WELCOME TO TOKYO.

[tokyodisa]

Who: Everybody!
What: Tokyo Day One
When: Tuesday, 16/July -- starting at midnight
Where: Paradisa Hotel in downtown Tokyo
Rating: kawaii

Maybe you were asleep in bed last night. Maybe you were out on the town. Or maybe you were working on something super cool, which you didn't really need to be disrupted by, oh, say a world change or anything else stupid.

Too bad for you, that's just what happened.

At the stroke of midnight, everyone will find themselves back in their assigned castle rooms -- except they're not exactly the same as they were left…

[ ROOMS | RESTAURANT & BAR | FITNESS CENTER | LOBBY & GIFT SHOP | COURTYARD ]

[this log is only for the hotel! if you'd like to explore tokyo, feel free to set up your own logs and posts.]

Comments

[rogueofheart]

That's what I'm asking. I mean, first of all, you shouldn't need a machine to exercise. Why would you want to run in place when you can run to places?

[samson]

Well, in case it's raining, or, uh... [Well, there are incline settings and stuff -- usually -- but he doesn't know how hi-tech this treadmill is, so...

He walks over to it instead.]

Look, why don't you give it a shot? Maybe you'll like it.

[rogueofheart]

But I won't like it because I'm not going anywhere! [She pulls a face at the machine] This just looks like a way to act like a tiny furbeast on a metal moving wheel chasing after milkbeast byproduct.

[samson]

[TEEN...AGERS......

Brock just holds up his hands, maybe trying some reverse psychology here. That tended to work on the Venture twins, but they were also... dumb.] Whoa! Sounds like somebody's afraid of trying new things. That's alright, I'll just check out this... super cool treadmill adventure by myself.

1/2

[rogueofheart]

[And for just a moment, a very brief and yet still existent moment, that line of thinking just might work. Nepeta leans in with interest. Should she...]

[rogueofheart]

[No, that's dumb.]

Okay then, you have fun with that! Do you need some help? You can get on the treadmill and I'll push the buttons for you.

[samson]

[SO CLOSE........ he sighs.]

I don't know. These things can be pretty dangerous if you just mash buttons.

[rogueofheart]

If they're so dangerous, why are you trying to get me to try it?

[samson]

It's not dangerous if you don't push a bunch of buttons at random.

[rogueofheart]

How am I supposed to even know if I'm pushing buttons at random? It's not like I have been able to read a single word anywhere since we got here. Everything just looks like a bunch of scribbles!

[samson]

Then I'll show you. C'mon.

[rogueofheart]

[Whoa what. Eagerly trailing along now.]

Can you read this stuff?

[samson]

Huh? Oh. Yeah, kind of. I know a lot of different languages.

[rogueofheart]

Can you teach me to read it, too? It's everywhere!

[samson]

It's super complicated, but I can teach you the, uh...

[...]

Can you read English? [THAT MIGHT HELP.]

[rogueofheart]

[She gives him a blank stare.]

Wait, which one is that?

[samson]

The... one...

[UHHHH hmmmm.......... he has to think about it for a second, which is a weird experience, but switches to English here.] This one. It sounds like this.

[rogueofheart]

[She perks up when she hears it. It's familiar!]

I know that one!

[samson]

[Good that makes it a lot easier!!!]

Okay, great. So that gives us a place to start.

[rogueofheart]

Wait, how is that going to help? I already know that one. I need to know this one. With the weird scribbles.

[samson]

Because it's probably easier if you know a language that's at least from the same planet.

[rogueofheart]

Oh. Well, teach me already!

[She's bouncing on her heels now. Look at that excitement, Brock. Look at it!]

[samson]

[FINE, HE WILL!! Thankfully this machine has stuff written in hiragana, probably because it's for dumb tourists like him. So, he motions for her to look at the controls to the treadmill.]

Okay, this means 'fast'... so each one of these little shapes is a syllable. This is ha-ya-i. [Helpfully pointing at each symbol...]