DE: Get outta there!

[bjornwilde]

 If I may borrow your disbelief for a moment...

Your pup has found what we would call a tablet computer. The screen is unlocked and a game is loaded; something like The Room or Lit. The game seems to suggest they are in a room and must escape by solving puzzles; entering codes, turning on levers in certain sequences, and the like. Do they get sucked into the game or do they get bored with it quickly?

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[camwyn]

Ellen would probably wind up trying to pry the back of the tablet off so she could have a look inside. Her idea of a portable computer is the clonker she wore on her arm for most of her life to date, and a tablet with any kind of graphics other than green glow on black background needs investigating.

[genarti]

Enjolras is fascinated with the tablet and its graphics -- well, he's seen some in Milliways, but still -- but he doesn't care at all about the game. (Then one of his friends borrows it and gets completely sucked in, and Enjolras sits back to think about political philosophy while occasionally looking fondly at the friend who is, depending on temperament, either muttering or loudly swearing at it.)

Cosette doesn't know what to make of the interface; unlike Enjolras, she hasn't seen tablets yet. But if she figures it out or gets shown it, she's fascinated! She gets sucked in unless the graphics are bizarre enough by 19th century standards to be off-putting or headache-inducing.

Kazul totally gets sucked in. She also finds the entire concept of navigating a labyrinth by puzzle-solving kind of homey.

Thor gets sucked in for a little while, then gets frustrated and gives up the first time he has more than a couple of minutes' trouble with something. Intellectual games are not his favorite.

[tu_vas_triompher]

....awwww, Kazul.

[genarti]

Hers is a world of weird magical cave complexes and magic mirrors and genies in bottles shoved in the back of the pantry! (Yes, she has one. He doesn't seem to object.) Baby dragons probably have to play an in-the-physical-world version of this to teach them important life skills, honestly.

[tu_vas_triompher]

Feuilly would look it over for a minute or two, but eh. He's got his own tablet and laptop, and honestly--the kind of involvement that goes into complex computer games is something he'd rather apply elsewhere.

Lesgle is hooked. If it's a game where you can die, he dies in ever stranger ways. If it's a game where you get to a point where you realize that you needed to Do The Thing like five hundred levels ago and now you have to go back because you didn't Do The Thing, that's him. But he's hooked.

Djehuty is even more hooked. The workmanship! The possible outcomes! He probably starts looking a little noncorporeal as he goes through the whole thing, mind working to calculate all the possible permutations of events.

Helen Ramirez is curious about how the thing works, but the game itself doesn't interest her very much. Okay, it's a pretty mechanism, but she's happy to stick to card games if she wants to mess around with puzzles that aren't the real world.

Harry is curious too about the tablet, though he's inclined to write it off as Milliways Magic and/or Future Tech that is way too far beyond his time for him to try to figure out how to introduce to England. And he's far enough away from now, culturally, that I'm not sure how much he'd understand the game element. He hasn't really been exposed to any computer stuff, and there's just...there's a visual language there and expectations about how games and stories work, and I'm not sure how much he'd make out of it.

The Chief starts with moral compunctions about messing around with someone else's stuff. That lasts about five minutes, and she spends the rest of the week huddled over the tablet when she should be filing paperwork. Ugh! That one puzzle! With the thing! And the other thing! She's not going to look at a walkthrough, that would be cheating. Well. Okay. She's only going to look at thiiiis much of the walkthrough. Just this once. Okay, she's going to ask Greg to look at the walkthrough and then give her hints.

And Gredya ignores it.

[genarti]

OMG Djehuty and the Chief. The most adorable!

[ceitfianna]

Will would get bored with it quickly, he finds computers and tablets interesting but he prefers movies and real puzzles.

Charles would be fascinated for a little while, but I could see it distracting him and especially post canon, that kind of thing could be very useful for him.

Quentin probably has a few of these types of games on his phone but would be curious though might stop if it reminds him too much of ALH or other experiences.

William would look at it for a little while but I think he'd be much more interested in all the books you can hold on a table than a game. Also I could see him maybe getting frustrated because he doesn't know the right gestures.

Moist would find it interesting and easy as he enjoys puzzles but he'd get bored as the danger is made up.

Sameth would try and figure out how it all works from the software to the tablet.

Jane would play it for a little while but if there isn't an obvious story would end up putting it down.

Ivan from a world with tablets and the like and would play for a small time but they're not his favorite kinds of puzzles.

Demeter wouldn't be that interested in it.

Tumnus would be a wary of it but might end up finding it intriguing.

[annalalaith]

Several of my pups wouldn't know what to do with them at all. Tegid, Tass, maybe Naruto.

The Count might enjoy the game for a bit once he figured out how to use it.

Death would not be interested.

Daniel would probably get bored quickly.

Vala would love it.

[farouche_bravoure]

Fantine enjoys it for a little while but doesn't get hooked.

Brienne of Tarth thinks it's a waste of time.

Jehan Prouvaire is pretty interested! The puzzles are fun, the graphics and aesthetics are even more so. But he's not sucked in; he can while away a little time by doing it, but he puts it away in an hour or less.

Combeferre is of course utterly hooked, quickly gets the highest score, and can only be distracted from it by some other nerdy obsession requiring immediate attention.

[bjornwilde]

Ahsoka, I think, would get bored pretty quickly. She likes puzzles but she's more about action that mental exercises.

Sabine on the other hand would be all over it and within a few levels be writing her own game with better puzzles. She'd likely call it Academy Escape or something.

Quin would enjoy it as well, though would be frustrated with the limited options for movement and such. What? Sometimes kicking down a door is the best option.

Rollo would be pulled in by the graphics but would likely get bored with the puzzles.

Luidaeg would play and get lost in the levels. In fact, I think I just got some new head canon.

Hank would have trouble with the puzzles at first, but once he got the nature of the game, would love it. He tends to prefer predicable things.

Selina cruises through the puzzles for a few levels before going to look for other games. I don't think she's returning the tablet.

Sam would first look for whom ever the tablet belongs to but then settle down to play while he waited for them to show up. He'd have fun but wouldn't be too upset when the owner returned and he had to stop.

Izana would frown at the old tech but grasp the controls pretty quickly. If the game is one that relied on low light or dark levels, she'd be creeped out by it. She'd have fun with the puzzles though.

[mnt_mike]

I can't see any of mine NOT picking the tablet up and giving the game a go.

Raph would throw it across the room at the first sign of frustration.

Mike would play the damn game everywhere, up to and including in the bathroom...and possibly during sex.

Splinter would play in a dignified way...ie: when he'd otherwise be pretending to meditate.

Aang would play until he got bored.

Bumi would play until he got stuck, then he'd get someone else to play for him, Tom Sawyer style.

The Loompas eat the ipad.

[have_no_mercy]

Tess would probably get sucked in. The Room is so awesome.

[student_of_impossibility]

Eriond would play just for kicks. He'd be able to put it down if he wanted to, but hey, cute fun.

Henry would definitely enjoy it, and it would be a welcome mental escape.

Anakin would get sucked in for a little while but can probably be distracted if he doesn't get to a stage of this is a point of pride. Idle entertainment until Angry Gamer, basically. Or crack it open to make it Stop Being Annoying at him.

R2, on the other hand, can hack the thing. But might play for fun!

Evelyn would have no idea what to do. If she had someone walking her through the tech, it would be an interesting puzzle! But without... no idea.

Lois would probably pick it up because hey, everyone needs a break from work and boredom and whatever. And then be like nope refusing to get sucked in. And put it down. And pick it up. And refuse to give in to frustration. And then get so involved that it is absolutely a point of pride that SHE WILL BEAT THIS FREAKING THING and probably make everyone around her amused or facepalm or something about this state of affairs. At least she (probably) wouldn't (intentionally) break it.

Tavi-- lord. He loves technology, even when he knows it's a kind he can't replicate himself for whatever reason. He'd certainly try to figure out how to interface with this one, and once he did/had a guide (and I figure just touch and something happens is not too difficult) he would absolutely dive into the puzzling and such with delight. It is absolutely his sort of thing. He also might poke around to see if he can find more things, working things as well as the game, and generally need to be pride away from the thing. He would, at least, not try to open it or anything, being acutely aware he has no real way to understand at least some of the principles. (Programming is easier, he understands logic. But microprocessors etc? Not so much.)

[misslucyjane]

Sucked in: Steve, Merlin, Cecil
Bored: Sadie, Jack
Tough call: Groot, Furiosa