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 Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:22 pm
Ford squeezed the trigger of his bulky red plastic gun and was delighted as a digital dinosaur screeched and died. He had played video games before, but never any with a 'real' gun. It was actually quite fun.
The game he was playing - Triassic Frenzy - took place on an island that had been infested with everything from T-rexes to giant frogs, and it was his job to... shoot them. Sadly, it was midday at the mall and there was no one around to help. Player 2's blue gun sat unused on the seat next to him.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:33 pm
Aludra was not a happy child. Not. One. Bit. Especially given he was a child now. His entire family was paying attention to him, buying him things, buying him clothes, saying something about 'birthday' and making him his favourite foods and cakes and all that other stuff. His tail swished back and forth angrily. Sure, he loved getting stuff. However, most of the stuff he was getting, he didn't even want. Stupid Noah and his-
Aludra perked at the odd, familiar ringing sound of an arcade. He looked up at his father, who was trying to juggle tons of bags, then to his sister, standing on his other side. "Arcade?" he questioned, pointing toward the little room-thing. "'Dhara can watch Noah," he said with a firm nod, his sister giggling a bit, before giving him a five-dollar bill and nodding, causing the child to practically trip on his way to the dark, machine-lit room, green eyes practically glowing in excitement.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:50 pm
Ford continued to bang bang bang at the screen, compies swiping and allosaurs stomping every step of the way, until eventually he ran out of life. He picked up a quarter from where a row of them were propped on the machine in front of him, but just as he was about to drop it in the slot and continue his game, he noticed movement in his peripheral vision. There was another child entering the near-empty arcade! He couldn't tell whether it was male or female in the dark, but whichever it was, maybe it wanted to play with him. Ford spent so long squinting at the other child that he didn't even notice his continue clock had run down. Dinosaurs shrieked, and a robotic voice shouted TRIASSIC FRENZZZYYYY as the game's demo began looping once more.
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:12 pm
Aludra scanned the room for one of the machines that spat out quarters, at first not noticing the other boy in the room, instead heading to where he found said machine, a soft smile on his face. He inserted the bill into the machine, and at almost the exact same time was when the game no more than two spaces away from him screamed rather abruptly, tri-coloured eyes going wide as the Humility child took a step back to scan the room quickly, hackles raised.
His eyes landed on the other boy rather quickly, and he perked up a bit, tail starting to swish back and forth slowly, interested in the other, but stuck to where he was while the coin machine was spitting out quarters. Once that was finished, which felt as though it had taken ages, he fished out what he could, stuffed the pockets of his green pants full of quarters, and walked over to the other boy, waving briefly with a bit of a smile on his face.
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:57 am
"Hi," Ford said quietly, taking initiative for once. Maybe there was hope for the child after all. He gathered his own quarters and stood, moving out of the way of the game in case the other boy wanted to play. Ford was done with dinosaurs for the moment, but there were plenty of games left that still interested him. "D'you want to play this?" he asked, cocking a clawed thumb over his shoulder at Triassic Frenzy.
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:59 pm
Aludra smiled a bit at the offer, glancing over at the game that the other boy was offering up, wincing just slightly with each bang of the gun, the tip of his tail twitching uncomfortably. No, he didn't think that he really liked shooting games, did he? Well, had he ever...?
"Is fine; can play if want," he said with a brief nod of his head, voice surprisingly quiet, which was a contrast to what it used to be like. His fingers tensed rhythmically around the halo that seemed to glow slightly, though all it really was -as far as he knew- was a metal band. He glanced at the other boy curiously, gesturing to the games around them, though there weren't all that many. "Can play together, maybe?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:16 am
Ford nodded with a small smile. It appeared this other boy was even quieter than he was! "I think they've got Pac-Man," he offered, nodding toward the arcade case a few feet away. Ford hadn't really noticed Aludra's winces in the dim arcade, but he had managed to register that the spawn was uncomfortable with shooting dinosaurs. Maybe eating circles and ghosts would be more his speed.
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:45 am
"Pac-Man..." he mumbled to himself, turning toward the place where Ford was gesturing, wagging his tail and approaching it curiously, tipping his head to the side a bit. He laughed to himself, smiling at the other and pointing toward the game screen with interest. "How does play?" he asked, laughing a bit more, amused at his lack of knowledge.
"'Ludra's sorry; s'dad doesn't have a lot of games or things," the boy said with a sheepish smile. Though, really, the game looked easy enough. It was nothing more than a joystick, a coin slot, and a start button. He could probably figure it out, but an explanation beforehand would definitely be a nice touch.
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