Disclaimer: I do not own anything concerning Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
Yes, I still exist. Anyways, trying out something new here, which is using the six hyphens that I normally use to separate the AN from the chapter in Words to indicate the changing of the scene, in a way, and the full line to indicate the separation of the AN from the chapter like I always have. Also, chapter naming! Let me know how those two work out.
So Nanoha and Fate enjoyed their "date" at the amusement park by doing many various things. Of course, some were more... Interesting than others. And since some people would probably view it as a great crime were this event not described, it seems that the "law" must be upheld.
"So..." Fate started off and tried to make conversation as the two walked further in, "I'm kinda confused. What exactly are you interested in?" She asked, referring to the whole event that took place a couple seconds ago.
"I'm..." Nanoha spoke in response to Fate's question, trying to figure out the answer that would make the girl blush the most. After three horrible seconds of consideration, the answer arrived, "Fatesexual."
"Don't want to know." Fate commented, clearly in a much better mood than she had been in the past few days. "Seriously though, what?"
"Depends on how much you appeal to me tonight. Who knows? I may consider going full-time for the female persuasion just for you."
"I'm sorry I ever asked," Fate was very obviously in a good mood, as she was joking around with Nanoha playfully.
"Although, either way, I'm not letting you out of my sight without forcing you to take a free dinner or two." This is when Fate seriously felt that she should change the conversation. If it was anyone else, she probably would have felt this way sooner, but it is Nanoha we're talking about...
Moving on, due to her desperate urge to move the line of conversation away, Fate decided to point at the nearest attraction and try and ask the brunette if they wanted to try that. Nanoha, looking where Fate pointed to put two and two together and, although she realized the blonde's intentions, made no action to point them out, as their proposed destination was much more interesting than their current location. It was an almost world-renowned contest hall, where the point of the game that was held at this hall was to try and keep your mouth shut as long as you could. The building itself had wonderful gold cloth for it's curtain, with emerald gigantic letters that were so big that you couldn't hope to read what they were all saying unless you were at least half a mile away. In each of the multiple windows, it was possible to see multiple contestants try their hand at this game.
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What. The. Fu- never mind, let's try looking at this from a logical standpoint. First off, this place is relatively new, how the heck do they have a world-renowned attraction already? And that's not even taking into account how you get successful off of keeping your mouth shut. Even if there are prizes, you can't- I give up. Magic, okay? Let's just chalk it all up to magic and not think about this. My mind already broke, I think I want to keep it from becoming dust. Magic. And not that "pink beam of doom" magic that Nanoha is so famous for either, the "I make this happen by thinking about it" type of magic. Now, let's move on.
Fate was already beginning to regret her choice as steam rapidly blew in her face and tried to make her open her mouth. I still don't see the appeal in this. Anyways, after thirty seconds, Fate finally gave in to whatever the place was doing to make her open her mouth and opened it. Unfortunately, since Fate was not in a TV show or starring in a manga, she did not suddenly become an expert and get a high score. Rather, she placed neat the bottom of the ten to twenty percent range, and won a free ticket to a small snack at any store for her trouble. If the place gives free snack tickets the people that don't do so well, then how does the park stay alive? And they give you a prize every time you enter too, how does that even work... Right. Magic. No more thinking about it.
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After the time in the building-that-should-be-forgotten-for-the-sake-of-mankind-that-has-an-overly-long-hyphenated-name, it was time to decide where to go next. Spotting something that caught her eye, Nanoha grabbed Fate by the back of her dark brown sweater and began dragging the girl over to it. Taken by surprise, Fate was still confused when she caught sight of the Evsdigbmm Hifefs, which Nanoha was heading towards... What kind of name is that? I mean, it makes no sense whatsoever, and just seems like a bunch of random letters put together. Seriously, what are you supposed to do? There's no logical meaning behind that name in any wa- wait. If you did that and translated it, then it would come out to be... Oh, I see. So that's what it means. Now that that's settled, let's move on.
The Evsdigbmm Hifefs took the shape of a cup, having the bottom of the handle be the entrance. As she was being dragged into the cup by Nanoha, Fate noticed a couple people staring at her. What Fate didn't know, however, was that the people watching were either Signum, Yuuno, the "follower" Yuuno sent on a secret mission that didn't notice that Nanoha was the one dragging Fate, or someone trying to imagine the two in bed for... Certain reasons.
Upon entering the Evsdigbmm Hfets, Nanoha let go of Fate and waited for her to get up before stepping towards the end of the line. Not knowing what else to do, Fate followed timidly. After a next to unbearable wait that amounted to about ten minutes, the front of the line had been reached, and the pair went in, heading towards the seats. There were too seats in each vehicle, and every vehicle was in the shape of a sphere. Nanoha, remembering that the employee instructed her to press the green square to close the door, reached for the control panel. By some insane coincidence, Nanoha MISSED the green square and ended up pressing the red triangle, which was the button that indicated that both participants were ready, to put it in a fancy way. The moment the button was pushed, a voice sounded over the speaker.
"Hello. You have just confirmed you are ready. We will depart in 10, 9, 8..."
Cursing inwardly, Nanoha pushed Fate into a seat before getting in the other one and pressing the green square to close the door. At the same time, the brunette pressed the blue diamond to attach the safety belts. You know, I like how these buttons have no relevance whatsoever to each other, the shape of the ride, or what they do. Last time I checked, buttons were supposed to make sense.
After being pushed, Fate stumbled onto the seat she was aimed at, landing on her right leg. Before Fate could fix her position, however, the belt locked in, preventing any correction, however that works. The count arrived at zero right after the belts became fully strapped, and the sphere shot off while spinning around rapidly.
After about two minutes, the sphere slowly skidded to a stop, signaling the end. Nanoha was grinning from the thrill, and Fate was panting from the high speed at which they were going so suddenly. There's probably going to be a blackout any second now, huh? There always is.
Just then, the lights inside the sphere went out.
See? I told you. Even if the sphere is battery powered, it still manages to get a blackout somehow.
Just then, a voice rang over the speakers.
"Hello there. As you have noticed, the lights have gone out. This is not a blackout. We simply stop every ten minutes to allow people to think about how much of the ride they have already experience or get built up in anticipation. We will resume operation in five minutes. Thank you." Damn.
That's a stupid mechanic.
Not knowing what else to do, Nanoha and Fate sat silently, waiting for the lights to come back on. Five minutes later, they did. I still think it's a stupid idea. Slowly, the door slid open an inch before the lights went back out again due to a blackout.
In a moment, the speakers resonated another message in the same voice as the previous message.
"Attention: This actually is a blackout. Unlike everything else in the park, we lack a backup generator. Please be patient for about ten minutes as we take some extra energy from other places to repower everything. Thank you." Wow, there actually was a blackout. Even though there was an extremely impractical explanation for it, Nanoha and Fate were still sitting in the sphere waiting for power to come. Say, why don't they take power from the building-that-should-be-forgotten-for-the-sake-of-mankind-that-has-an-overly-long-hyphenated-name? It's powered by magic anyways. Even if it isn't, there be no loss! Anyways, putting aside what I think, back to what you're really here for. Nanoha and Fate.
Although the news of the blackout was surprising at first, it wasn't so bad for the pair once the initial shock died down, as they had just spent the last five minutes in similar situations. Ten more wouldn't be so bad, right?
Apparently so, as ten minutes passed rather uneventfully, while Nanoha and Fate talked about how they thought about the ride to try and appease the boredom. Suddenly, the lights came on, and the doors open, very obviously signaling that the lack of power had been fixed. Pressing the black line to get rid of the belts, Nanoha got up and was heading towards the door when Fate made a noise of shock and fell down.
"Fate? What's wrong?" Nanoha yelled, worried, grabbing the one of the girl's arms and offering to help her up.
"Nothing..." Fate muttered, accepting the help and pulling herself up, "my leg's just a bit nUMB!" She yelled, falling once again, still not adapted to the strange sensation in her leg that was throwing off her balance. This is the point where any normal person would be glad that the ride takes so long to go off to be ridden by the next person. Because of how much Nanoha cared for Fate, however, she was busy worrying about her friend. Fate was too busy falling down to pay attention to things like that.
Sighing, Nanoha lifted Fate into the air, and placed the blonde on her back.
"Hold on tight, okay?"
"Um... Nanoha... What?" Fate asked, trying to from a coherent and logical explanation as to what had just happened.
"Well, since you are clearly incapable of walking, I'll just carry you. Don't worry, you're really light, you know."
"That's not the problemmmmmm..." Fate trailed, resigning herself to her fate and folding her arms right above Nanoha's chest as the brunette heading towards the exit.
This was supposed to be two or three times longer, but I decided that this was enough for one chapter and felt like thinking about everything else that would happen at the park a bit more(read: I got lazy). Please review.
