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"Undertale" has been the talk of Game Central Station for a variety of different reasons, lately.
Oh, yes, the kids certainly did seem to have become thoroughly taken with the game already--it's only been plugged in for a few days, but nearby cabinets within view could readily report the piles of quarters it was already raking in. Chatter of "amazing music" and "cute characters" and "retro graphics" and "multiple endings"--it's been an instant hit.
But the days had ticked by, and the Undertale portal had remained inactive, and other questions started cropping up. Word had it the leading hero of the game was a kid in a striped shirt, but so far that was...still pretty much all that most people knew, about the game's characters. Because none of them had emerged to visit Game Central Station yet--and that was peculiar, to say the very least. What was going on in there? Were they shy, some wondered? Are they too good for us, others grumbled? A consensus had yet to be reached, but with every passing day the curiosity grew. And finally, talk of sending over an "ambassador" had started to form too.
Lucas still isn't entirely sure just how he'd managed to be picked for this, exactly. He doesn't think he's very outgoing nor particularly diplomatic, which seem like more ambassador-ish traits to have. But between the collection of fellow kid protagonists that had gotten together to decide this in the first place, they'd discussed "fellow striped-shirts" and how "people keep saying it's like the Mother series" and "Lucas ought to have more experience with this anyway" and things like that.
And now here Lucas is, entering Undertale's portal entrance for the evening. Instead of a train, he finds himself needing to step into an elevator for transport. Then, after a long wait, the elevator stops and opens and Lucas finds himself...on a pale path, surrounded by pale buildings and silence. Hm.
Hesitation, just long enough to glance back to the closed elevator door behind him, and then Lucas starts forward down the path. It's a pretty long one. So long, and quiet and empty, that Lucas begins to wonder if he did something wrong and has ended up somewhere he shouldn't be in the game--but then the path opens up to an equally pale house surrounded by leaves up ahead, and warm music begins to filter in softly, and that's a bit of a relief. Lucas pauses, blinking down at a yellow shining star-shaped something suspended in front of him here. Trying to examine it closer... "Lucas; LV ?; ???:??; New Home; Save/Return". Oh...Lucas backs away from the star-something--a save point, that must be what it is--and looks around uncertainly, trying to figure out what to do next. Still no sign of any characters, but...well, it's worth a shot, right?
"...Hello?" His voice feels a lot louder in such an empty place.
Oh, yes, the kids certainly did seem to have become thoroughly taken with the game already--it's only been plugged in for a few days, but nearby cabinets within view could readily report the piles of quarters it was already raking in. Chatter of "amazing music" and "cute characters" and "retro graphics" and "multiple endings"--it's been an instant hit.
But the days had ticked by, and the Undertale portal had remained inactive, and other questions started cropping up. Word had it the leading hero of the game was a kid in a striped shirt, but so far that was...still pretty much all that most people knew, about the game's characters. Because none of them had emerged to visit Game Central Station yet--and that was peculiar, to say the very least. What was going on in there? Were they shy, some wondered? Are they too good for us, others grumbled? A consensus had yet to be reached, but with every passing day the curiosity grew. And finally, talk of sending over an "ambassador" had started to form too.
Lucas still isn't entirely sure just how he'd managed to be picked for this, exactly. He doesn't think he's very outgoing nor particularly diplomatic, which seem like more ambassador-ish traits to have. But between the collection of fellow kid protagonists that had gotten together to decide this in the first place, they'd discussed "fellow striped-shirts" and how "people keep saying it's like the Mother series" and "Lucas ought to have more experience with this anyway" and things like that.
And now here Lucas is, entering Undertale's portal entrance for the evening. Instead of a train, he finds himself needing to step into an elevator for transport. Then, after a long wait, the elevator stops and opens and Lucas finds himself...on a pale path, surrounded by pale buildings and silence. Hm.
Hesitation, just long enough to glance back to the closed elevator door behind him, and then Lucas starts forward down the path. It's a pretty long one. So long, and quiet and empty, that Lucas begins to wonder if he did something wrong and has ended up somewhere he shouldn't be in the game--but then the path opens up to an equally pale house surrounded by leaves up ahead, and warm music begins to filter in softly, and that's a bit of a relief. Lucas pauses, blinking down at a yellow shining star-shaped something suspended in front of him here. Trying to examine it closer... "Lucas; LV ?; ???:??; New Home; Save/Return". Oh...Lucas backs away from the star-something--a save point, that must be what it is--and looks around uncertainly, trying to figure out what to do next. Still no sign of any characters, but...well, it's worth a shot, right?
"...Hello?" His voice feels a lot louder in such an empty place.