Days, Nights, and Everything in Between [Multiple Character - Open]

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The City was the area of the ship that was frequented the most. Not only did some of the crew members made their homes there. But a lot of the more pleasurable areas on the ship could be found there as well. It was mostly empty, a ghostly graveyard for many of the buildings from the many worlds that had gotten saved by you lovable ship, Stacy.

The sheer size of the City itself was impressive and yet it wasn't hard to run into someone exploring it, or bump into one of the occupied buildings... Three of it's denizens now found themselves going about their everyday lives on the ship that had become their current home.




[[OOC: Didn't want to clutter up the comm with three posts, but I really wanted to do all of them! So this is a general post and you can go ahead and tag whichever you want to, wherever you want to! There will be an individual tag for each one of them.]]

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[fireforger]

"It can't be that complicated just to pick a song," Daja remarked, shaking her head a little.

"You'll have to show me some then, perhaps," she smiled.

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Ronnae smiled, "Sure! It's not too far, once we're there we can pick a game and go at it!" she said excitedly, pointing in the direction of the club.

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"Lead the way then," Daja said, gripping her staff and setting off in the direction Ronnae had pointed.

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It didn't take them long to reach it, even at a steady pace. Once there, Ronnae held the door open for Daja and the blasting electronic music coming from the first floor was clear as day.

"The arcade is on the third floor, the club in the first and the lounge on the second." she explained as they walked in.

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Daja winched at the music - that sounded awful! - and held up a hand to cover her ear. "It's very...loud," she said. "Is the arcade quieter?"

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Ronnae giggled, "It is, but it's fun." she replied, knowing all too well that a few of her family members would say the same.

"Yeah, it's quieter than this, mostly you'll hear the game's music, but not blaring like this." she pointed to the stairs and made her way up. On the way up she pointed at the much quieter lounge on the second floor with ambiance music and all the nice comfy couches and tables to relax or chat with friends.

Soon enough they reached the arcade, and the light sounds of the different games being on filled the room. It was subtle of course, compared to the blasting sounds of the club. The lights all over the dark room from the many games gave a cliched futuristic feel, specially with the neon decorations making it look like an 80's earth arcade with a futuristic twist.

[fireforger]

"I'll take your word for it," Daja said dryly, before following Ronnae up the stairs. She certainly preferred the more quiet arcade! She looked around curiously, finding the lights and decorations and strange machines all very odd and unusual.

"This is much better," she said approvingly.

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"It is~" Ronnae mused happily as she looked in wonder at all the games.

She quickly made her way up to a simple looking one with a set of colorful ghosts and a very round creature running from them.

"This one looks fun." Looking at the screen she began reading the 'story' and the controls of the game. "Seems simple enough. Run through the maze collecting the small pellets while avoiding the ghosts."

She turned happily to look at Daja, "Go on, give it a go!" she said cheerfully.

[fireforger]

"Run through the maze?" Daja said, bemused. How could she do that? There was no maze here, and certainly not enough room for running. And ghosts? Pellets?

This was all very confusing...

"How...exactly do I do that?" she said, uncertain.

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Ronnae smiled and pointed at the screen where there was currently a demo running of the game.

"See that little yellow ball looking thing?" which looked nothing like the picture on the start screen! But hey, it didn't matter.

"See how it's moving through the maze on the screen? You use this stick here and you move it in the direction you want the little ball thing to move." she made a motion of moving the joystick to show the directions and such.

"And to start the game, since this is only the demonstration screen, just hit the button with the little man on it." she pointed at the start button.

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Daja looked down at the joystick with a frown, hitting the button as she instruction. She looked up to see that the screen had chanced - so she was meant to move the joystick, was she? Tentatively, she moved the stick to one side. "Oh!" she said, as the yellow ball moved as well. Even though Ronnae had already told her what to expect, it was strange to think that this device could affect what happened on that larger screen!

Aimlessly, she made the yellow ball move around the maze, with no particular goal in mind. "And I'm supposed to avoid ghosts? They certainly don't sound very nice. But how do I know where the ghosts are? Wouldn't they be invisible?"

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Ronnae looked just as happy as the game began, pointing out places and cheering Daja along.

"Well they don't seem invisible. They're all colorful which is cute~ But yeah, you have ta avoid the ghosts and eat all those smaller pellets on the map. There's those big glowy ones too!" even though she didn't know what they did.

[fireforger]

"Pellets? Those things there?" Daja said, spotting one of them nearby. She moved the yellow ball towards it, but she since she hadn't really grapsed that those brightly coloured sprites were ghosts (surely real ghosts would look much more terrifying!), she wasn't really paying attention to the one that got her right after she reached the pellet.

"Oh!" Daja said, blinking as the screen flashed. "What happened?"

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Ronnae giggled, and pointed at the one less life that she had on the side of the screen. "The ghosties ate you."

"If they touch you, the little ball implodes. I guess it's to signify that they ate him. Those there are how many tries you have until you have to restart the game." she pointed at the extra lives. "That's your score," she pointed at the numbers on the top, "And that's the ghosts." she points at the little colorful sprites.

[fireforger]

"Oh, I see," Daja said, trying to remember all of this information. "But those ghosts don't look very much like ghosts. Is that what ghosts are like in other worlds? All bright and colourful?"

Picking up the joystick again, Daja attempted to once again run the maze. This time she did a little better, managing to at least pick up a few pellets before once again a ghost caught the yellow ball.

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"I guess," Ronnae replied with a smile. "They're much more menacing in my world. But these are pretty cute. Even if they're still after the ill will of that yellow ball. Maybe the pellets have a sentimental meaning to the ghosts?"

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Daja frowned. "The yellow ball is stealing from the dead?" she said, concerned. She didn't particularly like the idea of that. The dead should be respected, not stolen from.

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Ronnie shrugged, "I don't really know, other than the 'Pac-Man' needs to eat those power pellets. And that he needs to avoid the ghosts unless he has that big one." she points at the larger pellet on the maze.

"Apparently that one gives him the power to eat the ghosts temporarily."

[fireforger]

"He eats the ghosts?!" Daja repeated, horrified. "Is this 'Pac-Man' some kind of demon?"

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Ronnae shook her head and gave a light shrug. "I don't really know. They're not clear on the story for the game."

"But in the end it's just a story, a virtual one nonetheless. Powered by technology and such, and making it so that you're the one controlling the way it goes. We can try another one if this one's not to your liking." Ronnae added with a smile.

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"Perhaps another one might be better," Daja said, stepping away from the game. So far, she wasn't entirely sure she liked these. This was certainly was just too strange and bizarre.

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Ronnae smiled and nodded, "Sure! How about a more story based one?" she asked happily as she moved over to another booth made out to have an rpg compilation. More specifically, a similar game to 'Final Fantasy'.

"In this one you follow a storyline as part of a group of heroes. You go on adventures and fight monsters with a final objective in mind. Or one that you unlock along the way."

Or at least that's what the manual attached to the booth said. She pointed at a few of the pictures on the attached booklet.

[fireforger]

"These games seem to involve a lot of antagonism," Daja remarked. "Although I don't see how this could allow me to fight monsters. Wouldn't the machine be damaged, if I were to hit it with my staff?"

She peered at the pictures, still frowning.

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Ronnie giggled and smiled. "Well you don't fight. The characters that you control do it for you. It's like being the leader of a group and issuing orders."

[fireforger]

"So you just tell others to fight?" Daja said, peering at the screen. She looked back at Ronnae and smiled sheepishly.

"Perhaps it would be best if I watched you first," she admitted.