The third day begins like the second day did: very slowly. Oh, and Mae has computer viruses from what I can only assume is completely innocent web-browsing, so there's that. Nothing Angus can't fix, according to Mae.
Mae has a passive aggressive conversation with another neighbor, sees a missing person poster for Casey, plays with a ball of yarn, meets a woman named Ms. Rosa who knew her granddad… Pretty neat, I suppose. Gregg has cups on his ears when Mae meets him in the Snack Falcon and I don't think I need to say anything more about that sight. He directs Mae to Video Outpost "Too" to find Angus, but that yields no results so I go to their apartment instead.
I literally walked all around town looking for something I could stick into the hole where the telecom button for Angus and Gregg’s apartment should be before I figured out what I was supposed to do. Mae got electrocuted but at least her computer’s clean. And it has a copy of Demontower installed on it! Because Angus is cool like that! Well, time to get Sidetracked By The Golden Saucer!
Actually that's a lie, there are more important matters at hand, like Gregg. Gregg is great as always. Oh and he also mentions a party, that’s important too I think, but who cares about that when the other topic of conversation is ye aulden porn stashes?
Yes I spent a bunch of time playing Demontower. It's actually not too difficult so far, most of the enemies aren’t tough to take down but apparently if I kill the beggar on the second floor I get the bad ending if I finish the game? And I ended up killing the beggar before I learned that, so I just quit at floor 4 and practiced Die Anywhere Else before going to bed again. Still no psychic dreams, sadly.
Day 4! Gregg sends Mae a message about the party, and thusly she is tasked with asking Bea for a ride. But that can wait for later, checking out the town comes first. A guy's working on the power line, Mae meets a naval recruiter, people are talking about the town’s economics and calling each other's asses unhistoric (okay that was just the one guy who said it but still), Mae jokes about a stalker statue, Ms. Rosa's nowhere to be found, and Gregg has apparently been listening to Andrew W.K. in preparation for tonight.
- Gregg: "Party Party Partyyyy!"
Now that I’ve talked to the most important character in the game, I guess I should go see Bea. Small talk ensues and I refrain from asking about what she was discussing with that guy in her store. Mae’s doodle after the fact has a little drawing of Bea, an ankh, a turtle, and…
- MaeBea
...Shipping?
Aunt Molly gives Mae some cryptic words of caution as she arrives home. Mae calls it ominous, but I just think she means well.
- Thought: Aunt Mallcop is planning to kill me
Now that's just being silly, Mae.
It’s taco tuesday at Mae’s house, and while there's gonna be food at the party, I can't say no to tacos.
- Mae’s Dad: "A family that tacos together rockos together."
That pun is too awful for me not to love. Too awful for anyone else to love, but whatever.
Before the party begins, Mae decides to take a look in the mirror and make sure she doesn’t look like hot garbage.
- "I have the worst face. I have a nightmare face."
oh my god is she gonna say the thing if i choose this one
- "My big dumb eyes. My nightmare eyes."
She said the thing! Theeere we go, perfect!
- Mae: "Nightmare Eyes would be an excellent horror movie name."
Horror movie? No. Horror something? Yeah, absolutely.
- Mae: "You’re a smooth talker. You're a smoothie.""Hi, I'm Mae! I dropped out of college earlier this week!"
Yep. Smooth like sandpaper.
Well, that’s that, it's party time now. Next installment's going to be about how well that goes. Here's to hoping Mae knows how to operate that luck machine she says she has.
