4th Fix

[technohippie]

[Quinn Hatch is, by nature, a people person. A party person. Mayfield is way too quiet and boring for his tastes, not to mention that he's a bit lonely and homesick. Working as a teacher has kept him busier than he thought it would, and the daily grind tough on him. Today though, he's calling out to chillax! You may find him:

1. Working in his garage on Brady Lane. From within, his regained laptop and stereo system are set up and are positively BLARING music at a drone-unacceptable level. He looks quite content though, working on something in there with some newly-acquired tools. The music is all different kinds - rock, metal, dance, rap, Quinn listens to it all. Come rock out/find out what he's doing/complain?

2. Later in the evening at the tavern. He doesn't want to drink alone, and you look like a good-looking friendly stranger! Look out, because he's sitting down next to you. If you're nice enough he might even buy you a drink.

3. Later that evening, stealing car parts. That might be your car he's harvesting. Whoops! He was meaning to get drones' cars, but who can tell in the dark, or after you've had a few too many. Double-whoops. But as far as he knows, it's the best and really only way to collect what he needs to build things.

Comments

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

.. No Tex Mex?

[Scott drops to his hands and knees, hanging in his head low in despair.]

No games, no shirts, no wristbands.. No Ramona.. No making out..

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sorry man, there ain't much good 'bout this place. It's a pretty raw deal all around.

That your girlfriend? Double raw deal then, man.

[He... pats you on the shoulder. There there, fellow nerd. There there.]

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

.. What should I do?

[Scott could feels the bonds of nerdom radiate, and an enternal friendship of nerdiness was made that day.]

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

There's only two things we can do, really. Either try to get along with all this weirdness, or just to rebel and break outta here! Personally, I like option 2, but I'm stickin' with 1 for now until I get a better grip on how this place works. Things get a little crazy here sometimes.

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

That doesn't sound like a bad plan. Well.. Hmm.. So.. I GUESS I should find my house? Hrmm..

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Should have your last name on the mailbox. They gotcha as the man of the house, right?

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

Man of the what..?

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Wow, ya really haven't had much of this explained to ya, have ya, man? Everyone's got a role here to play. They put guys over eighteen as dad and husbands in these fake little families. Ya might even have a job assigned to ya. I did.

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

A job?

[You've gotta' be kidding? How is it he's got a job here and he can barely hold on to one in the "REAL" world?]

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. It only gets worse the more I talk, don't it? They made me a high school math teacher of all things. Dunno what they were thinkin' there.

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

So I've got like.. No choice in this?

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

'Fraid not, my friend. If ya don't go, they brainwash ya into it, or so I'm told. I'll admit I haven't had the cojones to risk it yet. So if ya get a call in the next coupla days askin' why ya'll been missin' work, now ya know why. That's what happened to me.

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

The world is a scary place. Even more so than usual.

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

My world I could handle. This place? Well... I'm sure we'll get used to it eventually, man.

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

Well, thanks Quinn, man. At least I bumped into some one cool my first day here.

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

No problem, dude. Hey, we're all in this mess together, right?