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[zaptime]

Hey! So I'm not the only one that thinks that this is totally just like a video game, right??? Not just what's going on right now, this is just like World of Warcraft and it's really weird and I don't like it!!! But the entire whole 'temple with magical stuff and going off on quests' and all that? What gives? Are we supposed to be some sort of heroes or something? Do we get powerups? I think we should get powerups!

[Please ignore the freneticness, it's just how Tweek is on a daily basis.]

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[moneytwin]

[ She lives in a world where temples having magic is pretty common place, so she's only following part of what this...kid? Is trying to say. Still, you have to start somewhere: ]

Astoria has given us all a power of some kind, though they don't seem to work here.

What is a "video" game?

[zaptime]

Yeaaaaaaah but really! You'd think we'd get a whole lot of powers! Like I should have a whole lot of powers, I'm a superhero! Even if they don't work here in video game land they should still work back home, right?

And how do you not know what a video game is! Everyone knows what a video game is!

[moneytwin]

You know, given how many of us there are, I guess they're being split up between us. Wanting more would be [useful!!!] ...greedy.

Still, something to ask Astoria about when we get back?

We have games, certainly. Those back home with certain skill with magic can conjure illusions, or project an image. But until I came here, I'd never seen a 'vid-eyo' before. Never mind what a game has to do with one.

[zaptime]

Greedy? It’d be goddamn smart! Why would the witch lady throw us into things without loading us up first anyways?

[Sorry not sorry for the swearing, Vex. You’re not an Adult.]

Okay but, video games. Like, games you play on your TV? You have TVs don’t you?

[moneytwin]

[ Hey HEY excuse you, she's totally a fucking adult, all right? ]

She tends to get tired after using her power. Giving everyone power is probably too tiring?

Nope! Never hear of a Tee-Vee before, either. [hmm. though perhaps she just knows it by another name?] What do they look like?

[zaptime]

[But adults suck!]

Holy shit, you're not even joking are you? Like, that's so weird, how do you not have TVs where you are? What kind of place do you come from even???

[Which doesn't answer the question at all, but-]

They're like- screens! Big screens, with moving pictures!

[moneytwin]

[ that's pretty presumptuous!! #NotAllAdults ]

Tal'dorei. In Exandria. Not anything like the temple, or that 'space' ship we were on.

That's the only place I've screens like the ones you described. How do you even create images like that. with spells?

[Video]

[clickclickbloom]

Okay. Hold up a second here! How can you not like this if it's just like a video game? That basically makes this the most awesome thing ever.

Also we should definitely get power ups. I want like a rapid fire crossbow or something!

[zaptime]

Because I don't want to die!! Video games are dangerous, man! How is that awesome? That's like the exact opposite of awesome!

[It's unseen, but there's definitely a lot of arm flailing going on. This is serious business, after all.]

See, but at least you know what a video game is! We should definitely be getting more powers and badass weapons and everything if we're supposed to be heroes!

[clickclickbloom]

You wont die if you get good! Stick with me kid, I'll watch your back. Then it'll be super awesome!

[She is absolutely brimming with confidence.]

Well yeah, but we're just at the start of quest here. We gotta do stuff to earn the power ups. They can't just hand them out to us.

...Wait there are people that don't know about video games here?

[zaptime]

But- but it's dangerous as shit! Really really dangerous! How can you be so confident??

And yeah, there are people that don't know and it's really weird and I don't know what to even think about that. It's good that there's at least someone that knows though!

[clickclickbloom]

Yeah, I know it's dangerous. It's also a lot like where I come from. I went to a school devoted to training people to take care of the dangerous stuff so everyone else could rest easy. So I guess I'm confident because I'm just doing my job, does that make sense?

We're going to have to introduce them all to video games when we find a place that has them. It's clearly the best and only solution.

[zaptime]

[Wait. What? Time to forget the video games for just a second.]

That sounds totally insane though! Isn't that dangerous as hell??? Why would anyone do something like that?

[clickclickbloom]

It can be. But it's worth it. I do it so everyone can be safe and sound. So they don't have to do it if they don't want to.

[Voice]

[usedforcepalm]

What's a video game?

[zaptime]

[What!!!???]

Why does no one here know what video games are???

[That's...not entirely helpful, apologies.]

[usedforcepalm]

Probably because video games don't exist in some people's worlds. I've never heard of them before.

[zaptime]

[Mind = blown]

But then like, what do you do for fun?

[usedforcepalm]

[Tweek, you're talking to an eleven year old ninja girl who at one point literally had no idea what to do with her time when told to take a day off from her training and studies.]

I train with friends. What do you do for fun when you're not playing video games?

[zaptime]

"Train with friends"? What does that even mean, what's there to train for? Like sports or something?

[Yick. Sports.

Surprisingly, it does take a moment or two for him to actually think of something instead of just immediately spouting off what comes to mind.]

I mean, I dunno! I work a lot at my parent's store, uhhhh. And play outside? This is a lot of pressure!!

[usedforcepalm]

Martial arts, shuriken throwing, building traps, stealth...that kind of stuff.

[Spoken as casually as a normal kid would talk about playing tag, watching movies, etc. For Hanabi, this is normal.]

What kind of store do your parents have?

voice.

[decisions]

You'll get used to it.

[ percy..... it's not.... that easy..... whatever. ]

Things could certainly be worse, so I suggest you spend your time acclimating unless you want to be eaten by a dragon or a giant or something of that kind. I'll even do you a favor: I won't even ask what a video game is since you've had to answer that enough. [ he'll ask his wife, she's already asked ok. ]

[zaptime]

[WHAT]

I DON'T WANT TO BE EATEN BY A DRAGON!!! Why would you say that!?

[decisions]

Because there's always the possibility of dragons where I'm from, and the more I look around here, the more familiar this entire place feels.