After what happened the last time in the gym lockers, Nic took an extra lock with him to the gym lockers when he would put on his gym uniform. As of before, he was the target during most of the gym classes games, but at least his clothes were not stolen again. He got hurt a bit, and got benched, and got ridiculed, but he was able to spot one familiar face among the crowd. After class was done, and Nicolai had his uniform back on, he walked out looking for the badger. Once he spotted the badger, he followed him till there was somewhere with less people.
Once there was fewer people, he hurried up beside the guy, "Hi again."
"Oh, hey..." the badger said, "So... That one idea... the comic store?..."
"Did something come up?" Nic asked, "I get it if that's the case." He started to smile, "I got at least two other friends for a night."
"Well, what kind of things would we do at this comic store?" the badger asked,
Nic smiled, but he shrugged, "Probably play a few games. We got the usual stuff, but we could always try a tabletop game."
"Tabletop games?" The badger looked at him curious, "Aren't most games played on a TOP of a table?"
Nic thought about this and snickered, "I suppose you have a point. Though, what I'm talking about is along the lines of a Roleplay game. Dungeons and Dragons, Blades in the Dark, Deadlands, that kind of stuff."
"Now I see what you're getting at." The badger said, "That kind of stuff sounds really silly."
"What game isn't a bit silly?" Nic smiled back, "Besides, you'll end up being silly with a bunch of other people. We're all just there to have a laugh."
The badger paused and looked away for a moment, a hand raised to his chin, "Could I bring a friend or two? I may know some people."
At the idea of it, Nicolai's face lit up with a big smile, "That would be fantastic. The more the merrier and a thrilling game with adventure." he chuckles a bit, "Sorry, I'm setting this all up, and I don't even know your name."
The badger was about to answer, then the school bells rang. "This weekend, remember, probably Saturday." Then he ran for his class.

All through the day, Nicolai's mind was on a game with new friends after all the trouble he has with school, things were starting to brighten up. Then he thought about how to go about this. It may just be the badger, Desdemona, and him, or... maybe some other people would show up. He might be able to convince people. Then he realized someone who really would want to play. "...But if I want Katherine to play too, how would she fit in..." It was something he thought about a lot, especially after how upset being stuck in the house all day. Then, during some time doing research in the library, he got an idea. There were computers that were being borrowed out to students to used. They had apps and programs built in. If he could ask for one, maybe he could borrow one for the weekend... for 'research.'
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Part 16

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