Arrow

"Alright everyone we've taken the votes and it looks like we're going to Terra Neon for our vacation this time."

The team had been working really hard so we had decided to take a vacation and try to relax for a while before the action starts up again.

"Stork set course for Terra Neon"

"Fine Arrow but don't blame me when someone breaks a bone on the rides."

While Stork went to the helm to the fly the ship I decided to go have a chat with Piper. Cyclonis had been sending her talons to some pretty remote regions lately and I wanted to see if they had some sort of pattern. When I opened the door to her room I found her working on some sort of crystal at her workstation.

"Have you found anything Piper?"

The sound of my voice gets her attention causing her to turn around a bit too fast and bang her knee on the table. I do my best not to laugh as she hopes around for a moment.

"Ouch, you could knock next time Arrow, but yeah after going over some maps with my crystal radar I found that nearly all the regions she sent the Teras to be places you could find cloaking crystals."

"Cloaking crystals?"

"Yeah they're pretty rare to find but they let you take on a completely different appearance."

"So we need to be more careful and try to keep an eye out for anyone unusual then."

"Yeah but until then I'll get to work on some sort of crystal to nullify the cloaking effect."

Nodding I make my way to the bridge as the flashing lights of terra Neon come into view and we make our landing. Junko and Finn were the first ones off the ship screaming about bumper cars and a sky dog eating contest. Stork mentioned something about going to see some sort of museum of horrible atrocities that just opened up and my good buddy Radar ditched me the moment he saw the food stands of bananas leaving me to wander and have some fun on my own.

One of the shooting galleries got my attention for a while so I decided to play, before long I had racked up a lot of points and was aiming for the high score.

"Nice shooting kid, but you'll have to do better if you want to beat the champ's high score." The guy from the stands says as I start reloading my rifle.

"Oh I plan to." I say as I continue racking up points and getting closer and closer to the score but as I get close to the high score my targets start getting stolen by a new player. Looking over I see she's about my age with two blonde pigtails and look of pure concentration on her face.

"Who are you?"

Not even stopping to look up she states as she knocks over one of the harder and faster targets.

"I'm the reigning champ, can't have you beating the score I worked so hard to get."

"We'll see about that."

Soon it turns into a frenzy of falling targets and flying bullets as the stand owner watches in awe. It soon comes down to one final target in the far back we take aim but she tries to fire to soon after her last shot and her rifle overheats which allows me to get the last target and beat her high score.

"Winner and with a new high score! Alright kid pick any prize off the top shelf you've earned it."

Smiling I take a look at some of the prizes, a disco ball, a cool crystal blade, a creepy looking doll, and bag filled to the brim with crystals. I was about to choose the crystal blade when I noticed the girl staring at the doll.

"I'll take the doll"

"You want the doll? I'd think you want the blade more"

"Not for me for her"

The stand owner smiles as her reaches up and grabs the doll before giving it to the girl who takes it instantly and holds it toward her chest and smileing before looking at me with an expression of disbelief.

"Thanks for the doll but why did you get it for me when you clearly wanted to blade."

"What can I say my blades have served me well this long besides I think the doll is better with you than hanging here forever."

She chews her bottom lip for a moment before looking up to me.

"… I don't like owing people so… if you want… we could… play a few games together or maybe go on some rides my treat"

"Like a date?"

Her face darkens and she chokes out a few fragments of words before she regains her composer.

"Ah well I guess or just to people having some fun together for a while."

"Sure but can you tell me your name first?"

"It's Lark"

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