EVENT: Upgrade!

[trainmasters]

Who: Everyone
When: Day 57, morning
Where: The train!

[ There is a new car attached to the back of the train. You'll have to get past the garden, the gym, and the library to get to... the arcade.

Near the entrance is where you'll find the conveniently-placed machines to get tokens to play any of the arcade games. It seems to be a formality because it doesn't actually cost you any sparks to play the games, but be sure to swing by there before you hit up the games. And what an array there are! Overall, there's two floors filled with various types of games.

There's the crane games, filled with various cute plush versions of monsters you may have faced before (both during your stay on the Aurora and back home) as well as, more rarely-- is that a plush of yourself? Or one of your teammates perhaps, someone you care about on the train. It might be worth trying to pick one up!

Next of course are the video games and there's an array for all kinds of interests-- Rhythm games of all types, fighting games, shooting games, racing games... There's no shortage of different types you can play. Try one out, you might like it!

There's also a variety of purikura photo booths if you and/or a friend would like to try your hand at getting a cute set of sticker photos.

You've got some time to relax for the moment, so why not try it out at the arcade? ]

Comments

[dereban]

[ WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

but also move over she's trying the crane games to attempt to get a plush version of herself and surprisingly. . . she's rather good at it?

alternatively, people might find her at rhythm games. especially the Hatsune Miku ones, but she's also here for other ones, too. ]

[whatsmytalentagain]

[ Inaba, you have someone watching you play the rhythm games. How good is she at that? ]

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow has discovered the shooting video games! ...Crow is a very, very good shot. He's currently playing two player mode.... by himself, using both guns, and getting damned good scores.

Show-off. ]

[cawnflict]

[ ...

he has tried it but he's not good at video games, he has unfortunately found out. shooting normally? not bad. shooting in here? awful. ]

So if you're playing against yourself, how do you decide who wins?

[bestbrotherever]

[Have a god watching Crow with his arms crossed, a look of faint amusement and puzzlement on his face.]

That is a very unrealistic simulation of battle.

[shintaiprotagonist]

[watching for a moment until he gets a sense of what's going on; he's only vaguely familiar with weapons like this]

Does that skill translate onto a true battlefield, I wonder?

[yearofthecat]

[ Kyou is attempting the crane game and just trying to get a little monster that looks like it would be easy to grab with the crane. His efforts were successful, except for the fact that a second stuffed animal came with the first.

Somehow he'd also accidentally grabbed a small stuffed plush of himself. In cat form. ]

Of course. If I get two for one--I'd end up with this one.

[voreaciously]

[she's walking about the arcade when she spots Kyou ahhhhh AHHHHHHh she's quiet and just watching him play quietly.]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[OH HEY, he knows you.]

What's wrong with cats? Cats are awesome.

[malignstar]

Cat karma strikes again.

[whatsmytalentagain]

[ Huh. One day in, and there's an arcade on the train.

He's squinting at the crane games and sure enough, there are these bears in with the plush monsters. Weird.

He decides to skip the crane games and wander through the arcade. He's looking at all that's available, but what to play...? ]

[malignstar]

... those are some fucked-up plushies.

[awakenerd]

[Rean is standing outside the train just staring at the scenery in clear confusion.]

How long was I gone!?

[overworker]

Oh-- Rean!

[When Towa spots him there, she runs to greet him.]

Don't worry, it wasn't that long but... well, you can see a lot's happened.

[bad_crowmance]

It's been at least five centuries.

[voreaciously]

[oh.]

Long enough, I suppose.

[shintaiprotagonist]

That I'm afraid I cannot tell you, friend.

[but definitely long enough for newbies to show up?]

[dereban]

[ looks at her non-existant watch on her wrist, tapping it with amusement ]

According to this clock, it seems eighty-four years have passed.

[bluediligence]

-!!

[ IMMEDIATE BEELINE ]

You're back!

[schrodingerscockroach]

Two hundred years. We're all the great grandchildren of our cloned predecessors.

[shintaiprotagonist]

[wandering through the arcade, looking mildly bemused, if anything]

Games, then...?

[bowtiedbones]

They're not what I voted for, but they look fun.

[bowtiedbones]

[eliza has discovered THE PURIKURA BOOTH]

This is so cute, there's so many options!

[dereban]

Oh, yeah. . . those things tend to have a lot of cute things. And sometimes weird things.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[There is a solid three minutes where Dusk is just staring down the racing games. Before finally, finally sitting down to play.]

[....]

[His driving is good. What isn't so good is how it seems literally EVERY OTHER CAR hits his own until he finally goes careening off into the audience.]

Oh come on!

[voreaciously]

You've terrible luck.

[daydreamshimmer]

[A rare Solar Flare as a human today. Because it's a lot easier to play video games like this. Rapid fire telekinesis is draining after a while.]

[But she doesn't seem to be suffering much in the fighting game. And she's quite....expressive.]

C'mon c'mon c'mon, just another third, you can do it! [A lot of moving and shifting and leaning real close to the screen and so, so much talking to herself.]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ There are so many bright lights and noises and moving, flashing things to try to take in in this car. She might be blocking the entry way some as she stands totally stock-still and slack-jawed as she tries to take it all in. ]

This... is an arcade?!

[ Although she says that--she still doesn't really understand it. ]

[thunderbeast]

[ Honestly, it's a little too bright and flashy for him. Especially since it might look like he just recently woke up from a nap. He yawns, rubbing the sides of his face as he looks around. ]

I don't get it.

[ Technology is hard :( ]