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Max Castle ☾ Máni (manen) wrote in paxletalelogs,
@ 2011-08-05 21:06:00

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ereshkigal, mani

They Don't Warn You About The Monsters In The Closet
Who: Fee & Max
What: LOTTERY POST WOOO
Where: Lobby of Pax Letale
When: 10:13 PM
Warnings: TBA

Ever since the poorly planned evening where he'd been mugged, Max had made a point of memorizing all of the current bus schedules so he wasn't left high and dry again. That, and no he had no qualms about calling Lily for a ride should he need one. Thankfully this particular evening found him strolling in from class sans bruising and theft, his earbuds fastened securely in his ears that blocked out all other sound. The lobby was its general emptiness, especially this time of night where more people were safely ensconced in their apartments, generally in front of flickering screens that allowed them to shut their brains off for the evening. Max planned on soon joining them, though his brand of entertainment would involve killing as many monsters in whatever video game came to hand first. He was playing through some PC titles, but the idea of hopping online on his PS3 to play with his fellow apartment dwellers sounded promising.

Flipping his hood down, he ran a hand through the shaggy mass of curls and adjusted his glasses as he stopped near a bench to dig out his cell phone from his backpack. He'd send Fee and Sam a text to see if they were up to it - once he jumped in the elevator, he'd lose reception, and he was far too impatient to actually wait until he got to his apartment to inquiry about a game of COD or AC - typing out a quick message on the tactile keypad, he sent it off with a quick tap of the green send key. What he didn't imagine happening was hearing the ding noise of a message received, and glanced up to see Fee stepping out of the elevator. He'd not really met the young woman face to face, the bulk of their interaction having occurred over the interwebs; it wasn't so much that she was a girl who played video games as much as she was a girl, period, that made him somewhat nervous. Still, he took a deep breath and plastered a grin to his face, truly pleased to see her.

"Hey, I was just texting you to see if you were up to gaming tonight - whadda think?"

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manen
2011-09-09 02:34 am UTC (link)

Max grinned widely, his face coloring just a little. Fiona was a girl, that much he was quite aware of; since she played a a mean game of AC:B, he was quite content to easily put her on the shelf labeled 'friends'. She certainly wasn't the kind of girl who usually paid any attention to him at all - Max had has his share of friends who were girls, whether they played games or not.

The majority of his companions were similar male, indoor-preferring gaming-aholics, potentially with bad skin complexions and addictions to Mountain Dew. With girls, Max had rarely been comfortable, but he'd been able to bypass the "omg a vagina" siren in his brain with the addendum "omg a vagina who plays games". Not that Max was in any way anti-feminist, his brain was just biologically hardwired a certain way. So when he grinned a little too widely, a little too goofily, his nose and cheeks almost lighting up like Rudolph, he found himself sliding Fiona back into the prior category.

"Yeah, well," he started, leaning against the cart, hoping to be suave but failing as the wheels moved it away, causing him to stumble. "It works well on the girls. You know, the ones lookin' for love in Alderron places." Inward, his mental image of Lily winced. Hard.

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ladyofaralu
2011-09-09 06:02 pm UTC (link)

Fiona laughed full and clear at that, shaking her head. This kid was something else, and the more time she spent with him, the more she appreciated it.

"I can't with you, Max, I really can't." But really, she could. In fact, she was grinning ear to ear as she considered exactly what she could. Even so, she gave him another little pinch and winked at him as their cashier finished packing away the rest of the groceries in the perfect Trader Joe's style. Once she'd paid, she started walking toward the door, leaving him to push the cart.

"C'mon - it's already late, I wanna catch Sam before he starts fucking his girlfriend if we can." She paused. "Actually, maybe it's better if we get him after that. A cockblock is no way to start a conversation where you're gonna ask for a favor."

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