tvk | [005: Accidental Video]

[With the weather starting to grow colder, April had started to stay inside more often, since bad leg plus cold weather resulted in her leg aching more than usual. Though this meant finding other ways besides reading and watching tv keep her occupied; so, she bought one of those game console thingys and the guy at the game shop recommended a game called Fatal Frame 2 to her, except said game is a horror game involving ghosts, which April tends to react... negatively to.

So, when the video feed turns on, it shows a hotel TV, which is displaying what looks like a slashed up guy getting his picture taken, and a part of April's back while she sits on the bed (looks like the phone is on the table by the bed). And while not much of April is seen, she's definitely heard.]

-Ack! No, no, no, this isn't fair! Ugh, I should've known that this would be a trap! G-ghosts don't fight fair!... Aah! No, no, no, no, no, no- [Whoops, looks like a game over.]

... D-dammit, I died... Ghosts s-seriously don't fight fair...

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Then why did you purchase it?

The g-guy at the store said it was good, and I-I didn't know it would scare me this much... I-I'm only really playing it now cause I want to find out the story...

Is it worth the emotional trauma?

U-um... I'm not sure at this point, honestly. B-but if I keep playing it for a while, it s-should stop scaring me as much. [At least, that's what she's hoping.]

...I'll have to supervise.

[Because this is kind of stupid. Ledah takes a seat on the bed next to her.]

H-huh? [She looks at him confusion.] B-but... Ah, o-okay...

[And so she starts up the game! April manages to at least keep quiet when she does the fight again, though her expression is a mix of fear and concentration.]

[Watching closely over her shoulder, Ledah keeps quiet, not wanting to break her concentration. He really doesn't know what's going on, either, but he'll learn.]

[And this time April manages to get rid of the ghosts, after a bit of difficulty, and relaxes a bit as she gives a small sigh of relief.]

... W-well, that's them gone... [Now just gonna direct the character on the screen to run through the big old mansion.]

How far are you into this game?

Hmm, not too far, I think. I'm only on chapter 3, so there's probably still a lot more. [Quickly avoiding a big ghost before having the character continue on her way.]

...

How does this exactly work?

Well, you have this camera that exorcises ghosts, so when they attack you, you have to take pictures of them to get rid of them. And taking pictures of certain things can lead you to what to do next.

... Ah, sorry, I'm not too good at explaining this. It's all kinda weird. [Oh, cutscene. She takes this moment to stretch her legs a bit.]

I don't understand why a camera would have any special properties of exorcism.

I'm not sure why either. But it's something that somebody in the game made, and it works somehow. And then you can get upgrades and stuff for it, but I haven't really bothered with those yet.

... Now that I think about it, this all sounds a bit confusing.

How do you upgrade exorcism? This is... very confusing indeed.

I-I'm not sure... I'm guessing the game follows it's own type of logic or something. [And cue another mandatory ghost fight and judging by the almost inaudible squeak she makes, she doesn't seem to like this ghost.]

You dislike ghosts. [He's fought them before, and he doesn't have special feelings on them.

Not like slimes. Gods, he hates slimes.]

Yeah, but m-mainly ghosts that t-try to kill you. [She makes another small squeaky sound when the ghost attacks her.]

A reasonable distinction. I dislike things that try to kill me as well.

B-but ghosts are worse than most things, s-since if you don't have something that can exorcise them, there's n-no way to fight against them a-and they can just appear out of nowhere. [Though her rambling is cut short since she turns her focus back to fighting the ghost, which she soon manages to get rid of.]

...

The ghosts in the game are not actually going to harm you.

[Now April looks embarassed.]

I-I know! ... I k-know I'm acting stupid, but I guess I'm just really jumpy about t-things like this.

Edited 2011-11-19 11:21 (UTC)

I was just making sure that you were aware.

[He's smiling a little, though.]

[April notices that, and she can't help smile faintly even as she huffs to herself.

She continues to move the character around the mansion, and dodging ghosts with small "Eep!"s, before reaching a save point and once she's saved, she puts the controller down and stretches a bit.]

Ah, I think that's enough scaring myself for now.

Edited 2011-11-21 22:19 (UTC)

That's for the best. I would rather not have you weaken yourself before the real enemies because you spent so long fighting them in games.

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