![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Entry tags:
[ It is Arcade time! Which is gleaming, shiny, a bit loud with all the arcade sounds, and Siffrin is here in their default garb kinda just... :standing: emoji. Looking completely lost and puzzled.
Um. ]
What's all this for...?
Um. ]
What's all this for...?
For fun? They're games. It's like one of those old arcades... I didn't know they still had these things.
[ vintage ]
Want to try one?
[ vintage ]
Want to try one?
Not sure. [ HELPFUL. but he's heading in to peer at the machines. this one's a fighting game. ] I guess we just hit the start button when we're ready?
[ Hey it's more than Siffrin knows themselves. Follows after! Peering at the machine... ]
Maybe there is at least a tutorial?
[ Tutorials are at least something he does know. Squints at the blinking words on the machine screen. But it really just says "PRESS BUTTON TO PLAY." ]
Maybe there is at least a tutorial?
[ Tutorials are at least something he does know. Squints at the blinking words on the machine screen. But it really just says "PRESS BUTTON TO PLAY." ]
[ hm. ]
Doesn't look it. Must be one of those you just button mash and see what happens. The good thing is, that probably means it's not that hard?
Doesn't look it. Must be one of those you just button mash and see what happens. The good thing is, that probably means it's not that hard?
[ he jumps a little at how the screen flashes and the music suddenly gets louder and scrambles to figure out which buttons are which.
FIGHT! ]
This is way different from the games we have back home...!
FIGHT! ]
This is way different from the games we have back home...!
[ YIKES, jumps like a startled cat but uhhh. Okay. Buttons. That's simple enough??
Rolls a [3] okay they're just making the character run the opposite way, WHOOPS might be staring at the wrong character! ]
It does look like something from a fight though?
Rolls a [3] okay they're just making the character run the opposite way, WHOOPS might be staring at the wrong character! ]
It does look like something from a fight though?
[ meanwhile laurence hasn't quite figured out the controls yet so his character is just punching empty air ]
What do you expect from a fighting game? [ hits another button and kicks empty air. ] Oh, come on!
What do you expect from a fighting game? [ hits another button and kicks empty air. ] Oh, come on!
Actual battles?
[ that distracts him enough to hit the direction button and throw his character right at siffrin's. die, then. ]
[ that distracts him enough to hit the direction button and throw his character right at siffrin's. die, then. ]
Monsters?
[ oh wait he got hit - winces and tries to fight back! which one is the kick button again ]
Why would you call them "Sadnesses?"
[ oh wait he got hit - winces and tries to fight back! which one is the kick button again ]
Why would you call them "Sadnesses?"
[ Rolls a 20... well, Siffrin gets lucky and does a really good combo in their next few button mash that does a decent HP hit! ]
It's a term they were given for as long as anyone can remember. Partly because Sadnesses are physical manifestations of intense negative emotions. Mostly that of grief and sadness.
It's a term they were given for as long as anyone can remember. Partly because Sadnesses are physical manifestations of intense negative emotions. Mostly that of grief and sadness.
That can happen? [ what
aaaa wait he's losing!!! BUTTON MASH TIME LET'S GO ]
aaaa wait he's losing!!! BUTTON MASH TIME LET'S GO ]
[ Siffrin is walking around, with wings today. Though, tucked between his wings at his back seems to be a tiny... pet backpack? In said backpack is their white egg. Wow.
Sees Laurence and offers a small wave. ] More exploring today?
Sees Laurence and offers a small wave. ] More exploring today?
[ laurence still has his laurel crown of flowers, a bit of ivy peeking out of his shirt at the wrists and neck. looks like it might have some thorns, too. ]
Now that it's safe enough to. [ THAT DAMN GOOSE. ] I saw everything new yesterday, but I'm still trying to figure it out all out.
[ what are holidays???? ]
Now that it's safe enough to. [ THAT DAMN GOOSE. ] I saw everything new yesterday, but I'm still trying to figure it out all out.
[ what are holidays???? ]
[ Flower boy real, true to canon... Siffrin just thinks the flowers look nice. ]
The goose showing up by the mansion really put a pause on some of our plans. [ WHO IS DOING THIS. ] Ah, the whole "Holidays"? I'm pretty new to it all, too. My world had festivals depending on the country but not really like any of the ones here.
The goose showing up by the mansion really put a pause on some of our plans. [ WHO IS DOING THIS. ] Ah, the whole "Holidays"? I'm pretty new to it all, too. My world had festivals depending on the country but not really like any of the ones here.
What was with that thing, anyway?
[ HORRIBLE. ]
Yeah. We've had stuff like balls and parties, but I don't think "holidays" are really a thing for us at all? We mostly just celebrate birthdays.
[ HORRIBLE. ]
Yeah. We've had stuff like balls and parties, but I don't think "holidays" are really a thing for us at all? We mostly just celebrate birthdays.
Heaven is a lot stranger than I expected...
They probably have something to celebrate for those. New Year's is one, I guess, but everything else...? I don't know, I never paid that much attention to them.
They probably have something to celebrate for those. New Year's is one, I guess, but everything else...? I don't know, I never paid that much attention to them.
[ are those countries… he looks a little mystified but listens in spite of himself. ]
That many? I was surprised by the three they have in the market. [ ... ] But I guess if they're different countries it's not that many. You must travel a lot to know all that.
That many? I was surprised by the three they have in the market. [ ... ] But I guess if they're different countries it's not that many. You must travel a lot to know all that.
Page 1 of 5