there are two rules no murder and no giftboxes

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Who: Dangans of all kinds, other non-Dangan invited guests. Anyone who would be at the designated location who wants to party-crash. Although the designated location is, uh...
Where: Goldenrod City, in the Johto equivalent of Chuck E. Cheese
When: Forward-dated to the evening of March 14th. Because Lucy's going to be busy this weekend.
Summary: Nanami uses her birthday to take a bunch of people who wouldn't normally go to a kid's place to a kid's place (though she also invites some people who would be totally chill with it). There is an actual ball pit, what the hell Nanami.
Rating: PG13 at most for some people's language probably KUZURYUU.
Log:

It's pretty obvious by the time the actual location other than "in Goldenrod" is disclosed (though Nanami hands out the address and location so it's possible you could get there without realizing where you're going) that Nanami was completely the one who picked out where they're going. If Kuzuryuu or anyone else she brought up "eating dinner" with thought she would choose a nice sit-down restaurant or at least a legitimate restaurant, they were sorely mistaken. She has, of course, chosen the Johto equivalent of Chuck E. Cheese. Which is, of course, over-the-top with the Pokémon theme. Hands are stamped at the door to show that you've paid to be there.

There are arcade games, playable with tokens purchased and handed out at the door. Tickets are given over from the games based on winning or how well one won, and can turned in at the main counter for ridiculously cheesy prizes that mostly only children would be interested in. There are games other than arcades, such as skee ball and air hockey. There are claw machines with prizes within.

There's also a full-on child's playplace with climbing things, tubes to crawl through, slides, nets, etc. This includes a full-on ball pit.

The food is mostly pizza, although the menu also offers cold-cut sandwiches, buffalo wings, salad bars, and desserts. There's also cake, obviously, which was brought in with the party, as well as a pie. ...There is probably an animatronic show as they eat dinner because this is what Nanami picked and she's totally turning seventeen, the cake says so. There's a table decked out and reserved for the party, so claim a seat for your breaks and eating times and go have a blast! Clearly this night can only end gloriously.

Everyone not in the know of trigger lists would have been warned at some point prior to the party by Nanami not to bring gift-wrapped boxes (bags are apparently acceptable if they are plainish and not involving a lot of giftwrap, as are unwrapped things) with zero explanation of as to why this was.

Comments

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[pipers_son]

[Guess who has never really seen a DDR machine before? (And is also technically invited to this party, but that's not important.) It's the colorful looking fellow leaning against the railing with a Purrloin and a Meowth that are absolutely fascinated by the flashing lights.]

[Joker gives an impressed whistle.]

Now doesn't this look fun! Ya ain't too bad.

[freshprints]

[OH GOD WHY IS THERE — ...what

...

That sure is a brightly-colored man scoping out her moves, hello.]

...

[Thanks for that thorough elaboration of your feelings there, Kirigiri.]

...If you want a turn, you're welcome to it.

[pipers_son]

Don't mind me joinin' in? Since it looks like there's room for two.

[Besides, the more the merrier, right? That is Joker's thought process until the end times.]

[freshprints]

...If that's what you want.

[She's been occupying the right pad for the duration, so she motions to the vacant left one without much ado.]

It's only one token to play, but it's one per person.

[pipers_son]

I don't mind, I'll pay for my own.

[He hops up onto the left pad, cheerful as ever as he gets out a token from his pocket. Letting his two cat 'mon watch from the edges, he slips the token in and then backs up a little to look at the screen.]

Got any favorite songs? Looks like there's quite a few.

[freshprints]

There are a few. But it's common courtesy to let the challenger have first pick, I assume.

[She doesn't actually know if it is or not, but that seems polite nevertheless. Or at least a seemingly reasonable thing to do.]

The machine will play a few measures of every song if you hover over the choice on the wheel without selecting it. If you want to hear what they sound like before you pick one.

[pipers_son]

Well, then ya learn somethin' new everyday.

[Joker seems to be considering her advice when his two Pokemon suddenly hop onto the stage as well, playing about the arrows until they finally stop and- welp, looks like they've spun onto a random one. Joker just laughs.]

Well, a lil' bit a surprise can make the game more fun. [So, yep, he chooses that. What do you mean he should go with something easy first?] 'Fore I forget, the name's Joker. Pleased ta meet ya.

[freshprints]

[Cartoon Heroes is actually an excellent choice; it's one of the ones Kirigiri has played before, so she's looking pretty confident abou tthe prospect by now.]

Like the playing card?

[Or the, y'know, Batman villain. But she's not going to point that out.]

You're a friend of Nanami-san's, then?

[pipers_son]

[Joker perks up.]

Just like that!

[Yes, he's sort of gotten the Batman thing a lot so it's pretty nice to hear the actual reason.]

Nah, but I know Jimmy and I figured I'd tag along too. Nanami doesn't mind much, so it looks like I get ta stay! [Another cheery laugh before the music starts up.]

[freshprints]

I see.

[SUSPICIOUS...

...but it's not like she's got much time to inquire further, what with the song taking off and herself bound to follow along for the duration.]

[pipers_son]

[Joker is naturally a suspicious person, unfortunately. Such is life when you insist on dressing up like he does all the time.]

[Completely unaware or maybe just uncaring about being suspicious, Joker just hops into the game as well. He's only seen other people play and that's with today alone. Still, he has pretty quick reflexes so he doesn't do too bad. In fact, it's likely he could do better except he seems to be too busy doing flashy moves for no real reason, and occasionally tripping over his Pokemon as they 'chase' the arrows. This means unless Kirigi somehow messes up bad, he's likely to lose.]

[Joker doesn't seem to mind too much. He's just laughing in-between breaths, and some more when the song eventually comes to a finish.]

[freshprints]

[And predictably, she doesn't do half badly at it — though she is noticeably tired when things wind down, since she's been playing for a fair number of rounds now and the endurance is wearing her down.]

It's easier when you keep your Pokemon off the pads, I imagine.

[pipers_son]

[It takes a second for him to answer, mostly because he hs to make himself stop laughing and get in some air. He flashes her a smile.]

Yeah, probably, but they looked like they were havin' fun too. Can't be angry at 'em for that.

[freshprints]

[She doesn't return it, but that's more just because she's Kirigiri than anything else. Nothing personal, truly.]

Even if it's dangerous?

[pipers_son]

Dangerous?

[Are we still talking about Pok E. Cheese arcades or-]