Cracking reins, the horse snorting as it shook the snow off itself.
"C'mon, up you get."
"This is our ride?"
"Unless you plan on walking all the damn way, Timber here's your best bet."
"Oi, Slavi, get on your horse. We're wasting daylight."
The brown furred alien turned, head tilted as he looked at the human stop their horse. A black steed, currently eating the grass below her as she relaxed on top of the horse. Hardly larger than herself, the horse appeared inattentive.
"I refuse to ride with a horse that pays no attention."
"I refuse to stand ready when a fellow rider does not."
She snapped back, checking her weapons in their sheaths as she rests atop her steed.
"HIYA!"
Patting the hind of his horse, the animal snorting as it glared at her. Her horse snorted at the horse, the grouchy animal seemingly under control.
"How?"
"It's called bringing attention, Black here only works when people pay attention."
She called back, her horse trotting along the road. With the horse seeming to carry only her large bag, his own practically grumbling as it carried him and his bags.
"... Why do you wear your pack?"
Despite riding in a horse, she carried her pack on her back. Instead of letting the steed carry the bag, she wore it on her back.
"Same reason you carry your bag when walking."
She waved off, looking back at him.
"You coming?"
"This damn mongrel isnt- WOAH"
The horse bucked, monkey like alien cursing as the horse kicked snow onto the alien.
"Looks like Timber's cross."
Her voice practically fading as the horse shook more snow off itself, trotting back towards the stable.
"HEY-"
"TIMBER."
She'd started riding back, the horse draped with a blanket despite its coat.
The horse responded to her, snorting in more annoyance as she jabbed the horse with her staff, poking it's reins as she practically marched it forward.
"HEY-"
"Timber?"
The horse might as well had rolled it's eyes, lowering itself as he placed the bags over himself. Then it bucked, throwing the extra bag to the floor, glaring at the horse. He put the bag on, saddling the beast.
"Right, let's move. Can't stay here for long."
"... Why?"
She glanced back at the visiting alien.
"not sure if you're aware, but a pocket dimension is made of magic. Magic means someone can stick an intangible sensor, for instance an enchanted camera, on just about anything. Let's move"
Flicking the reins, she rode forward. The horse following through the strange wall as she vanished into what looked like clear syrup. Ignoring his complaints, the horse rode forward.
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Annon-Guy: What do you think of game over screens where the main character calls you out for messing up via a fourth wall break? Examples incluse Styx Shards of Darkness and Deadpool The Game.
When Deadpool says you pushed the Wrong Button… let's all face it together… YOU PUSHED THE WRONG BUTTON.
In all seriousness though, Game Overs exist to tell you that what you've done is either fulfilled the requirements of something or, the complete opposite thereof!
Of course, some developers (like Hideo Kojima and Yoko Taro) like to mess with your head over it, or even make an entirely separate mechanic out of it.
In Ishiwatari's case… it's an excuse to play some really GOOD music.
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Personally I'd rather see the entire Hollywood movie industry fall apart than the strike fail. Movies won't stop being made, they will just stop being sponsored by worker abuse, and if that means no more millions of dollars worth epics then so be it idc
EDIT: OK this is gaining way too much attention while being vague and hyperbolic and ranty so let's make one thing clear - I am NOT lauding projects which don't adhere to union requirements, this is about the fact that big studios pretend like they are the only ones who can give you entertainment and if they can't make projects, you'll be sad and bored forever, and also that the only worthwhile pieces of media are projects worth an ungodly amount of money. This is obviously a lie, since there have been studios that agreed to work under new union requirements, and that's what I mean by "movies won't stop being made" - there will always always always be projects, big and small, that won't ignore what unions have to say. And in a dreamlike hypothetical future where big Hollywood industry falls apart, other smaller and more manageable studios will rise to take their place, and they'll have a cautionary tale on what will happen to them if they try to push it again.
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