( tsurumaru )

[baori]

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[baori]

[ that was far too deep for a fake otome about a laundromat, but i'm glad that you committed to it. which is also the same tune that giyuu will take because he is also not going to mock that sentiment now that he has heard it framed like that. ]

I see.

[ does this mean he's going to start playing it even more earnestly? yeah. does this mean i hate this? most definitely. ]

[preowned]

[ he nods his head, encouragingly. tsurumaru, unfortunately, meant every word that he said. ]

Now... let us do our best on this mission.

[baori]

Right.

[ if the mission is trying to see how the rest of this date is going to play out then, yeah, giyuu is going to do his best at it and he'll be thinking(??) about the choices that he'll make instead of just going with whatever.

it's at this point that giyuu has become invested in this otome. the part where he wants to win? actually— ]

How do you win?

[ look, all he said was the fact that they were going to play a romance game the rest?? ]

[preowned]

These things usually have different endings based on the choices you make.

[ he points at the screen ]

And the endings can reflect on both choices that affect the romantic aspect, but as well as the general plot one. Typically, in order to get the true ending, you would have to get through every route while making the correct plot choices, but I am not sure how long we will be here for...

[ as in, he is not sure if they will have enough time on this bus to actually beat this ]

But we should at least be able to finish a route.

[baori]

[ hmm..... this is completely useless knowledge but it will be knowledge nevertheless that giyuu will learn and somewhat commit to heart because of what tsurumaru said earlier about the loyalty and what it means. he wants to do well and to do well he needs to...care.

giyuu caring about an otome is really so much. ]

Okay.

[ though there is something interesting in what he brings up. ]

How do you know if you're heading towards the true ending?

[ why bother playing anything but the true ending? ]

[preowned]

Usually you can tell by the amount of information you're receiving. If you're actively learning more about what's going on, it usually means you're doing well.

From the ones I've played, you usually will be able to tell the further you get. Since we're still early on, it won't be as obvious.

[ a pause ]

And as long as we avoid deaths.

[baori]

[ giyuu is just nodding along and has restarted the game and plodding along with the daily routine things and just... you know. generic otome mechanics up until tsuru mentions deaths.

because excuse you? all of the story seemed pretty harmless thus far, and there was nothing to indicate that she (he) needed to do any training for battle. ]

Deaths?

[preowned]

Oh, yes. These things are full of them..

[ he points at the screen. ]

In one game, I took a left turn instead of a right, and the character fell down a hole and died.

[baori]

[ this.


this just took a dark turn. why didn't tsuru tell him this from the beginning?? everything was so cute and now??? what is happening. giyuu has no idea what is happening he's just— ]

Down a hole.

[ and died??? wha.... why?? ]

[preowned]

It was very tragic.

[ tsuru just didn't seem to think it was important to mention since giyuu was doing so well? ]

But I haven't played this one yet, so I can't say how this will go in terms of that.

[baori]

[ giyuu doing well in an otome game is not supposed to be happening.... ]

I see.

[ is he mildly concerned about suddenly dying just because he took a wrong turn?? yeah. ]

What happens after you die?

[ giyuu doesn't know games. ]

[preowned]

You have to start over, typically from the last place you saved.

[ they

they have not been saving. tsuru never explained that mechanic. ]

[baori]

Saved?

[ i'm crying.

they're living so dangerously. ]

[preowned]

Yes! It is a way so that you don't lose the progress you've made. If we turn this machine off without saving, everything we did so far would be gone forever.

[ ... ]

We should save.

[baori]

[ YEAH THEY SHOULD SAVE.

giyuu is going to do that very thing...he kind of wondered what this whole "save/load" business was but guess he knows now. finally. it's a good thing that they never had to worry about the power going out or anything like that?

he could question tsuru about why he didn't bring it up before but, you know, he has a date to finish?? and. hopefully not die in. ]

[preowned]

[ it's because tsurumaru lives on the edge, as evident by the fact that he's dead now ]

-- okay, good. Whenever we make a major decision, we should do that again to be safe.

[baori]

[ i hate this tag francy i also hate that i will play otomes with tsuru until the game ends. ]

How do we know it's a major decision?

[ says the man who has been unafraid about saving and has been blindly picking options. how far down the paths has he gone? has he given up on tideo in favor of gainusu??? ]

[preowned]

Sometimes it'll be rather obvious because of the nature of the situation that's happening.

[ if it feels like it's very serious, it's probably major. ]

But other times it's more difficult to tell, so you must always be on alert.

[baori]

[ how bold of tsuru to think that giyuu will be able to tell the difference... ]

What happens if we save before every decision?

[ he won't but he has to ask. are there limits to how much or how little they can save? ]

[preowned]

Nothing, really, but it might slow us down.

[ sometimes you make a lot of decisions at once. imagine all of those saving screens. ]

[baori]

[ hm. ]

Then let's hope that I don't make the wrong move.

[ aka he has shifted from wanting to save every choice to saving only when he remembers which will be...... something.

ANYWAY BACK TO THE GAME? where did he leave of... ]

[preowned]

[ THE DATE.

washiko now must face the decision on whether or not she wants to help this poor man, or if she just wants to order dessert and call it a day.

tsuru taps his chin. ]

I see...

[baori]

[ look.

but clearly giyuu is going to select helping the person. talking to people is the way to get things across or something right? he has no idea but he's just testing out things that he has heard.

...and it keeps going well, unsurprisingly. as a treat, they sill order dessert and giyuu is treated to cake. ...apparently girls like cake. ]

[preowned]

Aha!

[ he pats giyuu on the back! it's more like a slap, but more friendly. ]

You will be a professional at these games in no time.

[baori]

[ it's fine either way. giyuu will just be pushed forward when he gets the slap on the back. though given tsuru's words he just kind of has to look back at him and take what he said too literally— ]

There are professionals who play games like these?