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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]

( 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. )

[queenofkur]

Alpaca simulator?

So you are simulating being an alpaca?

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

[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...!! )

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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]

( .................? )

okay, so that wasn't a glitch in the system. you did say ducks.

and you saw them.. here?

( listen it's a new world, anything can happen, but also - huh?? )

[queenofkur]

No, their kingdom fell a long time ago.

We explored its ruins last month. Honestly, I was pretty surprised too. The way depictions of those ducks were everywhere... It feels like they were treated more like gods than kings.

this is gonna be the funniest misunderstanding for later

[eirs]

the future is crazier than i imagined.

( that ducks of all things would carve out a monarchy of their own. with lasting statues and depictions to show generations after? )

i wonder where they went now that their kingdom's been abandoned. i haven't seen sentient ducks around.

disney is real, believe her!

[queenofkur]

It is possible they went extinct because of the kaijus.

[ Sad, really. She wishes she could have met one in the flesh.

... Well, in the feathers, rather. ]

It is sad to think those ruins may be all that's left of them.