Action over the course of a few days

[not_good_not_wicked]

Marisa eventually made it home from her adventure in the mines. As she was covered in dirt and scratches and a few bruises, her mother called her in sick the next day, but also grounded her for skipping school and then not being able to come up with any kind of good explanation for where she had been. She didn't feel the need to share that with the network, though. She spent most of that time in her room, filling pages in a new journal she had picked up with all the details of the strange memories and skills she had recalled. Eventually she did start showing up around town, because her mother spent most of her time bunkered up in her office, writing, and was not hard to avoid.

So Marisa can be found around Locke City, generally doing all the stuff that a teenager who wants to have fun and make friends does. She's laughing just a bit TOO hard sometimes, and sometimes holding onto things with just a little bit too much force, but she figures there's no one in this part of the country who knows her well enough to look for the subtle signs showing that she just watched a homeless man die, almost got killed, beat a monster to death with a baseball bat, and might slowly be going insane with all these weird memories (or delusions?). She's trying to convince herself that she's not half a step from flipping out.

You might run into her:
- At the arcade, tearing down Bakura's high scores. Just to prove she can. She's succeeded at a few games, mostly ones involving flying around and dodging.
- Scavenging the mall food court for free samples (But not buying anything)
- Reading piles of random books at the library (Bt not checking anything out because of her already mounting late fees)
- At music stores listening to music (but not buying anything)
- At clothing stores trying on clothes (but not buying anything)
- Anywhere else a teenager might go to have fun without spending a lot of money.

Comments

[italktofish]

While Marisa was at the mall, she might have noticed a small scene over at the entrance to the pet store. If she did notice it, well, Arthur could use some help...or she always had the option of sitting back and watching the show, for a show was threatening to develop.

"For the last time, sir, I'm going to have to ask you to leave!" One of the pet store employees was ushering Arthur from the store.

"But I wasn't doing anything! Just holding a conversation!"

"Sir. You were disturbing the other customers. I'm going to have to ask you to leave." The poor beleaguered pet store employee really wasn't being paid enough to deal with Arthur looking at aquarium supplies and asking the fish at the store what they thought of various tank additions.

[not_good_not_wicked]

He can take care of himself, and in meantime it's kinda funny to watch. Also Marisa vaguely recognizes him from scanning around the network.

After he was safely expelled from the petshop, she ambled over. "Having fun?"

[italktofish]

"Well, I was, up until the point that salesman decided asking around about what others thought about my potential purchases was getting annoying." He held up a small baggie containing a few aquarium accessories. There were caves for fish to hide in, a couple of bottles of chemicals, and other things that seemed absolutely normal for an aquarium enthusiast to be buying.

[not_good_not_wicked]

"Seems like fish wouldn't make for great conversation."

[italktofish]

"They make for better conversation than you'd think!" Arthur grinned. "They see things differently than you or me...it's just getting a fresh perspective on things!"

[not_good_not_wicked]

She fought down a snicker, "What were they saying, then?"

[italktofish]

"Well, the ones in the store mostly just wanted a change of scenery, or something to eat!" Arthur paused, thinking about those conversations. "And they ALL agreed that humans tapping on the glass is about the most obnoxious thing in the world!"

[not_good_not_wicked]

"Obnoxious, huh?"

Marisa, of course, taps fishtanks all the time.

[italktofish]

"Kind of having loud, babbling people come around and cause an earthquake every so often, yeah!"

Really, Arthur used to tap fishtanks too, until he learned better.