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[The video opens with very excited Quatre, quite clearly trying to keep from bouncing excitedly]

Fellow passengers of the train, good morning! I made a request for an item and I wasn't actually sure if I'd get it or what it would be if I did, but...

[And he shows off what arrived for him... which just basically looks like a large box]

It is mobile suit cockpit simulator! So it's like piloting a mobile suit without actually piloting one!

[He very briefly showed off the inside of it, which looked like a cockpit]

Once I get it to the games carriage, I'm going to take a look at the options already programmed and add as many as I remember. It'll be available for anyone to try out. Also if you have one that would be piloted like that, I can try to add yours.

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Quatre can either be found in the luggage carriage, trying to figure out to move this very large object... or he can be found in the games carriage once it has been moved, checking what has already been programmed into the system.

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Oh, sorry about that. So a mobile suit is essentially a giant suit of armor. Because of how big they are, one needs to learn how to control them. This thing allows one to practice before actually trying to control a real one.

[Hopefully that is better?]

[ He slowly nods. Okay, okay, a suit of armor. He can understand that. Some of his friends wear big armor suits!

But.. ]

How big are they that you need to know how to control them? I mean, isn't armor just like wearing clothes, except stronger than those? [ Quatre, bro, how much armor are you wearing! ]

Hmmm... [Quatre considered that for a moment, trying to think of a good reference for Inigo. He could tell him the exact specs, but that would mean absolutely nothing to him]

Some I would say... probably as big as the train carriages in height.

That's.. well, I guess that's not really high..

[ It's not like the train carriages are super huge, after all. Especially not to the boy who is very much used to castles and open spaces. It'd make these train carriages near-claustrophobic in size. ]

But that's still entirely too high for any suit of armour! How would you even see over it?!

They varied. Some were taller than others, depending on their function. Sandrock was greater than ten times my height.

Maybe I should show you what some of them actually looked like and how they were controlled. This thing should have diagrams of the suits already loaded in it.

.. so I can see it if I just come over to you right now?

[ Maybe that is the better option here, Inigo thinks. After all, he sure isn't going to be able to wrap his mind around this entire concept just by standing here and imagining things, since he can only feel himself getting more and more confused as he does that.. ]

[Quatre nodded]

The simulator should be able to show us what they look like before starting so you can get an idea of where the pilot sits and the size of them.

[If the simulator didn't, the pilot would have no idea if there was some part of the suit they'd have to be careful about]

Alright, then I'll come over.

[ Since Inigo is pretty sure - at this point - that he's never going to be properly able to understand it if Quatre tries to put it in words. So maybe coming to see it for himself is the best possible alternative here. ]

Are you still there? In that case I'll come right away.

Yeah, I'm getting it moved over to the Games Carriage so if you want to meet me there. I can show you what I'm talking about.

[ Sure, sure, Inigo is coming over! It's not like it's hard to get around the train nowadays thanks to the transgates, so it doesn't take too long at all for him to show up in the game carriage, raising a hand in greeting if he spots Quatre. ]

Here I am, as promised.

[Quatre raised a hand in greeting as well]

Hey, thanks for coming. How have you been?

[As polite as always before showing off the new toy]

So, this is the simulator that I was talking about. Did you want to get in it and I can show you the different options that it has or, I can adjusts one of the screens so it easier to see.

Uh..

[ Look at Inigo, expertly dodging that question about how he's been - because the answer to it isn't great, and so he'd rather not talk about it, not wanting to drag Quatre down with him.

But that's easily covered up by the fact that Inigo looks completely confused already in the face of what he's seeing here. It's genuine confusion, too, not just something he's faking to not have to answer the question. He's never seen anything quite like this before. ]

I didn't think I would have to get in right away.. [ That feels a little wild to the poor guy. ] It's not dangerous, is it?

[ Please, Inigo, it's just a simulation.

But then again, it's not like a medieval guy like Inigo can really.. grasp.. the very concept of a simulation in the first place, huh. ]

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