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[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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[eirs]

( well, judging by the whole maid paperwork fiasco, she'd judge that getting licenses for anything here is a nightmare so fair enough. )

we're definitely not short on stuff to do, i'll say that much. and some of them cost a lot more money than i thought they'd be.

though probably not as much as owning your own plot of land to do farm upkeeping things in.

[queenofkur]

Well there are countless worlds outside ours...

It is possible such alpacas exist in another reality and one of them left this game here.

[laevateinns]

Sounds to me like a fun way to tell a story.

I suppose that could be part of the point, then; a way to help those who might have a harder time finishing a story by letting them feel like they're helping write it, so to speak.

[lifeprice]

It's repetitive stimulation. Like with babies.

@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. )

[eirs]

( wait hold on now. hold on. )

you think alpacas from a different world reached through the veil to drop a video game off?

i mean. i guess it could be worse. at least they aren't weaponizing their blatant disregard for physics and morality.

→ action!!

[eirs]

( well, she has no idea what the person on the other side of the line looks like so she'll just have to give it her best guess. the girl that just came through one of the doors in the same hall seems like a good bet, so. )

Hey.

( a little wave, two fingers raised in some form of a salute. )

I assume you're the one benevolent enough to help a poor soul out.

( a gesture of a hand, lazy but sweeping. for her to go on ahead. she's spent so much time outside of the building that she hasn't even tried exploring this one. )

Hopefully nothing in there will eat us.

[omeka]

Is it mundane or is it lazy?

[ don't answer that. ]

A lawnmower simulator is kind of a snoozefest, though, I'll give you that.

[ if hana wasn't working, she was playing video games — but she also used to stream for a living, so... she was always working, actually. :\ ]

Hmm. Okay. Are you looking for something cozy and easy or something that requires more of an aim?

[eirs]

( okay, at least she agrees. which means she's not missing anything for being something of a boomer. )

I'm not sure what the first would entail.

( but she's an alright shot, it's just not something she's sure she wants to be doing in her downtime.

and well, she has an expert on the line so it doesn't hurt to ask.. )

What about you? You seem like you've got plenty of thoughts on it for the both of us.

( you KNOW you want to put her through the wringer of games. it'd be quite the sight. )

[bemist]

Both.

[ Please, Tao, there are so many ye oldes here who probably are terrible at this, you have such a variety of choices? ]

[elfsufficient]

Good day...

[ Fern definitely radiates the aura of someone who would be nicknamed babysitter on the network, at least. At her gesture, Fern starts to make her way in the general direction of the recreational area. ]

Let's hope not. Though I'm sure we can act in self-defense if that's the case...

[ A beat. ]

...My name is Fern, by the way. I'm... glad to meet another teammate.

[ Despite it happening with some light verbal scolding to start. ]

[eirs]

( what a polite young lady. certainly makes the likes of her look even more of a rascal in comparison.

not that she minds too much, just as she doesn't particularly mind that the start of their conversation started with some chiding. spoken like a woman who's used to it. )

Tao.

( a slight nod in her direction is pretty much her version of non-verbally communicating that it's nice to meet her, too. despite the lack of boisterous enthusiasm. )

Think they keep some of those things around on base? We did just hand them a bunch of those babies over.

[eirs]

( c'mon it's called solidarity and most of the others are insane? )

Got some time now?

( she won't bastardize the sanctity of a smoke break she can at least wait until After. )

[plagiarists]

[ Damn what did Tao see, inquiring minds need to know. ]

you'd be surprised
you can always wreck people in mmos or something too

[ She's no avid gamer, but she had to research things... ]

[eirs]

( she will not be revisiting that thanks. )

that's a lot of faith to have in someone who's never touched one of these things before.

( she had to Look That Up Too, )

visual novels seem easier to start with
happy to take suggestions so long as it's the sort that i can play around other people without it getting awkward

[eirs]

They sure do give babies some advanced tech these days.

( hmmm.. )

I take it you're not interested in the stuff.

[eirs]

the beating the shit out of someone for a story part?

( honestly, yeah. she could get behind it. )

[lifeprice]

I prefer reading.

[ He's a morning newspaper kind of guy, unfortunately. ]

And all of this technology is too new to me.

[elfsufficient]

[ That sits just as well with her. Fern's never quite sure what to do with boisterous enthusiasm, even when it comes from her own traveling companions at home, especially because it tends to accompany some kind of irresponsible behavior... ]

I... I don't know what to think of any of this, to be honest. The monsters we fight at home become dust when they're killed, so there would never be an opportunity to... keep them around.

[queenofkur]

It wouldn't be the weirdest thing here.

There was a dynasty of ducks ruling over a kingdom in this world, after all.

[ She saw them, they had plenty of statue and plushies made in their honor! The king even had a top hat and cute glasses. ]

[eirs]

( ...

hold on, she's rereading that again. )

there's a what?

[eirs]

( ah, fond memories of her morning paper getting smacked with a ladle for reading at the table. )

Can't say I've seen much of the stuff either.

( their primary long-distance communications were still landlines? like. )

It's been a lot of learning and honestly some of it that's supposed to make life better seems to be doing a terrible job at it.

[queenofkur]

Ducks.

They had a castle, statues and the like. A bit too luxurious for my tastes.

[ There was the mouse too, but clearly the mouse held no position of significance. ]

[eirs]

( she'll keep her hands in her pockets as they walk, just to keep her from reaching for a smoke before they get to their destination. the fact that she's faced monsters and the like shouldn't be surprising given that they were brought here, but still. )

I guess that's something of a dubious advantage if they can get something out of whatever research they're doing with them.

( not that she hasn't heard her fair share of dissatistaction and distrust towards their new employer. like what are they really doing with those samples, and the like. )

If given the chance, would you keep the ones you fought before around to study?