NETWORK: a measured response

[cacophonish]

Who: Jeff!
Username: freakscene
Warnings: None (for once???)

IF ONE MORE PERSON TELLS ME TO PLAY THAT FUCKING WORM GAME I'M GOING TO TAKE ALL YOUR PHONES AND THROW THEM IN THE FUCKING OCEAN!!!!!!!

i cant even get through a set without my phone blowing up with texts about this stupid game!!! how did fucking DAVE from accounting even get my number??

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕!!!!

[ And, for those living at Bonnie's, you can now hear the above playlist being blasted from Jeff's room. Desperate times call for desperately passive aggressive measures. ]

Comments

[cacophonish]

the only game worth playing is Rampage

is this Rampage? NO. its a stupid game about a gross fucking WORM!!!

[abrightboy]

It’s a cute cartoon worm.

[Attaches screenshot.]

[cacophonish]

its stupid

and ugly

[ Attachment: truth-hurts-bitch ]

[abrightboy]

Oh. Sorry.

[The music video cut him a little, ngl.]

[cacophonish]

sorry, i don't mean to be a dick. its just really annoying man! it's like everyones suddenly into this stupid thing and won't stop talking about it and I JUST DON'T GET IT!

[abrightboy]

You don’t have to like something just because other people do. It’s probably a little bit the timing. The holidays are coming.

[cacophonish]

good because i already dont like it and im not gonna like it no matter how many times people bug me about it

are you bummed about the holidays?

[abrightboy]

I haven’t thought about it. But maybe that’s kind of what this game is about for all of us. A little harmless deflection and distraction.

[cacophonish]

oh. i guess that makes sense

[ Now he feels a little guilty for blowing his stack over the game...

...but not guilty enough to play it. FUCK YOU, HERMY. ]

[abrightboy]

Does your family usually get together for the holidays? I usually show up for the obligatory Christmas dinner at my mother’s house. Though I don’t really know what everything would look like this year, after stabbing my father.

[cacophonish]

yeah i always head to my parents house for a couple days around christmas

or as we called it... our totally secular winter holiday celebration

not to be totally insensitive but wouldnt your family be even happier after you stabbed your dad?

[abrightboy]

Some of them. Plus/minus depending on whether he lives.

[cacophonish]

[ Jeff totally hopes he doesn't live. But that's probably not the best thing to say to somebody who must have mixed feelings about, like, stabbing their own dad, so... ]

i guess its a moot point since we're gonna be spending the holidays here this year

dude

we should plan our OWN totally secular winter holiday celebration!

[abrightboy]

I'd really like that. Do you think all our roomies would be into it? Hey, if you want I can plant some mistletoe above Tim's door without telling him :)

[cacophonish]

i dont have any roomies so its all good on my end

[ Though he has to GROAN at that next suggestion. ]

oh fuck no malcolm dont you dare

[abrightboy]

He will probably find it charming. And he likes kissing you, right? But mistletoe will let him pretend he’s too cool for kissing but living up to the obligation. It’s very important to him not to give too much away emotionally.

[cacophonish]

dude i dont want "kissing me" and "obligation" to ever exist in the same space. lets just hang out without tricking anyone

[abrightboy]

It wasn’t a trick. It was creating an environment where people feel safe being who they are or doing what they feel inclined to. But you’re probably right. We should talk about food. People will want food.