[i][u]Shannon, & Blathnat "Sugar" Balore.[/u][/i] --- Ugh, great. Just great. Shannon felt the irritation boil inside of her. Of course his friend had to walk up and start annoying her too. They [i]do[/i] flock together after all. It appears that people who don't know how to take a hint love each other. Shannon didn't need to be reminded of that, her lips were tightly pressed together the whole time Darren and Matt tried to talk her up. What were they aiming for, trying to get her in their beds? Never gonna happen. "I'm sorry, but I don't think I was direct enough for you...." Shannon started off as she put one foot forward and got off the arcade machine. Her glasses slid down her nose a bit and a quick hand pushed it back up by the side. The next thing she did with her arms was cross them over her chest. "I'm [i]not[/i] here to find a date. I'm [i]not[/i] here to have "fun"-" She stopped to finger-quote fun. "-Last but not least, I'm [i]not[/i] here to talk to [i]you[/i]." She took some steps back towards the arcade machine that she was leaning up against, and pressed one of her boots to it. Crossing her arms and her head wandering off to the side, dismissively. "Oh, you're still here? I thought I made it clear I'd like to be left alone." She quietly sighed. Looks like being direct was just the way to do it. Darren and Matt walked away from Shannon without a word, and she made sure the silence was mutual. By the time they were out of sight, Shannon sighed again and continued waiting for time to pass. She looked over her shoulder... Sugar seems to be enjoying herself, to say the least. Likely ignored the entire exchange with those two men. Which is great, whatever kept Blathnat calm and free of stress as possible ever since the accident. She took her eyes off her little sister momentarily, and directed her gaze forward. ... Before a piercing, "Hey!" reverted her attention back to her younger sister. Princess Sugar had lost. Defeated. The gameover screen appear the second the blue ghost came in contact with Pacman. She felt her muscles tense as she raised her little fists and slam them on the dashboard. This game cheated! A Princess! That's like a, really, really serious crime. But can she throw the game in the dungeon? Well, Sugar looked around the room, then back to the arcade machine. That'd be silly, actually, she's simply a princess, not strong enough. But[i] Sir Reginald[/i] - just sent her another psychic warning. A mental image of a man, tall, wearing rather rugged attire, coming towards her, appeared in her minds eye. Her head quickly darted over towards the man, as if she was predicting him. "[i]Hey[/i]!" She screeched as the man bumped into her, her hands locked onto the arcade machine's face and held her down - but her glasses had fallen off onto the floor. Sir Reginald had her thanks, she was at least prepared for it, even if it was a split second. However, not having her glasses presented a big problem to her. She couldn't see things too well that weren't right in front of her face. Ignoring the big man before her, she hopped down from the stool, giving him a brief, "It's okay, mister - but one second I need to get my glasses." She looked around at the floor for those glasses for her. Ready to get Sir Reginald to get to action, when someone presented her round red glasses right in front of her face. Of course, this man has to take the place of those other two fools. Just fantastic. She thought this was her lucky day. She put her hand on her hip and asked the man, calmly, but the venom in her voice was apparent "Hey! Can you watch where you're going?" She crossed her arms, and shifted her weight to one hip. The bastard knocked Blathnat's glasses off. She threw her head back and loudly groaned. Well, it's a good thing that she's here, at least. Shannon got off the arcade machine, knelt down, and picked it up. Before taking a step forward. "Sugar." Shannon had presented them to her, right in her face so she could see it just fine. The child snatched them and slid them up to her eyes, the arms latching onto her ears. She nodded her head in gratitude, and turned back towards the man. Whoa, he's tall. A few heads taller than Sugar, so she had to look up at him. She made sure her lips were held tightly together, and her cheeks were full and round, eyes wide. He looked like the rogue in her stories - she got that impression from his outfit - the lovable thief that works with the heroes and changes his way because of how nice the Princess way! But he was one of the adults... they were never fun to have adventures with. Unfortunately, in her haste to get her glasses, she completely missed what the man had said to her (Other than his apology, which she had simply [i]assumed[/i] he said - that's just courtesy!). "What'd yo-" [i]"Oh! Sorry about that little miss. Nearly flattened you there. Say, would you happen to know how I go about actually... playing anything here?Never been to an arcade before I'm afraid."[/i] Again, Sir Reginald had helped her in the small ways by transmitting what the man had said into her mind's eye. Which made her stop her sentence, and immediately respond with, "Oooooh, I can help you, Mister." This man is simply another citizen in her kingdom, and he came straight to her for aid! How nice, people have heard of their ruler and have come to her for help. How exciting! Well, she was going to do what any responsible leader would and give it her all. "Oh, you see this?" She pointed at the coin slot, not breaking eyecontact with him. "You put a few quarters in here, then you can play the game - unless you lose, then you have to put some more in there." She reached into the pocket of her dress, meekly saying "Watch!" but she just couldn't find the coins for it. Oh! That's right, Shannon has them. She took a step back and grabbed onto the hem of Shannon's dress. "Can I have some more coins?" She looked up at Shannon with wide eyes. "Pleeeease, I wanna shooow him..." Oh boy. Not only is Sugar entertaining this man, but now she's asking for coins. Well, at least, she said please. Shannon sighed loudly in defeat, "Oh, alright." She dug into her purse and pulled out the coins, stacked neatly in a tower. "Yay!" Sugar grabbed the coins and inserted them into the machine, and the game began. She climbed up into the stool and pointed at the machine. "I put the coins in, and the game starts, see?" Well... she put her hands on the controls and started playing it. Since she did pay for it, after all. --- [u][i]Carmen "Lily" Santo.[/i][/u] --- Coming soon...