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 Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:36 pm
David Stetson was staring at the ceiling of Pizza Adventure.
Despite the promise that the name implied of both pizza and fabulous excitement, so far he had only gotten the pizza part of the deal. The 'Adventure' part was currently being negotiated by Evan with an overweight employee. David had requested laser tag, but it had transpired that, by the rules of Pizza Adventure, he was too young to be shooting other children in the dark with a plastic gun. Instead, Evan deposited ten dollars worth of tokens into his son's hands and told him not to wreck anything.
The arcade wasn't David's idea of an adventure, so he stuffed the tokens into his pockets and, jangling slightly now as he walked, headed over to the last possible source of fun and excitement for him, the play area. Scooching into one of the many plastic, colourful tunnels, he began to explore. It wasn't much in the way of adventure, but maybe he would find a slide to go down, or a ball pit to lurk in for a while.
On the whole, thought David as he crawled on all fours through a maze of plastic tunnels, the whole adventuring experience was turning out to be Vaguely Disappointing.
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:39 pm
Meanwhile, Umbra Rosaus took a second to reflect upon why she should not insult both her caretaker and her caretaker's cousin.
Because they controlled a house, and had minor magic powers, respectively.
And the catgirl growled miserably, shooting a longing look at the laser tag. She wanted to go in there, but noooo...her wardrobe had turned to frilly dresses, except for what she was currently wearing, and she didn't have the money to bribe Avalon into looking away while eating her pizza. The only bad thing about having corrupt older 'cousins': their rates were always too high.
So she sneaked into the plastic tunnels, hiding in the one tubing area where there was little light (Umbra always wondered how big the tubing at these places was, it had to be magical, and probably was), and just sat there, eyes gleaming in the low light.
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:01 pm
And that was what David stumbled upon when he turned the corner. He blinked, alarmed at first, but as he realized that it was (probably) a person in the darkened area of the play maze, he plopped himself down in front of them. This was probably the best chance for adventure that he was going to get during his expedition, so he figured that he might as well seize upon it.
"'Ullo," he proclaimed at the set of eyes, "My name's David."
Introductions thus taken care of, he advised, "Yer prolly not gonna get the full adventure experience jus' by sittin' there in the dark. I don't mean to be too radical or anythin', but usually adventures involve movin' around, like." He paused, considering, then added "Not that there's much adventurin' to do around here, but it still makes an 'eck of a lot more sense than sittin' in the dark, right?"
He tilted his head at her, causing his floppy hat to fall off. "Maybe yer sittin' there for a reason, though. Do you got an 'orrible disfigurement? Cos if you do, my dad says I ain't supposed to tease you."
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Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 7:25 am
The eyes narrowed at his comment, but their owner didn't speak until she was asked about having a horrible disfigurement. "I don't, thank you very much," Umbra snarked, "'m just sitting here because I feel like it. I can see perfectly in this light."
Well, not perfectly; but hey, everyone's a critic.
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Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 7:37 am
"Jus' checkin' there, no need to get all miffed about it. It ain't good for yer blood pressure, y'know?"
David considered the rest of her statement. "I see. Is there fabulous adventure hidin' in the dark, then? I've looked 'round most of this pizza place an' I can't find any of the adventure they been advertisin'. It is highly dispiritin'." He flopped down on the ground next to her and added, "I believe it to be in the laser tag room, but I am too young to be shootin' things up with colourful lights." Even in his criminal life, David hadn't ever used a laser. He had been more of the deals-in-dark-places sort, and a coward to boot. Now, smaller and slightly braver, he wanted to try only to find that he couldn't.
"They say so, anyway." he huffed. "I think I may be bein' oppressed."
A pause.
"Y'know, I don't think fabulous adventure could fit in this dark. Why're you sittin' in it? Seems awful borin' to me."
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Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:32 am
Umbra, in her criminal life, had also never used a laser: but this was more from lack of technology and being a tool of the army.
"No adventure in here," she sighed, "I'm hiding from my cousin. She told me to go in here if I didn't want pizza, 'cause I'm not allowed to play laser tag right now."
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Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:50 am
"Hm," said David, stroking his chin. "So she told you to stay in this here dark corner? Night-eyes or not, that seems particularly 'orrible." David had never had a cousin, however, now he didn't think he wanted one if that was what they made people do. He was surprised that so many people seemed to bother with them at all.
"If there ain't adventure there, why're you stayin'?" David had never been much for following boring orders, most peoples' 'rules' were his 'guidelines.' "I ain't tryin' to boss you around or nothin', but I think you should prolly do somethin' interestin'. After all, this place is Pizza Adventure, not Pizza Sit in a Dark Corner 'n Feel Bad."
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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:50 pm
There was a few seconds of audible silence, punctuated only by what sounded like a tail swishing against plastic; the relentless beats familiar to anyone with a feline pet. And the answer came. "...I don't feel like pizza," Umbra admitted, almost realizing how pathetic it sounded, "'specially not whatever the heck she's eating." A glimmer of teeth appeared for a bit, then disappeared. Eyes reflected light. "You got a point, kid," she had to admit. "I don't know why I decided to 'ide in here in the first place...wanna do something?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:16 pm
"Shame, pizza's pretty okay. It ain't as good as hot pockets, but they got pizza hot pockets these days, so there you go."
He shrugged expansively. "Depends on if it's gonna be interestin'. I'm not gonna do anything girly or boring, mind. An' I'm not gonna sit around in the dark, neither." Tapping his foot on the floor, he screwed his face up in concentration. "We could go explore the wild terrain, I s'pose. This arcade-jungle gym stuff is clearly a diversion meant to prevent us from seein' the real good stuff, seein' as there ain't much adventure here. The adventure must be hidden somewhere else, like." Pleased with his bit of deductive work, he stuck a hand into the shadows and said, "Comin'?"
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