Old Game Inboxes.

[shoplifter]

 

(OLD INBOX FOR RIVERVIEW AND DEERINGTON)

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[shoplifter]

[This is so groovy, she's down for giant chicken wrangling.]

Can I keep one as a pet?

I've heard of 'pets'. Like dogs.

[fingergunning]

Ah, I think they're already someone's pets. Or... rides. Or whatever. It's a pen thing. We're not going into the wild.

[Not with a kid.]

[shoplifter]

[She frowns. Pouts, even, a little.]

It sounds fun, though. I like the wild.

[fingergunning]

Yeah? Well, ah, look. I'll be honest with you -- I haven't exactly had the chance to go out and poke around to see what's out there. Last thing I want to do is have a nice little picnic go sour because of... I dunno, man-eating vines or giant brain worms or something. So how about until I get a chance to scope out the area or find out where some safe places are, we limit ourselves to inside the city for now? Sound good?

[Come on, Laura. He cared.]

[shoplifter]

It would be okay. I could protect us.

[Come on, dude, I got this.]

... Have you seen -- giant brain worms before?

[fingergunning]

[Wow. Way to shit all over his masculine pride, Laura. Wow.]

No, but who knows what's out there. Giant brain worms. Butt-spiders. No one knows. So it's best to just... you know, wait.

[Yes, good. Be afraid. Come and see the giant chickens, Laura.]

[shoplifter]

[whaaaat]

Butt-spiders? That is not a real thing.

[..................... Is it.....................???]

[fingergunning]

Might be. There's butt-worms, no reason why some new reality couldn't have butt-spiders. That's the point, kid. We have no idea what the rules are here. Better to play it safe.

[shoplifter]

[Well. Shit. Lead the way. But--]

If you say so... but I am not afraid of whatever's out there.

[fingergunning]

Hey, fear's not a bad thing, kid. Fear keeps you on your toes. It's a chemical and neurological response for a reason. We as a species learn from it and--

[Geek mode had been turned on, along with male machismo mode, and he had to rein himself in and give her a sheepish look.]

Nothing wrong with being afraid. Just depends on what you do with it. Don't let it run your life.

[shoplifter]

[A shrug.]

"Fear creates limitations, and limitations are unacceptable when being used in battle."

[But she's walking along, kicking a rock, looking particularly childish.]

What are you scared of?