callofkaren: (boom.)
Karen Filippelli ([personal profile] callofkaren) wrote2007-12-09 06:27 pm
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[For Chuck.] Call of Duty!

After exhausting most of the options that Karen could be out in snow and still call it fun, she found herself spending most of the day inside the compound, watching bad Canadian TV and eating the cookies so many people seemed to want to bake.

Nothing really held her attention as long as Call of Duty did when she got a chance at it, though. She hadn't really gone too far in her game, having been interrupted so many times, and she felt like she was losing her touch. ...well, not really. But she did feel like she hadn't played it in way too long, and she was going to use the next rare free hours to play.
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callofkaren: (innocent.)

[personal profile] callofkaren 2007-12-30 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Mm, and they're whiny babies," Karen replied easily. "Now, show me a couple of twelve-year-olds, and maybe I'll have some competition."

[identity profile] the-intersect.livejournal.com 2007-12-30 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, as long as it's not a school night," He said, remembering nights when Morgan had probably gotten some kind in Wisconsin into a lot of trouble with his parents. Chuck had tried to tell him in the end that going to bed at 3am had not meant that the kid wussed out.
callofkaren: (gigglesnort.)

[personal profile] callofkaren 2007-12-30 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
Karen honest-to-god snorted then, and covered her her mouth with one hand to hold back her laughter. "You say that like you've got experience."

[identity profile] the-intersect.livejournal.com 2007-12-30 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, Morgan-- my friend back home-- he gets really into it. It's a really long story involving almost calling some kid's mom in Wisconsin. I...don't think you want to hear it."

It was pretty embarrassing for everyone involved.
callofkaren: (jim - laughing.)

[personal profile] callofkaren 2007-12-30 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, you'd be thinking wrong," Karen answered with another laugh. It was totally the kind of story she'd love to hear, only not when they were about to start a campaign and it might afford distractions. "But I'm sure that's a story for another day."

[identity profile] the-intersect.livejournal.com 2007-12-30 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, Embarrassing and Geeky Story Day," Chuck said. "Actually, I'm pretty sure I'd kind of monopolize the conversation....were that...actually a holiday."

He looked down at the controller in his hands, pretty sure that was as close to being physically painful that a statement could get.

"So! Are we still going or--- Because I could probably keep this up for hours."
callofkaren: (intriiiiguing.)

[personal profile] callofkaren 2007-12-30 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Karen tried harder not to smile the more Chuck kept talking. He was like one of those geeks who were actually kind of adorable without realizing it, so she kept her mouth shut.

Especially if Chuck didn't seem to realize what he'd just said.

"I could play for hours too," she said, then let her shoulders drop. "But it gets a little boring once you've played everything three times."

[identity profile] the-intersect.livejournal.com 2007-12-30 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"What, you mean this place doesn't have XBox Live?" Chuck joked. "How--How'd this thing end up here in the first place? I mean, maybe another game'll show up the same way. Like maybe Call of Duty Four?"

Because being sucked to the island of no return without getting the chance to play it was cruel and unusual punishment. Only slightly less horrible than being denied James Bond movies.

Of course, Lazlo had been lying about all that, but the idea of it was horrifying all the same.

callofkaren: (hey there.)

[personal profile] callofkaren 2007-12-31 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"We didn't even have an XBox until a few months ago," Karen said, feeling like Chuck should at least know how lucky he was. He might have been stuck reading about the mating habits of lemurs, or watching himself as a TV/movie/whatever. "And if Call of Duty four shows up somehow, I'll do a dance of joy."

[identity profile] the-intersect.livejournal.com 2008-01-05 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Chuck couldn't help but laugh. "Wow. You'll have to let me know if that happens," He said. "I'll-- I'll join in. As long as it's not a tango. I kinda have issues with the tango."
callofkaren: (intriiiiguing.)

[personal profile] callofkaren 2008-01-05 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
"The tango?" Karen asked, and it was almost like she sensed a good story behind that. After months with Jim, it'd become almost like a sixth sense. "That's kinda random."

[identity profile] the-intersect.livejournal.com 2008-01-08 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
There was definitely a story behind it. One involving spies and terrorists and almost being thrown off a building. The tragedy was that Chuck couldn't tell Karen any of it.

"Yeah, it's a long, boring story involving my sister's boyfriend and a pretty bad date." He said, "Not with my sister's boyfriend. The date, I mean."
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