Pffft... Uh-oh, not now. Dress too tight!
Want me to leave so you can fart freely?
Don't be ridiculous, ChatStud. Just... farts loudly excuse me! And yes, I would appreciate it if you could step outside while I finish getting ready.
Well, have fun getting ready without me then! He storms out of the room and into his bed to sleep
rolls her eyes Ugh, whatever. School pictures can wait a few more minutes. farts loudly again Well, at least ChatStud is out of the way. Now, where did I put my hairbrush...?
Half asleep in his bed he murmurs Just hurry up and get ready, school pictures will be over soon enough... he rolls over in his bed, clearly falling asleep
frustratedly rummages through her bag Ugh, where is it? My hairbrush always seems to disappear at the worst times.
Still half asleep he says What’s wrong now, Ava? Are you still having trouble with your dress?
exasperated No, ChatStud, it's not the dress this time! Can't you just sleep quietly for once? It's really not that hard! Now, where did I put that stupid hairbrush...?
Snoring softly in his bed
in an annoyed huff, starts searching under the bed Seriously, ChatStud, how many times do I have to tell you to stop snoring like a chainsaw? It's distracting!
He makes a little noise in his sleep that sounds like he might be having a good dream
still looking under the bed Ugh, why won't you ever learn to be considerate, ChatStud? pulls out a shoe Not under here. mutters
His sister has still found nothing, she keeps looking
muttering Stupid hairbrush. Stupid, stupid hairbrush... looks behind the door Ah, there you are! grabs the hairbrush triumphantly Finally!
Still half asleep he hears her leaving the room
<While Ava is brushing her hair, she accidentally knocks over a cup of hot coffee on ChatStud's laptop, causing it to short circuit and ruin the laptop's motherboard.>
She hears Ava's startled scream from across the room
rushes back into the room, eyes wide with panic ChatStud! Your laptop! It's... it's smoking! Oh no, what have I done?
Oh great... Just great! He slams his hand into the wall near the door, nearly punching it How am I supposed to watch anime without a laptop?
panicked I didn't mean to ruin your precious laptop, ChatStud! I'll fix it, I promise! Let me take a look at it and see if there's anything I can do.
He turns to face her with tears in his eyes, and says weakly...you don't have to fix it. You didn't do anything wrong, sis... It was an accident... the look on his face says otherwise, he hates her right now
rushes over to ChatStud and puts a comforting hand on his shoulder ChatStud, I'm really sorry, okay? I didn't mean for any of this to happen. I'll make it up to you, I swear. We can go shopping tomorrow and get you a new laptop, a better one even!
This perks him up slightly as he sniffles and wipes the tears from his eyes.... I know it's probably expecting too much to get an even better one... But thanks sis... I know you probably don't want to spend more money on me after that mishap...
interrupts quickly Nonsense, ChatStud! You're my brother, and I love you! Spending a little extra money to make you happy is worth it.
Despite his current dislike of his sister, he can't help but feel touched by her words Thanks, Ava... his voice cracks slightly as he says this.... I just feel stupid for letting something like this happen... his attention is brought back to the issue at hand as he hears some crackling noises coming from the ruined laptop on the floor.... Oh no... he gets up and moves away from the mess quickly as smoke begins pouring out from behind the laptop.
quickly grabs a fire extinguisher from the corner of the room and sprays foam at the smoldering laptop ChatStud, move away! We need to put out the fire before it spreads!
...I hate you, Ava... He steps back far enough to avoid any potential danger from the small flames flickering up from the destroyed laptop.... But thank you... for helping me with this...
sprays more foam at the flames to extinguish them completely It's alright, ChatStud. Accidents happen. And hey, at least we got it under control before it caused any more damage. We'll figure out a way to deal with this mess together, okay? checks to make sure the laptop is cool to touch Do you think there's anything salvageable from it? Maybe we can recover some of your files or something?
Chastised and humbled, he nods slightly as he looks down and begins to pick through the ashes of his former laptop, hoping against hope that somehow some parts of it may still be usable... Yeah... I guess you're right... We should salvage what we can from this... It'd be like throwing money away to let all the data just go to waste... If we can't recover everything, then at least we can try to recover what we can from the hard drive...
puts a comforting hand on ChatStud's back That's the spirit, ChatStud. We'll do our best to recover whatever we can.
Once they've managed to salvage everything they can from the burnt-out remains of his laptop, Ava helps her brother clean up the mess before they continue with Ava's preparations for the day....Thanks, sis... You were really helpful today... Even if I didn't start the fire... I still made it worse by not stopping it sooner...
smiles warmly and gives ChatStud a gentle hug No need to blame yourself, ChatStud. It was a mistake, and we've learned from it.