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Shi
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Post by Shi on Jul 16, 2016 20:48:32 GMT
Yuudai if he was being honest would have his first question be what's a shrine, second what was a spirit? But since she spoke with such confidence in what she was saying he assumed those were something a normal human should know. But that name didn't sound familiar to him at all. "Kawashiki Shrine. Humm." Yuudai said closing his eyes thinking for a moment before giving out a loud sigh. "Sorry, doesn't ring any bells, if you want I could ask around some places and help look, what's her name?" he offered, this would be a question better suited to Shi rather then the monster in disguise.
"Maybe use a map?" Yuudai suggested shrugging, a map should have that information on it after all, if it was in Shibuya she should be able to find it that way. Yuudai knew at least that much. And if it came to not knowing what it's called Yuudai could translate, win win.
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Post by amitybaldwin on Jul 16, 2016 21:09:55 GMT
"And now I feel like an even bigger idiot," she said, bopping her own head. "I'll need to gets me a map! Um... do they accept US money here? Or do I need to go to some place where they exchange it for... what's it called here? Yen?"
She seemed to like how the word sounded, since she found herself playing with the word.
"Yen, yen, yin yen, yin yen, yen house, yen and now, yen you realize that yen is a funny word! And yen there was light! Oh, right! D-don't worry too much about it! I'm sure I can find her on my own for now."
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Post by Shi on Jul 16, 2016 21:18:27 GMT
Yuudai shrugged. "I would assume you would need to get it transfered." Yuudai said before letting out a small chuckle, for some reason this girl reminded him of how one of his old friends acted, and him to a small point before. "Eh you can tell me that but I might still end up looking around, I like helping people. And have been told I'm stupidly stubborn. Well told by one person but still one's more then none." Yuudai joked with a small smile, even though it was the truth after all.
"Do you have a phone? Maybe you can pull up a map on that?" Yuudai suggested once again recalling phones can do amazing things, well most can the one Shi has is only for calling and texting, kinda silly.
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Post by amitybaldwin on Jul 20, 2016 14:39:45 GMT
Flash back to before she left on her trip:
"Now, we weren't planning on giving you this so early in your life, but we want you to be able to stay in touch, so..."
"Here, have a cell phone."
Amity stared at her parents in shock. She hadn't planned on asking for a phone, and she was so good at getting home on her own that she felt there was no need for it. This was more like a privilege to her then it was a necessity as they were treating it.
"Are you sure? I-I mean that must have been expensive and-"
"Hush," said her mother, quieting her gently with a finger to her lips. "We want you to stay in touch. We want to know that our little girl is doing okay, no matter where she is."
"So, do us a favor and don't be a stranger, okay?" her father said briefly. That was always a thing with these two, her mother usually had a lot to say, where as her father usually got straight to the point.
"Alright, I'll take good care of this phone!" she promised, "No matter what happens!" With phone in hand, she already started trying to see what it could do. "Music, that's neat. Oh hey a map feature! That will be handy for touring. App store, cool! Lesse if there's anything worth getting. Oh my gosh, Pokemon Go! Totally getting that!"
Back to present day:
Amity stared blankly at Yuudai for a second. She felt a rather embarrassed, and it showed on her face. She pulled up her phone and immediately went to the app store.
You know, When you started to realize that your friend might be missing, it probably would have been smart to reclaim the map app instead of deleting all of the apps you think you won't use just on the off chance that you needed more space to house all the extra Pokemon you planned to catch.
"In ten minutes I will have a map," she replied sheepishly, "Until then, where would you recommend I go have my money transferred into yen?
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Shi
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Post by Shi on Jul 22, 2016 10:37:05 GMT
Yuudai noticed the embarassed look on her face but smiled his normal but grin smile. "Hey come on now, no need to be embarrassed. I forget stuff all the time, heck normally it's me in your shoes." Yuudai told her, and wasn't lying. Normally he forgot almost everything. Luckily today he was on a smart streak. Hopefully he doesn't do anything dumb the rest of the day.
"Well I'd think the airport would have a system there, so you can just come in, swipe and go start buying. Aside from that a bank comes in mind but I'm not sure where the closest one is." Yuudai said before letting out a small laugh. "Good thing you got a map then huh?" With that finding things should be easy.
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Post by amitybaldwin on Jul 27, 2016 2:17:36 GMT
"And now I feel kind of like a noobie," she replied with a small chuckle. "I guess I should be glad I've met a very friendly person like you!"
Well, she was always looking to make new friends.
"Hey, if it's alright, would you like to trade e-mails? You've been very nice to me, and I'd love to be able to keep in contact with you!"
Plus, if what you say is true and you're going to be stubborn about helping to find my friend, I might as well keep your contacts handy.
It was by this point that the tour guide made her return. She seemed to be a bit surprised to find that her guest had already made a friend so quickly. At the very least, her look of shock was impressively clear to read.
"Oh, I see you've made a friend," she replied when she arrived, "D-don't mind me. I'll let you two finish up before I take her to her home for her stay."
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Shi
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Post by Shi on Jul 27, 2016 2:44:49 GMT
Yuudai simply smiled throwing his hands behind his head. "Heh ya, everyone's always glad when they meet me." Yuudai said jokingly, he wasn't that cocky with himself. Yuudai's eyes looked up for a moment recalling he didn't have a email, but he knew someone who did and never checked messages. "Yeah sure." he said before telling her Shi's email, not like he needed it.
Yuudai looked over at the tour person before giving a small wave. It was a bit obvious that she knew her after all. "Yeah, names Yuudai." always one to introduce himself to anyone.
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Post by amitybaldwin on Jul 27, 2016 3:00:30 GMT
"It's a pleasure," she replied, giving him a polite bow. "My name is Ren. Oh, just so you know, Amity, our cab will be here to pick us up soon. No need to rush for now, but when when they arrive-"
"Got it!" she replied. It was a shame. She was getting ready to bombard Yuudai with questions.
"Would you like to hang out later?" Amity asked Yuudai, "Maybe you could show me around!" She paused when she realized what she said.
"Wh-when she's not doing it! Um, I mean, well, I bet you both have very awesome places you like to visit and I want to visit all of them! But I figured, two tour guides? That way one can take a break and- I'll be quiet now." She was quick to pull her shirt over her face in shame over what she said.
"It's alright," Ren replied, "There is nothing wrong with making new friends. You should spend as much time as you can with them. Though, I do apologize, Mr. Yuudai, for letting her intrude on you like this."
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Shi
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Post by Shi on Jul 27, 2016 3:29:35 GMT
Yuudai was a bit disappointed since all he planned on doing was walking around, now he would have to go find some other person to talk to, and possibly have him call on his face again to get people to ask if he's ok, maybe less of that would be better since he was already not as smart as it was, brain damage and all.
"Yeah it's alright, also I would enjoy hanging out sometime, just ask I'm normally never busy." Yuudai said then realized that was a half lie, well at least he tried not to be busy but with exploring other places, meeting new people things got complicated very fast.
"it's fine, Also Yuudai is fine, no need to throw anything in front of it." mostly because he had no idea what that meant. "So it's arrriving soon, any questions you want to fire out?" Yuudai asked since he felt he didn't answer everything she might of wanted.
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Post by amitybaldwin on Jul 31, 2016 0:28:12 GMT
That might have been a mistake.
Normally she wouldn't resort to this, but seeing as she had such a small window of opportunity, she needed to take advantage of what little time she had.
Opening her mouth as wide as she could, she sucked in as much air as her lungs could fill.
"What are the best places to go to? Any tourist attractions worth seeing? You told me some of the places you like, what are the places you dislike? Are there any things I should look out for? What kind of places should I avoid if I don't want any trouble? Are there any things you recommend I do or don't do for the sake of my survival slash sanity slash dignity? Favorite people I should consider talking too? What kind of rumors do you hear and are they any fun? Do you know fun snippets like how the land came to be the way it is or maybe even the best advances that are being made? Or what about some of life mysteries? Know the number of fish in the sea? Why is the sky blue instead of black? How much wood can a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuc-"
By this point, Ren very apologetically covered her mouth. She did not expect Amity to try to bury in an avalanche of questions.
"We are very sorry about this!" said an embarrassed Ren, "I didn't think she would be like this... and I am very sorry for forcibly quieting you like that, but I was afraid you were intruding a little too much? B-besides, we should probably go and wait for the cab."
By that point, Amity managed to pull her mouth free. "But I haven't even asked the most important questions! Do you know of any good monster taming games or programs! I'm a huge fan of making friends with monsters and critters!!!"
Ren managed, again, to place a hand over Amity's mouth, struggling to keep her from intruding any longer. "Again, we are very sorry for our brashness!" Ren said to Yuudai.
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Shi
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Post by Shi on Jul 31, 2016 0:54:38 GMT
Yuudai smiled before also drawing in a large amount of breath most likely knowing where this was going. "Hachiko square, Cat street, School area, Entratainment district, to not go. Avoid the greater district, don't fall on your face in public to save dignity, Shi Namikazi or Elliot, or Isaac, or Maia to talk to, don't know last names of a few. Purple creatures around the destroyed High school, doesn't sound like fun. Time plus corrosion I would assume. Why cats are so lazy, dunno fish thing, atmosphere reflecting light or something." Yuudai answered every question as it came till she was shut up.
Yuudai scraches the side of his head as she said sorry. "You don't have to be sorry, I don't mind one bit." Yuudai said with a smile. "I wouldn't mind anything you or she does, since that's who you are. Its fine to act like you want. No need to say sorry." Yuudai smiled as he said that his normal large toothy grin. Yuudai was going to say something for the monster tamer thing but shut himself up before. "Sorry don't know anything about taming monsters." he did know a lot about being one.
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Post by amitybaldwin on Jul 31, 2016 1:16:11 GMT
Amity couldn't help but grin widely at the response. It was somewhat rare for her to find someone who was willing to play back. Sometimes she had a little too much fun playing with people.
And sometimes she felt a little guilty letting people assume she was some kind of child.
Today was a day for both feelings.
"I think I'm in love..." she replied playfully.
"Th-that's a strong response to make, don't you think?!" Ren replied.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm just saying I like him. A lot! If I find Lucy, I am totally introducing the two of you!"
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Shi
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Post by Shi on Jul 31, 2016 1:28:09 GMT
Yuudai didn't really respond like Ren to that while love thing, mostly since he didn't know what that word meant so he just smiled when she said it and laughed a small laugh at the reaction.
"Sure I'd love to meet em, just hope I don't uhh fall on my face on my face before I met em like I did today my face can only take so much." he said with a joking tone, his face could take a lot of punishment and he knew it.
"Hope you find them sooner now, always like meeting more people."
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Post by amitybaldwin on Jul 31, 2016 2:21:52 GMT
I hope so too. she thought through a grin, I sincerely hope so.
"As soon as I find her, I'll send ya an E-mail!" She replied with a thumbs up. "Till then, may fortune smiles upon you, and may your face stop attracting gravity!"
"Well, I'm glad to see you two can get along so easily. I guess I was worried for nothing," Ren thought aloud, giving Amity a very sincere smile. "I hope you can keep that good attitude. With the plans I have for you, you're gonna need that boundless optimism."
"Whatever the challenge, I'm ready for it!" Amity, pumping her fists, "Give me your worst! I'm ready!"
By that point, Ren's phone started beeping. "Oh, that must be the cab. Say good bye to your new friend, Amity!"
Amity chose instead to give Yuudai a very quick hug before picking up her bags.
"C'ya around, kiddo!" she said with what she thought sounded like a cool detective accent. "Stay out of trouble, okay?"
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Shi
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Post by Shi on Jul 31, 2016 2:37:55 GMT
"Alright then, fortune upon you and may you find more people you can talk to, instead of asking where the bathroom is." Yuudai joked right back recalling that's what she asked him, hopefully she met more English speakers, hopefully.
"You also, kiddo." Yuudai repeated after she quickly hugged him and went to leave, as she did he waved at her goodbye before putting his hands on his pockets. "Now, what else to do today." he asked himself as he slowly walked the other way, still not knowing where he was really going though.
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