[ open ] birthday time!

[picky]

WHO: Marcille, Ryoji, and YOU!
WHAT: A party for the April (and May) birthdays!
WHERE: LILICO Game Center in Akihabara
WHEN: April 20th
WARNINGS: TBA

No matter who you are, you receive a text early in the morning from Ryoji (memors):

Good morning! Did you know it's a special someone's birthday today? Actually, we have several birthdays to celebrate, so join us today at the LILICO Game Center! There will be cake! Lots and *lots* of cake. Hope to see you there!

This is an open log, so feel free to tag out or top level or respond to the prompts below. Have fun!

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[eyescar]

[ Yuji goes with the grip, shoving himself and Ryoji out of the way of the beam and sliding back, looking around. There's some cover to the side, so he darts that way, grabbing his friend and pulling him towards it. ]

Back here! We can shoot over the top.

[ What were the rules to this game again? Damn. ]

Does it have weaknesses?

[memors]

[ Oh! Taking cover, Yuji's a genius! He remembers well the art of the headshot that Junpei showed him, leveling his weapon just over the barricade they hide behind. Even so, would the perfect headshot be enough?

Actually, maybe with a coordinated attack... ]

It has no natural weaknesses, but if it were to take a critical hit, I think we could knock it down and ambush it. [ All out attack!! ] Do you think you can hit its head, Yuji-kun?

[eyescar]

Hit it's head...? With my hands, or the gun?

[ There's no doubt he's better at punching than he is at shooting, but he could give the gun a solid attempt if it was necessary. Frowning, he tilts his head and peers over at the monster, just a little cautious. ]

I can try either one if you think it would work.

[memors]

[ …You know. He’d been thinking with the gun, but after what he’d gleaned about Yuji from the kaiju battle, maybe a punch to the head is the way to go. With an eager nod: ]

Go with your fists! I can hit it with the gun at the same moment, and then we’ll – have his ass!!

[ Is that the saying. He’s channeling his inner toxic gamer. Junpei's legacy. ]

[eyescar]

Right!

[ Have his ass, though... Yuji gives his friend an odd look before he starts to shuffle around, to try and make his way behind the Reaper. He's already summoning cursed energy to his fists, as if this is the Sim room and it'll work like that.

Hopefully it isn't a hologram. ]

Ready?

[memors]

[ Fortunately, the technology is advanced enough in this game that it does work rather like the Sim room, although in the back of his mind, Ryoji also realizes they could just, like, quit and start the game over and not have dealt with the Reaper at all.

...But that's quitter talk, and they are serious gamers. ]

Ready!! Three, two, one — fire!

[ And he fires a blast of the gun right at the Reaper's head. It's a hit! ]

[eyescar]

[ This is, in fact, the most serious of gaming.

Yuji leaps over their little barricade as soon as he's sure Ryoji is ready, summoning his strength and pusing forward, aiming up to give a solid right hook to the Grim Reaper, right to the head.

Critical hit, for sure, right? ]

Yeah!

[memors]

[ Critical hit!! And as Yuji's punch lands, so too does Ryoji's shot, a neat technical follow-up, which sends the formidable foe tumbling to the ground, stunned.

Which means— ]

— It's time for an all out attack!

[ Jumping over the barricade, Ryoji joins Yuji at the Reaper's side so they can just. Absolutely whale on this guy. ]

[eyescar]

You got it!

[ If there's one thing that Yuji can do, it's punch, so he just goes for it - absolutely does all he can to pummel this thing, just like he did that grasshopper curse in Shibuya.

It might be a little overkill. ]

Woah! We really did it?

[memors]

[ It may be overkill, but it's definitely satisfying — Ryoji has never much liked this guy, anyway...

When the dust settles, the Reaper disappears, leaving a pile of loot behind, some coins and a handful of tarot cards. Ryoji stoops to pick up the cards, sorting through them and examining their sides. ]

We really did! We make quite the team, don't we?

[eyescar]

[ Yuji goes right to the coins, turning them this way and that before he starts to gather them up and trying to find somewhere to shove them all. Pockets? Ryoji's pockets? Do they have a bag?

This is harder than he thought it would be. ]

Yeah! That guy never stood a chance.