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[madeupnames]

Those are some interests you've got there, dude.

You're Simon, right? Alex and Mr. Strand's Simon? I'm Peter! I visit there a lot.

[interconnectedness]

That is a new way to respond to them.

I am Simon. I believe I have heard of you.

[ Or come across the sight of him when stalking Alex via bilocation, toe-may-toe, tah-mah-toe. ]

[madeupnames]

You have? Well, I'm pretty notorious for bad movie nights. You should come to one.

And also, totally need to work on your interests. What do you usually do day-to-day? 🤔

[interconnectedness]

Bad movie nights?

[ The concept is really beyond him. ]

I work. And I help Alex with some things.

[ He’s a terrible teacher of sacred geometry. The poor children. Everything else he does feels like things he’s not really supposed to talk about. ]

[madeupnames]

Okay but what about, like

comic books?
or building stuff?
or chess?

(that's all stuff I like disclaimer 👀)

[interconnectedness]

They didn't really have those thing in an asylum.

[madeupnames]

In a what now?? 😥

[interconnectedness]

[ oh yeah. He’s not really supposed to talk about it. Too late now though. ]

A place they put people they think are crazy?

[madeupnames]

okay but









Why were you there?

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People thought I killed my parents but they couldn't really prove it either.

And I didn't talk.

[ And skirting around the fact that he did, indeed, kill his parents -- but they were crazy cultists using him to open portals to hell and summon demons and his mother had been working in a nursery setting doing that to more kids just like him.

He'd always been a selective mute but after that he'd stopped talking completely until Alex. ]

[madeupnames]

[softly, with feeling: what the frick]

UuhhhhHHHH?



dang, um


But you, like



didn't



right???

[interconnectedness]

I did.

[ And while Simon is highly tempted to leave it at that he does decide to give an explanation. He is pretty sure Strand and Alex would rather he not but something about this response makes him feel uneasy and maybe even defensive about what had happened. ]

They were using me to try and summon a demon and start the apocalypse and destroy the world. My mother was starting to do it to other kids. I didn't want it to happen to anyone else what happened to me... So, I killed them. I was 11.

I don't want the apocalypse to happen. There's good things that should be protected and they wanted to destroy them and they wanted to use me to help do it.

[madeupnames]

[Sorry, there's a lengthy pause here as he text-screeches at Strand.

But he's back! Cool!]

Well
I don't think the apocalypse'll happen so you're good.

You should um. Find stuff to do here then? Like I said your hobbies are SORELY lacking @ age 20.

[interconnectedness]

[ Poor Peter, honestly. ]

People keep saying that and yet the wheels of it don't stop turning. At least back home.

What would you suggest?

[madeupnames]

Depends! what kinda personality would you describe yourself having

[Don't be creepy about it.

don't ask for impossible things]

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I wouldn't say that I have much of one.

[ He's nothing if not honest even if sometimes he's more indirect in his honesty. ]

I've never been anything before. Alex says I should try but I'm not sure you can make something out of nothing.

[madeupnames]

No way man, you can't just NOT have a personality! you just don't think you do. But people are programmed to develop some kinda attitude. For example, you're pretty forthcoming and seem real technical. So I think you might be into videogames or gaming in general. Do u like things like chess? or building stuff? I'm in robotics club if you wanna try it.

[interconnectedness]

I’ve never really tried any of them...

[ It’s all a little bit overwhelming. ]

[madeupnames]

Thats cool, just pick one at a time, see how it goes.
I can find you a handheld gaming thing? It's easier to start w/ videogames bc you can play them on your own time, by yourself if you're not big on company or social stuff.

[interconnectedness]

I'll try it.

[madeupnames]

Yeah? Cool, cool 👍

you wanna stop by the arcade and try some out?

[interconnectedness]

Sure.

[madeupnames]

Awesome! Lemme know when you wanna hang and we'll check it out. 👌

action.

[madeupnames]

[The day ends up set, and Peter ends up waiting at a street corner with one hand in his jacket pocket and a leg crossed over the other; he's already way ahead of the gaming curb and is on Level 20 of some generic flappy-angry-bird thing that was free (and covered in ads).

He seems to be in INTENSE CONCENTRATION by the time Simon comes to meet up.

Obviously, this game is a big deal.]

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[ Simon had not bilocated to the meeting spot -- though he had been sorely tempted to. It makes for a quicker exit if need be really but he probably shouldn't just pop up out of nowhere if he's trying to be normal.

Being normal is hard because he's mostly not sure what that entails.

He's dressed in the usual all black, minus the hoodie since he's wearing long sleeves instead. ]

Hey. [ He has zero cares if he breaks Peter's concentration because he's the worst like that. ]

[madeupnames]

Dang it! So close!

[So yeah, his attempts at his game don't end so well.

He doesn't seem too torn up about it, though, turning to look with mild embarrassment in Simon's direction. And maybe a smidge of caution. Because, like. You know. The guy is still from an asylum. It pays to be wary until you know a guy.]

Um... Hey! Nice walk?

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[ it’s always good to be wary even when you do know a guy. Simon knew Strand — better than Strand was aware of and he was still wary of him. He’s not so wary of Alex but he also thinks she’s literally the savior of the world.

Simon is cautious meeting Peter. He seems a lot like Alex, though. So, at least there’s that. But Simon wasn’t normal with Alex either. He was constantly bilocating still to keep an eye on her despite some people’s classification of that as stalking. You never know when demons or demon cultists will show up after all. ]

I guess. You lost? [ his expression is hard to read if you don’t know him, a mask of neutral ness most of the time. ]

[madeupnames]

[He huffs a small laugh, tucking his phone away.]

I like to think of it more like "I won for a while", which is totally legit.

We're gonna do a lot of that here, since it's an arcade and all. How good are you at wasting money?

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That doesn’t really make sense.

[ Simon, of course, thinking that the end is all that matters. It helps when you have a ends justify the means type attitude to... most things. ]

I didn’t have money before here. [ even after letting himself out of the asylum other people handled that side of things. ]

So, we will see.

[madeupnames]

It tooootally makes sense.

[NO OBJECTIONS ALLOWED.

Rubbing an arm, he wanders in after Simon, smiling mildly. He's gonna do this best to be buddy-buddy, okay.]

... How's your temperament?

[interconnectedness]

My temperament?

[ Simon questions, not quite sure the intent of it. ]

Neutral.

[madeupnames]

Oh, good! Then we should definitely start on the hardest games.

[He grins, walking toward the Space Invaders-looking set-up.

And yes, he knows that he's leading a dude from an asylum to a temper-testing machine, but like, he's Spider-Man. He's not too worried about his own safety here.]

[interconnectedness]

The hardest? I suppose that is one good way to start.

[ Simon's far too calculating to lose his temper. The only time he'd seemed to had been for very intentional reasons. A means to an end. ]

[madeupnames]

Yup! You start there, then you can give up in frustration and play something easier.

[Peter will be pretty damn impressed when he doesn't lose his temper. Pete himself doesn't lose his temper, per se, but he sure does huff and puff and quit by throwing his hands up in defeat.

As they get to the machine, he holds up a coin to Simon — first try, bud.]

[interconnectedness]

Do you give up on them?

[ Simon questions? Giving up on things is not his forte and at the least he probably won't lose his temper over something he is pretty sure won't matter.

As they get to the machine and with the coin he looks it over critically. ]

What is the objective?

[madeupnames]

I mean... Giving up usually means I don't have money.

My family's, uh. Kinda too poor for going all out on arcade games.

[He points to the screen.]

Pretty easy objective, anyways! Just keep the aliens from getting to your base down here.