“Archie! I brought *$%#%$@* “
Shouted Saki as we entered the store room , a small room with cabinets on either side with barely enough space left for two people to stand side by side between them and a table at the opposite side of the door, yet somehow there were 3 people arguing inside with Archie leaning on one of the cabinets and the other two sitting on the table as though it was a chair.Their
‘Well , this explains why he never shows up on the bus in the return trip , but what about Elfreda?’ I think to myself as I make a quick check outside but don’t notice her among people using computers.
“Where’s Elfreda?” I ask Archie , just loud enough that it won’t be drowned out by the creaking door as Saki closes it behind us , ‘I feel slightly claustrophobic but it can’t be helped I guess’ I think to myself .
“She doesn’t like the noise so she sits in our classroom which is just two doors over” he replies; It makes sense , the 11th and 12th grade classes and the labs are on the third floor as the seniors are the ones who have the most lab based classes and the school also gives them special permission to use the labs in their free periods .
“Anyway” he continues “Saki probably told you already but we need you to voice act for one of the characters in the game we’re making , don’t worry about the trip back home , my dad comes to pick me and Elfreda up anyway so we can drop you to wherever you live.”
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“Yeah , Saki already told me why you can’t ask the other seniors but what about the 10th graders?” I ask , noticing Saki seeming kind , probably because we’re talking about her as she’s standing right next to us.
“Ah , I was about to do that but Elfreda said that you act a lot like the character we are missing the voice actor for , so she asked me to ask you to act him out” Archie replies as he takes out his phone and starts doing something on it.
“Really? What character is it? “ I ask without thinking , becoming a video character would give me eternal bragging rights in front of Joseph after all.
As if expecting my question , Archie holds up his phone to show me a photo of a drawing in what seems to be our standard issue school notebooks. The character seems to be a male wizard judging by the long wooden staff in his right hand , he has blonde hair and glasses and is wearing the most generic blue wizard robe with weird shapes on it; All of these features are all right , but the one thing that stands out is the smoke drawn to be coming out of the staff , and the seemingly burnt blond hair of the character , as well as covering his cracked glasses .
“I don’t know what to say” I say , ironically and notice Saki stifling a laugh beside me.
Archie laughs and puts his hand on my shoulder , “Don’t worry about it , Elfreda is our writer and this is the sketch our Artist drew after she explained the character to her. You can ask Elfreda why she thought the character resembles you later. “ he says , locks eyes with me and continues “Anyway , are you in?”
I look around the room and notice the two people who were in the room before Saki and I entered looking at me and Saki nodding her head towards me while looking at me as though the decision is obvious.
I look back at Archie and see the gleam in his eyes, ‘Yeah that sounds cool enough’ I think and say “Well the bus has already probably left , so I’ll need to hitch a ride with you anyway so yeah I guess.” .