dendroculi | [homophonic] catchall for kazuki

[ excited to see all the teams vibrates through the floor ]

Mm. Maybe you guys can work on making sure things stay tied somehow.

Yes, maybe. Until we have a better idea of how all of this works, I don't think it would be wise for any one team to pull too far ahead...

[what if there is some way for all of them to win but they pass the point of no return before figuring out what it is? yikes.]

Mm. It might be difficult to get everyone on the same page, though. It's always like herding cats when this many people are involved, and someone's going to cause problems sooner or later.

[(gazes at lee rang)]

We'll just have to see if we can all find some common ground. If we can't, then we'll figure something else out.

[ the local toddler ]

There's the thing about us all supposedly being dead. [ just saying. ] I think that might be more likely to make some people desperate to win.

It will make everyone likely to participate, but... not necessarily likely to cooperate. Cooperation is what we need to find some sort of commonality for.

I don't know how much I can help with something like that... but I guess that's a future problem, anyway.

The one bonus of figuring out a team is that we should have actual beds to sleep in. Sleeping outside or in the display rooms here is kind of uncomfortable.

[she smiles.]

A little bit, yes. Were you able to get a sleeping bag? They aren't the most comfortable things in the world, but they're more comfortable than sleeping on the bare ground.

No... I figured I'd save the cash for something I really needed. And if they're giving us housing once we have teams, anyway, there might already be beds there, you know?

[ maybe it's furnished, we don't know ]

That's true, there might be. I guess we'll have to see what they mean by housing.

...in the meantime, at least we can come in here for shelter if we need it.

[ dryly: ] Better here than the bowling alley.

[she makes a face, remembering the rave music]

Much better.

EDM's fine in the right venues, but bowling? Not it.

"EDM"? Is that what that sort of music is called?

It stands for electronic dance music. They usually only play it at raves or things like tht, not... bowling.

[idly wonders if the raiden shogun would like edm (no)]

I see... I wonder why they picked it for the bowling alley, then.

Maybe they're trying to bring the raver crowds in before their concerts?

Maybe... are the types of people who go to raves the types of people who also like bowling?

[ thinks of his friends at home who would go to raves... ]

Maybe? But probably not in their rave gear.

[ ? ]

"Rave gear"?

[ makes

a face ]

Don't worry about it.

[i hope when we get other parts of the city there's an internet cafe and nahida can just google search anything she wants]

Ah... alright.

[ NAHIDA NO how does he explain this in a family-friendly way aaaa ]

...The bowling shoes wouldn't go with the look.

[ nailed it ]

I... see?

[she does not see. she cannot visualize any of this.]

...it's an interesting style of music, at any rate. Not one I've really heard before. But in an enclosed space like that... it's very loud.

That's kind of the point, honestly? It's party music. You're supposed to play it in concert halls and stuff, not bowling alleys.

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