Zaela. She hated the Library Museum.
Chapter Three
Gabby met Zaela at the edge of the school grounds. The school lawn appeared as a perfectly manicured green field with bushes shaped into different animals.
"Hey Z, your outfit looks totally twinked," said Gabby.
Zaela stopped and put a hand on one hip, her eyebrow raising as her head tilted. She wore a yellow shirt that glowed like a small sun and a pink ruffled skirt. Black cat figures on the skirt danced around her waist, sometimes disappearing into the folds.
"What's up, Gabs? You only compliment my clothes when you're going ask me for something. At least you didn't compliment my skin color, then I know you're in deep," said Zaela.
Gabby smirked. "Well, since you mention it. Your skin is looking particularly bronze today." She paused. "And as always, it goes well with your silky black hair."
Zaela rolled her eyes. "Next you're going to be asking me to go to the Library Museum."
"Well actually." Gabby held out her hands, palms up. "I am. Pretty please? I'll let you pick all the games in the FunCar."
"But Blair the Chair is so weird."
Gabby hugged her friend's arm and jumped up and down. "Please...," she whined.
"Fine. Only because you're my best friend." Zaela pointed her finger at Gabby. "But I get to pick all the games. You promised."
"Fine," said Gabby. "Let's get going."
The two girls stepped off the school property and the manicured lawns and animal bushes disappeared. Instead they were replaced with rolling ads from Tata Motors. The makers of the FunCar owned the available ad space around the school. Once the two girls were off school grounds, they were assaulted by the wallpaper-like ads.
"Bydaway, your outfit is pretty fragadelic, too," remarked Zaela, as the girls made their way to the nearby FunCar lot. "For a pale and skinny blonde chick, anyway."
"I put it on random wardrobe generator this morning. I had other things on my mind," said Gabby.
The FunCar lot was filled with hundreds of bubble shaped cars with four puffy tires. The vehicles were used by any citizen to get from one place to another.
When Gabby snapped her fingers at a nearby car, its blue exterior was replaced by a white one with skulls. Each skull had a pink bow on it.
The bubble shield retracted enough for the two girls to climb inside. Once the two girls were strapped in, Gabby commanded the FunCar to take them to the Library Museum.
"We're going to play Brush Battle," said Zaela.
Gabby groaned. She really would rather play Geostack or Shared Destruction. Those would actually get them some decent points while they were skipping school, maybe even breaking even for the day. Brush Battle was strictly artistic and barely got more than she got for brushing her teeth in the morning.
"You promised."
Gabby nodded. "I did."
"I need a break from all that score grinding." Zaela paused, a thoughtful and sad expression shading her face. "I wish creativity scored higher in LifeGame."
"Sorry Z." Another time she might have tried to talk her out of Brush Battle, but she sensed her friend's need and let it go.
As the game started up, she felt the FunCar lurch forward, and brushes appeared in their hands. The sense-webs in her skin made the brush feel real beneath her fingertips, but she wanted to squeeze it tighter to get a better grip and that screwed up her control of the brush tip.
The car's bubble disappeared as a surrealistic landscape was painted over their eye-screens, making it appear they were floating through a rounded and droopy landscape of pastel watercolors populated by strange creatures including one with a candy-striped hat.
Zaela brightened along with the surroundings. "Ohh...Dr. Seuss!"
"Who?" Gabby had never heard of this Doctor, nor why he would be in an art game, but before she could ask again, a floating canvas appeared before her.
The object of the game was to pick an object out of the landscape and paint it. Scoring was given for closeness of the reproduction.
Chapter Three
Gabby met Zaela at the edge of the school grounds. The school lawn appeared as a perfectly manicured green field with bushes shaped into different animals.
"Hey Z, your outfit looks totally twinked," said Gabby.
Zaela stopped and put a hand on one hip, her eyebrow raising as her head tilted. She wore a yellow shirt that glowed like a small sun and a pink ruffled skirt. Black cat figures on the skirt danced around her waist, sometimes disappearing into the folds.
"What's up, Gabs? You only compliment my clothes when you're going ask me for something. At least you didn't compliment my skin color, then I know you're in deep," said Zaela.
Gabby smirked. "Well, since you mention it. Your skin is looking particularly bronze today." She paused. "And as always, it goes well with your silky black hair."
Zaela rolled her eyes. "Next you're going to be asking me to go to the Library Museum."
"Well actually." Gabby held out her hands, palms up. "I am. Pretty please? I'll let you pick all the games in the FunCar."
"But Blair the Chair is so weird."
Gabby hugged her friend's arm and jumped up and down. "Please...," she whined.
"Fine. Only because you're my best friend." Zaela pointed her finger at Gabby. "But I get to pick all the games. You promised."
"Fine," said Gabby. "Let's get going."
The two girls stepped off the school property and the manicured lawns and animal bushes disappeared. Instead they were replaced with rolling ads from Tata Motors. The makers of the FunCar owned the available ad space around the school. Once the two girls were off school grounds, they were assaulted by the wallpaper-like ads.
"Bydaway, your outfit is pretty fragadelic, too," remarked Zaela, as the girls made their way to the nearby FunCar lot. "For a pale and skinny blonde chick, anyway."
"I put it on random wardrobe generator this morning. I had other things on my mind," said Gabby.
The FunCar lot was filled with hundreds of bubble shaped cars with four puffy tires. The vehicles were used by any citizen to get from one place to another.
When Gabby snapped her fingers at a nearby car, its blue exterior was replaced by a white one with skulls. Each skull had a pink bow on it.
The bubble shield retracted enough for the two girls to climb inside. Once the two girls were strapped in, Gabby commanded the FunCar to take them to the Library Museum.
"We're going to play Brush Battle," said Zaela.
Gabby groaned. She really would rather play Geostack or Shared Destruction. Those would actually get them some decent points while they were skipping school, maybe even breaking even for the day. Brush Battle was strictly artistic and barely got more than she got for brushing her teeth in the morning.
"You promised."
Gabby nodded. "I did."
"I need a break from all that score grinding." Zaela paused, a thoughtful and sad expression shading her face. "I wish creativity scored higher in LifeGame."
"Sorry Z." Another time she might have tried to talk her out of Brush Battle, but she sensed her friend's need and let it go.
As the game started up, she felt the FunCar lurch forward, and brushes appeared in their hands. The sense-webs in her skin made the brush feel real beneath her fingertips, but she wanted to squeeze it tighter to get a better grip and that screwed up her control of the brush tip.
The car's bubble disappeared as a surrealistic landscape was painted over their eye-screens, making it appear they were floating through a rounded and droopy landscape of pastel watercolors populated by strange creatures including one with a candy-striped hat.
Zaela brightened along with the surroundings. "Ohh...Dr. Seuss!"
"Who?" Gabby had never heard of this Doctor, nor why he would be in an art game, but before she could ask again, a floating canvas appeared before her.
The object of the game was to pick an object out of the landscape and paint it. Scoring was given for closeness of the reproduction.
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