Haneda Ichiba Ginza 7; Tokyo, Japan; Tuesday Evening [02/23].

[somethingwithturquoise]

So, the place that Summer had settled on for the double date tonight was a bit more than a stone's throw away from where they were staying, but, you know what? That was fine. It was a major city, getting around it would be easy enough and that meant that not only were they going to have an experience a little different and unique from everyone sticking near the hotel, but they'd also get to see more of the city itself, and that was not necessarily a bad thing.

Also, getting reservations at some of these small but highly acclaimed sushi places was not easy, so the fact that Summer was able to snag one here for that evening was not something she could just pass up.

And while a cozy little sushi place with the full experience of having the chef right there at the counter to make it for you was not at all what she originally had in mind for tonight when she first thought of it, she did feel it would be a little more suited to the group as a whole as something more quiet and personal, and, plus, you know, that authentic experience. She'd have plenty of time for the bigger, brighter, more over-the-top side of Tokyo later.

But for now? Just a nice little dinner date with a super genius, a space wizard, and a pirate, as she settled into one of the chairs at the counter that had been reserved for them and really, really hoped she hadn't been way off base for what Rey and John might enjoy while planning this out.

[[ for the aforementioned super genius, space wizard, and pirate, of course! ]]

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[long_memory]

Silver did not realize sushi was a thing but, whatever, he'd give it a go. Couldn't be worse than his own cooking.

"You know the last time I had raw fish I caught the shark myself."

[badassprodigy]

"Shit! Seriously? That's pretty fucking badass," Barry said looking impressed. "And you can't start with that and not tell us the fucking story."

[long_memory]

"Uh, well, we sailed into a hurricane." To avoid the British Navy. "And after we were caught in doldrums--uh, basically there was no wind after the storm so we were stuck for weeks in the same spot. We were going to starve to death and since the captain and I were the only ones with any strength left it was up to us to go out and try to find something."

He was just going to skip over the fighting and tension and a man being shot in the head before they came to that decision.

"So we took a rowboat out and harpooned a shark."

[badassprodigy]

Okay. Now Barry was really impressed. "Holy fuck, dude. I like how you just toss out 'we sailed into a hurricane' and then just say you harpooned a shark from a fucking rowboat. That's fucking cool," Barry said shaking his head. "That fucking story alone deserves some sake."

Signalling one of the servers he politely asked in Japanese for some of their best sake for Silver.

"What year were you from again?"

[long_memory]

"1715," Silver replied. He wasn't exactly sure what sake was but if it was alcohol, he'd try it. "I'm not sure if that story is cool or if it's absolutely insane."

It was probably both.

[badassprodigy]

"Well it is pretty batshit. But at least you got a story to tell," Barry said. "I don't have the fucking guts to head into hurricane in 2020 let alone 1715. I'm sure none of that was your choice but at least you made it out the other side."

[long_memory]

"Absolutely none of it was my choice," he said with a smile. "I'm sure hurricanes are much easier to handle these days. More predictable, anyway."

[badassprodigy]

"Well we can usually see it coming. Doesn't mean I want to take a boat ride if I had the choice," Barry pointed out.

[long_memory]

"It really isn't the best idea," he agreed. "Uh, what is the sake stuff you ordered, by the way?"

[thatwaslucky]

"You caught a shark?" Rey asked, thinking it was probably different than watching Luke harpoon something off a cliff.

[long_memory]

"Flint and I did," Silver said with a nod. "We were stuck at sea and it was to keep from starving."

[thatwaslucky]

"That's actually really impressive," she told him.

Which is what you want to hear on a date, so.

[long_memory]

"It didn't feel like it at the time," Silver said, shaking his head. "I think I went a little mad."

[thatwaslucky]

"If you're close to starving, I wouldn't be surprised. Which also makes actually doing that more impressive," Rey said. "Anytime I got that close to it all I could focus on was working through the headache."

[long_memory]

"I think it helped that I had other things to worry about." Namely, dealing with Flint and his madness. "Also I had a bunch of other people in the same boat as me. Literally."

[thatwaslucky]

"I would guess that a shark would help everyone a lot, though."

All sharks were big, right?

[long_memory]

"It helped some," he said with a nod. "The wind coming back helped more."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"And the last time I had to deal with a shark," Summer offered with a grin, "I think, was when one crashed through my dorm room. It took both me and my roommate a lot of work to push it back out again, so that's, like, really impressive."

But not surprising, really.

You know. Because pirate.

[long_memory]

"Did it crash through the window or the door?" He didn't know why that was the part that he was having a hard time picturing.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Oh, no," said Summer, shaking her head. "Forget windows and doors. This guy came crashing through the whole wall. During a hurricane. It was super fun."

And that was super sarcasm.

[long_memory]

"You got a free shark crashing through your home and you didn't eat it?" He was mostly kidding.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"To be fair," Summer countered with a grin, "we were a little distracted by the whole 'almost crushed to death in our sleep' of it all.

"Also," she added after a beat, "we were, like, teenagers at this weird boarding school that literally foots the bill for big extravagant trips all over the world for students, teachers, and their guests, so food scarcity wasn't really a top concern."

Then, another beat, a blink of realization.

"Onmygod, if that had happened now? I'd have so put that shark in jello."

It was weird thinking that there had even been pre-jello days.

[long_memory]

"Jello would be...interesting." Nothing he would actually eat, but interesting. "It wasn't bad raw."

[somethingwithturquoise]

Jello made everything interesting, and now Summercwas wondering if she had time to make some adjustments to her menu for tomorrow night's party.

"I think I've only had shark once," she said, trying to think back, "for one of Hannibal's classes, probably, but I can't remember if it was raw or not."

[long_memory]

"But you've had sushi before?" he asked. "I'm not sure if there's a big difference."

Raw fish was raw fish to him.