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audio, @DONQUIXOT3, beginning of the month
[ literally so sorry to anyone who decides to check this out-- ]
HARK!!!!!!
There are new lands to discover! Such as yonder... "bowling alley"! I have seen shadows behind the contraptions at the end, but chasing them leads to nothing -- it is most perplexing. Nonetheless!!! I wished to share to all the goodly news, and to ask a simple question to all of thee!!!!
[ a beat. a blessed pause. then, very simply asked: ]
Do thee believe in justice?!
HARK!!!!!!
There are new lands to discover! Such as yonder... "bowling alley"! I have seen shadows behind the contraptions at the end, but chasing them leads to nothing -- it is most perplexing. Nonetheless!!! I wished to share to all the goodly news, and to ask a simple question to all of thee!!!!
[ a beat. a blessed pause. then, very simply asked: ]
Do thee believe in justice?!
@junpei
Bowling alley's haunted. [like. probably.] You went behind the lanes...?
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Nay, I did not make it that far before I was beset by balls! But I wish to endeavor once more, this time with someone I may trust at my back!
[ ......
if only she had video on junpei could see her staring expectantly at him. ]
Also, what would be haunting the bowling alley?
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Dunno, ghosts? You're the one seeing shadows. I didn't notice any over by the snack bar.
[......okay,] You really got into the buddy system, huh.
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[ the only things that haunt the inhabitants are the sins of their past. ]
It has proved most useful! I shall never allow an ally to be alone again.
[ ... and she just likes hanging out with people. over being her own company. there is fun in losing oneself to imagination but being in closer quarters with others these past few months (on the bus, here) has given her both an appreciation for companionship and also a burdening knowledge that she wouldn't like to lose it. ]
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[rogue shifters, What If. or it's total bullshit, someone's suuuper funny shadow puppet show, but rogue shifters would be less annoying.
ten points for the buddy system, anyway; he considers it. does it feel slightly inevitable that he agrees to antics every time someone implies them in his direction? yes. but he likes to pretend to have more self control.
.....
and that's enough of that,] So, you wanna go bowling? My schedule's pretty pathetic, so...
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I am also free!!!!!!!!!!!! I did not learn to properly play last I went, so I would like for thee to teach me whilst we are delving into the mysteries of this new place.
[ so
her upper management boss can feel something other than utter disappointment in her next time they talk, ]
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Oh, sure. It's not that hard. [famous last words before he gutterballs 5x in a row because he learned to bowl from wii bowling.] The real main attraction is the snack bar—you'll see.
[a beat. she says free but is she busy yelling about justice on the other lines...]
I can meet you there in... fifteen?
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is free!!!!!!!!! physically free!!!!!!!!! vocally she is busy but she can hang up on them any time. and just text them. it's fine. ]
O-ho! An adequate amount of time! I shall see thee then, mine esquire! And not a minute more!!! If thou'rt late, be prepared to be punished!!!
[ click. okay she gets to ask her roomie an alarming question now ]
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he'll be on time, don't worry, he's very good at doing things within set time limits. he also has literally nothing else to do with himself, so he pretty much heads out as soon as she hangs up... he'll be there within the given 15, ready and waiting at the shoe counter in his cool bowling kicks.
(he didn't bring a safety rope for climbing around the lane machinery because then he'd have been late, it'll be fine.)]
—Hey. Let's do this thing.
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this is why it was adequate time, because she got to watch him fret over clothing and then be pleased to see her timely squire and his comfy lameass outfit. no punishment for him today, he'll never know if it would've included taking his hands or not. ]
I am prepared!!!!!!! I must warn thee, but perhaps thou needn't it given thine apparent experience, but the path towards the back is quite slippery!!!!!!
[ not that she went on it or anything. nice kicks. despite the shoes in that picture she still has on her obnoxiously beaten up bootshoes that say "rocinante" on them. they're perfect for bowling, probably. ]
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but at least he gets to keep his hands!!!!]
Yeah, it's waxed or something. It's for ball speed.
[........ok made it through without laughing at his own 12yo humor, whew!! now then,]
Are you changing your shoes...? Fair warning, it'll be more slippery.
1/2
looks down at her shoes thoughtfully. well. ]
... Rocinante did not find very good footing last time, [ she'll admit, ] so I shall...
[ she hates to part with her shoes, but the bowling shoes aren't
wait. they have pairs of every size. she has a great idea. she's perking up and looking into the Very Large sized shoes. why? she's looking for a pair to. put over hers. so she doesn't have to leave them. she isn't going to be successful and she'll end up downtroddenly having to set rocinante on the counter so she can see them at all times but damn if don quixote does not sueño imposible!!! ]
2/2
a sigh. okay. she'll change them. ]
Fare thee well, Rocinante... Await my return, for I shall not leave thee... 'Tis only temporary, my friend, there is none who can compare to thy speed...
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he's busy thinking of a snappy bowling team name in the meantime, because why wouldn't he. B Team—no, good god. Team Buddy System; nah...]
Uh, you ready? This place is deserted, our real shoes'll be fine. Who knows, maybe by the time we get back they'll be freshly spit-shined by the quantum pricks.
[not that his old vans need a spit-shine, but still.]
So—time for some Buddy Bowling. [let it wash over you] Bowling or searching first?
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[ jj j just so you know. ]
Ehm, if we bowl, perhaps we may be able to scare out whomever is living here! I am certain I saw shadows last I visited -- but there do not appear to be any now.
[ probably because she's looking for them, actually. it was very much corner-of-the-eye last time, and don's got her eyes glued to the ends. ]
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[follow him now over to the nearest lane, where they're just going to rely on the liminal weirdness to provide balls instead of having to go pick them. he grabs a super dope watermelon ball and quickly has to hold it with both hands because he wasn't expecting the heft.
he does believe her about the shadows - honestly he's kind of hoping there's some freak living in the bowling alley, if only because that would be someone besides the lot of them kidnapped to this city. maybe the bowling alley hermit has the secret answers! —but he's still going to leave the greater chunk of looking for shadows to her.]
So, obviously the goal's to knock down all the pins. Maybe there's a high score to hit before someone comes out...?
[hmhmhm he too squints briefly down at the ends of the lanes. is it a puzzle. he's been waiting.
he holds out the melon ball. please, take this.]
Here, you try first. Let me see about this scoreboard...
[he's going to Investigate the incredibly outdated digital scoreboard screen for Clues..... but it's just a scoreboard, so inevitably he gives up and just puts in DONQ and JNPY in to fit the charlimit. scoring puzzle solved.]
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don'll take the ball from him... there's heft, but it's in a familiar way of "her lance is like 8 feet long and made of metal and she wields it only in one hand when she attacks" so this? this is easy. comfy. how had kromer done it...? dominant hand, wiggle her fingers into the hole, swing the arm back and let it soar down the lane!!!!! ]
Fly, and may thee strike well!!!!!!!!
[ ... i decided to do rng and she only gets four pins, they're the sort that only fall by virtue of one or two getting hit particularly hard and the others knocking over. and the ball comes back......... the singularity of this place must be related to w. corp's. ]
O-ho! I quite like being on this side of the ball, Junpei!
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......4 isn't bad, not when he's definitely going to get a whopping 0, he's sure. he puts the new ball back down in the return queue so he can dish out some encouraging light applause. sick.]
Nice one. You get another throw before it's my turn. [a beat. this side of the..... girl, hold up.] Wait, were you running through people's games last time?
[he missed this detail entirely somehow,]
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I thank thee! And nay, there was no one save myself and one other whom was investigating with me. However, she...
[ ... ]
She was overcome by the urge to play, and proceeded to swing with all of her might in my direction! Whilst I was investigating, at that! I came away with little injury.
[ it's fine now. it's okay. she's rolling again, and....... she's catching a lucky break in striking the other 6 out, yeah. it's that combat experience with her fine control, apparently. ]
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anyway, oh, look at her go. she's instantly better at bowling than he will ever be.
so that means he's a great teacher!! as he picks up the other ball to make his way to the front of the lane and wait for the pins to reset,]
So she threw a ball at you. [homie,] I promise I'm not gonna throw anything at you, so don't worry about that.
[but now that it's his turn, he winds up to roll using all of the wii bowling knowledge he's accumulated in his life, like how to Add Spin and stuff, whatever that means, and--it's fucking 1. it is so cleanly just 1 pin that he has to stand there for a second in shock.]
...Alright, that's what I'm talking about! Check me out, huh? No gutters here!
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and
wow. ]
If thy shots are always like that, then even if thee were to throw something at me, I would assuredly be unharmed! It is most impressive, Junpei, how thee managed to only strike a single pin! Especially with a ball as large as one's head!
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It's all in the form, you know, like— [he mimes throwing the ball again, since it isn't quite back yet. the form. the form, don. see the form.]
Hah... well. Maybe I'm here to throw off the scoring curve. I just thought it would go straight into the gutter, so...
[he's having a great time with 1 pin. give him a moment to go back and get the ball for his second throw, which is... just 2 more.]
Okay. Huh. I'll give you a run for your money, don't get cocky.
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[ but it is better than a gutter actually, which she got to see POV: you are a pin on the lane of a bowling alley
still. that form. she's got it. no one in the sinners really like, throw things, but maybe she should be granted an ID that lets her throw more than nails-- ]
Behold! The fruits of my learning!
[ since that form and i fucking did you not nets her a nine. ooooh. she likes bowling actually this is fun. wait til sinclair hears about how his outfit gave her good luck. ]
Huhu, thou'rt a wonderful mentor, Junpei, alongside a faithful squire. I truly am grateful to have thee at my side. Do thee often bowl? In thy Shifts or otherwise?
[ since honestly his wii form is like, legit to her, answer her while she's waiting for her ball to rumble back ]
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I... don't, no. I mean, I've been before, but not in a while. Back when I had more time I had some video games with bowling in them, though.
[it worked? the form? huh,]
You're apparently a natural, but I'm not totally out yet.
[he says as a spare vs his 3 hover above his head on the scoreboard. details.]
Oh, and—spot any shadows yet?
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...................
she's gutting this one. ]
Ehm, I began to have so much fun that I had forgotten to keep any sort of eye out. I shall begin in earnest.
[ let her... go sit down while he takes his turn... shadows alike to those they know or not around the city every now and then, she can almost feel the burn of her upper management's gaze on the back of her neck. coward she is not, but it's not like he was wrong to say... ]
We do not have downtime ourselves, [ resting her chin in her hand as she staaaaaaaares at the other lanes, ] so this would be unthinkable, unless we were to have a job which took place in one and required us to play as thou and I do now. We are somewhat similar in that way as well, I suppose.
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