Open ♔ I can lead you to perfect victory

[priforprince]

Who: Everyone. Including Hibiki, nominally.
When: September 5
Where: The Near Shore
What: Bowling log? Bowling log. Kiddie lane? KIDDIE LANE.

[ Many gods and goddesses will find themselves receiving an influx of prayers about a certain bowling alley. A bustling place with leagues for all ages, it's recently been beset by mysterious occurrences: balls levitating out of one alley to drop into another, the alleys seeming to warp until the ball drops into the gutter, the kiddie league's bumpers knocking the balls past the pins without hitting any. Tempers are running high. Children are crying.

Won't someone investigate the cause of all this? Or at least play a few rounds?

This afternoon is Open Bowling, where you can reserve a lane with friends for a small fee and rent a ball and shoes for another charge. They only have shoes in incredibly ugly color combinations. Nobody can decide whether this is also part of the string of bad luck or if the shoes have always been that way.

A special set of lanes has been set aside for children, featuring colorful bumpers and helpful ramps.

A food court serves snacks and drinks - mostly Western, all bad for you. Hot dogs and nachos and French fries are the specialties. They even claim to have invented cheese nachos with hot dog pieces on them.

According to a sign on the wall, "Laser Bowling" is scheduled to begin soon - or may have begun already, if you're late. This form of bowling involves dimmed lights, too much neon, and lots of techo over the loudspeakers.

Off to the side of all this hubbub, an entire lane has been reserved for someone who has blocked off each player with the initials HIBI. Sprawled across the vinyl waiting area, one arm propped up on the back cushions and one leg on the seat, is Shikyoin Hibiki, wearing a monogrammed purple-and-gold bowling uniform and pristine (but still unsightly) bowling shoes. A bowling ball engraved with a crown emblem sits waiting, but instead of playing, she's trying to read a movie script.

Every time somebody actually hits pins, she frowns. ]

Such a noisy activity.

[[ OOC: This is an open log for bowling and/or ayakashi shenanigans! An ayakashi has possessed the bumpers of the kiddie lane, but its negative influence is throwing off everyone else's game, too. Smaller ayakashi have been messing with the pins and lanes, too. Feel free to either play out engaging them and freeing the lane....or else just have some fun. That "Laser Bowling" is set to begin soon, after all... ]]

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kiddie lane

[alchemists]

[ Elfnein is at the kiddie lane trying to lift a ball onto the ramp. Even with the extra help with the ramp the ball is a bit heavy and Elfnein is struggling a bit. But it's all part of learning how to bowl, she's never been bowling before and she did research on how to play before coming here. ]

I don't know what this is either....

[talkbirdytome]

[Honestly Hiyoko was just bored and had nothing to do. Barry's watching some sparkly magical girl marathon, the bears are all tuckered out from the morning run she made them go on, and now she's trying to fill her evening. And what better way than to partake in the glorious sport that has killed the time of many a bored middle class family. Bowling.

Okay in all honesty she didn't have high hopes for this being interesting. Until she saw Hibiki. Clearly there is only one thing to do.]

You there! Bowling King!

[Why yes, she is addressing Hibiki.]

I hereby challenge you for control of this domain!

[That ought to liven up the evening.]

[nopixiedust]

[Wendy could try and bowl with everyone else.... But it seems kind of useless when something is clearly ruining the game. So she's hopping from lane to lane, her crappy children's bowling shoes squeaking against the floor. Occasionally, she sends out a borderline or splashes some holy water against something, hoping to drive the ayakashi away.]

[Eventually, however... She pauses, looking at a flyer.]

Uh... What's laser bowling? Does anyone know?

Laser bowling ahoy

[leapingchuu]

He had no idea how he knew how to bowl, but evidently the activity wasn't completely foreign to him. The presence of the ayakashi was throwing off his game, though, and even the neon and techno weren't making him feel too much better. So he was just sort of grumbling as he kept walking back to get his ball and start again (generally after no score at all).