soniaroadsqueen | Tokyo, Japan, Monday

Portalocity was weird. Ringo hadn't really traveled with them much, so this was something of a revelation for her. Somehow booking a reasonable late-morning departure from Fandom resulted in a just-after-dawn arrival in a small park a couple of miles from the apartment she shared with her sisters. Of course, despite that, all three of them were waiting.

Rika, with her knowing, motherly smile, managing to look like a carefully-styled model even this early. Mikan, tomboyish hair cropped short and sticking out every which way, smirking mischievously and tapping her foot with nervous energy. Ume, seated on a bench playing with her dolls, but glancing up and meeting Ringo's eyes when she arrived.

With a grin, Ringo dropped her bags and rushed forward into a big group hug, melting into the group for a moment. All worry and stress disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Now then," Rika said as they eventually disentangled themselves, "why don't you introduce everyone, and then we can go get some breakfast?"

[ooc: For those along for the ride. NFB for distance.]

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"Fine. Guess I'll take advice from the girl with balls in her mouth."

Sometimes he was easily amused, okay?

... He was biting into one of those balls now.

Weird.

Ringo had finally finished chewing and swallowing, and grinned over at Dante. "Good, right?"

"Weird," Dante said. With his mouth full. "Kinda squishy."

"But warm and savory and delicious, right?" Right?

"Weird, but hey, you do you," Dante said. He looked away from his carton and towards the rest of the market. "You think they serve hotdogs?"

Sigh.

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"Sure!" Ringo grinned. "I think there's a hotdog stall over that way." She pointed.

Of course the Japanese had some very unique ideas of what made for a tasty hotdog.

"Right."

Dante pushed his carton back at Ringo. "Cool, let's go check that out."

And then he was moving.

Culturally sensitive, he was not.

"Okay!" Ringo grinned, skipping over in that direction.

Once they arrived at the stand, Ringo looked at the little board listing the menu. "Oh, wow, they've got a ton of options." She looked up at Dante. "What do you want?"

Dante stared at it for a moment. "Holy shit," he said, "It gets weirder."

A second later, he cracked up. "Love meat? Oh, I fucking need to get me some of that."

Of course you did.

"Ooooh, that one looks good!" Ringo exclaimed.

"It's got cheese," Dante said. "And it's called love meat. Kinky, Japan."

He stepped up to the stand to get one.

Tokyo, Japan, Monday

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