merriment 16 ; video (before platform stop)

[blitzcheer]

Yo, anyone see the large item order we can pick now?

...

What's the biggest thing anyone can think of. Hey, gimme some ideas!

[ LET'S SEE WHAT THEY CAN GET?? PUT IN YOUR SUGGESTIONS, VOTE FOR WHAT YOU AGREE WITH.

Edit: Tidus will have on the video in view a whiteboard (since he's in the standard coach), with a list of choices.

- BOUNCY HOUSE/CASTLE
- POTTERY WHEEL?
- ARCADE MACHINE - Lethal Enforcers, NBA Jam
- YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR MY MOM
- BOMBCHOO BOWLING ALLEY

Enjoy his mess of a handwriting.

Edit 2: Also, very importantly: ] Hey! Everyone! Tell the train to let us buy carriages!

Comments

[blitzcheer]

Not a lot of people tell 'em to a guy without one.

[ Despite Cassie's own awkwardness, there's humour to the answer, and- ]

Don't worry about it! But my dad was big. Turned into a monster. Long story.

[nutkrusher]

Well, I wouldn't ask for him, then.

[A pause to think.]

I dunno, maybe an arcade machine? Maybe Lethal Enforcers or NBA Jam?

[blitzcheer]

Sure, that's a suggestion. [ There's a board behind him so he can keep track, though, pausing as he picks up the pen. ]

Sure you don't want me to add my momma?

[ Heh. ]

[nutkrusher]

Depends. Was your mom an arcade machine? 'Cause I'd play her if she was.

[Beat.]

...Sorry again, couldn't stop myself there.

[blitzcheer]

[ Okay, that one gets an incredulous scoff out of him. Really, really? These are momma jokes. ]

I am never letting you near my mom. Ever. [ But he's grinning while saying it. ]

[mustknow]

An above-ground swimming pool would be pretty big.

[blitzcheer]

Ugh - suuuuure, [ suuuuure, ] but wouldn't a carriage pool be way bigger? And deeper?

[ And just amazing?! ]

[mustknow]

But we can't buy an entire carri--

[He cuts himself off suddenly, then, far more slowly:]

We.. CAN'T.. buy an entire carriage, can we?

[blitzcheer]

No, [ UGH x2 ] but I've been tryin' tell it to let me!

[ Oh! ]

Hey! Everyone! Tell the train to let us buy carriages!

[ Why not when you're over the speakers, right. ]

[mustknow]

Maybe we can convince it we'd work extra hard to get our hands on our very own carriages. On the other hand that'd be ... a few dozen more and that's a lot for one engine to pull..

[blitzcheer]

A whole carriage wouldn't be cheap anyway, right? So we wouldn't get that many...

[ Not by any fast amount. ]

But I know it'd make some people happy to work towards. Madoka's been here since the beginning, and she's wanted the art car ever since voting was a thing!

So how about a thousand points for a car? Sounds fine to me!

[nutkrusher]

[Cassie doesn't respond - she merely cackles.]

[namethattune]

It may not be the largest thing, but in terms of practicality, a clothes dryer would be welcome.

[flatteries]

A ballista.

[ Look.

Tidus didn't say it had to be useful. He's just answering the question! And even then Inigo is pretty sure it's more useful than whatever weird bouncy castle situation Dennis is describing. ]

Also [ dude! ] I'm pretty sure no one can actually read what you wrote down!

[blitzcheer]

Huh, what's that? [ Tidus puts his hand up by his ear. ] Ohhh no, [ he clutches his chest, ] --the old man's talking to me! My vocabulary's deteriorating!

[ He grabs the back of a coach booth. ]

My braincells!

[blitzcheer]

Huh? [ He'd say something about the ballista, but now he's looking back at the board. ]

What's wrong? [ ??? ] Is it too far?

[namethattune]

[Why does he try, honestly]

[It is a testament to Siebren's self-control that he does not immediately snark back at him - oh, does Tidus have brain cells? Are they functional? - and instead gives an exaggerated, long-suffering sigh. Here he is, attempting to help, only to be sassed by the younger generation.]

[(It's all a bit dramatic, really, but after this past mission they could all do with some toothless dramatics.)]

Whenever you are ready.

[blitzcheer]

I don't know if I'll ever be ready, [ he despairs morosely (and very seriously). Forearm leaning as he looks even knackered to be standing. ]

You better be careful...! I don't know what I'll say next -- old bones!

[ He gasps, hand going to his throat for the words that came out like a hiccup. It's starting, Siebreeeeen!!! ]

[namethattune]

[Siebren doesn't respond - or at least, he doesn't say anything. Instead, he turns his attention to something off camera and waves a hand. After a few seconds, a mug comes floating into view. He takes hold of it, takes a long drink - because he could use coffee to deal with this - and returns his attention to the ICP. By all means, continue. He's got all day.]

[blitzcheer]

[ Tidus uses the back of the seat to lean against now, his upper torso only really what's in view. ]

What, it's only fun to mess around about when it's with other people?

[blue_ice]

An arcade...it never wins the poll. I want it. But a single customizable machine might work.

[blitzcheer]

Doesn't sound like a bad project for our gamesmaster! Think you can do it?

[flatteries]

Tidus, I want you to look at me.

[ Inigo will even pause. Giving Tidus the opportunity to - hopefully - actually do that. ]

And then look back at the board. What do you see?

[blitzcheer]

[ Tidus stares at him. Blankly. A blink.

And then he looks at the board.

...

... ]

... A list?

[blue_ice]

[ Gamesmaster...well, it doesn't have the same ring to it...but if you're the creator of games, are you not also the king? Mission accomplished! ]

I'm on it. I can build different controller boards for different types of games, it's easy enough to swap them out.