When I saw them together I thought: Spoiler The pencil was used to get the tape back into the cassette case by sticking it into one of the holes and twirling. AMIRITE?
Psshhh that's easy.. You look at the cassette, you look at the pencil, you look at the cassette... and you fart
Waiting for them to play my song so i can record, your piece of **** box is eating my tape. Mother of god. We'll get another shot at this in a couple of hours.
IIRC pencils were -just- too small. They would turn the cassette, but would also slip. I would use a pen cap.