"Trying to measure up your competition, I see how it is," Hotaru smirked at him, "Well, then let's go for the fish, it's something I've always wanted to play," she said and walked forwards the game and bending down next to the tub of water. She paid for the game, getting three paper nets to try with, and she looked down at the fish, "Just so we're clear, I also find these games to be ever so slightly rigged, especially ones like these," She waved the paper net at the vendor, who rolled their eyes, before she started to pick a fish. She reached in slowly, trying not to startle the fish before the longer it took to try and catch the fish, the more likely it was that the paper would tear. She went to get a regular goldfish, but the paper ripped the second she got it out of the water, "Damn," She pursed her lips, trying it again and ripping the next one too, "Told you," she looked at Larel, "Rigged," she looked back at the water, looked at the last next, and then backed toward the water before reaching in. She went after a black goldfish and grinned as she got it out of the water and the net didn't tear, "Oh hey!" The vendor got one of the jars of water and put the fish in it and she stood up, showing it to Larel, "It has to be beginners luck because I never won any kind of these things when I was growing up," she said with a smirk, holding her finished skewer between her teeth, "You're up! Don't go showing me up too bad," she laughed a bit as she stepped back to let him up to play as well. She realized then that the guys had left and there was the skewer in the wall where they had been standing. She smirked a bit at that before turning to look and see how Larel would fare at the game. As annoying as the get up was, she was going to focus on just having some fun with him, actual fun that she couldn't recall them being able to have before then. She almost felt bad about the fact he had been uncomfortable around her and Mera at first, but she was rather relieved at the fact that he had gotten comfortable over time. She would hate for him to be stuck feeling that way the whole time, but it was decent leverage against him to know she was "afraid" of Mary. She wouldn't use it often but it was just always good to know what cards were in her deck. She looked around seeing there were games that had balloons in water that the vendor was making spin in the water and there were a couple of places were throwing small items at targets trying to win prizes. There were certainly plenty to keep the kids occupied, and there was food galore. She was pleased to find that eating the chicken made her feel less like she was desperately in need of feeding, which was even more important now when there were people all over the place. She chewed on the skewer, waiting for the results of his efforts or his choice of whether or not he wanted to play a different game. Mera walked up to him, glaring at him, "And how the hell am I supposed to enjoy myself?" she pointed behind her, toward the way they came, "He's coming this way, I can [i]see[/i] it," She grabbed the front of Alari's kimono, "Why do you continue to act as if there is nothing wrong, why do all of you continue to pretend as if the world is just fine when it's on the precipice of falling apart at its seems?" her frustration was mixing with the emotion she tried to hide just about as much as her emotions towards him, her fear. It wasn't just for herself, it was for her siblings, for Larel and Hotaru, for him, because they were all in danger if he got there, "Why can none of you just accept that this is the worst time for such childishness?" she looked down, still holding on to him before taking a deep breath and looking back up, "Fine you want a different side? I'm sure this will boost your ego plenty- Do you have any idea what it would do to me to see any of you get hurt? Not just Thanos, Mary, or Eryn, but those two? Or you? Hell, even if something were to happen to Kaori, because all of you have wound your way in to my being in a way I've never felt before," She gave him a slight shove, mostly just dropping her hands, "And this is exactly why I never wanted any of you close to start with, I didn't want anything to get in the way or doing what needed to be done....Why couldn't you just leave me be?" she rubbed her eyes, feeling exhausted after the small outburst, the smallest bit of opening herself up, "I'm still not going out there, in case that isn't clear," she waved her hand towards the busy streets before finding some toppled barrel to sit on, putting her head in her hands. There was a hollow ache in her chest, wondering just how pathetic she looked being so desperate to focus on the negative rather than being like the lot of them that would rather see what small positive there was and holding on to it. But how could she just forget he was coming? What if she got so busy trying to actually "enjoy" herself she missed the fact he'd caught up with them and then he showed his truest colors as a monster? She knew all of them, all of them but Kaori, could easily defend themselves from most of what the "grunts" were capable of, but even she did really know what her father would rest to and she couldn't really stand the idea of seeing any of them in the condition Thanos had been in after he confronted him.