"Woah! It says if you win five thousand points you can get a free ticket!" Odd exclaimed.
"Let's do it!" Naomi smiled as she looked eagerly at a machine with a spinning wheel containing six dual colored bouncy balls. Mytyl purchased cards for everyone while Naomi looked at the machine. Copen was wearing his hood while looking at Naomi in disbelief.
"I can't believe after what happened to her before she isn't trying to hide." Copen remarked.
"It's not the person that makes the events, but the events that make the person. So, I don't care if they find me again. As long as what happened ta me doesn't happen ta me again or anyone else. An that the Sumeragi won't hurt anyone ever again." naomi assured.
"Speaking of, does anyone else think, wait, what's that?" Yumi spoke as she picked up a card.
"Well whadda ya know? Looks like someone left their game card. Anyone wanna test it? We should be on the lookout fo anymore of these." Naomi commented.
"Why don't you test it out on the ball machine?" Yumi suggested.
Naomi nodded as she walked toward the machine and scanned the card. Luckily, the card had thirty credits so Naomi could play the game once and win the jackpot. After it was cleared of credits, Naomi traded the card for a lollipop after seeing a sign that said 'please take one after placing card in slot'.
"Root beer, nice." Naomi smirked as she placed it in her front left pants pocket.
After getting their cards from Mytyl, the group scattered. Naomi sent out a text message shortly after.
If you see anyone acting shady, notify the person nearest to you. No interacting with strangers unless it's the person at the prize counter. I sent pictures of all the Sumeragi members in their regular appearance including all forms of Zonda.
After looking up from her phone, Naomi noticed a blue object out of the corner of her eye in a machine. Whne she walked over to it, Naomi noticed it was a blue stuffed bear plush with a bunch of other plushes in a claw machine. It had yellow on the front for its ears, cute sewn eyes, a yellow round belly, a pink ribbon tied around its neck and oval shapped paws along with its feet and no claws.
Naomi had memories resurfacing in her mind. Siting in hospital waiting room chairs and going through operations with a teddy bear that looked exactly like the one in the machine. Watching her mother try to sew the bears head back on after its head rolled across the floor and cried, holding the rest of its body in her left hand.
As soon as she opened the prize door at the bottom of the machine, Naomi found three plushies. A ghost, a cute candy corn and a panda plush with eyes similar ot that of the blue teddy bear. She went to the prize counter and requested a bag. The cashier returned with a big plastic bag reminiscent of a bag a woman on a shopping spree would use.
"Wow, did you win that much already?" The cashier queried.
"No sir, I found these behind a prize door." Naomi stated.
"Yeah, I saw that card on the floor earlier I took the credits off that card for the game you played earlier and put them on the one you have now." The cashier added.
"Really? Than you so much!" Naomi smiled.
"It's no problem, I've got nothing better to do anyways. You know what? If you have any extra cash I'll take any and all credits left on the cards I can while you and your friends are playing. I can transfer them to your cards after; how does that sound?" The cashier offered.
"I'll go ask my sister, she's the one who brought the money." Naomi answered as she went to find Mytyl.
"Hey, the guy at the counter said if we give him extra money we can get more credits. He'll pull the ones of old game cards. As many as he can while we're playing and put them on our cards when we're done. so, yay or nay?" Naomi notified.
"I only have five dollars left. Hopefully it'll be enough to convince him." Mytyl informed as she handed Naomi a five collar bill. Naomi went to the counter and handed the man the bill.
"Will this be enough?" Naomi hoped.
"Double what I was expecting actually. I'll make sure to throw in a tiny prize free later." The cashier added.
"Thank you so much, this is the first time my brother and sister have been to an arcade, my other friends too except the one in purple." Naomi grinned.
"I'm glad to help, if you or anyone else in your party needs help, just let me know." The cashier informed.
Naomi nodded happily before walking towards the machine which held her desired stuffed animal. Using her Azure Striker (to manipulate the machines claw energy), Psychokinesis (to manipulate the matter of the bear, other plushes and claw) and Gravity Well (to make the bear feel lighter so the claw wouldn't drop it), Naomi obtained the bear. Sniffling sounds from Naomi distracted the group. Lola floated out of Mytyl's purse.
"B-boss! You go your bear back!" Lola cheered.
"I've only seen it in pictures." Copen remembered.
"It looks cuter in person though." Mytyl spoke.
"Huh? Where did that bear come from" Aelita pondered.
Naomi pointed to the machine she got it from before appily speed walking to a candy claw machine with an assortment of mostly chew, taffy like sweets along with mini tootsie rolls, tiny tootsie bars and lolipops. Lola was looking at the long tootsie rolls, boxes of nerds, smarties rolls and warheads as well. However, there appeared to be bags of panda cookies, cylindrical containers of yan yans and a box of hamburger themed biscuits with chocolate filling and actual sesame seeds on top. Naomi was intent on getting them all.
In total, there were 5 bags of pandas, 3 cylinders of yan yans and the box of chocolate hamburgers. Each credit was 2 dollars so Naomi couldn't get the hamburgers. Since they were big items at the back of the machine, Naomi couldn't get the laast item she desired. However, she did manage to walk away with a box of theater sized whoppers laying longways upright on the bottom of the machine near is top lef corner.
Just then, a little boy around 10 with brown hair and light skinned wih brown ees wearing a tan shirt with a red collar and wasitline, blue slim jeans and red sneakers with white highlights walked over to Naomi.