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

[adropofsunlight]

Never hurts to try. As for where I would be the one who would figure that out.

[agoodsoul]

[No please explain, Inigo. We're all ears.]

M'hearing it. Think I need to get you two couples counseling.

[He's shaking his head. Honestly. The both of you.]

[blitzcheer]

Madoka wouldn't mind helping either, I bet. Wonder if she can hear us?

Madoooka? Psssh, Madoka to the train! It's art talk!

[blitzcheer]

He doesn't treat me right, Dennis. He's clingy in bed and he nags me all the time.

[ Welcome, you're the couples therapy guy, Dennis. ]

[consider8]

But why?? [She pouts in front of the ICP where everyone could see.]

Where would we even put it?! It's too big! Send it back! Cancel the order! Send it back!!!

[The tentacles start shaking him. Despite their small size, they actually do feel like her hands vigorously tugging at him!]

[blitzcheer]

We'll find a place, [ he reassures, dragging out the words cheerily. ] Liiiike - the garden car! Nothing goes in that! How big can it be? Can't believe the train let us have a whole stadium!

[ Shake him as much as you want, he deserves it. And he loves it!!! ]

[jan_ken_hacking]

Mnh. I got that impression...

...Only Ayumi and Izo, I think. Izo came here from after we left 'that place', [She explains- hopefully she doesn't have to clarify she means Jinnjar.] Ayumi though, was a few weeks before me.

But everyone else...they were here for a while, at least according to her.

[blitzcheer]

Oh yeah? A few worlds do get some attention, for some reason.

[ Hmm, though, he wonders- ]

You, uh, come from a world where weird stuff like this happens?

[flatteries]

[ There's a bit of confusion on Inigo's end at that answer, but then he figures that maybe Tidus is looking at this from a train point of view. Where - it's true - Inigo doesn't really write, let alone for everyone to see. ]

When I was younger, I mean. [ He clarifies, if that might help a little bit. Inigo still looks a little fussy - because his mood never clears that easily - but at least there's no part of him that looks really upset with Tidus as he looks over at the other guy. ]

A lot of stuff changed, sure, but.. I was raised as a prince, you know? Everyone was going to see my handwriting. Tons of important people from other countries too!

[blitzcheer]

Ohhhhh. [ Ohhhhhh. ] I never thought about it like that.

[ He leans against the back of a chair, at the edge, facing Inigo with a curiosity. ]

What...kind of things did a prince have to write?

[ It might be a dumb question, but Tidus doesn't think Inigo would throw his ignorance in his face. ]

[jingyeets]

( he's asking a low tech society person about not engaging yet with games no one's showed him and have no context even from illusion to explain

thus he gets a dubious look )

No, I haven't.

( as he starts his second month here. games?!? )

[blitzcheer]

We're changing that. [ It's decided, Jingyi's fate is sealed. ]

I'll let you get some choices: If you want one on one or other people involved. But only two others, max! We don't have enough controls for more.

[flatteries]

W-What's wrong with being clingy in bed?!

[ Maybe under different circumstances, Inigo might have been the one to try and reign Tidus in to try and save Dennis from this fate.

But not when his attention is being very much all taken up by those words. ]

[happyends]

[ Madoka wasn't really listening.. Mostly since she was in the middle of doing chores.

But even as she tunes out the sounds of the ICP to the back of her mind, it's a little bit harder to fully ignore the sound of her name being called multiple times like that. She moves her head up in surprise before quickly making her way over towards the nearest terminal. ]

Oh! I.. um, were.. you guys looking for me..?

[wisdominshadows]

Oh, yes- maneuvering a small mobile bomb between obstacles to hit a target. Quite fun, if you enjoy games of that sort.

[With a cheerful serenity that sounds more like she's describing ski ball than playing with explosives.]

Perhaps a bit dangerous to bring onboard, though. The one in Castle Town used cuccos as obstacles, and those are terrible in confined spaces. I've no idea how the owners kept them calm.

[blitzcheer]

[ !!! Real actual bombs!! ]

Wowie, you guys know how to have fun. I dunno - I'd wanna try it once! But putting a whole bowling alley anywhere on the train-

[ He gestures out a hand. ]

Sounds like something that needs more space than we have - 'less we got rid of some of the big games in the upstairs game car.

...

... but a mini version would be cool... do you have a tiny remote to move the bomb around?

[ Tidus's interest in this is rapidly rising, don't @ him. ]

[flatteries]

Mostly diplomacy stuff. Letters to rulers of other countries or other important people we keep in touch with. Or invitations for important occasions at the palace..

[ It's true - Inigo doesn't seem offended by Tidus's question, nor does he make fun of the other for asking. After all, Tidus knows just as little about his prince life as Inigo does about the other's sports celebrity life. ]

Not that I've ever actually done any of that. [ By the time he was old enough for it, there was absolutely not a single kingdom left to correspond with in the first place, let alone room for celebrations. ] So I mostly just practiced a lot.

[ He gestures at the board. ]

If I'd write any differently than this, Frederick would have gotten on my case for sure!

[blitzcheer]

[ Princes have to do things like that? He's seen princes some in the movies, but it was rarely about them writing to anywhere - all of those stories were about wars and riding out to them, or standing around in rooms and getting angry. Usually the kings more often.

Tidus is examining the handwriting from a new angle now, however. A cock of the head, taking in the flow of it. ]

So I guess this would be fancy writing where you come from. [ And, to not sound mean- ] It's hard to tell when it's not my language. Back home... you could write stuff, sure, but all the lessons I had were on machines. Typing, like on the feedback post.

[ Why waste paper when you had endless gadgetry? ]

So if we ever need a really nice letter written, [ he goes on, tone turning teasing with his smile, ] we should get you to do it?

[jan_ken_hacking]

Hmmm...

[That's. A good question.] Mostly, the answer was 'no'... ...but, a few years ago a lot of us were stuck somewhere, and exposed to the existence of magic; and from that point, 'weird' hasn't stopped. In that sense, the answer would be 'yes'...

...Really, it was a lot like how people have been describing this train- the train moves on a bigger scale though.

[jingyeets]

( ... just remember his concern about these things involves breaking controls?!?! then again he thinks controls are wired in and has very little idea how any of them work. )

Uh, what?

( Tidus. He doesn't know how there's a difference between these things. Having more people involved doesn't make it better or worse, what is this. )

What exactly are we or aren't we inviting more people to do?

[wisdominshadows]

The bombchus I played with moved in a straight line, for the most part. Part of the game was timing your release right.

[Tilting her head back, thinking]

Still... with some of the skills found onboard, it's possible someone could figure out a modification.

[namethattune]

[That...is not an expected question, and he pauses for a sip of coffee and a moment of consideration. Messing around with other people-]

[Wait. He blinks. Had he misinterpreted this entirely?]

Had you intended this to be mutual?

[[It's a genuine question.]

[consider8]

Tiduuuus, the thing is as big as a building at Jinjar!! [Genuine panic is starting to kick in.]

Cancel iiiiit!! There is still some time before the platform!!

[blitzcheer]

[ 'Is this mutual?'? Really? It might be genuine on Siebren's end, but Tidus is a raised eyebrow, not sure what to make of it. ]

How isn't this mutual? [ The joke, anyway. They're both the butts, in this scenario. ]

Is this joke criticism, 'cause I'm not taking feedback.

[blitzcheer]

Sounds great! We should all just move into the stadium when it arrives!

[ Eheheheheh! But he'll give up on the act- ]

Eight, I couldn't order it! The train wouldn't let me order a stadium, like you said!

[ It's way too big!! ]