event: break-in

[mayfield_mods]

[Anyone who drops by the dairy between the hours of three PM and five PM on Tuesday will find that the door's been unlocked. Even though the door's shut, there's a strange humming sound coming from inside the building.

Careful if you want to try to peek inside, though. You may not like what you find.]

Comments

[imjustpicky]

...really?

[Something about this doesn't sound right. Pokey's different here, sure, but different enough that a girl his age considers him a bestest friend ever?

He's going to have to keep an eye on this.]

He's not... mean or anything?

[ghostlygames]

Of course not!

[She is appalled by the very idea.]

Why would he be mean?

[imjustpicky]

He'd... he's... he...

[Oh man, how's he even going to explain this?]

I guess, I mean... he's not mean, at least, not on purpose... usually... I guess, I'm his brother. So he can bug me and I can bug him and we bug each other but it's okay because we don't really really mean it or anything!

[He takes a breath.]

...so he's really nice to you?

[ghostlygames]

He's always nice to me. We make cookies and build snowmen and play fun games.

[imjustpicky]

....oh.

[He was nice to this girl. Nice and not at all mean or jerkish or name-calling or greedy or... or anything?

He stuffed his hands deep into his pockets and forced a smile onto his face. He shouldn't be jealous. Shouldn't. Doesn't matter, his brother's his brother even if...]

That's... really nice. Everyone's... gotta have someone like that. Yeah.

[ghostlygames]

[Hmm.... he seems a little... sad maybe? She's not sure. And she can't think of a reason why he would be. So she smiles.]

I know! Why don't you come and play with us next time? It'll be real fun.

[imjustpicky]

..yeah! Yeah, that's a good idea! Let's do that!

[His answer is a lot more honest, this time around. Even if there's a part of him that wants to do this so he can see exactly how Pokey will act. So he can understand why things are like Mindy says they are.]

Once all of this is figured out, we can all get together! I... maybe we can play in the snow fort? We made a snow fort!

[ghostlygames]

Yeah! We can pretend we're guarding the fort from snow monsters! It'll be so much fun~

[imjustpicky]

Yeah! That's a great idea! It's a really big fort, and it's great to throw snowballs from...

[ghostlygames]

Wow, I can't wait to see it~!