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Save The Date (N-Not That It's A Date Or Anything!) [Maia]
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Apr 7, 2016 4:31:56 GMT
After the labyrinthine hell of the Dark Area yesterday, Elliot and Isaac were looking forward to a nice, peaceful day away from the Digital World. It wasn't like they had much of a choice. After all, their otherwise-distant mother had finally caught onto their strange disappearances. When they didn't show up until early in the morning, she figured it was time to put a stop to their shenanigans. While she relented after some pleading from the brothers, her conditions were firm; return before midnight, and don't leave past the Shibuya limits. With the alternative being risking coming across Porcupamon again, the two brothers were more than happy to accept.
Today was going to be their little victory lap, a stress-free day where they'd be able to spend some time with the people they cared about most. Naturally, Isaac already had his phone out and starting typing up a message. Hey Maia. Thinking of catching a break after we survived that crazy day. You good to hang at-
"You know, that's a good question. Elliot, where should we g-?"
"Arcade." Elliot's firm, confident statement completely cut off Isaac's question. Upon a quizzical look from his brother, he explained "Japan's one of the few places that's still got a bunch of cool arcades. Come on, Isaac, we can't stop here and not check them out at least once!" The excitement mounted in the boy's voice, and it was clear he was finally starting to consider sights in Shibuya that had passed him by due to their focus on the Digital World. For the most part those sights seemed to be Street Fighter cabinets.
-that arcade downtown? Truth be told, Isaac wasn't the biggest gamer. If it'd make Elliot and Maia happy, though, he'd be more than happy to clock in. Besides, who knows what kind of games Japan would have? Maybe he'd end up finding something that caught his eye. After waiting for a response, he put the phone away and headed over to the arcade to meet her.
To say it was busy it was an understatement. Between the excited chatter of the patrons inside and the games blaring their soundtracks at full blast, Isaac hoped he'd be able to hear Maia if she spotted him. Elliot was simply in awe of how many people were in the building. The crowds were so dense, and full of so many different people. It'd be so easy to get lost in them!
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Post by Maia on Apr 7, 2016 6:07:37 GMT
After a rough week, Maia was glad to have a day away from the Digital World and most related to it. Only most, considering there was a fox curled up on her stomach that was pretty related to the subject. She'd spent a good chunk of the day, so far, glued to her phone while lying on the couch. Uttering a, "going downtown," the girl lifted off the couch, sending the rookie tumbling into her lap, before he could catch himself from hitting the floor. Her dad only threw a glance at the two, as he shifted to take up the chunk of the couch that she had been stealing.
It was really nice that he didn't care about there being a talking fox in the room.
"What's downtown?" Kuu grumbled, climbing up the tamer's shirt and wrapping himself around the back of her neck, tail on one shoulder, paws on the other. Looking at the text, the Digimon tilted his head, "Isaac is going to an arcade? What's an arcade?"
With the drop of a guy's name, the air in the room grew tense, as Maia shot a look at her dad, who was pursing his lips. Oooh. "I'll explain on the way?" She suggested, moving surprisingly quickly to throw on her shoes and grab her bag, hearing a clearing of a throat behind her. "His little brother's there too?" she tried to ease the situation, but felt it wasn't about to lighten up. "Uh, so yeah, bye," was blurted rapidly, bolting out the door.
The second the door closed, the girl exhaled heavily. Kuu snickered, causing amber eyes to flash to him, "you did that on purpose," she hissed, only to get a fit of giggles from the fox. Of course he'd know that her dad would be totally fine with Digimon, but not spending time with boys. Of course. Beginning her trip to the arcade, she threw a text back, just saying, Sounds fun. Meet you there?
Once she actually reached the arcade, it became surprising at how busy it was. She hadn't expected it to be like this! Not that it was her first time coming to this place, but it had been a while. Maybe it had gained popularity since the last time. The little fox was still on her shoulders, pretending to be some sort of weird doll. Or, maybe a scarf? It was hard to tell with him. "I'm never going to find them," Maia sighed, staring at all of the people.
"Yuh-huh. They're... Left-ish-maybe?" Kuu murmured, trying to stop his mouth from moving too much. With this many people around, though, he wasn't too worried that anyone would even honestly notice him.
While that answer wasn't particularly promising, Maia had nothing else to go on. Walking through the mess of people, it seemed the fox was right! The girl managed to walk up, seemingly unnoticed, and sent another text to Isaac, simply reading: Turn around.
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Apr 7, 2016 6:23:01 GMT
Isaac felt his phone vibrate and took it out for a bit, checking to see who messaged him. Surprise surprise, it was Maia! She managed to completely sneak up on the unsuspecting boy, and of course she showed up in the cutest way possible. Isaac smiled and turned around to greet her, talking a bit more loudly than usual to try and talk over the hectic arcade crowds. "Hey there, Mai!" he said happily. "How's it going? Finally got a chance to catch some rest?" He didn't want to talk too much about how horrific yesterday became, but what kind of friend would he be if he didn't at least try and check in on her?
Elliot, meanwhile, seemed oddly quiet. He turned to Kuu while Maia and Isaac were distracted, mouthing "The eagle has landed." He then winked. Turning to Isaac and Maia, he interjected "Guys? I'm not feeling too well. Think I have a stomachache. Well gotta go find a bathroom bye!" The last sentence came out in a nearly breathless jumble, as if Elliot was in a major rush, and by the time Isaac blinked he was gone. It left Isaac more confused than anything. How did a boy with a bad leg run so damn fast? Still, while confused by his brother's behavior and sudden stomach issues, Isaac didn't want to worry himself with it too much. He could trust Elliot to use a damn bathroom on his own, surely.
No, his main worry here was that he didn't know much about the arcade landscape at all. He turned to Maia, a tad bit less confident than he was while his brother was still around. "You know, I've never been to one of these before," he admitted sheepishly. "You got any ideas about what we should check out first?" He tried to peer through the crowds to see what sorts of things were featured at this arcade, but there were just so many people around. Any time he thought he could get a good visual, somebody far bigger ended up picking the perfect angle for blocking his sight. Why did he have to be so short?
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Post by Maia on Apr 7, 2016 7:41:40 GMT
Sneaking was a success! The blonde smiled, despite the question drawing up less than pleasant memories of a crazy doll attacking everyone. "I guess. I mean, the most rest I can get with Kuu trying to smother me." He hadn't been joking yesterday, when he said he was going to sleep on her face to make everything better. And, every time she moved him, he'd slowly work his way back to the same position. At least they'd spent the earlier portion of the day just lazing on the couch, occasionally talking to her dad. As usual, her mom was off preparing for her aunt's baby, so Kuu hadn't needed to hide. That, alone, was pretty relieving. "How about you?"
The little fox was busy nodding his head, when Elliot mouthed something about eagles. What was an eagle? Hopefully, edible. Judging context, or maybe poor lip-reading, the monster figured it was some sort of bird. Birds didn't make great food. But, where was it landing? With the sudden excuse, it all made some sort of sense, as Kuu's ears perked up, lifting himself up suddenly. Before his tamer could stop him, he scrambled down her shirt, "I like bathrooms," was the best excuse the Digimon could make, before weaving through the crowd, seemingly tailing Elliot. As long as he didn't get stepped on, nobody would even notice him!
That was kind of weird. Then again, Kuu was the definition of the word, so Maia wouldn't think too heavily on it. As long as he was with Elliot, she wouldn't worry too much about the monster's well-being.
"You haven't?" Why did he want to go to an arcade, then? Sure, Japan was said to have some really nice ones, but it still seemed a little odd. Maybe it was Elliot's idea. That seemed to make the most sense.
Leaning a bit to the side, she peered around machines and people, biting her lip softly. She'd see how much she could convince him to do, first. Who needed to test the waters? It was best to try to get the game that was most likely to be difficult to convince him to play out of the way, first. And, if she could actually get him to play? That would be pretty great. "Maybe," she paused, trying to look like she was actually debating on options. Trying to repress a playful smirk, Maia turned to look at Isaac. "But, since I'm picking, you have to at least try it," she informed, before delicately pulling at his wrist, trying to get him to follow her without getting lost in the crowd.
The target seemed to be some machine facing away from them, at the end of a short row of other games. It was unoccupied. A small platform jutted out from the bottom of the game, colorful buttons with arrows printed on it, while a railing guarded anyone to step onto it from stumbling off the back. "Have you ever tried any dancing games?" As innocent as the question tried to sound, it was painfully obvious what she actually meant.
Will you play the dancing game with me?
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Apr 7, 2016 15:34:09 GMT
Elliot giggled as he escaped into the safety of the bathroom. He couldn't believe that everything was going so smoothly. He thought for sure that he botched the totally subtle execution of his escape plan, but Kuu having an even lamer excuse really helped save his skin. He pulled out his phone, shooting off a quick text, before turning to Kuu and grinning. "Ha, we did it! Now we can sneak off and have fun, and they can have a nice date. Everyone wins!" he cheered. At least, he sure as heck wasn't planning on staying in the bathroom all day. People would get suspicious, and it smelled really bad. However, before he could go off and find his entertainment for the day, he had a bit of curiosity to settle first. "Wait, did you really sleep on her face? Come on, Kuu, people need to breathe!" he asked, half laughing about how silly it all was and half a little shocked that he'd consider that.
Isaac nodded. "Nope, never," he said. After all, he was born after the golden age of the arcades, and didn't have the advantage of moving to Japan a while ago like Maia did. The only arcades he saw were stapled on the sides of crappy, overcooked pizza places. Not exactly Isaac's idea of a good time. He saw occasional cabinets, but nothing that hugely caught his eye. If anything he associated arcade cabinets most with when Elliot begged him to help sneak off and play an old Mortal Kombat one. When Terrence found out, what could've been a fun memory turned into quite an ugly one.
Luckily for Isaac, he found a far better person to make memories with.
Maia's playful smirk caught him off guard almost as much as the ambush text did, but je couldn't help but find himself smirking back. "Wouldn't have it any other way," he responded, preparing to follow her through the mess of people and game booths. It seemed as always she thought a step ahead of him, though, and Isaac found himself gently being grabbed by the wrist. The unexpected contact made him blush faintly, but thankfully in the neon lighting of the arcade it was almost unnoticeable. Still, he sure as heck wasn't complaining as Maia lead him over to the first stop on what was shaping up to be one great day.
A dancing game, huh? Isaac couldn't say he was an expert at these, but when seeing other people play they always looked really fun. Besides, he was always pretty active and had a good ear for music. How hard could it really be? "Well, I'm about to," he said playfully, slipping enough money for two into the machine. It lit up, going to the usual song and difficulty selection menus. He waited for Maia to board her platform before he got on his, taking a chance to study how it looked. It was already worn down from all of the stomping, moving, and grooving that other people did. Looked like his feet were going to have to be on fire today.
"So, what kind of music do you like?" he asked as he waited to start playing. Hey, if this question was ever to be asked, now was the perfect time. If he and Maia were going to be all alone here, today would be a wonderful chance to get to know her even better.
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Post by Maia on Apr 7, 2016 19:50:42 GMT
Once in the bathroom with Elliot, the Rookie seemed just as excited as the boy. Then again, maybe that was just because Elliot was happy, so he had to be, too. What were they talking about? Oh, right! Dates. "Yay!" Kuu cheered. Despite the fact that he liked Elliot more, it seemed pretty obvious that Maia had some interest in the older brother. Then again, they were in a closer age range. That may have something to do with that. Elliot was way cooler, after all! In the movies, it seemed like everyone was always the same age. But... how old was Isaac, even? Did the fox even know his own tamer's age? Probably not.
Then, there was the talk about his smothering. "Hey! She doesn't get nightmares if she can't sleep!" While the sweet intent was there, it was also a really bad way to word it. "And it's comfy there." Oh, that sounded a little less like he was being nice. "What's breathing, anyway?" Was that the gasping thing that people did in movies? Things made sense now! "If it's the reason this room smells gross, I don't like it."
Maia found herself smiling more, hearing that Isaac wasn't going to reject her request to play the game. It was surprisingly difficult to find anyone willing to play the game with her! The girl almost didn't notice Isaac putting money into the machine, but paused when she noticed that he seemed to be paying for her, too. "Oh, you didn't have to pay for me," she murmured, almost embarrassed sounding. The music likely drowned out the tone, though. Still, the girl hopped onto the platform, turning to look at Isaac.
"I'm not really picky about music," the girl shrugged, thinking about what she would listen to on a normal day. "I guess alternative rock, or something?" That was a pretty broad category, but she seemed intent on leaving her answer vague. He didn't need to know that she liked J-Pop, too, right? That would just be embarrassing! "What about you?"
With the question, the girl began tapping a button with her foot, messing with the difficulty settings. "Should we play on easy, since you've never tried this game before?"
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Apr 7, 2016 20:06:55 GMT
Elliot couldn't help but laugh at Kuu's confusion about the human world. "No, no," he said. "That's smelling. One's from the nose, the other's from, well, okay, the nose too. But also the mouth. We may not be able to shoot lasers, but us humans are pretty complicated too!" Elliot had expected a lot from today, but becoming Kuu's biology teacher wasn't even a possibility he had seen coming. "If you have any questions I can keep answering them. Then you can show off to Maia about everything you learned," he offered. Kuu seemed to love blurting out random facts and trivia, though, so perhaps this wasn't the wisest idea. The idea of Kuu interrupting family dinner with a cheer of "Did you know that sweat's got pee in it?" was equal parts mortifying and hilarious to Elliot.
"Hey, don't worry about it," Isaac said, smiling warmly at Maia. "It really meant a lot that you came along yesterday. Figure this is the least I can do to thank you, right?"
Alternative rock, huh? Isaac couldn't say he expected that, but at the same time he didn't really know what kind of music she was into. She didn't really have any sort of particular musical look to her, if that made any sense whatsoever. Still, alt rock was a pretty cool genre, and Isaac made sure to try and keep a look out for some good rock songs as he scrolled through the menu. It was a sea of J-Pop, for the most part, but maybe he'd be able to spot something suitably alt. "You know? I've never really thought about it," he admitted. "I mean, I guess I kinda like slower rock songs? A bit of metal sometimes? There's some pretty cool rap songs."
Then came the difficulty question. Isaac thought about it for a second, saying "Eh, easy could be good, but-" Then a smirk of challenge spread across his face. "I'm not gonna hold you back any. Do your worst."
It seemed Isaac was asking for a challenge! |
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Post by Maia on Apr 7, 2016 20:59:41 GMT
"That's confusing," Kuu scrunched his nose, trying to breathe from his mouth. "Air tastes gross," was the next thing out of the monster's mouth, as he began flopping his tongue around dramatically. "Mouth breathing's awful!" Well, at least that wasn't going to be an annoying trend that the fox was going to pick up on. Then again, a mouthful of bathroom air probably wasn't the most appealing anyway, when he stopped to think about it. "I know a lot," the rookie added, quickly. This was followed up with, "what's a date, anyway?" Okay, so maybe 'a lot' wasn't so much, when one considered the size of the creature. A person probably looked like 'a lot' when it was from his perspective! "And what do you mean you can't shoot lasers? Dad can!" Yes, but that was a laser pointer. The little Digimon didn't know the difference in that, either. Oh well! He'd leave it to Elliot's imagination to figure out how Maia's dad would shoot lasers. Or, if he'd even figure out that Dad was, in fact, Maia's father. Though, Elliot seemed pretty bright. He'd have to figure out that Kuu didn't have an actual parent!
Maia wasn't about to argue the point of accidentally letting a spider digimon kidnap Isaac. She wondered if he actually knew about all that had happened during the time he was unconscious,up to the point where they had met back up. Though, it was likely that Elliot would have explained everything. "I guess," she mumbled, seemingly unconvinced. The blonde still felt like she was in the way a lot of the time on these adventures. But! She wasn't going to let her doubts get in the way of a fun day!
"Rap, huh?" It seemed like most people didn't really like rap music. She wasn't going to judge him for it, though. Looking over the list of songs that were rolling through, Maia made a small motion at one of the titles. "How about that one, then?" The title seemed relatively poppy, but she knew there was a part in it that might classify as some sort of rap.
Still, the difficulty! "My worst, huh?" With a few more taps, the difficulty increased to the second highest setting. Had she ever even played on it? No. Of course not! But, it could be fun, right? Especially if it made Isaac freak out for a second! "Are you sure you don't want it on easy?" She clarified, one more time, before she would hit the start button.
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Apr 7, 2016 21:15:36 GMT
"Well, a date's when, ah, oh jeez." Elliot was thirteen and hadn't been on a date in his entire life. His entire understanding of how these things went was from movies in cartoons. In retrospect, that made the complete lack of subtlety in his plan a lot more excusable. Was he seriously going to have to give Kuu "The Talk: Junior's Edition?" This was so embarrassing! "Okay, so you get to people who like each other, right? So they spend some time together, have fun, get to know each other, maybe do stuff like hold hands-" Elliot could barely say that part with a straight face. It was so obscene! "And then they end up liking each other even more! Unless it went bad. Then the girl usually splashes a drink in the guy's face and walks off or something like that." Elliot really wasn't good at this, but
Wait, Dad? Digimon didn't have parents, did they? I mean, they had eggs, but he assumed they just got laid all over the place by the Digistork or something. Otherwise these were really neglectful Digiparents, mailing their kids to Shibuya unsupervised and letting their babies get kidnapped by ghosts. "Been hanging out with other humans behind Maia's back, eh?" he teased.
Isaac frowned a little upon noticing Maia's lack of being convinced. She wasn't having any doubts about yesterday, was she? Well, that was what today was for. He was gonna make sure that the two of them were having so much fun, she wouldn't even have time to let how horrific yesterday was get to her! However, for now he elected to not bring up the subject matter any further. Today was about entertainment, not about meditating on past Porcupamon-induced nightmares.
"Never heard that one before, but let's give it a shot," he concluded. The preview was catchy at least, so he hoped the rest of the song would keep being as good. Sure, he could just wait on the menu to hear more of the song play first, but that was just beyond lame. It was time for some action! The crowd seemed to be attracted to it as well, the selection of second highest difficulty always drawing a few onlookers. It wasn't anything compared to the massive, gawking crowds that were attracted by pros tackling the most insane option, but it was still a decent few gathering around to watch Isaac and Maia struggle. He turned to her, smirk returning in full force. "Turn it down? If anything, we're already one step away from the hardest mode. Wanna kick it up another notch?" he dared.
If these two kept upping the ante this whole date, they'd be playing seven-puck air hockey or dual wielding laser tag guns like Rambo before it was even halfway done. It seemed both Isaac and Maia were a little too stubborn to quit while they were ahead. |
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Post by Maia on Apr 7, 2016 21:44:40 GMT
Kuu tilted his head side to side, listening to the explanation of dates. "Sounds gross," he pointed out. "But, I like you. Are we on a date?" This was an incredibly innocent question, considering the fox had no idea how all of this worked. "Do I have to hold your hand, though? I only have two feet," he added, looking down to his paws. It would be awfully hard to walk with only one! He'd have to hop! Hearing the bad date results, Kuu seemed even more interested. "That'd be funny! I want to see that! Do you think Maia'll splash Isaac with something? I hope it smells good."
With the teasing, the fox puffed up a little. "It's not behind her back! Anymore!" Kuu defended. "It's Dad! He lives in our house and feeds me snacks while Maia's at school. He's great! You should meet him!" Then, there was a pause. "Isaac might not want to." Considering the way Maia had left the house today, it was probably best not to mention that name for a while. Or, even better, mention it daily. Yup. That was the plan!
People gathering around made the girl slightly nervous. Okay, she had a small chance of not failing utterly on the second highest setting. Not a high chance, but at least she wouldn't have just been staring at the lights on the screen the whole time. At least, she didn't think she would be. Still, there was no way she was backing down! If Isaac seriously thought he could play on the highest setting, she was going to challenge him to it!
"You're crazy," Maia found herself grinning as she bumped up the difficulty again, only pausing for a moment before hitting Start. "Let's try it!" This day was going to be way too much fun, wasn't it? Maybe, this was exactly what they needed. Even if they were going to have a ridiculous time playing this game! What would they pick next? Oh! Wait! Focus on the screen!
As the music picked up, and arrows began to fill the screen, the blonde bit her lip. Oh, god. This was going to be impossible!
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Apr 7, 2016 21:56:22 GMT
Elliot couldn't help but smile at that question. Sometimes Kuu could be so silly! "It's not just when people like each other," Elliot said. "But when they like each other. You know, like-like?" Elliot's attempts at differentiating the two via different vocal inflections weren't exactly the best, but darnit the boy was trying. "It's like two different kinds of meeting people. Now, awesome friends like us? We don't date, we hang out. It's the same thing but with a lot less pressure from society," he explained. After all, he didn't want the Kudamon to think he disliked him! He just didn't like-like him. Did he like-like anybody, even? Frankly, Elliot figured he was too young to worry about that. Like-liking was stuff for Isaac to worry about, not him.
"That sounds fun!" Elliot said. Frankly, he was surprised Maia's dad knew about Digimon, but that was okay. It wasn't like the secret needed to be kept that secret, right? It made him wonder if he should tell his mom about the whole Spirit User thing, but he quickly decided not to. She already worried enough about them without knowing they were delving into danger and routinely getting into fistfights with monsters. Although she didn't seem to worry as much since they went to Japan. Was everything okay? "Why wouldn't Isaac want to meet him, though? I'm sure they'd get along just fine!" Oh Elliot, you poor naive kid. You have yet to understand Dad Emotions.
"You're darn right I am!" Isaac cheered as Maia took his challenge. Now people were really showing up in droves. The DDR machines generally attracted two kinds of crowds; either you were here to marvel at the fleet-footed pros, or you were here to see idiot kids in over their heads completely bomb on the big stage. Naturally, with Maia and Isaac constantly daring each other to go up to higher difficulties, there was a little bit of blood in the water. Would the two be able to win over these hungry piranhas?
Without further ado, it was time to see. The intro started out decently enough, giving Isaac time to try and find the timing window for pressing the arrows, but then after that brief introduction the music really started to pick up. Isaac found himself leaping in every direction, trying to make sure he was grabbing all of the arrows as they arrived in increasingly disconnected patterns. Sure, they went with the beat of the song, but having to constantly hop between the top-right and bottom-left corners was starting to get disorienting really quick! He was doing surprisingly well, but in this case "surprisingly well" meant "wasn't immediately failing." He turned over to Maia as the song reached a bit of a quieter bridge, fumbling for the arrows as he asked "You hanging in there, Mai?" The song'd pick back up any second now, so if she had anything to say it had better be quick! |
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Post by Maia on Apr 7, 2016 22:39:46 GMT
Like-like? What was the difference when someone added another of the same word to a sentence? Obviously, it meant something! Probably to do with how embarrassed Isaac and Maia got over little things involving one another. "Hanging sounds way more fun than holding hands," the fox nodded. He could handle that! But, what was society? Oh well! Less pressure was good, right? Especially when it came to someone holding his paw. He didn't want it to get crushed! That sounded painful, not fun!
Kuu tilted his head, ears perking at the response. Elliot was always so upbeat, it was great! "Oh, I dunno," the digimon started, trying to think of a good reason to explain to Elliot. "I don't think Dad likes Isaac yet! Maia ran away from him before he could talk about it." Considering that Kuu would have only made the situation worse, it was probably for the best. Oh well! "Maybe they just have to talk, first! I'm sure Dad loves everyone!" Hopefully. At least, if he didn't, the Kudamon would have something hilarious to witness!
Okay, so, the intro wasn't too bad. Having played on lower difficulties, at least Maia had an idea of how the game worked. Keeping both feet on arrows at all times, the girl only had to shift to hit the other buttons, and sometimes hardly at all if it was already underfoot. But, as the music picked up, it was pretty obvious that she had no idea what to expect. The blonde's entire focus seemed to be on the screen, hardly glancing at the scores. Feet tapped rapidly at the arrows, but it certainly wasn't what she'd consider good. At least neither of them were failing, yet!
Stumbling slightly on several buttons, the teen let out a small huff, reaching up to pull her hair onto her shoulder. With the bridge coming in, Maia found herself slowing down a bit, trying to catch her breath. "I'm doing great," she smiled, throwing a glance to Isaac. Was she really doing great? Eh, she hadn't tripped over her own feet yet! That was pretty great! "How about you?" Hopefully, he was stumbling along just as awkwardly as she was to this song! But, she wasn't going to admit that it was already a bit too challenging for her!
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Apr 7, 2016 23:02:48 GMT
Running away? How suspicious! For a second Elliot wondered if Maia had snuck out just to visit them. Wow, this was really shaping up to be a great date! It was just as dramatic and convoluted as the ones in the movies. Still, surely this was all going to be an easy to correct misunderstanding. A bit of talk time never hurt anybody.
"Strange she didn't tell him about us," Elliot said. "But that's okay. Maybe she just needs a bit of time. I could stop by to try and clear the air later on, maybe," he offered. Would that include showing off the whole spirit user thing too? Nah. That would just make things weird. He wouldn't meet Dad as Veemon or Strikedramon. Just as Elliot.
"Never been better. You're looking at a natural born winner," Isaac boasted. Truth be told, he had no clue who was winning. He couldn't keep up on the socres with how frantic the on screen action was. The most he could do was look at the words popping up on screen, trying to figure out where to draw the line between Fantastic, Amazing, and Excellent. They all meant really good! Why the heck were they different scores? Still, if he was having a blast, and Maia was getting to blow off some steam, weren't they all winners here?
Not if the song had anything to say about it! It kicked the intensity up a notch, and a stream of Oops! and Miss! filled Isaac's screen. Why did the rapping part have to be so fast? Nevertheless, Isaac started thinking about his fight with ProtoAndromon. Four corners, four whipping limbs, you either dodge or you die. Wasn't this just the same thing, but actually fun? Isaac grit his teeth and focused, visualizing that awful ambush and trying to return to that dodge or die mindset. Without the adrenaline rush of death waiting around the corner it was far less effective, but his movements became smoother and his score climbed out of the abyss it had dropped to.
Maia and Isaac were starting to win the crowd back, too. Sure, they were consistently mediocre, but they weren't dead yet! As the rap bit came to a close and the sond started to enter phase 3, a mix of cheers and jeers hung over the duo's heads. |
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Post by Maia on Apr 8, 2016 2:17:00 GMT
"She doesn't tell her parents about anyone," Kuu clarified, trying to prevent Elliot from feeling bad about his tamer not letting her dad know about his existence. "Her mom's still trying to get her to meet Kai from across the street. He's Shiro and Kuro's tamer," that small explanation alone would make it clear that Maia already knew her neighbor. Why she didn't let her parents know about her days was beyond even the little fox. It didn't seem to bother him, though. Until Elliot seemed to show concern for the entire thing, the Kudamon hadn't really thought anything about it. "Dad knows me because of me. Nobody knows anyone else." It was still a big rule not to let her mom find out about the fox living in the house. What would happen if that got out?
The rookie shuffled a little, still seeming uncaring about the whole thing. "You don't gotta worry. I'll just take his sandwich later and he'll forget everything!" That wasn't really how it worked, but as far as the fox was concerned, a grown man chasing him for his sandwich solved everything. It wouldn't be the first time it had happened, either.
Maia snickered, hearing the comment. "Right, we'll see," the girl teased. This certainly felt like a workout, though. Maybe, she needed to play this game more often. Running around in forests and away from Digimon was exercise on it's own, but this was a much safer alternative. As the game shifted to the rapping bit, the blonde began cutting corners, picking which buttons she knew she was going to be able to hit in time. Several Miss! notes popped up, but managed to balance with the Fantastic! that would appear almost immediately after. Eyes shifted to glance at the scores, noticing that Isaac's seemed to suddenly be climbing. Her's, on the other hand, continued to fluctuate, dropping slightly with the distraction.
Oops. Trying not to get distracted, she pressed one hand back, to touch the railing. Somehow, the additional assurance of balance helped her focus more on the proper movements, slowly working to fix her score. Hearing the crowd around them, it was becoming more apparent that they'd drawn a lot of attention. If only she was better at this game. This wasn't really worth being observed, was it? "I thought you never played this game before," she smiled, taking a quick breath with the transition. "You have to share your secret."
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Apr 8, 2016 2:33:23 GMT
That made sense, then. Maia seemed a little on the quieter side, and definitely not like someone who would tell her parents all about her entire day. Of course, on the other hand, she did invite Isaac and Elliot to stay at her house for an evening. Maybe it was because she knew there'd be nobody around to interrupt with questions. As for Maia's dad knowing Kuu, that wasn't a big surprise. Frankly, Elliot was surprised Maia's mother didn't know. Or Maia's neighbors. Or half of the neighborhood. As great of a Digimon as he was, Kuu wasn't exactly the most subtle.
"I'm not entirely sure that's how it works. But it'd certainly distract him," Elliot commented. It wouldn't magically make Isaac's dad forget everything, but it'd help snap the man's focus away. Maybe then Kuu could take advantage to bring up Isaac in a more helpful way. Or maybe he'd say something silly and only put a big old target on Isaac's back. Frankly, it was hard to tell just who's side Kuu was on sometimes.
"Never even touched it," Isaac reminded. "But back at the lab my options were dodge or get the crap beat out of me. Guess it's still fresh in my mind." Envisioning the arrows as lashes of a wire was doing wonders, if not for the precise timing than at least the overall rhythm. Whereas Maia was fluctuating between Miss! and Fantastic!, Isaac was mostly scoring long chains of Good! and Great! results. At the very least he hadn't missed a beat since his little epiphany, even if he could've been way less sloppy about the spot on timings. It was better than before, though, where he was scoring more misses than hits. As the song started to move into its third phase, he hoped his strategy would keep on holding up.
It both did and didn't. He still had the rhythm in his head, but holy crap that was a lot of notes filling the screen at once. He found himself starting to break a sweat as he tried to hop from arrow to arrow, movements quick yet likely too wide to be truly successful. A few notes slipped through out of sheer density, often when Isaac was left out of position by a sharp lunge from one side to the next, but even as his score trended downwards he was still a comfortable distance away from failure. All he could do now was try to ease his score into a nice, comfortable plateau, maybe sending it climbing again if he was lucky. Not that he was even paying attention to the numbers, of course. He was far too busy trying to prove to Maia that nothing was going to slow him down.
Except, of course, the end of the song, which was steadily approaching. The screen flashed red as the quickest part of the song began, spurring the group to hurry it along and squeeze in their last few points. Isaac's feet were practically a blur, the boy forcing himself to move faster than he ever had before.
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