My god, I'm bored. And tired. And kind of hungry. And I should probably be making sure I know all my math and algebra and whatnot for the exam later today, but you know what? I have time. This is workshop. Besides, I still need to do my story for Zilar!

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I looked down at the fluffy dragon with mismatched eyes laying near my feet. I'm not sure what drew me to him - He had rather plain colors in comparison to so many other Beans, and a fairly simple design, whereas I'm normally attracted to brightly-colored things with intricate or crazy patterns. He didn't seem to stand out, except for the fact that, somehow, he was playing... A Nintendo DS? And it appeared to have... Pokémon Black 2 inserted into it? It appeared to be so, based on the fact that there was a laptop next to him on a GameFaqs guide for the game - At least, when it wasn't being switched to a tab with Homestuck on it.

I briefly wondered how an adoption center like this could possibly pay for something like that... Then wondered if I would have to pay to get one. That wouldn't work. I was broke, just like part of the glass on the top screen of the game system the dragon was using.

The dragon looked up at me, then jumped. "O-Oh! A-Are you the one who l-lost this? I-I'm so sorry! I-It was j-just laying there, and I a-asked around, but n-nobody r-recognized it, so I kind of t-took it... I-If I didn't, who w-would, right..? I-I'm really sorry, though! A-Also, the top screen was kind of c-cracked when I f-found it... I-If it makes you f-feel better, though, I didn't d-delete your s-save file or anything... S-Sorry, though, I r-really didn't-"

"Woah, calm down, buddy. It's not mine. I just came to adopt one of you guys," I said, petting his head.

"O-Oh. O-Okay. That's f-fine. I was just a l-little worried, th-that's all," he mumbled, turning back to his game.

I crouched down next to him. "So, Pokémon Black 2, huh?" I asked. "You like gaming?"

"Huh? O-Oh, yes. I've found that a lot of times, it h-helps me calm down. I-I'm not sure if you could t-tell, but I'm usually fairly jumpy, so when I found this..."

"You decided you'd take it?" I finished for him. Then I realized how judgmental that must have sounded. "Well, if they really wanted it, they probably wouldn't have left it there, and if it was an accident, they should have come forward and claimed it," I added quickly.

"O-Oh, well, yes, I g-guess so. I can't help but feel b-bad for whoever lost this, though. It might be c-cracked, but it works pretty well. Plus, w-what if they weren't from around here, so they c-couldn't get it back? Or what if they didn't have m-much money?" he suddenly got a guilty look on his face. "I-I didn't mean to do anything b-bad, but..."

I shrugged, petting his head. "Well, if they really want it back, maybe they'll come here looking for it or something. Besides, they probably have a 3DS or something that would work just fine, which would mean that all they lost was a copy of a game and a DS with a bad screen."

"...Y-Yeah, I guess you're probably right. This isn't even a newer m-model, anyway. I think it's a DS Lite." He turned the system so that I could see it.

I nodded. "It looks almost like mine, aside for the color," I agreed, pulling out my own - I always had it on me. "See?"

The dragon stared at it. "Isn't that one of the l-limited edition ones that came with a Nintendogs game?"

"Yep! Got it for... Either Christmas or my birthday a few years back. I don't really want to trade it in, seeing as it's limited edition and all, but the L-Button went and the D-Pad is sort of going, so..."

"Oh, the L-Button isn't working? H-Have you tried blowing into it like you do for the cartridges?" he asked, tilting his head.

"Yup. No luck with that. I'm guessing it has something to do with the spring-"

"The spring? Oh, I might be able to help you with that, i-if you don't mind me voiding the w-waranty!" he exclaimed.

I shrugged. "The thing's pretty old anyway, and it'll probably be traded in if the stuff won't work, so if you think you can fix it, knock yourself out. Just let me get my games out of there," I replied, pulling out the games and handing the system over.

"I'll do my best!"

It took him maybe five minutes to pull apart the L-Buttons on both game systems, take the springs out, and switch them around. He pressed the button back onto my DS and held it out to me.

"Yeah, the spring was pretty l-loose on yours, from what I could tell. You must use that thing a lot, huh?" he asked.

I nodded, taking the game and sticking my copy of Kirby Mass Attack into it. "Well, we'll see soon if it worked or not, seeing as there's a pinball game on this..." I commented, waiting for the game to load up. "What's your name, anyway?"

He sweatdropped. "My n-name? I-I don't really h-have one, to be honest. Most of the time, our new o-owners give us names. For the time being, they've been calling me Z-Zilar."

"Zilar? That sounds like a cool name, if you ask me," I told the dragon. I pressed a few buttons on my game, and soon enough, I was indeed playing a game of pinball with a working L-Button. "Oh, wow! It worked! How did you know how to do that, anyway?"

Zilar shrugged, grinning. "I've always been interested in things like that. E-Everyone thought it was weird, but I guess w-weird isn't always a bad thing, huh?" he explained cheerfully.

I laughed. "Buddy, you're talking to the queen of weirdness!" I exclaimed, standing up. "Come on, then!"

The Bean tilted his head. "Huh?"

"I like you! You're here because you're up for adoption, right?" I asked, at which he nodded uncertainly. "Well, then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

The Bean glanced at the laptop, then shrugged, closing the lid. "One thing f-first, though. What's your name, miss?"

I grinned, sticking both of the game systems into my coat pockets and grabbing the laptop. "I have a lot of them, but for now, you can call me Garnet!"