my weight in quarters

[keyed_up]

Soph's not immune to large coins anymore. She has now ducked into Milliways briefly, which she could - "never do before" - and left without incident. And Bella says she's torchable. So supposedly she could do almost anything, now.

What she wants to do is this.

She finds Tony - ahahaha, she can teleport now, no spending a pentagon every time wincing when she remembers where they come from - and says:

"Let's go blow my weight in quarters on arcade games and finish that James Bond marathon?"

(She has other friends, who she knows better than Tony, but they don't know about stuff, she wants to keep it that way, and she's going to be in a bit of a mood about stuff for a while; better to put them off until she's got her equilibrium back.)

Comments

[toblameforit]

"And really good at DDR!"

[keyed_up]

"Yeah, I conjured up a home set when - well, I mean, I remember - I mean in the closet at home there's - yes. I am really good at DDR."

[toblameforit]

"Gotcha," he says. "Time to find a racing game for me to kick your ass at?"

[keyed_up]

"Yeah, pick something cool."

[toblameforit]

He picks something cool!

He kicks her ass at it.

[keyed_up]

Soph loses gracefully, where "gracefully" means "while punching him playfully in the shoulder", and heads for skeeball. She's pretty good at skeeball.

[toblameforit]

Tony is half decent at skeeball! They shall play skeeball.

[keyed_up]

Then it is pinball time, that being how they chose this place!

[toblameforit]

Pinball time is one of the best times there is!

[keyed_up]

Soph is not very good at pinball! But they have a lot of quarters.

[toblameforit]

They do. They have many, many quarters. A practically endless supply.

[keyed_up]

Soph's attention span runs out before their quarters do. She blows all her tickets on plastic bangles and earrings to add to her jewelry collection.

[toblameforit]

Tony grins.

[keyed_up]

"Let's get, like, burgers or something - or no, let's go back to whichever Jarvis has a better TV and conjure burgers and stuff, I can mint now, it's awesome, she didn't hook it into my torching yet because I guess she's not totally sure but I can still do it - and watch James Bond define spy movies."

[toblameforit]

"Deal!" says Tony.

[keyed_up]

Into the car they go.

[toblameforit]

And off they zoom.

[keyed_up]

And once they are flopped somewhat cuddlishly onto the sofa Soph wishes up a nice spread of suitably greasy fast food - burgers and fries and nuggets and soda and milkshakes, mmm.

[toblameforit]

"You know people used to say my dad looked like Pierce Brosnan?" says Tony.

[keyed_up]

"I don't remember ever hearing that."

[toblameforit]

"He used to get it all the time. Especially when he got older."

[keyed_up]

"When Bella finishes what all she's got planned and Jane comes back she's going to start waking up all the dead people. What do you think you'll do about your parents?"

[toblameforit]

...He sighs.

"I really have no idea. I mean, I don't want them to stay dead forever or anything, I just - don't know how to deal with them. At all." Wryly, "Pretty sure it's mutual."

[keyed_up]

"I guess they could just - I dunno, do you think they'll come back or just hang out Downside? Most people have to hang out Downside or it'll be ridiculously crowded here."

[toblameforit]

"Maybe Dad'll come take the company back," he snorts.