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Tweak says, "You're my only hope!"

Jared Corbo (protective_seal) wrote in tensor,
@ 2011-04-29 13:23:00

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jared_corbo, petra_kristensen

Petra, backdated to last night
Jared was pretty damn good at video games, and he would brag endlessly about it if given the chance. Especially if it meant that he could impress a pretty girl. With Petra, though, he wasn't as worried about impressing her. It was easy to be around Petra. Not that she didn't occasionally make him nervous or want to be better behaved, but he never felt like he needed to do something entirely foolish to get her attention. Not that that would stop him from doing something foolish.

"So you have to get the box from there to there," he said. He was sitting on the floor, back against one of the couches in the Games Room of the Student Activities Center. It had taken a wee bit of threatening and wheedling on his part, but he had gotten everyone else to clear out. He held the remote and went through the first level without even moving his hands. The field did all the work for him. It was one of the skills he was proud of. "Like that. Want to try the next one?" he asked, holding the remote out to her.

He wanted to pull her over and settle her sitting between his legs, against his chest, but he wasn't sure if it would be appropriate. Plus it might also wind up depressing him, which was not what he wanted.

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petra_firma
2011-04-30 03:48 am UTC (link)

Petra had started off on the couch, leaning forward with her elbows on her knees as she concentrated on both listening to Jared and watching the screen. Eventually she slid down to the floor, leaning against him as she watched the controller, noting which buttons did what.

She nodded and smiled when Jared asked if she wanted it try it. "It's looks fun," Petra said as she took the controller and started the next puzzle.

It was almost comical the way she played, biting her lip as she concentrated, moving her body and the controller as she tried to get her character through the chambers. "Why is it doing what I tell it to do and not what I WANT it to do?" she muttered as she had to retry one particularly sticky spot several times. "Games should be able to read my mind."

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protective_seal
2011-04-30 04:18 am UTC (link)

Jared watched her with a broad smile on his face. It was like he had told Adrian. It wasn't something he could really put words to, but he liked the way Petra looked sitting there, playing the game. He just liked the way she was mimicking the character movements as she tried to work through the puzzle. It was just so Petra.

"The controls aren't the best. You just have to learn how to finesse them. It just takes time. You're doing really good."

At the idea of games reading minds, he frowned. "I don't think that would be a good thing, Pet. Then they might do all kinds of crazy shit, eh?"

	protective_seal 2011-05-05 04:56 am UTC (link)
	Okay. Well. Good. At least he hadn't missed something important. "Um. Well. Actually." He paused and then wrapped both his arms around her. "I'm sorry about your family. It's okay. I can understand why you wouldn't be talking to people about that all the time." "I'm sorry." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	protective_seal 2011-05-05 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh. Uh." He frowned a bit. "I'll try, but it's hard to gauge." In truth he hadn't actually be thinking about the shield or worrying about holding her too tight. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	petra_firma 2011-05-06 01:36 am UTC (link)
	Petra rolled her eyes. "I'm kidding, babe. Although...maybe not thinking about it isn't that bad?" she suggested. "I mean, obviously, you got it right this time and you weren't thinking about it. Maybe...hm. Could you be over-analyzing? Always worrying about it has GOT to be stressful, right? Maybe, maybe you just need to relax?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	protective_seal 2011-05-06 04:03 am UTC (link)
	Jared sighed and nodded. "My counselor says that too. That I should stop thinking so much about it because most people are going to tell me before I hurt them. But." He pulled away from her enough to run a hand through his hair. "I've accidentally hurt people before because I wasn't being careful." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)