PC: The Other Yuri

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w1, monday

[ashenvaliant]

[ yeets us at the prism as requested.

regardless, when estelle appears she'll find yuri sorting through some of the games on display. he looks like he has no idea what any of them are, and when he opens one to find a disc inside he just looks even more lost. ]

I have no idea what to do with this.

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[She comes up beside him to peek at it, too.]

Huh... I don't know what that is, either. Maybe it's part of something else?

[ashenvaliant]

It looked like a book at first, but... apparently not.

[ he takes the disc out and bends it slightly -- looking at it from different angles like he's trying to discover the trick to it. ]

There's nothing on it, other than ... words on the front?

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[She's staring, also at a loss.]

What does it say?

[ashenvaliant]

[ not me forgetting the station had tech, this shows how my monday brain was working. ]

“Lord of the Rings”?

…

Oh. Oh, I wonder— hold on.

[ he’s looking around for something. ]

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[Whatever Yuri has clued in to, Estelle has not.]

....... It's a ring?

[She's trying.]

[ashenvaliant]

I think it’s a disc. We had these at the station? I can’t say I watched them much, but…

[ he spots what he’s looking for, and — a little too forcibly, like we would wince but these two are oldes and therefore have no fear of scratching discs — pushes it into the slot at the front. ]

It plays movies. Or… moving talking pictures? I don’t really understand the workings behind it, but whatever’s on the box is a clue to what’s on the disc.

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Oh, movies! I heard about those! I always wanted to see one.

[She watches him insert the disc like he's performing a magic trick. Exciting!!]

[ashenvaliant]

[ pazu your sleep ]

Like a book that moves.

[ the lord of the rings menu is up. ]

… I confess I’m not sure where to go from here.

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[there was a storm at 4 am :(]

It should start if you press "play"...

[So Estelle reaches to the TV screen and presses it. It doesn't work, because it is a TV screen.]

[ashenvaliant]

[ oh nyoooo D: storms are lovely when you are going to sleep, but not so much when they wake you up... ]

...

That doesn't seem right. I remember the station had this block with buttons on, that seemed to work...

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Oh, like a control panel!

[She looks around and... finds the remote!

... and brings it over to him so they can look at all the buttons together.]

Maybe this is it?

[ashenvaliant]

Something like that. But... hand held.

[ oh. ]

Yeah, kind of like that. Do any of them say "go" or something?

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There are a lot of numbers and arrows... and some symbols I don't understand. Also, "V-O-L" and "C-H"?

You should try pressing something. I'm afraid I'll break it...

[ashenvaliant]

...

[ he presses VOL. the very much copyrighted LotR OST blasting on the menu screen blasts with MORE OOMPH. ]

Ah.

[ he turns it down. ]

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Maybe... the arrows? [There are a few things that could be considered arrows on this thing. This isn't very helpful.]

[ashenvaliant]

[ they are doing their very best and i am proud of them ]

Maybe….

[ he pushes a down arrow. chapter select is now lit up on the menu ]

That’s not it either. So, if that moves the selection then— [ he presses up! play movie is now selected again; flowers bloom, bird chirp, and the world gives a collective sigh of relief.

but the film still isn’t playing. ]

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[They are so close!]

There's got to be a button that's, like... "go!" or "confirm!"

[ashenvaliant]

[ (yakety sax plays) ]

“Start”? Something that makes sense.

[ it’s probably a controller with a button that just has the sideways triangle on, for the ultimate shits and giggles. ]

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What about... this one?

[She presses something?

... and it happens to be the 'play' button! She's actually a little startled when the movie suddenly starts.]

[ashenvaliant]

[ oh!!!! she did it.


polite applause. ]

Which one was that one? The little… triangle one?

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Yes! We'll have to remember that.

[Will they be watching more of these? Who knows.]

[ashenvaliant]

[ but now they know. they have learned. they have grown.

on the screen, frodo and gandalf are probably chatting idek it’s been years since i watched LotR ]

…

I watched some of these things on the station, but how they work is still a mystery.

[mustbepurged]

[same tbh.]

You did? Any good ones, that you can remember?

[ashenvaliant]

Sadly, no. They all sort of… blend into one.