A Day Off [Open]

[michael]

Michael had dressed himself in his regular civilian clothes but made sure to have his pistol on him in case of any Black Knight activity. Today was one of those days he had off and while in Area 11 and being part of the the Black Knights there was always work to be done. The Rise of the Black Knights was the cause of all the turmoil in Area 11, in truth now that Britannia was under a more peaceful regime and Area 11 had been upgraded years ago into a satellite state after they were re conquered. Anyone who wanted to live her had it pretty nice except for those who remained in the Ghettos.

He stared up at the blue cloudless sky no birds in sight. Michael sighed to himself. And boarded one of the trains. His destination was Clovis land for a little R & R. Although he had always wondered why the place was never renamed after another member of the Royal Family after so many years. In either case it really didn't matter. The train moved at incredible speeds through out the city and in less than fifteen minutes he had reached his destination.

He walked off the train with a pleasant smile on his face as a light breeze made his purple hair sway. He laughed it off and approached the front gate. He stared at the large letters and kept walking until he bumped into someone, and fell back. Michael hit his head on the floor and tried to soothe his pain by placing his hand over his head. He winced through the pain as he tried to get a better look at the person he bumped into. "I'm really Sorry for bumping into you." was all Michael blurted out. "Are you Okay? Do you need any help?"

[jonny]

"Heh, fine. I bump into other people all the time - strange habit I guess." Jonny laughed until he noticed just what the man was carrying.
'Crap, thats a Britannian Pistol! This means he military, and if hes military...'
"Uh, BYE!" He yelled without a second thought, jumping over the turnstiles at the front gates into the park. At first the staff thought he had illegally entered, until one of them noticed that actually as he went over, he had slipped his ticket into the little slot, so he had only decided to get in faster.
"Like heck I'm letting the military catch me, they'd just look up my name, a name that shouldn't exist. Then they'd hand me to the court, the court that destroyed my family in the first place!" He continued to run further and further, before finding himself caught upside down on one of the horses on the Merry-go-round.

[Ayame Li Britannia]

“Clovisland, here I coooooommmmme~” a blur of blond sped down the street, shrieks of pure joy emanating from the figure’s voice box. Third princess of Britannia, Ayame, stared up at the clear blue sky, a wide smile on her face. Ahh, such a beautiful day~ The sun was shinning, the birds were chirping…

~Back at the Pendragon~
“HIME-SAMA!!!”

…and odds were somewhere far away, a Sensei was screaming. Ayame clapped her hands together in delight. How fun~ Once again, the tomboy of a princess had managed to evade her lessons; this time it was quite easy…only had to use Pon-Pon twice. Usually she had to use it four times. Ayame smiled down fondly at her overstuffed Panda of Doom. Dear, dear Pon-Pon…how attached she had grown to the thing. Ayame patted its head twice lovingly as she made a sharp right.

Now that she had successfully avoided any and all possible lessons, what was a hyperactive teenager to do? Go to Clovisland! Which is exactly where Ayame was heading. It had been awhile since she had last been to the infamous amusement park, and Ayame had some saved up moola that was in need of splurging. What better way to spend money than on games where she can win more stuffed Pon-Pons? Ayame tilted her head slightly at the thought. Another Pon-Pon? She frowned slightly. The thought didn’t sit well with her. There was only one Pon-Pon for her…there couldn’t be a replacement. ‘Perhaps I can add to my duck army…or maybe a comrade for Bear…’ Ayame thought to herself as she visualized all of the stuffed animals lying in her room. Well there was, of course, the killer rabid squirrel brigade, and there was the rubber duck army…all led by the hand puppet, Bear. Ayame bit her lip in thought. ‘Bear doesn’t like to share power much…’ Ayame sighed slightly. Bear was the possessive type. Most difficult.

Ayame skated up to the entrance of Clovisland, and smiled to the attendant, offering the money needed to pay.

“H-Hime-sama! No, no! You can come in for free!” Ayame rolled her eyes. Ugh. Here we go again. The bloody special royal treatment.

“Dude. We’re in the middle of an economic crisis. Accept the damn moola.” The attendant furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

“Economic crisis? Hime-sama, I don’t think-

“Oh yes! We are in a huge economic crisis…businesses closing left and right…so uhh…just shaddap and take the money. Thanks!” Ayame said as she stuffed the money into the man’s hand and bolted inside, only to freeze and hop three steps back. She rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly. “…I uh…forgot my ticket.”

Now fully ticketed, Ayame entered the amusement park, her excitement bubbling once more. Where to go? Where to start? The shooting game? Perhaps one of the rollercoaster? Or should she go comer first? Ayame scratched her hat slightly. No decision making skills whatsoever. “Alright…lets do this the old fashioned way.” Spinning on her heel, Ayame spun in a circle, her index finger pointed outwards, her eyes shut. “Aaaaaannnd…..STOP!” Ayame opened her eyes to see what her index finger was pointing to. Her eyes widened in complete delight. The merry-go-round! How long had it been since she was on one of those? Ayame skipped over and chose the most obnoxious horse she could find. “Oo…techo colors. Snazzy.” She said as she mounted the horse, squealing slightly at the ride began.

A sudden sound of someone being snagged caused Ayame to turn her head to the right.

An eyebrow shot up. Well. Wasn’t this…interesting? She bit her lip, trying to suppress the laughter. But to no avail. A full blown, good natured laugh soon could be heard from the third princess and she began to slap her knee, her eyes watering slightly. “D-Dude!” she exclaimed as she tried to regain her breath. After a few seconds, Ayame finally calmed down. “Whew…dude…you ok?” She asked as she hopped down from her horse and began to untangle the poor soul. She grinned cheekily at him.

“ya know, I’ve tried many ways to ride a horse…I think yours sounds like fun.”

[michael]

Michael stared confused as the guy ran of saying some kind of nonsense. He dusted himself off when he noticed he was missing his pistol. Than it finally made sense as to why that guy ran off he must have seen the pistol and thought i would shoot him. Now he was a little on the fence of why he brought the pistol. In either case he just picked it up and walked to the Amusment parks gate and showed the workers his year time pass. Michael only sighed to himself in relief for not having to go through all that extra security which as he realized made the the place a vulnerable target for the black knights. He grinned and felt like this might be an essy day.

A few minutes had gone by before he reached the information both of the place. He picked up a map and tried to find a ride he could go on when he felt the air pick up into a lovely breeze which made his hair waft. He casually walked down to get a closer look at the lake when he smelled a lovely aroma near him. He turned his head to the direction of the smell as he immediately recognized it. It was Okanomiyaki.

[Eve Neuschwanstein]

"I know you're here Ayame." I said to myself as I stormed through the gates of Clovisland not even bothered by the fact that there were several guards following me.

It was true. Ayame's teacher had given me instructions to keep an eye on my younger sister as she was very notorious for causing trouble, especially when she was supposed to remain incognito. She had a bad habit of doing activities or going places without guards where she would be easily recognized as a princess. It made her an easy target.

"When I find you..." I stopped and the guards following me stopped as well. I turned around to face them and shouted, "Stop following me! You'll draw more attention that way. Stay here. I shall return shortly with my sister!"

Luckily they had stopped following me before too many people had noticed. Walking past a few rides and food stands, my eyes fell upon an Okanomiyaki stand. I had never heard of it before, but as I approached the stand I was instantly intoxicated by the aroma. I merely stood there and watched the man behind the stand cook the food. It was a shame I had left my wallet at home. The food looked delicious.

[michael]

Michael pulled out some money from his pocket and looked at the selections of Okanomiyaki they had, to his chagrin he only had enough for a small sized box with regular toppings on it. He sighed and waited for his food to be prepared, he was still amazed at the culinary art of the Japanese people. Michael stood there almost stupefied as in what he would have expected to take a good while the server was done making his food. He blinked several times a habit he had of doing. He carefully picked up his box and walked over to one of the nearby tables to enjoy his meal when his attention was caught by someone he hadn't expected to see.

It was Britannian nobility, the Imperial family of Britannia no less. Since he had long defected from the Britannian Military and joined up with the Black Knights when they came back seeing someone of such high position nearby meant that as a soldier for the Black Knights capturing or killing her was advantageous to their side.

He took a piece of off his food as he pondered on what his plan of action should be. If a princess of Britannia was here that meant guards were nearby as well. He took a quick look around him as he spotted a few of them at the front gates of the Amusement park. He stared intently at her unsure of how he should proceed with the situation. Michael bit his lower lip decided that he would see what she planned on doing next before he made any advancement toward her.

[jonny]

Jonny had already whacked his face on several of the other horses whilst he was caught, until a girl with blonde hair came over and untangled him, with him hitting his face on the floor of the ride one last time with a loud thud.
"It was more like being caught on the wrong side of Buckaroo than riding a horse y'know." He said as he rolled over into an upright position. "Always have that sort of luck when it comes to the merry-go-round: Last year I got stuck between two of them - I was a bit bow-legged after that; the year before that I somehow ended up with the horse riding me; and before that I got stuck in the very machinery, that hurt a lot." He laughed as he recalled being rolled around by gears, luckily he was rather thin, and had slipped right out again. He jumped off the merry-go-round, and began to do a hand stand, "I grew tired of the thing years ago, its a little too slow for my tastes, yet it always finds more ways to torment me - ironic much?" He laughed once more as he picked up a pebble with one of his hands, nearly losing his balance in the process, and flicked it at just the right angle for it to bounce off various objects in the park and back into the palm of his hand.

"Fun, thats what I want - fun. I mean the kind that always has a surprise for you, always keeps you excited, but where nobody dies. Like a video game thats always changing, always a new chapter in the story. Like life, but nobody dies..." He whispered as he recalled the horrors of his families death, finally losing his balance and falling to the ground just like he had on the merry-go-round - head first.
"Of course thats not ever gonna happen is it? Not in this world at least." He picked himself up, flipping a coin.
"But who cares about that? I'm gonna just have fun how I can right now!" He said as he caught the coin. "Heads I go on the rollercoaster, tails I treat you to whatever you want - my way of saying thanks." He revealed the coin, the elegant lion of the tails side seeable by all.
"So what do you want to do first?"

[Ayame Li Britannia]

Ayame remained silent as her new-found-potential football buddy-buddy told her of the woes that is of The Go-Round. She whistled lowly, cringing slightly. Damn…and she thought she had bad karma…jeeze.

"I grew tired of the thing years ago, its a little too slow for my tastes, yet it always finds more ways to torment me - ironic much?" Ayame had to nod in agreement. Ahh, yes…the wrath of the Ponyride was one to be feared. Not to say that she had any issues, of course…though there was that one time the ride wouldn’t stop and somehow she ended up going home stony broke. Hm.

Adjusting her hat, Ayame hopped off of the ride while it was still in motion, despite the attendant’s protests, giving her seat to a young boy.

“H-Himeugh- Ayame was quick to slap her hand over the man’s mouth.

“Ssshh!” she hissed, glancing around to make sure no one heard him. It would be a pain in her royal derrière if she suddenly got followed by an entourage of amusement park security. Especially after she just met redhead over here…he seemed like a fun person to hang out with: crazy, free-spirited, loud-the works! Would suck major monkey’s ass if he began to treat her differently because she was a royal. Ayame glanced over at said redhead, only to see him doing a handstand. She sighed in relief. He didn’t hear anything. Finally letting go of the poor attendant’s mouth, Ayame smiled in apology. “Sorry about that dude…but do you think you could let it go on the you-know-what?” She whispered, clapping her hands together in begging format. The man quickly obliged. After all, how could he refuse a request from a member of the Imperial Family? He didn’t fancy dying anytime soon.

“But of course, h-I mean…”

“Ayame.” Ayame finished for him before giving the man a wide smile of gratitude. A sudden thud caused Ayame to whip her head around, only to see Pony-buddy kissing Mother Earth. Again. A sweatdrop ran down her forehead. “You sure it’s not just your lack of balance, dude?” she asked, laughing nervously. Seriously. How many brain cells did the man just kill in the last five minutes?

"Heads I go on the rollercoaster, tails I treat you to whatever you want - my way of saying thanks." Ayame tilted her head slightly as she saw the coin go up in the air. ‘Thanks?’ There was no need to thank her. All of what she did was make sure a fellow freakazoid didn’t go and kill himself. She mentally shrugged. Whatever. If it resulted in free food, she was up for it.

The coin landed back in redhead’s hand, and he opened it to reveal that it was, indeed, tail’s side up.

"So what do you want to do first?" So it was her decision, eh? Ayame mentally groaned at the thought. Decisions. She sucked at making them.

The whiff of an Okonomiyaki stand nearby caught Ayame’s nostrils, and she turned her head over, the images of the delicious Japanese dish filling her mind. Oo...Okonomiyaki~ “How about we go-

She stopped short, her tanned skin becoming remarkably pale in a matter of a few seconds. There, standing by the stand was her sister, Guardinia. Only one word escaped Ayame’s mouth. “Shiiiiiiiiit…” This was not good. Not good at all. Odds were, sensei had told Nia-neesama of her escaping her lessons and now Nia-neesama, being the ubberly nice person she was, had told sensei she would go fetch her! Ayame groaned slightly. “Can’t they give me a break?” she muttered under her breath, before quickly grabbing hold of redhead’s wrist. Seriously…why did they insist on hunting after her after all this time!? Don’t they know when to bloody give up?

Ayame glanced around quickly once or twice, golden eyes scanning for the best possible escape route. Her eyes landed on a giant mob heading towards the food court. Her eyes widened slightly. Perfect~
“Uhhh…how about we go this way?!” she half asked as she soon bolted off in the opposite direction where her sister was, half dragging the poor man with her.

If there was one thing Ayame had learned from her etiquette lessons, it was how to run fast. Very fast. And years of evading her lessons and being chased around the Pendragon paid off in situations like these. She grinned widely to herself. No way in heaven or hell was she going to have her fun stripped from her. Never.

[Eve Neuschwanstein]

Slowing walking away from the wonderful smelling stand, I began to look around once more for my dear younger sister. It was at that point in time that I discovered Clovisland had a rather large ferris wheel. I had never rode upon one, but I wasn't about to forget my promise to Ayame's teacher. I took a few steps away from the ride before turning back to look at it once more.

"One ride wouldn't hurt, would it?" I stood there for a moment debating and weighing the possibilities and potential consequences before coming to a decision. "If I rode the Ferris Wheel to the top, I would be able to see the entire park, making the search for Ayame much easier."

I walked up to the ride and was about to hop in the car when the ride attendant stopped me with his arm. "Ma'am, you have to wait in line."

I turned around and saw a few very unhappy people tapping their feet. I blushed, completely embarrassed and headed to the back of the line making sure to keep my eyes on the ground. Luckily the line wasn't too long and I would be on the ferris wheel in a matter of minutes.

[michael]

Michael decided to take the chance anyway. As soon as he finished his food he carefully followed the Britannian Princess. He did his best to be discrete about following her, Michael looked a little past her to see the direction in which she was heading to, The Ferris Wheel. He soon walked ove to the end of the line but unfortuantely he saw the Princes head to the head of the line. He cursed himself slightly, Michael forgot being Royalty and nobility gave you special privlages. He clenched his teeth but surprisingly he saw the princess return to the end of the line.

This was rather odd thing for nobility to do unless.....Michael searched his brain for all the possible answers. It was possible that she didnt want the people knowing who she was because that would make her a sitting target for enemies of Britannia in such a wide place, an assasination attempt was easy. In an ideal situation though she could have sneaked off but no one of nobility was stupid enough to pull a stunt like that. Besides it didnt add up if she had done that than there wouldnt be bodyguards station at the front of the amusment parks gates standing calmly, they would all be scattered frantically and of course she would be trying to hide instead of getting on a ride.

Michael made a quick head count as each new passenger got on the ride. Luck was on his side it seemed that she would end up in the same box as him. As they bored the ride Michael sat down and the princess sat down in front of him. They were the first passengers for the ride so they had to wait for everyone else to get on before the ride started.

"Pardon me, My name is Michael Ichijouji. what's yours if i may know?" Michael had to make sure he gave a false last name although he was a former Britannian soldier he did have a semi eleven aspect to him, so it wouldnt be that far of a stretch for her to believe he was an Eleven he had to bate his time with her.

[jonny]

Jonny felt the sudden grip of the blonde as she began to look around frantically, seriously to call her 'odd' would be an understatement. He decided to do his own share of looking, and now that he got a better look at her, she was rather beautiful, definitely not a native. He then recalled the words of his friend Izumi Kaoto from all those years ago, in what had been a response to Jonny's question about what the royal family was like, one name had stood out in particular...

Her name's Ayame, and let me tell ya, she fits the word tomboy to a T. She doesn't give a single care about being a lady like the rest of the family, she just in it for fun and laughs. You'd think differently considering her background, but that panda and blonde hair make her seem like a regular person - not some royal.

"Ayame..." He whispered before being pulled in a way similar manner to a bull towing a wagon - as in completely wild. "Woah hold up, I know I said I'd treat you to whatever you wanted - but I didn't mean being run over by a bunch of hungry pigs!" He yelled at her, before having a moment of inspiration. "To the cartmobile!" He laughed as he pulled himself and Ayame into one of the vehicles park staff used to get around - if she was a princess, then no way would they stop her. "Go nuts." He said pressing the on button, pointing out the driving wheel in front of Ayame.

[Ayame Li Britannia]

Ayame’s grin only got wider as she headed straight for the mob, bracing herself for the impact that was to come. Nothing like full collision bodyslams to make her day. Plus, once they got in, odds were Nia-neesama would not be able to catch them. She grinned wider as they approached the mob, her body tensing, waiting for the collision.

A sudden pull, caused Ayame to go off course, causing her to blink rapidly in confusion. “Eh?” she said as she found herself being directed towards…was that…

"To the cartmobile!" It was. The motorcarts of the amusement park. Ayame bit her lip slightly. It was every freakazoid’s wish to drive one of these things…and odds were, she could get away with it. But that would be the equivalent of plastering a ‘Hi! I’m royalty!I get special treatment! Mwuahaha!’ sign on her forehead, something she was trying to avoid. It would be obvious to both Go-Round Buddy here and onlookers if a random teen was driving in one of the carts and not being stopped that she was a princess…and all of her efforts would have been for nothing. He goal for the day was to have fun...not to be bowed down to everywhere she went and being called "Hime-sama!" by every single carbon based life form! She glanced at Redhead-kun. And she certainly didn't want him to find out. Ayame knew what the result would be if he did find out...first, there would be the eyes widening in shock reaction. Then, the infamous "Princess Ayame!" followed shortly by the Casanova act, as he would then act like the perfect gentleman out of sheer fear that if he didn't, his head would be on some cutting block. Ayame cringed at the thought. This guy? Casanova? Creepy...

Ayame glanced again at the cart, biting her lip in thought. Oh, but the temptation…

"Go nuts." Ayame glanced at the redhead, a halfhearted smile on her face. As much as she would love to do it, she knew it would only draw attention to herself and her newfound amusement buddy. She could live without driving the cart for a while. Shaking her head, Ayame laughed slightly.

“Sounds tempting and all, dude…but I reeeally don’t think the security peeps over here would fancy having some hyperactive teen driving one of their cartmobiles...also, I’m pretty sure you value your life more than that.” she joked, walking away from the cart as she saw an official personnel approach it. As the man made eye contact to her, his eyes widened slightly, but Ayame was quick to give him a “Say ‘Hime’ and you meet Pon-Pon.” glare. He understood immediately.

“Oy. What are you kids doing by the mobilecarts?” Ayame quickly put on an innocent smile.

“Ahh~ Sorry, Security-san! We were just takin’ a breather. C’mon dude, lets go find me some Nachos…” Ayame said, pushing the redhead away, glancing over her shoulder to mouth a ‘thank you’ to the security guard. He gave her a thumbs up in response.

After shoving redhead for a few minutes, Ayame finally let go, eyes scanning for a stand. She hadn’t meant to go for Nachos today, but ever since she told the Security guard, the crave was growing.

“Nachos, nachos…where’s a good Nachos stand…any ideas, Redhead-kun?”

[jonny]

Jonny sighed as Ayame gave up the opportunity to use the cart, though then again the security wouldn't have been pleased anyway - princess driver or no.
"Nachos huh? You sure you haven't tried the rather big place next to the Pizza Hut?" He said pointing to the rather large place, the Nacho sign almost overlapping that of the Pizza Hut, though his eyes drew to a poster on the front of both buildings. "Order from either and get a meal free from the other? Well that saves me a lot of money. Lets go Ayame." He suddenly clasped his mouth shut as he realised he'd let slip his knowledge of her name.

[Ayame Li Britannia]

Ayame’s eyes scanned the area, looking for any signs of her sister. Nia, as sweet of an angel as she may be, could be sneaky. It was in the family. The girl could be the perfect little spy if she wanted to. Her eyes narrowed as she squinted slightly, trying to find a mass of blond and fluff. Either that or some guards. Ayame knew that Nia, as with every other member of the royal family except her, was always accompanied by a guard of sorts. ‘Perhaps she left them back at the entrance, not wanting to draw attention..,’ Ayame thought to herself, biting her thumb in thought. It was likely…after all, Ayame had an uncanny ability to sense if a guard was by her. The smartest move to make if trying to capture her would be to leave the guards by the entrance. Ayame frowned slightly. Damn Nia for her smartness…

"Nachos huh? You sure you haven't tried the rather big place next to the Pizza Hut?"

“Hm?” Ayame said, turning her attention back to the giant Nacho store in front of them. How convenient. She tilted her head slightly as she read the menu plastered outside. Nacho lover’s Delight, Nacho Supreme, Cheese filled Nachos…

She nodded in approval. Seemed sanitary. And cheesy. Which was always good.

“Order from either and get a meal free from the other? Well that saves me a lot of money.” Ayame snorted slightly.

“cheap ass.” she said, rolling her eyes slightly.

“Lets go Ayame." Ayame turned her head slowly to look at the redhead and in a matter of a few seconds, she had him up against a wall, one arm clutched on his collar, the other holding Pon-Pon in an aggressive manner.

“Listen here, bub. I’ve got a panda here that has been classified by the Britannian Military as a Weapon of Mass Destruction and I’m not afraid to use it. Speak. How do you know my name? I don’t recall saying it.” her eyes narrowed, her grip on either Pon-Pon or Redhead-kun’s shirt not loosening in the slightest.

While it was true that Ayame was a Princess and thus should be well known, this was Clovisland…not many people here would know who was who. That’s why she chose to go here in the first place! It was a carefree place, where the chances of a multitude of people knowing her were slim to none. Only officials and perhaps some spies…

Ayame quirked an eyebrow.

“Who the hell are you?”

[Eve Neuschwanstein]

I was so happy to have been able to get on the ferris wheel. I would have squealed with joy had someone else not been in the car with me as well. As much as I didn't want to, I had to sit down. I tried to avoid eye contact with the boy, but there was something screaming at the back of my head. It told me to be cautious. So I sat across him quietly awaiting for the Ferris wheel to start up. I nearly jumped when he began speaking to me.

"Oh! It's Nia... Nia Lorendo." I blushed furiously and stared at my lap intensely. Wait... Why am I blushing?

I didn't realize that the Ferris wheel had started up until I looked out the window and saw that we had nearly reached the top. Forgetting momentarily that the boy was in the care with me. I stood up and awed and wowed as I looked around outside with my hands pressed against the window.