2001/A day at the arcade

A day at the arcade
Date of Scene:	05 October 2016
Location:	Uminari City - Game Center Crown
Synopsis:	Stuff happened!
Cast of Characters:	Amu Hinamori, Seth Locke, Mikoto Nakajima, Yuzuki Amemori, Usagi Tsukino, Naru Osaka

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Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori was hanging out at the arcade, a fruit smoothy in one hand as she leaned back against the wall. Waiting for her turn. Finally, the kid ahead of her walked off and she pulled out a single quarter and stepped forward, sliding it into the table. A moment later, the words rang out.

"Go go sailor V!"

A moment later her hands were rapidly clicking on the button while the sounds of the punching girl played. "Three point combo, four point combo, eight point combo!" Yessssss. Okay so they all had their guilty pleasures. From behind ehr, her squad cheered.

"Go Amu, you got this! Rah rah!" Ran cheered. "Look out, get that power up! The star, get the star!" Miki advsied. "Eek! Look out for the snake!" Su yelled.

And then... 'Amu plays Sailor V? Is that really in her character?" She urked and got hit. Didn't die, though. Because who dies in one hit?

Seth Locke has posed:
Entering the Game Crown, dressed in his Infinity uniform, satchel on his side while in a hand he holds a tablet, Seth casually walks the aisles to get to the second floor. He's starting to see this place as a nice point to come after school; nevermind that the place has some noise, courtesy of the customers - he's used to it, and even if it got too loud, well, there's always headphones you can put on the tablet, right?

But today, it seems like it's a little more active than usual, so this curious american boy moves to see what it's all about, to find an Amu struggling to kick some butt in an arcade game. He looks at the title: Sailor V. He's not really familiar with it...

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
It's a lovely fall day out in Tokyo. And school is in session. Which means that a good deal of Mikoto's day is eaten up by an utter waste of time, as far as she's concerned. But she's free of it for now, and heading homeward when she spots the Crown. A game or two won't take up too much of her time, will it?

So she pulls open the door and heads in, taking a moment to survey the room to see if there are any new machines to be examined. She doesn't see any... but there is a head of familiar pink hair over at the Sailor V console. Hmmm.

It's been a couple of days since she saw Yoru last. Maybe Amu's seen him. She takes a few steps in that direction, then pauses.

...Or maybe she'll just rant again, runs through her head, as she decides that it's simply polite not to interrupt the game, anyway, and waits patiently.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori is lunging at one of the tables, watching a progress bar on a laptop encased in what looks like an armored and secured case. She's got headphones around her neck, music loud enough to be heard over the crowd if you're close enough. She's got a notebook in hand and seems to be doing some homework while she's waiting for whatever she was working on, on the laptop to complete.

She grabs a drink nearby and begins to drink the chocolatey shake, making a few corrections.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi is all but dragging Naru into the arcade. And of course, she's being very Usagi while she does it.

"Come on, come on! An ice cream smoothie is JUST what you need!"

A giggle, a hug, and maybe she stops longingly at Amu's 'Sailor V' cries, but other than that!

Naru Osaka has posed:
"But Usagi..." Naru protests gently as she's dragged along. "I'm /tired/. One ice cream smoothie. Just /one/, and then I am going home and going to /bed/." Her satchel is over her shoulder, and she makes a little face at her bestie. "Yesterday was zomg long. And this morning was early."

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori leaned in closer, chewing on her tongue lightly. Yes, she could do this. Just a little more, she was almost there. Her hand danced along the board, tapping, tapping, tapping. She zapped the aliens. "Go go go!" Ran cheered from over her shoulder.

She was so close. So close. So close! YESSS!

She beat the first stage. She wasn't exactly good at these games so even getting through the first stage on one quarter was quite the accomplishment for her. After a moment the screen announced it. "Stage two, go!" She died about twenty seconds later, before giving a sigh. She turned at just the right moment to block Usagi's way. Her eyes went wide, but it was too late for her to avoid collision. "Oh cr--" She was going to say crud! crud!

Seth Locke has posed:
Seth is really not familiar with the cult status of Sailor V, so at this point, he just shakes his head, a little confused. He momentarily diverts his eyes, noticing Naru, and offering her a wave. "Ohaio, Naru-chan." A wave and a smile go to the odango-girl as well.

He returns his attention momentarily to the game, then back to Naru. And he dares to do it. He dares to say it! The one question that will make any absolute fangirl just go berserk, even more so than any youma - even more so because the question is delivered in the most innocent of ways...

"What's 'Sailor V'?"

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Mikoto waits patiently while Amu plays, and nods to herself at each good move the girl makes. Eventually the game ends, as they all do, and she starts to walk towards the pinkette again. Maybe she can do something about their previous ill will.

Except that it seems Amu is going to be a little busy falling into an Usagi, which is a scene she's going to stay and watch. And maybe record. The wonders of Devices that hook directly into the nervous system!

"Oh, hey, Usagi. Came in search of a game, did we? Or ice cream?" She nods pleasantly to Naru, and waves, too. "Good to see some interesting people getting out and about today."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"But Naru-chan..." Her voice is low and quiet. "Normalcy is important. But yes! One is all I ask."

She hugs her oldest Bestie around the shoulders, a happy little giggle, before she pulls away and--

"WAAAAUGH!" Her butt's on the floor and the tears are coming!

She sniffles and rubs her eyes as she answers Mikoto. "B-both!"

Then she wails, and runs at Mikoto! "Noooooo! Mamo-chan doesn't need to see me being even more klutzy!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Hey Seth." Naru waves to the confused American, clearly not rising to the bait of freaked out fangirl at his question. "In this case, it's a super popular video game, Seth."

And then Usagi's on the floor after a collision with Amu and she blinks a moment. "Well /that/ was unexpected. Evening Mikoto." Naru offers Usagi a hand up. "One ice cream." Is her answer to Mikoto. "and I will try not to fall asleep in it."

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori slammed head first into the girl, toppling back. She groaned, before opening her eyes. "Owwww. Sorry, I--" Then blinked. Hair that defied every explanation. A body that looked like puberty hit it with a mack truck. A shrill voice that sounded like IT had been mauled by a pack of mac trucks. And crying. There was only one person she knew like that.

"Usagi-chan," she said, getting to her feet quickly. The other girl was already on her feet. "I-I'm so, so sorry. Are you okay? I didn't hurt you, did I?" And then the girl was running off to seek comfort in... Mikoto's arms? She was just very confused. She rubbed the bump on her forehead. "Sorry, I should have paid more attention where I was walking." "Hey, if it wasn't you, she'd have run into something eventually," Miki said. Quite honestly.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori watches the crowd of people making their way in. She waves to any familiar faces, trying to remember if she's seen them at school, around town, in fights or at concets. There's at least one she recognizes off hand though. "Hey" is all she calls out, while starting to drum on her laptop in its case, clearly becoming impatient with what she's working on.

Seth Locke has posed:
"Oh", Seth replies after that doubt is cleared up. "Well, it's nice to see there's something giving Pokemon GO some competition..." The way he implies it, looks like he's not much into Pokemon GO either -- OH! THE BLASPHEMY!

He looks at the collapse between the two girls, Amu and Usagi, blinking, "Uhm... Are you girls alright?" As a gentleman, he'll help up whoever holds out their hand to meet his.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
And suddenly there's a blonde picking herself up and running flat out at Mikoto mumbling something about Mamo-chan. Well, that's ... new. "Huh?" she asks Usagi, eloquently enough.

Then she turns back to Naru and gestures at the blonde with a casual wave of one hand. "Mamoru isn't waiting just outside or something, is he?"

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
She looks, horror stricken, at Mikoto. "I hope not!!"

And then it's back to Amu! Hug! "No, no, you're okay! Promise!"

And then she's hugging Naru, because Naru may be worried! "Yup! A bit of ice cream and other such normal things!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Evening Yuzuki." Naru waves over in her direction as Usagi picks herself up and there's just a little laugh at the mention of Pokemon Go. "Sailor V is just arcade. Hard to take it everywhere like PokeGo." She points out to Seth with a little chuckle.

"Not that I know of, Mikoto, no, but I don't exactly keep a tracking device on him. PokeGo means he could be anywhere." Naru sounds amused at the notion of her being asked where Mamoru is.

A hug for Usagi and Naru snickers softly. "Normal. Right. Totally."

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori just stared at the girl, her mouth open. She just... there were no words. "Err... okay... then? I uhhh... okay." She blinked a few times, just staring at her with an odd intensity. Those who knew her cool and spicy character would think she was sizing the girl up. Maybe planning to suplex her or some other wild thing.

In fact, she was just so very, very confused and had been absorbed slightly into Usagi's vibe and was struggling to climb her way back out. She blinked. "Pokemon go? That's the thing people were getting mugged for their phones with, right?" ... Oh gosh she knew nothing about games. Her dad wanted to make sure she wasn't playing it. And had told her stories.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori pokes at her screen a few times and shrugs, "How goes?" she calls out, not being too far from the main group, though they seem to be trying to give eachother concussions. There's a pop up on her screen and when she glances at it, she slumps forward, banging her head on the case a few times. The laptop is closed and she locks the case, then slides it from the table to drag it and her shake over to the bumper car section of the arcade.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Mikoto nods to Usagi, and the blonde turns back to Naru. Good, that's one landmine not stepped on. "Ice cream is definitely good. And perfectly normal. I don't think I know anyone who doesn't like ice cream."

She pauses and ponders for a moment. "Hmmm. I could go for a sundae myself. Vanilla ice cream with strawberries and chocolate sauce, I think." Except that she's in the game room, and the ice cream is upstairs. Hmm. That would require her to go up there.

"So that's what's been eating up all his time. Well, at least he's having fun, and not angsting about you all the time."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi gasps and gets in Amu's personal space, phone out. "Nooo! I mean yes it is but it's more than that!" She holds up her phone, where she's at 378 Magikarp candy. "I almost have enough eggs for a Gyrados!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Uhh." Naru pauses a moment, looking to Amu. "I can't say I've ever been mugged for my phone because of Pokemon Go. I've been.. mugged.. because I wasn't paying attention, but never lost my phone, and that honestly was my own stupidity." And then Usagi is providing a demonstration, which is probably more helpful.

Naru considers Yuzuki's question a moment and then she smiles. "Ice cream has been a highlight of this week." Which isn't exactly saying /much/ about her week, although ice cream is rarely a bad thing.

"PokeGo, and homework mostly, as far as I can tell. Only one of which is fun, and neither of which is angsting about me." Naru notes to Mikoto and then waves towards Usagi. "I'm going to go get myself ice cream, what do you want?"

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori blinked a few times, taking a step back. "Eggs for a... guy rah dose?" She just looked very confused as she tried to picture that one. She had a little bit of an idea about pokemon, but she didn't keep up on it. "So, ummmm... it's like... an egg catching game? Oh! Like the little neo pet things, right? Ami loves those!" Ami her sister. Not Ami the fanfic writer.

She gave a little nervous chuckle to the girl. "I don't think it'd work on my phone anyway. I only just got a new one and, well.." She showed it. It was a flip phone. Good gracious it wouldn't work on that. She was lucky she could make calls. "So, ummm, sorry? But your two cheering guys sound cool!"

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori secures the strap on her case, fiddling around one handed as she does so. Securing it across her shoulders, she looks to Naru while saying, "Not much of a status. Ice cream's always a highlight." There's a beat, "Not THE highlight, but usually a good one. I don't eat a lot of ice cream though."

Looking to Amu, she rubs the back of her head while asking, "Guy rah dose? That's from that game with the wrestler dragons right?" It clicks thanks to Usagi though, then she looks back to Amu, "A game making people walk around."

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Mikoto looks briefly over at Amu, considering the girl, and then back to Usagi and Naru. Well. "Hmm, let's see..."

She considers. Even at Usagi's worst, it's not like they could eat through her allowance...

"So, anyone else want ice cream, then? I hate eating alone. And I have to ask Amu a couple of things anyway."

Seth Locke has posed:
Going idle all of a sudden due to a message he recieves on his phone, preventing him from engaging in conversation, he returns his eyes back to the people. "I'm sorry, Naru-chan... Odango-girl..." - no formal introductions made, so Seth can't really call Usagi by her name, right? - "...and everyone else; I'd love to stay and talk, but it looks like my imoto needs me." He turns to Naru, "You got my number, Naru-chan. So, message me with a time and date for tutoring, if you're still going through with it." He starts to back away, offering a small wave on his way out. "There'll be other times, so until then." And he's out.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"I'm getting mine to go." Naru comments to Mikoto. "I'm /flattened/. So tired." She waves after Seth as he takes his leave. "Got your number, just need to find some conscious time to manage tutoring. Soon!"

Naru heads upstairs to retrieve her lychee ice cream smoothie and there's a quick hug for Usagi as she heads out into the evening. "Good night everyone!"

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori blinked and then perked up. "Ohhhh! An exercise video game! So thats how you manage to get away with eating so many--" And then blinked, paused. "Errr... eh... heh heh... I mean. Errr. That sounds like... fun. Lots of fun. Yes. Fun," she said nervously, giving her the biggest grin she could muster after firmly lodging her foot in her mouth. Then everyone was leaving! Leaving her alone with the other three and she gave a nervous chuckle.

If she didn't know any better, she'd suspect this was a set up. So she suspected it was almost guaranteed to be a set up. She was doomed. "So, errr, how have you all been? Sorry haven't kept up. Being in... Europe... and all... Eh heh... France was nice." Oh gosh she had nothing. "Huh? Ask me? What?" she asked, giving her patented smile.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori watches the two leave, then looks between Amu, Usagi and Mikoto. "Odango girl seems a bit.... lazy doesn't it? I'm sure there's better silly nicknames on the fly." Food based ones even. Resting her hand on her case's strap, she tilts her head left, then right and says, "Well. The only person I really knew just ran off for sugar. Hi, I'm Yuzuki Amemori."

Back to Amu she shakes her head, "Nono, not directly, but kind of? I want them to do a Fatal Frame version because that would be neat. Especially if they did push messages for ghostly messages." Beat, "I'd try to strip the sound effects for music though."

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Mikoto nods, "It does get a little... out there," she agrees, as Yuzuki continues to nickname Usagi. "I'm Mikoto. Pleased to meet you, Yuzuki."

She pauses for a moment, then starts for the stairs. "I'm going to get some ice cream. Anyone else want some?"

She'll wait a moment to take requests, then head up after Naru, and be back down in a few minutes.

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori blinked a few times, then pailed. "W-what? a.... g-ghosts? I... I don't think that'd be... very fun. Oh, uhhh, I'm Hinamori Amu, a pleasure to meet you." Yes, she didn't jsut forget the woman, she just hadn't known her! which was much better!" She'd follow the other girl, sitting across from them in a moment. She kept her hands neatly folded in her lap, before glancing to Mikoto.

"So ummm, how can I help you today?" She asked with a smile. She wondered if she knew this girl too. Ugh, how did she know so many people before going to europe?

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori knocks her fingers against her case while she holds up her half-full shake, "This is more than enough sugar for the week. I'm going to have to go for a jog after and that's not even counting other things I have to practice with." Things like heavy armor and a huge sword. "Thanks though" She adds quickly to Mikoto.

Looking to Amu, she shrugs "I think it would be a blast, I loved those games, all spooky and atmospheric. The sound design was outstanding>" Head tilted, she grins, "Cute's good too though. Which is what Pokemon GO is."

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori nodded and gave a shudder. "I don't know. A game all about hunting ghosts? That sounds completely terrifying." she gave another shudder. "I mean, why would you want to have to do anything with ghosts?" Then irked. "I mean, that kind of stuff is just so... weird." She shrugged. As if she totally wasn't just scared of them.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori settles down on one of the empty seats, setting her laptop case on the table and resting her arms and head against it. "Because it's a fun game series about taking pictures? It would translate over well right?"

She looks to Amu after and laughs, "Besides, it's far and away from being the weirdest thing I've seen around here right?"

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori nods. "Well, I guess if it was just taking pictures. Aslong as people didn't think their houses were haunted or anything ike that. It's not like it could attract ghosts or... any... thing..." Considering the world they lived in, it possibly could. She shuddered and hugged herself again. "So, ummmm, how do you know the others?" she asked, quickly changing the subject.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori grins, "They wouldn't be real of course. It's a game, a bunch of code and graphics. I wanted to try and do sound design for that kind of thing. Music, foley stuff, the works."

At the question, she begins laughing though, "I only know Osaka, I honestly don't know anyone else and they all seem to have wandered off."

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori blinked and then perked up. "Oh!" She held out her hand. "Well, I guess that means we should get to knwo each other, right? How about you tell me about yourself? I bet you're really interesting!"

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori takes the offered hand with a smile, "I mentioned my name earlier right? Yuzuki Amemori, student at Infinity, DJ" there's something else at the end, did hse mutter samurai? That was probably a joke. "Geek. I was trying to turn images into sound to see what I got, I had an idea I wanted to try out. Didn't work though." She knocks on the case for emphasis before asking, "What about you?"

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori kept grinning at her. "A DJ? Ohhhh, that sounds fascinating. I got your name, don't worry. Not uhhh, much of a geek, honestly. I like drawing a bit, and ummmm... I like sports!" She kinda chuckled a little, scratching her chin. "And ummmm... boys, I guess," she joked. "I'm the joker of the guardians. Oh, right. I guess if you're from Infinity you might not know us. We're a group at a different school."

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori nosd quietly as he listens, "I jog, I don't do a lot of sports otherwise though." Drumming her fingers against her jaw, she adds, "I never did get into sports beyond some cursory stuff though. Unless you count motorcycles."

The comment about boys being a hobby gets a snrk, "I have avoided that as well, funny that." She sits up straight and leans back in her chair at least long enough to finish her shake. "The joker and the guardians? Is that like... what, a school club? Which school do you go to?"

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori nodded. "Kinda. A club. Seiyou public. We're lessa club more a student council I guess would be a good word for it? I don't do most of the paper work, I usually just sharpen the pencils and do, uhhh, other jobs for them." She looked a little young to be in the mob. "But it's a lot of fun! Motorcycles? That's really cool! I can't even drive yet... not sure I'd want to, though."

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori sticks her tongue out at that description of her activities, "With a title like joker, I'd expect comedy, not gopher work. Guessing it's a good excuse to be with friends and it looks good on school applications though right?"

She nods quickly at the motorcycle comment, "I like them, but I haven't ridden yet. I'm saving up to buy one and get my lisence. Why wouldn't you want to drive? - I mean, I walk everywhere now, but it would be neat to ttavel."

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori nodded. "Yeah, something like that. Though, honestly, I think it's mostly they wanted to boss me around. Completely ignored me saying no." The smile on her face said she was happy they did, though. "Driving is just a lot of... things. I don't really live in an area where it'd be much use, either. I mostly just walk everywhere, or take the bus."