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[willyousee]

Forgive me, but I am unfamiliar with what liminal space has become this time. Can anyone tell me what it is? What the cultural significance of it is? Are there usually balls of mice which try to run you down? There must be some reason it is what it is this time.

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[upcard]

Oh... It's a pinball machine, Alcuin-san.

[This response comes after Mai has tucked herself away in a safe corner to breathe.]

It's...a game. A-and there definitely aren't mice--um, usually!

[willyousee]

Ah... Thank you Mai-chan. I see the reasoning behind the name and yet... A game? What is the goal, if I may ask?

[upcard]

You can play them at arcades and things, and...you try to get the highest score! You can get points by hitting things in the pinball machine with the ball--which, um... I guess the balls filled with mice represent... for some reason.

[Weird as hell, Liminal Space.]

But I don't know why we're inside one now... it's kind of scary.

[willyousee]

[Immediately--]

Do you need assistance getting to the workshop? It is dangerous out there, even if it is a game.

I do recall arcades from the streets of Austin. I wonder if there is a significance to it being a game meant for a single person instead of multiple. ...or hitting walls.

[upcard]

Oh...! N-no, please don't worry about me. I'm okay...! [A few close calls, but otherwise fine. She doesn't want anyone put out because of her.

As for the rest.]

... I wonder too... Pinball games can come in all sorts of themes, too, so I don't think that really helps us much...