Game and Eats

I honestly didn't know where to take her, so I asked if she had a preference. After half-jokingly suggesting my place, Gaz snapped her fingers and mentioned a restaurant with a MASSIVE arcade in it. "Any particular time you'd like to do this?" I asked. I was fairly open to any suggestion, really.

Pulling out a phone, Gaz muttered to herself, tapping the screen now and again. I couldn't see what she was doing. Finally she shoved her phone back in her pocket. "How's right now sound?" she asked, grinning. Shrugging, I agreed. "Did you park around here?" I asked.

Sighing, Gaz shook her head. "I...can't drive, actually," she said sheepishly. "I can't see at night. ...or when it's raining. Or foggy." In truth, neither could I, but I was still able to drive. I guess this was just to make sure she could come straight with me to anywhere I wanted to go.

"No worries. You can ride with me," I told her. Gaz seemed to quiver with excitement as I led her to my car. It wasn't much to look at, mind you. If this bothered her, she showed no signs, hopping in the instant the door was unlocked. As I climbed inside, I heard her whispering about how she couldn't believe she was finally going on a date.

This worried me a bit. I mean, yeah, she was designed to be a nerd...but she was also gorgeous. So what reason did people possible have to not ask her out (as far as her pre-programmed past was concerned)? Maybe there was no real reason. I sure hoped so. It would be really infuriating if I bought this model and she turned out to have some disturbing defect.

With Gaz's direction, I drove us to the restaurant. She hadn't been lying about it being massive. The parking lot was a several story indoor one. I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my wallet as I paid for the ticket needed to enter the lot. Parking on the second floor, we exited the car and entered the building. "So, Gaz, what do you want to do first? Eat or play?" I asked. "Play," she replied with a beaming grin that really went against her original character. I guess I should have expected that. I mean, a misanthrope that played DnD? Didn't seem likely.

Once we were in the arcade, Gaz unzipped her coat. The usual black and purple dress was absent. Instead there was a familiar white shirt with blue sleeves. Stretched across the chest was a red sign with white lettering. "Sugoi Dekai." Well, it wasn't wrong. "Truth in advertising, Gaz?" I asked, gesturing to her shirt. She beamed at me, clearly delighted that I knew what the words meant which was, essentially, "very big".

"I'm very upfront," she replied, giggling. It took me a second to realize what was so funny. Upfront. "Clearly," I replied, ruffling her hair. "You wouldn't happen to cosplay, would you?" Her eyes widened and she turned to look at me in amazement. "How'd you guess?" I had to laugh. Well, of course she did. Her cheeky grin returned. "Maybe I'll model for you sometime."

After we got a bunch of tokens, we hit the arcade. Tapping her chin in thought, Gaz suddenly grabbed my hand and dragged me toward...oh no. A Tekken 7 arcade cabinet. "How's about we make this interesting?" Gaz asked, running a token between her fingers in a dazzling display I didn't think she'd be capable of. "A little wager sound good?"

Given how I knew I had no chance, it didn't sound good...but I couldn't say no.