First Prayer: I'm not your only friend...[Open]

[faithfulflame]

Who: Rei Hino and you?
What: Day in the life of Rei Hino
When: Some nebulous day between 12/17 and 12/21, or whenever works
Where: Residential District, Gym, Shopping District, Research/Tech District
Warnings: None at present?


Residential District/Research District

[Rei's always enjoyed taking walks in her free time, getting to know the area around her and taking in the sites. She's been given a day off, a small thank you for a project deadline completion, and she's taking full advantage. It's different here, of course, given the alien nature of so much of the architecture but that's actually part of the appeal. She's reminded of what she's seen of her own world's future, and while the CERES logo plastered everywhere isn't entirely her favorite thing in the world it's nice to see some of the advertisements she's been working on around.

Eventually she'll make her way into the Research and Technologies District, looking around at all the sterile government buildings and ominous labs too. It's idle curiosity, combined with her family being involved in the civic system, that catches her interest. As well as possibly finding an entryway into CERES' facilities for later.

She's not paying the most attention to her immediate surroundings, though, so she might just bump into you, or brush past you. Trailing behind her, too, is a Cybuddy, this robot taking the form of a fuzzy baby panda bear. Whoever said she couldn't like cute things?]


CERES Gym:

[Next on her list is to find Abe no Sousei's kendo school. With a little help from Edgeworth, she's actually acquired a shinai of the proper size, and she'll turn up at the gym with that and a bow, wearing some pretty standard exercise clothes (scarlet and black of course) and begin warming up if he's not in yet. She'll start off with rock-climbing, an activity she finds herself actually doing pretty well at, and then move on to perform some pretty impressive gymnastic feats. After that? Archery.

Catch her taking a breather at the juice bar, or maybe watch while she's working out? Whatever strikes your fancy]

Restaurant:

[With all that done, it's time to get dinner. And that means heading out to a restaurant and then to pick up some stuff for the rest of the week. The restaurant she's hitting up claims to serve traditional Japanese dishes, and it's worth a try, she figures...though when she gets the food she orders, Rei's lips quiver in absolute disgust. She doesn't yell, but she gets up and carries the plate over to the counter, dropping the tray down hard enough to clatter and catch staff attention]

This is not Hōtō-nabe. [Ugh.] This is not even remotely close. It's green. And it smells like garlic. And since when are edamame purple? I'd like a refund.

[Naturally, she is going to be that customer. Or that fellow patron. Or...whatever.]

Shopping

[And with that fiasco out of the way, she has to settle for less familiar food, in this case a fried fish sandwich. It is what it is, and she'll eat it, but it leaves her wanting. So it's off to the store, where she goes through a little of everything she'd consider “traditional”, gathering up a rather full basket. Sorry if you were looking for that super-secret sauce or those last pickled plums, she's already reaching for the last one...]

Wild Card:

[No prompts to your liking? Watch to catch Rei in between things? Do it!]

Comments

[carptricks]

I've had plenty of luck getting that bird's eye view I'm looking for.

[sort of. it wasn't quite a bird's eye view but eh, close enough]

. . . haven't had much luck spotting anything that isn't on the map, though.

[but he had only bee in Cerealia for about ten days. he just needed to keep looking, that's all. or. . . so he thought]

[faithfulflame]

No?

[Rei shrugged a little helplessly.] Well, I guess it is possible they don't have anything weird or hidden, even if they are probably lying about half of what they're telling us.

[If not more.]

But...heh...that isn't really a reason to stop looking.

[carptricks]

[. . . pffft. he lets out a semi-amused snort]

So you don't have much faith in this CERES company either, huh?

[his tone is a bit dry, but he's glad to know he's not the only dubious new arrival, here]

And of course it's no reason to stop looking. I'm not usually one to reveal secrets, but. . . well! I'll make an exception for this.

[faithfulflame]

Of course not, who would?

[She huffs a bitter laugh of her own and takes a seat beside him, letting her legs hang off after checking to make sure she's not going to impede any climbers.]

An exception for what? Telling me you haven't found a whole lot?

[She does sound good natured about all that, at least.]

[carptricks]

People who are too trusting for their own good, that's who.

[as she takes a seat, he lifts a hand and gives his wrist a little flick, pulling a packaged sweet bun out of thin air as he does so. as a gesture of camaraderie, he offers it to her. goodness knew he was hungry after reaching the top of this wall]

And no, no. . . not that kind of exception. [he also sounds good natured] An exception to the "don't expose anyone's secrets" thing. I wanna know what it is CERES is hiding from us.

[spoken as though it's a fact; there's no way CERES is telling them everything]

[faithfulflame]

[Rei snorts at the first statement, but does accept the sweet bun. Looking at it a moment before unwrapping it, she takes a tentative bite. Not bad. Definitely good to have after the climb.]

Thank you.

[And then another little laugh, this one laced with cynicism.]

I think we all do. But I haven't had much luck finding anything out. Just more of the same. Though, I admit I've been here maybe ten days? Two weeks?

[carptricks]

Ten days, two weeks. . . [he waves a hand] Somewhere in that ballpark. It's the same for me-- I came in with the latest batch of new arrivals.

[. . . a thoughtful hum]

I've spoken to a few people who have been here for a while and learned a couple of things that weren't included on that powerpoint presentation. S'not much, but. . .

[if she's interested, he has no problem with sharing]

[faithfulflame]

[A nod, she can relate to that.]

It's the same for me. What have you learned? And I'll share in kind.

[A pause.]

My name is Rei, by the way.

[carptricks]

Kaito.

[a nod in greeting]

Kuroba Kaito, but just Kaito is fine. And someone told me that glitches in the entire system occur every time new people arrive. She couldn't tell me why, though.

[faithfulflame]

Kaito-san, then.

[And a pause.]

What kind of glitches? Like the amusement park?

[carptricks]

[he nods]

That's what she gave me as an example. I asked her if CERES was doing anything about these glitches, and she said now.

[a pause on his end as well]

She said that the CERES president apparently has more important things to worry about.

[faithfulflame]

Is that a fact?

[Rei scowls hard, setting down the bun and diverting her full attention to the speaker.]

That's absurd. What if it's those...creatures? The invaders.

[carptricks]

A fact?

[a snort from kaito, and he tilts his head back thoughtfully]

I don't know for sure, but absurd as it is, it's what I was told.

[her second statement gets a thoughtful pause from him]

You mean the-- Flamines?

[faithfulflame]

It's certainly possible.

[She isn't saying she doesn't believe that there may be alien invaders.]

I mean, what if those glitches were the...code...sneaking in?

[carptricks]

Mmmmmaybe?

[he lifts ah and and rubs the back of his head with a sigh]

Can't deny the possibility, but I can't really theorize much myself, either. I haven't been here nearly long enough for that.

[faithfulflame]

Neither me, it's just idle speculation I guess.

[A shrug and she leans back on her hands.]

This is all insane though, you know that, right?

[carptricks]

[. . . there's something about the blunt way she says that. he barks out a short laugh and shakes his head, amusement quirking at the corners of his mouth]

Pretty darn insane, if I do say so myself. Probably the most insane thing I've ever experienced in my entire life.

[faithfulflame]

[She echoes the sentiment, chuckling darkly.]

If you didn't think it was, then I'd have to ask what kind of life you lead at home.

[carptricks]

[. . . well, admittedly his life at home was pretty insane by normal standards, too. but he isn't about to tell rei that. kuroba kaito the secret keeper forever]

Apparently it's a pretty boring one compared to life here. But we don't have world-destroying aliens or robots on every corner.

[he considered the latter a good thing, though]

[faithfulflame]

No, it's mostly the same for me. Just the odd UFO sighting, I guess.

[And disappearing people, random life energy sucking monsters, mad star gods...various other things like that.]

It's a little exciting at least, here.

[carptricks]

[hmmm. . . that comment elicits a thoughtful hum from kaito]

Depending on your definition of "exciting," I guess. Other than the weird amusement park, nothing too out of the ordinary has happened yet.

[just school, vivid, and work for kaito. who knew he could fall into a routine so easily in a place so unlike his home world?]

[faithfulflame]

Well, aside from being here in the first place, and the complete and utter lack of wildlife.

[It's really awkward, too, thinking about ViViD.]

And then there's ViViD. That's completely unreal, and I still have a hard time wrapping my head around it.

[carptricks]

Really?

[virtual reality as vivid as. . . well, ViViD didn't exist in kaito's world. but the concept itself was easy enough to understand]

The whole thing is sorta similar to the virtual reality concept we have back home. Here, it's a lot more advanced, but the basic idea is the same.

I think it's pretty cool.

[faithfulflame]

It's interesting, that's for certain. But I'm fairly certain that there's nothing even remotely similar to it in my world. From what I gather, most people's timelines here are at least ten, maybe twenty years ahead of mine.

[The 1990s...]

[carptricks]

. . . what year are you from, anyway?

[THE 1990'S MAN]