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I know there's still a lot of work we need to do to repair Oska, but we need to take breaks too, right?

I have an Xbox so I thought maybe it might be fun to have a games night. I only have 2 games and CoD is probably the wrong tone after we had a big fight already, but I have Quiplash which is way lighter.

Basically it generates a question or part statement and you have to answer it or fill in the blanks with the funniest answer. Kind of like Cards Against Humanity, but you write your own answers and everybody votes instead of taking it in turns. You can just watch if you don't feel like playing so it's a really good group game.

Would anyone be interested in like a night where we did that?

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VOICE | un: steelsamayarai

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( it's cute if anyone thought he was done being evasive with his own name. nope. or Maya sounds way more dude like these days. )

Man, an Xbox? Talk about a blast from the past. The past of a year ago, meaning, since I haven't seen one since I was home.

I was always a PlayStation person ( bc Sony owned the rights ) but I would play. I know someone else that would play, too.

[catphishing]

Oh, thank god. I thought you were going to say a blast from the past of your childhood.

Before holo tech took over everything and left Xbox in the dust.

[This is a huge relief to him, okay?]

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( he manages a laugh at that one. )

Sony does have some awesome VR prototypes ( please get off of your brand Parker ) but no, Xbox was still a thing for me. I get the feeling, though.

[catphishing]

Sony needs to work faster so this stuff is standard before I get old.

[He might be homesick for the nerd pleasures of his time, but VR is really cool. He's never going to think otherwise.]

You think you'd be into an Xbox night or is that too close to betraying Sony? 😉

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We will get there, though after we've seen all the tech here it might be hard to impress us anymore.

And my playstation probably won't know, I think I can manage gaming on an xbox for one night. Can I bring a friend?

[catphishing]

Maybe. I like to think it hasn't ruined me for 21st century progression.

Bring anyone you want to. The more the merrier.

[webdesigned]

I hope not. There's a good chance our tech won't ever resemble what was generated in worlds with so little resemblance to our own. We can't compare to chemicals and capacities and even realities that generated this kind of technology, we'll have to make something of what we have available to us.

( getting a little theoretical physics there, Parker... calm down. )

Great, thanks. She's trying to learn more about tech stuff, this should be good practice.

[catphishing]

That's true. Some of this stuff makes so little sense and I don't think it's just a matter of progression. You know, it'd be pretty cool to see what Earth looks like in the future because I can't imagine it being like Oska or Perdition's Rest at all.

This is pretty basic stuff, so hopefully it will be a good place to start.

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I think there's some amazing progress in our future, there's already groundwork for it, it'll just be on a different spectrum from worlds nothing like ours. At least, that'd be my guess.

She's... well, I think she can handle it. ( such a vote of confidence )

Jesus, why did I switch back from voice... I'm gonna blame phone tags.

[catphishing]

That sounds about right. I'm trying to look more into how the tech they have in Oska works, but I think it's going to take time for me to really understand it.

[Oliver laughs.]

We'll see.

whOOP u are fine we've all done it before... <3

[webdesigned]

I tried to catch up in the magitekkery, but uh... since Latin is not my strong suit, I'm not sure how far I'm gonna get on that.

We will. I believe in her, she just... might need a few tries to get used to it, is all.

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What year was it before you came here?

[He can make a reasonable guess, but... these consoles have still been around a while.]

Hey, if nothing else she still has a good shot at being funnier than I am. That's really all Quiplash needs.

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2015. It's weird that is the middle of the pack chronologically around here.

( there are some from much farther in the future and way further in the past... Audentes is a timewarp in and of itself. )

I'm looking forward to it. I haven't played a dumb video game in a really long time. Well, I went to an arcade once in Woodhurst, but I'm saying that only barely counts.

[catphishing]

Oh, hey. Snap. It's weird how exciting it is to meet someone from the same year now.

[It isn't something he ever figured he'd be this happy to hear.]

You only went to an arcade once in Woodhurst?

[Not that Oliver went much either, but he worked in a store that sold video games. He had it pretty good already.]

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Seriously? Another hailing from the year of our lord, 2k15? Wow, you might even understand some of my references. Let me tell you, it's hard having all my pop culture knowledge go to waste.

( it's hard to even tell if he's joking on that one. so many swings and misses as far as trying to be funny goes... )

Yeah, just the once. Then stuff got bad and I was busy working on the cure. Trying to, anyway. ( Peter still doesn't take any credit for the success, thanks to the fact his infection ran away with him before they could actually cross the finish line. )

[catphishing]

I get it. I have that problem even in 2015.

[That's not a joke even if he's saying it as though it is one. Why don't old period dramas have a bigger fandom?]

It's too bad it didn't stay good for longer, huh?

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Yeah. Or, too bad we didn't manage the cure faster.

( that'll weigh on his conscience until the end of time, no doubt, though the fact they made a cure at all was pretty commendable. )

[catphishing]

We did everything we could. I actually think we did a pretty good job finding it.

[He hadn't been involved in that part himself, but he likes to think he contributed in other ways.]

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( a sigh. his playful attitude seems to have disappeared. funny how that works... )

They found it, yeah. It's important not to forget that.

[catphishing]

We all did.

I bet you helped in other ways, right?

[webdesigned]

Not enough, if you ask me.

( he sighs. what he has to say next is clearly changing the subject, but... he sort of has to. )

This sounds fun, though. I guess I'll see you there.

[catphishing]

[There's not much he can say to that. They did what they could, but there were definitely people who suffered.]

Yeah. See you there.