The next day was the day that the supposed meeting was happening, Srebarna and Erika were in their bickering as usual. They were still not on good terms. Pomorie was just watching as she decided to keep herself mute.
"I told you, you should have continued the attack even with the flanks collapsing, we could've cut them off." Srebarna told Erika about this, at this point Srebarna was trying to provoke Erika into getting what she wanted.
"You seem to be ignorant with the facts on the ground. We played the flanks around ourselves in the northern bulge poorly and we paid dearly for that. And you decided that you wanted to be gone for most of the match so you decided that you wanted to be the first ones knocked out." Erika threw her two cents into the conversation. Pomorie continued to watch as Srebarna tried to get her way in all of this confusion.
"You're just a naysayer in all of this, I will have you demoted from your position. My plans are flawless!" Srebarna continued to bicker in her ignorant ways. At this point Erika had enough with her.
"You're so delusional nowaday's Srebarna, it's not even funny. Now you either lead your students or get out of my way. Get out of this chat!" Erika shouted as she wanted Srebarna gone. She pressed the kick button as she kicked Srebarna out. Erika huffed as she noticed Pomorie was in the chat too. "And you, you support your delusional leader?" Erika asked Pomorie.
"I was just listening, not throwing anything in there." Pomorie responded with her innocence, she shielded her arms and hands over her head thinking Erika was going to smack her. Erika calmed down as she looked at Pomorie.
"Oh. I never thought you were getting involved, I had to focus on your bastard of a leader Srebarna that I completely forgot about you. And by the looks of things, you did the right thing by keeping yourself mute and not joining the conversation." Erika realized that Pomorie was just spectating and not throwing any insults her way. "Yeah Srebarna is beginning to lose it. She thinks that she wants victory through charges as our school often misses opportunities to counter attack as its part of your history. Srebarna is trying to break that mold which I do like. What I don't like about it is her snobbish overconfidence expecting that she is willing to win. Srebarna cannot be trusted in the slightest." Erika told Pomorie to tread lightly around Srebarna. Pomorie nodded as the door was getting knocked on.
"I need to go, it was nice chatting with you Erika, take care." Pomorie knew that the knocking could mean only. She decided to shut down as she got up from her desk and walked over. Opening the door, to see who it was, it was Kamchia.
"Pomorie, Srebarna has called for an emergency meeting in the auditorium in five minutes, you better get yourself down there." Kamchia gave Pomorie the news. Srebarna had left the chat with Erika but was this really the best way to get the school together? Pomorie knew that she needed to go with this flow.
Pomorie, Rila, Varna and Kamchia had arrived in the auditorium a few minutes later and the three freshmen took their seats. Kamchia was going to represent the school along with Popovo and Srebarna. Pomorie looked at Rila and Varna confused as they were just as confused as they were. Why was Srebarna calling for this meeting?
"Okay everyone is here, now the meeting with Erika was a complete disaster on her end as she is trying to claim all the credit for herself while we did most of the hard work. To only lose at the end. We put up our performance to impress Maho and her apprentice and they are examples to follow." Srebarna tried to rally the school together. The school however was divided on the matters as they didn't know who to side with. A student tried to express her criticism that Srebarna is trying to take the credit over a lost match.
"That's because you did nothing and sat on your ass for most of the match." She responded that Srebarna did nothing to contribute to her team and is willing to take the credit. Srebarna knew she didn't want to get mocked like that again and would soon begin making demands.
"That girl offends me, remove it." Srebarna called out. Two students came to remove the girl that criticized Srebarna. Once that was out of the way, Srebarna could move on to more important matters. "Okay for the reason I called you in here is that I would like to give the message that no one should speak to Erika anymore. She is unwilling to accept that my plans are good and that we could've won that match if Erika just listened to me." Srebarna told them that the students from her school should listen to her and her only even if making statements that weren't true.
"Srebarna is beginning to lose it, isn't she. We know that Erika is crazy and can be dumb at times, but at least she's sane. Srebarna feels like she is giving up our school to make us a target." Beli whispered to Pomorie. Pomorie nodded as Srebarna continued rattling on with her words of delusion.
"...and any student that tries to disagree with me shall meet in my office and get the pokey pokey." Srebarna snickered as she got out a flensing knife. The other students gasped with fright. Pomorie especially, as a question raced through her head. Where did she get this knife from? Who gave it to her. She needed answers. "Meeting dismissed." Srebarna told them as all the students got up and began to walk away. Pomorie was concerned and needed answers fast. She raced back to her dorm. She opened her laptop as she began typing away fast and nervously to Erika to give her the news. Erika opened up her tab as she saw the news and decided to get on to talk with Pomorie.
"You seem nervous Pomorie, do you know what is going on?" Erika asked. Pomorie began speaking after catching her breath.
"Yeah I am nervous. Srebarna held a meeting that we shouldn't trust you." Pomorie gave her answer. Erika sighed as she wasn't surprised.
"Of course she needed to tell the entire school to rally against me, what else is new?" Erika asked sarcastically if the massive hatred for her was new.
"Actually, there's more." Pomorie continued. Erika's head turned when she asked what else was there going on.
"I know it was a joke but go on." Erika responded as Pomorie began to think, she knew what she needed to say.
"Also Srebarna has a knife." Pomorie stuttered as she knew she was frightened by this turn of events. Erika's eyes opened wide as she was frightened as well.
"Where did she get a knife from?" Erika asked if Pomorie had the answer.
"I don't know, that's why I came to you." Pomorie answered as neither of them had the answer. Something then popped into Erika's brain.
"Wait." Erika began. She decided to ignore Pomorie for a moment as she began typing away on her keyboard. She knew exactly who to contact with. A screen popped up as it was one of the Ooarai students from the student council as she was wondering if she had answers. "Oh hello Momo-chan." Erika began. Momo didn't like being called that.
"For the last time, DON'T CALL ME MOMO-CHAN!" Momo shouted before calming down. Erika knew she needed to get a few things out of the way.
"Okay jeez, we just have a few questions that I need to ask." Erika began. "So I got reports from my friend Pomorie that her student council leader pulled a knife out to threaten her students if they didn't agree with her opinions. So I wanted to ask, where did Srebarna get this knife from and who gave it to her?" Erika asked. Momo began to think for a moment. She got the answer of who gave it to her.
"If Srebarna got that flensing knife. It one hundred percent chance came from Anzu herself." Momo gave the answer. Erika and Pomorie were stunned, Anzu, what was she doing with all of those knives? They needed to ask more questions.
"If we know who gave it to her, what exactly happened?" Pomorie asked. Momo thought about this for a moment before she began retracing her events back.
"Well this all began before we went to that Valentine's day dinner party. From what I've gathered a good portion of us and by good portion everyone on the Sensha-Do team except for Anzu were banned from Gunmetal StuG's discord server since Saori said that Gay marriage should be illegal and everyone should get a boyfriend. He didn't like that one bit. That two-faced hater of us students. He's a complete debil who should go by the name of "Vadim Blyat." Miho was especially upset about this since she really defended Saori fiercely. Now the only solution in her eyes is to reunite the CCCP Motherland with the help of an Estonian Youtuber in a yellow We Slav tracksuit which fortunately didn't happen. All me and Yuzu did was take most of the knives away from Anzu and sold them off for a quick buck except for one that Anzu had hidden away. And when we were at that dinner party, I saw Anzu giving that knife to Srebarna. From the corner of my eyes, I knew she still had one left on her." Momo explained what happened during that time. Erika and Pomorie understood it well. "She thinks she's an artist and she would not be censored."
"Yeah… so we basically know the situation and how the knife ended up with Srebarna. Now she's taking after said student and using it as a tool to force us over." Erika explained to Momo about what exactly the situation concluded. Pomorie had a question for Momo but it wasn't on the topic.
"So Momo, I noticed Ooarai is getting more and more Slavic, is there a reason behind it?" Pomorie asked if Momo had a clue. Momo began speaking to her.
"Well Miho just introduced the school to the Estonian Slav and we wanted to be like him. I don't know too much about this. Now if you excuse me, I need to change into my Adidas Tracksuit and go squat somewhere." Momo left the chat as Erika and Pomorie now knew where Srebarna got the knife from.
"Okay so that's a yes but I think Maho will be upset that her little sister is copying what Pravda seeks to do." Erika gave her response on why Momo said she was going to go squat.
"Let them do what they need to do, for now we should keep an eye on Srebarna." Pomorie told Erika that they had more important things to do.
"Oh right, so here's the plan, I'll give you an empty notebook this weekend and you will copy down everything Srebarna says. If she plans on treachery, we can use this as evidence against her for when she gets caught." Erika decided to switch her focus back onto Srebarna. Pomorie nodded as she knew that espionage would begin. "For now, I have a project to do so I'll see you later." Erika left the chat as Pomorie knew exactly what Erika had in store. A knock was heard on Pomorie's door as she wanted to figure out what it was.
"Come in." Pomorie called out as she was finishing a couple of last minute projects. The door opened as it was Kamchia and Rila. "Good afternoon you two." Pomorie greeted them.
"Hey Pomorie, we got news that Pravda students have been spotted on our ship, it seems that they have dressed casually and are planning on spending the afternoon on the ship." Kamchia decided to report to Pomorie about what was happening.
"So they have no business with us?" Pomorie asked as she wanted to confirm that this was correct.
"Yep." Rila responded. Pomorie was confused as of now, why did they ask her specifically?
"And what does this have to do with me?" Pomorie asked as she wanted to figure out if she was involved in any way.
"Oh we wanted to ask you if you would want to join us when we go to the mall's arcade in fifteen minutes from now and spend the afternoon together?" Kamchia asked Pomorie if she would enjoy coming out with them.
"Okay you've definitely got my attention, count me in." Pomorie responded as she finished up a couple of small things, the bigger things she will be doing over the weekend as there wasn't enough time for that as of now. She decided to go get herself changed, once done she grabbed her coat and ran out the door. She was definitely excited.
Pomorie, Rila and Kamchia ran to the lobby with excitement as Popovo, Varna and Beli were waiting for them.
"I'm certainly excited, I haven't been to their mall in a while and I would want to get a few things from their store." Beli whispered to Pomorie with her glee. Pomorie nodded as Varna waved her hand.
"Well all we need to do now is catch a tram to town." Varna told them as Popovo looked at a mysterious figure walking past them, she was wearing a disguise to avoid suspicion. She had a duffle bag slung over her as she wrote a few things on the paper, mostly telling the people where she was going to go.
"Well where is she going?" Popovo asked as she didn't recognize who this lady was. The others looked on as she walked out the door. Pomorie didn't know but she wanted to follow to make sure they could find out who this lady was.
"I don't know, it's best we follow her to make sure she doesn't spill any beans on us." Pomorie gave the suggestion, the others nodded as they began walking along. They exited the school building and they were now at the front gates. The mysterious lady walked up to Nonna as she began to speak.
"So I say that the plan that is to meet up with Anzu at the arcade in about a half hour from now is correct?" She asked. Nonna looked at her as she didn't know too much about this plan.
"That is correct but I won't be attending your little meeting, I have to watch Katyusha for the time being." Nonna responded as she gave the lady the tip that she wouldn't be attending the meeting with her.
"Katyusha doesn't need to be watched, she's old enough to watch herself." Katyusha protested that she could watch herself. Nonna looked at Katyusha.
"Katyusha needs to stand above all when playing games right?" Nonna asked her if that was correct. Katyusha paused for a second as she remembered.
"Oh yeah, your right." Katyusha responded. A tram pulled up as the students began to board. Pomorie and the others knew that they wouldn't be boarding this one, might as well wait for the next one. The six of them made their way forth as they were waiting at the tram stop. Within seconds a second tram pulled up as the driver opened the door.
"You girls are going to town?" He asked. Pomorie nodded yes as she knew that was exactly where she was going. "Hop on board, I'm heading there now." He winked to tell them to get on. Pomorie stepped on first as the others followed, once they managed to sit down and get settled, he closed the doors and let the tram get underway. Pomorie was sitting next to Varna as she had her scarf on as usual.
'Hey Varna, spring is coming up, when will you take that thing off?" Pomorie asked her when the scarf was coming off. Varna looked at her friend.
"Probably not since I like the feeling of it year round, when it gets really hot, I take it off as I don't want it to get stained with sweat." Varna answered Pomorie's question on whether or not the scarf will come off with the warmer weather.
"Oh okay. I didn't know." Pomorie responded as the Tram continued down the roadside. Within a few minutes, they pulled up to the station where they disembarked with Alice the first time they came here. They had lost sight of them but it was good to avoid suspicion among the group.
"You know the way there?" Kamchia asked Pomorie if she had any ideas on how to get there. Pomorie nodded as she motioned her hand to tell them to stay low and follow her. Pomorie took the lead as she led the others to the mall.
The arcade in the mall was located on the second floor on the opposite side of the food store. It was easily the biggest type of place in the mall. Below it was a museum where Yogurt Academy's records and history were being kept and was made for educational purposes. Pomorie and the others were on the second floor as each student had brought with them plenty of cash to make this night worthwhile.
"I don't know what to get from this Arcade?" Pomorie asked as she wanted to find out what she was going to get.
"I hope they have pugs." Rila responded as she wanted to get that as her prize. Varna looked at her with disapproval.
"You with the smush faced dogs, I hope they have Boko so I can get Alice one." Varna joked with Rila, if she was going to get something for herself, might as well get something close to you. Pomorie smiled.
"That was very sweet of you to think about that Varna." Pomorie replied. Varna laughed as they began walking into the arcade.
The arcade they were in was a very mixed one. Some of the games were brand new while others were old pinball machines that were still in good condition. The girls walked up to the register as one of the workers looked at the girls as he wondered what he could do for them.
"How many am I taking for today?" He asked as he wondered how many he was going to let in.
"Six please." Pomorie responded as the others looked on. The man began computing on how many he was going to let in.
"How much Yen do you want on your cards?" He asked politely. Pomorie began to think as she came up with a reasonable number.
"Two hundred and fifty yen each." Pomorie responded. The others were amazed as Pomorie was going to begin with that much. The students began cashing up on what they had as they were going to make this night worth it. Once paying for their cards and respected yen. The man handed them their cards as he continued to speak.
"There are machines scattered around the place if you want to put more Yen on your cards. Other than that, enjoy your stay." He told them. Pomorie and the others nodded as they began to walk into the arcade.
"Woah, I never knew such a place like this existed." Popovo was excited about the look, she had heard about this place but didn't go over to visit. Kamchia looked at them wondering what games they wanted to play first.
"Oh there's my favorite game over there." Kamchia told them. She raced to a token machine as she took her card and began swiping it in. Popovo laughed.
"Of course she goes over there." Popovo responded. Varna looked at her.
"You can make a ton of tickets on that machine alone. Tokens, chips, cards. They can guarantee you lots of tickets." Varna laughed as Beli went over to that machine as well.
"So what games do you want to play?" Pomorie asked. Varna looked at Pomorie and Rila as she snickered.
"I'll challenge you to Ski-ball." Varna told the two of them. Pomorie scratched the back of her head as she was a little confused on how to play the game but Rila knew it was on.
"You're on Varna." Rila gave her response. Pomorie knew she needed to ask a question.
"What is Ski-ball exactly?" Pomorie asked as she wanted to figure out what this game was in particular.
"Ski-ball is when you roll a set number of balls to get the highest amount of points, not the most ticket making machine but it's only about five yen so it's cheap as a compromise." Varna responded as she got out her card and swiped it in. Rila got out her card next and swiped it in next. Pomorie got out her card and swiped it. Once all three had registered, the balls began rolling down to meet them. Varna picked up a ball to give a demonstration. "Watch and learn." Varna threw the ball with grace. The ball rolled along the track as it then slid up. The ball landed in the fifty point pit as it was deposited down.
"Wow all of that time driving makes you good at throwing." Rila was amazed that Varna handled that with grace. Varna giggled.
"You should see me bowling if I take you gals out one night." Varna told them. Rila took the ball as she was up next. She threw the ball as the ball bounced up high but it lacked trajectory and instead landed in the twenty point pit. "Not bad for your first throw. Okay Pomorie you're up." Varna told Pomorie that her turn was next.
"Okay." Pomorie gulped as she was nervous about this. She grabbed the round ball and began making trajectory calculations. She threw the ball along as the ball soared up but her shot was far off target, the ball crashed into the side of the pit as it rolled down and into the ten point pit.
"Come on Pomorie that wasn't your best, let's finish this game up to see what we can walk away with." Varna told them as they decided to get on with their game.
Yuzu and Momo weren't far away as they were walking around as they were figuring out what games to play. Momo was rather bored in this arcade and needed someone to talk to.
"Looks like all the best machines are taken, all I can do is wait for one to become open or someone to talk to." Momo groaned with boredom. Yuzu was fortunately there to brighten up their day.
"Well you have me to talk to, but why do you seem quiet? I'm willing to help out." Yuzu asked Momo why she had the long face.
"I know but you talk to me every single day so I see you every single day. I just want someone new to talk to." Momo responded as she continued walking around. They were approaching the Ski-ball machines when she noticed someone on the corner of her eyes. They just finished their game and were heading off with their cards. "Pomorie!" Momo called out as she ran over to greet her. Pomorie turned her head to see Momo approach her. Yuzu held back and watched from a safe distance.
"I never thought I was going to see you here, speaking of which why are you here in this arcade in particular?" Pomorie asked Momo what she was doing here. Momo looked at Pomorie as she began to speak.
"Well Anzu arranged something with a girl from Yogurt Academy and had her come here to explain their plans. And this girl walked in a disguise and a duffle bag. She puts the bag down as she goes out of her way to talk to Anzu. Yuzu opened the said bag and found clothes and this girl's personal belongings in there." Momo explained what was happening.
"So what were they talking about?" Pomorie asked as she wanted to go try another one of the machines. Momo began walking as she decided to take the lead in this.
"Well basically the girl Anzu was talking to had placed a strict rule that Erika is nothing more than treachery and her plans didn't work. After losing three matches, she declares her to be an enemy and is seeking to switch sides and go against Kuromorimine and its allies." Momo told Pomorie about what was happening. Pomorie's eyes widened, the girl that Anzu was hanging out was Srebarna. Pomorie nodded as she began to speak next.
"Erika and Srebarna never got along with each other that well since from the start and they're both at a boiling point and switching sides after three lost matches, isn't that a little too extreme? We can recuperate from these losses easily if we had better tanks to go with our light tanks." Pomorie told Momo about the situation. Yuzu began to speak for Momo.
"It is, I say we should continue monitoring the situation before making a decision, switching sides now is a little too early for my tastes. If you keep losing and the enemy is right on your doorstep, then would be a good time to switch sides." Yuzu told Pomorie what the appropriate response to that was. Pomorie nodded.
"You seem to be right on that one. We'll just continue looking at it to make sure that the situation doesn't get nasty." Pomorie told Yuzu about it. Yuzu walked over and patted Pomorie on the head.
"Keep your head high, even if someone's trying to drag you down. Just keep it up high." Yuzu gave Pomorie some advice to keep trying her hardest. Pomorie nodded as the two of them continued walking.
The Pravda students meanwhile were busy enjoying themselves in the arcade. Dimitri and Brook were walking side by side getting to know each other better.
"As well as being a good accordion player, I also do a lot of target practice as well as my Sensha-do tasks." Brook responded. Dimitri laughed as he placed an arm around her.
"You definitely seem to be peaceful in your music. I bet you'll make a good musician on the streets of the big city in red square one day." Dimitri told her as they continued to walk along.
"Aside from shooting stuff as it is fun at times. When I shoot my foes with a tank, I get honor from the team, sometimes I also get nightmares. A man does not go home to his wife and children." Brook responded as she continued to walk. Dimitri looked at her as he began to speak.
"Yeah that's a common thing about you students. A man does not go home alive or in one piece for that matter. Is there something you regret doing in life?" Dimitri asked if there was something Brook regretted doing something in her life.
"Going to Saunders by mistake and forcing them to join as a small girl was definitely one of them and being with Kay instead of an actual man is another." Brook continued to speak. Dimitri looked at her as he continued looking around for a game that they could play.
"Have you been to a therapist?" Dimitri asked Brook if that was a thing that definitely happened.
"I have for about ten weeks as that was all they were going to do it for and my problems never went away. I went for spiritual healing but someone decided to kill the holy man helping me." Brook decided to give up her secrets of what was happening. Dimitri continued to listen.
"It wasn't until I found out who my actual family was when the nightmares went away for the most part. There would be a moment where I pause as something was happening but I want to get rid of my past completely." Brook finished as Dimitri placed a hand over her he began speaking.
"Now Brook I'm going to ask you this and I want you to be honest about yourself. Do you believe in God?" Dimitri asked her if there was something believed in.
"Yes I do actually but I feel like Kay has suppressed my beliefs and I couldn't contact him and my adopted family did much the same thing." Brook told Dimitri as Dimitri snapped his fingers.
"I think I know that one piece you're missing. I will talk to my father tomorrow in the hopes we can get you arranged to an orthodox faith." Dimitri responded as he spotted a block stacking game that they could play. "Have you ever stacked blocks before in a video game?" Dimitri asked her if she had played a game like this.
"Not that I know of." Brook replied.
"Okay I know how to relieve the stress for now. I'll teach you how to play." Dimitri walked over as he slid his card into the machine. The machine began playing music as colored bricks in various shapes began falling down. "Okay your joystick is to move the blocks in left, right and down and the keys are there to rotate the blocks left and right." Dimitri explained how to play as he was helping her out.
"What song is this? It's very familiar to me." Brook asked as she was helping stack the blocks.
"It's Korobeiniki. Ever played it before on a Balalaika?" Dimitri asked as he continued assisting her.
"I don't have a Balalaika." Brook responded as she didn't have said instrument. "I've played it on an accordion though."
"I'll get one for your birthday then, when will that be coming around." Dimitri responded as he continued assisting her.
"April 1st, not to far." Brook gave the date of her birthday. Dimitri knew he was on a time crunch.
"You'll be killing me if I had the tools to make one from hand. It's less than a month away." Dimitri responded as he tickled her a bit. Brook laughed as she definitely enjoyed the feeling but it messed up her game completely as the blocks stacked to the top resulting in a game over.
"Want to play again?" Brook asked Dimitri. Dimitri nodded as he swiped the card. Pomorie and the others were in a conversation as they walked past the two of them.
"They seem to be a happy couple." Momo commented. Pomorie looked at them as they were having fun.
"Well someone can say they could be friendly but I would rather not disturb them." Pomorie gave her suggestion that it would be best to leave them alone.
"It's not like Yuzu's boyfriend that she talks about but only showed up once this year so far." Momo decided to make a joke. Everyone except Yuzu was laughing.
"Hey! He's busy. I keep telling you, he's got school much like I have, a part time job and a grandma he's taking care of. He's got responsibilities and so do I." Yuzu explained why she didn't get the time to see him.
"Yeah but this doesn't count for the reason why you're getting higher grades than me." Momo decided to continue teasing Yuzu about this.
"That's because I work harder than you while Anzu sits back and does nothing. Momo just stands, squats and does nothing. I'm handling the bulk of the workload." Yuzu told her as Momo seemed to be off of her rocker.
"I do something unlike Anzu." Momo shouted before calming down. Pomorie looked at a hunting game as she had an idea.
"Take me on in that game if you think you're a bigshot." Pomorie challenged Momo. Momo knew it was on.
"You're on kid." Momo grinned as she knew it was a challenge. Both girls swiped in their cards as this was a fifteen yen game. They picked up their shotguns, one green and one orange.
"So which type of game do you fancy yourself in shooting today?" Pomorie asked Momo what type of game they will be playing.
"I'm going to go with African savannah. I've always wanted to shoot a wildebeest." Momo replied as the rules popped up. Shoot the bulls, do not shoot the cows. That was the rules. Round one had just begun.
"I see a cow don't go after those, go for the ones with the big horns." Pomorie told Momo. They both opened fire, each striking a bull down as Pomorie pumped quickly and shot the gun three more times, taking another bull down. Momo seemed to be struggling with the whole pump action as she wasn't as fast as Pomorie.
"Two to one. Pomorie-san is an expert with the trigger." Rila made the results. Momo seemed frustrated that a student from Yogurt Academy had beaten her but it was only round one. The second round came as the screen was much more different. Momo began to think as she wanted to get the jump on them first.
"Come get some!" Momo shouted as she fired the first shot, due to her impatience, she shot a cow by mistake. Pomorie knew that she needed to catch a buck so she spammed fire as fast as her hands would let her. Momo realized her mistake and tried getting a buck but it was too late at this point.
"Pomorie got a buck and Momo got a cow so that's minus one for her." Yuzu was keeping track of the results. The final round of the game was about to begin. The screen showed a lake side where multiple cows and bucks. Pomorie knew she wanted to take the lead. Pulling the trigger, she shot first as she nails a Buck, the rest scattered as she was determined to catch another one. Momo was trying the same but the screen shifted as a black cat came racing up to them. Momo knew she had a chance to redeem herself from her earlier mistake. She raised the shotgun and bam! She shot the cat down as Pomorie was surprised.
"Pomorie got two bucks and Momo got the bonus prize." Rila reads the results. The screen flashed "Bonus Round." Pomorie and Momo were looking at what their bonus round should be.
"Should we try catching eggs?" Pomorie asked Momo. Momo wasn't too concerned as she fired one something else.
"I want to take out skydiving rodents." Momo smiled. The bonus round was about to begin and the screen transitioned to the sky. Three. Two. One. Begin! The Screen read. The rodents popped up as Pomorie and Momo began blasting away to see who could get the most amount of rodents shot. The first wave was complete as the two of them began blasting the next wave of rodents down. Rila and Yuzu were keeping track of how much the two girls were blasting away at the screen. The timer continued to tick down as the girls were determined to keep one step ahead of the other. The timer then ticked down to zero as Yuzu began tallying up the final score.
"Momo, twenty-two. Pomorie, Twenty-six. Pomorie managed to outgun Momo in this game." Pomorie came to the conclusion. Pomorie turned to Momo as she shook her hand.
"Good game out there." Pomorie said with a smile. Momo was surprised as someone was congratulating her for trying. She sighed with a bit of a smile as she looked at Pomorie.
"Yeah, good game." Momo gave her reply, the girls knew they wanted to try the other games and they might as well use their yen.
An hour and a half flew by as the six girls had gathered around to cash their winnings in and get some prizes.
"I can't believe Kamchia made a killing on that token pusher machine." Popovo gave her response as Kamchia had a bucket full of chips and cards.
"She's really good at it and there's a rare card in there so it's worth a lot more tickets. Pomorie looked around as she spotted a pug snow globe in the mix. It was about thirty-five hundred tickets. The girls began cashing their winnings in as they managed to get about roughly eight thousand tickets. Kamchia made up about half of that. Pomorie grabbed the snow globe as that was what she wanted and placed it on the register. The other girls began getting what they wanted. Rila got herself another Pug, as usual, Varna, two boko plushies. Kamchia, Beli and Popovo found nothing that they liked so they decided to contribute to the three of them. And just as well. They made it.
"Have a good day." The lady working the register smiled as she let the girls walk away with their prizes.
"We certainly had fun today right?" Pomorie asked her friends. She hugged them as they began to nod.
"Yeah we have. Nice one that Kamchia managed to put up." Varna gave her word as she was impressed.
"That night was so much fun. Let's get something from the store before the mall closes for the night." Kamchia gave the suggestion to get a few snacks. She looked at her watch, it was definitely getting late.
"I'll race you there." Beli gave her response even though the quiet girl was out of shape.
"Not if I could beat you." Kamchia got a head start as she raced with Beli to the food store. Pomorie and the others knew they were going to take the long day so might as well head to the center and take the escalators down.
The girls got to the entrance as Beli and Kamchia came thundering down the stairs from the other side. Pomorie nodded as they had managed to get there in time.
"Okay let's pick out what we need before calling it a night." Varna responded as they began walking into the store. They remembered cheap snacks since they spent most of their yen on the arcade. Within a couple of minutes, they picked out what they wanted and paid up, and just in time, the mall was closing for the night.
The six of them walked through the cold darkening sky as they were going to catch the first tram back to their dorm. The tram pulled up as the girls boarded it. Two out of the three students from Yogurt's student council were going back. Srebarna was remaining out of sight.
"I hope Srebarna knows what she's doing otherwise this will be a recipe for disaster." Popovo spoke as she knew what disaster was and she would be right. After the previous match, their relationship with Kuromorimine will be challenged.
[A/N]: Wanted to get this out today because Friday I have to do a few errands. I made my own appointment with Social Security because we were on vacation and they would like to schedule an appointment so I said the 26th as that is the day me and my mother will be home and free from work and we're going to get our eyes checked.
Also we've hit the 200k word mark. I'm so proud that nearly 6 months in and I've been working around the clock to get you this and with the story still a longway's away from finishing, we could stretch this out more. This will now be my longest work so far until something of a much greater length surpasses it.
I'll see you in the next chapter, stay happy, safe and patient. I'll be there for you. Goodbye.