Showtime, Synergy! Andrea suggests that they have "physical stations" so that the kids can go from thing to thing. "Really interactive." Everybody loves it. Michael starts making a list: Television, Gaming, Music. "Girls." The eyes of Allie and Andrea and Carolyn call bullshit, but nobody says anything, because he's describing a place where you sit and chat, and boys of any age seem to find that sort of difficult, so really it's just shorthanding it, no matter how stupid and ignorant it sounds. Allie Charmaines that the stores are closing in four hours, and Michael Lennies right back that he wants to have a meeting about "color schemes." Allie's like, "Um, okay then!" It's 4 PM and Carolyn is fucking bored. "Time's ticking! Michael has to go to the store!" Roxanne finally levels with Michael that they have to go shopping, because the purpose of the task is to decorate the room, and they will need supplies to do so. Allie's like, "We should be shopping." Roxanne succumbs to a migraine as Michael talks. There's a 24-style screen split, to Gold Rush shopping efficiently at the store, and then back to Michael waxing obnoxious about colors, blue and orange and whatever, having a meeting about the colors of the rainbow with himself. Sean's kind of trying to involve himself, but is also terribly bored. Gold Rush buys some paint efficiently. Michael picks at his chin. Gold Rush finishes shopping and bundles up their purchases efficiently. Night falls.













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