[tri OOM] Odaibananigans with Barry and Cisco

[angry_friendship_wolf]

When Yamato opens the door to the safehouse and ushers Barry and Cisco through, it's not as busy as it usually is, but there are still a few people milling around the main room of the apartment.

Sora and Jyou are both at the kitchen table, Sora carefully working on a flower arrangement while Jyou reads through a medical textbook and scribbles notes. Nearby, on the couch, with a laptop resting on his knees, is a boy who looks almost identical to Yamato, minus a few years and with much more boyish features.

Yamato carefully shuts the door behind them. "Welcome to Chez Chosen, I guess," he says, crossing to the kitchen table to pick up his digivice and clip it to his belt.

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[run_barry]

"I promise I'm better at video games than what you saw with the Mario Kart," Barry says to Yamato with a laugh.

Looking around and then turning his head to Taichi, Barry nods.

"I can see it being a hot spot. Glad we could come now instead of with the crowds."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"We've got Tekken," Taichi chuckles.

Inside, the place is largely lit in blues and purples, with one of the rollercoasters curving overhead and a circular room splitting off into different corridors. Yamato takes a few seconds at the counter to buy them all tickets, before ambling back towards the group and leading them towards the stairs.

"Good to know you're okay at video games," he says to Barry, belatedly, "I'm relying on you to win most of our points. There's a darts machine too, though, I'm pretty confident I can kick Taichi's ass at that."

"Please," Taichi scoffs.

[run_barry]

"Darts, huh? You sure you trust everybody with pointy objects?" Barry jokes, nodding not so subtly in Cisco's direction.

Barry has seen Cisco almost kill himself with a sharpened boomerang, after all.

[makes_the_toys]

"Oh, ha-HA," Cisco replies, unamused. "I know you're talking about me and I'll just inform everybody here that you're the one who's been shish-kabobed, not me."

Nudging Taichi with an elbow, Cisco says, "If this does come down to darts or skills beyond buttons and a joystick though that is going to be all you."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Not for lack of trying, kid," Yamato remarks. "I've seen you nearly take your head off with a boomerang."

Taichi gives a wry grin. "Don't worry, if it comes down to darts, I can handle Yama."

Yamato just snorts at that, casually releasing a pulse of freezing cold as he starts up the stairs. Taichi responds with an equally casual burst of heat.

It takes a few flights of stairs, but eventually they emerge onto the top floor, with a cafe situated to one side of the stairs, and a lit-up retro game arcade to the other.

[run_barry]

Barry waves a hand in Yamato's direction, a clear, 'see?' gesture.

Barry side-eyes Yamato when he feels that cold, then lets out a chuckle when Taichi retaliates, giving a glance around to see if anyone else noticed while they head up the stairs.

He also spares a look towards the cafe when the top the final stairs before turning his attention to all the games.

"Cool, very retro," he says, looking over all the machines.

[makes_the_toys]

"You guys are the worst. Taichi is my new friend now, I'm disowning you both," Cisco declares.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

While a couple of people -- island residents, by the looks of them -- throw bemused looks in Taichi and Yamato's direction, most of the people in the arcade don't seem to notice.

"You can't blame us for worrying about you. We just don't want to see you decapitate yourself with a boomerang," Yamato says reasonably, as Taichi snickers. "We starting on Tekken, then?"

[run_barry]

"Exactly, it's only because we care, dude," Barry chimes in, smiling.

[makes_the_toys]

"Please, you guys are ones to talk, how many heart attacks have you given me?" Cisco counters, looking around and zeroing in on the game previously mentioned.

"Yes, Tekken, so Taichi and I can kick both your asses."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Don't put too much faith in Taichi, he spends more time kicking a ball around than practising his video games," Yamato says airily, heading towards the Tekken machines.

[run_barry]

"Alright, just settle down and let's play some games," Barry says with a laugh as Cisco gets worked up.

"You wanna be up first, Yamato, or how are we doing this?"

[makes_the_toys]

"Don't listen to him, he's just trying to psyche you out," Cisco says to Taichi, patting him on the shoulder.

When the reach the game Cisco runs his hands over the large buttons reverently.

"Oh man, it's been too long. Hello, old friend."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"I can go first. Just know that I'm relying on you to win most of our points here," Yamato says, knocking a hand against Barry's shoulder, before moving around to the machine directly opposite Cisco's. "Got any preference which character I use?"

"This'll be easy. Guaranteed," Taichi says to Cisco, giving him a pat on the back.

[run_barry]

"Anyone you want, dude," Barry says. "I don't have a character so I just select random."

Barry may have spent a little more time on video games than Yamato and Taichi, but not by all that much.

[makes_the_toys]

"Stay off King, he's mine," Cisco declares.

He turns to look over his shoulder and give Taichi a cocky, affirmative nod, then gets ready for the match.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"I'll take Marshall Law. He looks like he'd be the funnest to fight in real life," Yamato says, after a few moments browsing. "You ready, kid?"

[run_barry]

Laughing at Yamato's reasoning for his selection, Barry pats him on the shoulder and says, "Only you, man. Good luck."

[makes_the_toys]

"Totally born ready," Cisco replies, making a show of cracking his knuckles, and then shaking out his fingers when that hurts a little bit, before taking up the controls; prepared to launch into a quick attack as soon as the first round starts.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato leans to the side to quickly headbutt Barry, then readies up, focusing on the screen, poised to begin as the game counts down.

When the match starts, he lunges forward with a quick attack as well, if perhaps a somewhat button-mashy one.

[run_barry]

Barry stands by, watching and ready to root Yamato on.

He's also prepared to shout out a bunch of coaching advice like, 'Duck!' 'Punch!' 'Watch out!', whether it's actually helpful or not.

[makes_the_toys]

Button mashing is certainly a tried and true method when it comes to video game combat.

Cisco, however, knows the moves and he uses them. As a seasoned gamer he not only uses the specials and combos, he's also very good about blocking and counter striking.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Taichi cheers Cisco on, gripping his shoulders and watching from behind.

Yamato, meanwhile, does his best to put up a fight, but his character is flat on his back with a depleted health bar before long, prompting a quiet grumble of frustration.

[run_barry]

"Hey, you hung in there pretty good," Barry tries to encourage Yamato. "I think you even got in a few special power moves."

[makes_the_toys]

"Yes! Get some!" Cisco crows. "How you like me now, Yama?"

Cisco throws a grin, showing that he's only teasing.