[For Chuck.] Call of Duty!

[callofkaren]

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]

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."

[the-intersect.livejournal.com]

"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]

"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."

[the-intersect.livejournal.com]

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]

"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."

[the-intersect.livejournal.com]

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."