turbo heaven 🌼 marcoh

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[boxcar]

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

Candy Crush...?

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[ 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.

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[ 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.

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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?

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For demiflora? Yeah. People hunt us down out there. That's why we have the Tower in the first place.

[boxcar]

Demiflora?

[ He's frowning because what do you mean HUNT. ]