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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2021 18:20:14 GMT
Friday afternoon. School was over… well, until the following Monday. The arcade bustled with the young patrons; kids who were clambering to spend all of their pocket money and wanted to ignore that growing pile of homework. Helped by a drizzling of rain, which forced more kids off the streets and to shield themselves indoors.
Taiga would be found at the back of the arcade. At one of the oldest, most ancient and worn out machine. A title that uses animal-like humanoid characters to fight the computer or against other players. The young girl had been coming into this arcade for several years to play on this one machine. As well as the others, on occasion.
In fact, Taiga had found this arcade by accident, due to weather worse than this. A torrential downpour and a fly-away umbrella had led her to a pastime that she truly enjoyed. She had grown pretty good at it. So much so, the regular patrons had nicknamed her the “arcade queen” and new kids arrived to challenge her title almost daily.
As usual, her “little secret” was snoozing quite peacefully in her bag. Away from the eyes of anyone who might be passing. It’d be much harder to explain how she had a real life dinosaur monster than to explain how to play one of these games.
Taiga sighed to herself and turned her head to the doorway as the rain grew ever more fierce and thought that she might have to say an extra hour or two,
At least until the downpour started to clear up. Fortunately the old owner didn’t seem to mind too much. Preferring the business, she assumed.
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Post by Viktoriya on Oct 12, 2021 19:21:16 GMT
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Vera had to take care of some errands with the streaming equipment over at a store, so the trip to the arcade in Cat Street was just Viktoriya and Iris on a Friday afternoon. In particular, Iris had seen the arcade around the street and wanted to try playing games there. The rain was no problem for the teenage girl and the disguised Lunamon to walk together with the heiress holding the purple umbrella for both of them. Viktoriya opened the door to the arcade for the pink-haired small girl to pass by her before the young woman followed after her.[break][break]
Arcade machines of different sizes and colors lined up against each other, Iris rushed over to look at a Pac-Man one. “Ooh, I’ve seen that one before in gaming magazines that Vera brings home. I’m going to be playing this game if you don’t mind.” Which left Viktoriya alone as the little girl got started with playing the game onto the bright machine.[break][break]
The young woman began to explore the arcade until she would set her eyes at the back of the establishment, another teenage girl was in front of a rather old machine. “Please pardon me, but would you mind telling me what’s the history behind that older machine there?” She spoke considerately. Viki wasn’t the most knowledgeable about arcade machines, but maybe this younger girl might.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2021 17:45:45 GMT
The rain continue to patter down, growing steadily harder as the minutes passed. Fortunately, the owner had seen fit to repair the arcade’s roofing over the summer. Last year, they had to run around with buckets and mops. Putting umbrella and covers over the delicate and quite ancient machines.
Shortly after, two girls entered the arcade. But Taiga was too hyper-focused on her own game to notice them. Although, the old owner bowed their head in welcome. Told them to help themselves and to have fun, before going back to his book. One of the girls walked right to the back of the room and stood near to where Taiga was.
The young girl almost jumped out of her skin. Taken off guard by the sudden, unknown voice which had emerged from almost nowhere. Taiga tilted her head slightly, taken off guard again by the question which followed. “You want to know the history behind this machine? Hmm...”
Taiga paused, pressing a finger to her chin, and concentrated hard. “Well, I know from what gramps has told me. This machine has been here since the late 1980s, at least. It’s a pretty old game that has been kept working and updated through the years. Something quite rare for an arcade provider to do. I guess it draws in a lot of business, maybe?” Taiga tilted her head in the opposite direction. All the extra business that it drew was kinda down to her. Although, she had never meant it to be. There was just something quite… drawing, to this machine. Over the many others that lined each wall.
“It’s a fighting game. Where you use animal/human avatars to fight either the computer or another player. You have your herbivores and your carnivores. Oh, and I guess a few insectoids. I’m not sure what you’d count them as. It’s pretty fun when you get down to the meat of the game and especially with friends.”
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Post by Viktoriya on Mar 3, 2022 21:52:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2022 16:30:38 GMT
Nonchalantly, Taiga stepped aside. The new girl stepped forward, taking her place behind the machine. She watched as the girl took the machine’s controls and began to play the game. She picked the Lion, a power-type character. Nice and simple to use, good for beginners. Definitely the correct choice.
“I never did introduce myself. My name is Taiga. Nice to meet you. I’m a regular, so I’m pretty used to all these old machines,” she said, smiling. “What’s your name?”
For a few minutes, Taiga watched the girl playing the game, noting that she was quite good for a beginner. It was odd not being a part of the battles for once. As she tended to draw a line of challengers when she did.
Although, the rain had driven most of the usual clientele away. Other than this new girl and her friend, the owner and Taiga herself. The arcade was like a ghost town. That was the power of the elements, Taiga mused to herself.
As she continued to consider the rain and its effects on small-town retail. A loud rumble came from between her feet. A growling roar, almost like a kaiju but in miniature and then before Taiga could do anything to stop it from happening. A tiny voice rose from within the bag. “I’m huuuuungry!”
Taiga paused, stunned. Not sure what to do.
Had the girl heard the voice? What would she think it was? How would she play this? Many questions shot through Taiga’s head. |
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