FANPORT OVERFLOW LOG

[maskormods]

WHO: ImPorts!
WHERE: Heropa's Convention Centre.
WHEN: April 14-16, from 9 AM - 12 AM every day.
WHAT: Registration is in motion alongside FanPort, the most popular imPort convention around! Come on in and see imPort-led panels, the artist's alley, cosplayers, and more! If you have any questions, or wish to amend the way we have written up your characters' panels, let us know here! The original log can be found HERE.
WARNINGS: None anticipated; please let us know if this should be changed.

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tetsuo

[stealwithit]

(( continued from here. ))

That makes sense! That way you only have to worry about the fighting part since you've already mastered the racing part.

[ She of course emphasizes that word, just. You know. So he can continue to put on airs. ]

[iamtetsuo]

That's right. Proper training can't be rushed.

[And he can and will take that chance to brag.]

[stealwithit]

[ Please listen to yourself and internalize those words, Tetsuo. ]

No one masters anything by being brash and forcing things, right?

[iamtetsuo]

[Only when it doesn't compete with competitive or stubborn idiocy.]

No... but you can learn stuff that way. Mastery just means practicing what worked.

['Being brash' and forcing things is how you get anywhere!]

[stealwithit]

[ Cue an internal, mental sigh from Kasumi. ]

What about games with stories? Do you like those?

[iamtetsuo]

RPGs? I've played a few of those. The First Fable ones are pretty good, but I'm sick of dealing with English.

[stealwithit]

[ She just sort of looks on for a little bit, in thought. Back home, Japan did pretty well with making their own games--but that's not so much the case here, is it? It was odd. But she follows that train of thought, and then-- ]

You could make your own game.

[iamtetsuo]

[If she only knew. Kaidan suggested that same thing to him, months ago. And while it's not coded much, it's mostly physical.. and he did get Kaidan's help on it...]

I did.

[stealwithit]

[ She tilts her head. The fact that he's yet to boast about it means the idea probably didn't go very far... ]

What happened to it?

[iamtetsuo]

Nothing did.

[Come on, he didn't even break it!]

It works okay.

[stealwithit]

--Oh!

[ She's a little puzzled. ]

What's it about?

[iamtetsuo]

It's not about anything. 'S just a pinball machine.

[Which is why no one can play it, and it looks way too amateur to him to brag about.]

[stealwithit]

Wait, like an honest to god pinball machine?

[ That's more Kasumi speaking, and excitedly so, than whatever alter ego she's made up for tonight--because, well, when was the last time Kasumi or anyone from her time and world got to play with a physical pinball machine? ]

Like... with an actual ball and stuff?

[iamtetsuo]

Yeah, that kind. ...Why?

[To Tetsuo, they're something mundane. Something he UNDERSTANDS, from his world. Pinball machines existed, alongside basic arcade cabinets. For all his experience with the concept of virtual arcade and games that saved your progress with sprawling stories and selectable teams, it was what first came to mind as something that maybe, he could do.

But he didn't expect random people to get excited about it.]

[stealwithit]

[ She clears her throat, because, whoa, keep it cool, Kas. ]

Oh. I mean, it's pretty cool that you made a pinball machine all by yourself.

[iamtetsuo]

Oh... that. Yeah, it is, isn't it?

[It looks a lot less cool in person, at least to him. It works, that's all he can really say for it.]

You like pinball?

[stealwithit]

I mean, it's okay.

[ But no, actually the fact that it's a real pinball machine with an actual ball and not a holographic one is super neat. ]

Did you make all the little things that go on it, too? All those obstacles and stuff?

[iamtetsuo]

Yeah, it's got a ramp and stuff. I spent forever wiring the damn thing, so it's got a scoreboard and everything.

[Actually true, even if it looks very bare bones. He's proud of what it can do, at the least.]