That night we opened the gamer lounge. It didn’t have much, till everybody showed up. And then it was graced with literally every gaming platform from the last thirty years, except all the expensive ones, of course.
Everybody was playing the same game. LEGO Multiplayer Battles, of course. And the banter flowed around, and I was surprised to discover my name cropping up. That also lent itself to a problem. If I just logged on and played with the gang, the game was up.
For tonight, I just watched. I’d have to figure this out later. Mateo was smothered in questions about TheGreatCon, and he blundered through them as best as he could, trying to avoid giving me pleading looks for fear of giving it away, and the following retribution.
I ended up falling asleep on the couch. What? I hadn’t gone to bed before the am hours once yet this week.
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I awoke to the muted sounds of the LMB theme. I groggily sat up, and stared blearily around. My eyes alighted on the clock, and then the two guys who were still doggedly manning their game-sticks, eyes glued on the old flatscreen TV .
“You can sleep on the couches.” I said, and departed for my office to finish my much-needed sleep.
Has the weather been weird for you up there? It's been weird down here for a couple of years.
Kinda. It hasn’t really snowed for a few years (still dips below -20 in the winter though) and we get rain about every other week. It’s predictable, and that’s probably bad for Kansas. =P =P