[Accidental Video | Wreck-It Ducks virus]

[papillio_tempestatis]

[This feed is of the Interesting Times cabinet - a parkour/stealth type of game. For a moment there's just a guard in armor on the screen, complete with the mask hiding the face, clanking peacefully along a busy market street. As they pass another guard right at the entrance to the alley, though, they turn and karate-chop them expertly across the back of the neck. The armor falls away as the other guard goes down, revealing Butterfly. Unfortunately, the guard going down has alerted some others...

Butterfly dashes along the alleyway and quickly leaps and climbs her way up a building. Now, though, she has to deal with the guards patrolling the street below. She jumps from roof to roof, but now there's a main street in the way, and it's full of guards. She takes a flying leap... and falls short, her fingertips scraping the edge as she crashes down on a stall and is quickly surrounded by guards pointing spears at her.

The camera fades out, then back in after the day's done, leaving a rather scraped-up Butterfly.]

Oh, gods, it recorded that, didn't it? That was embarrassing, even by BRW's standards. I don't think he remembers that this game hasn't got a double-jump.

Then again, he might also just be playing to stare at my model. Gods know he doesn't seem interested in his actual score.

Comments

[of_many_treasures]

At least you have something to your game. Mine is basically fighting for the hell of it.

[papillio_tempestatis]

I was mostly objecting to him being bad at it.

I'm not sure there's much to be done about what sort of game you're in, though.

[of_many_treasures]

That's true. And it could be worse at least.

I suppose things aren't so bad when you get down to it.

[papillio_tempestatis]

I wouldn't mind being in a fighting game, just for a change, but I don't think I would want to live there.

[of_many_treasures]

It's fun, but repetitive. At least our roster changes every year or so.

[papillio_tempestatis]

Mm. The city doesn't change much, but it's a big city. And the guards aren't predictable enough to get too boring.

[of_many_treasures]

That's good. Are you at least on good terms with everyone outside of player time?

[papillio_tempestatis]

Oh, mostly. I think I make the guards nervous even when we're off, though.

[of_many_treasures]

Well you spend most of the day beating them up anyhow.

[papillio_tempestatis]

And generally sneaking up on them, yes. They're a little wary of me because I can generally run rings around them and beat them up.

Someday I should probably tell them I'm only really as smart as my player when we're on duty.

[of_many_treasures]

Heh, seems like it. My players tend to forget I have speed rings that let me move at a accelerated speed instead of just blocking hits.

[papillio_tempestatis]

At least they're not getting you mixed up with other games entirely. Nobody double-jumps in my game; I don't know why that's so hard to remember.

[of_many_treasures]

I think at this point everyone is expected to have a double-jump. That's why they're forgetting.

[papillio_tempestatis]

It would be easier to deal with if it wasn't people who play this game on a regular basis forgetting.

[of_many_treasures]

That is true. Most people can't handle the Rider game anyhow, considering we have multiple form switches and abilities.

[papillio_tempestatis]

I don't think I would be able to handle that game. I'd never get my head on straight. Evading guards is much simpler.

[of_many_treasures]

It would be kind of hideously unbalanced at best. But then again, the game is kind of unbalanced anyhow.

[papillio_tempestatis]

I suppose I don't know much about fighting games, but it seems like they would be hard to balance if you didn't want all the characters to be identical.

[of_many_treasures]

Fighting games tend to be unbalanced as a general rule. There's no one perfect balanced game.

[papillio_tempestatis]

Well, of course. [Have a little shrug from Butterfly.]

[of_many_treasures]

You'll be fine. It won't be so bad.

[papillio_tempestatis]

I suppose so. I just hope BRW doesn't monopolize the game all day tomorrow and someone who actually knows how it works will get a turn.

[of_many_treasures]

That would be nice. You really don't need him gumming up the works for this game.

[papillio_tempestatis]

It really would. Plus I'll fall a lot less often.

[of_many_treasures]

Does he being around affect luck in-game or no?

[papillio_tempestatis]

No, he's just bad at it.

[of_many_treasures]

Sounds like a few Riders I know who are bad at their jobs.