[PRP] Arcade Hustlers! ( Verusha x Zaire )

[Cheekiebirdiee]

Beep, bop, beeeeep, ding ding ding !

The sounds of the arcade flooded out into the rest of the maul as one rather curious looking boil pulled a single, double glassed door open and entered. The insides of the arcade resembled a casino, dim overall lighting with brilliant bright flashes of lights, screeches of the games and cheers of the players that scored the highest.The thrill of the flashes and energetic bodies all around had Zaire in a delighted mood instantly.

Swaying inside with his tail carefully curled tight to his body the boil wandered the machines for a free one. On occasion he paused to peer over a busy shoulder but soon found a duel player game that was open. It was a shooting game, the standard human apocalypse type, more than that it was free and had good graphics. So Zaire quickly crawled into one side of the machines pod and inserted his silver seed into the slot, waiting for either someone to join him on the other side or for the game to start.

musicaloner7

Sorry for the late start! Works been a butt and I've been trying to finish up some rps so I can tag faster! ov o

 

[musicaloner7]

Cheekiebirdiee

No worries at all~ I just appreciate you greatly for starting it up for us!

White eyes were unblinking, focused, and ignited with a flame of intensity in them. Black painted finger nail polish shined and flickered as her fingers danced madly along the multiple buttons laid out on the game she was engaged in. A boil beside her, playing the same game, was cursing constantly, teeth grit, and straining to keep up with the expertise that Verusha so clearly seemed to posses. Seated neatly, and surprisingly politely for once, Cannon kept a keen eye on anyone who came too close to the reaper, glowing eyes either narrowing, or his lip peeling back to give a growl of warning should anyone make any move he didn't like. A small crowd was gathered, mostly consisting of the ghoul's opponents friends, who were laughing at his failure to defeat her in a beat-um-up game. Eventually the game had it's winner, and the boil gave a wail of annoyance, cursing the game, and storming off with his pals to follow. Smirking, Verusha reached into her pocket to fiddle with the silver seeds she had left, and glanced at her scarephone for the time. Hm... she could play some more games.

"Let's go, Canny." a stroke to the sleek head of the hound was given, and the two were off to find their next victim game.

Meandering about for a little while, checking out the various games set up, and some of the cuter boil's playing them, Verusha eventually found herself noticing a particular gamer who was in need of another player. Grinning, she waltzed on over casually, hands in her pockets, and Cannon's eyes glaring already at the stranger. Once close enough, she eyed the game, it's countdown, and then looked to the boil, "Need a partner?" she asked, giving a small glance around to see if there might have been someone he'd come with.  

[Cheekiebirdiee]

Having been glued to the countdown, gun in hand he didn't notice the ghoul until she spoke out. At the sound of a voice Zaire barely turned his head but acknowledged the ghoul with a brief side smile. For a moment he considered to decline, or rather tell her that he was waiting on someone but that was only because of the rather unfriendly looking familiar with her.

While the pooch was a little unsettling in appearance for a monster of his nature, his blank features did noting to show this. Fire inclined, this could be interesting, or not Zaire mused to himself before rolling a quick eye over the ghoul. She was kind of a cutie, enough so that he tossed the caution of her pet to the wind and gave a small scoot over.

Ten, nine, eight..

Hearing the countdown timer getting louder he gave an amused snort and patted the seat next to him with the tip of the gun controller, inviting her on in. "Seat's yours.." His tone was casual as his gaze slid back to the game, a hint of life behind the pale previously dull orbs now. "You played before?" The question was sort of grunted out as he waited, just something to pass the time as she entered the game.

musicaloner7

 

[musicaloner7]

Cheekiebirdiee

Her pure white eyes had been distracted by the high-scores that were running along the screen, taking note of a few particular players who were mentioned. There was already a sort of common knowledge of who the best of the best were in the arcade, their names streamed up on multiple screens, with impressive scores that others aimed to overthrow. Verusha was one of those individuals, hoping to get her name up and in the spotlight to gain that recognition of the skills that she possessed... She'd managed to get it on a few games... but along the lower range.

Rocking on her heels some, hands fiddling at the waistband of her shorts, the ghoul let her gaze slide back to the boil, flashing him an easygoing, yet smug grin from his inviting gesture. She wasted no time in sliding into place, the bangles on her wrists chiming softly with the movements of each slender arm picking up her own matching gun, and holding it properly. Cannon narrowed his gaze at the closer position the reaper had taken with the stranger, settling himself behind the pair, but in the middle to keep a close eye on Zaire, his flames taking on just a tooouch more height... while his eyes bore into the boil.

A hand idly lifted to smooth back the heavy bangs of her mohawk, tucking a few strands behind the ear, to give optimum vision for the game that was to ensue. Glancing to her new partner, her lips lifted at the corners just a tad, "Yep. How about you?" she asked, eyes flickering back to the screen as the countdown declined to the last three digits, a focus taking place on the once lax demeanor of her expression.  

[Cheekiebirdiee]

Shifting his tail to hang out the opposite side of the machine, Zaire's fins twitched in a delighted manner as the ghouls bangles chimed softly. Glancing over he noted the proper technique for the gun and cracked a larger grin, relishing what could be actual competition. Glowing blue orbs focused on the screen as the game flickered to signal the last few seconds of waiting, though he was keeping a close eye on the familiar that now rested closer and brought its unwanted heat with it.

"Yep. How about you?"

The question seemed to fall upon deaf ears, considering it took Zaire till his first human head-shot in the game to reply. "I've held ..the fifth highest score..." And he did, or had the last time he bothered to check. It was pretty much the only highest score he held currently, but considering he changed games like his socks, that said a lot for the fickle boil. After the statement he glanced back to the ghoul, a grin pulling at the corners of his lips when seeing the focus. She was going to be fun, he could tell and it was beyond the possible danger her familiar held.

"Two o'clock.." He called the warning softly, back in the game and noticing a human rushing while taking out the one on the left.

musicaloner7

 

[musicaloner7]

Cheekiebirdiee

finally a reply for you, woo!

Once the game started up, it was down to business! the focus was honed in on the flashing and flickering screen, muscle memory kicking into gear, and reacting on its own when a human would appear on the screen. Her finger would waste no time squeezing the trigger on the false gun, going straight for fatal spots that would drop enemies quicker. Besides.. the animation for it was quite satisfying to the ghoul, making her grin spread perhaps a little more further on her face.

Like her partner in the game, it took a moment for her to register the words he spoke, but when they were soaked in and processed, her pale gaze flickered towards him for just a brief second, before gluing right back to the screen. "Oh yeah?" a brow arched with both curiosity and inquiry. "You must be pretty good then." she teased lightly, stating the clear obvious purposefully. Cannon gave a roll of his own eyes, snorting faintly, but keeping a rather intense stare at the screen himself as each human came into view.

"Looks like you're my competition then." the warning was given heed, as her hands shifted the gun in time to take out a screaming man who made a sudden appearance, her pearly whites peeking out a little with the entertainment she got from blasting a hole through his chest. It wasn't often she met the other big name gamers at the arcade here. "What initials are you then, for the high scores?" some people put their name initials, some people used an alias. And she made an effort to remember those on the high score screens.

 

[Cheekiebirdiee]

musicaloner7

Ahh omg I'm sorry this took so long <3!

She was good, her no hesitance or startle proved that much. A grin remained on his face as the levels shaved off. They were making good pace, excellent even as it narrowed down to the last five levels before the final mob. He had rarely made it past the last mob with a partner which was even more interesting. "Yeah, pretty good...though you aren't bad yourself." A respect flooded into the countered teasing tone as the ghoul took down another. She was good, and for the moment their play had him forgetting the danger of her familiar and relaxing.

"Luckily it's not a beauty competition then." He cracked back toothily, somewhat flirty as he sniped a human near her, one she could have gotten had he not interfered but that was the spirit of competition right. And he wasn't going to let her have the higher kill count, not if he could help it. But he had a feeling she was going to prove worthy of curiosity and not surrender the game to him easily.

"Ari.." The title had been on a few screens, and was the only handle the monster boil used mostly because his nickname happened to be short enough to fit and he was too lazy to make up something else. "What about you, its obvious you aint new..." He glanced to the ghoul and smirked, shifting a touch closer to her as he took out five more humans and the level rolled over to one of two final mobs. "Five..four.." His countdown was done teasingly, eyes on the ghoul as the clock ticked down for the rush of humans, it was a challenge pure and simple of who could take out more of the mob.

- Though before the game could start something strange happened, one moment he was looking at the screen and squeezing his gun in anticipation the next he was in a school uniform being rushed by girls. They took photos and laughed but the one that Zaire wanted to come and take a picture with him, she was far to busy with her own friends. She was beautiful and fun and why the hell wasn't he good enough for her to notice? Just as he turned to leave this stupid place forever he heard the call of his name and turned, trying to hide a grin as she asked for a photo with him. "Sure.." Play it cool like always, it was a good end to the year as he stole a kiss to her cheek in the selfie, leaving her blushing as he walked off after. -

"....." Zaire blinked regaining composure and glancing to the other in the game with him for a moment. Well that was weird. Oops game started, on cue with the final number he started blasting anything in his path.
 

[musicaloner7]

Cheekiebirdiee

slowly getting back to tagging, apologies!

Cannon had given a few displeased snorts, but was now facing away from the duo, and laying comfortably on his stomach, watching others pass them by. His flames were at a low flicker, calmer than before, though the smooth, short fur beneath was still rather ruffled and prickled along the spine, conveying the displeasure that still remained.

Verusha was quickly reloading her ammo, each shotgun shell being entered one at a time into the barrel, her eyes keeping sharp and attentive to any movement of an enemy that might flash across the screen. She was done in time to spray the blast of pellets into the gut of an oversized human that was red with fury and seemed to be on a rampage. The AI's reaction afterwards had her giggling with amusement as he fell to his death.

Pale eyes spared a glance back to her partner, giving a wry grin and narrowing of those pristine orbs in approval; much like a canine might. Well wasn't he cute~ A few screaming females on the screen pulled her attention as they attempted to swarm the boil, making her fire numerous rounds into the whole gaggle of them, resulting in her needing to pick up some ammo off the ground. Thankfully it'd been close by! Reloading again, she could feel his closer presence, which made Verusha smile all the more, and easily close the space between them so that the sides of their legs touched even. This was cause enough for Cannon to p***k a pointed ear, and turn his head to glance at the now two close together students, making him growl low, but brief as he saw Verusha was quite enjoying herself. Rolling his eyes, and snorting, the hound went back to intimidating others from coming too close to the pair instead... bitterly.

"Dog." she replied with a chuckle. Since she was the queen of all that was canine, she found the initials to be fitting for herself. Eagerly waiting for the next round, she was prepped to join in with the teasing when.. suddenly--



Petals everywhere.. giggling, laughing, joy surrounded her, along with matching uniforms to boot. Inaudiable chatter was drifting, and echoing light whispers through the wind, as multiple boys came before her, faces flushed and drying mouths stammering their adoration towards her. They clammored over one another, shoving, trying to impress her the most, desperately trying to gain her attention.

But there was one. Oh yes him. So handsome, and charming he was. A real boil who made her heart swoon and thud like non-other. Blushing herself-- wait... she was blushing?!-- Verusha shyly nodded, able to hear her heart thudding in her ears as he pulled her close for the selfie.

She could feel the warmth of his body, the vibrations of his voice! oh it was just too much!

-- and just like that. It was over. Verusha blinked a few times, and looked around her. What... just happened...? But she heard Zaire firing away, and quickly snapped back into the zone. No time to wonder about that, they had a game to finish! With her shotgun reloaded, she went all out on the remaining screaming, swarming mobs, "Let's finish this up, nice and clean." hopefully they'd manage to get on the top of the scoreboard for two players!

 

[Cheekiebirdiee]

Verusha giggle for the AI's death brought out a laugh, cute, she had a cute laugh. Plus it was entertaining how the computer human died so dramatically, groaning and falling over to clutch himself. It would have been tons cooler though if the human became a zombie afterwords. Kind of like a freeing their soul's type of game, ah well, this was fun.

Really fun.

The canine behaviors of the ghoul were amusing and gained a flash of sharp tooth as she spared a glance. Turning back to the game he focused on picking off some of the mob that had arrived, musing as Verusha shot into them wildly. Reloading a brow was lifted as their legs touched, the contact pleasing due to the ghouls heat because even the cold blooded liked to be warm sometimes. Though the pleasure was dampened as a low growl sounded from behind them, snickering slightly he shot one of the humans in the mouth. Silence, something he wanted to do to the familiar but it seemed to back down by itself interestingly enough. Dog. At the reveal of her title he blanched, shocked to find out she was the name he chased for sport. Not to mention he now knew exactly why they were breezing through the levels.

Sludge sticks, a little intimidated he did his best to remain expressionless, though did show some respect, "nice, I've seen you around..." Just all over but he wasn't one to gush.

-

Back in the zone he made quick work to take out his frustration for the game interruption out on the humans."Got it.." Zaire murmured as he switch to toss one of the grenades out into the mob he had picked up. Then with a few follow up shots from the ghouls shot gun they were greeted by huge lettering of SCREECHTASTIC and HIGH SCORE. Pleased he holstered the controller gun and flopped back into his seat, a glance given to the ghoul. "Good game...want to do the honors?" He'd let her initial them at the top, life was good.

musicaloner7

Apologies for the lateness. I feel like we will apologize forever lol <33 Hope you are well!

 

[musicaloner7]

Cheekiebirdiee

hahaha that does seem to be our ritual, eh? x} always a treat to see a reply <3

They were nearing the end, as the final rush came, and the tankier humans started to really swarm them. She'd already picked up some bonus perk that allowed her to shoot at twice the normal speed, inserting slugs into the humans as they tried to run for their lives, screaming in agony as the metal showered them. Smirk stretched comfortably for a few pearly whites to show, her canines showing a bit of prominent point to them even, Verusha was totally grooving with Zaire's energy and reaction time with the enemies. A hint of pride was washed over her features at his evident awareness of her high scores, "I try to make my mark." she mused.

With the help of the grenade, she assisted in cleaning up the remaining meatbags that got picked off like flies. Guts, and limbs all over the place, with the sauce of blood to mix, a content sigh escaped the ghouls lips with their completion. That was a nice run! Setting her gun down in her lap, she looked over to her partner, and gave a pleased grin to him, "Not bad, boil." she praised, lifting a hand to run through the half side of hair that rested against her cheek, smoothing it back only for some strands to slide back against her cheek. Cannon looked to the pair as they concluded, staring intently at Zaire once again. With the offer presented, the reaper couldn't help the lift of brows to express her shock. But... she had a better idea.

Grinning smugly, she leaned forward to let a finger, painted with dark black along the nail, tap along the screen 'Dar', a mixture of their two gaming initials. Was good enough, anyway. Hitting the enter button, she let her arms stretch up, "Man, that was fun. You should play with me more often."  

[Cheekiebirdiee]

musicaloner7

Hehe yes. How would you feel about closing this out here within a few more post, then if later on you'd like starting up a fresh new rp for them? C : I know some people don't like long rps >3<

Zaire flashed a grin back to his partner, admiring the fall of her interesting haircut he just now gave more notice too, though not only the cut he was starting to look at her entire being collectively. She was a pretty ghoul, sure he had noticed before but now with a high score she got ten times more appealing to a boil like him. Gamer ghouls were fine, even if they played with dogs and fire.

A glance was given to her dog, one with a mocking twinkle to his glowing blue orbs before turning back to watch the ghoul. She seemed shocked which was a little puzzling, but he figured it had to be something to do with the gamer mindset, maybe she didn't like sharing titles. Dar. Clever. He chuckled softly for his own thoughts then promptly rolled his shoulders and took a step out of the machine, squinting as the lights of the arcade assaulted him.

At the praise he gave the ghoul a lazy nod of head, agreeing that they should hit up another game together for sure. She was a good wingbro, and interesting to watch as well but more importantly to him she smelled ten times better than the boils in here tended to. "It was fun.." The reply was a soft yawn before he stretched his hands above his head then brought them down to pop his knuckles. Turning to walk off as he normally did Zaire paused half a step in and turned back, "....wanna hit up the vending machines...?" Couldn't hurt to ask, even though he had no idea why he had bothered.  

[musicaloner7]

Cheekiebirdiee

Gahhh I'm late, as usual. D; but yes I'd love to have more rp with them! Length is fine, I'm just terribly slow/bad with guild rps, haha. IM's are where I shine. + +

Following suit and stepping out too, she gave a big stretch and vocalized exhale as her joints popped in a few areas, providing some relief from being in a stiff position so intensely for that short while. She gave a sweep of her heavy bangs, and scan with her eyes at the population of other gamers in the place still. Pretty packed, and more were coming in. A few folks were clumped around the DDR area, which was unfortunate... that was always fun for getting the blood pumping, and mind going. Ah well.

Cannon instantly walked around Verusha a few times to also assess the area, as well as make sure to provide a divide between her and the boil she'd been gaming with, should he try and get any closer, that unwavering stare returning after the area was 'secured'. But he was glad to see that the boil looked to be tired, and the turn presented the possibility that he was leaving. Yes, perfect... the canine was pleased with this... only to flatten his ears at the offer that was presented to his ghoul.

Having pulled out her mp3, and prepping to lift up her headphones, Verusha gave pause when her partner had extended invitation, white eyes flickering over to pair with a grin, "Sure. I'm feeling pretty hungry from all that, anyway." she mused, tucking away the music player, and letting her large headphones rest back on her neck. She walked over to join the boils side, Cannon strategically keeping placed between them, "They actually have some decent stuff here." probably to keep people around, and interested.  

[Cheekiebirdiee]

musicaloner7

Awww no worries! If you ever want to do some IM rp to log I'd be totally cool with that!

Zaire noticed the music player and grinned curiously, "kinda...stuff...you into?" He was referring to music giving a motion to mimic headphones trying to get that across. Genuinely curious as it were to know, though he himself held no actual musical genre preference. A tanned finger slid over a silver pumpkin seed in pocket as he watched the ghoul with a lazy grin make her way over.

The caine between them given a brief look before actually brought into the conversation, "maybe..I should buy a peace offering too huh..?" Zaire rolled his eyes softly, teasing though likely serious if the ghoul figured it might score him some points with the familiar.

Off to the corner of the arcade was the snack area, it held a little more light but the smells were pungent and all mixed together to be that much more overwhelming to those that held sensitive noses. Circular tables with up to four chairs were scattered around and to the far right were a line of vending machines. A jingle of some spare seeds in pocket and he approached the sweet snacks one on a tilt of head back to Verusha, "pick..your poison.."  

[musicaloner7]

Cheekiebirdiee

Awesome! I'm musicaloner on AIM. Will always be invisible/hiding, but am basically around 24/7... except the rare times my body lets me sleep. x} verusha needs them friends.

Hands stuffed in her hoodies pockets, she glanced first to the boil, then down at her headphones, before grinning smugly, "Ah this and that. A mixed variety of rock, indie, and alternative, mostly." she pulled the mp3 back out of her pocket, to lean towards Zaire and show him a few of the songs that were listed already, scrolling through them. "What do you like listening to?" she paused, giving him a sudden look up and down, before meeting his face, "Do you play?" her voice had a lift in it with clear interest in what answer he would give.

Cannon only gave Zaire a brief glance at the boils jest, snorting and rolling his eyes in response, where as Verusha chuckled lightly, "Hey you can try. Though he doesn't usually eat from the hands of strangers." she eyed her firey companion, "once he gets to know ya better, I'm sure you'll be able to."

The sight of all the snacks had the ghouls eyes flickering around eagerly. Man she really was famished. Leaning forward to peer at what was in which machines, her eyes narrowed as though it might aid in her decision making process. Glancing over to Zaire again, she tried to gauge what kind of salty snacks he might like.... hmm... A hand lifted to press her finger to the glass, pointing at a bag of spicy dried shrimp looking critters. "These are pretty tasty."