[Video] A Game? OK!

[cool_time]

[Hello Genessia! You are getting a video feed from a tall girl with large eyes and cute expression on her face!]

Well, what's all this now? Emerging from a cocoon, given money and a trinket, a network to communicate with others... What anime plot is this, this time? I thought I had all my anime references up to date.

Oh, wait, maybe this is an MMO setting. I can't keep up with those! There's like, a new one every three days... I can't keep track of that... [She says the last bit almost to herself]

But OK. This is Pipimi and I'm ready for this MMO deal. Where's the nearest guild so I can start owning every single one of you? I'll give it about... a month before I'm top level. That is, if I'm not taken somewhere else before that. Such is the nature of the Pipimi, you know? I can be here in one moment and gone in the next!

[She chuckles and waves before ending the feed.]

Comments

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[nepu]

There can only be one top level player here and I already called that spot.

[Video]

[cool_time]

Ah, an adversary!

Although, no offense, but it's hard to take you serious when I don't even know your skills, kiddo.

Care to demonstrate?

[nepu]

Name a game and I'll face you then!

[cool_time]

What an attitude! Wanting to face me right away! [She sounds truly excited!]

Very well then, since I'm new here, you're gonna have to give me the directions to the nearest arcade, so I can prove to you my superiority.

[nepu]

Ahh see now that's a problem, I'm sorta new here to so I don't know where all the arcades are.

[cool_time]

Well, then what are we waiting for? We gotta hustle and find one!

Wanna team up to look for it, or are we making this a competition as well? [She's fine with either.]

[nepu]

I think tag teaming it would be the better idea, we can save the competition for when we get to the arcade.

[cool_time]

Very well then! Where shall we meet? I just arrived, so I'm still near the place with the weird pods.

[nepu]

That works for me, though that place is kinda creepy.

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[sengokupocky]

We're in a multi-genre, multimedia crossover. The cities represent various settings, like fantasy, sci-fi and horror.

[ Her voice might sound 1/24th familiar.]

I'm Rika Yoshitake. My original genre is slice-of-life comedy.

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[cool_time]

Oh, a multi-crossover? A little unusual, but very ambitious. I like it!

And I'll say, slice of life comedy is one of the superior genres, so my hat's off to you.

... By the way, I'm pleasantly surprised to meet another self aware individual like me.

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[sengokupocky]

Yeah.

Thanks. I like that genre too, though my personal favorite is action in a historical setting. With ridiculous powers added.

Excessive media consumption tends to lead to being genre savvy.

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[cool_time]

Fufu... I'm all about consuming media, believe me. [She offers Rika a playful smile.]

Action, you say? My pal Popuko is more biased towards that, but unfortunately she isn't here. [Everyone would know if she was around, trust her.] Although, I think it is for the best I arrived first.

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[sengokupocky]

It's fun!

[ Rika grins back.]

Oh yeah. No one I know from home is around either.

Though, that might be for the best, since none of us have battle skills.

[Video]

[cool_time]

Hm? Battle skills? Are they important here? [She's curious. She was going out on a limb by assuming this place was a game, but maybe... Maybe the stakes are higher than she first thought.]

[Video]

[sengokupocky]

They might be needed for bounties, or if a monster attack happens.

I haven't faced any real danger yet, but I've noticed most of the people waking up in pods are used to fighting.

[ She's spent some time in the library and the GSRF.]