>Also, has our main man got the scoop on how the fire is going?
So it turns out the local authorities don't take too kindly to random acts of arson.
Huh. Who knew.
>Have lunch, get the files, and playfully banter!
BB: Enough beating around the metaphorical bush, how do I commence playing?
AH: Fear not, Arthur, I shall walk you through the steps that are required.
AH: First, you will need to install
this program and create an account.
BB: But that's just Steam. Everyone has Steam. Why did you assume I didn't already have Steam?
AH: Arthur, you walk around wearing a hand-knit mustard yellow sweater.
AH: You insist on wearing a pair of oversized spectacles and are often found in the throes of a dusty old tome.
AH: Everything about you screams college professor from the 1920s.
AH: You'll forgive me if sometimes I do not believe you to be in touch with some of the more modern aspects of society.
BB: Understood. Continue.
AH: Now you need to buy and install
this game.
BB: Um.
BB: Okay.
AH: Look, don't question it, just do it, all right?
AH: I wanted to have Steam support and this was the only way.
AH: Originally I tried to have it greenlit, but it fell through pretty quickly.
AH: So instead I'm making use of the recent support for mods for retro Sega games via the workshop.
BB: Oh, I've heard about this!
BB:
This mod is my favourite.AH: Arthur, please be serious.
AH: I am trying to enlighten you on what your current course of action should be, but you keep derailing the conversation.
BB: Once again I apologise.
BB: I can't imagine what could have possessed me to delay this from happening.
BB: Obviously my sense of humour has once again stood in the way of progress.
AH: Obviously.
AH: Once you have that installed I will send you the link from which you can download LWOOD.
AH: This will give you access to both the client and the server files.
AH: You will need to install the client application on your own computer, and the server will need to be installed onto the device of a separate team member.
AH: It will be through this device that you will advance through the game.
BB: Hold on one second. Why can't I just install the server on my own computer, and advance through the game by myself.
AH: If you were to do that, then you would create a single-player session in the process.
AH: I've already explained to you how well that would turn out.
BB: So I managed to find out the name of Brain's game.
BB: He's decided to call it 'LWOOD'.
SC: isn't that just 'elwood' without the 'e', though?
BB: That's what I told him!
BB: This prompted him to make one of his infamous long winded speeches, so I didn't press the matter further.
BB: Honestly, he really gets under my skin sometimes. And I'm not the only one!
BB: Have I ever told you about the time Mr Ratburn assigned Brain and Sue Ellen to build a model dinosaur
BB:
And he wouldn't let her help him?SC: no! omg do tell.
BB: So, basically, the Brain is the most controlling person I know.
BB: Whenever you get paired up with him for a project it's easier to just let him get on with it and have him fill you in with the details later.
BB: Sue Ellen wouldn't have any of that. I don't know if you know Sue Ellen that well, but she's not someone who likes being dependant on those around her.
SC: no i dont really know her that well actually.
SC: although whenever i see her i always get the feeling that she doesn't like me that much.
BB: I would assume it's because you and the rest of the Tough Customers always used to pick on George a lot.
BB: The two of them are quite close.
SC: ah, that would explain it then!
SC: okay, continue.
BB: So what happens is that Sue Ellen tells the Brain that she'll be working on the dinosaur's head whether he likes it or not.
BB: Brain goes ahead and makes a head anyway.
SC: nice pun.
BB: Thanks.
BB: Didn't mean to make one but I'm rolling with it anyway!
SC: haha
BB: So the next day they get into a big fight about it, and it ends up falling in the mud.
BB: I mean, things worked out in the end, but still...
BB: Brain was
obsessed with the thought of not getting an A+ for his project.
BB: It kind of makes you wonder about his home life, doesn't it?
SC: What do you mean?
BB: Well, if he's frightened of failure to such an unhealthy degree, that fear has to stem from somewhere.
BB: I wouldn't be surprised if his parents are putting detrimental expectations on him to always succeed.
SC: that's a bit hypocritical of them to do so if there are.
SC: i mean, his mother owns an ice cream shop for pity's sake.
BB: Molly you just made me snort with laughter, but I was also eating a slice of pizza so now it's gone everywhere.
BB: I hope you're pleased with yourself.
SC: i live to make your life a misery, art, it's what i do best.
SC: that and play guitar and animate.
BB: Molly, could I ask you a question?
SC: sure go ahead.