Kirisame Quest - An Ordinary Day in an Ordinary Magician's Life

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> "Okay."
> Take the... thing and place it next to us and Hourai.
> "Next!"

>You set the Speakandthingy between the two of you.

>Rinnosuke takes out a cube with many colored sides divided into nine squares each, "This item is called a 'Rubik's Cube', it's purpose is to mentally challenge people..."
>_

[Tashi]

> "Oh, so it's a battle with our mind?"
> ...
> "How does that work?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> "Oh, so it's a battle with our mind?"
> ...
> "How does that work?"

>"Well..." Rinnosuke spins different sections of the cube, which break up all the colors and distribute them throughout the cube, before setting it on the counter near you, "From what I understand, you have to turn the cube until all the colors are on the correct sides again. Think of it as a puzzle."
>_

[Tashi]

> Grab it.
> "That's easy!"
> Try some of it.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> Grab it.
> "That's easy!"
> Try some of it.

>You grab the cube. This is going to be a piece of cake!

>You begin turning parts of the cube, you soon manage to get the green side assembled, then you start on the yellow-- Wait! that just undid all your progress with the green! Agh!
>You keep trying to solve it, getting increasingly more frustrated, while Hourai seems to be getting increasingly more annoyed as you go on.
>_

[Tashi]

> Keep on for a bit more...
> ...
> "Hmph!"
> Throw the thing back to the box.
> "Next!"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> Keep on for a bit more...
> ...
> "Hmph!"
> Throw the thing back to the box.
> "Next!"

>You keep going until you're fed up with it and throw it at the box unceremoniously.
>Rinnosuke catches it before it can go in.
>"You would've had it in about five more turns..." Hourai complains.
>_

[Tashi]

> Blink and take the thing back.
> "Next after I finish."
> Continue, then! We can do it!

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> Blink and take the thing back.
> "Next after I finish."
> Continue, then! We can do it!

>You snatch it out of Rinnosuke's hand and turn the cube about five more times, prompting an annoyed reaction from Hourai.
>"You turned it the completely wrong direction..."
>_

[Hope ♦ Metal]

>"If you're so smart why don't you try it?"

[R. P. Genocraft]

> Turn it randomly again and hand it over to her.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"If you're so smart why don't you try it?"

> Turn it randomly again and hand it over to her.

>You mix up the cube and hand it to her
>She takes the cube from you hands and begins turning it. She solves it within a couple of minutes, putting a fully organized cube on the counter next to you.
>_

[R. P. Genocraft]

>"Eh, you got lucky."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Eh, you got lucky."

>"No I didn't. I just did every turn the two of you did in reverse..."
>_

[Tashi]

> "... Reverse...?"

[R. P. Genocraft]

>Look surprised.
>"You could remember every turn the two of us did?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> "... Reverse...?"

>She nods.

>Look surprised.
>"You could remember every turn the two of us did?"

>"Yeah..." Hourai rubs the back of her head, "I-Is that a bad thing?"
>_

[Tashi]

> "... Well, I wasn't expecting that, for beginners... But nah! That's actually pretty cool."
> Take the cube thingy and hold it up to Kourin.
> "This was a good one. Next?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> "... Well, I wasn't expecting that, for beginners... But nah! That's actually pretty cool."
> Take the cube thingy and hold it up to Kourin.
> "This was a good one. Next?"

>Rinnosuke takes another object out of the box, it's a small rectangle with a circle of buttons on it. He also pulls out a wire of some sort with two objects attached to it.
>"This object is an 'MP3 Player', it's purpose is to play music." he explains, "When I found it, these were attached to it. They're called 'earbuds' and their purpose is to prevent others from hearing music."
>_

[Neovereign]

>"That's a pretty selfish purpose."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"That's a pretty selfish purpose."

>"Perhaps, but I'm not the one who made this, nor do I know who did, so I honestly can't judge."
>_

[AzyWng]

> Take the MP3 player and examine it.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> Take the MP3 player and examine it.

>You take it.
>It has a lot of buttons, there's a circle with a smaller circle within it, and there are symbols on the circle itself. There is a small, square screen on it too, which is currently grey and blank.
>_

[AzyWng]

> Press some of the buttons at random.
> Check if the screen has been switched on yet.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> Press some of the buttons at random.
> Check if the screen has been switched on yet.

>You press several button at random, eventually pressing the one in the center of the circle.
>The outlines of the circles light up, and the screen turns on, showing a list of things.
>_

[Tashi]

> Read them.
> "... Neat."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> Read them.
> "... Neat."

>The list reads:

Denkare - Distorted Pain
BABYMETAL - Gimme Chocolate
Kalafina - Magia
Smash Mouth - All Star
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Linkin Park - Crawling
Pendulum - Propane Nightmares*

>Followed by an arrow pointing down. The first entry is highlighted in blue.

>You honestly wonder what this list of nonsensical things is.
>_

^{_{*Assume the entire list is displaying these song titles in Japanese.}}

[Tashi]

> "... How does this works?"
> Press buttons time!

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> "... How does this works?"
> Press buttons time!

>You press the top and bottom sections of the circle, and it moves the highlight over a different part of the list. The top section seems to make it go up one, while the bottom section makes it go down one.
>_

[Tashi]

> Are there any other buttons?