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[earthshards]

Characters: Terra (earthshards) and you!
Setting: Media Floor (floor 14)
Format: I'll start [Action], but I'll match.
Summary: Terra's back in the Tower, and it seems like he missed something big. He also looked at a calendar, and tried not to laugh. Or feel old.
Warnings: Beyond a lame Assassin's Creed rip-off? Um...


[Media Floor, Part 1 - Closed to OU!Riku]

[It was a little disorienting to be back in the Tower of Animus, especially since something had clearly happened while he was away. The tension in the air was almost thick enough that he could cut it with a knife, and it was hard to ignore the presence of more drones around the tower.

So, it was after writing a quick note to the oldest of the Riku's (and he really needed to figure out a way to keep track of them--how many with that face were there now?), he traveled down to the media floor, picked a spot...

...and waited for his primary student to arrive.]


[Media Floor, Part 2 - Open, post meeting with Riku]

[One look at the calendar had stunned the Keyblade Master and made his heart sink in one swoop. April 24th. What's a now 20/32-year old to do on their birthday when they don't plan on announcing it or make any kind of fuss about such an event?

Obviously, not something like beating up monsters or training. Terra does enough of that without any prompting. Instead, since he is on the media floor, he'll be taking advantage of the selection of video games. He hadn't played anything like these growing up, and he almost feels like he's making up for lost time playing one now. One in particular--Mercenary's Law--stands out, and after a few minutes of playing, he quickly finds himself enjoying it.

The fact that it's giving him some ideas with fighting/movement/sneaking around is just a bonus, really.]

Comments

[bloodredandblack]

[She steps aside but is still looking at the TV warily. Looks like something Rinnosuke would have in his house that he'd refuse to sell but still...]

Why don't you just fly away? Wouldn't that be better than jumping on roofs?

[earthshards]

[... going to go with 'amused' now as a grin forms.] Because you can't; the character doesn't have any special powers.

[Kind of makes it more challenging, in a way. Picking an escape route now as more nimble guards give chase and others try to line up a shot with crossbows.

Hiding spot-- no, need to break line of sight-- ah-hah!

He makes the character on the screen dive off the roof and into a haystack on the streets below, and waits for the all-clear.]

[bloodredandblack]

What's the point to this? I mean, it's lame to not have special powers but it happens.

[And the waiting. The waiting.]

I'm trying to understand why you're not fighting them all and, instead, hiding like you're scared.

[earthshards]

[Given that the all-clear has just been given, the character on the screen climbs out of the haystack and proceeds to blend in with a passing group of about four or five people.

Meanwhile, Terra looks a little thoughtful.] Mission objectives have to be carried out in a certain way. Sometimes, it's to gather information or assassinate a target. In this case, I had to escape from the guards or at least get them to stop chasing me.

[As for the point, well...] This game isn't one where you're supposed to beat up everything hostile in sight. You're given the name of a target, but not where they are or where they frequent. So you have to gather the information, but be subtle about it. Listen in on conversations, steal letters, tail people. When you finally reach the target, you have to kill them without revealing yourself until after the deed is done.

[Patience, stealth, an eye for detail and observation, and all without harming anyone besides the intended victim. It's... interesting.]

[bloodredandblack]

[She tries to see herself doing that for real and it sounds like it'd annoy the heck out of her. Then again, she's the type to do exactly what she wants and kick the butt of everyone that's in her way.]

Does it have vampires?

[earthshards]

[Well. They're of like minds in that regard. Mostly.

That just earned you a quiet laugh, Reimu.] I haven't seen any yet, but I'll keep an eye out.

[He doubts it; he hasn't seen anything supernatural about this game.]

[bloodredandblack]

Eh.

[Vampires were her current infatuation, sadly. Mostly so she could fight them.]

There's gotta be one of these things around here with vampires.

[By things, she means games.]

[earthshards]

[Another, quieter laugh. Yep. Still amused.] I'm sure there's something. I saw a few with zombies in them, but this looked a little more ... enlightening.

[Because sometimes, sneaking is good. Boring, but good.]

[bloodredandblack]

Zombies are undead so they count too.

[But the important question.]

Where did you find these things?

[earthshards]

Over there. [He points over to a set of shelves not too far off, where there's a decent selection of video games for a small number of consoles.]

Take your pick. I'm sure you'll find something interesting.

[And there's more than enough TVs and game consoles in the room that they can play their own game choices.]