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WHO: Momiji and OPEN to everyone
WHERE: The MAC and the streets
WHEN: From Jan. 7 thru Jan.9, state when/where in header
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Trying to stop thinking so much, Momiji starts wondering around the City.
FORMAT: Starts with prose, will dissolve into whatever the other person wants

Momiji had been spending his first few days in the City trying to wrap his mind around the concept of being stuck in this new reality. It hadn’t been going well. Thinking about it left him depressed and filled with questions about the future. The silence that filled his apartment wasn’t helping. Momiji had never really been alone. Sure, the houses on Sohma estate were usually quiet, but there had still been the background hum of human life. To keep himself from dwelling on his situation, Momiji had been busy acquiring a new wardrobe and decorating his room.

But there was only so much time he could dedicate to deciding between shades of pink and by Friday, Momiji running out of things to do. Determined not to spend his weekend worrying over something he couldn’t change, he rose early and with a game plan. He was going to explore the City and get familiar with the place he’d be calling home from now on. Mentally pumping himself, Momiji pulled on a sweater and strode out the door.

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"I don't think so," Bakura smiled. "But I've been doing this for a long time now, even before I was in the City! So I'm not the best person to ask if it's hard or not."

"Hmmm." Momiji took a moment to muse, still skipping. "If you've been doing it a long time, I bet you're good."

Momiji thought briefly on his own hobby. Prehaps he should start back up again here.

Bakura rubbed the back of his neck selfconsciously. "Aaa- just because of practice!"

It was as close as he would come to accepting the compliment. Though really, he was rather proud of his boards.

"It's still good." He laughed. "Practice makes perfect!"

Momiji looked around, still grinning. "Is the arcade close now?"

"Un! About a half a block still!" Bakura nodded. "One thing with living here, you get your exercise!" he laughed.

Though really, most people took cabs but Bakura wasn't about to do that unless it was a dire situation. Like having been stuffed in a hotel for 4 days.

"Exercise is good for you!" Momiji didn't really mind the walk. He never used a car much anyway. "I like walking around anyway. You get to see lots of interesting things."

"Un! Though the subway's a big help, with how big this place is!" Bakura nodded.

It was a very rare instance where Bakura would get into a car.

Momiji grinned. "I've never used a subway before. Back home wasn't nearly big enough. This place has got everything." Well, except for the people he knew, but Momiji wasn't thinking about that right now.

That would change soon enough! (and already had, now hadn't it?)

"It really does!" Bakura grinned, holding open the door to the arcade for Momiji. "What sort of game did you want to play first?"

"I don't care." Momiji said, distracted by the lights and noise of the arcade. "Which one do you want to play? You said you like RPGs right?" He puzzled, hoping he'd remembered Bakura's preference correctly. "Do they have things like that?"

"Not in this arcade. There's one in Kaiba Land, though." Bakura grinned proudly there. "But there are a lot of two player games here, like fighting games, or puzzle games, or things like that."

He paused, scanning the room. "Aaah, it's still here!" he grinned happily, heading for a Neo-Geo machine in the corner.

"Ah." Momiji nodded, still giving the place a once over. He started to turn to ask Bakura about the puzzle games, but Bakura was heading away. With interest, he followed. "What's here?"

"Of of my favorite arcade games," Bakura grinned. The machine itself had 30 older Neo Geo games, including a few fighting games Bakura liked, but by far his favorite...

He pressed the button until Magical Drop appeared. "Wanna play?"

Momiji watched curiously as Bakura flipped through the games. "Sure." He stared at the screen and laughed. "You'll definitely beat me though!"

"I have an unfair advantage!" Bakura pointed out with a small laugh as the intro screens went by.

"But it's a really fun game!" Even if he got made fun of for playing it.

He put in two quarters before Momiji could protest and hit "two player." When character select came up he curled his left hand around the joy stick a bit awkwardly before moving his selection to the Hierophant.

So his choice of character was predictable.

"I'll even let you get a bit of ahead start to figure it out before I really start going, okay?"

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[since we hit a stumble of edit delete... did we wanna repost so we don't have a hole? :D Or just keep on plugging?]

[If option one's what you'd prefer I don't mind, but I'll keep going if you wish to. Forgive me, that was mostly my fault. I should have been paying more attention.]

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"Eh, that's okay. I'm always outmatched at these games!" Momiji laughed, staring at the screen. He pouted when Bakura paid, but went to choosing a character. Momiji picked the Lovers, for no other reason then it looked cute.

"You don't have to, but thanks."

"With some practice, I'm sure you'll get good enough to beat me," Bakura assured with a smile. There was thankfully a demo screen to show the controls before the game started.

He flexed his left hand as he waited for Momiji to get the hang of things. Using the joystick controllers was always far easier than a home game system control for his hand. He could just hold the stick loosely, moving his arm more than his hand and it almost looked like strategy rather than a way to work with the mess of scar tissue that made things so awkward.

"I doubt it." Momiji replied, watching the demo earnestly. He took a few moments to understand the game play. He wasn't very good, but he always figured that wasn't the point of games anyway.

"You can start too Bakura-kun!" He declared after a bit.

"Here I go!" Bakura announced cheerfully before staring to play. It was pretty clear he was very experienced as soon as he started, his useless hand serving as no real handicap. Though he did pause every now and then to give Momiji a chance to catch up so the game wouldn't be over TOO quickly!

Momiji just laughed at his obvious lack of skill. Even with Bakura's thoughtful lapses, Momiji was still far behind. He didn't care much. Even losing, he was having fun. He let out a little Eek!, when he missed something on screen. "Wow, you're really good at this." Momiji complimented.