(GS3) Field: Amusement Park

[Killa]

Makuto had two more Cardfights after a short break. Both Cardfights were a success as he won both of them. He had lots of fun playing around on the Park, sadly it was time for him to leave. He left the Park planning to return someday with friends hopefully.

[Hope]

Neu leaned back, and rested her leg on the other side of the car. She closed her eyes for a moment to enjoy the calm silence of the ride itself, a few moments to actually get what the ride was meant to be, calm. Such is the mentality of the strong, the majority that rules from the top. She didn't agree with it, quite frankly. She opened her eyes once again, having now enjoyed the pleasant calm, ready to probably get on a roller coaster next, right, she definitely wanted to get on a roller coaster.

(15/30) "Shoot I'm halfway done with the fish balls," she thought to herself. (14/30) "Dangit I need to take my time with this!"

"Right so you changed the subject from missing clans... to you?" She looked at him, completely dumbfounded. "Man how selfish could you get and dang! Even if you say "everyone else," this amounts to just your small group of friends. Jeez, that's like, what? Four people? I'm taking 'bout the whole world here, even at least everyone in the park, being happy and in peace 'cause all these things upped an disappeared." She smiled at him a little, kind of giving off a little laugh. "Jeez, that headache is just a stress build up, I'll treat you to some aspirin later cause this date is actually pretty fun." She leaned a little closer to him.

[Beryl]

"Dammit, Neu, I..." Satoshi trailed off. She actually had a bit of a point. People hadn't really been disrupted. If anything, the only people this had truly affected were Haruka and Yukino. And most of all, it was Yukino who felt so harshly affected. She loved her units to a level he thought there might have been a chance he had never reached. Was it really anyone's responsibility, especially when Gold Paladin had the power of Limit Break to support them on their quest? Haruka had Spectral Duke Dragon doing similar things...why did he even miss Dragonic Overlord when this was clearly a gift to him? Even Jellal...Aqua Force had been his desire the entire time, why would he even care for the return of Shadow Paladin?

His headache started to turn into a gentle massage as Neu promised him some aspirin, complementing their time together for the first time....no, this was wrong. He shouldn't feel like Neu was right. The clans were---

"...The clans were sent off to their own failure..." It suddenly dawned on Satoshi what Neu was trying to say, at least from what his strange logic would allow. From what Seph had told him, they were sent on a mission destined to fail from the words of CEO Amaterasu herself. Even if things would get better in the future...what's to say they weren't already? Limit Break was rewarding, even if it had not shown itself to be for him quite yet. It was a step in the right direction for Cray. He turned to Neu, staring into her eyes again. They were really pretty, those orange eyes...

"You're right, Neu. I'm sorry. Things are honestly a lot better than they used to be. I...don't know why I was letting that bother me." He also leaned in, drawn to Neu's aura. He couldn't hear Seph's shouts for him to stop and get away as fast as he could. There wasn't a reason to think about it. After all, nobody was really at that much of a risk...

"God dammit, Satoshi!" Seph flew off. He had to speak to Yugure, and fast.

[Hope]

The Ferris Wheel had stopped. Neu slowly stood up hopped off, waiting for Satoshi to follow. She was obviously quite full from all the fish balls, so a roller coaster may not actually be a good idea for a bit. She looked around, maybe going to the gift shop is a good idea. Hats seemed like something pretty cool to buy, a good gift back to her parents at home. She turned back to Satoshi and asked, "Right, let's go take a look at some souvenirs?"

[Beryl]

"Sounds good to me." Satoshi smiled. Yeah, okay. Neu had an idea of having fun rather than letting stress hold you down. That made sense. Why wouldn't it make sense?

He noted a photo booth nearby. "There's a photo booth, too, if you wanted to take some silly pictures at some point."

[Hope]

Hats... hats, hats which are from Japan. She thought that maybe her parents would like a bit of these hats. Well whenever her parents called her, they always really just worried about if she was having fun or not anyways and if she wasn't then the would come and visit her whether she was ready or not.

"A photo booth huh?" She paused for a moment. Usually she does take pictures with people, especially those whom she has a good time with. No reason to reject this kind of offer. "Sure." she nodded, still continuing her venture in finding the perfect hat.

[Beryl]

"Yeah...I'll, uh, wait for you out here." Satoshi waited outside while Neu did her shopping.

It dawned on him that this was going to be hard to explain to Yukino and Haruka, especially if one of them showed up due to Seph. It also occurred to him that by believing this, he had thrown the spirit out as though he wasn't wanted. He still loved Vanguard, it was just...

He was having fun today. Was it wrong for him to have fun today, even if it dissed the incredibly serious situation? The ability to stop thinking about painful things, even for just a moment, was fine. Realistically, Neu wasn't actually swaying him; it was clear that her logic regarding the clans disregarded those who cared for Cray so much. Her disinterest and theft made her clearly someone with ill intent for that world. But...her statements about fun...

It was weird. Satoshi felt he learned something valuable despite knowing how wrong the statement was as a whole when it came to Cray's affairs. If you took time to have fun, even for just a moment, you could reconsider the suffering of the clans when more readily able and comfortable.

He shrugged to himself. Well, if he got chewed out for it, there was a reasonable explanation, so he thought.

[Hope]

"I fought the perfect hat," She found the perfect hat.

As agreed, she entered the photo booth, which to her surprise didn't accept hundred dollar bills so it was a little awkward. Nonetheless, she gestured Satoshi to come instead and take a few photos to commemorate and print before the day was over.

[Beryl]

Satoshi shrugged. Well, as long as it could be fun, right? He stepped inside to take several snapshots with her.

[Hope]

She eventually gave a hundred dollar bill to someone who was actually able to exchange it for yen. She inserted the money into the machine and it began. Nue poked her fingers over the touch screen among several options and designs. "Oh, stickers!" she smiled to herself. The first pose she invited him to do was quite standard, just standing next to each other and smiling. For the next, she grabbed his arms and placed her head on his shoulders, causing her to blush a little on the photo. Next up, she got in front of him and took his arms. She had it hug around her slender frame, and she even leaned back towards his body a little. After that, they had two photos left to go. This one wasn't much different from the last, she just moved her head back and looked towards him, making it look as if she was kissing his cheek.

She moved away for the last picture and stuck her pinkie out. "I love Vanguard and everyone smiles while they play... I really really treasure it. I want you to promise me that you'll protect the world of Vanguard with me, and make sure that everyone will always have fun when they play it, including yourself." She said in a sincere voice, giggling a little from embarrassment. "Just for this last photo," she said.

[Beryl]

Satoshi half-smiled. While he couldn't say that Neu was protecting the world in the right way by restricting clans...he could definitely vouch for it being fun. It needed to be; otherwise every battle would be a drama without end.

"Sure. I promise I'll make sure people stay enjoying Vanguard." He leaned his head against hers, linking pinkies. Maybe she wasn't completely that bad and would see that Royals, Shadows and Kagero had a place with time. After all, they did make the game more fun.

[Cherry]

A sour Yugure barged into the amusement park, the nauseating rides and screams of children all attacked her senses of sight and sound. Enduring was necessary to stop Satoshi from making a decision he'd regret, however. The queen was admittedly furious with him going straight to the enemy, thinking he'd be fine. She was the one suffering from losses, yet here she was to find this oaf. Seeking out the lingering might of Dark Dictator was a simple task for Ezel, leading the way through telepathy.

All that was on her mind was how unfair this was.

Some people turned away in fright, some children clinging to confused mothers or perplexed fathers. They saw a woman march through the entertainment lands, but it was not what the woman herself would think. No, it was a eye-bladed soldier of black armor stoically wander about - searching for its target.

The Spirit of Envy opened his eyes in the silent void.

[Hope]

With that the final picture was taken, pact sealed. Neu smiled, blushing a little when walking out of the photo booth. Two strips had been printed out as stickers, both having all the photos taken within the booth along with a few little bits of glitter and designs that Neu put on to make it look cuter. She took one for herself, then handed the other to her partner in the photos.

"Here you go," she took the strip and handed it to him.

She placed hers inside her wallet, she already had pocket for it, a cherished memory. She look at the time and realized that she had to go, it was getting quite late.

"Right, I gotta head out..." She reached for a pen in her purse and wrote it on one of the fish ball wrappers. She handed it to him as well. "There you go, there's my number if you ever need me for anything."

She turned away, almost running back to her car, she turned back around though, finally acknowledging Satoshi. She was blushing a little, and she waved to him from a distance. "Thank you."

Affinity:
Satoshi: +5

[Beryl]

"See you..." Satoshi gave a little wave, pocketing the pictures. Y'know, she really was pretty reasonable if you put aside her thefts. Maybe she could change, with time...

Neu + 5 AP

Right, he should probably get---

He saw Yukino in the distance, looking like an Amazon on the hunt. Oh boy.

[Cherry]

Blaster Da- Yugure stabbed metaphoric swords into Satoshi.

"You look like you enjoyed yourself."

Her tone was calm, but the fury was so obvious it was like the woman was a rampaging wildfire.