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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"Okay, but if it doesn't look absolutely gross, you'll at least try it, right?" Kathy checked. "Who knows? You might even like something."

"Fine, fine," Dante said, waving her towards the stands (with the hand she'd been holding, yes, and which had now ceased doing so).

Well, once she'd stopped trying to drag him around the festival in order to work out an agreement, there'd been no real reason to hold his hand.

"Awesome! Now just time to find a place that sells it..." Kathy said, grateful for the discreet English signs that had been hung up on booths and in windows. Her Japanese was limited to a handful of words and characters she'd picked up online and she bet Dante's was even more non-existent.

"I thiiiiiiiiiiiink I remember a place down this street a ways," Kathy said, peering. "Shall we?"

Look! No running or grabbing your hand, Dante. Just ignore the bouncing on her toes, okay? You couldn't have everything.

Dante had gotten as far as he needed to with hand gestures, so far.

"Sure," he said, "It's been at least ten minutes since I had the love meat."

Look, he had to bring that up. Because love meat.

Kathy was very glad she hadn't needed to see which hand gestures he was using, considering his preferred activities.

"This is the very steak place," Kathy said. "Which is an excellent followup to the love meat."

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Dante let out a laugh. "Very steak, huh?" he said. "My favorite kind of steak. Maybe they'll have much nachos, too."

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