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[takeitslow]

Who: Peter and you.
When: 15-20th
Where: Lounge/Mess/Hallways
What: Peter avoids dealing with life via games, TV, and being an annoyance
Warnings: Will update as needed.



Lounge;

[For several days, Peter takes control of the TV in the lounge. At first it was trying to learn the games that BB had left him, but after talking to Wanda its become his way to stop thinking about his conversation with Wanda. It's hard to think about the death of his alternate dimension self when playing Mario Cart.

Maybe he invited you over to play a few rounds. Maybe you catch him watching 90s comedy shows at four in the morning. Maybe you just want to yell at the kid who's been hogging the TV all day and has the volume turned up way too loud on Duck Hunt.]

Mess Hall and Cafe;

[What's another great way to avoid feelings? Eating.

Peter has commandeered a table to himself and has gathered a huge mess from the sheer amount he's packing away. He looks like the food has personally offended him, glaring down at every bite and stabbing everything viciously with his fork. Someone's moved into the anger portion of the process.

You could approach, but that glare says you might not like what happens when you do.]

Hallways;

[And now he's moved into follow someone around and annoy them part of the process.]

I'm just saying, if you work for a family like that, you don't get away with being dicks to them. No rich person is putting up with that.

[He's spent the past few minutes explaining the plot of 'Fresh Prince' to you. Engage?]

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[whoami]

Sam snorted from his spot on the cushy wrap-around seating, and didn't look up from his phone. His only concession to the conversation was taking out one crappy earbud.

"If you're looking for gratuitous fictional violence, then play Manhunt."

[takeitslow]

It worked just as well for Peter; full attention was reserved for the serious moments, or close friends and family. And when he wasn't in the middle of a round. He kept his eyes on the screen, taking a shot and frowning at the cartoony graphics.

"I have no idea what that is, dude. Where I'm from games haven't progressed beyond the arcade. Pong's starting to make it big, wowing everyone with it's graphics and gameplay."

[whoami]

Sam's eyes tracked over to the screen all stealthy like. He didn't yet look up from his phone.

"Yet you're playing Duck Hunt. Home consoles aren't yet a thing."

[takeitslow]

"Yeah. It's kind of trippy, but after ending up on a space ship better games aren't as weird as they could have been." He shrugged, taking another shot and sighing at the annoying laughter from the dog. "At least this gives me some hope for the entertainment of the future."

[whoami]

Sam's eyes moved back to his phone. He wasn't very interested in watching Duck Hunt.

"You do know that things change from one world to the next? Might only exist here, you don't know."

[takeitslow]

"Dude, I think I might know more about that than most people on this ship." Like his little sister not existing in another world that he and his twin do. "But I have a hard time believing with how well Pong's doing that I won't see more arcade games coming out in my future. You know, if I ever get sent back."

[whoami]

"Pong does pretty well in most worlds. In my world they sold Pong for home use, too. There's some stuff between, but then Atari will probably be the next 'big' thing. Again in my world came the Atari 2600 for computers. That one came with joystick and everything. The Space Invaders arcade game hit Japan first, then the US. After that, Mattel got in on the action and came out with the Intellivision, then there's the first release of Pac-man. The Donkey Kong arcade game was another japanese hit. There's M.U.L.E. and that's a big deal for people that are really into multiplayer, but Tetris was more of a big deal for everybody. Partially because it leaked out from behind the Iron Curtain. Hopefully you won't hear anything about that. The NES hit the US about two years after it had come out in Japan."

Sam's eyes slid over to the screen.

"...which is what you're playing."

His eyes slid back. Through all of that he hadn't looked up. What? His dad started out designing video games. Sam played with everything when it came out. Kevin Flynn didn't start getting into the really wild ideas until right before he vanished.

[takeitslow]

Peter actually looks up from the game to stare at Sam, letting the game run without him. He wasn't expecting a history lesson on video games of all things. It's not that it's not something that he found interesting; it's better than the lessons the teachers here have tried to force on him.

"Well, that's...comprehensive." He chuckles, pressing pause. "Either you're a huge nerd or someone's spent a lot of time studying this kind of thing."

[whoami]

Sam frowned. Still staring at his phone (he's been playing Snood this entire time, don't be fooled) it slowly dawned on him that rattling that stuff off might make him look a little weird. It was all common knowledge when he was growing up, though? He glanced at Peter, a little anxiously, then back down at his phone.

"My dad was actually the gigantic nerd. He wrote a lot of games, whole 'Pioneer in the Industry' and all that. I'm just a regular-sized nerd."

That's been doing the hacktivist thing, or 'pranking' his own company, and playing digital robin hood in his spare time but details.

[takeitslow]

“Game designer?” Not a bad job for the old man to have, as far as Peter was concerned. Most kids might find it kind of cool. Nerd, yes? And Peter could be a jerk about that until the cows came home. But he voice still sounds a shade impressed. At least the man had a father to know about. “Still, don’t think there’s such a thing as a regular nerd. Nerd’s a nerd.”

He clicked his tongue, shrugged. “Not the worst thing in the world. We’ve got a few nerds on this ship. They’re, you know, kind of groovy.” Bruce was kind, more so than Peter thought someone in that shape could be. Sans had Peter’s respect. Both Billy and Wanda spend as much time reading as Peter spent on avoiding work. His entire life was being spent in the company of people far more intelligent than himself, and that he has nothing but warmth toward.