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Himura bounced along to the beat of the song blasting through her speakers. Though her motions were as bouncy and vibrant as ever, her face was hard and unmoving. The events of the mess hall were a complete mess, and she was kind of pissed things turned out like that. She doesn’t know what these assholes were trying to do, but [i]she[/i] was trying to escape this damn place. But no, everyone else is too busy getting catty with one another to focus on that.

She pushed herself as the song came to its end, fuelling herself on anger. Taking her last step, she glanced at the score as she caught her breath. [i]Not my best, eh?[/i]

She turned around, flipping the lid to the nearby cooler to get some water, before noticing someone at her open door, “Oh, hey,” She said, putting on a smile, “You’re Lilly, right?”

For the time she had been at the lab, Lilly had spent it looking in on the room and watching Chikako with some childlike awe at her movement. As a person with very little penchant for strenuous physical motion, or really any kind of exercise, seeing a person actually in shape exhausting themselves for fun was both a foreign concept, but also a curious one. Not to mention that, despite the simplistic actions of the game, it actually looked like she was [i]dancing,[/i] Lilly couldn't help but be momentarily enthralled.

But when that moment passed, and Chikako noticed her at the entrance, she quickly shot up into a rigid stance, shifting awkwardly in her spot at the door.
[colour=PaleVioletRed]"U-um, yes, that's me! H-hi."[/colour] she quickly, and nervously, stated, clutching her clipboard close to her chest as she looked around the room, [colour=PaleVioletRed]"Can I... uh... d-do you mind if I look around?"[/colour]

Himura shrugged, “Yeah, come right on in! I didn’t leave the door open for no reason,” She said before taking a gulp of water. She looked at the girl—Lilly, if she remembered right. Honestly, Himura was kind of surprised she was supposed to be a highschooler. Well, guess it didn’t really matter—at the end of the day, she was here.

“So, come in here for a quick game?” Himura said, leaning against the wall in a way that she hoped looked really cool, “Nothing inspires friendships quite like some friendly competition,” She smirked, ready to make Lilly the first target of her master plan—make friends with all of the girls in the camp to start a girl gang. She doesn’t really know what she’s going to do with a girl gang, really, other than a general plan of escape, but, you know, what downsides are there?

With a little  smile, Lilly quickly skittered into the lab, and immediately cast a cursory glance around the room, identifying the obvious cameras and the monitor, and committing the best part of the rooms’ outline to memory. Under most any other situation, she might have started sketching where she stood, but before she could, she found herself addressed by Chikako.
[colour=PaleVioletRed]”A game..?”[/colour] she mirrored, looking towards the machine, [colour=PaleVioletRed]”I don’t really... that’s not my area, a-and, uh, I’m... not [sub]really[/sub] [sub][sub]very fit…[/sub][/sub]”[/colour]

Himura’s smile widened. She liked a good game, but she liked a game she knew she would win even more, “It’s not about winning, Lilly, it’s about the bond! Besides, if you really wanted to, we could play something a bit less athletically inclined—I’ve got stuff like Guitar Hero,” She said, but nonetheless started flipping through songs on DDR. She [i]would[/i] switch over if Lilly really wanted to, as she didn’t want to scare the girl off, but the appeal of sweet victory was hard for Himura to resist.

Lilly took a second to mull over the idea. The embarrassment at saying she was out of shape notwithstanding, normally she would never take on such a suggestion. But this wasn’t just a suggestion… it was a chance to [i]bond![/i] She’d had friends before, but not many in total, and even fewer in the real world, and even though this idea of dancing to get closer was foreign, she wasn’t going to pass it up! She had to make friends, so that they wouldn’t kill her later!

[colour=PaleVioletRed]”W-wait, no!”[/colour] she abruptly started, following Chikako’s suggestion to play something else, [colour=PaleVioletRed]”I want lots of friends, a-and I want to be your friend too, so... so... I accept your challenge!”[/colour]

Himura’s smile somehow widened further, going from mirth to something more sinister, “Excellent! I’ll pick something easy, since you're new to this,” Not even checking what song she selected, she blasted through the settings, putting the song on easy and hopping over to the game pad.

“Just move your feet where the arrows are pointing once they're in that outline thingy,” she said, putting all her attention of the game. [i]Prepare for total destruction, Lilly![/i]

Her earlier vigour was in no way an indication of confidence. Lilly watched her opponent bounce up to the pad, completely versed in the practice, and setup the game in seconds. This wouldn’t be any ordinary competition - the best Lilly could hope to do would be rely on pattern recognition to predict the timings, but even her time spent watching Chikako play prior left her with little indication. This girl was an Ultimate at this game. It would be a massacre.

[colour=PaleVioletRed]S-sorry, right!”[/colour] she sputtered out while scrambling her way to the site of their duel, lining herself up on the pad as best as possible. All she had to do was press the corresponding arrows. That was all. Her times hacking were much more difficult than this. She could win it. She could beat Chikako... Just... press the arrows!

Himura followed along with barely a thought-it was set on easy after all. She knew Lilly was new to this, but Himura was still kind of surprised at her lack of grace. Then again, it had been a really long while since she had played against a newbie.

Nonetheless, Himura pretty much destroyed it, doubtlessly leaving Lilly in the dust, “Phew! Good game, kid!” She said, extending her hand to the girl.

Not even half the game had passed before Lilly was out of breath, and by the end, she was on the floor, sweating, panting, and dizzy. There was no way a human being could go on for that long, at that level of activity, without being put to the floor - it just wasn’t possible. Whoever this Chikako girl was, she wasn’t human. Barely registering her destroyers comment, she looked up through blurry, exhaustion soaked vision to be greeted by a hand, which she, somewhat shakily, took.

[colour=PaleVioletRed]”What... What happened... to... easy..?”[/colour] she wheezed out, clambering to her feet before near enough collapsing into the drinks cooler for something to stop the pains of dehydration, [colour=PaleVioletRed]”Is... is that really... a game... or some kind of... torture device...”[/colour]

Himura frowned, “Hoo boy, that really took a lot out of ya, huh?” She felt a little bad. Himura won, fair and square of course, but the girl looked half dead after that, “Uh here, lemme get you a water or something.”

She went back to the cooler, pulling out whatever bottle her hand was first able to grab. She put the bottle in the other girl’s hand, standing in silence a moment before realization came across her fact. [i]Now is the perfect time![/i] No one thinks clearer than after a workout, and if Lilly’s thinking clearly, she's obviously going to pick up on how smart her idea is.

“Hey, while I have you here, I wanted to talk to you about my girl gang!” She said, cracking another signature smile, “It’s nothing formal or even really official yet, but I think having an alliance with us girls is exactly what we need to make sure we can get everyone out of this dumb camp. What do ya say?”

About as quickly and greedily as one little girl can do, Lilly took the bottle and drank deeply from it, letting the cool, wet sensation overtake her previously sore and dry mouth. Her gluttony overtook her though, and as Chikako brought up the concept of the girl gang, she found herself caught off guard, and had to pull the bottle from her mouth as she choked up sports drink.
[colour=PaleVioletRed]”A... girl gang? Like... where we all hang out and have sleepovers and stuff?”[/colour] she asked, looking up from her minor coughing fit with a slightly confused expression.

“Yeah, totally!” Himura confirmed, despite having no concrete idea herself, “I think it'd be fun, [i]and[/i] it’d make getting out of here all the easier. So, what do you say?” She asked, not even attempting to hide her enthusiasm.

[colour=PaleVioletRed]”U-uh, I, I mean... y-yes, absolutely!”[/colour] Lilly declared, quickly standing up straight, smiling, and looking up the full seven inches that divided their heights, [colour=PaleVioletRed]”I’d love to! I-it sounds like a lot of fun, and, and, I-I can make more friends! I’ll help however I can! A-and, um, th-thanks for inviting me...”[/colour]

“Yeah, totally! I'm looking forward to working with ya!” She said cheerfully. She had a feeling she was gonna like this Lilly girl!
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[center][b][colour=AFEEEE]Lilly and Chikako grew a little closer today![/colour][/b][/center]