mylittlejamjar | Thirteenth Scale

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Thirteenth Scale - Visual

[Oh look, it's a little dumb dragon in a big dumb hardhat, a set of blueprints rolled up under his arm.]

So yeah I get that the last several weeks - hey, lets call it, the last month - has sucked pretty bad, but you know what doesn't suck really bad?

Video games~

See, since there's a lot of dumb, empty land around the place, we're taking some of that dumb empty land outside town and making it awesome by putting an arcade there. It should be up and running by this time next month, but hey since this place is lame and not like there's much else to do...

You can come and test some of the machines my boys and I made so far. You know. Get a chance to play a few games for free. I'm a pretty nice guy, so I think I can spare that for you, cause you'll be coming back when it opens in proper next month.

Though if you're gonna send a few bits my way, hey, I don't mind.

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Okay, and what is a 'perfectly normal town' for you? Because perfectly normal towns where I'm from have arcades, even my dump of a home town.

[Yes, well, we can't all live in demon homes, you weird little gremlin.]

We have houses...? Shops? ...A clock?

That's as normal as it's going to get. Well, I suppose the only strange thing would be that we also house a Great Fairy, but that's never bothered anyone.

Wow you are just a wellspring of friggin' knowledge.

[Because Pokey is clearly giving him so much on what he should ask for.]

Do you know what cars are? Do you have electricity or travel by horse or carriage or anything? Do you have phones, or do you have a mail service or...give me something here come on. You're killing me.

Still thinking I'm right with the cave man idea. Maybe just a little past that.

[There he goes, naming off nonsense again.]

We have a postman, yes... And some people choose to use horses...

[Although he's beginning to see the more he says, the more he's just going to make fun of him.]

Why is this so important?

I'm trying to figure out how to explain it to you.

Okay. Imagine a magic box. And this box has images that come on it and change in real time. You're watching real things happen on it. It's a happy box, see, and it has stuff on it that makes you feel happy, and the happiest thing it can have is video games.

And a video game is...okay.

What are games like where you're from. I promise I won't make fun of you this time. I promise for, like, twenty seconds.

[..."Happy box"]

There's no need to patronize me...

[Although if this is all about moving pictures, it doesn't sound very exciting. You just...watch things happen? What's the point?]

Most of the game shops in town had to do with testing your skills, such as hitting targets, or running mazes. ...Or playing with bombs for whatever reason. You know, actually doing something.

Okay.

Now imagine those things, but like a hundred times better with a bunch of other cool aspects to it, and you play it on this magic screen.

That's a video game.

How is it better if it's not even real?

[Not to mention how magic in general is just terrible. Why would he play with a magical box?]

I'm not trying to be rude, I honestly want to know what makes it better.

...Is this a serious question?

Because I'm not sure how to answer it. It's cooler than anything in real life could be so it's automatically better.

[What's wrong with you Kafei are you stupid?]

[No, are you?]

But it's not real. It doesn't matter.

It is real, it's a legitimate game. You just don't get it since you probably play, like, tipping cows for fun or something from wherever you are.

[Kafei's ears fold back as his eyes dart off to the side. On one hand, you shouldn't tip cows when you're friends with a rancher. ...On the other, that didn't stop him once upon a time ago.]

Of course not, that's ridiculous.

Really, could you should. It's fun when there's nothing else to do.

You're not going to get it from me just explaining it. You'll have to see it for yourself to get it.

That's probably true, but I'll more than likely pass. It sounds...boring.

You may enjoy your magic box in peace.

Hey, your loss.

You'll be there when it opens. I guarantee you won't stay away.

[Well, see, now it's a challenge.]

And if I'm not?

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