[ 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!

Comments

[newphew]

[ hey it's marcille! hunter obviously feels uncomfortable at this party, but since ryoji invited him, he came! and he's staring at the video game with a similar amount of confusion ]

I think it's supposed to be a human game. [ this sheds no light ] of.... racing? With weapons. [ he has never seen a banana before in his life so he assumes it's a weapon ]

[picky]

[ HOW DO BANANAS NOT EXIST IN THE OWL HOUSE? Anyway, she squints at the screen too, watching the characters flail and yell and spin as they're hit with seemingly random objects. ]

It looks like it, doesn't it? [ Squinting harder. ] There's so much going on, though... There are all these colors and lights. Are those monsters driving those machines? Cars, right?

[ She points to the screen of the chair beside them. ]

This just looks like a beach, though. It seems way calmer and easier.

[newphew]

[ not in the demon realm.... but also consider that hunter was extremely isolated all of his life so he doesn't know SHIT ]

[ he also continues to study this strange game..... ]

The objective of this must be to win at any cost, no matter what you have to do to your opponents.... so maybe it's a form of training.

[ nods sagely. clearly this is normal? ]

[picky]

[ Help. She draws her brows in, but she can't help smiling a little. ]

I'm not so sure about that. Ryoji told me these games are just for fun.

[ She looks back at the screen and then at the pocket of her skirt. She draws out some tokens—enough for two seats—before offering her hand to Hunter. ]

We could just give it a try and see. What do you think?

[newphew]

[ damn he was excited to be so good at training ]

[ but he considers..... ]

I guess we could. If that's what you want.

[ he keeps looking at the screen with increasing interest. he is a teenage boy, after all ]

[picky]

[ If that's what she wants... She pauses, watching him be enraptured by the screen.

She lowers her head and smiles a little wider. ]

Well, if you don't want to, maybe we shouldn't...

[newphew]

Let's just play it already!

[ huffing!! because he's a dumb teen boy!! ]

[ also we can wrap this and focus on new stuff if you want ♥ ]