Lousy Play

“Why can’t we have a soda machine? Why does the only thing that can
keep me awake here have to taste so horrible?” Penny muttered to
herself, taking a sip of coffee.

She then looked around. The Fourth Wall Repairman was nowhere to be seen.

“Huh? Repy? Where’d you go?” she called out. No response.

She looked around again. Nothing.

She assumed he had just left for a moment.

Not even a Goodbye? she thought when suddenly the machine started making noises.

This shocked Penny so much she spilt her coffee. Luckily, she was wearing her pink coat, so she wasn’t hurt.

She looked at the machine carefully and saw Repy on the screen.

“What?!” she shouted. She didn’t know what to do. She’d never seen anything like that before. All she could do was stare.

Okay, so he might have to fix something here…not here, though…

He was taking a look at the foreground of a Duck Hunt-looking place when he noticed Penny gawking at him. Gosh, she looked huge from this side of the screen.

He sighed. Clearly, he was gonna have to stay here to fix the Wall, if only for this.

“Heh, sorry,” he said, rubbing a hand behind his head. “Just…thought this would be easier than playing them.”

He already had a trowel ready for the break that happened there.

The inkblot wasn’t sure how to admit he mainly did this so the kid could go home and sleep. It obviously didn’t work. The Repairman had an even better view of her tired eyes now. He thought for a moment, before snapping his pseudo-fingers in realization.

“Hang on a sec,” he called out, moving offscreen and appearing some distance behind Penny.