Eighth Pattern ; Audio

[hikaruorkaoru]

[Today, the camera isn't turned on. Hikaru isn't about to really let himself be seen with bruises and a split lip. Nothing irreparable, but he doesn't feel like letting anyone see, and he's not putting on make-up just for talking to the journal.]

So. Gotta ask --

Does this place have any video games? Like... something on a handheld system? I don't even care if it should be in a museum, I need something. Been way too long since I played anything.

[It was, strangely, something he found himself missing a lot as the days went by. He'd grown up in a world of fashion... and video games.

His father had even hinted at leaving his company primarily to Hikaru while their mother left hers primarily to Kaoru. Of course, they'd both work both jobs... Hikaru wasn't quite willing to really accept the idea of being apart from Kaoru, even professionally.]

Comments

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

Can't speak for handhelds [ Other than that one Gold got ] But there's a console or two at the Rec Center and also at least one standing arcade game somewhere around here.

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

Yeeeah. That involves "sharing" and I want one. That's just mine.

Which is why I figure a handheld would be good. Since, y'know, haven't found any TVs or anything here to hook up something else to.

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

Mmm. Fair point - I bet you could order something like that off of mission points, but other than that it's the same old, same old: wait around in the Item Shop, listen to some rock music, and see if anything shows up.

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

Ugh. So boring. So the only way I'm getting one for sure is to do one of those dangerous mission things, huh?

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

Probably. If you didn't get it fro Christmas - that's the one time of the year they're known to give free stuff.

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

That's so lame.

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

If you want advice on the ones not dangerous, there's arguably three. ... Well, three I can go on, maybe more for other people.

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

How many for two people? Kaoru and I don't go anywhere alone.

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

Pretty much all of the current ones can be duo'd, as long as they sign you on at the same time. The only complications you might get into is something silly like "oh you both want to be working a ship, now you're on different ships."

[ Ahem ] Neeway, the universal least dangerous has to be the Research mission.

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

Research, huh? So... Sitting in a room and reading, right? Boring.

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

Sitting in a giant library, reading, and making a presentation.

[ ... So yes, extremely ]

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

Wow.

That's really, really lame.

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

Seconded, my man.

The one I like to go on is a Sailor mission.

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

Uh-huh.

All this for a stupid video game? This place sucks.

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

[ ... Haha ]

Preaching to the choir. I've been here a while.

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

This is so dumb. Least they could do is occupy us.

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

There are a few things. Not to mention they hijack people every other month.

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

Hijack people?

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

The village wide experiments. [ A beat ] Or well, they used to be so regular. They sort of got out of step for a while there.

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

Oh, those. So not cool.

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

Depending on how you look at it we're counting down to the most or least cool of it.

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

What do you mean?

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

Have you heard anything about Valentines.

[ voice ]

[hikaruorkaoru]

...Lemme guess -- this place doesn't just do chocolates. Or the whole... Western cards and roses thing.

[ voice ]

[generalflirt]

Nope. Well, some people try, like damned if I don't wait for chocolate every year, but realistically, February is a long wait for what I'm sure is the Malnosso's favorite holiday.