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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[equinoctials]

[ ACCEPT HIS MUNNY. IT'S LITERALLY MONEY SPELLED BADLY BLAME KING MICHAEL MOUSE FOR THE NAME OF THEIR CURRENCY ]

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[IT'S A BADLY NAMED CURRENCY AND MICHAEL MOUSE SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR HIS CRIMES AGAINST SPELLING

But anyway . . .

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

I make two people out of one. What am I?

[There's a little pen nearby, rusted but functional.]

[equinoctials]

[ listen he loves the king, but like many kings he has a habit of giving things bad names. did I just make an undertale joke in 2019

Riku turns the card over, flips it back again to read the text. Is this... it? People have been messing with this machine for... riddles?

And of all the riddles to get.

What else makes two people out of one besides reflective surfaces and replicas? And he's pretty sure the latter is less common. He pats his own pockets and, failing to find a writing instrument, just uses the rusty old one that's hanging around nearby, writing on the back of the card: mirror

Shrugging, he tries to put the card back into the machine. ]

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[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?]

28. A monkey’s paw: it looks very well preserved. One finger is turned back, and no matter how you pry, it won’t uncurl. Hmm . . . . maybe don’t make any wishes in the near future.

[equinoctials]

[ Riku, lacking in any cultural frame of reference involving mummified monkey paws and wishes that aren't granted by genies in humble brass lamps or coins thrown into wells, doesn't really get it.

Basically the general reaction is haha, gross and this might become the weirdest door stop/paperweight ever.

Better hope Riku doesn't use the word 'wish' in a certain way ever??? yeah. ]