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[ordinarily]

So uh. Quick question.

[ The feed shows Danny in what looks like the Observation Deck. The only other place he liked to hang out in that wasn't his Nasty Burger biome. He was sitting on the floor, his legs hanging out over the edge. Upper body leaning forward against the railing, as he stared off not at the planet below, but right into space. ]

Does anyone know if there's, like... an arcade around here or something? I've already looked around, and I don't think I saw anything like that. But I dunno, maybe I wasn't looking in the right places.

[ A pause, as he keeps staring into space. Until finally, another question: ]

Also, I was thinking... can I, like... go to the moon?

[ Another pause, in which he starts to feel like maybe that was a dumb question. ]

I-It's not a big deal, I don't really have to do it. I guess in the vegan space future, going to the moon probably isn't that big of an accomplishment anymore. [ A chuckle. ] Thinking about it now, I should probably be thinking about going to like, distant planets, or meeting aliens, or... I dunno, something bigger than going to the moon...

[ But the moon was familiar to him. And everything else here so far wasn't. ]

Anyway, yeah. I guess that's it.

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[kingtyrantranger]

I hate to tell you, bro, but, uh. You ever look out a window and wonder why there's so many rocks floating around around? Well, uh.

[Yeah.]

[ordinarily]

... Are you serious?

[kingtyrantranger]

Sorry, man.

[Because what do you even say there?]

[ordinarily]

Okay, you know what? Up until this point, I just kind of thought that Legion World was on the opposite side of the moon, since we have the same orbit and everything.

But it's gone?

Like, for real gone?

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[deafleppard]

We had an Arcade here, once.

I don't recommend the experience.

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[ordinarily]

what did they have a forgotten lands machine?

cause i mean your first mistake there was not playing doomed

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[deafleppard]

Forced us into a massive death-arena for kicks.

Again. Wouldn't recommend it.

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[ordinarily]

yeah uh

that doesnt sound like a good arcade

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[marryonette]

Oh man! I hope they do have an arcade! I'm pretty good at light gun games!

[resist_the_future]

What are these things?

[ordinarily]

... You don't know what an arcade is?

[marryonette]

Sin and I never got a chance to show you, but no better time than now to make up for that!

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[ordinarily]

[ You have caught Danny's interest. ]

You know, back home, my favorite game's an FPS.

[marryonette]

An effpeewhatsit?

[died_a_virgin]

I've never actually been to an arcade before.

[ordinarily]

... We're fixing that.

[died_a_virgin]

Really?

[wallsofjericho]

With the way they travel, you can go a lot further than the moon. I hear Braal has metal animals.

[ordinarily]

... Metal animals sound cool.

[ You have his interest. ]

[wallsofjericho]

I've been reading about the U.P. planets. I'd like to see more of them, outside of what we're called to help with. Apparently, almost the entire planet is metal, all the Braalians have magnetic metapowers, and the metal animals are very large and very dangerous.

We have flight rings, though, so I think we'd be fine. I should probably find out what the birds are like before I decide to go.

[unrecovered]

There's a planet sized mall called Planet Retail. It's got a pretty big arcade.

[ordinarily]

... You know, I feel like a planet-sized mall should surprise me. But it kind of doesn't.

[bachido]

The people of the moon were pretty terrible.

Trust me, you're not missing anything. They were my family, so I know.

[sorry to burst your bubble there Fellow Kid but it's quite a bubble to be burst.

Still, Kubo would really rather bend this towards encouragement than bog another kid down with his family's cataclysmic drama.]

Other planets definitely have better adventures waiting for you.

[ordinarily]

... What?

[ Nothing about that made sense. ]

Okay, hang on, back up. You're not getting away with mentioning people on the moon and not following that up with how.

[bachido]

Well -

[Kubo switches to video, pulling his shamisen into view. He strums a chord, tuning the instrument with a practiced hand.]

- It's a long story.

Fortunately, I happen to be a storyteller. How much time do you have?