VIDEO | @CHAINSMOKER

[eirs]

( this is what you wanted to be greeted with when opening the network, right? a woman sat on an unmade bed with her legs crossed ankle over knee, ashtray full on a bedside table, looking about as enthused as a rock as she's so very clearly scrolls through some searches. )

So, video games.

( great opening line. didn't even introduce herself. )

I get what they are from looking it up, but what's the point in some of these? PowerWash Simulator? Farming Simulator 56? American Truck Simulator? You could just go outside and do some of this.

( is she smoking inside her bedroom? also yes. sorry if that gets into the vents, redemption team. )

... I also need suggestions for games. And no, I don't have experience in it which means I don't have enough to make a preference with.

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text; @CURSE

[gimu]

stinky. is this where the smell is coming from?

text | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

( sorry, guy. she doesn't even notice it...... )

?

video @Goldilocks

[likemybooks]

[Guess who lives two doors down in the Redemption wing and looks annoyed?

It's Tary. He can smell the hint of smoke coming from his vent, and he has to wave the air before his face to clear it.]

Can you not?

video | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

( what, you don't want you and all your fabrics to smell of cigarette smoke? )

Wasn't a problem before.

video; @newb

[omeka]

[ hana doesn't mind the smoking because:

1) everyone has their vices and who is she to judge a pretty lady for smoking when she's smoking hot, and;
2) the whiff of smoke ain't traveling far enough to reach the everlight dorm rooms anyway, so suck it. ]

Actually...!

[ AHEM AHEM! ladies and gentleman... welcome to d.va's ted talk. ]

The point of simulation games is so that you don't have to go outside. You could do it all from the comfort of your room! In fact, you don't have to lift a finger... Er, wait, that's not right. You use either a controller or a mouse and keyboard to play video games so you do have to use your fingers, but the fact of the matter is that you don't need to break a sweat playing something like— like a farming simulation! Ya know what I mean?

[ she can be seen pacing her room, stroking her chin like a mad genius. ]

What do you do in your spare time? Do you like to cook? Clean? Pretend you're living another life? Kill things?

video | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

( thank god. someone who won't nag her about it and is an expert at the very field she was asking about? this is everything she could've asked for. maybe this network thing isn't so bad. )

It just seems a little mundane to want to simulate. I think I saw one for.. mowing a lawn?

( baffling.

but, hm.. good question. )

I'm usually working, or looking for work. Sort of a freelance type deal. Didn't really do much of anything else besides that.

video, @greatvalue

[newphew]

Games?

[ he sounds largely unfamiliar with the concept ]

Oh, like that.... racing thing where you throw weapons at your enemies? "Maulrio Card"?

video | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

Yeah, that.

( what a concept. saves people the property damage from a high-speed chase, she supposed. )

Tried it before?

@ soba

[gorb]

To be fair judging by this place we could also possibly throw something like a real life blue shell at a passing vehicle if we really wanted.

text | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

( one definitely could, but it won't stop the cops from coming probably.

but hold on she has to look up what this could even be a reference to.




... oh. actually, )

think i should get into street racing?

text @babysitter

[elfsufficient]

[ Ye olde Fern here hasn't quite figured out everything these implants can do, but she's had luck communicating via text, so that's what she does. Sorry for yet another disgruntled teammate. ]

I don't know what these video games are, but could you please refrain from smoking within the team living quarters? I can smell it in my room, too.

text | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

( babysitter........ apt. )

should i go to a different team's quarters then

@sanda

[thundercrashes]

To be fair, does it look like this place will allow anyone to be able to go outside and do any of that stuff like farming or whatever simulator game is offered here so easily?

[What with the rampant threat of kaiju and everything else about where we're at...]

text | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

( it's a good point, she supposes. but that circles her back to an earlier thought: )

for fun, though?
i can't say i get how anyone would think so. mostly just moving dirt or... removing dirt, in some of them.

@girlboss

[plagiarists]

[ So many people complaining about smoking... get real, people. ]

first of all, smoke more
secondly, play visual novels

[ Of course she suggests them. ]

text | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

( a friend in these trying times..

one second she's looking up visual novels. why are they different from regular novels. )

so, kind of like an rpg but not really.
also there seems to be a lot of romance related ones?

@crow

[laevateinns]

I suppose it's more convenient to do it in video games than having to get the materials to do it in real life.

Or something.

[ yeah he's not fully convinced either, ]

text | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

so, no to simulation games.
you got anything better for me?

@goddess of death

[queenofkur]

I have never played such games.

However, their existence is likely aimed at those who cannot go outside, for reasons outside of their control.

I believe this to be a beneficial thing for everyone.

[eirs]

( honestly? she hadn't even considered that part until she read the message. it just seemed all too mundane for her, but for someone where that might not even be an option even with all the tools in the world - she supposes even the mundane can be exciting. )

fair enough.

if you wanted to try it, i ended up getting an alpaca simulator.

( y'know, normal things. )

text; un: joker

[1797]

alpaca simulator 2077

[a serious recommendation]

[eirs]

( she's watching the trailer and... wh, )

wow i didn't realize that the life of an alpaca was wilder than i thought

( was that a helicopter )

@topknot

[lifeprice]

[ That username... Relatable... ]

They must be designed to keep children entertained.

[eirs]

( handshake emoji... )

By handing them farming implements?

@redmist, video

[bemist]

[ Gebura, also smoking (though at least she's doing it outside), tips her head back to exhale cigarette smoke into the air. ]

Can't say I'll be of any help. Never played any video games.

video | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

( well at least some of them are more considerate than others.......... )

Out of disinterest or lack of time?

( listen she just wants to see if she can drag someone else into being bad at video games with her. )