Crane Game

[rubycitymods]

Stationed along the boardwalk, the old-fashioned Crane Game is an enormous thing, large enough that it stretches from floor to ceiling. The glass is tinted, but if you peer in, you'll be able to see all kinds of small items: hair clips and chocolate coins, some bubble mix and an old pulp novel. Approach it, and the entire machine lights up, neon flashing brightly and a tinny old tune that gets stuck in your head for ages afterwards.

Settle yourself in front of it, and you'll notice it doesn't have a slot for money. There's no joystick, either. There's just a button, red and worn, next to a slot three inches wide. Press the button, and a little card will pop out of the slot. There'll be a riddle written there.

Write a somewhat acceptable answer to the riddle, and you get a prize. What it is depends entirely on the machine, but fortunately the game isn't rigged; you are guaranteed an item.

You can only use it once every two weeks. The machine simply goes dead if you try and use it sooner than that.

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The Crane Game is a fun way for your character to win some pretty rad prizes! Comment here and get a minor item from the crane machine! Selections are random, and so long as your character provides a reasonable answer to the riddle, they'll get a prize.
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[callbacks]

[INTERNAL SQUEALING!!! He is going to be THE COOLEST. For like, four hours, until it washes off.

If a boy kisses a crane game and no one's around to see it, does it count as cheating on his fiancée?]

[rollerbunny]

[ Ah, yeah. Things that randomly turn on when you approach them by your lonesome, with no sign of any kind of radar or camera system, or anyone turning it on? That's always worked well for everyone.
And big red buttons with no instructions either? Hell, who can resist?

But, hey, he'll give it a try. What's the worse it can do?

Boops the button. ]

[rubycitymods]

[Out pops a little card! The paper is stiff, reminiscent of a particularly well-designed business card. Printed in black block letters is the following:]

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die. What am I?

[rollerbunny]

[ Pony reads the card and stares at it.

Pony turns the card around a few times.

Pony looks up at the machine.

Pony is confused and needs a minute but he also doesn't seem to care that much.

After a while, he writes fire on the card and slips it into the slot.]

[rubycitymods]

[Correct! The machine lights up, and soon a small item is popping out. What could it be?]

61. 52 markers: Make sure to cap them well.

[callbacks]

Mornin', sweet thing.

[IT'S YA BOY]

[rubycitymods]

[It's impossible for a machine to perk up, of course. Certainly it can't straighten up, nor try and make itself look smart. And yet perhaps the lights flash just a little brighter today? Perhaps the music plays just a touch faster? Ah, young love.

Regardless: out pops a little card! The paper is stiff, reminiscent of a particularly well-designed business card. Printed in black block letters is the following:]

A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?

[callbacks]

[Dave frowns. This is a puzzle--a logic puzzle, instead of the crane game's usual wordplay riddles. As a refugee from an incredibly illogical set of universes, he's less than optimally prepared to tackle this. A bunch of different answers come to mind. Most involve time loops. One involves strings, sealing wax, other fancy stuff, and a lot of frolicking in a land called Honahlee.

But the machine usually like the pithy stuff, so he stands there with his head cocked like a bird for a while until one idea in particular tumbles down, and he writes it and sends it in.]

try the glass room at night??

[rubycitymods]

[HELL YEAH HELL YEAH good job dave you're the smartest the game knew you could do this

Er-- by which I mean: correct! The machine lights up, and soon a small item is popping out. What could it be?]

80. Fried-end: A handheld digital friend, just for you! Don't forget to feed it, now.

[callbacks]

[GASP

Are we old enough for the responsibility of a CHILD, lover?]

[uncertainrelation]

[HELLO, CRANE GAME. HE HAS HEARD TALES OF YOU AND YOUR BOUNTY.

...let's press this button and see what's up, eh?]

[rubycitymods]

[Out pops a little card! The paper is stiff, reminiscent of a particularly well-designed business card. Printed in black block letters is the following:]

You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?

[uncertainrelation]

[A MAN BEING SPIRITUALLY REBORN VIA RIVER BAPTISM THAT ULTIMATELY LEADS T—

oh no wait

.............wait a minute this is an unusually self-aware riddle when you consider who it's talking to.]

A reflection.

[rubycitymods]

[Correct! The machine lights up, and soon a small item is popping out. What could it be?]

85. A pair of yoga pants: JUICY is emblazoned on the back in glittering pink. They fit you perfectly.

[uncertainrelation]

[WHY THIS]

[naeggs]

[Woah!! A crane game! Although he really can't tell how you're meant to operate it, without any kind of joystick. Well... can't hurt to gently press that red button, right?]

[rubycitymods]

[Out of the slot pops a little card. The paper is stiff, reminiscent of a particularly well-designed business card. Printed in black block letters is the following:]

What gets broken without being held?

[naeggs]

[A riddle? Naegi stares at the piece of paper, totally engrossed in wracking his brain for the answer. His first instinct is to answer 'heart', but... that's way too cheesy, right?]

Oh! I've got it!

A promise.

[rubycitymods]

[Correct! The machine lights up, and soon a small item is popping out. What could it be?]

101. Party Rats: They're lights for your fingers! But they're shaped like rats! Comes in a variety of funky, fun colors.

[naeggs]

[What a good gift these could make! Thanks, crane game!]

[callbacks]

[Mornin', babe. It's your fortnightly Saturdate, here for sweet nothings and precious garbage.]

[rubycitymods]

[Oh darling, but a fortnight is ever so long a time to wait.

Out pops a little card! The paper is stiff, reminiscent of a particularly well-designed business card. Printed in black block letters is the following:]

What kind of cup doesn't hold water?

[callbacks]

dick cup
athletic cup
bra cup no fuck
a suction cup??

[Two weeks is a long time to wait, but get your mind out of the gutter, Dave, geez.]

[rubycitymods]

[GOOD ENOUGH. The machine lights up, and soon a small item is popping out. What could it be?]

9. Pork bun: steaming and fresh, ready to be consumed on-site.

[callbacks]

[Okay yes I know it's a cupcake but that is a SILLY answer, a cupcake is not a cup!

Dave loves the pork bun though TY!]