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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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[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...