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fracturarpg2020-01-02 10:39 pm
fracturamods) wrote in fracturarpg2020-01-02 10:39 pm
Entry tags:
- ! intro,
- ! mingle,
- - the space,
- 9s,
- akira kurusu,
- baren kumou,
- emma perkins,
- goro majima,
- hajime ichinose,
- hina hikawa,
- hunter,
- itaru chigasaki,
- jiang cheng,
- kangai,
- kino,
- lan wangji,
- lux crownguard,
- minako aino,
- minato arisato,
- mizuki okiura,
- obi-wan kenobi,
- okuni kumou,
- ookurikara,
- rouge,
- royce melborn,
- sephiroth,
- shinobu kocho,
- shuuya kano,
- souji seta,
- takaomi shishimaru,
- tsukasa suou,
- utsutsu miya,
- wei wuxian,
- wen ning,
- xie lian,
- yuri lowell
[mingle] the space (january).
interim mingle
( WELCOME BACK, TRAVELERS. )
There's nothing but the clatter of train tracks, and the odd feeling of almost floating.
When you wake, it's hard to tell exactly what it is that you're missing - only that you are. There are pieces that aren't quite right, even if you're not sure where those pieces would normally be. Pieces of what, exactly....? Well, if you had to put a word to it, it would be - yourself, probably. Or did you get something back recently?
The place you've found yourself in is strange, certainly. It's probably worth exploring a bit. Though it just as easily seems that the only form of welcome or explanation that you have, comes from nothing more than a slab of marble. It might've changed since the last time you saw it.
You might have changed since the last time you saw yourself too - perhaps with a new emblem on your clothes, or a portrait on your skin.
There's no need to fret that much though. You've already gone through the ordeal once, and you might be able to see results from it. Even so, it's best that you don't get too comfortable, because there is still the unshakeable feeling:
There's still much more ahead of you.
When you wake, it's hard to tell exactly what it is that you're missing - only that you are. There are pieces that aren't quite right, even if you're not sure where those pieces would normally be. Pieces of what, exactly....? Well, if you had to put a word to it, it would be - yourself, probably. Or did you get something back recently?
The place you've found yourself in is strange, certainly. It's probably worth exploring a bit. Though it just as easily seems that the only form of welcome or explanation that you have, comes from nothing more than a slab of marble. It might've changed since the last time you saw it.
You might have changed since the last time you saw yourself too - perhaps with a new emblem on your clothes, or a portrait on your skin.
There's no need to fret that much though. You've already gone through the ordeal once, and you might be able to see results from it. Even so, it's best that you don't get too comfortable, because there is still the unshakeable feeling:
There's still much more ahead of you.
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I don't know what a power bank is, but there may be some chargers over where they keep the DVD players.
[Maybe, but still no wall sockets, probably! Wow Itaru is going to suffer.]
So you know, I doubt you'll be able to use it here. There isn't really anyone to call.
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Oh, I'm not using it to call anyone right now. It just makes me feel at ease knowing that I still have something from home on me while I'm here. That's why I need a powerbank so that I can charge on the go.
[ because he can't really say "i wanna keep my phone charged to keep myself entertained with the 2834737853 mobage i have while i'm here" without sounding like a complete no-life. good thing he can adlib like a champ from all the acting training back home. ]
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I see, I see! A powerbank lets you do that? Haha, technology really is something else.
[WILD... The future is a truly unbelievable place with light-up heelies and Ghostbusters.]
Will you be fine if we don't find a powerbank or charger, though? Ah - that's another thing. If we do find them, you probably won't be able to leave without taking a lot with you. People usually just hand out their extras.
[The curse of Bulk Notsco, where everything is either inhumanly huge or comes in obnoxiously large quantities.]
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So we don't even get unlimited storage space while we're here? That's kinda lame.
[ like what's the point if looting if you just give the extras away, smh! ]
But yeah, technology is amazing like that. From my world, at least. Pretty sure there are others here who are more advanced that I am.
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[Like Lan Wangji and his Bag of Holding.]
You're probably right about that, though. People come here from all times, all places! It's amazing! What year are you from, anyway? Or where? Some here were in towns that were also like this - little collection points for everyone from everywhere.
[BOY HE RAMBLES. At least he's dutifully leading the way still, even though the electronics section in the distance seems to mostly be sporting a giant model of an old gameboy...]
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2018. It's kind of surreal that the decade's almost over, but my world's got two more years to go before --
[ wait, hold up. it'd be impossible to miss that giant-ass gameboy in the middle of the electronics section, and itaru sucks in a breath before approaching it with brisk steps, taking in the size of it all. okay, calm down. he can't act like a total kid to a fellow adult that he'd just met, it'd be a weird impression to give off. ]
...Holy shit. [ do you see this shit, wei wuxian!!!! ] Does this thing even come with triple-A batteries? Oh my god.
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He doesn't have a chance to react with General Awe over the year 2018, though, since Itaru's distracted by the gameboy first. Over he trots, circling around the back of this absolute beast and patting its plastic side.]
It might! And if it doesn't, they probably have ones in the right size here, too. How big are these normally supposed to be?
[He's seen a lot of giant fruits, vegetables, bottles of ketchup and kazoos, but this is a first!]
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sure enough, it's empty. ]
They're real tiny. Palm-sized. This big boy needs at least four of 'em too.
[ kinda surreal that they're using batteries for a console-sized handheld but itaru certainly can't complain. he just can't contain his excitement over seeing a piece of gaming relic at this point. ]
But it'd be useless without cartridges to play games with. Uh, they're like these wide plastic things that you slot in at the top? There are thousands of those game cartridges in circulation back in the day, but I'm not sure if this shop even has those anymore.
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So, then! Nothing to do but hunt down some batteries that may fit and see if they have any cartridges around here, hm? I remember where the batteries are, but I don't think I'll be much help finding the other thing. Never seen one of them before.
["Wide plastic thing that fits at the top of a giant plastic thing" is not helpful when you're barely familiar with half of the things in a Costco to begin with, tragically.]
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not that wwx knows anything about games anyway. for now. ]
Let's look for batteries first, then I'll show you what cartridges look like. Both of them would be too heavy to carry anyway while we're here.
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Mm, alright! Batteries are over this way!
[GESTURING toward another nearby aisle, which he'll set off for in an excited trot because he wants to see what the fuck this thing is now! LET HIM IN, GAMER WORLD.]
How many did we need again, four?
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Yep, four. Can't imagine how big they'd be now.
[ because the gameboy probably looks like this now, closes eyes ]
Ah, almost forgot to introduce myself. Name's Chigasaki Itaru.
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About this size, maybe? [He holds his hands out a randomass distance apart but it's honestly probably not that far off from their real size, since he's rudely good at math and measurement guesstimates.
But oh, right, introductions. THAT WHOLE THING. He grins!]
Wei Wuxian. Nice to meet you! Is it Itaru that you go by? I'm still learning how these names work, hah. Some of them are easy and some are so confusing!
[And sometimes you make things confusing on purpose by giving a person with one name ten nicknames!]
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[ pretty sure itaru's mained some chinese charas in videogames and the like, but he wants to be double sure since they're all gonna be here for a while. from the top of his head, maybe it's just wuxian? do they come with honorifics too? ]
'Kay, so. Think we've found it.
[ WHY ARE THERE SO MANY GIGANTIC BATTERIES IN THIS CORNER OF COSTCO??? his poor muscles are already crying at the thought of carrying them all. ]
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[JUST "WHOO". He loves it, it's so stupid.
Anyway once they see these GIANT BATTERIES he's excitedly zooming off toward them!! And immediately pushing one over, so he can roll it like a log...]
Wonderful! This one is the right type, yes? We'll have to take them back two at a time, it seems.
[One for each of them... Give him a second as he tries to scramble onto the one he's picked out, like he's going to try a log run.]
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[ and yes, stupid nicknames are more than welcome! anything's better than getting called an "elite swindler" by a fifteen-year-old, tbh.
itaru raises his brow at what wwx's about to do, then holds a hand out to stop him a moment. ]
Wait, you might damage it if you're going to roll them on the ground like that. [ does "you break it, you buy it" still apply in this weirdass store ] Let's just put them in a cart to make our lives easier.
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That said, he'll blink at the warning, glancing down at the battery he's precariously perched on.]
Really? Are they that delicate? [BY WHAT DEFINITION IS "IT WON'T SURVIVE A LOG ROLL" DELICATE... After patting the battery as if to check its durability:] Mm... Well! Alright, if that's the case.
[He'll abandon his much more amusing endeavor to get a CART like a NORMAL HUMAN BEING he GUESSES.]
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--All right, that's one down. Time for cartridge-hunting.
[ which would appear bigger than the batteries itself, because of the giant gameboy........ ]
NGL, it's pretty impressive that you're catching on to technology pretty quick. I've met other guys like you around here who have no clue what I'm talkin' about. [ it's refreshing, tbh. ]
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Well! I've had a little head start on some of the people here. The world I just got back from was full of technology and I had to learn a lot of it quickly so I didn't stand out, you know?
[He's also just an unfairly quick study in general, picking up things fast enough that he barely seems anachronistic at all.]
What do these cartridges look like, now?
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[ he leads them around the battery aisle, turning left. ]
But wait, you've gone to a different world before this? [ at least that's itaru's understanding of it??? more isekai adventures....... ]
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Mm, I see, I see! So they shouldn't be too hard to find, especially if they're labeled. Are you looking for any one in particular?
[MORE ISEKAI ADVENTURES INDEED THOUGH. Wei Wuxian nods, hopping off the cart so he can focus more on talking without risk of running into anything.]
Right - presumably we'll be going to another one soon, too. We don't spend all of our time in this space, after all! As nice as the store and airport may be, being here for weeks and weeks with nothing else to do would drive almost anyone up a wall, I'd say.
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[ HAHAHA... HA.......... ]
Okay, so. There aren't a lot of those cartridges, but...
[ he leads wei wuxian to a shelf with a small selection of giant cartridges, pulling one out and showing him titles like tetris and pong. ]
They're the oldest games in the market. Which is fine, but the repetitive factor can get boring in the long run.
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[Oh, to be wifi in the 1920s...
But over he goes! These cartridges are fuckin weird. The concept of an entire game fitting inside a giant plastic... thingy makes about as much sense to him as the idea of a movie fitting on a DVD. The future is wild?? Wild.]
Oh! Tetris... [THE FUCK IS PONG.] Hm, hm - maybe we can just take a few different ones, then. We have enough room for three or four if we stack a few down here!
[Kicking at that little shelf under the main basket of the shopping cart.]
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so yeah, let's cope with some vintage games for the meantime. itaru stacks pong and tetris together, and - why not, let's bring out pacman and a classic platformer like super mario or something. ]
Think this is everything. Ah, wait, hang on. It's my turn.
[ he climbs onto the cart and sits on it, and points ahead. let's go home to our baby, wwx. ]
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[FORWARD-HO, BACK TO THE GIANT GAMEBOY. Wei Wuxian is a terrible navigator and they almost crash into shelves like every three seconds but it's fine, he always manages to swing away before disaster strikes...
And now they have a cart full of giant batteries and games to play so WHO ARE THE WINNERS HERE TODAY. Time to play pacman for 20 hours before falling into the mafia void.]