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<blockquote data-quote="Samnell" data-source="post: 1077751" data-attributes="member: 130"><p>Mark walked out of the sporting goods store with his long-anticipated swimsuit resting in a plastic bag. It was one of the good thick kind that made good insulation, not the really thin cheap kind that you could poke holes in easily. The suit was easy to buy. Pick a color and get the right size. So he still wasted half an hour in the store and ended up buying a pair of zip up jerseys and two pairs of what the lady insisted were running shorts too; short thin things he got in red and black. And there was the tank top he just liked. And the other swimsuit. He didn't know they had two styles; one with legs even. No more heavy, soggy trunks for him, but he did draw the line at the third style that looked like the suits they wore in Tommy's virtual reality thing only with short legs and a tank top top.</p><p></p><p>Buying stuff was fun, and a lot less stressful than trying to steal it out of dumpsters or shoplift it. It didn't smell bad either. He had money and what good was it if he didn't spend it? More was coming, it wasn't like he had to hold out for a week or two without. Ok, so it wasn't like a lot of things he'd had to hold out a week for, but he hadn't thrown up or had any shakes in a while so he tried not to think too much about those just in case it provoked some more. Mark decided he liked the Mall and would have to stay out of trouble so he could keep coming.</p><p></p><p>But shopping for stuff he actually wanted to wear was a lot easier than shopping for things he was supposed to wear to a dance. Mark couldn't exactly ask Star, even if she knew the right stuff. He wandered the mall looking for a classy type of place to buy something at.</p><p></p><p>After a few minutes Mark came on a little corner store. There were TVs playing some kind of cartoon or something inside and some kids clustered around them. Mark went in and saw the store's shelves lined with glossy, oversized books and little colorful boxes. The TVs were hooked up to some kind of pedestal thing with a cabinet inside it. One was relatively free of kids, so Mark checked it out.</p><p></p><p>The cabinet had glass doors and there was some kind of little box inside, strapped down like stores did with the good stuff so it wouldn't walk out on its own. A sort of stick stuck out of the cabinet towards him and had a handle on it, two sort of L shaped things for your hands to fit around and buttons and stuff on top. Mark took hold of it and looked up at the TV.</p><p></p><p>There was a racecar on TV, with a couple of others to the sides and a track in the background. A translucent blue box was superimposed over the picture and told him TO START, PRESS ^.</p><p></p><p>Mark pressed ^. A gun fired and he jumped. <em>Just the TV.</em> Mark smiled to himself and the car hit the side of the track and exploded. He chuckled to himself and tried again. <em>So this is what computer games are like.</em> </p><p></p><p>By the time Mark got the hang of the controls he was getting bored. No matter how fast he pressed the buttons the game only responded every nine or ten times. He wasn't crashing anymore, but by the time the computer decided it was ready to do what he wanted to do, he was ready to try somethign else. Mark abandoned the game and resumed his search. </p><p></p><p>About six doors down from the game store, Mark found another narrow store with TVs in it and they really were playing cartoons; cartoons he recognized! That was the one with the cat people and the guy in the pyramid. He used to watch that every day back when... Well he didn't really remember when exactly but he did it and it was cool. He hurried into the store and up to the counter.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">"Hi, I want that,"</span> Mark pointed at the TV showing the cat people fighting some lizard person. The guy behind the counter gave him a weird look. <span style="color: skyblue">"It's for sale, right? Here I've got money. I used to watch that every day."</span> Mark dug around his pocket until his wallet came up.</p><p></p><p>It turned out the store had the whole show. Mark bought it all, and between that and the clothes he really did a number on his $400 from the Institute. The guy said they would play in his computer too. But a hundred fifty dollars should be enough to get some nice clothes still. If he could find the right store before he found another right store and spent some more.</p><p></p><p>Mark happened to look the right way as he walked past a fake wood facade and saw some of the girls talking to some guy. Say, wasn't he somebody? He looked like he was somebody. Oh...and Star was there. He'd better go say hi to his date, he guessed.</p><p></p><p>Mark waved and started to walked up to the group, an overstuffed shopping bag in one hand, <span style="color: skyblue">"Uh, hi girls. Hi Star."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samnell, post: 1077751, member: 130"] Mark walked out of the sporting goods store with his long-anticipated swimsuit resting in a plastic bag. It was one of the good thick kind that made good insulation, not the really thin cheap kind that you could poke holes in easily. The suit was easy to buy. Pick a color and get the right size. So he still wasted half an hour in the store and ended up buying a pair of zip up jerseys and two pairs of what the lady insisted were running shorts too; short thin things he got in red and black. And there was the tank top he just liked. And the other swimsuit. He didn't know they had two styles; one with legs even. No more heavy, soggy trunks for him, but he did draw the line at the third style that looked like the suits they wore in Tommy's virtual reality thing only with short legs and a tank top top. Buying stuff was fun, and a lot less stressful than trying to steal it out of dumpsters or shoplift it. It didn't smell bad either. He had money and what good was it if he didn't spend it? More was coming, it wasn't like he had to hold out for a week or two without. Ok, so it wasn't like a lot of things he'd had to hold out a week for, but he hadn't thrown up or had any shakes in a while so he tried not to think too much about those just in case it provoked some more. Mark decided he liked the Mall and would have to stay out of trouble so he could keep coming. But shopping for stuff he actually wanted to wear was a lot easier than shopping for things he was supposed to wear to a dance. Mark couldn't exactly ask Star, even if she knew the right stuff. He wandered the mall looking for a classy type of place to buy something at. After a few minutes Mark came on a little corner store. There were TVs playing some kind of cartoon or something inside and some kids clustered around them. Mark went in and saw the store's shelves lined with glossy, oversized books and little colorful boxes. The TVs were hooked up to some kind of pedestal thing with a cabinet inside it. One was relatively free of kids, so Mark checked it out. The cabinet had glass doors and there was some kind of little box inside, strapped down like stores did with the good stuff so it wouldn't walk out on its own. A sort of stick stuck out of the cabinet towards him and had a handle on it, two sort of L shaped things for your hands to fit around and buttons and stuff on top. Mark took hold of it and looked up at the TV. There was a racecar on TV, with a couple of others to the sides and a track in the background. A translucent blue box was superimposed over the picture and told him TO START, PRESS ^. Mark pressed ^. A gun fired and he jumped. [I]Just the TV.[/I] Mark smiled to himself and the car hit the side of the track and exploded. He chuckled to himself and tried again. [I]So this is what computer games are like.[/I] By the time Mark got the hang of the controls he was getting bored. No matter how fast he pressed the buttons the game only responded every nine or ten times. He wasn't crashing anymore, but by the time the computer decided it was ready to do what he wanted to do, he was ready to try somethign else. Mark abandoned the game and resumed his search. About six doors down from the game store, Mark found another narrow store with TVs in it and they really were playing cartoons; cartoons he recognized! That was the one with the cat people and the guy in the pyramid. He used to watch that every day back when... Well he didn't really remember when exactly but he did it and it was cool. He hurried into the store and up to the counter. [COLOR=skyblue]"Hi, I want that,"[/COLOR] Mark pointed at the TV showing the cat people fighting some lizard person. The guy behind the counter gave him a weird look. [COLOR=skyblue]"It's for sale, right? Here I've got money. I used to watch that every day."[/COLOR] Mark dug around his pocket until his wallet came up. It turned out the store had the whole show. Mark bought it all, and between that and the clothes he really did a number on his $400 from the Institute. The guy said they would play in his computer too. But a hundred fifty dollars should be enough to get some nice clothes still. If he could find the right store before he found another right store and spent some more. Mark happened to look the right way as he walked past a fake wood facade and saw some of the girls talking to some guy. Say, wasn't he somebody? He looked like he was somebody. Oh...and Star was there. He'd better go say hi to his date, he guessed. Mark waved and started to walked up to the group, an overstuffed shopping bag in one hand, [COLOR=skyblue]"Uh, hi girls. Hi Star."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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