Act I Chapter I
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The 4th kid just speaks. No awkwardness. Seems like this guy’s got quite the bravado. His voice is clear and commanding, yet gentle enough to get used to very quickly.
????: Yo, sup guys.
ATOM: Name’s Atom. I would say it’s nice to meet you, but that’s too uncool.
ATOM: It is nice though. I’m totally Lookin’ Forward to spending the next 4 years with ya’ll.
ADELPHI: That’s obviously sarcastic.
ATOM: No shit, sherlock. Well I don’t exactly know any of you yet, and y’all don’t know me either. Maybe in 4 years, things will change. Nobody knows.
Nobody knows indeed.
ADELPHI: Hm. Care to start now, then?
ATOM: Sure, I don’t see why not.
ATOM: As far as hobbies go, I got a neat little blacksmithing thing going on. Found an old workstation near my place a few years back.
ATOM: I’ve got some progress going. Haven’t gotten the hang of making sword steel just yet but at least I have tactical stuff like axes, knives and bear traps.
ADELPHI: Hey, that’s pretty cool if I do say so myself. You don’t see many of these things nowadays.
Atom stops himself from breaking a grin.
ATOM: Ehh, I dabble sometimes, it’s not a big deal.
ADELPHI: Suuuure bro, you’re simply just forging hard metal into deadly weapons. No big deal.
ATOM: Yep. A perfectly normal hobby. Right, guys?
Radio silence. Only stares.
ATOM: Oh come on.
Atom plants a solid facepalm in response and gestures for the girl next to him to start speaking.