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Post by mugenginga on Sept 12, 2009 0:07:22 GMT -5
Gakupo sweatdropped at the reaction. He knew her love of tuna, but that was impressive. As well as rather cute, she rarely showed that side of herself. He sweatdropped even more as Miku ran off after, and Kaito followed the group as he sheathed his katana. When Rin ran off, poor Len in her grasp, he realized he was being kept in the dust.
"Hey, wait for me!" he shouted, shirt still in hand as he ran after them.
Zero stepped off the escalator, but didn't particurlarly feel like leaving the mall. If he wanted to take advantage of the Vocaloids, he needed to figure out their relationships and who would be the best to target. At first he would have targeted Len, but the young boy had shown he was more able to deal with a situation than he usually let on. Gakupo was fun to harass, but he had a feeling the Luka girl would incite the group to gang up on him. Even Miku seemed to have some rather stalwart friends.
Then he remembered the way the blue-haired one they had called Kaito had looked at him. The corners of his lips curled up in a smirk. The other Vocaloids treated him like an idiot, but that Kaito had more going on than the others seemed to realize. Not caring who was watching, Zero dissipated into data and fled into the security system of the mall. He could keep an eye on them using the coding in the system. It would help him figure out how to act... and only those within the specific system would know he was there.
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 12, 2009 6:44:09 GMT -5
Luka sat down at an empty table, having run up to the stir fry place faster than everyone else, and practically having run through the line. She was glaring at her plate.
"Very funny, Gakupo. Real funny," she said. At the moment, she was trying to remove bits and pieces of eggplant with her chopsticks.
"What's wrong?" Miku asked.
"He didn't tell me there was eggplant in this stir fry," Luka said through gritted teeth.
"...Oh." Miku said, looking away. She didn't much like eggplant either, though she believed Luka hated it for a much different reason. "I'm gonna go get something to eat too."
"I'm gonna go see if there's a Haagen-Dazs in here!" Kaito said, and began walking around the food court.
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Post by tsifan on Sept 12, 2009 15:08:05 GMT -5
"I'll come too!" Rin exclaimed as she ran after Kaito, though went into the complete wrong way due to the crowds. "Hey, Rin!" Len yelled as he ran after her.
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 12, 2009 15:13:57 GMT -5
Gakupo got an order for himself, planning on forcing the tuna down. It wasn't his favorite fish, rather low on the list to be honest, but he wanted to impress Luka. Due to this he missed Luka's annoyed comments as he sat next to her. The poor daft sap probably made a mistake there, Luka was known for being abusive. And the restaurant provided utinsels other than chopsticks. Like forks...
(OOC: Unless I say otherwise, just pretend Zero is observing. He might show up again depending on how some things develop, since Kaito IS all on his own right now thanks to Rin's directional impairment. XD)
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 12, 2009 15:26:42 GMT -5
Somehow or another, Kaito ended up by himself at the Haagen-Dazs booth. He shrugged, and went to get as much ice cream he wanted.
"I'll have a ten-scooper please!" Kaito said. The ice cream man's jaw dropped, and he got a horrid twitch. "Huh? What's wrong?"
"Oh god. I know you. I know you." The ice cream man said. "They speak of you in our profession. The ice cream loving program. They say you come in our sleep, to ask for insane amounts of ice cream. Always from Haagen-Dazs. And when you don't get what you want--"
"I just want some--"
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" The ice cream man went into a fetal position, and started sucking his thumb.
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Luka found she didn't have much of an appetite. After a while, she started playing with the food with a fork they'd supplied. After Gakupo sat down next to her, though, she found herself blushing, and then getting fairly annoyed.
There were other uses for forks, after all.
She very calmly and nonchalantly brought the fork down on Gakupo's hand.
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Miku was getting hot dogs. Why hot dogs? Because as it turned out, they don't serve pudding at this food court.
The pudding was always the first to go when they did budget cuts anyways.
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Post by tsifan on Sept 12, 2009 15:30:22 GMT -5
"I was sure Kaito went this way...." Rin said to herself as se wandered the crowds alone. "Rin! Where are you!" Len yelled out though teh voiced was sied down by the commotion. "Dang, I should've gotten a cellphone. I hate it when I get lost." Len said to himself as he walk through the crowd.
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 12, 2009 15:32:45 GMT -5
In his digital environment, as best as a program could, Zero smirked. This was too good an opportunity to cause havoc and manipulate at the same time. He used the security system to make sure none of the other Vocaloids were nearby and materialized in a fairly empty shop, in the back so no one would see him. There was a fair amount of chaos as he got lectured for being in the employee only area, but he made a point of apologizing and left. It only took a manner of seconds before he reached the ice cream shop. He walked next to Kaito and looked over the counter at the man on the floor.
"I believe this person made a fair request?" he spoke, giving enough of a tone fluctuation to indicate he planned on doing something about it if the customer service continued to fail this badly. Exactly what was unclear, but it made Zero come across as an annoyed "good samaritan".
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Gakupo bit his tongue hard to avoid screaming, but the tears inherent to anime styled slapstick streamed down his face as well as the bit of whimpering he couldn't block. Luka had left the fork there, effectively pinning Gakupo's hand to the table. He grabbed it and winced as he pulled it out, quickly grabbing a bunch of napkins to cover the blood.
He shook his hand at the same time he applied pressure to it, "That was unnecessary, Luka..." he said, trying to sound hurt. He actually wasn't too surprised by the action, and it was clear in his tone of voice. He didn't appear to have the sense to scoot away, and he couldn't exactly eat while trying to stop the bleeding.
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 12, 2009 15:45:47 GMT -5
The ice cream man looked up at Zero, and sensed something wrong. Perhaps it was because this guy looked like another one of those goddamned vocaloids with their road rollers and leeks and ice cream. In any case, he stood up, dusted himself off, and tried to regain a sense of composure. It didn't work, which just made him look constipated.
"Oh, um... you don't have to give me ten scoops then. I can just take two..." Kaito said, looking a little nervous around Zero. The hapless employee of the booth nodded nervously, and handed Kaito an ice cream cone, before going back to mujmbling incomprehensibly.
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Miku wandered back over to the table, and sat down across from Luka and Gakupo.
"Luka... why is Gakupo-san's hand bleeding uncontrollably?" Miku asked. Luka shrugged, and scooped some eggplant onto Gakupo's plate.
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Post by tsifan on Sept 12, 2009 15:48:16 GMT -5
"Where am I?" Rin asked herself quietly, she was scared and was alone though completely forgotten she had a phone. "RIINNN! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Len exclaimed though once again it died out by the commotion of the crowd. He kept pushing through the crowd though he still couldn''t find any of the vocaloids.
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 12, 2009 15:53:01 GMT -5
Zero pulled out what looked like a credit card and handed it to the man, "I'll pay," he turned to Kaito, "I'm rather well off, and I don't think you should have to deal with this jerk." he stated.
Actually, he wasn't well off, but his ability to manipulate computer systems would make the machine read the card as real and pay the bill without an issue. It wouldn't even come up wrong later, and it was entirely likely some army of rich people with Swiss Bank Accounts back in Zero's world had lost a few thousand dollars collectively over this stunt. Not that people with that kind of money ever seemed to realize a couple dollars being lost here and there...
"So, you have a name?" Zero knew Kaito's name, of course, but he knew Kaito didn't know he knew his name. Had to keep up appearances, after all.
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Gakupo put on a smile for Miku, probably making it far more apparent to the teal haired Vocaloid what had happened than he had intended. However, he turned his head towards what sounded like Len's voice. He couldn't quite tell because of the crowd.
"I think Len-kun got himself lost again..." he said, lifting up the napkin as the bleeding slowed down, and using the chance to gesture to the crowd.
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 12, 2009 16:06:06 GMT -5
Kaito nodded. "Omomuki Kaito." The Omomuki part was pretty much unknown to everyone who only knew him as the male idol/Vocaloid, KAITO. He smiled. "It's nice to meet you. And thank you for paying for my ice cream, Mr..." He realized he'd forgotten to ask this strange man's name.
Stupid, stupid, stupid! Kaito chastized himself.
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Miku sighed. "They really need to keep close to each other."
Luka gave an "Mmm-hmm" and chewed on some noodles that had been hidden deep in the stir fry. Besides the eggplant, it actually tasted pretty good.
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Post by tsifan on Sept 12, 2009 16:09:49 GMT -5
Rin was starting to cry a little, she was worried and scared. "Where are you Len?" she asked quietly as Gakupo appeared. "Gakupo!" she exclaimed happily as she ran up to him. "Rin where are you?" Len asked himself quietly as he continued to wander the crowds though getting somewhat near where Kaito was.
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 12, 2009 16:17:04 GMT -5
This guy really does have issues, Zero thought as he saw some unknown negative emotion flick through Kaito's eyes. Not having the preconceptions of others about Kaito and not being part of the Vocaloid group, combined with Zero's general level of observance and ability to read data... he was actually closer to Kaito's true personality than most of his "friends" tended to get.
"Hey, relax. My name's Nada Zero. You can use my first name," Zero replied, doing Kaito the favor of saying his name with the surname first. He was also aware that it would be better to get this out of the way before the Vocaloids tried to steer Kaito away, "You a Vocaloid? I was directly involved in that fiasco earlier."
He took his card back after the man handed it back to him, making sure to sneer as he did so. He poor man paled a bit before turning around, hoping the two would go away. Zero didn't seem inclined to, but he was actually waiting to see how Kaito would react. If he was going to use Kaito against the other Vocaloids, he needed to get him to trust him.
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 12, 2009 16:25:56 GMT -5
Kaito's expression didn't change from the silly smile. "Oh, so it was you earlier, then! I couldn't see you very well because Len tackled me..."
Yes, the tackle that spawned a thousand fanfics and one song. In any case, it would be a good idea to get off this topic now. Kaito was still particularly sore over it.
"So, um... what happened then, anyways?" Kaito asked. Since he'd come in late, he hadn't gotten to see most of the DDR match, and he hadn't found out why Gakupo had even started it in the first place. Plus Miku didn't want to even talk about it.
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Post by tsifan on Sept 12, 2009 16:32:49 GMT -5
Rin looked up at Gakupo and said, "Gakupo I'm so glad to see you, but where's Len?" worriedly still looking like she was about to cry. "This food court is so big! How am I supposed to find Rin now." Len said to himself as he wandered near where Zero and Kaito was still not able to see the two though.
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