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

[shintaiprotagonist]

I'll look forward to it.

[bad_crowmance]

You should! Anyway, I don't think we've met before.

[shintaiprotagonist]

We haven't, as I'm only recently awakened.

[bad_crowmance]

That'd do it. So uh, do you remember your name or...?

[shintaiprotagonist]

Nothing, yet; I've chosen Tide for the interim.

[bad_crowmance]

Yeah, that happens a lot. Nice to meet you, Tide-- I'm Crow.

[ His right hand misses a shot in the game but it's clearly only just and his score is still going strong. ]

[shintaiprotagonist]

A pleasure. A true name, or a chosen one?

[bad_crowmance]

"True" is kind of a relative term-- but in my case, this is my real one.

[shintaiprotagonist]

Perhaps I should have said "remembered".

[bad_crowmance]

Yeah, that's definitely more accurate.

[shintaiprotagonist]

We're well-met, regardless.

[bad_crowmance]

Yeah, it's nice to meet you too. You ever play one of these before?

[ He uses a gun-controller to indicate the screen. ]

[shintaiprotagonist]

[wryly]

If I had, the memory escapes me.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow can't help but laugh at that. ]

Alright, fair enough. Honestly I don't remember anything like these games either... I think they're a little past where the technology's at back home.

[shintaiprotagonist]

They don't seem familiar to me, but that could imply any number of reasons.

[bad_crowmance]

Oh yeah, without any context there's definitely several explanations. Still, since it's here now you might as well have fun with it. Right?

[shintaiprotagonist]

I can't disagree.

[bad_crowmance]

So there you have it!

[shintaiprotagonist]

Do you favor any others, besides this one?

[bad_crowmance]

Dunno yet-- this is the first one I've tried out.

[shintaiprotagonist]

Gravitating to the familiar, I presume?

[bad_crowmance]

Pretty much. I'm gonna try all of 'em, though.

[shintaiprotagonist]

I suppose we've little but time.

[bad_crowmance]

Exactly! So why not make the most of it?

[ He shrugs. ]

Not that I voted for the arcade in the first place, but I can admit it was a good idea.

[shintaiprotagonist]

What would your vote have been?