punishment-? oh.. oh yeah… okay
*nods* Yeah. So… first, I’m going to ask that you not play video games for a while. I’m thinking a week.
*raises a brow* alright… what else?
Well, you’re also going to need to be under close supervision. You can’t go anywhere without an adult telling you it’s okay. You want to go someplace, you ask me first, okay?
*he sighs and crosses his arms* okay- wait, but what if i need to go somewhere but i can’t find you? can i ask another adult?
*frowns slightly* Is there another adult that knows what you did? I know this is harsh, Max, but this is a punishment. Who… who else is in charge of you, by the way? I mean, at camp?
not as harsh as other punishments in my life–there’s not really anyone at camp that actually know me, but Jon and Reid are adults that kinda know what i did! they kinda take care of me..Jon and Reid… do you trust them? I should probably talk to them if they take care of you for… I guess the majority of the time.
Especially when I’m working with the volcano…Jon? yeah i trust him, but Reid? i wouldn’t trust him with a penny. i don’t know where Jon is,
probably at work, but Reids in his bunker working with a ‘client’… a ‘client’. The way you said it with the apostrophes… I’m not sure I like it. I should talk to Jon then at some point. So lemme know when he gets back from work.
you can hear my apost-trophes? *he shakes his head slightly before nodding* i’ll tell Jon to look for you when i see him again
Yeah, it’s… I guess it’s something I picked up in Night Vale. Anyway, that’d be great – thanks. Um… there’s one other thing, Max…
*he nods* what else d’you have in mind?
Your… ‘friend’… the one that you, um…’went out’ with. I need you to tell me about him a little bit.
oh well… he’s a Max like me but he got.. ‘purified’ so everyone just calls him Pure now. he’s so cool and we were actually dating at one point *he blushes lightly and glances away* but then we broke up and dated other people… oh yeah, he’s also a demon! he kinda looks like a fish but it looks cool! he can also breath under water cause of that i guess
He also thinks it’s okay to encourage his friends to go out and steal things with him. *Carlos’ tone was very flat with a very unimpressed feeling to it.* I don’t even know what ‘purified’ means, Max, because… that sounds like a non-pure thing to do.
*he frowns slightly and glances away* well it’s more he wanted to commit crimes and i tagged along… and i think the purification thing was a tied with a Daniel or something…
The only ‘Daniel’ I know is a robot, but I’m assuming that’s not the same one as it’s a pretty common name among creepy-sounding characters.
The point is, Max… he’s not a good influence.
w-what? o-of course he is! we just… we were being stupid yesterday!
Max, that wasn’t just stupid! You boys committed grand theft auto and robberies! It was premeditated because you got masks for it! Max, you can’t hang out with him anymore. If being with him makes you think its okay to go out and commit crimes, then you shouldn’t hang out with him.
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