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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…

[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]

[onlyanapple]

Maybe in Turkey Licker land.

[fishy_go_byebye]

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

I tried that.

[kinky_stopwatch]

What're you playing?

[solar_absorber]

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

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

[bro_codebreaker]

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

[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?

[bro_codebreaker]

Oh yeah? Did you win? [he grins]

[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]

[bro_codebreaker]

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

[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?

[solar_absorber]

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

[fishy_go_byebye]

[She hurls herself into the seat next to him, leaning her back against his side.]

It was too fast.

[bro_codebreaker]

Naaah, it's mostly just the A button with this one. [he tosses him a Wiimote] And besides, this console automatically assumes everyone has the short term memory of a goldfish, so the game'll ALWAYS tell you which button to push anyway.

[bro_codebreaker]

Heh. [he pauses the game and leans back, glad for the company] Lots of disappointed rabbits?

[solar_absorber]

[He catches the Wiimote and points it to the screen with a wave.]/i>

Just goes to show that the company knows their clientele. You wouldn't believe how complicated some people make video games out to be.

[fishy_go_byebye]

Was more hop skip jump away.

[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]

Yeah... they do that a lot around here.

[bro_codebreaker]

Hey, Mortal Kombat was pretty difficult. .... but yeah, point. .... I don't think I caught your name last time.

[bro_codebreaker]

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

[onlyanapple]

By which you mean your version is louder.