Eliot's POV
So when I got up at about six, thinking I needed to get ready for school, I did my entire get ready routine before realizing I didn't need to be up.
I was past being able to fall back to sleep, so I dug through the kitchen looking for a recipe for apple pie. When I finally managed to find a recipe, I left to go get the ingredients from the store. What could go wrong? No, wait, I shouldn't say that or everything will go wrong.
And everything did go wrong. I bought everything, then upon walking out of the store, I tripped and fell. My bag landed with a large thud before being run over. I then had to go buy everything again, spending the rest of whatever money I had while nursing a bloody knee.
So when I got home I decided I'd just forget about the bad stuff and start… The pie should be done in about two hours, including prep time…
Edward's POV
When I woke up, I realized I was already late for school.
"Whatever. I guess I'm skipping today."
"Oh, you're awake," El said when I walked into the kitchen. "Icarus had to go teach, but we get to skip today."
"Figured. Hey, I'm going to go mess with our computer. Call me if you need help with that."
"You may be me, but you're a terrible chef," Eliot replied. "Besides, I'm almost done."
After about an hour of messing around on the computer, Al came up behind me, yawning.
"Big Brother?"
"Nope."
"Sorry, uh, what are you doing with the compater?"
"Playing games. And it's a computer not a compater."
"Computer, got it. You can play games with it?"
"Yeah, like Pinball and Fable (borrowing the titles, I don't own these either). I'm playing an MMORPG right now though."
"What?" he said. I seemed to have lost him.
"Ok, so a computer can be used to play games or do work. Hey, didn't El explain all this?"
"Yeah, but I still don't get it."
"Jeez, he's useless isn't he? Well, pinball is… pinball. Fable is where you become this guy and you complete the missions it gives you. An MMORPG is a Mass Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. If none of that makes since, you'll just have to play them yourself."
"Alright… Oh, today I wanted to know what a TV was. Big Brother said that you could watch things happening on it, even if they aren't real."
"Umm, I guess I could show you. Just give me a sec to log off."
As I showed Al to the living room, I explained that TV was short for television.
"So, we watch TV on here…" I said when I pointed to the TV.
"Wait, you just look at it? How does that show you anything?"
"What? No… you… Oh just let me show you!"
The TV turned on and I explained it a bit more. I wasn't good with technical explanations though so I told Al to just ask El for the specifics. He didn't get to watch it for long though because I decided to take him out to an arcade.
"It may be a little advanced for you, but you never know. I'll go tell Eliot and get some money."
"Oh, I know what money is!"
"Our money is different from yours!"
"Drat."
