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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?

[kingtyrantranger]

Gone-gone. There isn't a stick of glue big enough to fix that. Some dude blew it up ages ago, from what I heard.

[ordinarily]

[ On the one hand, Danny wants to be mad that he can't even get this one thing. But on the other hand... ]

I can't believe I live in a world where I have a better chance to find an arcade than the moon...

[kingtyrantranger]

C'mon, Danny. There's a billion other moons out there you can walk on.

[ordinarily]

You sure those didn't get blown up too?

[kingtyrantranger]

Well, there was that time on Naltor...

[ordinarily]

I don't know what I expected, really.

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[deafleppard]

We had an Arcade here, once.

I don't recommend the experience.

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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?

[died_a_virgin]

I've never actually been to an arcade before.

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[ordinarily]

what did they have a forgotten lands machine?

cause i mean your first mistake there was not playing doomed

[ordinarily]

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

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[ordinarily]

[ You have caught Danny's interest. ]

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

[ordinarily]

... We're fixing that.

[marryonette]

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

[marryonette]

An effpeewhatsit?

[ordinarily]

[ SMACK! That's his hand hitting his face. ]

A first-person shooter.

[marryonette]

Hoooow... is that different from a light gun game?

[ordinarily]

It doesn't come with a gun controller. You just kind of... use a normal controller. Or the mouse and keyboard.

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[deafleppard]

Forced us into a massive death-arena for kicks.

Again. Wouldn't recommend it.

[resist_the_future]

That's why I'm asking.