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[bro_codebreaker]

[sometime around mid-morning, the sounds of a unique video game drift over the journal. in fact, for those of you from late 20th-century Earth, it sounds a lot more like someone's watching TV.... until Barney throws his Wiimote down on the couch with a groan of disgust]

Ugh! The AI on this thing is abysmal! I haven't gotten to the Showcase Showdown once! .... That does it. No more single player mode. I need co-players to the Game Room, stat. Or awesomeness hangs in the balance ...

[underneath all that hyperbole, there's a hint of something serious. he's still recovering from Jilly's departure and the way the castle messed with him on Friday. clearly the best course of action is to pretend he's perfectly fine....]

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[onlyanapple]

[Barney can't see it, but Crowley is squinting at the journal. What even]

...It doesn't sound right without Bruce Forsyth.

[bro_codebreaker]

Uh, no, you mean Bob Barker…

[onlyanapple]

Maybe in Turkey Licker land.

[bro_codebreaker]

Well, clearly, our version's better. Duh.

[needtoruleit]

['do you want to keep the $8,000, or risk it for $16,000--']

Risk it. [--under his breath, just idly playing along as he listens]

[bro_codebreaker]

[if there's one thing Barney can do, it's subtly help a bro out by ... sort of letting him play. seriously, is that really how much a box of noodles goes for? he'll read it out loud]

One sixty-five for noodles, are you kidding me?

[needtoruleit]

[a quiet scoff]

--Don't forget the two servings of vegetables.

[bro_codebreaker]

Psh, right, how could I ever. ... Okay, yeah, one-sixty-five...

[fishy_go_byebye]

[She pops her head into the room without responding over the journal before sashaying to his side.]

I tried that.

[bro_codebreaker]

Oh yeah? Did you win? [he grins]

[fishy_go_byebye]

[Her nose wrinkles slightly.]

Tasted like crying.

[bro_codebreaker]

[ugh, don't remind him of the time he went on there, seriously. but then again, knowing Del, that's probably exactly where that's coming from]

Did you at least get the turtle wax?

[kinky_stopwatch]

What're you playing?

[bro_codebreaker]

Price is Right! Did you know they made a video game out of it?

[his tone's a little off, though. he's been having a hell of a time of it, bro, though he's not the type to ask where you've been]

[kinky_stopwatch]

No... I didn't.

[He can tell he needs someone]


Do you mind if I come up and see it?

<small(OOC: Sorry RL took over and I was too late for the open comm acceptance thingies and just got accepted to the comm last night but guess who also became an aunt for the second time last night!! XDDD)

[bro_codebreaker]

((OOC: Ooooo, congratulations! :D))

Psh, no. It's no fun playing against the computer, anyway. It cheats.

[solar_absorber]

[He watches from some spot in the back of the room.]

Well, we can't have that now can we?

[bro_codebreaker]

[HEY it's his casino buddy! he grins] Definitely not! You ever played with one of these before?

[solar_absorber]

No, I haven't, but it doesn't look too complicated.

[heloise]

[ Lucrezia stands mesmerized at the--moving pictures. She almost forgets that there is another person in the room, so engrossed in the colors and the sounds. ]

[bro_codebreaker]

[heeeey pretty lady. Barney puts on his Suave Castle Vet act] …Really something, isn't it.

[heloise]

[ She turns to him in surprise, then chuckles sheepishly. ]

May I touch it?

dictated;

[formersocialite]

Oh, we have a version of that game in England. Or we did.

[bro_codebreaker]

[OH GOOD IT'S A VIV. he was afraid he'd lost you, too, for a minute there. he manages not to sound too glad to hear her voice] Did? ... What happened to it?

[formersocialite]

Faded into obscurity. A lot of gameshows tend to do that.

How are you anyway? It's been a while since we've talked.