VIDEO Track 001

[sweetdreamsare]

[ It took Peter a while to figure out the whole smartphone thing. To be fair though for him 'a while' was like... five minutes. Maybe six. Oh he still hadn't figured out EVERYTHING yet, but like the basics? Totally down. He had to fight the urge to try and take it apart and put it back together again. He had a feeling it was waaaay more complicated then the walkmans and arcade cabinets he pulled apart and tweaked. ]

This thing is so awesome... Like something outta a scifi flick or something...

[ There's a guy with a silver mullet and motorcycle goggles perched on his head on the screen. No really. Dude looks like he walked right outta the 80s. He pretty much did too. There's also an odd high pitched buzzing noise in the background. Technically it was music. A mix of Queen, David Bowie, Rush, and Pink Floyd. Not that most would notice. It was being plaid at like... several hundred times the normal speed. Luckily Peter notices he left his walkman on and he flips it off after a couple seconds. ]

Anyway, hey. Name's Peter Maximoff and it's come to my attention that it is the year 2016. Last I checked it was 1983.  That means I'm missing out on 33 years worth of music and that's a damn tragedy. [Clearly that's his most important issue here now. ] So y'know. I need recs from all you future people! What's good? What sucks? I'm not too picky about genre but I gotta have music or I'll probably go crazy.

[ OK so really he's still worrying about his mom and his sisters and the kids at the Prof's school and other family issues that he just really doesn't wanna think about daddy issues don't ask. So to keep his mind off things he's just gonna think about music and stuff because running more laps around the city really isn't helping him much. ]

Oh! And video games. There's gotta be like at least a dozen new versions of the Atari and ColecoVision by now, right?

Comments

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[huntergames]

I don't know a lot about video games, but they have fun ones at the arcades! You can even play ones on small devices, like phones or uh, "handheld" ones!

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[sweetdreamsare]

Handhelds? Y'mean like Game and Watch?

[ Cause while it's an awesome idea they're kinda... lame. ]

[huntergames]

A Game and Watch...?

[ She's not familiar with the name clearly. Girl's from a period where they still uses horses, sadly. ]

[sweetdreamsare]

Hand hold game thingy, plays a game but it's kinda lame because it's all these predetermined picture things that pop up on the screen and they're totally not a real actual video game but they're sold as one. Portable though so you can play it on the go so I guess there's that.

[ So sorry... even someone who's game savvy'll probably have a hard time following that. Especially with how quickly he tends to talk. ]

[huntergames]

That doesn't sound so fun... the ones here are very uh, what's the word? Interactive! There's a bunch of levels and they get harder as you progress, but it's really fun!

[sweetdreamsare]

See that's the kind I'm talking about! Got any favs?

[ Sadly he remains blissfully unaware about the whole horse technology thing. ]

[huntergames]

There's two of them I have! One is this bounty hunter in space and then there's this other one which has this really cute pink monster who gains the powers of people he sucks up.

Don't worry, it's not gross or anything!

[sweetdreamsare]

They both sound awesome! I'll defintely give 'em a try. Bounty hunter and bubblegum crusader. I wonder if the one I've been playing has a million sequels by now? It's with this little round yellow dude who eats everything and runs away from ghosts.

[huntergames]

Ooh, I've played that one! Pac-man, yes? The ghosts always get me...

[sweetdreamsare]

You just gotta know their personalities, once you do that avoiding 'em is easy.

You played Ms Pac-man too? It's even better then the original! More levels and the mazes are set up way better.

[huntergames]

A Ms. Pac-man? Really? I never knew that!

[sweetdreamsare]

Yeah! It's pretty much the same as regular Pac-man 'cept she's got a big red bow. And harder levels.

[huntergames]

Maybe they have her game at the arcade... we should look for it!

[sweetdreamsare]

There's an arcade around? Where? Let's go!

[huntergames]

There's one in Heropa, which is where I live. Where are you?

[sweetdreamsare]

Heropa too!

[ Though with him it honestly doesn't matter where she's at. Going places never takes long. ]

[huntergames]

[ Speedster meet teleporter. ]

It's on [ street name here ]

You can't miss it since it has one of the more brighter lights at the windows.

[sweetdreamsare]

[ Oh hey! He knows one of those. You're less blue though. ]

Meet ya there?

would you like to action or log this?

[huntergames]

Yes, I will be there!

action is fine... which I'll switch to now.

[sweetdreamsare]

[ It's not too hard to find the arcade. Hard to miss actually. And now he's staring at the front doors practically bouncing on his heels. How long was he going to have to wait? He didn't think this through... maybe he should have asked for her address and just gone to pick her up? He can't just go in alone when he's meeting someone! ]

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[huntergames]

[ Luckily it doesn't take her too long to show up, though her perception of time is the same as every other non-speedster's.

However, she does make an interesting arrival; out of thin air a young eighteen year old emerges, landing quite solidly on the sidewalk outside the arcade. She looks quite pleased with herself, though the smile falters when she sees Peter's already waiting at the front doors. ]

You're here already? Wow, you really know the layout of this town well, don't you?

action

[sweetdreamsare]

Oh cool!

[ That IS a nice entry. Teleporters are so neat. ]

Nah... Asked someone the general direction of the street you gave me and I ran around the block a few times 'til I found it.

action

[huntergames]

You ran the whole time?

[ He doesn't look (or smell) sweaty and certainly not out of breath. She's impressed. ]

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[sweetdreamsare]

[ Thank GOD he doesn't really sweat all that much. Oh man he'd be so gross like all the time. ]

For the most part, yeah!

[ There was also a bit of dorky fast dancing thrown in when he got to a bit of song he REALLY liked. ]

action

[huntergames]

Wow... you must be very fit.

[ She's also clearly fit herself, although she has put on some weight in her thighs and her shoulders and hips are broader than when she first arrived. ]

Teleporting makes things easier.