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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[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:]

What is it that no man ever yet did see, which never was, but always is to be?

[arken7]

Hardly a challenge. I knew this answer even at first encounter, when I was ten.

[He smiles to himself, then grabs his pencil and scribes his answer.]

Tomorrow.

[rubycitymods]

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

19. Whalebone charm: Made of Dunwall's finest whalebone, this charm is guaranteed to be ten times as lucky as your other jewelry made of skeleton parts. Say goodbye to that annoying necklace of rabbit feet, bat wings and shriveled hands you usually wear to buy lottery tickets.

[arken7]

… Whalebone. [Okay.] Hey, at least it's a new one.

[It reminds him of an old ivory piece he once saw in an antiques shop that he never bought, in a way. He'll keep it.]

Not that I'm much of a person for luck.