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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[gorb]

Ha.

I don't think anyone wants to see that.

( Also he'd have to be nice to so many disgusting humans, unfortunate. )

I'm passable with martial arts. ( "Passable". ) I could consider mentoring. That or breathing exercises. It wouldn't be hard to do a holistic approach.

@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.

[newphew]

No, but I saw it. It seems like it's about pretending to be a small round character driving something..... and then destroying your enemies with "bananas", "shells", and other weapons.

[ a training exercise!! ]

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 )

[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 | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

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

[eirs]

( google what is nsfw -













oh. )

i see.

( she's not admitting to literally anything she just saw out of that search. also why is that your first suggestion. ma'am. )

didn't think people liked to work so hard for their porn.

[eirs]

( that's honestly not even a question. )

now's good.

( and considering the complaint, she at least knows they're in the same wing of the building. )

i'll meet you in the end of the hall.

[eirs]

a teacher, huh.

( she should probably consider asking for a hand. the last time anyone's trained her up was awhile ago, then she took in alma and he's handled most the heavy lifting since. )

could work. there's probably some here that might take you up on it, myself included, considering what we have to do for this place.

[eirs]

( yeah that's some nerd shit. that's alright, to each their own. )

i thought the point was to sit back and enjoy yourself playing with these things?

[eirs]

Nothing like trying it out ourselves.

( she looked it up. )

Seems like it's something you can try with other people, if you want in.

[likemybooks]

Yes?

I guess you don't think that's fun?

→ action!?

[elfsufficient]

[ Look, she didn't want to assume... but she's not surprised. ]

Very well.

[ Very shortly, Fern will be emerging basically from the other end of the hall, being in Room 013 and all... And simply by reflex, she turns as if to pull the door closed, only to have it slide back into position without further ceremony. She's still getting used to all of this.

Anyhow, down the hall she goes, keeping an eye out for whoever else emerges out into the hallway in this wing. ]

[laevateinns]

I never had much time for video games, but if I did I suppose I'd be more into the RPG genre.

Running around making friends and saving the world? Much easier in video game form than real life, even compared to something like Powerwash Simulator.

There are plenty of games that give you powers that would mostly be impossible in real life.

[thundercrashes]

Maybe it's just meant to be a time killer from boredom rather than purely for the sake of fun?

And you wouldn't have to actually get dirty or have a license to use a crane or whatever it is these games use for playing around with dirt...

[1797]

become ungovernable

[or at least only loosely committed to physics.]

it also has multiplayer

@topknot

[lifeprice]

[ That username... Relatable... ]

They must be designed to keep children entertained.

[gorb]

I might have been one in another life.

( Only people died, and Geto decided seething rage was better than nurturing. )

I'll think about it. We get paid for monster hunting, and I'm better at that than I am at people. But it might be good to have something else to fill up my time.

How have you been settling in?

[queenofkur]

Alpaca simulator?

So you are simulating being an alpaca?

[ That's... Something, alright. She wonders if someone made a Goddess of Death simulator. ]

[newphew]

Are you going to seek it out now?

[ it could be useful training...... ]

[eirs]

somehow i very much doubt that this is the average day of an alpaca but that's what the title says, yeah.

unless somehow alpacas are out there manning helicopters.

( well there's definitely stories about them...!! )

[eirs]

( handshake emoji... )

By handing them farming implements?

[eirs]

i guess alpacas aren't really judged by the same rules as we are.

( including that of physics, yeah. )

are you suggesting that i reel in more people to be untethered alpacas?

( imagine the game in vr.... )

[eirs]

yeah, like owning your own house and remodeling it.

( now that's a power rarely seen. )

i can see what you mean, at least. from what i can tell it's just a different way of telling a story.

a story locked behind beating the shit out of something first, anyway.