Bored into Action

It was on a day that seemed like all the others that Dithers finally broke down. He still had two weeks left before he could resume his life. Dale was rambling in his ear about the urgent need the Confederacy had for new recruits and how a man could move up quickly in rank as long as he brought a couple of regulars with him. Would Dithers be interested in passing out fliers? Maybe Dithers did it because it was an easy way to become important in an online environment, if only for a little while. Maybe he did it to get Dale to finally shut up and leave him alone. Chang-Su and the Dwight Brothers had both taken the hint fairly quickly that he was simply waiting for his own personal game to resume. They even respected it on some levels. But Dale was playing a war game and those players can get a little weird. Dithers was handed a stack of flyers that showed a few image shots for the simutronics game and the passcode that they would need to log in with for his account to get credit. On the train ride home, Dithers realized that since he wasn’t signed up yet the only way the passcode could work was if it was under Dale’s name. But the thought of going back to the apartment and sitting alone for another night was enough to keep Dithers on, past his regular stop and continuing uptown. It was something to do, passing out those flyers, even if they weren’t for him.