Invidia Arrival Log

[cancrymods]

INVIDIA

With the Executors now victorious over the first layer of Purgatory, the only way for them to go is further down. Thanks to the combined efforts of Kingslayer, Ariel and Mona, a path forward has been opened that leads down to the next layer of Purgatory. Rei looks ill at ease about this. If asked, she'll brush off the concern a bit, explaining that she's never gone this far down into Purgatory before and she doesn't know what lays ahead. It might be even more dangerous than the Underside. She's just glad they're all heading down together. So, once everyone's collected themselves... head down they to to the next layer of Purgatory... Welcome to Invidia. Congratulations on unlocking your first major location change in Can Cry! Feel free to use this arrival log to chronicle your initial misadventures in the city of Invidia. Investigation is strongly encouraged here as from here on out, plot progression will moved along by player involvement. If you want to unlock the next Underside, get investigating! All investigations that require mod oversight should be tagged with INVESTIGATION REQUEST in the subject line. Get out there and have fun!

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DDR + arcade investigation

[schardynfreude]

[Oh...my, Chiron/Viatorem/His Majesty/hey you has some of the vaguest familiarity with the concept of an arcade, it seems. It's overwhelming for the lights and sounds, but no more than the city itself, in a way. And there are things to play.

First thing's first: do they need money/some form of payment in order to work?

And once that's figured out, it's game time. He passes over most of the shooters and fighters so like most of the arcade then but some of the others catch his fancy. And the luck or skill based games, lord, those are dangerous. He's going to try his hand at several crane games--what sort of prizes are there in them, anyway?

He's subconsciously bopping along to a beat with whatever things he's managed to win/whatever gachas he's snagged along the way until he turns and there. There it is. DDR in all it's bright and musical glory.

It takes him several rounds of practice, but he gets the hang of the idea, at any rate, and finds it quite entertaining. And there's room for two players! Come play with him. Else he's going to take over both pads and cheat by doing a slight warp between them. Catch him trying to jam to Captain Jack, 1,2,3,4,007, or gods help him, attempting a PARANOiA number.]

Heck ye DDR time

[mementomoritz]

Oh, this is fun! [Having observed her fellow Executor for a few moments, and then applied the principles of experimental testing in order to apply her newfound knowledge, Medic has figured out the DDR machines and cheerfully installed herself on the next pad over without any thought for possible warping hazards.]

[Some rapid chirpy chiptune comes on, and she immediately begins bouncing along with the boundless energy of the young and dead, sneakers squeaking on the plastic squares.]

Hey, I think there's a two-player mode... [Oh no. She's found the PvP options.]

[schardynfreude]

Oh-! [He about trips on his own two feet when she steps up on the pad beside him. It's fine if he messes up, it's not like it eats quarters. He gives a laugh, pushing back his hair and letting her pick up the battle mode.]

Oh ho, care to test your skills against mine, hm? I warn you now, my feet are fleet and my legs long. [If she's been watching for a bit, well, he can at least keep rhythm well enough, but he's literally only just picked the game up.]

[mementomoritz]

You do have a noticeably high leg-to-torso ratio. [Medic agrees cheerfully, with apparently no indication that already knowing the body measurements of her fellow Executors from observation might be considered odd. What kind of scrub can't size up a femur on sight?]

But I have the power of mad science and cute sneakers on my side! [She pumps her fists, looking adorably earnest and determined.] Let's do our best!

[schardynfreude]

[Honestly that rates so low on the list of Weird Shit Medic's Said that it doesn't even really register as weird.]

You're quite right, those sneakers are cute and thus formidable. [He gives a slight but dramatically polite bow.] I will let the lady choose first.

[mementomoritz]

Hm-mmm... [Medic looks thoughtfully over the list, and taps a song, smiling innocently.] How about this one?

[The loading screen starts up, and she shifts back into place. Hopefully she hasn't just doomed them both...]

[schardynfreude]

[Depends on if it's challenge or not!!! But also. Aha. Ahahaaaa, he's not quite good enough to deal with this one. Just yet. He gives it an honest go, gripping on the bar behind him, but it's clear it's too fast for him, and he just ends up laughing at himself once he's lost.]

Goodness, that one's a touch too difficult, I think.

cw for ignoring personal injury

[mementomoritz]

[Medic's laughing and panting a little at the same time, clearly out of breath.] Oh wow, this is really good for practice- I could barely heal myself fast enough there! [...wait what.]

I wonder how people who can't just fix their ankles do it? [MEDIC.]

[schardynfreude]

Ha, I don't think they--wait. Pardon? Why did you need to heal yourself...?

[mementomoritz]

For the joint injuries! [She tilts her head, indicating her left knee- it's visibly swollen, but is already healing back to normal so quickly you can watch it happen with the naked eye.]

Most people can only move so fast because they have to worry about landing with too much force, right? [She gestures cheerily as she talks, illustrating her points with her hands.] Anyone can throw themselves at something as fast as they possibly can once, but your bones and tendons sure have some things to say about it if you try it a second time!

So if you keep healing yourself, you can keep going "as fast as you possibly can", and not have to slow down to "as fast as you can go without hurting yourself". You're starting fresh every time!

[...Wait, did she forget to mention she's cracked self-healing? Because she's figured out how to do that now. ...that's probably what she should have mentioned first.]

[cancrymods]

[ They do not! You can just sort of yeet yourself up to the machine and get going.

As an aside though – apart from the games themselves, is Ya Boy paying any attention to the arcade at large? ]

[schardynfreude]

[I would say he is Alert and taking a general gander around. It's...big and there is a lot and it's curious!]

[cancrymods]

[ In that case, he probably won't miss the sight of the lone butterfly Specter perched on the controls of one of the games. Its wings look as though they've been torn, with great gaping holes in both of them, and it's quivering a little. ]

[schardynfreude]

[Probably wouldn't miss it for how...quite out of place the poor thing seems among the chaos. He pauses--freezes, really--before cautiously creeping up to it so as to not spook it. Holds his hand out carefully.]

You seem far from home, little one.

[cancrymods]

[ It chimes twice, weakly,and flutters its wings a bit. It doesn't seem to have the strength to flutter over to him. ]

[schardynfreude]

Dear me... [Okay, time to gently!!! scoop up a flutterfriend!!!] I'm afraid I don't know quite what I can do for you.

[cancrymods]

[ When he picks up his new pal fluttershyfriend, an image flashes briefly across his vision, blocked out in broad strokes of white and gold. Two figures stood comfortably shoulder to shoulder and looking out across a fall of quite some height.

It lasts for a fraction of a second before passing. The Specter chimes softly. ]

[schardynfreude]

[It's just enough to make him briefly dizzy, as though it's a new memory worming its way in. Or it's the height. Ah?]

...That was you, was it not? Do you have a friend about somewhere, hm? Or shall we get higher? There is a roof to this place...

DDR AT LAST

[phantasmagorial]

... I'm pretty sure you're only supposed to use one pad at a time.

[ She's just been stood back and watching this happen because what else even s there to SAY. ]

[schardynfreude]

Oh, perhaps, but I also think there is meant to be a version where one person can use both. [Look his leggies LONG okay.]

But I think it would be far more fun to do it with a partner. Can you keep a beat?

[phantasmagorial]

... You know, I actually have no idea. I've never played a game like this before...

[ She eyes the entire... everything of the machine dubiously. ]

You just have to hit the arrows in time with the music, right?

[schardynfreude]

Quite right. There's an easy mode, I've come to learn, so I would hardly throw you into the deep end.

[phantasmagorial]

Right.

[ There's just a hint of "sure, Jan" energy to her answer there, but she steps up onto the second gamepad anyway. ]

I guess the only way I'll learn is by giving it a try...

[schardynfreude]

You don't have to, you know. No game is made for everyone. [But, now she's here! And he will absolutely put Butterfly on beginner because he's not yet a monster.]

[phantasmagorial]

[ And Rei proceeds to miss like the first five notes because she's so worked up about Getting It Right that she forgets to, you know, move her feet. But once she gets into the swing of things she's actually... surprisingly good? ]

Oh...! This isn't as hard as I thought...