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[schmisse]

Well, whatever the highest grade is! I'm assuming A.

[ Or A+? Either way, she wants an A! ]

We can go again, yeah. Nothing too fast for now, though.

[ Since the players before them played a pretty fast song! ]

[nyctea]

The highest score I think is S. After A. But! It's still good!

[For a first-time player is great.]

Okay, I got you!

[He chooses a more relaxed song, with a nice rhythm to it still, to be nice to dance to. He thinks it's on the easier side?]

[schmisse]

S? What's "S" supposed to mean? That's not even the first letter of the alphabet.

[ .. Well, whatever. That's her goal now.

LET'S GO!!! Definitely a more relaxed song, and Weiss is actually doing better!

But it still lands her an A at the end of it all. ]

... Again!

[nyctea]

I dunno... supreme?

[Listen, he's not looking into it too much, he just follows the rules of a game and has fun!

And she seems to be having fun too. Bokuto laughs and plays the song again, which earns a roll of eyes from everyone else waiting.

But Weiss looks so happy and into it and he has no intention of stopping her.]

[schmisse]

[ She only gets so far as an A, still. Weiss is frustrated at this point, and one of the people in line gets a little upset.

"Hey, let us play, too!"

Right... Weiss looks a little embarrassed now, feeling that they've been hogging the machine. ]

Sorry, I should have been more considerate.

[ ... Is it like this in an arcade all the time? It sounds stressful to be here, but she steps down after that song and waits for Bokuto to lead the way to another thing they can do. ]

We should let them play, too.

[nyctea]

[Bokuto wishes they could have the arcade all for themselves- he loves seeing his friends get passionate about things they love, and dancing is definitively what Weiss likes. Maybe he should get enough chroma and just buy her DDR machine...

The people grumble as she leaves, happy that they get to play, but Bokuto's beaming at her, offering her his hand.]

Did you like it?!

[Don't let the others ruin your mood, Weiss!]

[schmisse]

[ DO NOT BUY A DDR MACHINE FOR WEISS, BOKUTO OH MY GOD ]

It was frustrating! I can't believe I couldn't get an S! [ This sucks, she hates it. >:(

(She had fun...) ]

[nyctea]

[You can't tell him what to do]

[Bokuto taps his chin-]

I think you need to score at least 95% of the song perfectly for that.

[He's never seen anyone do that on their first try.]

Don't worry! You'll get better! You're natural at this!

[schmisse]

I'll come back here another day. For now, you can show me the other games people play here.

[ There are a lot, after all! She's not sure what's fun. ]

What do you like playing?

[nyctea]

[To Bokuto everything's fun so that's not a good thing to ask! They'd never leave this place.]

I like fighting games! And pinball! Oh! Also Pacman! That one's my fave!

[He's already scouting around for the machine- he'll need a bit of snooping to find it.]

It's this yellow, little dude that eats dots in a maze and little ghosts are chasing him! You have to get all the dots and not be caught by the ghosts!

[schmisse]

[ She follows him curiously, looking around for any yellow dudes that eat dots... '^' What an odd game. ]

Why are ghosts chasing him?

[nyctea]

I am not so sure... ghosts are ghosts I guess. Ah! Here it is!

[The machine was in the corner of the room, blinking happy at them, big screen showing off the said "yellow dude" and ghosts behind him.]

I didn't play in a while, haha. Let's see...

[He walks up to it and starts the game. The all too familiar 'wakawaka' noise is a bit muffled from all other arcade sounds, but the game displays exactly what Bokuto said- yellow ball collecting the dots while ghosts chase him.]

Let's see how far we can get!

[schmisse]

[ Weiss watches intently, even cheering him on because she's getting far too into this, too. ]

Go, Bokuto! There's one coming after you, look out!

[nyctea]

Ooo! Thanks, Weiss-chan, that was close!

[He manages to beat level one-! By a sliver! He's really rusty, huh?]

Next, next!

[schmisse]

Oh, there's more!

[ She certainly looks surprised. Maybe it's a higher difficulty? Either way, she'll watch the same way and warn him when he needs one! ]

[nyctea]

Yep! The ghosts become faster!

[And true enough, the little ghosts seem to be both smarter and faster! Bokuto's narrowly dodging them.]

[schmisse]

[ She will continue to watch, then, cheering for him and even grabbing his arm to squeeze when it gets so, so close! He's actually keeping her at the edge of her seat, here! ]

[nyctea]

[Bokuto manages to clear the second stage too, but few seconds into third he loses.]

Ah, man! They got me!

[The yellow, nomming ball poofs out of existence and red 'game over' flashes over the screen. Bokuto grins at Weiss,] Wanna give it a go too?

[schmisse]

Oh no! [ Weiss actually sounds very disappointed when Bokuto loses. Damn! He was actually really good at it. ]

And— it's okay. I might panic so much if I play.

[nyctea]

[If by good you mean below average- he tried his best though, to impress her!]

Haha, that's okay! It doesn't matter if you lose, you can just try again! It's always good to try something at least once.

[schmisse]

[ She thinks he's good! ]

Maybe there's an easier game, though. Or something that's... like a puzzle? Oh, what about something we can play together?

[nyctea]

[She's too kind! His teammates would probably tease him about it.]

Mmm, a game to play together... oh! There are basketball free throws! Or-

[-a box catches his attention from the corner of the eye-]

Oh, damn! Crane machine! Come! [He takes her hand and makes their way through the crowd over to the crane machines.] These! You put a coin in it and then you navigate the crane to pull out the plushie! It's deceptively easy. I wanna win something for you! [He announces and starts peering around the machine until he finds something suitable.

VERY suitable.] That! I wanna win you that little owl!

[schmisse]

[ Oh... Weiss can't help but smile at Bokuto when he says that. But that only gives her an idea. ]

Okay. Then... what if I get you something, too?

[ They're going to spend so much, huh? ]

Like that one! That's gonna be yours.

[nyctea]

Really!? Thanks!

[He'll treasure it. A lot! He treasures all things people give him (though those things are all in Japan...). He grins, pops a coin in the machine and leans in, trying to gauge where and how to grab the plushie.

He's determined to get it.]

Hmmm... 'kaashi was so good at this back home, I wonder how he did it... Oh! This should be it! [He peers over to the side to check and then tries to pick it up. It goes up but it slips from the crane before it hits the top.]

Ah man! Let me try it again! I was so close!

[schmisse]

Who's 'kaashi?

[ Tell her about your life back home, Bokuto! She's admittedly very curious... She wonders what kind of friends he has, if he's so energetic all the time. Does he have a friend who's like her? Serious and always proper? Or are his friends just as happy as he is? ]

Oh! You almost had it! [ She laughs, covering her mouth. ] Okay, once more?