214 Vol. 4 pt. 17 Patch 3.0: A Change of Pace (1/2)
”Now then! I believe we must create a schedule,” Alice says, sitting in her wheelchair in front of the couch where Serra, Ryouta, and Cassandra are sitting.
”What kind of schedule?” Ryouta asks.
”A gaming schedule! None of us have to work, so I know that the thought of spending all day playing games may have crossed your minds,” Alice pauses to look at Ryouta and Cassandra whom are both acting innocent, ”but that will not be allowed! Our bodies would rot away if we just stayed playing games all day, and nothing would ever get done!”
”Alright, mom, so what do you want us to do?”
”Schedule! I suggest that we play no more than six hours at a time without breaks, and no more than ten hours a day! That would give us a total of twenty hours a day in-game, yes?”
As boring as coming up with a schedule to prevent too much gaming sounds, when there are that many hours allocated to gaming, he really can't complain. Cassandra won't complain, either.
”And no more than five hours on Saturday and Sunday! It is important for us to spend time together in reality and experience the real world as well,” Alice continues.
”That sounds pretty fair,” Ryouta says. ”Though, I don't know if there's anything to really do around here.”
”I heard that the mall here is rather excellent and full of activities! There is even a small amusement park built alongside it!”
”I still can't believe malls made a comeback.”
”Yeah, I heard they were all pretty much dead at the beginning of the century,” Cassandra says.
Serra gets their attention by waving her hands and then signs to the group that she wants a pet ferret.
And a pet dog.
And a pet… cow?
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”Why do you want a cow?” Ryouta asks her.
Serra signs that cows are basically just really fat dogs.
Now that Ryouta thinks about it, he does remember seeing plenty of cute videos on the internet of cows wanting to cuddle, play, and basically act like dogs.
”Why a ferret?” Ryouta asks.
Serra makes the sign for shark and then points down at the carpet.
”I would love to get a ferret! A dog or cow may be too much responsibility given how much time we wish to spend gaming, but a ferret would be wonderful! The only issue with ferrets is that they tend to repulse visitors with their scent,” Alice says.
That may be an issue to Alice, but it sounds like a positive thing to everybody else.
”Yeah, let's get a ferret,” Ryouta says.
”Agreed,” Cassandra says and nods her head.
Serra fist pumps and then sticks up four fingers.
”You want four ferrets?” Alice asks.
Serra nods.
”Do we even have a pet store around here?” Ryouta asks.
Cassandra pulls out her phone and looks it up. ”Yeah, there's one a little past where I got my haircut,” she says.
”We will need a cage, food, a water bottle, hammocks, toys, tubes – wait! There… oh my goodness I am so excited!” Alice says, pulling out her own phone to look something up on it. She practically squeals from excitement and then holds the phone out to the others.
On the phone's screen are pictures of ferrets wearing clothes.
”You want to dress them up, don't you?” Ryouta asks.
Alice excitedly nods her head. ”They will be so precious!” she says.
”Won't they be precious even if they're not dressed up?”
”But they will be even more precious if they are dressed up! Just imagine a ferret in a tuxedo with a top hat and monocle! Or one wearing a princess dress! Or one with a fin sticking up from its back to truly become a carpet shark!”
”We should probably, you know, actually research it first to learn about keeping them because I don't know anything about owning ferrets,” Cassandra says.
”Yeah, I agree,” Ryouta says. ”But… I kinda want to go look at them now.”
”Aren't you too sore to be moving around?”
”But… ferrets are cute.”
”Do you promise not to get attached and want to bring them home as soon as you see them? Let's not forget you got attached to a rock. And a fan. And a fishing rod. And a boat. And—”
”Al-alright, I'll try my best not to get too attached.”
”Promise.”
”I can't.”
Cassandra sighs. ”At least you're honest about it.”
”Worry not, Cassandra! We will just go look and leave before he can get too attached!” Alice says.