[ Other catchers are stocked with plush dogs, cats and the fat-stuffed bird toys. Obviously they're meant to entice an audience that doesn't know, doesn't care that the same can be bought for less. Mine isn't so far removed that he doesn't understand it's about the challenge, though. He can tell that Nishikiyama's into it for that reasonβ or why else would he go for the squirrel in a hat?
The machine chatters to accompany the claw moving to the side, then back. Mine stands a little further away from the glass. He seems as casual as he might've ever been with hands in the pockets of his pants, and the bottom of the jacket creasing over his wrists. Hidden away, they make fistsβhe's out of place, no? Though, Nishikiyama stands over the machine... ]
Ahβ
[ Mine's not been vigilant to being used as a spotter. The mechanism of the game is easy, he observes, but he doesn't have a grasp on the tactics. Furrows on his brow hint he's going to watch more closely than he needs to be in order to compensate. ]
It looks good.
[ But if Nishikiyama drops it, the claw'll snag on the platform holding up a pink Chestnut, instead. ]
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Date: 2024-02-26 03:53 pm (UTC)The machine chatters to accompany the claw moving to the side, then back. Mine stands a little further away from the glass. He seems as casual as he might've ever been with hands in the pockets of his pants, and the bottom of the jacket creasing over his wrists. Hidden away, they make fistsβhe's out of place, no? Though, Nishikiyama stands over the machine... ]
Ahβ
[ Mine's not been vigilant to being used as a spotter. The mechanism of the game is easy, he observes, but he doesn't have a grasp on the tactics. Furrows on his brow hint he's going to watch more closely than he needs to be in order to compensate. ]
It looks good.
[ But if Nishikiyama drops it, the claw'll snag on the platform holding up a pink Chestnut, instead. ]