Bowl-O-Rama Time

[andtherevolution]

WHO: Utena, Lucina, and YOU
WHERE: Kingpin Lanes, a bowling alley in Heropa
WHEN: Friday, March 8th
WHAT: The owners of Kingpin Lanes screwed up their alcohol order are offering massive discounts for anyone 18 and under! And they've kindly requested that Utena and Lucina spread the word to their friends. Why don't you come join them?
WARNINGS: Potential underage hooliganism. Otherwise, nothing so far.
OOC NOTE: Later on today Lucina will be posting on the network letting other characters know about this, with a link to the log. The log is just going up a little early because of our OOC schedules.



Hey, so your got Lucina's invite! Great! Or maybe they found out bout Kingpin Lane's generous deals (discounts on games with groups of six or more! free drinks with every order of atomic nachos! and so on and so forth). Or maybe they literally had nothing better to do. Either way, the lack of beer and the higher than usual concentration of youths have chased off the bowling alley's older regulars, leaving plenty of alleys free.

THE BOWLING LANES

Even with the lack of cheap beer, at least a couple of the lanes will be taken up by bowling teams playing their scheduled games. Around 10 PM, though, they'll shuffle out as the regular lights dim and the blacklights flip on, illuminating everything in a garish neon glow. Grab your friends, a pair of bright white shoes, and a neon ball, and knock down those technicolor bowling pins! If you forgot the score card, don't sweat it - the monitors up above will keep score for you. Assuming they don't malfunction, that is. Wait, did the screen just flicker? Eh, don't worry about it.

THE ARCADE

Is bowling not your thing? No problem! There's a mini arcade just to the side for customers to waste both time and quarters. There's pinball machines and ski-ball for anyone with more old fashioned taste, and a couple different crane machines for people who just love to throw money away. If that's not enticing enough, there's an electronic basketball game, the hit arcade shoot 'em up Burger Blasters, the light gun shooter Duckpocalypse Now, the driving game Krafty Karts, and a little mechanical horsey for the young and young at heart.

THE PARKING LOT

Sometimes you just need to breathe in some fresh air. Or bum a smoke. Or partake in other less than wholesome, possibly illicit substances where underpaid nacho slingers can't see you. As long as you don't get caught, there's no problem. The parking lot is a no judgement zone! As well as a "I don't get paid enough to keep track of every jerk here" zone.

OTHER

Start a brutal feud over the last pair of size six shoes! Make snide, passive aggressive comments as someone picks the bowling ball you wanted! Weep bitter tears as the change machine eats your twenty! Or be brave and daring and find out what makes the Atomic Nacho Platter so atomic (spoiler: it's just extra jalapenos and some tabasco sauce). If it can take place in or around a bowling alley, you can do it.

Comments

[khajidont]

We don't exactly have the cash to burn for stuff we don't need. [ Or stuff they can do themselves, rather. They've got enough for stuff they don't need when it comes to more minor foolishness, days at the movies or books or the occasional game, or some sugary drinks from the local Starbucks, but if they can do it themselves, they do. ]

School in America... well, unless you're rich, you basically have to go into debt. It's thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars by the time you've finished. It's why it's lucky I'm an imPort here - they got scholarships for that sort of thing. I dunno if I could do what I'm doing here back home with the way things have been.

[ It would break his father's heart. But that kind of money... they'd have to have a long talk about it. ]

[girlybruiser]

Students must go into debt? But is that not a detriment?

[ Haru can't fathom this idea at all. She's always had the luxury of not worrying about debt, even when her grandfather's business went out and Okumura Foods was in trouble. Her father had stepped in, and though his practice was borderline illegal and awful, they always had money that worrying about groceries, mortgages, and school was never an issue. ]

Is it not much easier to pay the debt off once you've found a job in your field?

[khajidont]

[ Jaime has to laugh out loud. ]

I mean, yeah, it's a detriment if you're not rich. Most things are a detriment if you're not rich.

[ ... ]

...did you have any problems settling in here without actually having all that money, Haru?

[girlybruiser]

[ She actually has to pause and think on that. It wasn't as much of a struggle as she thought it would have been...

Just some things. ]

Groceries are quite expensive when you have to buy in bulk... [ She taps her chin. ] Having a job was certainly brand new, but I like it! It's a lot of fun to work as hard as everyone else and earn a nice paycheck at the end of the week.

[ Minimum wage is... more fun than tedious for her, but only because she's an imPort so getting into school isn't as costly as it would have been otherwise. ]

[khajidont]

[ Jaime can't help but shake his head, his smile a little rueful. ]

It is a little different with just one person, I guess. It's a good thing you adapted that well! Really! It's just - well, growing up without having that sort of money is different. Not that it was hard or anything. [ It wasn't. He had a happy childhood. The happiest. Happier than Haru's by a longshot. ]

You just never take the financial stuff for granted.

[girlybruiser]

Ah, of course! That is only fair.

[ It's funny, though; her father was so desperate to steer clear of bad debts Okumura Foods was previously in that Haru herself never fully experienced the stress of not being able to afford basic accommodations.

Only Kunikazu would ever know the painful reality of debt. ]

I'm sure you'll earn your deserved share once you complete school back home, Jaime. What are you studying?

[khajidont]

Well... hopefully.

[ Jaime leans back in his chair, a small smile playing across his face. ]

I'm studying Psychology here. I figured it'd be useful and, well - maybe I can do some real good with it. I was gonna go into something with more money in it back home, but I got the resources here, so... why not?

[ It had been strange, having that freedom. A little scary too. He's not sure if it was the right move, but only time will tell. ]

[girlybruiser]

[ Haru's hands clap together lightly, visibly in awe of Jaime's choice of study here. ]

Is it not a difficult course load? But I think Psychology is very interesting! To learn the human mind is an intriguing idea...