RYUKI

[ballies]

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[unsync]

[ Their arcade... He is slapped. I can't even say he's remotely annoyed, this really is his life. ]

Oh. Is there a Street Fighter somewhere maybe?

[ His dude hobbies. Pick a cuter game. ]

[ballies]

[ patter patter patter. ]

Maybe? Don’t they have that in every arcade? Oh, and the drum game— y’know the— [ she’s making the taiko drumming motions. she is still kinda holding one of his arms. ]

[unsync]

Not every place.

[ Following after her... ]

Yeah, I know what you're talking about. Those are pretty fun, although it does hurt your hands after a while.

[ballies]

Do you think it’s more or less popular than the shooting games, because those are definitely everywhere.

How long is a while…? A few rounds?

[unsync]

Uh.... yeah! Pretty much.

Especially if it's a demon tier song.

[ballies]

Demon tier…?

[ nerd. ]

[unsync]

Yeah! It's the special secret tier after the matsu tree, or the "hard" difficulty! You just gotta tap the right a few extra times to unlock it.

[ I, Lowe, real life Taiko lover, ]

[ballies]

[ lowe’s secret hacks. ]

So, just to make sure you know you’re about to put yourself through hell and can’t complain about it in the long run.

[unsync]

What? Why?!

[ HOW DID WE GET TO THIS CONCLUSION ]

[ballies]

Why make you hit right so many times if they weren’t going “really? You sure? You sure you’re sure? Okay, don’t complain to us when you eat it and collapse!”?

[ that’s how ]

[unsync]

I know how to play the game, Tama! It's a secret hard mode for the strongest players!

I'm not going to though, I think I'll settle for medium. Maybe hard if it's a really simple song.

[ballies]

You do, but what about someone who wasn’t prepared and you didn’t have to hit right so many times… they’d be destroyed.

[ the taiko game does not destroy people. not intentionally at least. ]

… I guess I’ll try easy? Hand eye coordination is a lot.

[unsync]

You can choose different difficulties between the left drummer and the right drummer.

[ The taiko game destroys hands. ]

Isn't that your whole thing, though? Way faster computing and processing ability than humans.

[ballies]

Yeah, when I’m a computer, Ryuki.

[ she’s tapping the difficulty to the left. ]

[unsync]

Don't you still have your fast thinking though?

[ He goes for his beloved medium difficulty. What song are we doing. ]

[ballies]

Stuck in a slow processing human brain, sure.

[ the last time i played taiko, it had akb48 songs. i can’t help you here. ]

[unsync]

[ Pick any vocaloid song I guess. ]

You're funny, Tama.

[ballies]

Nooo, I’m just being truthful. I don’t know how any of you think, anymore. It’s like wading through molasses.

[unsync]

You haven't gotten access to my thoughts in a while anyway, since they took out that function.

We've never known what other people are thinking either, unless we got a Psync with them.

[ballies]

Well, if you mean it literally— sure. But I mean in general. Thinking is so slow. It’s like you don’t have any processors up there.

[ elevator music in her head as she tries to remember things. ]

[unsync]

That's because... we don't.

[ His brain has a lack of general cybernetic augmentation. We believe. ]

[ballies]

[ :nyath: ]

I know, and that’s why thinking in this body sucks!

[unsync]

You shouldn't underestimate the human brain! They say machines can never really fully replicate what the real thing is like, like how cameras can never actually be as good as real eyesight.

[ Oh, the song is starting. ]

[ballies]

[ says the man with one real eye. ]

Yeah, but I get plenty of upgrades so I’m always at peak performance.

[unsync]

Keep up, Tama! You hit the middle for red beats and the sides for blue beats!