R1 DEADLAND PT2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

[lockdownmods]

[it’s strange, for the people who were already dead, the shift in scenery is sudden and complete. For those who have just arrived? It’s like you’re back where you left?

How strange.

But if you ever need her, you can always reach out to the guardian of this place.]

LOCATIONS
Note: locations lag a week behind the living counterparts

Comments

[supportrole]

[ STILL NOT SURE THIS ISN'T A TEST but ]

All right...

[ Biting his lip, he aims for... a leg, he guesses??? Hank shot him in the foot, so that seems reasonable.

Aaaand-- shoots! ]

[starswink]

Really? Then... I'll do my best!

[donotlick]

[ It's not a test, it's ok. Hank takes the shot to the shin with only a minor flinch. Of course, he wasn't caught off-guard so maybe that helps. ]

Well, that still fucking smarts.

[ It's cool since it's the VR room at least the paint isn't real. ]

See, now we're square.

[preconstruction]

I believe in you. I'm sure you'll figure out how to make really lovely things.

[lovedanime]

Kim-kun...

[Mitarai makes an anguished empathetic face. Poor Max, and poor Yoosung who has to miss Max, and poor Max who misses Yoosung specifically.]

It's okay...! [That Yoosung feels that way, Mitarai's inflection makes clear; obviously the situation overall is not okay and sucks.] You know it's not quite good, and that's what matters... [Hey, since the AIs can go back and forth to an extremely limited extent, it's not inconceivable that they could possess an arcade machine... but Mitarai is not going to bring that up, for reasons.] Um... Pole position, uh, was one of the games she would play, you know... It would probably also be possible here to, too...

[devotingly]

[ oh.

waver blinks, surprised. ]

You-- you really think so?

[supportrole]

[ Okay, this is cool! And less nervewracking than sharing thoughts with someone--

O-oh... glasses, huh. ]

Wait, what did you make those out of? Does the item you start out with have to be similar?

[ can he make these dumb suspenders he never even wears correctly into some sexy cool glasses too ]

[supportrole]

[ ...Heh, that felt kind of good, aside from the part where he thought the recoil was going to knock him over backwards.

He nods. ]

Right! What's next?

[starswink]

Oh... so if I played Pole Position, there might be a chance that she's playing it too?

[He hasn't played that game yet, but if it's there, that might be nice. He could at least feel connected to a friend by knowing what games she likes.]

Wonder if there'd be a way to tell...

[preconstruction]

Yes, absolutely. It was a shame you didn't speak up more during trials, I think you almost always had the right answer.

[starswink]

Hehe, thanks!

[Belief!!! Belief is good.]

Starting small then... Umm...

[He presses a hand to his tie, and tries to imagine that it's a bow tie instead.]

[preconstruction]

[ yes he can totally do that ]

No, it doesn't need to be similar. It's just good to have a starting point, because the code here can be a little elusive.

[starswink]

[Yoosung kind of just laughs at the assertion that he was 'unremarkable,' it's a funny thing to say about your dad but at least he seemed to love him.]

What kind of work?

[devotingly]

Ah-- that wouldn't be a bad idea, actually.

[ waver takes off his tie upon it being suggested, holding it in his hands. ]

So I just...what? Think about it in a different color or something?

[lovedanime]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

[Mitarai picks up one of the halved glass noodles. Presumably he's thinking about this question.]

Unfortunately it seems like our machine and her machine are two separate items...

[starswink]

[hmm well this is sort of a thing that's so abstract and with so much potential, he hasn't begun to grasp the limits from Connor's instructions. Waver's idea definitely sounds more than possible though, he wants to encourage it.]

I'm not really sure, but that sounds like it would be the easiest thing to try.

[donotlick]

[ Oh, good. He's created a monster. ]

Now you try and shoot at some targets instead of people. Let's see if your aim is any good, kid.

[starswink]

That's what I thought, but we were able to share the simulation room... it would be useful if we could get into their other electronics. I think.

[donotlick]

[ Hank is totally on board for this one. In fact he's giving it a try and has managed to successfully change... his shirt. From one hideous design to another. He's so proud tho. ]

Whatddya think?

[ Hank, to everyone else, it honestly doesn't look like anything changed..... ]

[devotingly]

[ CONNOR PLEASE HIS FRAGILE EGO CAN'T TAKE SO MUCH PRAISE

he looks away from connor, and towards the tie that he's taken off to practice with. ]

W-well, thanks, I guess. I'll just, uh... try to change the color of this tie, I guess?

[supportrole]

Huh. Okay. Uh, let's see...

[ Just going to unclip these suspenders (SERIOUSLY WHY DOES HE EVEN WEAR THESE...) and hold onto them so that he doesn't end up with whatever he manages to transform them into weirdly stuck to his pants... ]

So these are just supposed to suddenly turn into something else whenever I've crossed the imagining-it-hard-enough threshold?

[lovedanime]

Oh, really? What are some other electronics you think could be useful?

[supportrole]

He was a data analyst for an office equipment manufacturer.

[ So, not really an inaccurate description. He was pretty much a typical salaryman in all aspects. ]

I'm not even completely sure what that actually entailed, haha... He worked a lot of hours, though.

[supportrole]

Oh! The... pattern changed, right?

[donotlick]

[ Bless, Mishima actually noticed. ]

Damn right! I used to have a lot of these back home, so this kinda works out.