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Shinjiro "take your meds" Aragaki [荒垣 真次郎] ([personal profile] drugsnotclubs) wrote in [community profile] expiationlogs2024-06-02 12:56 pm

Movie and a dinner

Who: Shinjiro, Scott, Kotone, and Dara
Where: Idk some diner of Scott's choosing
What: A DOUBLE-DATE....
Warnings: uhhhh none that I anticipate. just dumbassery probably.

--

It had started with: 'Hey, me and Scott are going to see a movie! You should come!'

And then that had slowly had more pieces added onto it. 'We should get Dara to come, I bet she hasn't seen many movies!'

And any concern had an immediate solution, such as: 'It's nice and dark in the theatre, so she won't have to feel like she's standing out-- oh and we can get her snack foods! She likes those, right?'

And this is how they all end up convinced to seeing the wild Aldrip-version of a horror/slasher film together. It's-- a weirdly normal thing to do, seeing as three out of four of them are dead, half of them aren't human (unless mutants still are?), and at least one counts as some form of divinity. But it's easy to forget that when you're fighting over who has the tub of popcorn and watching some poorly-acted "teens" wander around a spooky house and die in spooky ways, and talking loudly about how bad the effects were or how chilly the atmosphere was or trying to explain the concept of a 'final girl' to the local mountain god while leaving to grab some appropriately shitty and greasy food.

As always, Scott is their guide for all things normal- and Americanized. Burgers and shakes are the traditional fare. Which brings them all to the present moment: Sitting in a fluorescently lit diner, two by two on each side of the booth, looking over laminated menus that are peeling at the corners at the absolutely obscene number of milkshake flavours on offer.

"--What's the difference between 'orange' and 'orange creamsicle'....? It's a milkshake, they both got dairy in 'em..." Shinjiro frowns, before sliding the menu next to him for Dara to examine. He'll let her make the choice of any sweets, before glancing across to Kotone and Scott.

"Either of you eaten here before?"

The place has a light layer of grease on everything, a broken napkin dispenser, some stuck-on spill making the floor sticky, and overall just feels like the casual sort of greasy spoon diner that can only be either absolutely amazing or terrible. Here's hoping for the former!
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[personal profile] orphne 2024-07-07 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Burrito!

[Instantly distracted, Kotone goes back to the menu. Is there a burrito on the menu... yes. Is it the right food to have with a milkshake? No. Is it as good as some of the other stuff on the menu? Probably not. But now she almost feels like she has point to prove to Scott (what point??), so that's what she'll order instead. She taps the menu where Scott can see, tossing him a smile.]

Scott can order once everybody's ready. [And with that officially out of her hands, she looks back across the table to the other two.] Did you guys like the movie, though?
laserguy: (king shit)

[personal profile] laserguy 2024-07-08 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[On one hand, mission successful. On the other hand--]

That's totally different and you know it!

[Scott immediately protests because he has to make a stand somewhere as the self-declared sandwich king. Burritos don't count!! That's a different sort of... bread...

.......

He's just going to stick with his guns still. In fact, as he looks over the menu, he plans on ordering a sandwich and maybe a side plate of rice or whatever, just to show that you don't put rice between two slices of white bread. Or even sourdough. But sure, yeah, he'll order for everyone??? He squints at Kotone, almost looking exasperated.]


Whatever you order, you're still getting the bacon cheeseburger and loaded fries as well. [He looks at Dara and Shinji.] Part of the experience.
Edited 2024-07-08 20:31 (UTC)
cursegod: (pic#16825449)

skip to food time?

[personal profile] cursegod 2024-07-09 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Works for me.

[The waiter drops off Dara's cola and immediately starts taking whatever Scott's about to unleash upon the collective. Thankfully their meals are the kind that don't take long to cook, and yet Dara manages to suck down her entire drink by the time the plates are hot and ready. And of course she had to get the largest size for her Matcha Milkshake! Which comes with two straws already included.

After nudging the milkshake towards Shinjiro, Dara picks up one of the fries and watches the strings of cheese tear apart from the mass.]


I get the feeling that Americans enjoy cheese a lot.