gacha machine

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GACHA MACHINE

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After the events of August's party, the Librarian had gone back and grabbed a peculiar-looking machine from the bonfire, dragging it back over towards the Village. It's not all that flashy looking a machine; rather, it's rusted, some of the lightbulbs shattered, the paint scratched away. It makes the new, yellow-white piece of paper taped carefully to the front all the more noticeable.

There are written instructions there, carefully scrawled. It being the Librarian who wrote them, there's a lot of symbols in place of words, and honestly, it's really more of a tentative grasp on literacy going on here. But with a bit of thinking, you can figure it out:

1. Insert an offering (any offering) into the coin slot
2. Answer the riddle
3. ??
4. Prize!!

There's an array of prizes. Some are useful, some less so. But you'll never know if you don't try, and it might just be worth the effort. Unfortunately, it only responds to people once a week— meaning you can only get four prizes a month! But given the prizes, four might just be overwhelming enough.

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first week of march

[arsarcanum]

[ Hey, gacha machine! Sora's a little late, but he has a piece of pie that is flat enough for him to break off the crust and slip into the slot. He'll stick the crust in too. It's blueberry! He explains that he's going to be doing a lot of baking and cooking this month because he's celebrating his own birthday in a week and a friend's birthday at the end of the month! He hasn't done a lot of baking before so he's trying to get as much practice in as he can. ]

When's your birthday? Do you know? [ Sora makes a thoughtful noise. ] I guess you might not really know yours for sure, either. That's okay! We could just make up a day to celebrate that you're here. How's that sound?

[inthenightmods]

[The machine lights up, a happy little tune plays, and a card is spit out.]

What goes up but never comes down?


birth??? day

[That may be a response to his question. You know that novel that asks about whether or not androids dream of electric sheep? Here, it's do gachas have birthdays, and the answer may just be that we don't know and neither do they.

[arsarcanum]

[ Gacha machine... gacha machine!! You really are communicating! Oh, good job, gacha machine!

Sora sticks around for about thirty minutes, thinking, but has the answer fast enough this time! Topical, too. He writes down the answer and a little message and slide that into the slot. ]

Your age!

Your birthday's the day you came into this world! It's okay if you don't remember the date, though. I'll keep celebrating that you're around! Once a week, every week! :)

[inthenightmods]

[Ding ding ding! Absolutely correct! His prize rolls out, along with a slip of paper that serves as explanation. I wonder what it could be?]

56. A birthday cake: it seems to be made of mud and branches.

[arsarcanum]

Wait wait wait, no, oh no - it's next week! Next week! [ But Sora laughs, giving it a pat. ] Thank you, though. Nothing wrong with an early birthday present.

[ He'll put it with the other weirder gifts he's gotten from the spirits here. Gacha machine, you're the BEST. ]