lobsterbox | Poly crosspost -> Post #52, video/action

[ action ]
[ Tyr's wandering around the square now and taking advantage of the lack of curses to look at the different stores. It's more or less just a leisurely walk, though. Eventually, he stops around building ten and posts to the network. ]

[ video ]
It was like this before a while ago, wasn't it? More than a week without any curses. [ He doesn't sound all that certain about it. ] It makes me wonder if the deities are saving their energy for something big to happen later...

...If they are, then I... [ He starts, but then thinks better of it. ] Nevermind.

[ And he turns the device off. ]

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From:

blackshadow

That's right.

...So, do you wanna try it?

From:

moregirls

Uh, well...

... Sure, I guess. But, uh- what am I supposed to do?

From:

blackshadow

[ Tyr brightened up a bit at the question and slipped in an orange coin to start the game. ]

There's a lesson at the beginning. All you really do is play as a rabbit and race around collecting food and running from farmers.

From:

moregirls

That's it? [ He's more surprised that something like that would be a game. He looks at the screen, then to the buttons around it. ]

It's going to tell me how to do that, right?

From:

blackshadow

Yeah.

[ He steps aside for Sheena. ]

I already paid for a round for you, so go ahead.

From:

moregirls

[ Okay, he steps forward!! And... something on the screen saying to press start? Looking down at the buttons- and he sees one saying that! So he presses it...!! ]

From:

blackshadow

[ And the screen changes in a flurry of carrots and little, white blossoms to say "STAGE ONE!".

You are a tiny, slightly-bouncing rabbit, Sheena, in a pastel green and blue land. Press the red button to jump and the blue button to burrow! ]

From:

moregirls

[ Uh, okay, let him look again to see which one's blue and which one's red.

... And he'll press the red one - and the bunny jumps! Okay...

So... pressing the blue now...

And it's burrowing! ]

From:

blackshadow

[ "Good job!" goes a recording of a woman's cheerful voice. The rabbit spins around once on its own, a little heart coming off of it. ]

Move the joystick left and right to run!

[ And Tyr just stands back and watches. ]

From:

moregirls

[ Well, okay, maybe that dance got a bit of a smile from Sheena, even if it comes with a 'this is so weird' look, too.

But which is the joystick...? Looking... there's coloured buttons, the start button and some other button... is it that thing there?

Well.. He'll give that a move then, a move to the left...!! ]

From:

blackshadow

[ Tyr saw that smile!! Sheena totally loves it. Yes.

The little nudge make the rabbit hop along to the left, where a grassy ledge covered in white and yellow flowers comes into view. It all sways in a gentle breeze. ]

From:

moregirls

[ no he doesn't!!

Well, seeing that makes Sheena scoff a bit. And mutter something like 'this is stupid..'. Nevermind though that he continues to nudge it, only stopping to remember the jump button to see if it works. ]

From:

blackshadow

[ The rabbit jumps over the hedge, becoming half-covered by the long grass and flowers. The woman's voice from before still praises Sheena, though: "Perfect! You're amazing!" The little rabbit does its same dance, this time throwing in a jump in the end while a little heart flies off.

While Tyr ruins it by barely stifling a laugh. ]

From:

moregirls

[ UGH, SHEENA CAN'T DO THIS. NOT WITH TYR ~~THERE~~ LAUGHING. He moves away and takes hold of Tyr's shoulders, moving him over. ]

You play it!

From:

blackshadow

[ Tyr is awkwardly moved over. ]

What? She said you were doing well!

From:

moregirls

It's stupid.

From:

blackshadow

It's just a simple game...

From:

moregirls

Yeah, that's why you're laughing.

From:

blackshadow

Nah, I was laughing because it was cute. [ He starts playing it, running across the screen and--there's a porcupine! ]

From:

moregirls

[ Wh-whatever, Tyr! Sheena's just going to sulk a little and watch. He'd rather do that first. It's weird playing such a cutie game!! ]

From:

blackshadow

[ Tyr makes the rabbit hop over the porcupine which puffs up into a huge ball of needles that the rabbit barely misses. But it lands safely. ]

From:

moregirls

[ Maybe Sheena moved a little forward and nearly said something, but that doesn't matter 'cause he stops. He moves back! H-he didn't care when it puffed out! ]