(GS3) Field: Amusement Park

[Cherry]

"How does the Amusement Park sound?"

Yugure sent that to Hana after absentmindedly wandering to the selected destination. The woman had been up all night, helping train Umano fighters into steeled warriors. Staying up for so long had become an unhealthy habit, yet, in mind it was just another factor to work with. Screaming children still made her sick, finding less and less joy in large crowds. Similar to how uncomfortable New York was. Groups of family and friends passed through the gate, getting a bit of an unnoticed glare of envy. Those who got to live normal lives without remorse were lucky...

Jealousy was quickly put out of mind. Instead, plans for the day were conjured. Speaking with Hana was necessary, but the princess would probably like to have more fun than dealing with a bore of an older sister. Haruka was next, as there was a lot to catch up on and rekindle.

Her arms were folded, and her eyes wavered into the empty distance.

[Hope]

"DRIVER-SAN CHILL."
"NAWWWWW TOO FAST TOO FURIOUS."

This was when Isabella discovered that she hired the craziest people in the world. It was the best thing ever actually. Driver-san was a street racer straight from Tokyo, he calls his driving the Tokyo Drift. The car flew off of the highway and well flat straight onto the amusement park parking lot at over a hundred miles per hour. Cool.

"T-thanks driver-san..." Her head was spinning.
"I need to beat my personal record, let's do that again."
"No..."

Isabella texted Yukino:
"Yes, I have arrived. ISA Hope :3c"

She also replied to Haruka-kun before exitinf the car. Another quick text was given to her by one of her idol friends talking about preserving her sand castles at the park. "What?..." She decided to figure that out later.

Adjusting her snapback, she exited her car. Drake and Jay Z had shown her a local fashion style that was popular among some residents in America, and she thought it looked comfortable. A baggy sports shirt with baggy shorts and sneakers. She also work a gold necklace with a dolphin. Isabella found Yukino nearby the gate and headed that direction.

She was trying to say something as she walked, "Uh. Swag.."

[Cherry]

Yugure turned to see her sister arrive, refraining from inquiring the sudden fashion statement. She preferred her princess looking... well, more like a princess. A light chuckle escaped from her lips, finding delight in the fact that she thought like father. "Swag?" The queen questioned, having heard the term but never understanding the meaning. Is that some kind of meme these kids are on about? There was mention of memes a year ago too. Hearing Marron laugh over the lack of knowledge drove her to note researching later.

"It's good to see you", she greeted, smiling for once.

[Hope]

The clothes were really comfortable, these felt like pajamas, maybe even better. She tried to keep a positive attitude about her, leaving the negativity behind, burning it like she did with her final page of writing yesterday.

"Yo!" Yes, she was wearing the clothes, better act the part. She offered Yukino a fist bump. "See, they taught me how to rap in America too, but I wasn't able to. Well I've been trying to incorporate them into the bridges- ah." She was rambling on for some reason. It was just the part of her that was the talkative little sister who talked on about anything. Hopefully that despite everything, the older sister Yukino existed somewhere as well.

"Lead the way!" Roller coasters here were nothing compared to her dricer's driving, she was ready.

[Cherry]

Yugure was incredibly confused about why Hana was proposing her fist. Was this a sparring request? This isn't how to challenge someone to a duel as far as the soldier knew. Not that she wanted to fight in the first place. It took several paladins to very quickly explain what the gesture was. Christ, she was so out of touch with society... Nervously, she responded to the fist with her own, gently bumping them together. Isabella started talking about a skill picked up overseas: rapping. Ugh, that drivel Ighanna was into as well. While the genre personally drove the queen up a wall, she was happy to hear Hana talk about adventures.

"Tell me more about incorporating them into bridges", she said, walking through the entrance gates with her sister. Theme parks weren't really her thing, so instead of immediately jumping for a ride or a game, she focused on conversation.

[Hope]

Isabella quickly sent a test message as they headed for the gate. She expected a long wait from the park gate line, but things moved quickly. The park was going for getting an efficient entrance line to get as much people in as possible, sad to say thing wasn't the same try for the rides. if the lines were too long, a few of the games would be enough for the day.

"Well I usually sing  the whole way through. The bridge is where there's usually some more variation so I can put some changes there that would be different from the rest of the song, I just want to try something new." Isabella was thinking about Yukino's reaction to her fist bump. Seems like she was very put of touch. If she really did train in the mountains, the safest assumption was that it was all really for fighting. Isabella learned martial arts as part of her idol training, it had a lot of benefits as a cardio exercise, helping with her flexibility and strength. "So you practiced fighting on a montain? Like aaaaa, those Kung Fu movies?" She watched a lot of those while she was in Hollywood.

[Cherry]

The length of lines for roller coasters were ridiculous. Those rides were nauseating, so this was kind of a relief that it'd be a pretty long wait. Hopefully, they could avoid it altogether. Yugure tried to keep her eyes peeled for something, seeing as the whole reason the amusement park was chosen... was... well, amusement. The concept of musical "bridges" was a bit lost on her head, trying to make sense of it.

"The parts in the middle of the chorus?"

Yugure wondered if Hana had performed a song on a bridge... The princess' questions broke her line of thought.

"More of weapon training. I only know basic martial arts. I don't think I'd be able to do what... uh... Bruce Lee? Could do." Was the answer, stammering to remember these famous Kung Fu fighters.

[Hope]

"Weapons? Seems right. My weapon of choice is a microphone, maybe a megaphone. I got the idea from playing Rangan Donpa on my Craystation during my rehearsal breaks." She thought to herself.

She cheated  and quickly used her power to see which lines in the park were shorter and more accessible. "Looks like the hammer swinging game thing is free today. Hit the thingymabob hard enough for a Teddy Bear. "Put the training to use!" She pointed over to the general direction of the place.

Seems like it was going well so far. Nothing wrong with this kid of conversation. This was necessary, but other things were knocking within Isabella's mind, waiting to be released. They will be when the time is rght.

[Cherry]

"Huh? Hammer swinging game?" The first thing that came to mind is whack-a-mole. Why not just call it that? Seeing it, the reason was that there was no mole involved. Watching others simply bring the hammers down made her question if this was really a "game" of sorts. If Hana wanted the teddy bear prize, she'll get it. Not just for her sister, as serving the public was her job as well. Yugure approached as several disappointed adolescents and fathers moved aside. Such simplicity... this task lacked difficulty for her once she got a feel for the hammer. Blaster Dark was an enormous broadsword that took immense strength to wield with ease. What was this to that?

Even so, this wouldn't be taken lightly. The prize of a sister's smile was the goal. Pupils morphed into swords, taking this beyond the humane amount of seriousness necessary. Gripping the weapon with ferocity, gritting teeth, she proceed to slam downward with as much force as possible, ringing the tower's bell. The operator was sweating not because of her being able to do it, but the fire in her eyes when she did it.

"I-It's just a game..." he whimpered.

"Mission accomplished", Yugure stated, returning the weapon, and saluting. Instead of questioning this weirdo's actions and attitude, he simply gave the high striker's new winner a "congratulations" and a large, red teddy bear. Giving thanks, the queen came back to the princess with the spoils of war.

[Hope]

"Oh."

Yukino walked away.

DING

Yukino returned.

At least that's how Isabella saw it. She never understood why amusement parks had disappointed children and parents. If anything, it came with the real goal of the park anyways... money. Just like the line up front, focusing on getting as much money and bringing people in, while the rides themselves gave no such effort to speed up lines, the park really had lots of dark corners to it. Lot of things had lots of dark corners to it. Her life as is has a lot of dark corners to it.

"Alright! You did your job, now I'll do mine." she said happily.

At it first it was awkward with her get-up, but eventually the parents and children realized who she were as she played with then and sang a few songs to help them feel better. People gathered and took pictures with her, strange enough, a line itself formed and she tried to get theough it as quickly as possible without missing out on anyone. It lightened the mood for those who lost the expensive amusement park games. In contrast to this place, she did her job for fun. She had more than enough money for herself, which is why she ende up doing fundraisers as well.

After the line disappeared, she walked back over to her sister. "It the best part of being and idol right there! Or the worst if you get caught up in it during the wrong time. haha."

[Cherry]

Yugure's envy arose once more at the sight of people flocking toward Isabella. Being an idol meant being a light for the public's hearts, but that didn't mean the elder sister had to be okay with people taking her attention away. Even so, a lowly soldier had no place to intervene, especially if Hana herself enjoyed it. The woman kept quiet, watching the masses as a line was formed. There were some moments of unruly disorder in the line in which Yugure threatened people if they didn't wait their turn without violence. It was never near the front of the line, more of avid fanboys who got the short end of the stick showing up late.

Eventually, they dispersed, and the princess returned. The teddy bear was offered to her as Yugure spoke: "Well done. You seem to enjoy your talent as much as you are good at it."

Yes, talent. A talent for uplifting spirits.

[Hope]

"So much fun..." The sun was beating down harshly, its final effort to shine its light on the world before it set.

"I guess we should go find some shade." Isabella led Yukino through the twists and turns of the park. At some point she stopped and got cotton candy. Manager-san would kill her for eating this, but its ok, she'll just work it off tomorrow. Things were still going well, though Yukino was still stiff as a rock. She couldn't really tell if it was any different from the old Yukino from a year ago now though, which was sort of good. Well sort of because that then turns into Yukino always being seemingly as stiff as a rock.

"Do you stretch?" Somehow that came out of her mouth, which turned the stiff as a rock thing too literally. Stiff as a rock as in her personality. "By the way how have you been feeling since coming back, and how did you feel during the past year?" That was probably the right question.. just about right.

[Cherry]

Yugure followed Hana, focusing eyes on her as to not lose sight of her. They stopped to get cotton candy, which the soldier remembers enjoying as a little girl. Though tentatively, she occasionally bit at the fluffy, pink cloud. It felt very good to taste this sugary treat again. Current expressions didn't show that, however. That aside, the park seemed much quieter during the evening. There was still a significant around of hollering, just less so. Children were getting tired, unable to enjoy how beautiful the sights of an illuminated park at night were.

"Do you stretch?"

Those words from the princess were like a sudden left jab. While a snap back into reality, it felt like there was some sort of hidden encryption behind that question. Yugure almost responded before the next following inquiries arose. "Impatient", was the first word that came out of mouth toward the first of the two questions. The desire to add "longing" was present, yet, that could also fit under impatience. A hasty knight who can't accept patience being a virtue was probably a headache on the Round Table Liberator...

".... How I felt during the past year..." Honesty didn't prompt itself this time. A chaotic storm of emotions loomed over Mount Fuji in that time span. It was determined that... it was really nothing Hana had to know. "... It's trivial until I put what I picked up to use", the soldier added. That part was the truth, at least. That typhoon of feelings was irrelevant unless she did something about it in the new year - the now.

[Hope]

"What you picked up?... What would that be? Sword eye thing, swordsmanship?"

Over the year, Hana had become largely proficient on her power as well. Originally something that was limited to Cray, Hana discovered that it was doable on Earth as well and focused deeply on starlight and imagination. As long as a ray of light hit the current location, she would be able to see it as clearly as ligh illuminates it.

"These  eyes can see everythig but darkness clearly," she laughed. "We had a hide and go seek event where fans would have to try to hide against me and not get caught for a certain amount of time. If they succeeded then they got prize money. Heh, none of them got away!" She stood proudly.

Suddenly her phone began to ring. It was a reminder.
"Meet Haruka-kun at home <3."

She quickly covered it and clicked the button sayin that she had acknowledged the reminder so that Yukino wouldn't be able to see it. Sadly enough, she could have possiby caught a smalle glimpse. Either way, Isabella had to leave soon, but she decided to say for a few moments longer.

[Cherry]

"More than the power of the Meister", Yugure responded. The Espoir sisters had eyes beyond humanity, with hers being a symbol of inheritance and some sort of psychic abilities, while Hana's gave her sight of everything on two planets discovered by light. While the actual functions of the princess' powers weren't known to the soldier in full, she could make calculated deductions based on what was said.

With their special eyes, the sight of Hana quickly tucking her phone away was caught.

"What was that?" She asked. It wasn't her business to pry, but curiosity got the better of her.