"What's that?" Shawn liked hanging out with Eddy, but he hoped it involved less insulting people to their face.

"It doesn't have anything to do with ghosts or flying Devils, does it?" Bobby asked, sounding uncertain.

"No. Nothing to do with that stuff. My Aunt Judith taught me the game last summer. You just sit on a park bench and look at people as they come and go. Ya know? Kids and parents. Oh, also old people if they come by. Then you talk about them without them hearing. And you make pretend situations and ask each other questions about what you would do." Eddy explained, getting more excited about the game as he heard himself speak about it.

"That sounds kinda neat!" Shawn wasn't super into the idea - it sounded like one of the acting exercises Mrs. Worthington would have him do - but he didn't want to disappoint Eddy.

Bobby nodded in a subdued sort of way. The boys wandered over to a bench.

"Ok" Eddy said, rubbing his palms together in evident delight. "What about that guy? What's the first thing you think of when you see him?" He pointed out towards a man kicking a ball in the large field where grown ups played soccer.

"Hmm..." Shawn thought about it; the man had a lot of grace for a big guy. "I bet he does ballet, but like, in secret. He doesn't tell his friends that's why he's good at soccer."

"Ha!" Bobby said. "Oh brother, that's funny. I was going to say that he just fat."

Eddy finished laughing before he said "That's funny. Hey, you're pretty good with this kind of thing. I was gonna say 'have another doughnut!" then he broke out in raucous laughter again.

"What about that old man?" Eddy said, pointing

Shawn tried to get into the improv groove; it was trickier here, albeit with no less pressure. "I bet...he's just pretending to read that book; he's got like, another one hidden inside there that's more embarrassing."

"Haahahaha!" Bobby roared with laughter.

"Yeah" Eddy remarked, "I bet he reads stuff like girl's comics. Probably Barbie." Eddy said, and Bobby could tell that it was something Eddy thought was really risque, his comment about Barbies.

"Haha, yeah, because he's so old, and Barbie's for, like, little kids!" Shawn laughed; it was funny, but he didn't see anything particularly risque about the joke.

"Yeah! He's like an old girl-man!" Eddy proclaimed. "Oh, hey, check that out!" he said, pointing to another person at the park. "What about her?" Shawn took a look over. It looked like a woman, an older woman at that. She was in some kind of wheelchair.


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"She...just got here from her daughter's; they had a fight about how she's raising her gerbils. She's not supposed to keep them in her cooler any more!" Shawn's stories were getting a little more high concept as the game went on.

"Gerbils!" Bobby said with delight. "Or maybe she's just, you know, being dumb in a wheelchair." He added.

That one sounded a little mean in the sense that if an adult walked by, they would certainly admonish the groups for saying it. Whether it was mean or not for Shawn was another thing altogether. His comment about Gerbils had kept the game going and had entertained Bobby.

But Eddy had really warmed to Bobby's comment about 'stupid wheelchair.' "Yeah!" Eddy roared. "That's exactly what I was thinking. She's stupid. Because she can't walk!" Then he began to laugh. Bobby did too, but not as hard as Eddy.

OOC: Shawn contested Rolls Wits + Empathy vs. Bobby's Wits + Expression with the following results

0 Successes: Shawn can't tell how Bobby really feels about the comment Bobby made or Eddy's reaction.

1 Success: Shawn can get a general idea of how Bobby feels about the joke Bobby made. But he cannot tell how Bobby feels about the nature of Eddy's joking.

2 Successes: Shawn can read Bobby like a book. He can see whether or not Bobby is full in on the crueler potions of the game, and whether or not he agrees and is enjoying Eddy's crueler jokes.

OOC: 20:15, Today: Shawn Cramer failed (no successes) using 3d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 1,4,4. Wits + Empathy.

20:51, Today: Bobby rolled 1 success using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((7,3,4,5,6,10(+5))).

It was hard to say how Bobby felt. He was slippery. Perhaps just like Shawn. Maybe that was why they got along so well. But there was no time to think of that. Eddy chimed in with another gesture, this time pointing out a girl that looked to have some sort of issue.

"What about her?" He asked. He looked to Shawn to see what he might say.



It was clear to Shawn that the girl might have some kind of mental issue. He thought that someone had told him, maybe an adult--perhaps Mom--that some kids had such mental issues. Their faces seemed to show it. Show that they had some kind of issue that would keep them separated from the rest of the kids. They went to a special class called 'resource room.'

Eddy gave Shawn an expectant look that seemed to say 'Well, are you gonna play, or not?'

Shawn tried to think about what he was going to say, and then hesitated. He didn't feel comfortable making fun of the little girl who had an issue. Of course, actually objecting wasn't an option for him, so he elected to deflect. "Well, she's...hey, wait a sec, don't we get a turn picking someone? Why don't you do that guy?" He looked over at Bobby for support, then pointed out a guy on the opposite side of the park with bright red hair and a massive beard.

Bobby looked over at Shawn. He was fully distracted now. The nature of the game--uncomfortable for Bobby or not, Shawn couldn't tell--was enough to keep the idea of what happened with Feddler at bay.

"He..." Bobby started, looking over at the bearded man, trying to come up with something. "He's probably one of those Dwarves!" He announced. "The kind that live in mountains and fight dragons."

There was a flash of something on Eddy's face that Shawn saw as Shawn deflected the conversation away from the girl. Just a second. A tightening of the lips and brow. Was it annoyance?

Either way, it didn't last long. The game continued. And the bearded man had characteristics that were unique in appearance.

"Ha!" Eddy laughed. "Yeah. He's a total Dwarf!" he proclaimed. Though the word Dwarf came out more like an insult than the imaginative way Bobby had spoken.

"I bet he has a magic ring!" Shawn laughed and then looked at Bobby for his pick.

"Hey, look at that!" Bobby said, pointing to a far corner of the park.

Shawn does a inexpertly concealed double take, and tries to gauge Eddy and Bobby's reactions. Was there really a clown there?

"What?" Eddy said, sounding annoyed. "It's just an empty bench." Shawn could have sworn he saw a clown there a second ago. A clown that looked like it had bad intentions. Like it came from the Circus. One that Shawn had never seen before. But when he turned back, it was gone.