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♪ ❝ seems like it crept up out of nowhere ❞

Who the P-Thieves & OPEN
When A Stop on the World Tour! April 23rd, 20XX
Where Arito, somewhere in-between "studious atmosphere" and "wild party"... (a book café?)
What It's a Special Day for your local Queen!
Warnings/Notes Please feel free to post your own top-levels! Food(?), beverages and... books? Are here for everyone to enjoy during the get-together! Just... don't touch the books unless your hands are clean. (We don't want to cause a scene. Yet.)

When you walk into the quaint looking café, maybe the scene that greets you wasn't exactly what you were expecting. Not the soft music overhead or the smell of old and new books that line the shelves... that's all pretty standard seeming. It's the makeshift banner that looks as though it was put together in a manner of minutes reading, “ℋAPPY ℬIRTHDAY ℳAKOTO—” that looks rather out of place.

There are a few tables lined with some food and drink, water, juice, tea and coffee— just the basics really. Only a little further down are some baked goods that could easily be mistaken for delicious cupcakes. Unfortunately, on such short notice and even shorter funds... the only thing Ren could come up with were some Kupo-Nut Cakes... if you're willing to try one though, you may just find yourself with a Guts +1 boost.

Well, at least the coffee seems decent.

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[ Hunk just watches as Makoto speaks, as she parses through the differences in their universes, their places on the timeline. And then she asked. She asked him, and the universe didn't implode from a time paradox.

He'll keep worrying about that until it happens, honestly. ]

Space. I've spent most of my time in space, recently.

[ As much as he wished it was a lie, it's been far too long since he visited Earth. He doesn't even know if it's still there, and the uncertainty caused him no small amount of pain. Pain that's a little evident on his face. ]

But I can try and answer your questions.

This is... really hurting you, isn't it?

I'm... sorry... I just wanted to know where you consider yourself from. You know... your country?

[Maybe she could try cooking something from 'home' too... but this conversation was definitely not going where she wanted.]

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...hey. Do you feel like some fruit? Or coffee? I... wouldn't try those muffins. They were made with kupo nuts.

[Anything to move this conversation away from the hurt. This was supposed to be a party, right? Of course, if Hunk needed it she could always lend him an ear.]

[ Hunk sees the shift in the birthday girl's demeanor. Whoops, he messed that up! And on her birthday, too?! He needed to do damage control, which meant putting out the fires with a flood of humor! ]

Kupo nuts are... [ He chuckles. ] ...pretty nasty. I know from experience.

And I'm Samoan, but I don't know how much that matters since, well [ He looks sheepish, and rubs at the back of his neck while repressing a grin. ] I never liked history classes. But...

We probably had fruit there since, like, the dinosaurs. So I could really go for some fruit. [ He sighs, and there might even be a bit of drool coming from the corner of his mouth. ]

Anything's an improvement on food goo.

Oh, Samoa! I have never been, but did spend some time in Hawaii. I had heard that it is a bit like that, and the pictures I've seen were very pretty.

[She smiles, hoping to remove the edge of the conversation a bit more, offering the fruit plate to Hunk. Its full of desert fruit and is arranged in a simple arrangement.]

I'd imagine that the food in space would probably have to be very different to accommodate the change in gravity. I think I would really miss having a good tempura or grilled fish, myself.

[ Hunk reaches over, and picks up a piece of fruit. Tangerines (or the closest Vaikunthan counterpart) were the sort of thing he never encountered in space, so he popped it in his mouth. And then grabbed another two. ]

Yeah, okay, but Hawaii's big on tourists, and that's a huge pain. [ He shrugs, the smile starting to genuinely return. The fruit helped, as did a chance to plug his culture. ]

See, gravity's not a big deal in space, at least not for us, because our ships can just turn on artificial gravity. So can most space stations. [ He looks a bit wistful at that mention. The space mall. Good times. ] The food in space is weird because alien life is weird.

[ And he nods like an expert, secretly taking note that "tempura and grilled fish" just got dropped in his lap. That had to be deliberate, right? ]

[That got a laugh out of Makoto.] Indeed so. When we were there I had some of my kouhai complain that many of the tourist booths and shops were able to speak Japanese enough that it was like they hadn't left. Its good for visitors, I'd imagine.

[But when the talk went to alien culture she is amazed. Secretly Makoto always was kind of a pop detective and sci fi fan. She was thrilled to get the opportunity to actually hear about what it was actually like.]

You know its funny. You mention just a little while ago that one place was too inviting to other people and cultures and the next moment you're complaining about alien culture not being accommodating.

[She catches herself, realizing how that might have sounded.] Er... not that I'm saying you're funny. What's funny is that you went from one extreme to the other.

[ Hunk looks sheepish for a moment, and just starts laughing. She had a point... ] Alien cultures are pretty nice, actually! The only ones that haven't been happy to see us were the bad guys. [ And even then, some of them were. ]

My favorite one, the Balmerans, [ Yes, he plays favorites, and has no shame in saying so. ] they took us in, hid us from slavers, fed us... [ And then his eyes grow wide and he starts grinning ear-to-ear. ] And they even helped us free their planet! [ He sounds so happy. ]

That sounds like quite a story.

Why don't we get some plates and some coffee and you can tell me about it? [She smiles, hoping that he would take the invitation. Despite his enthusiasms she was pretty sure there was a lot going on in between each of those events. But that was alright; it was endearing in a way how he enthusiastically jumped from one major point to another. Hunk was definitely passionate.]

I- [ He pauses for a brief moment at the offer, but pushes past the moment of confusion. ] If you want to spend some of your birthday hearing my space stories, well... [ Hunk trails off for a second, and then just shrugs and smiles. ]

I guess I could tell you, sure. [ He's being a bit dramatic, making it sound like a big deal. But then he gestures towards the coffee and plates. ] After you, Makoto-san. You're the birthday girl, after all.

Oh, if that is how this is going to be then I'm afraid I must insist.

We can consider it a part of the already substantial birthday gift you have given me.

[ Hunk sees where this could go, the two of them politely telling the other to go first until they died. He wasn't standing for that, so he just politely nods at Makoto and makes his way to the plates and coffee. What a problem solver. ]

So, where should I start? [ He glances over at Makoto for a second, but Hunk's already filling a cup with coffee. He'd have to be feeling the caffeine to tell this story in anything resembling a short time. ] Before we get there, or as soon as we land?

Hmm... [That was a good question. On one hand there was stories of going out into space that she could spend hours listening to, and on the other there was the mystery of how one pilots a lion. But considering everything, there was one thing that stood out to her:]

Considering the story that you're about to tell, I would think that the beginnings would be the best place to start. And I can think of no better place to begin than the decision that lead you to become a space explorer in the first place.

[ Hunk just laughs. Not like a single chuckle, a full two seconds of laughter. And when it's done, he just sighs. ]

It was an accident. I actually wanted to stay planetside. [ Which he follows up with a shrug. ] My squad in the Galaxy Garrison, which is an international prep school for military astronauts, got roped into a weird rescue mission, that ended up with us on the other side of the universe in an ancient spacefaring robot lion.

[ And then he chuckles, this time. ] It's all worked out well enough, but I didn't ask for any of this.

[Makoto's eyes widen as she heard Hunk's story.]

You mean to say that your adventures were an accident?

I had no idea! You always seemed so... confident in being a space explorer I had thought that was something you always knew you would do.

Yeah, I never really wanted to go to space, but I did anyway. [ He laughs, partially at the admission and partially at himself. ] It helps a lot that there's a lot of cool stuff out in space. Cool aliens, the cutting edge of scientific knowledge...

[ He rolls his eyes. ] It almost makes up for stuff trying to kill us all the time. And weird space magic. [ But then he catches himself, and just chuckles sheepishly. ]

That's not to say I don't like being a Paladin. I do, but I didn't start that way.

[Makoto is a bit surprised at that last part though, and the forward pose falls back a bit, a hand pushing up her hair behind her ear.]

That's interesting... and surprising. From the way you described everything, I would have thought that this was a lifelong ambition of yours.

[And since choice had always been the struggle that Makoto faced with, she had to ask Hunk one big question:] If you were to do it again... but given the choice this time. Would you?

Definitely. [ He doesn't hesitate, and the sheepishness and bits of unease fade away. He sounds... confident? ] If I wasn't there, who knows if stuff would've worked out the same way?

[ Both trips to the Balmera. The scaultrite lenses. The weblum. The attack on the comm relay. Even the diplomatic meetings! ] I never really wanted to go to space, but I'm lucky because my Lion likes the ground, too. And that he's covered in super-strong armor. Makes the whole "catfights in space" thing a little less stressful.

[ And then he smiles, ready for the next question. ]

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