welcome to the mansion

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[The Champions wake up not in a bed, but alone on a plush, velvet seat. Some may recognize the backseat of a limousine, while some may not, but the windows are tinted black inside and out, and there's no chauffeur. All are wearing expensive formalwear, no matter what they thought they were wearing before.

The door opens by an unseen hand and reveals a gravel drive with a red carpet and a lavish fountain. Others are already there, and more limousines continue to pull up afterward. The front doors are locked, and overhead curls a large protective glass dome, keeping the cold void of space at bay, but hey, there's also an unparalleled view of the stars.]

Hey there, Champions, welcome to the IGS Fantasy Sweet. I'm PAL, your onboard maintenance system for this location. Your Overseer will arrive shortly. Please be patient.

Comments

[goteachother]

[Yeah okay she's used to that look, as odd as it is not to actually be able to hear the appraisal intruding on her own thoughts.]

I think it was just a sonorus charm. [Nose winkle] I really bad one.

[She hasn't figured out everyone's no-majs yet. Oh Tina would be so mad at her.]

[buddyoldpal]

Babe, yer definition of "sonorous" must be a lil different from mine cause I got no fuckin' clue what yer talkin' about.

[ He shrugs. Hey, she's hot at least, huh? ]

What's a doll like you doin' in a place like this?

[goteachother]

[She tilts her head, a little confused. Amplifying charms were easy. That was 2nd year stuff. Unless-

oh no.

Her eyes widen and she just smiles at him, trying to pretend everything is totally normal and she's not talking to a no-maj]

O-oh never mind me. I'm just-

Well honestly I have no idea. You?

[buddyoldpal]

[ What a weird girl. Nishitani won't say anything, he's not about to pick a fight with a girl. ]

Same here, ain't got a clue how I wound up here. Funny thing, ain't it?

[ It's too bad they seem to have taken his lapel pin because no one's gonna know who he is... ]

Homare Nishitani, at yer service. Ya don't really look Japanese, so I'm guessin' that don't mean shit to ya, huh?

[goteachother]

Oh gosh that's a mouthful. [Mercy Lewis how on earth is she supposed to say that?]

N-no, 'm from New York. I take it yer pretty important, then? [All the more reason to not mangle his name.]

[buddyoldpal]

You can call me Nishitani, girlie. But if ya wanna shorten it, I sure won't mind. Hell, ya can do whatever ya want with me an' I won't mind.

[ He winks at her. God help you, Queenie. ]

I'm what ya call a mob boss, sweetheart.

[goteachother]

Nish'tani? [She tries, bless her, but it comes out more as Niche-tawny. Any embarrassment over the way she mutilates his name vanishes when he offers his profession as "mob boss" because wow that's both terrifying and cool. She is from the gangster era, after all.]

Like... Like Mr. Capone or Joe Masseria? [The papers romanticize this stuff, okay. Especially from a Wizarding perspective. You might as well have just said you're Superman.]

[buddyoldpal]

That's close enough, sure!

[ He laughs. He's not gonna have any luck with her name, and for real tho, she can call him whatever 'cause she's cute. ]

Those're those big shots they make movies about, right? Yeah, just like' em! [ Except less guns because it's Japan, but you know. ] I got my own family and my own slice of Sotenbori back home. It's too damn bad we're stuck here or I'd show ya a thing or two.

[ What kind of things.... does he mean exactly... ]

[goteachother]

[Eventually she's going to give up and just call him 'tani.]

That sounds so exciting. [She seriously looks so pleased about this. And she knows exactly what kinds of things he wants to show her. She'd be perfectly fine being the dumb blonde on the mobster's arm. Beyond that she can make promise just far enough to get her way~]

[buddyoldpal]

[ That's cute, do that for sure...!! He'd have absolutely no problem with having a cute girl on his arm, please take advantage of this. ]

Oh, it's real excitin', babe. My family's the biggest one in the whole damn Omi Alliance. We got Osaka under our thumb, nothin' goes in or out without gettin' my say so.

[goteachother]

[She laughs, bright and cheerful, shaking her head like this is the most novel conversation she's ever had.

Actually, it probably is.]

You keep sayin all these words and I got no idea what yer talkin about. It all sounds very exotic though?

[buddyoldpal]

[ Oh, he likes her a lot. He laughs just as easy, grinning ear to ear. ]

Mm-hm. Same as I ain't know a thing about New York besides the Big Apple and that statue of yers. But I don't speak a damn lick of English, so how's that work, eh?

[goteachother]

What're ya talking about, honey. Your English is fine. [A giggle and a playful nudge to his arm.]

Shucks, yers is better'n mine, really. What with the accent and all.

[buddyoldpal]

An' yer Japanese is goddamn flawless, girlie!

[ Whatever, it doesn't have to make sense. ]

Speakin' of, ya ain't told me yer name yet. Now, I ain't offended, if ya want me ta keep callin' ya babe, that's fine with me.

[goteachother]

......

[Wait.

What!?!?

oh!! Oh how rude. She's always so bad with this whole introductions thing.]

's Queenie. Queenie Goldstein.

I'm sorry did you say Japanese?!

[buddyoldpal]

[ It's cool, he'll wait. He likes her enough that this is no problem. ]

Sounds Japanese ta me. Unless I suddenly learned English, which, I think I'd fuckin' remember doin'.

Queenie-chan, hah? Cute name.

[goteachother]

[Okay that is not a spell she's heard of before. And it must be awfully powerful to be affecting everyone here.]

Well ain't that just the berries. [And she's giggling again because as worrying as that could be it's also really really awesome.

But also...]

What's a 'chan'?

[buddyoldpal]

Shit, sure is!

[ "The berries." That's cute. She's real cute, what a doll. ]

Ah, that's a thing we do in Japanese, throw these things called 'honorifics' after names. Means I like ya and yer damn cute too.

[goteachother]

[She's full of ridiculous slang, just you wait.]

Honorifics? Is that kinda like titles? Y'know... Miss, Mr.... only so much cuter. "Chan" is much better than "Miss"

[buddyoldpal]

[ I'm legit so excited ]

Yeah, just like that! I think -chan is cuter too. Queenie-chan suits ya much better, doll.

[goteachother]

So what would yours be? Miiister Nishitani?

[It's still hilarious how bad it is.]

If -chan is Miss then what's Mister?

[buddyoldpal]

Well, the proper thing is prolly gonna be -san, but that's a little impersonal ta be honest. My name's pretty damn long as is, but I sure wouldn't mind ya callin' me Nishitani-kun. Or hell, ya don't hafta add anythin' at all, we're tight!