twenty-first snare - backdated to pre-Rex

[fanstheflame]

[this isn't Gale's first time in a hotel, but the Hard Rock San Diego is a far sight different than the ones in Unova. as such, he is being a total tourist. anyone in the lobby can find him sitting at a table, every single brochure he could get his hands on spread out in front of him, poring over their contents with great curiosity]

... This city is even bigger and more extravagant than the Capitol. I didn't think that was even possible. And yet ... they've still got places where they preserve nature, these parks. If this is what it was like before the Districts ...

[he shakes his head, sadly] ... I wish we hadn't forgotten. We lost track of what it means to take care of the world around us as well as the people in it. I hope that doesn't happen to Paradisa, either.

[he picks up one brochure and squints at it, curiously] This one doesn't look like a park, though. Not ... well, sort of, I guess? [he makes a face, because seriously, even the word is weird and sounds odd coming out of his mouth]

What's "golf"?

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[save_the_souls]

[Allen is at the table too, using whatever space is left at the table to be places for food. He's currently nomming down on some pad-thai when he hears Gale talking. Whoa wait-]

Wait. Your world is Earth?

[courageous_wit]

Golf is a sport. The modern game of golf originated in the 15th century in Scotland, though its ancient origins are debated. The rules of golf state that-- [she actually manages to stop herself before she goes full steam]

Sorry. Um, the point is that it doesn't really seem like your game. You're more of a track and field type. Golf is quiet and subdued.

[bronwe]

Oh! [ Oh, oh goodie, he knows this one! ]

Bandobras Bullroarer Took invented it! You don't happen to know of him too, do you?

[fanstheflame]

[he looks up and blinks at Allen as though he just said something in another language]

Yeah. ... I - I thought you knew?

[fanstheflame]

Never heard of him, but that's quite a name. Why did they call him Bullroarer? [he likes a good story, after all. everyone in the Seam did, when it came right down to it]

[fanstheflame]

[he can't help laughing, because it's good to hear Hermione being Hermione] Quiet and subdued, huh? ... Yeah, no, not really. So I should probably put this in my 'no' pile.

[courageous_wit]

Not at all. But you know, there are so many amazing things to see in this city! The Mission Bay Aquatic Park, for example, is the largest man-made aquatic park in the country. Or you could go see Coronada, which has a beautiful hotel and was the inspiration for a city in a famous novel back in my world.

[save_the_souls]

[He shakes his head]

You and the others always called it Panem.

[whichwayyoulean]

[Wow, Hermione, make it sounds complicated why don't you]

You hit a little ball with a stick to get it into a hole in the ground.

[bronwe]

A Bullroarer is something they used in battle, like a trumpet. He won a battle against the goblins and that is no small feat for a hobbit. He slayed Golfimbul, the leader, and flung his head across the field until it rolled into a rabbit hole, and that was how the game was born!

[encryptedlock]

Looks like you got gold covered, but if you like parks, you really out to visit the San Diego Zoo.

[Biased because it has pandas? Just a little.]

[fanstheflame]

That's the name of our country ... it used to be called America, a really long time ago. Back before the natural disasters struck.

[save_the_souls]

America...

[Whoa, talk about a mindscrew]

Yes, that existed on my Earth too. It's hard to believe...

[fanstheflame]

... The aquatic park sounds like it could be interesting. The hotel, too ... [especially since he does like books now and again, and the thought of a book being written about a place intrigues him] ... Would you want to go with me?

[fanstheflame]

Wow. ... They don't still use heads, I hope. I don't think I'd want to play a game like that. It's too close to the Hunger Games.

[fanstheflame]

Okay, Hermione's right, that sounds boring as hell. ... You make it here in one piece?

[fanstheflame]

What's a Zoo? [he's rifling through the brochures, until he finds it] .... animals? ... Looks a lot like what we were trying to do with those dinosaurs.

[fanstheflame]

That's what everyone here who knows America says. Trust me, it - it's hard for me to believe, too ... that it could be so different.

[a pause, as he eyes what Allen's eating]

What's that?

[whichwayyoulean]

It is. I had to suffer through them with my investors all the time. I wouldn't recommend it.

Yeah, I'm fine, I was on the ship through all of it. How'd you guys fare?

[fanstheflame]

That's a resounding "no" to golf, then. [there's the sound of him ripping the brochure in half]

It was a mess - I don't know how much you heard over the journals, but I'm glad you weren't there. We had to do a lot of running and a lot of shooting, and a lot of people got hurt.

[eat_me_beat_me]

A boring-ass game.

[courageous_wit]

I would love to! [a witch going to the inspiration for the Emerald City? Yes plz]

[whichwayyoulean]

I know some people are seeing a movie. Other than that, I'm not exactly sure what Earth things line up with my world. It's all pretty futuristic here anyway, so I don't know what to recommend.

We heard a little. Between the running and the shooting, I guess. [A pause] Anyone we know? [His own subtle way of making sure the Ohana were functioning and unharmed]

[fanstheflame]

I'm wary of movies ever since I heard how many people got stuck in the theatre. Besides, there are so many other things here, on these little papers they had in the lobby.

But no, nobody we know. ... Though, from the sounds of Tsuna, he had at least five heart attacks while he was on that ship.

[fanstheflame]

Great! Are you here at the hotel right now? Or should I try and meet you somewhere?

[you are going to have to teach him about public transportation, Hermione]