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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Comments

[roseblooms]

[We meet again, Crane Game, and his life has been enriched by the Dead Lil Hiei so guess what, you get a pass on the vague personal insults thing this time around.

Maybe.

GIVE HIM THE GOOD SHIT, DEAL HIM THAT SWEET RIDDLE CARD.]

[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 has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

[roseblooms]

[A COIN wait a minute no coins aren't brown

...OR ARE THEY

what about a wooden nickel

wooden nickels are brown because wood is brown

AND THEREFORE

actually hang on it could also be a snake, a snake would also have a head and a tail and no legs AND COULD THEORETICALLY BE BROWN

man this is no way to get a-head in life

but only time will tail what we're looking at here

right though what is he going to pick, it's a coinflip decision basically

...

okay parrot grass don't let him down here]

A wooden nickel.

[...but also a snake. technically.]

[rubycitymods]

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

51. A polaroid camera: only good for ten pictures! Don't shake what comes out, that actually isn't good for the photographs.

[roseblooms]

[BUT THEN HOW IS HE GOING TO SHAKE IT

SHAKE, SHAKE IT

SHAKE IT LIKE A POLAROID PICTURE???

S'all gravy, Crane Game, he will appreciate this one this time, thank you. ♥]