Ehe… I think we should try to bring you into doing some more fun things with us more often. Not dying is like… such a low bar. Practically in the ground, at that point.
Oh, I'm not sure I'd ever do anything myself! I'm not very good at competing, or anything like that... When your job is to make everyone happy, making other people lose something doesn't really work out!
I'm sure no one will be upset about it, Miss Friday. You can think of it as taking some time off! I doubt you've gotten many vacation days, if any, right?
Well, that's dumb and lame, because you should do all that work by yourself. Are you sure there's nothing we can do to help lighten your load? Even if it's just something like paperwork or something…
Is that stressful? [ … ] Maybe there's other things we could do to help lighten your load?? I just feel bad that you're always doing so much stuff and you aren't even allowed to have a little bit of fun…
Do you like video games? I could loan you some of mine, if you'd like, so you can play during your downtime…!
Well, if I mess them up somehow, I can completely destroy a section of this reality, and the Captain will be very upset! [beat] I've never played a video game! What are they like?
Ah, okay. [ Yeah, that's normal. Mizuki doesn't exactly internalize how serious it is, but he does know that he doesn't want the Captain to hurt Friday anymore if it can be helped, so…
He pulls out his game of Pac-man to slide across the counter to her, turning it on and gesturing to it. ]
They're… playable stories, in a way! Some of them are more puzzle-oriented than story-oriented, like this one, but all around they're meant to be entertaining media. There's toooons of genres, too. Real time strategy, shooters, role-playing games, puzzles, party games, survival, psychological horror, platformers…
Then I'll be sure to invite you next time we do a party game! [ Does Jackbox work on the ship? I petition that it should work on the ship— ] So, um, for this game, the arrow buttons are how you move around, and the your objective is to move the little yellow mouth to collect all the dots if you want to give it a try!
You know, that's fair. It's fine, like, 90% of the people he's introduced to Pac-man have died within seconds! Friday just isn't an exception or anything now. ]
Oh, speaking of games, actually, is it alright if I ask you a question about… us? The passengers, I mean.
[ She's doing her best. Mizuki will reach over to restart the stage for her quickly. It gives him a moment to figure out what to say. He doesn't want to suddenly bring down the mood after Laser Tag, but… ]
… What's going on back in our worlds? Are we… still there, too?
I'm not very good at magic stuff, either, don't worry. It's hard for me to understand a lot of things~! But that's good to know… um… but does that mean the people here… "we" can never go home, right?
That really depends on what your definition of "we" is! I think you can, but Jenny didn't like how she'd forget all about this place if she went back, so she won't until she's brought her brothers back!
Maybe! I can't really think of one outside of the whole "slowly siphoning your life energy" thing, but I don't really get what's happening in the first place!
[ Yeah, he still hates the sound of that, actually. He gives a little smile and a nod all the same. ]
Well, thank you, anyway, Miss Friday! Maybe there's something we can do or figure out to make everyone happy? Someone a little smarter than me, anyway, ehe~. I think I'd like to see a route where you don't have to work so hard anymore. [ "Route," like this is one of his VNs or something… ] In the meantime, though, you can borrow that game for a little while! Play it in your downtime, okay? Then you can tell me if you've enjoyed it or not.
And I'll let you know next time I put a party game together~!
Well, I've always wanted to go to a party where nobody kills me, so that sounds like fun! [poke poke poke. practically throwing pac-man into the waiting maw of blinky.]
I would like that, too! [ Poor Pac-man. Maybe one day he'll be able to eat people. I mean, dots. Pixels. On a screen. Haha. ] I'm gonna go put these up, but take care, Miss Friday. I'll be sure to come check up on how you're doing later!!
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Do you like video games? I could loan you some of mine, if you'd like, so you can play during your downtime…!
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He pulls out his game of Pac-man to slide across the counter to her, turning it on and gesturing to it. ]
They're… playable stories, in a way! Some of them are more puzzle-oriented than story-oriented, like this one, but all around they're meant to be entertaining media. There's toooons of genres, too. Real time strategy, shooters, role-playing games, puzzles, party games, survival, psychological horror, platformers…
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[ He's just… nudging it towards Friday. ]
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You know, that's fair. It's fine, like, 90% of the people he's introduced to Pac-man have died within seconds! Friday just isn't an exception or anything now. ]
Oh, speaking of games, actually, is it alright if I ask you a question about… us? The passengers, I mean.
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[still poking the button.]
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… What's going on back in our worlds? Are we… still there, too?
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It's really all just about your perspective!
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We’d forget, huh… But it’d also be a problem if we stayed, too, huh?
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Well, thank you, anyway, Miss Friday! Maybe there's something we can do or figure out to make everyone happy? Someone a little smarter than me, anyway, ehe~. I think I'd like to see a route where you don't have to work so hard anymore. [ "Route," like this is one of his VNs or something… ] In the meantime, though, you can borrow that game for a little while! Play it in your downtime, okay? Then you can tell me if you've enjoyed it or not.
And I'll let you know next time I put a party game together~!
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I would like that, too! [ Poor Pac-man. Maybe one day he'll be able to eat people. I mean, dots. Pixels. On a screen. Haha. ] I'm gonna go put these up, but take care, Miss Friday. I'll be sure to come check up on how you're doing later!!
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