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	Simon Reese
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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. ]

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[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?

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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.]

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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.]

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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?

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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.