Crane Game

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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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Comments

[callbacks]

A fucking tease is what you are, god damn.

[He scowls down at the offending card for a good three minutes alternately sitting against the machine itself and doing a little pacing. He has to discard answers like 'time?' 'money?' 'love?' 'a girlfriend?' (He definitely doesn't want to share his girlfriend.)

When the answer comes to him suddenly, he stares down at the card with naked disbelief.]

Seriously?

[Annoyed (and a little nervous), Dave glares at the machine, then examines it again more carefully. A black-and-white murderbear might pop out at any time. Can't be too careful.

Nothing happens, though, and he tries saying the answer. Nothing continues to happen, so he says it louder; the nothing just keeps happening. Finally, he sighs, digs out a pen, and scrawls:]

a secret
alternatively good news about your sex life

[What's he supposed to do, feed this back into the machine? He can try, he guesses.]

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[The card does indeed feed back into the machine, and soon the entire contraption is lighting up. Clearly either (or both) answer worked, because soon an item is popping out. What could it be?]

07. A cherry: a small piece of fruit. Don't try doing anything weird with your tongue with it, just eat it.

[callbacks]

One cherry? Cheapass!

[HE'LL SHOW YOU, CRANE GAME, HE'S GONNA LEARN HOW TO TIE A KNOT IN A CHERRY STEM! BYE!!]