Barney and Betty, still in their pajamas,
have been up for hours. Barney puts on
another pot of coffee. Betty is waiting
for the printer to spit out a piece of
paper.
(And, yes, they both wear full-out pajamas.
Betty loves florals. Barney loves plaids.)
Their open floor plan apartment is dedicated
to gaming - specifically Alternate Reality Gaming.
Multiple computers, monitors, servers and every
tech gadget ever imagined to facilitate their
researching, decoding & deciphering
lifestyle decorates their living space.
Betty waves the print-out at Barney,
"Why would they make this so easy?"
Barney eyes the coffee he just
measured out, "I've completely lost
count of my scoops. Look at this.
Does this look like the right amount?"
"I just asked you a question, sweetie."
"I heard you, but I'm also in
charge of coffee detail."
"Put in another scoop."
"You didn't look."
"Doesn't matter. Either way, one more
is all good."
Barney tosses in a scoop and closes the
coffee maker.
Betty places the print-out on the counter,
"This is too craaaazy easy."
Barney looks at it and shrugs, "Maybe the
Puppet Master doesn't want to scare off the
newbies."
Betty's face is suddenly serious, "It is a
lifestyle decorates their living space.
Betty waves the print-out at Barney,
"Why would they make this so easy?"
Barney eyes the coffee he just
measured out, "I've completely lost
count of my scoops. Look at this.
Does this look like the right amount?"
"I just asked you a question, sweetie."
"I heard you, but I'm also in
charge of coffee detail."
"Put in another scoop."
"You didn't look."
"Doesn't matter. Either way, one more
is all good."
Barney tosses in a scoop and closes the
coffee maker.
Betty places the print-out on the counter,
"This is too craaaazy easy."
Barney looks at it and shrugs, "Maybe the
Puppet Master doesn't want to scare off the
newbies."
Betty's face is suddenly serious, "It is a
blogspot address! Nothing new here, people!"
(near to tears)
"I need a challenge in my life, sweetie!"
(taps the paper)
"This may be too frakkin' novice to take me
where I'm going."
Barney stops her, "Why are you doing A me?"
"I'm not doing A you."
Barney continues, "Oh yeah, you are doing
exactly what I did a few days ago with the
pink card. One simple code and you jump?
Barney stops her, "Why are you doing A me?"
"I'm not doing A you."
Barney continues, "Oh yeah, you are doing
exactly what I did a few days ago with the
pink card. One simple code and you jump?
Stop and let's check out blogspot."
Betty is still lost in her emotion,
"I need to be expanding right now.
The old 'first letter of the sentence' code
doesn't excite my gray matter anymore."
Barney inexplicably starts jumping up
and down like Tigger.
Betty is finally quiet.
Barney stops jumping, "Thank you,
Madame ARG. Now, at least check
out the blogspot address and then
we can set up a forum for the players.
And for what it is worth, I believe this
one is special."
Betty is half-hearted, "It has one week
to get special."
Barney shuffles over to the computers, "I
may be the only true Sammeee in this
house."