lullabytes | first game; VIDEO. action for new bark i guess but who is even in new bark right now?

[ It takes her no time at all to figure out how to work the gear. Nanami is good with electronics, especially the handheld sort that hold games on them (and she did look at the games that came preloaded first off, and then wasted some of her starter cash on one or two of the others...) so it was easy.

...Except that after she finished playing around with that, Nanami spent several days trying to play the game. As in "Pokémon". She eventually gives this up, but it admittedly takes a while. After turning on the video function, she pauses. Takes a moment to collect her thoughts. This is accomplished by staring off into space before refocusing. ]

...Hello. My name is Nanami Chiaki. I’m a Super High-school Level Gamer. ...I'm pretty good with all genres.

[ That's the unimportant stuff. Moving on to the stuff that actually matters: ]

...Although this is certainly "Pokémon", it's a sequel or something, right? New locations, new creatures...even so, there are so many differences compared to that game, aren't there? Almost too many...

[ She puffs out her cheeks, a silent pout, before continuing past her pause. ]

...I started out with a partner already, without having to visit the Professor. There was no point where I was supposed to choose my partner...or my gender, or name, although I don't mind that. ...While I like Munna, that's a little weird, isn't it? And even if the plot is different in this game, which is normal...

I haven't been able to trigger any quests so far, you know? Or tutorials. ...Maybe that ferry to Kanto would be the right choice, but couldn't that be a case of skipping ahead to the boss area without being properly leveled? That I haven't even had a rival encounter, isn't that worrying?

[ Nanami falls silent for a second before her main concern comes out, said more quietly than the rest, though she hadn't been speaking loudly to start with. ]

...It's not working properly.

[ That's...that's apparently all she wanted to bring up...? Trapped in the world of Pokémon, her main concern is apparently that the game is wrong. Where are the quests she knows she ought to be having, or the characters she ought to be meeting? Perhaps it's best to leave her to it...Ah, no, wait. It appears she has a bit more to say. ]

...If there's a new sequence to trigger the main quest, I'd like to know that, please. I'll keep trying to find it in the meantime. ...Ah, it's hard to trigger secret codes if you're in the game itself, isn't it...? At least, the normal codes are a no-go. I'll have to think of something else.

[ ...never mind, this is absolutely the time to leave her to her thoughts. Nanami ends the video after another pause, undoubtedly going off to try to "start" her game once again. ]

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[ And now she is also her DESTINED RIVAL but Kirigiri can probably explain that later.

...It's a gamer thing. ]

...Things I want to know?

[ Well, now that she knows there isn't a main plot to trigger...that doesn't really matter so much. And since that's the case, asking for spoilers would be silly. No need to ruin the experience.

...So, what does she want to ask? ]

...If I can ask anything, I'd like a story about Fujisaki Chihiro. I don't care what it's about.

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...You know Fujisaki-san? [ There's a split second pause between the name and the honorific, because he wants to respect Fujisaki's secret and he doesn't know if Nanami knows it. ]

Um, we didn't really get the chance to hang out much [ because chapter two happened ] but I can tell you about some of the things we talked about.

...We've never met.

[ Though she's asking about him. ]

...But you said ask if I wanted to know.

[ .........she's pouting. ]

The things you talked about...I'd like to know them.

Um, we talked about computers one time. I don't know much about programming or how it works, but Fujisaki-san was really happy to talk about it.

[ It's not unusual for a programmer to enjoy talking about programming, he supposes, but he hadn't quite expected Fujisaki to become so lively once that particular topic came up. ]

[ For a wonder, she's listening intently. Even though it's not much... ]

...Well, that person is the best at programming out of anyone, right? Even if you count my big brother, that person probably has him beat.

[ Apparently she admires his work...? ]

She... [ It's a bit odd to say 'she', but... ]

She played with the computer at her house a lot and one day she found one of her father's half-finished programs. She made some changes to it and that's when realized she could write programs on her own.

[ ..."Not graduated yet" doesn't tell her what he remembers, exactly, so she probably shouldn't correct that.

Hm. ]

...I've seen a file summarizing the case files of the "school life of mutual killings".

[ It's correcting without correcting. ]

...I wonder what sort of programs Fujisaki-san wrote at that time.

...AIs. During our "school life of mutual killing", Fujisaki-san wrote an AI from scratch in just a few days. Without that AI, I wouldn't have survived.

[ Case files about the first killing game, huh... ] Sounds like you know a lot about what happened inside the school.

...So that's when he started that? [ Someday, she'd like to hear that story from Chihiro. Kirigiri said he had been here, right?

Nanami zones out for a few moments, before seeming to become aware again.

Right. Conversation. ]

As to that...I think I know the basics. ...It's hard to know what you don't know, don't you think? So I don't know if it's "a lot" or "a little". If I were to compare it to my classmates, it's probably "somewhat more"?

[ ...Conversation is hard. ]

[ Thank you for using that pronoun, Nanami. He gives her a nod in response, and when she zones out he looks mildly alarmed for a second until she starts talking again. ]

I see...

[ Hmm. He's wondering what the point of those files being on the island is, but it's probably something Monobear deliberately put there. Ugh, this is just making him more and more confused. ]

Um... I'm not holding you up with this, am I? There are a lot of things I still want to ask you about but I think it's probably for the best if I wait until you've gotten used to this place.

[ Because she's still new and she like three days of walking ahead of her if she decides to head toward Cherrygrove and he doesn't want to be an asshole who hogs her time when she has a whole new world to adjust to. ]

[ You'll get used to the zoning out, Naegi. At least she hasn't fully fallen asleep.

...Yet.

It'll happen eventually. ]

...I'll answer whatever you want to ask. [ Probably she might be able to refuse, in this place, but...

...well, she's still loyal to that place, isn't she? ]

Um...as to getting used to it, that should be okay. It's my talent, isn't it? Also, Shaun-kun said he'd lend me a pokemon to ride, so...

...That probably will make Violet easier to reach, right? If it's Pokemon, badges are essential.

[ She says she'll answer whatever he asks, and he decides not to ask any more questions about murder island for now. He needs some time to gather his thoughts and ask Kirigiri for deets before he contacts Nanami for more questions. ]

Is there anything you need? What you get from "Mom" isn't exactly a lot, so I can send you some extra food or money...

Kirigiri-senpai sent me some food and supplies.

[ You're both taking such good care of her it's - well, okay, it's probably a good thing.

...Because things like: ]

...I spent my money on the games for the gear. Have you played Robot Rapidash Attack? That game, it's one of the ones that you don't really "win", huh? But the process, isn't that exciting?

[ #priorities. ]

You... spent your money on games... [ Um. Nice priorities you've got there, Nanami. ]

Um, yeah, I have. I'm pretty bad at timing the jumps and dashes once the game starts getting fast but it's hard to put it down once I start playing.

Yes...when I got here, my systems and games...none of them were here. For the ones that were destroyed, that's not surprising, but...not even my handhelds...

[ Let's have a moment of silence for her games.

...It's...really saddening. ]

But, I saw there are games for the gear. So now I have some again...although this collection, it's not the same as what I had before.

So you have...! Naegi-senpai, your favorite game, what is it? Or even just a top ten is okay, too.

[ ...Nanami pls. ]

Um, I like the Mario games. I played Mario 64 a lot when I was little. But if we're talking games for the PokéGear, Angry Spearow and Tetris are my favourites.

[ ............................

It's not like she wouldn't have agreed with him at some point, but her expression suggests something isn't right, there. ]

...I'm a fan of the Mario series, too. Ah, I haven't bought Angry Spearow...

...But if I had to guess, that's probably like "Angry Birds", right?

[ ...? That expression tells him something's wrong and he wonders why, but it's probably not a good idea to press her about it because what if he makes it worse. ]

Mm. It's like that game, but with Pokémon instead of regular birds.

I want to play it sometime...!

It's fun, right? It should be fun.

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