Pre-Plotted Thread || @siilkyhearts || Chiaki
Here he was finally in the big city, after coming here from Tatsumi Port Island his hometown, and while it was a city in its own, this one was much more bigger, thankfully since he was also from a city, it wouldn’t take him long to adjust and adapt to it. His first day at Hopes Peak would be in three days, he only decided to come a few days earlier because he had a Paranormal Investigation in a nearby town just across the coast of the city the day before. In the morning, he had boarded the first boat that took him across to his destination.
After a few short interviews for a few paranormal magazine companies, by the afternoon, he was finally free for the day. Minato helped himself to some lunch at a nearby ramen shop, instead of just eating it all in one slurp*Like he often did) since he had no other plans for the day, he decided to just take his time with it, and enjoy the moment it had been a while since he had ramen last after all, especially with his busy schedule. At least his associates with the television network were very understanding when he mentioned he’d be busy for a while the moment his first day at Hopes Peak would begin.
With the remainder of his free time, without anything else in mind to do to pass the time, as he walked down the street from the ramen shop, he saw the lights from the neon sign of the local video game arcade. From first glance, Minato didn’t seem like the type who was a gamer, yet video games were a big part of his days in Junior high, but now here he most certainly was, he even had a PSP, and a 3DS, two items which he had also taken with him on this trip, it would have been a crime to leave them behind as he assumed that probably be most of what he does when sitting in his dorm room whenever he wasn’t in class, and he made sure to bring all of his games for both of the respective handheld gaming consoles.
Now that he thought about it, it had been a while since he’d last been to one of these hadn’t it? This visit was a long overdue one, whenever he wasn’t investigating locations, he was spending his time listening to music, doing more research on the Paranormal or bided his time playing games at the arcade if he felt like going out somewhere rather than staying in. He also had heard that there was a new horror game, one of those rail shooters and from all he heard about the game, it sounded pretty fun, it was supposed to be a mix of Doom and House Of The Dead, and that sounded pretty fun, as he did enjoy both of the aforementioned game series.
Pushing the double doors open, he was greeted by the sound of several arcade games, the pings and dings of pinball machines, the roar of cars for the racing games, the punches and kicks of fighting games and beat em ups, he had forgotten how lively these places were. Much to his luck, the new game he heard so much about was free, it was a two-player game but also had a solo option. The game was called Bloodhaven Manner, it followed a special task force that specialized in exterminating monsters and creatures all of Paranormal descent -- one of the main reasons why this game caught his interest and also because he just liked all things pertaining to horror. Walking to the gun on the right, with the arcade machine showcasing gameplay footage, with three words blinking at the bottom of the screen. Please Insert Coin. Doing so, the gameplay vanishes and returns to the main screen with a scary voice saying the title of the game.
Picking up the blue gun in front of him, he shoots the solo play option, but like any other game machine here, anyone could enter the game at any time, but no one seemed to be playing this right now, so he figured he’d take advantage of it while it wasn’t preoccupied. As soon as the game begins, the screen flips to a quick cutscene of a team entering the mansion on a stormy night. The moment the doors open, his crosshair appears on screen and many supernatural creatures began to pop up, some creatures with long dangly arms that attacked by swinging from the ceilings to strike so timing was important with these enemies, his hearth bar showed he could take maximum of six hits before dying, something he’d keep in mind as he played on. It didn’t take Minato too long to get right into it, in a matter of minutes, he was shooting every single creature the very moment they appeared -- not even giving them a chance to attack. The more he killed without being hit, the higher his score climbed.
After several minutes, Minato found himself at the first boss battle, a giant beast that looked like a twisted and even more warped version of Krampus. Prepping himself for the battle, his fingers curled tighter around the handle of the gun, making sure his index finger was half-curled over the trigger so he could take quick shots and still be able to reload in time by cocking the top of the gun whenever the word reload appeared over his ammunition chamber which limited him to eight shots. While the cutscene slowly ending, as he got ready to return his focus to the game, he heard the metallic clunk of a coin being put into the coin slot on the player 2 side. With a beep, the game says.
Player 2 has entered the game
Taking a quick glance as his mystery partner, it was a girl with pale mauve hair with a slight outwards curl with pink-colored eyes that seemed to have a bit of a sleepy look, but it suited her well. From first glance, he guessed that she was around his age, maybe one year younger at most. She was pretty cute too, he wasn’t expecting to have a second player, but he was perfectly fine with it, he didn’t mind at all. So instead of complaining, he just gave her a short smile and a nod to her.
[{ 🦋 }] - “Let’s waste this goatman.” And with that, the game begins, and the boss makes it’s first attack by swiping at them with his claws, but the moment he saw the beasts hand move not even an inch, right away he shoots it stopping the boss from making the first attack, the defensive shot pushing it back and leaving it open for some shots. Not wasting the chance, he quickly takes aim, quickly pointing it at the boss and unloading more shots. For joining in randomly during the first boss fight, she was actually doing really well.
[{ 🦋 }] - “You got some good aim, you play this before?” He asks, trying to attempt a conversation, all the while still maintaining to keep good focus on the game as he chatted, no sense in making this awkward with silence.
