Shibuya

[Bloodedge]

"That is exactly why this one should work out. I have to think that it's not just me being involved, and some bases are covered by other parties by default. It should be an easy clap, I think," Yugi asserted. There were many variables to be taken into account, but most of them now had counters in place to remove any need to worry. This was good, assuming a certain detective followed through.

What of Gojo Satoru, though? He did seem interested in participating at the very least. All he needed, in fact, was to have something worth telling his boss for the sake of clearing the air. Ah, Kimiko was a step ahead. Whilst he carried on with his own thought process, the girl threw herself in as an ideal scapegoat of sorts. Yes, yes; that could work marvelously! Most importantly, members of his unit had seen his dealings with Ashikaga Kimiko directly, and had every reason to believe he wouldn't be getting any valuable information out of her without first proving himself trustworthy. This double-agent business was something he could get into, at least for such a purpose as this. "I should be worried that you're so quick and confident when it comes to using yourself as an out for such a big situation. Must be nice to have virtual immortality. Anyway, yeah, that sounds like something my boss would buy. As far as he'd know, I've neither finished nor failed the job he gave me," Satoru said. Yugi chimed in immediately afterwards, adding a clause of his own. "That's the ticket. You can't be taken off the case if there's still reason to believe you can clear the job. As long as you don't give him reason to doubt your ability to do these... very illegal things, everything should work out fine. I think that should be all, yeah?"

Upon asking this question, Yugi looked to both Kimiko and Satoru. The latter was the first to speak in response, adding something Yugi could very much agree with. "Sounds good to me. So, why don't we get to this movie if there's nothing else?"

[Apollymi]

Yugi made another claim, that since it wasn't just himself doing something, he could rely upon others to do their fair share of the work. Of course, for Kimiko this was a rather comforting sentence. The raven haired lass enjoyed the idea that she could be entrusted to do her fair share and more over, loved the idea that that such trust was simply implicit between them at this point. "Yeah, it checks out as a rather simple overall problem to deal with... with all the necessary information in place," she said agreeing with the sentiment. Of course, this was more of a life and death situation for her, which should have been scarier to her than it was. But after rapey loan shark banker... she wasn't exactly afraid of what was likely a perfectly normal human threat. And to be honest, she hadn't really been afraid of that man either, mostly she was just disgusted and enraged by all the people sitting idly by while such atrocities took place around them, especially the ones against the children. Though admittedly she was a child by her favored Avatar's standard, so perhaps it was possible she simply felt a bit more unhinged by the relative lack of age difference between herself and those wronged and empathized a bit too greatly? Whatever the case it was time to move on from that...

Moreover it seemed that Gojou Satoru was agreeable to the point of using Kimiko as the attitude based scapegoat she'd been making herself out to be. He claimed that it must be nice to have virtual immortality but that wasn't why she was offering herself up in this case. "Iie, it's simply the easiest path to the desired end. I am already the target, letting myself take a bit of blame here and there won't be a negative for me. Besides, I always advocate telling the truth, even when it is unbelievable. That way no one can claim they were uninformed when consequences present themselves," she mentioned with a small smirk. After all was said and done Yugi and Satoru were both ready to go see a movie and to be perfectly honest Kimiko was ready as well.

"No, I think that covers all manner of current loose ends. Now then Transylvania~" she said more than ready to exit the vehicle and get on to seeing this supposedly six hour movie. "Whoops, unrelated thing..." said Kimiko, as she shot a quick text message towards her IT person. Going to see a really long movie. Will let you know when it's over and where I need you to meet me. The message concluded only to get back an immediate: Aye Boss XD. Kimiko's IT person was quite strange. Kimiko was only used to seeing such things in games. Perhaps she'd interrupted one of her ill-fated gacha sessions? Regardless, the movie was now a go. "Alright now that's everything~" and she was fully ready to go.

[Bloodedge]

Stranger and stranger still was the behavior of these teens. One went about espionage and shady business within the police force as if it were a casual, themed board game. The other, in the same sitting, willingly left herself in the position of a target for the sake of a better possible end. To their credit, Satoru couldn't find any actual fault in any of their intentions. To think he was supposed to be the prodigy; people were taking note of the wrong individuals. "Hai hai. Who am I to argue?" he asked in rhetoric, hands thrown overhead as if he'd given up on the idea of adding anything more. "I've got a good idea where to go from here. When the time comes, I'll be in touch~" he said at last. With that, Satoru exited the vehicle. The alibi was in place, so there was no concern regarding being seen with these two. Of course, he'd have to find a seat to himself once they entered the theater, lest he get an earful of something he wasn't interested in hearing at some point─

Yugi, meanwhile, was considering things a bit farther in the future. The possible outcomes to this plan, and the possible roots to be found, were thought of multiple times over. Which would it be, he wondered. Oh well. He'd know for sure soon enough, but... ah, the others were done chatting about the current plan. Alert at last, Yugi nodded and slid his way out of Satoru's SUV. "Yosh! I've been wanting to take my brain to Romania for a year!" he said in spite of the fact that it had only been six months since the first mention of Transylvania the Movie: Part I. A year was certainly accurate, given the amount of time he spent in another word. Indeed, it was a bit of a miscalculation on his part to give that time, but luckily, Satoru paid no mind to it. Maybe the lad had been observing leaked information online that Satoru himself wasn't privy to. Either way, onward to the theater they went. . .

[Apollymi]

The behavior of these two teens would likely seem odd to outside sources, but both of them were sort of used to the types of things they were doing. What was more, aside from his rhetorical commentary, it didn't seem that Gojou had anything negative to say about their plan. Of course, they'd already established their given alibi it no longer mattered if they were seen together in any place. What was more he claimed he had a good idea of where to start. Of course, only time would tell if he actually had the necessary mindset to get the right information for Yugi and Kimiko, but a bit of faith had been earned by virtue of the quick turnaround on his 'job'. Whatever the case, Kimiko would begin slipping out of the vehicle. "Hai hai, make sure you do~" she chimed.

Oh, this was great. Something extra to keep her interested, as well as the movie of the year. Sure, it'd only been six months this sides time since the announcement of this movie, but at the very least the novel Translyvania: Part 1 had existed for quite a while. "Same! I've been dying. My imagination is good, but there was so much stuff going on I can't wait to witness it first hand~" Kimiko mentioned. She'd walk up to the ticket booth which she could get her preordered ticket from and scan the QR Code she'd received for her online purchase. After which, three tickets would be printed all without the girl having to talk to anyone in particular. "Theater 8... here you guys go~" she said handing off the tickets to their respective extra owners while taking, Yugi's hand now that she no longer needed her phone. She was content as could be, and ready for this particular movie.

[Bloodedge]

"Yes ma'am," Satoru said in an almost sarcastic manner after Kimiko's additional words. No more would be said while excitement for the movie was reaching its peak. Now was Kimiko's time to shine by producing a trio of tickets for the lot of them, and that was exactly what she did upon them reaching the theater. The most anticipated movie of the year, this was. It was actually a stroke of good fortune that they were late to it; tickets were being sold left and right during the first couple of days. Even before the midnight release of this film, all seats in the theater were filled quickly enough that additional cinemas had to preview the movie as well.

The eighth screen would be the one they all viewed from. Yugi claimed his ticket while Kimiko was busy claiming his hand with her own. Surprising as this was, he did nothing to oppose at all. Ah, and then there was Gojo Satoru, who had a ticket for the very same showing the teens were going to. That was potentially annoying, but surely he could find another place to sitthat wouldn't cramp anyone's style. With that in mind, he took his ticket and walked out ahead. One wave was offered to the others over his shoulder. "Hai hai, thanks for the ticket, Ashikaga-chan! If I don't happen see you both in a few hours, I'll see you whenever. Enjoy!~" the older male said. Yugi quirked a brow, finding it interesting that this was a moment of farewell. "Huh. That's a pretty Chad thing to do, really. I'm sort of impressed."

[Apollymi]

The affirmative that came from Gojou in the moment after Kimiko's words made the lass look towards the older man with narrowed eyes for just the briefest of moments. But just as soon as the look had crossed her face it was gone. Whatever the case, Kimiko had claimed the hand which was rightfully hers, with no arguments to hear of from Yugi. And beyond that point, Gojou after claiming his ticket seemed apt to abandon the two teens until further notice. Actually, that was pretty reasonable of him, and another positive check mark on his overall interview. He claimed thanks for his entry into the movie and walked on out ahead. "I really don't need to be thanked at all..." Kimiko mentioned seeming to find herself a bit sheepish. According to Yugi his actions were good enough to be marked as 'Chad'. A chuckle escaped Kimiko as she gave it a bit of thought, "Yeah, he's been nothing but impressive since I met him. I was certain of his usefulness before... now I feel like he's a proper necessity for my team," Kimiko said of the man. Just a moment longer and she'd begin walking towards the same screen pulling Yugi along with a happy little smile on her face.

"Admittedly though, I'll deal with that later. We're going to see this movie!~ It's really great considering..." the lass mentioned. She remembered that originally they thought that they may not ever get to see the whole of this movie. Ah, but it was right here now, all that was left was to pick their seats and get settled in for the show of a lifetime. this particular showing was pretty empty because it was a weeknight. They'd be able to sit where they wanted to for the most part, so she'd like Yugi decide where. "Hm, you can pick the seats..." she mentioned. Given her screen set up it was obvious she didn't really have a set preference for any particular direction. What was more she only really had one plan and that was to occupy the space between Yugi's legs once he chose his seat, given the way he liked to sit she knew she could fit there without obstructing his view at all.

[Bloodedge]

Satoru didn't stick around long enough to offer Kimiko anything resembling a retort, but he did hear her rejection of any thanks. He didn't care. Thanks were given, as they would be again if he felt the need to do so. No matter the case, his seat would be found with haste─ nestled between some mouth-breathing fatso and a snotty child dragged along with its family. Of course this would be his luck; he hardly expected any better. Interestingly enough though, Satoru only hoped the others managed to find a better spot before the show started.

"Well, that's cool and all. I'd give him a job just for knowing when to fuck off, but I guess he's been doing that the whole time, huh?" Yugi spoke, moving on without issue from there. Into the theater they went. Given the hype surrounding this film, he was surprised to see several empty seats, weeknight or otherwise. Silence had not yet fallen, and the lights were not yet dimmed to nonexistence. Yugi's eyes traveled to a more common area for him, which happened to be in the theater's backmost corner. So many people wanted to sit front and center, or center in general, it was often a neglected area until theaters were almost filled to the brim. Now, the seats were not so filled as to have people occupying his favorite place against the wall. "How's there?" he asked, pointing out the empty corner. "I call it... the shut-in public theater haven. Still workshopping the name; I think I'm getting somewhere with it."

[Apollymi]

Gojou was at the very least a very interesting man. As far as Kimiko could tell he was a bit enigmatic though not as much as one like Yugi was. Whatever the case, he had no retorts to offer and disappeared to find his seat. In the meantime, Yugi commented that he would have hired someone like Gojou simply for knowing when to leave his employers alone. "Hai! He's very good at that... poor guy I did still give him a bit of a hard time initially. I'm surprised he's been so agreeable knowing that..." she mused. She always found it interesting what people chose to do when dealing with her. In the case of this white haired detective she was almost certain he had every reason not to deal with her at all. Given this, his niceness to her in any situation was almost beyond comprehension. What was more, he was also apparently just attentive enough to do things like go the extra mile and get apple pie, while being just unobtrusive enough to leave the teens to their own devices. He likely would have ended up the best body guard option for someone like Kimiko if such a position wasn't already filled one by someone else. At this point the man was legendary and one day.... he'd be repaid for his kindness. Today wasn't that day though...

As an aside, Kimiko watched as Yugi chose the seat of his choice. He made a joke about it being a public shut-in haven and seeing the placement she could only agree. "Hm, name definitely needs workshopping. You are well on your way to not being able to name anything important, sir~" she said with a hint of snark in her tone. Of course, that wasn't to say she didn't enjoy the idea of sitting in exactly that place. "But there is great~" she said just the same. Moving along she'd follow along to that specific spot. She had no problem sitting anywhere within his company. Besides the back corner of the theater was about the right spot to avoid any unnecessary looks or noise to distract them from the title at hand. Kimiko even knew she'd be able to relax comfortably as she wished.

[Bloodedge]

Despite a bit of snark about the name he gave his spot of choice, Kimiko accepted the placement. It seemed Yugi was missing some vital information at present, such as... well, the memory of his own naming pattern over the past six months or so. "Eh?! All I did was name a cat-dragon thing Leeroy; it's not like a few more memes would implode the world or anything!" he said in an excited, yet hushed tone to avoid being overheard by other movie-goers. Apparently, it slipped his mind that he'd done more than just try to name every pet they had 'Leeroy Jenkins'. Little did he recall, things were much worse than that.

With both parties in agreement, Yugi led the way to the aforementioned corner. He seated himself only one chair away from the wall itself. He wasn't aware of the seating arrangement Kimiko had in mind, but it didn't make much of a difference to him. Well, that wasn't entirely true. Upon discovering the truth, he wouldn't be so unconcerned at all, in fact. "Besides, shut-in public theater haven is basically the perfect name! It fits its purpose, perfectly describes what the thing is, and it's just the right side of way too long for anybody to steal it! That's basically free copyrighting, y'know?"

[Apollymi]

Yugi had indeed forgotten how crazy his naming pattern was in this world or the other. Luckily enough, Kimiko would always remember such things, if only because she always found them amusing. Yugi would never know how easily Kimiko found it to commit his random atrocious crazy speech to memory, but he'd be finding out almost immediately. She shared his happy whispers to avoid the unnecessary gazes of any known or unknown movie goers. "Angelsoft Wall Celestial Witcher Kou..." she gave pause for dramatic effect. "Guy," she said flippantly. "It's hardly a thing one can forget, so aside from trying to name every pet Leeroy, you also name things like that... my naming choices look tame by comparison~" she snickered finding the whole thing hilarious.

Little did Yugi realize there was something else she'd also find hilarious in just a moment. Their seating arrangement was soon to be completed by the raven haired lass, and he choice would likely shock him a bit. Too bad for him, she was a bit of a troll and watching him freak out a bit about things she found so very trivial was amusing in a way she couldn't even begin to explain. "The fact that the copyright would basically be free is exactly why no one would remember it. Granted it is comparatively one of the better names you've come up with~" the lass joked as she aimed to take her seat. Ah, but what seat would it be? Would she move past him to nestle herself into the wall seat? No... today wasn't that sort of day for the lass. She had a better seat in mind. And with that she took a seat directly within the space between the lad's legs. She'd easily find herself settling in resting her back against his chest and even with her perfect posture finding this arrangement to be utterly comfortable. She was instantly relaxing against him, unbothered by taking up such a space without so much as a second thought. Beyond that, a wickedly large grin spread across the lass' face, a certain triumph was reached by claiming such a seat, and no one else would know the joy of this, aside from herself.

[Bloodedge]

Oh. Right. Now he remembered, if only because he wasn't given a choice otherwise. Back on the airship they planned on taking to the world above ground level, he'd referred to himself by some ridiculous title based only on the banter of that time. It had been such a spur of the moment thing, he hadn't retained it at all. "Well... yeah, there was that too. For what it's worth though, Angelsoft Wall Celestial Witcher Kou Guy Man Person is a hell of an attention grabber!" he insisted in jest, even going so far as to add a bit more to the title. With a raised forefinger, he also continued the other gag brought into question. "And as we all know, Leeroy is the ultimate name to have when charging headlong into battle!"

It mattered not whether these things were memorable or not. Hell, Yugi didn't remember them himself, attributing to how little he cared beyond the simple gag. Impact during a single moment was all he cared about, and oh, what an impact those types of things could have. On the topic of impactful maneuvers, Kimiko's seating decision was definitely worthy of a raised brow or two. The space betwixt Yugi's legs was not at all safe from the girl's backside, as it was firmly planted against the cushioned seat. It seemed fate would see to it that something was almost permanently pressed against his groin, though... he supposed it was far from something worth complaining about. Like this, he could still see clearly over the lass' head. Beyond that, though, her head was just under his nostrils while he slouched the way he normally did. Following an inhale that was deeper than the norm, he relaxed further without so much as a word spoken. With that, the film previews would begin as the theater's other light sources faded to black.

[Apollymi]

Of course he was like this. Kimiko found herself laughing subtly at the joke being made by the young man she accompanied. It wasn't enough for him to simply admit he'd done this thing, he'd obviously forgotten about, no... he had to also add to the problematic nature of his previously spoken name choice. "Sure it is. Pretty attention grabbing. I'll definitely remember it forever. Especially when I am vetoing some random name choice in the future," Kimiko said in the most matter of fact way. In the same moment the lad was making the claim that Leeroy was a great name for a battlecry and sadly on that point, Kimiko wouldn't or rather couldn't disagree. "I will... agree that Leeroy, as a battle cry and name choice is alright. But that's it..." she said holding firm to her belief.

Speaking of firmness, there was a certain thing she'd so recently done which didn't elicit a specific verbal reaction from the lad. Taking up the space between his legs, hadn't prompted Yugi into speech. Instead the lad seemed to be very interested in gaining a newfound amount of relaxation himself. She felt the deeper inhale than normal through her back, but nothing else came of it, even as the lights went down and the credits for the movie they were here to watch finally started. There was a certain amount of excitement in the lass, and beyond that point the movie itself would run approximately three hours, before it let out for what was essentially an hour long intermission. Part Two was set to play an hour later, but Kimiko in her infinite wisdom had acquired tickets for the duration of the whole movie not just part one. By the time the lights would be back up, bright sparkles would be in her eyes, as people would begin filing out of the theater.

[Bloodedge]

"I fucking. Knew it."

These words were spoken by Yugi as the screen ahead faded, and fixed lights returned to the theater. To call Transylvania the most anticipated movie of the year, wouldn't be doing it much justice now... and it was only half over, covering a little less than half of the novel's content. Of course, the break in this film occurred right before the protagonists' wedding, which many considered to be the climactic moment of the first act. As others left the theater, Yugi was heaving an exasperated sigh. Nothing could excuse this─ especially after the film put extra time into filling missing spaces leading to that glorious moment. Ah, but there were so many other things to digest, to enjoy, to ramble about.

"Fuck! I hate being kept waiting for even five minutes for something like this, even when I know it's coming!" he raved, putting forth no effort to move himself or Kimiko from the seat they both occupied still. "There are so many more things they might do as well. What about the time spent right before the wedding? Do we get to see what Kasmina did on the way? What about Sorin? Or, or we could see bitch ass Dacian making the decision to stay away from the wedding, just to have another reason to hate his ugly guts!" Actually, now that he was talking about the one called Dacian, Yugi had much more to say regarding the character. He'd seen said character illustrated in the book, and across numerous fanarts and... strange doujin. Even so, the modified appearance left him far more uncomfortable than he would have been normally. The distaste was stronger than ever. "Speaking of Dacian, am I the only one thinking the thing?"

[Apollymi]

"Ah, why right there!?" Kimiko questioned aloud as this section of the movie came to an end. Of course, she expected fully there to be a cutoff somewhere in the middle, but with all the added content and extra modified appearances she was hardly able to keep track of the timing of things. Glorious. This movie was indeed already worth all the hype and it was only halfway over. Since, Yugi initially made no moves to have her move, she didn't aim to do so either. She was fine with avoiding any crowd for a moment or two so she could have the conversation surrounding all the things they'd just witnessed. She rested herself against the lad and squirmed just a little exhaling a deep breath while trying to gather all of her thoughts, but she was far too excited to keep it all in.

"I really can't wait either. The intermission is a fucking hour! What are we supposed to do with that kind of time?!" she asked rhetorically. She was also raving about the movie and had nothing but good things to say about the major changes to the plot and the action leading up to the protagonists wedding which was a prime showing of the ultimate love that had developed in a far less abrupt way. "We could see it all you know? It's an animation, scene switching is awesome and seeing it from all the perspectives might make the story go smoother than even we could have imagined. Just adding in the pre-wedding week did so much for Kasmina and Sorin's relationship... they're such a cute couple!~" Kimiko squealed. She thought entire story to be one of the best the Aeons had ever come up with, it definitely had great vibes for the main characters. The supporting cast was varied and interesting, even Dacian was memorable even if it was just for being so obviously dislikable.

Ah but there was talk of Dacian directly. And the thing as Yugi was choosing to call it. Kimiko had also taken note of his upgrade in appearance? No, that wasn't the right word, his variation in appearance which made him seem way worse than the original sketches and drawings within the novelization. "Iie, you aren't alone in it. To be honest, the first images in the books and the way I imagined him in my head, he seemed a bit more redeemable initially. You know more like an overprotective helicopter parent with an obvious favorite? Now he's just a fat ugly bastard trying to combine three cursed tags!" Kimiko said. "He really didn't seem quite so obviously gross in the books... ugh no denying him a slot as an antagonist right at the moment either..." the lass said, her excitement being mixed with some obvious disgust about the father of the female protagonist. "Ugh, still with him looking so obviously gross, I wonder what Sorin saw in her head... I hope they cover that. Though knowing them we won't see whatever that is until like three books from now!" Kimiko exclaimed with an exasperated sigh.

[Bloodedge]

Kimiko just as easily decided to avoid moving, which for Yugi's situation, was undoubtedly for the best. If he were being frank about it, part of his desire to remain seated was the fact that he'd been pitching the occasional tent for all three hours of the movie thus far. He'd been fine for the most part, but the occasional shift on either end was enough to get a rise out of him for quite some time. Even so, focus on the film was easily maintained. "I think normal people use that sort of time to make bathroom trips and... I dunno, deal with important phone calls or some shit. Not everyone can be an illustrious degenerate who starves, holds in their piss, and ignores the whole wide world for an entire anime season," Yugi stated with all the smugness of a veteran binge-watcher.

This movie would be discussed for ages to come, and according to the preview reel from about three hours ago, the second act would be released as a book in due time. Now that was a book to look forward to. Alas, Yugi wasn't looking forward to the development of Costel Dacian in this movie. Where they stopped, happened to be the beginning of that particular character's downward spiral, which seemed primed to be more in-depth for the movie's portrayal. "Those two are great, but I've got a few ideas about Dacian that are uh... none too pleasant? Yeah, that's it!" Having the idea of the character Sorin's look into his would-be spouse's mind, Yugi thought the worst of Dacian. Of course, there was only one true way to express this. "Fuck Dacian," was all he said. A sigh followed, as Yugi pressed a forefinger to his temple. He really didn't like the implications being given by the movie, which only furthered beliefs he already harbored based on the book. "I don't even know how to feel watching this thing. Good? Bad? I think everything between, and some other random shit. Either way, I'm hype. What do we do with an entire hour, though?"