homeless and probably VERY rough sob

[geekout]

The hell's the matter with you?

Just- just look at half these places, they don't even got computers, let alone an internet connection. Probably have to walk halfway to Mordor if I want to get myself a damn soda, too, just look at all the crap everyone in these games has to put up with, man. What'd I even do to you to make you wanna do anything like this?

...No, just because half the people out there are from video games doesn't make it worth it. I wanna see them, I can pull up a computer chair and get it going somewhere I'm not gonna get shot in the head, or get a sword in the chest, or someone hitting me with some damn poison, or nothing like that. Ain't worth it, man. Ain't worth it.

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[geekout]

[Iiiit's geek time. He's going to a raise a hand and start listing features now.] I'm not gonna knock it for not being backwards compatible, but it's more expensive, and it's got less power under the hood, and there's the whole thing where that hardware under that hood keeps failing, and you know how easy it would be for a decent hacker to spy on you through it?

[A hacker like him, mind.]

That easy.

[tessanne]

...I should've gone PS4, shouldn't I.

[geekout]

That's a better idea, yeah, but consoles are always rough at launch, gotta remember that. Now, you really want to give a good geek boy a nice Christmas present, you gotta get him a tricked out PC, that's where it's at.

[tessanne]

Andrew's not really a geek. He's an ex-Marine who likes playing Forza in his spare time. When he's not accidentally scaring off most guys who come anywhere near me.

[geekout]

Ooh, scary bruiser dude, huh? Sure he didn't want some kinda new guitar or a country music CD or something?

[He... just has to check that his own scary ex-military man isn't standing around ready to slap him for that one.]

[tessanne]

Funny. I'm actually the one more likely to be playing the guitar. Though I haven't in awhile.

[geekout]

Ah, yeah? Props for the music skills, either way. I used to play violin, but I haven't played in a long while, either, except this one time I don't wanna get into.

[He still has nightmares about that.]

[tessanne]

Sounds like you and I have a few things in common!

[geekout]

We're both music-loving professionals who get the job done, I'm down with that. Oughta introduce you to Eliot if you're into guitars, two of you can have a jam session or something.

[tessanne]

Oh, man, I haven't played in years. But I do need to meet some new people. My mun is calling me 'sheltered' now.

[geekout]

Aww, sheltered's just another word for careful, s'all. [And so is shut-in, and all those other words people use to describe those unique souls who prefer the indoors.] You live in your world, they live in theirs, it's all good.

[tessanne]

You think? She's kind of made me feel weird now.

[geekout]

Nah, it's no big deal. You talk to folks online or over the phone, right? That's almost enough socialization to go around.

[tessanne]

Yeah. I just don't date.