Second Floor Common Room, Saturday Afternoon

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie was spending her Saturday the way she sent most Saturdays: studying. Hey, she hadn't been in any of her workshops this week due to her impromptu trip to Montreal. She had to catch up. Never mind that she'd been keeping up with her independent coursework even while at home, and catching up with taught workshops seemed to be limited to absently thinking that if she was going to miss a lecture on one of the seven deadly sins, lust was probably the right one to skip.

But whatever. She could still use this time on working on her Latin wordforms and reading ahead in Economics. And she could do it while sitting cross-legged on a couch in the common room, too. That was quite enough pretending to be social for her, especially since the previous week was still making her wary of specifically seeking people out.

There were some bags of tea and an empty cup on the counter in the kitchen area, but they seemed abandoned now. Natalie was drinking Pepsi.

[ooc: Open, duh!]

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[whenshewasnice]

Natalie shrugged one shoulder. "It's pretty close to how the mainland is. From what I've gathered, we have a lot more stuff that... I don't know, I guess it mostly occurs in video games or something."

She still hated that, not that it showed.

[genesishero]

"Video games? Yeah?"

Evan... didn't play many video games. Ever.

[whenshewasnice]

"Is that a prompt to be more specific, or are you not familiar with video games?"

She thought it wise to check.

[genesishero]

"Kind of maybe a bit of both," Evan admitted, scuffing his toe. "I mean, we do have them back home. I just don't really play them at all."

[whenshewasnice]

"Well, we just have this... experience point system and stuff, back home," Natalie said, waving a hand. "It's kind of a minor difference."

One that had still managed to rattle her enough when she'd moved here.

"You're not missing out on much."

[genesishero]

Experience points, huh? Evan couldn't help but look a little intrigued by that. And being intrigued by something video-gamey would even make his uncle proud! Probably.

"Most games these days look like they're about either shooting other people, or shooting zombies, or shooting knees," he noted. "I think maybe if there were more games out there with real educational merit, I'd play those."

The 'Who The Heck Was Apocalypse Anyhow??' game would get played until the cartridge wore out. Or disk or whatever games were played on these days.

[whenshewasnice]

"I don't know, I mostly play Mario, or stuff at the arcade," Natalie shrugged. Because she was old school like that. "Educational entertainment tends to fall flat on its face."

[genesishero]

See? Evan was bad at this gaming thing already.

"There's an arcade on the island somewhere? Right? I mean, I've never been to one before. But it can't all be Medal of Duty, or... or whatever people are playing these days, right?"

They kind of looked like they were all the same game.

[whenshewasnice]

"Fast Eddie's, out on the corner of Griffin and Black Swan," Natalie confirmed. Of course she'd remember the address. Of course. "They've got all sorts, there. Think there are a couple of shooters there, but also... Pac-Man and dancing games."

[genesishero]

"I know Pac-Man!" This as perhaps Evan's biggest achievement today. "Maybe I'll have to stop by there and see what it's like. Dancing games? Those ones with the arrows that you stomp on, right?"

[whenshewasnice]

"Those ones, yeah." She nodded again. "It's a pretty well-stocked arcade as far as I can tell. I'd imagine most people probably find something they like. Also there's a bowling alley there too."

[genesishero]

"Oh! I like bowling!" See? He'd gone bowling before! That was totally an accomplishment, too! "Do people use it often? I really should get out and see what else is in town sometime, I guess."

[whenshewasnice]

"It's kind of a small town, shouldn't take long." It was tiny for her, actually. She was such a city chick. "But full of weird things like random flamingoes in the park."

So yeah, exploring was encouraged.

[genesishero]

"Flamingoes?" Evan blinked. He came from a school where the land was alive and prone to throwing people who peed on the flower beds, and the flamingoes were striking him as a big deal, yes. "Maybe I'll have to spend more time in the park, then. I've kind of walked through it a few times, but I never really paid much attention."

Because he had been reading while walking, so sue him.

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie would not judge him for that. Not enough people around here read at all.

"There's ducks, too." Though that was slightly less unusual. "It's quaint."

[genesishero]

"It's a good place to read," he shared. "Quiet. I mean, aside from the ducks, unless there are people there who want to talk or something."

Which there usually weren't! So it worked out nicely, like that.