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[recrowns]

Hak! There's some games to play that I thought you would find fun. They're meant to simulate fighting, but there's also some marksmanship games...

[ hak and soo-won play a co-op shooter? that sounds terribly overpowered even though they're fighting(?) ]

One of them injured me a bit, but I think it was a fluke.

[ is this way of keeping his word that he'd tell hak if something happened? yes. ]

[handfast]

[ are they fighting? are they on okay terms? (you voice:)


but, well, hak picks up anyway, because they had promised each other. and the content itself is harmless enough, right up until he gets to the very last bit. his brow furrows. ]

Injured? How?

[ he will give his own self-report in a bit.... ]

[recrowns]

I was playing a game of chess and then one of the pieces stabbed me... well, fair enough, I suppose...

[ hak knows how brutally soo-won plays chess ]

[handfast]

[ the fuck kinda game is this ]

And you want us to go play them.

[recrowns]

It was fun before that! And I was told that's abnormal for games, so maybe I was just a little haunted.

[ tehe ]

[handfast]

[ DON'T JUST TEHE YOUR WAY THROUGH THIS ]

...Fine.

[ they can play creepy games that try to kill you. he will start heading over. ]

Have you been to the [ what's it called again, eh it doesn't matter ] diner yet?

[recrowns]

[ also starts to head over! the background behind him is moving... ]

I took a peak, but I haven't eaten yet.

[ he hasn't eaten anything yet because he doesn't have to and he thinks that's interesting ]

[handfast]

[ oh good! ]

Don't eat anything there. The food makes you do strange things.

[ technically it was just the one food but better safe than sorry. ]

[recrowns]

[ immediately glances back down at the compact, curious ]

What did you do?

[handfast]

[ immediately: ]

I didn't do anything.

[ we will not speak of his temporary obsession with a seven year old. ]

Some guy did try to eat me though.

[recrowns]

[ ???? ]

Eh? Are you alright?

[ like what do you do with the knowledge that someone tried to cannibalize your ex(?) best friend(?) ]

[handfast]

Yeah. Got beat up a little but he helped bandage me up.

[ so don't worry about it! they (he and hien) are back to being on good terms now, haha yay :) ]

If we aren't already dead, this place really wants us to be.

[recrowns]

Oh, definitely.

[ amused, because his arcade game definitely would've killed him if it wasn't some horrible illusion ]

The Thunder Beast of Kouka was beaten up... Wow...

[ stop teasing him ]

[handfast]

[ okay first of all: ]

I didn't get beaten up. [ they just scrapped a little!!! second of all: ] And it's not going to happen again.

[ famous last words. ]

[recrowns]

It's impressive that it happened at all... Should I tell Lord Mun-deok...?

[ that his beloved grandson was beat up!!

but he's clearly teasing. brat. ]

[handfast]

[






hangs up ]

[handfast]

[ anyway! the arcade!! which one of these wacky machines is soo-won standing in front of.... ]

[recrowns]

[ it's okay hak will probably be able to hear his laughter at this point, bright and amused. he's standing in front of the co-op shooting game because it's the most novel of them all...

like the fighting games are interesting sure but they're less interesting when like. hak can do all those cool moves in real life...

but he's never been given a gun before so ]

Hak! Over here!

[handfast]

[ i felt so many different emotions reading this tag but mostly i can't believe you gave soo-won a gun

but hak will amble over and pick up the second one, turning it over in his hands. ]

What's this?

[recrowns]

Based on what the gameplay says, it's a gun. Or a plasma shooter. I think it depends on the booth.

[ they're not in space for this particular arcade game, so it is a gun! this one is zombies. soo-won hits start without even giving hak a second. the tutorial stage will begin in three seconds ]

You point and pull the trigger—it's like a rapid arrow!

[ wowwww ]

[handfast]

[ wowowow his education...first anime and now plasma shooters. what will he learn next?

the ability to think fast apparently as zombies start popping up on the screen and shambling towards them. hak lifts the gun, presses the trigger. the zombie explodes in retro blood and guts.

huh. kind of like aiming a bow, almost. ]

This isn't that bad.

[ they're only on the tutorial level. ]

[recrowns]

Isn't it fun?

[ sorry his eyes are still sparkling, already delighted at how quickly hak was able to figure out the aim. it's the tutorial level, but having a game like this just around to play? it's incredible. ]

A way to practice hand-eye coordination even before you build the strength to draw a bow—and moving targets that don't require hunting birds.

[ he lifts his own gun and shoots another zombie! pew pew! ]

I think the numbers on the screen provide feedback on performance.

[ sorry he's a nerd about this but also this will probably turn into a stupid competition once he's done ]

[handfast]

[ he's mulling it over in his own head, idly nodding along to soo-won's words. ]

Would have been nice to have these to practice with.

[ stop turning fun things into work....although the play guns aren't anywhere near actual weapons. still, it's intriguing enough on its own that he keeps playing. pew pew go their guns as the zombies spawn and approach.

though he seems distracted, glancing over his shoulder every so often. ]

[recrowns]

[ pew pew pew!! soo-won notices, because of course he does. it's why he'll shoot a zombie on hak's side of the screen while he glances over his shoulder, tilting his head ]

Hak?

What is it?

[handfast]

[ hak shakes his head a little. ]

Nothing.

[ he will diligently resume shooting the zombies on his side, though it's not long before he's glancing around again.....and then sidling a little closer to soo-won. maybe that will solve things.... ]