You know, last time I listened to one of you guys I was wrong. Fool me twice and all that… Lemme just ask the boy myself.
@dedmaxsearchhistory? You hearing this? *gestures upward*
*he nods slightly* y-yeah, i guess.. *hic* .. Carlos i-i
promise not to rob anymore stores…
*looks down at Max* You sure, buddy? YOu’re telling me the truth, right? *his voice is still soft, but it still demands honesty.*
You know, last time I listened to one of you guys I was wrong. Fool me twice and all that… Lemme just ask the boy myself.
@dedmaxsearchhistory? You hearing this? *gestures upward*
P-.. my friend and i were just talking.. i didn’t think we’d ever actually do any of it… *his voice cracks a few times*
*kneels in front of him* Okay… so what happened to make you actually do it?
*he glanced at Carlos* i-i guess it was seeing him s-so happy.. i didn’t want to upset him more then i already ha-have…
He was happy to rob stores and ride in a car that you legally can’t drive? He was happy to pull you into getting in trouble?
Max… that doesn’t sound like a ‘friend’ sort of thing.
he was just… *he grows quiet and looks back tot he ground, Carlos had a point but Max loved Pure…* i-.. i don’t care..
But you do. You tried to hide it from me, so you care, don’t you?
*he fights back more tears* i- i don’t know..!
Take some more deep breaths, Max. *reaches into his pocket for his pack of tissues and offers one* Here…
*he tries taking deeper breaths, taking a tissue and holding it tightly* i-i’m sorry..
I know, Max. I know you are. Listen… your friend isn’t a good influence. You did bad stuff for them and you could have hurt people driving that car. And you had been doing so well staying away from alcohol. I understand though that, in that regard, it’s tough to get clean and people slip up sometimes. I’m not judging you, I promise.
*he sniffles, drying his eyes* h-he’s not.. a bad influence, w-we were just being stupid an-and i never hurt anyone when driving be-before! *he starts to cry* and-and you’re gonna say i can’t hang out with him bu-but i still love him..!
*ouch… damn…* Max, you did these things to make him happy. That’s what you said. Oh, c’mere, buddy… *he sits down fully on the ground and reaches for Max to pull him into his lap for a hug and comfort* Come here…You know it’s not right, what you two did.
*he flinches when Carlos reaches for him. hesitating before tightly hugging back, partically sobbing at this point*
*he rubs Max’s back and shoulder, trying to give him comfort as he cried himself out* It’s okay, buddy, I’m here. Let it out – I don’t mind. *well, he did mind, but not in the way that he actually meant when speaking to Max. He definitely minded that Max was worked up and worked himself up, because it made Carlos sad to see him unhappy*
*he clung to the other, his sobs dying down after a long few minutes. he sat quietly, occasionally sniffling or hicc-upping*
*carlos just holds him, rubbing his back.* You starting to feel better, Max?
You know, last time I listened to one of you guys I was wrong. Fool me twice and all that… Lemme just ask the boy myself.
@dedmaxsearchhistory? You hearing this? *gestures upward*
P-.. my friend and i were just talking.. i didn’t think we’d ever actually do any of it… *his voice cracks a few times*
*kneels in front of him* Okay… so what happened to make you actually do it?
*he glanced at Carlos* i-i guess it was seeing him s-so happy.. i didn’t want to upset him more then i already ha-have…
He was happy to rob stores and ride in a car that you legally can’t drive? He was happy to pull you into getting in trouble?
Max… that doesn’t sound like a ‘friend’ sort of thing.
he was just… *he grows quiet and looks back tot he ground, Carlos had a point but Max loved Pure…* i-.. i don’t care..
But you do. You tried to hide it from me, so you care, don’t you?
*he fights back more tears* i- i don’t know..!
Take some more deep breaths, Max. *reaches into his pocket for his pack of tissues and offers one* Here…
*he tries taking deeper breaths, taking a tissue and holding it tightly* i-i’m sorry..
I know, Max. I know you are. Listen… your friend isn’t a good influence. You did bad stuff for them and you could have hurt people driving that car. And you had been doing so well staying away from alcohol. I understand though that, in that regard, it’s tough to get clean and people slip up sometimes. I’m not judging you, I promise.
*he sniffles, drying his eyes* h-he’s not.. a bad influence, w-we were just being stupid an-and i never hurt anyone when driving be-before! *he starts to cry* and-and you’re gonna say i can’t hang out with him bu-but i still love him..!
*ouch… damn…* Max, you did these things to make him happy. That’s what you said. Oh, c’mere, buddy… *he sits down fully on the ground and reaches for Max to pull him into his lap for a hug and comfort* Come here…You know it’s not right, what you two did.
*he flinches when Carlos reaches for him. hesitating before tightly hugging back, partically sobbing at this point*
*he rubs Max’s back and shoulder, trying to give him comfort as he cried himself out* It’s okay, buddy, I’m here. Let it out – I don’t mind. *well, he did mind, but not in the way that he actually meant when speaking to Max. He definitely minded that Max was worked up and worked himself up, because it made Carlos sad to see him unhappy*
You know, last time I listened to one of you guys I was wrong. Fool me twice and all that… Lemme just ask the boy myself.
@dedmaxsearchhistory? You hearing this? *gestures upward*
P-.. my friend and i were just talking.. i didn’t think we’d ever actually do any of it… *his voice cracks a few times*
*kneels in front of him* Okay… so what happened to make you actually do it?
*he glanced at Carlos* i-i guess it was seeing him s-so happy.. i didn’t want to upset him more then i already ha-have…
He was happy to rob stores and ride in a car that you legally can’t drive? He was happy to pull you into getting in trouble?
Max… that doesn’t sound like a ‘friend’ sort of thing.
he was just… *he grows quiet and looks back tot he ground, Carlos had a point but Max loved Pure…* i-.. i don’t care..
But you do. You tried to hide it from me, so you care, don’t you?
*he fights back more tears* i- i don’t know..!
Take some more deep breaths, Max. *reaches into his pocket for his pack of tissues and offers one* Here…
*he tries taking deeper breaths, taking a tissue and holding it tightly* i-i’m sorry..
I know, Max. I know you are. Listen… your friend isn’t a good influence. You did bad stuff for them and you could have hurt people driving that car. And you had been doing so well staying away from alcohol. I understand though that, in that regard, it’s tough to get clean and people slip up sometimes. I’m not judging you, I promise.
*he sniffles, drying his eyes* h-he’s not.. a bad influence, w-we were just being stupid an-and i never hurt anyone when driving be-before! *he starts to cry* and-and you’re gonna say i can’t hang out with him bu-but i still love him..!
*ouch… damn…* Max, you did these things to make him happy. That’s what you said. Oh, c’mere, buddy… *he sits down fully on the ground and reaches for Max to pull him into his lap for a hug and comfort* Come here…You know it’s not right, what you two did.
You know, last time I listened to one of you guys I was wrong. Fool me twice and all that… Lemme just ask the boy myself.
@dedmaxsearchhistory? You hearing this? *gestures upward*
P-.. my friend and i were just talking.. i didn’t think we’d ever actually do any of it… *his voice cracks a few times*
*kneels in front of him* Okay… so what happened to make you actually do it?
*he glanced at Carlos* i-i guess it was seeing him s-so happy.. i didn’t want to upset him more then i already ha-have…
He was happy to rob stores and ride in a car that you legally can’t drive? He was happy to pull you into getting in trouble?
Max… that doesn’t sound like a ‘friend’ sort of thing.
he was just… *he grows quiet and looks back tot he ground, Carlos had a point but Max loved Pure…* i-.. i don’t care..
But you do. You tried to hide it from me, so you care, don’t you?
*he fights back more tears* i- i don’t know..!
Take some more deep breaths, Max. *reaches into his pocket for his pack of tissues and offers one* Here…
*he tries taking deeper breaths, taking a tissue and holding it tightly* i-i’m sorry..
I know, Max. I know you are. Listen… your friend isn’t a good influence. You did bad stuff for them and you could have hurt people driving that car. And you had been doing so well staying away from alcohol. I understand though that, in that regard, it’s tough to get clean and people slip up sometimes. I’m not judging you, I promise.
You know, last time I listened to one of you guys I was wrong. Fool me twice and all that… Lemme just ask the boy myself.
@dedmaxsearchhistory? You hearing this? *gestures upward*
P-.. my friend and i were just talking.. i didn’t think we’d ever actually do any of it… *his voice cracks a few times*
*kneels in front of him* Okay… so what happened to make you actually do it?
*he glanced at Carlos* i-i guess it was seeing him s-so happy.. i didn’t want to upset him more then i already ha-have…
He was happy to rob stores and ride in a car that you legally can’t drive? He was happy to pull you into getting in trouble?
Max… that doesn’t sound like a ‘friend’ sort of thing.
he was just… *he grows quiet and looks back tot he ground, Carlos had a point but Max loved Pure…* i-.. i don’t care..
But you do. You tried to hide it from me, so you care, don’t you?
*he fights back more tears* i- i don’t know..!
Take some more deep breaths, Max. *reaches into his pocket for his pack of tissues and offers one* Here…
You know, last time I listened to one of you guys I was wrong. Fool me twice and all that… Lemme just ask the boy myself.
@dedmaxsearchhistory? You hearing this? *gestures upward*
P-.. my friend and i were just talking.. i didn’t think we’d ever actually do any of it… *his voice cracks a few times*
*kneels in front of him* Okay… so what happened to make you actually do it?
*he glanced at Carlos* i-i guess it was seeing him s-so happy.. i didn’t want to upset him more then i already ha-have…
He was happy to rob stores and ride in a car that you legally can’t drive? He was happy to pull you into getting in trouble?
Max… that doesn’t sound like a ‘friend’ sort of thing.
he was just… *he grows quiet and looks back tot he ground, Carlos had a point but Max loved Pure…* i-.. i don’t care..
But you do. You tried to hide it from me, so you care, don’t you?
You know, last time I listened to one of you guys I was wrong. Fool me twice and all that… Lemme just ask the boy myself.
@dedmaxsearchhistory? You hearing this? *gestures upward*
P-.. my friend and i were just talking.. i didn’t think we’d ever actually do any of it… *his voice cracks a few times*
*kneels in front of him* Okay… so what happened to make you actually do it?
*he glanced at Carlos* i-i guess it was seeing him s-so happy.. i didn’t want to upset him more then i already ha-have…
He was happy to rob stores and ride in a car that you legally can’t drive? He was happy to pull you into getting in trouble?
Max… that doesn’t sound like a ‘friend’ sort of thing.
You know, last time I listened to one of you guys I was wrong. Fool me twice and all that… Lemme just ask the boy myself.
@dedmaxsearchhistory? You hearing this? *gestures upward*
P-.. my friend and i were just talking.. i didn’t think we’d ever actually do any of it… *his voice cracks a few times*
*kneels in front of him* Okay… so what happened to make you actually do it?
You know, last time I listened to one of you guys I was wrong. Fool me twice and all that… Lemme just ask the boy myself.
@dedmaxsearchhistory? You hearing this? *gestures upward*
*oh shyt* yup- w-why would the anon think i was trying to rob a liqior store…?
*blinks at Max* Yeah…. why would they think that? *seems like Max is acting weird. Time for a little psychology…* I mean, you’re just a kid – How would you even pull that off? Kids are smart… but not that smart.
*he looked offended for a second before shrugging* i dunno, i’ve seen some kids do some pretty impressive things, and really all you need is the right tools and the right attitude and then almost anything is possible…
Oh yeah? YOu really think they could drive a car with those prepubescent legs and rob a liquor store without getting caught? Yet?
it’s to drive if you push the seat up a bunch! and who knows how they didn’t get caught, maybe they had cool masks or somthing..!
They couldn’t have possibly seen over the hood of the car. And what kind of cool masks? Like Jason Voorhees? That’s not cool – that’s tacky.
i can see over the hood of the car just fine! er, s-so why wouldn’t they? i mean, we don’t even know how old these kids were! and what’s ‘tacky’ about Jasons mask?
Jason’s mask is tacky because it’s unoriginal. Should’ve gone with Donald Trump or something – would be making a statement that way. And iit’s an absolute miracle – or just dumb luck – that you didn’t crash the car! *pretends to look away as he speaks, but he’s still watching Max out of the corner of his eye*
i like to think that the only reason i’m still here is dumb luck- and.. yeah maybe Jasons mask is a bit lame but what if their masks weren’t? like what if they had home made masks with cool designs? *he crosses his arms, smirking slightly*
Yeah? What sort of cool designs? If it’s not an Oni mask then what’s the point?
a what mask? and how would i know what they looked like? it’s not like i was there or anything…
Take a guess.
i dunno, maybe like.. a cool skull or whatever!
Oh yeah? What makes a skull mask cool? On a tiny little body it’ll just look like some Undertale fans are going crazy
skulls are cool and skeletons existed before undertale! and i did not look like some undertale fan going crazy *angrily crosses arms*
Blue hoodie, skeleton face… I’ll bet you totally looked like an Undertale fan.
Also, you’re grounded.
w-w-what? why?! *scared look*
For robbing a store. So why don’t you start telling me what happened, Max? And tell it truthfully, please.
… *he sighs and looks at the ground, his voice almost a whisper* i was… hanging out a with friend and we had planned to this before but we got stopped by an asshole but this time we got in a car i kinda… burrowed from someone and drove to town, the first store was to rob but the second there was an accident and P- my friend ended having to stab someone in the leg, we drove away again, we ended up ditching the first car and grabbing another one. we were going ot rob a third store but decided against it and just drove back to camp
and then we got drunk….… Jesus Christ, Max… why? Why just… all of this – why?
*he just stares at the ground quietly*
Max, I’m disappointed… but I want to help you. You know this was wrong… so I wanna help you not do this again. Why did you do it?
*he fights back tears and mumbles* i dunno know…
*his voice is soft* You do know, Max. You’re telling me you don’t know because you’re ashamed. Which is good – you know what you did was wrong.
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