turbo heaven 🌼 marcoh

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[boxcar]

Why is it called an application? Isn't that what you submit for jobs?

[ Don't ask questions Laurence can't answer. But he pauses. ]

I'm used to figuring things out on my own. But if you are able to help, I'd like it.

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How should I know? I didn't name it.

Sure, ask away. There's not even that much on these things in the first place. You can probably ignore most of it, too... Candy Crush doesn't sound like your kind of thing.

[ does marcoh even know the concept of fun ]

[boxcar]

[ Yes he does he's just a jock. ]

Candy Crush...?

[outdistanced]

[ same but games are fun too! ]

It's this old game from fifty years ago that never died. [ makes myself feel ancient ig. ] Just something to keep busy with.

[boxcar]

[ Stop it I forgot CTC is a little bit in the future and I was so PIKA for a second. ]

It's on these phones?

[ Show him what's got these boomers in a vice grip. ]

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[ it's 2044 babey. laurence stares at him for a moment like you actually want to try that one?? sure okay, pulls out his phone, ]

Yep. This one, with the candy icon. It's not exactly a hard game.

[boxcar]

[ YOU MENTIONED IT LAURENCE... NO BULLY. He doesn't know what it's like yet. ]

...

Everything here is really colourful.

And noisy...

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[ this fucking icon ]

What, do you live in a world that's only black and white?

[boxcar]

Like television? Yes.

[outdistanced]

[ THE WAY THIS ACTUALLY CATCHES HIM OFF GUARD ]

No way. What kind of joke is that?

[boxcar]

Joke? I'm not trying to be funny.

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...Okay. I heard of TV being black and white, like, a hundred years ago. But you had to have colored lights and music and stuff.

[boxcar]

It's 1942.

[ He's just ready for more shock from Laurence, it seems to be a recurring theme here. ]

We have music. I'm not sure what you mean by coloured lights but I think we do, but neither are like what I've been seeing here.

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[ shock is right. how was he dead on about a century?! ]

It's 2044 where I'm from. [ no wonder marcoh doesn't know phones... he's a grandpa. ] Didn't they at least have stuff like neon lights back then?

[boxcar]

... And I thought 2016 was far.

[ Jesus Christ. Or Alll-mer as it were. ]

Sure? But they're not like this exactly.

[ Just. Looks at this bright-ass welcome screen on Candy Crush. ]

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Oh. Well, it's a game? It's supposed to be bright and fun or whatever.

[ tapping into it ]

You're just supposed to match three or more together and try to get a high score.

[boxcar]

[ Follows his motion and tries one. And just watches the pixels explode, make its funny little noises. He clearly can't decide whether he's exactly into this or not, but... ]

Everything in the... future? Is very bright and... cutesy.

[outdistanced]

Again, it's a game. Not everything is like this.

There's probably a setting to turn the sounds off if you don't like them. And you can turn down the brightness if it bothers you.

[boxcar]

No, I mean.

The neighbourhood. The cafe. This boardwalk.

All of it is bright and cute.

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Oh, that. It's not actually like this - at least not in the Tower. I think this is a "Heaven" thing.

[boxcar]

What is the Tower?

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It's where I grew up - somewhere safe for people like.

[ there's a slight hesitation, but he decides to keep talking anyway. ]

I've only been outside a few times, and it wasn't like this out there, either.

[boxcar]

A community then.

It's good that it was safe. Everybody deserves having a place like that.

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[ nodding because he agrees!! also wow that was supposed to be "people like me" but you get it ]

Yeah, I agree. Having to live outside sounds like a nightmare. I don't get why anyone would want to.

[boxcar]

[ Oh I just fully believed he stopped before that yeah. He looks a bit softer at him maybe. ]

Are things very unsafe outside of the Tower?