56 Fun Nigh (1/2)
Theodore's clone sat with them making sure she ate everything and made sure Icy didn't eat her food.
Theodore, Mary and Sophie were inside the V.R Cube. The walls, ceiling and floor was a beautiful royal blue.
Theodore yelled excitedly ”Isn't it exciting, look how huge this room is, I bought one of the bigger ones. Look these are the motion sensors, fans that can simulate in-game climate and the floor looks solid now but once I get into a game it will move. I've heard talks about an attachment that would provide actual smell. It's a long way away but its cool right?”
”How much did this cost?” Asked Mary
”Just an extra 5 grand don't worry It didn't come out of your pay,” Said Theodore simply
”What!?” Exclaimed Mary and Sophie
”Don't be like that. I make an average $15,000 from daily streams, I've sold over 10,000 Rose's Fairy Tales books and I get paid $0.70 per play for each of my songs”
”Wait how much do you have?” Asked Sophie with a dangerous glint in her eyes.
Theodore could see the greed in her eyes as he said ”we'll I've already set all of it aside. a lot of it went into Rose's savings, a bit into my saving, $25,000 for my car and the rest is for bills, groceries and some other minor stuff”
”Car shopping!? You have to call me when you do that” Said Sophie excitedly
”Sure why not, Mary you're coming too. Your Beetle looks like it's about to fall apart,” Said Theodore
”I can't do it” Shaking her head Mary continued ”It was mom's, she gave it to me for my High School graduation. No, it didn't look better back then its always looked like that and that's the way I like it”
Theodore and Sophie were unsure of how to respond after feeling the endless love and sadness in her voice.
Theodore managed to build up some courage as he replied ”As your employer, I must be held responsible for your safety at the workplace. So I will get David and ask him to run some safety test and update the engine nothing else”
Mary took a deep breath before showing a sincere smile ”Thank you”
”No problem, oh by the way I'm still not dropping the game thing. I'm hiring you as my consultant. If things go well for our first game we can pick up struggling dev team and monopolise the gaming industry. Hahaha man I'm getting excited just thinking about it” Said Theodore before laughing hysterically
Mary's shoulders fall tiredly as she says ”I didn't agree to be your consultant. I already have mountains of emails to go through and now your giving me another job”
Theodore turned around and put up five fingers ”I will do one televised interview and four sponsored performances without fail no questions asked”
Theodore was left stunned before begging ”Mary, that's a bit too fast. Hows about a 2 week rest period”
”What happened to without fail, no questions asked?” Said Mary
”Let's be reasonable, I did do really well at last nights charity show,” Said Theodore
”Yes you did, so let's keep that momentum,” Said Mary
”Fine with this interview I could at least shut up a few dirty rumours but what's this marathon thing about?” Said, Theodore
”There's marathon competition coming to L.A and a new sports ware company called Flick wants to sponsor you for the run. They will provide you with their latest sneakers and some appropriate clothing. You don't have to win you just need to look good but it would be beneficial if you get a good placement” Said Mary
With a smug smile, Theodore began plotting 'Not gonna happen I'll stay back and hang out with the other slowpokes. Then no one will sponsor me for another marathon run'
”Oh, and the fruit juice company Gruited wants you to film a small advertisement. They would like it before next Tuesday. They will be sending a huge box worth of product” Said, Mary
”Mary please give me a break like 5 day rest period. How can I do all that in such a short time”
”Rose has her regular 1 to 2 hours naps throughout the day so playing with Rose isn't a good enough excuse. You're also a clone user which by the way you only utilize two of them off stream. You have enough time to rest. And I'm tired of declining every email” Said Mary strictly
”Hmm. Honestly, I've been getting tired of the same old routine. Forward any interesting offers to me and I'll have my clones do some research on them” Said Theodore confidently
”Games!?” Asked Sophie after finally seeing a chance to join the conversation
”Yep, that's right I've decided to try out being a game developer,” Said Theodore proudly
”And you know how to make a game?” Asked Sophie
”Yep, it's going to be a masterpiece, why?” Said Theodore with a confused tone
”And Mary is getting a second job for this, like pay right?” Asked Sophie
Theodore nodded to both Mary and Sophies surprise.