[ laurence is looking less with a discerning eye and more like he's waiting for some instructor to jump out and yell at him. is he really allowed in here...? ]
What are you going to do, steal a couple of pillows?
What are you going to do, steal a couple of pillows?
Just don't take mine, alright?
[ he earned that pillow (he did nothing) ]
...Seventeen.
[ he earned that pillow (he did nothing) ]
...Seventeen.
[ busted ]
...Yes, but I didn't know it was something like this. I was just curious what "The Confessional" was supposed to be.
...Yes, but I didn't know it was something like this. I was just curious what "The Confessional" was supposed to be.
[ his shoulders sag in relief. ]
I don't know how those things work. [ ... ] You really let people drink at seventeen?
I don't know how those things work. [ ... ] You really let people drink at seventeen?
[ take a stroll along the boardwalk today and you'll find laurence at one of the souvenir shops, sighing in exasperation and apparently talking to thin air. ]
Just cut it out already, will you? Or I'm leaving.
Just cut it out already, will you? Or I'm leaving.
Huh? [ someone was here?? ] Oh. Sorry, Mr. Riegan. I didn't mean you.
[ gestures at a bin of keychains. there is something sticking out of it. ]
She won't get out.
[ gestures at a bin of keychains. there is something sticking out of it. ]
She won't get out.
Penny.
[ right on cue, an arm pops out of the bin, several keychains dangling from its fingers like little medals. ]
Oh, come on, what do you need those for? You don't even have keys.
[ right on cue, an arm pops out of the bin, several keychains dangling from its fingers like little medals. ]
Oh, come on, what do you need those for? You don't even have keys.
People my age as soldiers...? You can't be serious.
[ though yea if you're gonna let em kill might as well let em drink too huh. makes sense. ]
[ though yea if you're gonna let em kill might as well let em drink too huh. makes sense. ]
Robot arm. Her name's Penny.
[ she waves at claude, keychains jingling. ]
[ she waves at claude, keychains jingling. ]
They don't go to school...?
[ CONFUSION. ]
It's... fine. There's plenty of drinks at the store.
[ CONFUSION. ]
It's... fine. There's plenty of drinks at the store.
Heck if I know. I didn't make her. Maybe she wasn't finished.
[ to penny: ] You are not taking all those back to my room.
[ to penny: ] You are not taking all those back to my room.
Afford? You have to pay for it, too? [ lmao. ] Your world is so... different.

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