....Are you looking for something, because I've been up and down these halls and all I have to show for it is, like, the knowledge of where everything is and sore feet."
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Go ahead Andrew, you can blink blankly. Short, pale, and scrawny here probably doesn't look like the sort to hang out in a gym, but do not underestimate the fun of treadmills.
As an afterthought:
"Er, I'm Ray."
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"Andrew Wells. And there's a gym a little ways that way." He gestures with a vague wave of his hand and then makes to continue on his merry little way, stopping briefly, because... Well, here looks like a man who knows the interior of his mother's basement well.... Metaphorically. Or literally. Whichever.
"So, Ray, hypothetically speaking if someone were to hold a Dungeons and Dragons game in this establishment, would you... Be a willing participant?"
Andrew also takes unwilling participants! FEAR HIS BAMBI EYES.
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