Floor 4, Room 1

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Maya Amano

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[dadsandals]

[ Punching the button....can't believe the keypad is smashed now (jk)..... ]

Yeah, that's correct. I can't handle spicy food, especially. I don't really have a good reaction to anything too hot. Hopefully you're not the same way...I feel like you really miss out on a lot of dishes if you've got a palate like mine.

[positivize]

[Wow!! Better than Yamato's arms being too stronk and putting a hole through the elevator panel, surely--]

I don't think I'm really sensitive to any tastes, as long as it's not kusaya... But that's alright! We'll just have to find some places that have mild options.

What kind of food do you usually enjoy? [Besides ramen, she means.]

[dadsandals]

That would knock me out too, to be fair to you.

[ Yamato and Maya, dead on the ground. Culprit: Kusaya. ]

Anything bland works for me, but I wouldn't mind things with meat. Hot pot, if there's something like that here, would be good...but generally, I'm not that picky.

[positivize]

That works out pretty well, then!

[fuck kusaya club yeah]

So does that mean you'd be up for some seafood dishes? Like crab?

[dadsandals]

Yeah, that sounds good. I'd be up for that.

[ Let's fuckin goooooo crab gang!!! ]

Seen any seafood places around?

[ even though the ocean is fucking cursed apparently ]

[positivize]

[Gooooo crab friends!!!!!

But yeah, that's a very good question huh. Cursed ocean aside--]

I'm not sure, actually. I assumed there would be something around, but this country is pretty far from the ocean... maybe we'd have better luck if we visited one of the other ones.

[At another time, of course, because as convenient as the towers are, there would probably still be some broom travel involved??]

[dadsandals]

Maybe we can for next time. There'll always be time for another food day.

[ As far as they know...haha....... ]

I think I may have seen a place with some curry-like dishes? How do you feel about that?

[positivize]

[And then she gets whisked for the mision and meets Cock-san--]

Sure, I'm always up for some curry! Are you going to be okay, though? We could check out if there are any places that serve omelettes or something.

[dadsandals]

[ hello???? ]

Yeah, I'll be okay. I think curry'll be okay as long as it's not too spicy. I'm sure I can request less spice, so what do you say?

[positivize]

[i don't make up these names coco!! i'm pure!!!!]

Alright, sounds good to me! Lead the way!

[and doot doot doot following him to the curry place]

[dadsandals]

[ sus.

Anyway, they get there, and sure enough, Yamato orders a curry and requests for minimum spice. He looks at Maya, then to the cashier: ]

I'll cover hers, too. Order whatever you'd like, Maya.

[positivize]

Huh? Oh no, you don't have to do that! I can pay for myself, really.

[They have the same salary(?) anyways, it's fine???]

[dadsandals]

You sure? I'm the one that asked you to come out.

[ He's just being nice!! But if she insists, he'll let her pay. ]

[positivize]

It's fine, really! I appreciate the thought, though.

[Especially since she's going to order 3 non-spicy sides in addition to the curry because they seem interesting. It's fine, don't worry about it!!!]

[dadsandals]

[ ...Okay, yeah, it's probably better he didn't pay, then......

But once they're seated, he'll give her a curious look. ]

You ordered a lot of food, huh? Sure you can finish all of that?

[positivize]

[There's a confident nod!]

I've had bigger portions before, so I can clean this up, no problem! But I was thinking we could also share some if you wanted to try any of these. We can also take them along as a snack too.

[And indeed, most of them are more like finger foods that would be pretty easy to pack up to-go, like vegetable cutlets or small kebabs and the like.]

[dadsandals]

Alright, then. I'll take you for your word...and taking the leftovers back as a snack sounds good, too.

[ He leans back in his seat and folds his arms over his chest casually. ]

I've been curious about what your version of Japan is like, actually. I know someone who came from a Japan with nothing left. Mine is the opposite of that...so what's yours?

[positivize]

[There's definitely a surprised blink at the part about a Japan with nothing left, but it shifts easily to something a little more considering at the question.]

It's kind of hard to describe it without knowing what your Japan is like, but I suppose I'd call it normal? We have idol groups like yours, and there are computers and cell phones... But one thing that seems to be different is that the year is 1999 for me.

[Of course, there's also some of that other... stuff that's been going on, but she'll pause on mentioning that until she figures out where his frame of reference is. There's plenty of people even in her own Japan that don't know what's going on behind the scenes, after all.]

[dadsandals]

1999? That's over a decade before my time. The year's 2016 in mine.

[ Interesting. They aren't from the same "timeline", after all. The thought is sill pretty strange and foreign to him, but he's not afraid of it, either. ]

I'd say my Japan is similar, then. Things like magic, vampires, powers – none of those exist where I'm from. It's really ordinary, actually.

[positivize]

Oh, so you're close to Akira-kun, then. He said it was 2015 for him.

[Well, putting the actual universe or whatever they're in aside.]

But that's probably for the best. Things can get pretty crazy when you get demons and weird rumors tossed into the mix...

[dadsandals]

[ He's about to comment on the Akira thing, but then Maya continues. Demons??? Excuse him? ]

What do you mean by "demons"? Literal ones, or...?

[positivize]

[There's a nod in response.]

You asked about the guns earlier, right? That's why. I didn't really mean to hide it, but most people back home don't know that demons actually exist.

[dadsandals]

I see... You can see them, then? Do you hunt them?

[ Maya is so badass hello?? ]

[positivize]

[I'm gonna be perfectly honest, P2 never explains how the party can fight zombie DJs or whatever in the middle of a music store and not have people run away screaming about demons, but the city also isn't in an uproar about it, so!!]

I think anyone can see demons, but we don't usually go out of our way to hunt them. Most don't seem to attack ordinary people, so it's not as dangerous for the general populace as it sounds. It's also easier to negotiate with them than you'd think.

[dadsandals]

Negotiate? Huh, that's interesting. You come from a very interesting version of Japan.

None of these happen where I'm from.