Cinema Village

[Chachamaru v2]

Xenon still wasn't completely comfortable with this plan; but she didn't resist Satomi taking her wrist. She just couldn't quite figure this out... Why were they doing this for her? She didn't ask for them to; they were all out enjoying themselves, yet they were willing to sacrifice their good time just to try to help her.

'They don't understand, Xenon... They'll never understand... She'll never understand, and deep down, you know it...'

She ignored the voice in her head that whispered to her. The 'other girl' who used Xenon's voice had been constantly whispering to her since her outburst, telling her to do things, to hurt people; although that was preferable to the shouting and screaming she'd been doing before. All she could do is ignore the voice as best she could; which wasn't easy at all. It was like trying to ignore your own thoughts - the more you tried to ignore them, the harder it actually became. She smiled weakly, defeated, knowing that the only way to get rid of this voice would be to go with them... She'd done it. She'd ruined the day. They might not have seemed too upset; but she knew that what a person showed and what a person felt were two very different things. She heaved a sigh, and slowly shook her head, shutting her eyes. "...Alright then. Let's go back..."  

[Angelofdeath690]

Kaede let go of Xenon's hand when she changed it back to a hand and not a gun. She nodded her head as she stood there with her usual smile, it hadn't changed the whole time but the feel that some might have got was a bit different than normal. Satomi told her that she could stay while her, chachamaru and Sosuke would go take care of Xenon "very well~de gozaru" she said as she nodded. Kaede let them go as she turned and began walking "Satomi-dono be careful~de gozaru" she said as she walked toward the rest of the group.




[Enters from hotel lobby with Akari]

Kaito walked with Akari as he looked around the village "do you know what the person were supposed to find looks like?" he asked her as he walked hand in hand with her. He had his usual coat but he felt a bit oddly dressed considering many people were dressed in costumes or old outfits "maybe we need to get a change of clothes" he said smiling at her.  

[C h o t t o C h o c o]

With a small smile, Sosuke picked up the TV once again. "I'd love to go back with you guys, Satomi-chan." Sosuke smiled, taking out a cellphone and flipping it open with one smooth motion, and texted someone, as he wasn't wearing his communicator watch.

'Hana-kun, Satomi-chan, Chachamaru-san, and Xenon-san and I are going back to the hotel. I might not make it back to the play. Have a good time!'

With the message sent, Sosuke flipped it shut, and stuck it back into his pants, bowing his head at Xenon, Chachamaru, and Satomi. "Well then. Shall we go?"  

[Urd Tanzanite]

With cellphone in hand, Kazumi kept an eye out for Negi-kun. Every now and again, she would turn around to make certain that Tatsumiya and Ken also were keeping an eye out for Hakase and the others.

The next time she turned back, Tatsumiya and Ken had started in on the second box of takoyaki. She took a moment to spear one herself and dip it in sauce. Where was everyone?  

[Chris Ganale]

Not but a few moments after Satomi and her group departed, the battle party of Yuuna, Negi, and 'Konoka' arrived at the costume shop. Yuuna looked around at the people standing outside, looking to spot Asakura. In the process of scanning the crowd, her eyes fell on Asakura, then she stopped, did a double-take, and then squinted, before nodding and turning to her group. "Found her, guys," she said, leading Negi and 'Konoka' toward Asakura and the pair with her.  

[Urd Tanzanite]

Kazumi kept scanning the crowds and spotted Yuuna. The basketball player was easier to spot in the crowds. Then as happens the crowds parted and she glimpsed Negi-kun and... Konoka?!Then the crowds closed again. She stood there, willing her feet to move. She usually trusted her eyes but--how? She wouldn't go running off to them. Now was not the time to her to lose her focus.


Ken turned to check on Asakura. She seemed to be staring off in one direction. He looked off in the direction she seemed to be looking in and saw Yuuna. He turned away, still on the lookout for the child teacher. He popped another takoyaki into his mouth.


Mana realized looking through the vents of the hat were limiting her peripheral vision. This costume had more problems than she had anticipated. She continued to look down the street, though she was not sure she was doing such a good job of it.  

[Lip-Desu]

Negi spots Asakura through the crowds and smiles, waving as he sees her before the crowd between them reforms. With a slight pout, he only follows their Konoka, not wanting to break the formation they had made for 'her' protection.  

[Altral]

(Once again, Angel is free to puppet Akari)

[Enters with Kaito]

Akari thinks about his question, trying to recall if she knew what Konoka look liked. She probably had seen her before, but no image of hear popped up into her head. Sighing she shakes her head, "No, I don't." She mentioned changing their clothes and she nods. "Ya, lets go do that!" She takes Kaito's hand as she drags him into a shop.  

[Angelofdeath690]

Kaito frowned a little as he looked around when she said no and as she pulled him into the shop he had to smirk at her enthusiasm. He looked at the many outfits and costumes they had as he ran his hand along the fabrics and clothes. He glanced up at Akari as he nodded his head slightly "what are you gonna get?" he asked her. He watched her walk around as she picked out an outfit, it was purple and looked really nice to match her eyes "i guess I should get something too" he said as he glanced around and found a blue outfit that he thought was interesting. He didn't know it but it was a costume as he was now buying a Shinsengumi uniform. He took both outfits as he payed for them and walked with her to the changing area, he walked out as he was dressed in the outfit and was now waiting for Akari to finish up.


((the outfits are our avi's outfits to save effort! ))  

[ShadowOfIce]

Zazie never turn to even so much as glance at Driviline, simply walking ahead, as if she was not even aware of him following her. She did know, but there was not much she could say to him, then again, nearly everyone else recieved the same treatment from Zazie, so it was to be expected. Getting closer to the play though, the crowd there making it a bit difficult to get too close, Zazie suddenly came to a stop finally answering Driviline's question after not acknowledging it or him for the past minute. "You wait for the oppurtunity." She said with that usual monotone voice of hers, seeming to hardly show any amusement from the play despite how the rest of the crowd was breaking out into a loud cheer.

Instead, she finally turned to face Driviline, not even worried about the play anymore, and instead focused on him. Which that in itself was a rare thing since she never seemed to care about much. But still, looking at him with that dull expression on her face, her golden eyes locking to his, there was a brief silence before she spoke. "Why does the vampire stay with mortals?" Almost sounding rhetoric as she asked a rather serious question despite her blunt tone, Zazie had refered to Driviline as a vampire so casually, it was like she wasn't even bothered by the fact. Even though last night surprised her just a little, it still seemed like she knew more about it than she gave off until now.

After saying her farewell and parting ways with the others, Satomi had still kept one hand loosely around Xenon's wrist, the other pulling out her cellphone as she saw Kazumi's reply on the cellphone. It was funny actually, she had never really pictured herself able to talk to Kazumi like this, or even have her number since she had a general disliking for the girl. But sure enough, here she was going back and forth with texts with the girl like she was a close friend.

-Actually... there's been a change of plans. Xenon's not feeling well, so Sosuke, Chachamaru and I are bringing her back to the hotel. We might just stay there for the evening. Tell Negi we all said hi though. Sorry we couldn't stay.-

It really did bother her that not a single thing so far had gone right for her this entire trip, and it was really putting a lot of stress on he. But frankly, this was a very important matter that she couldn't ignore, and she did have the responsibilities she couldn't ignore as well, so she should have expected this. Still...

With a light sigh, they were on the way back to the hotel, but being among a few who she enjoyed the presance of, Satomi didn't stay quite, first looking back at Chachamaru as they walked, still wondering just why she came here. "Chachamaru?" She began, going back to her old habit of not refering to her by an honorific since she was her own creation, having only done it since she was around a few too many people to make herself seem rude like that. "You mean to say that Evangaline-san actually told you to come all the way here just to have me help Grundy-san?" She didn't sound upset about it at all, and really she wasn't, Satomi was just... well, for the omst part, perplexed by what she would do this. Evangaline was not exactly known to do something for the sake of others, nor part with Chachamaru unless Satomi had to do maintainance or needed her for herself.  

[Takyusu]

Chachamaru followed along as she was concerned for her creators state of being, Satomi just seemed stressed beyond her normal limits. She looked at Satomi as she asked her question. "Yes, Satomi Hakase-san. I was sent expressly for that purpose. I do not presume to know why. It was an order and I must obey." Chachamaru had questioned the nature of the journey, but her master wished it done so it shall be done. "I was also ordered to have fun." Chachamaru adds. "I have yet to determine the best course of action in regards to achieving fun."  

[ShadowOfIce]

Satomi let out a soft laugh at Chachamaru's reply. That did sound like something Evangaline would do; ordering her to have fun. Now that she thought about it though, she was glad t have Chachamaru here, not only would she be beneficial with the problems that Xenon is having, but with all the problems that have occured lately, she may need someone like her to help.

Thinking about it though, Satomi never really put in the programming for a desire to have fun. Though a sense of 'joy' could be achieved in a sense in her data, it wasn't something Chachamaru would normally seek. Still, now that she had seen what it was like with an android having emotions like Xenon, she wasn't so sure if adding anything of that sort would be a good idea. Maybe a few, it was coming to that time where she should upgrade her, but she just wasn't sure what to do since in a way, Xenon was a good demonstration of what would happen. "Tell ya what then. Why don't you just stay with us for the rest of the trip. I'm sure we'll be able to find something you would like." This might be an interesting little experiment actually. Normally, she would just dismiss things like emotions as just useless data to an android, but lately, she wasn't so sure about that any more.  

[Takyusu]

Chachamaru looked at Satomi as she let out a light laugh. It was confusing since she didn't think she said anything warranting such a response. Though she brushed off as something humans do.

Chachamaru almost smiled as she was invited to remain with Satomi. She was ordered to be here and her master seemed intent on having her stay for a little while in Kyoto. "I thank you for your kindness, Satomi Hakase-san." Chachamaru says as she bows to Satomi. "I will do my best to minimize my presence, so you may enjoy the the trip. I do not want to inconvience you." Chachamaru did wonder how her master was doing. She wasn't ususally gone from her side, for too long. This would definitely be a different experience.  

[ShadowOfIce]

After all the problems she had witnessed with Xenon, Satomi had a growing curiousity of whether or not Chachamaru may have had any issues lately. But seeing her behavior, Satomi was glad to see that Chachamaru seemed to be perfectly normal, leading her to believe that her next maintainence check should be quick and simple. For a brief moment, she looked back at Xenon as they were reaching the end of Cinema village, heading down the main roads now where they would eventually reach the hotel. And once again, she made a comparison between the two androids.

Xenon may have had more personality and behaved more human, but she had a lot of issues, and not as many practical features as Chachamaru did. While on the other hand, Chachamaru may have had less of an impressive emotional proccessing unit and not as much data around that, but that lead to her being equipped with more practical features and a better servant. In the end though, that lead Satomi to thinking that Xenon's problem lead to one thing; it was that file... ever since she installed that one before they left for Kyoto, Xenon may have been more human-like, but it cursed her with so many problems that the android nearly terminated herself. Letting out a small sigh before dismissing that for later, she took her time to reply before looking at Sosuke, then Chachamaru again, offering a light smile before adjusting her glasses a little and speaking. "It's no trouble. Honestly, I'm glad you came. Though I'm surprised Evangaline was willing to part with you, knowing the trip still has four days. Did anything seem ..strange about her?" Again, she went back to wondering about why Evangaline sent her. Sure, there was Grundy's issue to deal with, but it wasn't that often Evangaline parted with Chachamaru. Heck, even though Satomi was the one who created her, Evangaline was with her more than twice as long than she was since Chachamaru's 'birth.'  

[Chachamaru v2]

Xenon frowned and looked down her feet as she continued to walk, not even trying to pull her wrist from Satomi's hand. She listened to the conversation between Chachamaru and Satomi, and it only disheartened her. All she could think was, 'that's what a good robot is like...' She felt like she'd been doing well at a job, only for the 'new guy' to come and do it infinitely better. Chachamaru was definitely the better robot...

'You hate her, don't you, Xenon? You hate her because you think she's better than you... She's not better than you...'

Xenon didn't look up, having actually began to grow somewhat fond of this voice. So far, it hadn't judged her, it hadn't told her she was a bad robot... So far, this voice in her head seemed to have a higher opinion of her than she did for herself.

'You could take her, Xenon... Just stick that middle finger of yours against the back her pretty little head, pull the trigger, and splatter her circuit board across the floor... Boom, headshot...'

She wasn't too surprised by the suggestion. This other girl seemed to be incredibly violent; after all, she had killed her in her Dream. She didn't want to obey the suggestion- she knew that doing so would only make the others hate her even more. Not only that, but she'd probably end up failing at that - failing to take someone out at point-blank with a headshot. She was, after all, an utter failure. She simply stayed silent, following Satomi and Chachamaru.