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[faithfulflame]

Save the damsel?

[Boy that doesn't hit close to home or anything...]

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[punchesyu]

Yeah! Like those games where the knight has to go on a quest and save the princess and stuff.

[But not Mario because the princess is in another castle.]

You have those at home, right?

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[faithfulflame]

Yes, we do.

[Sailor V.]

But I don't really play video games.

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[punchesyu]

Oh, well uh... we don't have to do that if you don't want to. I'd be cool to go to the mall or something.

[Ooooo plan A shot down?]

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[faithfulflame]

Well, I didn't say that. I just said I didn't at home.

If that's what you'd like...then alright.

[Plan A is fine.]

Especially if it makes us money.

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[punchesyu]

Sweet! You want me to pick you up at your place or meet you there?

[And by "pick up" he means "walk over there first".]

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[faithfulflame]

Just come by. I'll be ready.

[Whatever, Yosuke. You can do whatever you like. And she's not 100% sure where to go.]

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[punchesyu]

Okay! I'll see you soon!

[And he hangs up, throwing a coat on and quickly heading out the door to show up at her place. It doesn't take too terribly long, before he's knocking on her front door.]

[faithfulflame]

[She opens the door as soon as she hears the knock, letting it slide open with a hiss.

She's dressed in an exercise suit, a little loose, but comfortable enough at least, and she has a bag and a bow strapped to her back.

Yes, an actual bow.]

Yosuke-kun.

[punchesyu]

H-Hey, Rei-san, I see you're ready to go...

[Wow a bow um that's badass and kinda scary at the same time?]

Are you seriously gunna use that?

[faithfulflame]

[She frowns and looks at him with a quirked eyebrow.]

I'm a Shodan in Kyudo and Judo. Of course I am.

[punchesyu]

I-I was just asking! Sorry! [Whoops]

Well, time's a wasting! Let's go. [And get off the subject of him opening his big fat mouth again.]

You still up for that kinda game I mentioned earlier or did you wanna try something different?

[faithfulflame]

That's fine. I'm ready for an adventure game if that's what you want.

[It'll be a chance to show off, at least.]

Please, lead the way.

[punchesyu]

Sure. [And he does so, walking past residences and shops until they reach the entertainment district. It looks a little shady, and he makes sure to lead Rei away from any types that look like they'd give them trouble.]

You know, I was kinda hoping it would be a little friendlier than this. Some of these people don't look like they even want you looking at them the wrong way.

[faithfulflame]

[It's not that she doesn't notice, she just doesn't comment. There's silent appreciation in her sense, though. She's from Tokyo, she knows what dangerous neighborhoods look like, and she's more than happy to avoid them. The same goes for troublemakers.]

I agree. It's like something from a science-fiction comic. There are even aliens. [Not that she has a problem with aliens per say, but it's jarring.]

But for some sort of space paradise colony, it's a little lacking in amiable individuals.

[punchesyu]

Let's just hurry and get inside before we find out how unfriendly they really are.

[He steps his pace up, hurrying to the doors and walking inside. The large lobby lay before them, with many entrances to different chambers where they could try their luck at the ViViD simulations. His eyes go wide at the sight, not used to this level of technology.]

Check it out! Let's go grab one of them before there's none left!

[faithfulflame]

[Rei is in less of a hurry, but still, she doesn't disagree. Savory characters or not, she'd rather go on about her business and not risk trouble in the streets.]

Right.

[And she stops...pretty much dead in her tracks. Is this ViViD? Her eyes go wide as she stares around the lobby, completely shocked at what she's seeing. It's comparable to the stuff Luna had set up under the Game Corner...]

This...goodness! This is something else!

[punchesyu]

No kidding! This is some serious kind of tech they got going in here! [He finds one place open for them to use, and squeezes through a group while trying to keep tabs on Rei.]

I found one! [The inside will lead to a panel to set up what they want to do, with tons of flashing lights and various things to make it seem more attractive to the eye, like a video game should look like.]

Sweet. Man look at this thing!

[faithfulflame]

[She slips inside with him, and looks at the panel in complete and utter confusion.]

Do you...know how to work this? Because I sure can't.

[Wow. Just, this makes Luna's computer look like a child's toy!]

[punchesyu]

I can try. I mean, everyone else uses it around here so it can't be that hard.

[So he takes to the computer and punches a few things in, hoping that's what they wanted.]

Okay, I think I managed to get it all put in. You ready?

[faithfulflame]

True enough. With practice anything is possible.

[Probably.

She'll wait patiently, eyeing the commands he inputs cautiously. But everything seems in order, and he didn't press any buttons labeled Instant Death so...]

As I'll ever be. Let's get started.

[punchesyu]

[Another door opens in front of them, leading to the device that is supposed to "upload" them into the game. Chambers await the two of them, and Yosuke steps into one hesitantly.]

This is totally right out of a sci-fi movie. Gotta wonder how this whole being put into the game digitally works. [He figures it probably works since they're supposedly made of code on this planet, but that's a thought he tries to push away.] Here we go. I set it for that cool hack and slash thing I told you about before. Supposed to be a medieval kinda deal.

[faithfulflame]

[Rei doesn't really want to think about how these things work, either, but she'll just roll with this. Being made of code isn't any weirder than some of the stuff that's happened.]

Well, let's hope it all works out, yes?

[She steps into her chamber, puts on the glasses as the machine has instructed, and the digital world opens up to reveal...?]

[punchesyu]

[A castle! In what looks like a throne room. With strange little short things running around that kind of look like they're human, but two feet tall. They're running around yelling for help, something about the king being captured.]

Uh, yo, little dudes, calm down and tell us where to go. [They point.]

Yeah, that's not helpful.

[faithfulflame]

[Indeed. Rei looks at the...gnomes? Gremlins? Tiny hobbits? She's not sure other than they are little creatures jabbering about their king.]

Hey! [She snaps her hands together, clapping them hard to draw the little critters attention.]

Calm down and tell me what's going on. We'll help, but you have to give us more direction than just pointing. Who was taken? And by who?