03 - Just One More Level? Please?

[imjustpicky]

[Action A - 7132 Brooks Lane, Morning]

[Having heard in passing that people were getting stuff back in the mail, Picky was anxious to check his own mail to see what he'd be getting. Monday morning he volunteered to bring in the mail, and atop the usual bills and flyers was a box with "Picky Minch" written on it

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[ phone ]

[secretgod]

Are you talking about the really old Game Boy?

[imjustpicky]

Old? Uh... I've had this one for two years now? It's sorta dirty and scuffed but it works great!

[secretgod]

That’s not what I meant. Are you using the really old Game Boy - you know, the big fat white one with the purple buttons?

[imjustpicky]

It doesn't have purple buttons, it has red ones!

[ action B ]

[imoutosnake]

[ Well, Nadeko is sitting next to him.. And just happens to glance over at him while he's playing, her eyes turning a little wide - maybe out of fear for him being discovered by the teacher or anything like that as well. But she can't talk in class, of course, so instead her face colours just slightly as she looks away again, pretending really hard that she didn't notice but just failing at it. ]

[ action B ]

[imjustpicky]

[Y'know that feeling you get when you're sure someone's staring at you? Picky is totally getting that feeling right now. Still, he continues on for a few more blocks before hitting pause and glancing casually around...

Gah! He was right! A girl was watching him! A look of utter guilt comes to his face, and he silently slips the Game Boy into his desk.]

[ action B ]

[imoutosnake]

[ She can't talk in class, yet.. she feels rude for intruding on him, so she tries - as nervous and fumbly as ever, but carefully - to write something on a paper, and gently slide it over to his table. ]

Sorry.. Please keep playing if you want to..

[imjustpicky]

[He had been making a big show of paying attention and having his notebook open and pencil poised to take some notes, so her message comes as a little bit of a surprise. But he can be subtle. He tips his textbook upwards, unfolds the note, and reads it quickly.

...oh.

He scribbles something on the reverse, re-folds it, and slips it to her when he's sure no one is paying attention.]

I shouldn't be playing in class annyway. Its okay.

C.

[stealsluck]

Something wrong with your retro handheld entertainment device?

[A girl with grey skin and horns is coming up to talk to you.]

[imjustpicky]

Huh?

[It takes Picky a few moments to realize where the voice was coming from. He was pretty absorbed in his Game Boy related issues. Once he sets eyes on the grey-skinned girl, he can't quite stop staring.

...it was more the horns than the grey skin.]

Uh, y-yeah. The batteries. The batteries ran out.

[stealsluck]

...Something wrong?

You seem to be staaaaaaaaring!

[imjustpicky]

[He is not only staring, he is cringing backwards!]

...you've got horns!

[At least he's not compounding his social sins by lying, too.]

[imjustpicky]

...h-hey! I do not!

[His head snapped around, so he could clearly address his denial of suckage to his accuser. ...and then came the strangled beep of the Tetris stack getting too high. Eeenh. Game over.]

Aw, man, you made me lose my concentration!

[imjustpicky]

I can't keep my head in the game if you're interrupting me, though!

[He's already restarting from Level 0. That's part of the challenge of it. Endurance!]

...how good're you at Tetris, anyway?

( action B )

[pokeay]

[ at lunch, Dia will hesitantly approach! ]

Um... can I sit here?

( action B )

[imjustpicky]

[It takes a few moments for Picky to realize that someone was talking to him. When he does, he's immediately scrambling to hit pause, set the game down, and see who it is.

...who is it, exactly? Hadn't he heard the voice before?]

Uh... sure! Go ahead!

[pokeay]

Thanks!

[ and he will sit down and put down his lunch! ... Which looks like it's more like for three grown adults, not one kid. ] ... Um... you're new to school, right?

[imjustpicky]

[Wow, that's a lot of food. Maybe this guy has super eating powers? Picky will stare for a moment, but hey, there are other things to talk about...]

Yeah. Yeah, I'm pretty new. I'm Finch!