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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[thatwaslucky]

"I've never done this before," Rey warned, taking a seat and peering at the other side of the counter to watch the chef.

[badassprodigy]

Barry bowed his head politely at the chef as he took his seat. "始めまして. 私は菜食主義者ですが、好きなものを自由に選んでください。私はあなたのテーブルに座ってあなたの食べ物に参加することを光栄に思います," he said making sure to take his time with the pronunciation and not butcher it with his American accent. He did anyway but the chef smiled in appreciation of the effort.

Barry smiled. "Fuck yeah. Let's eat some fucking sushi."

[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]

"I'd let the chef pick out what to make for you," Barry suggested. "There's vegetarian options if the thought of some raw fish scares you but these types of places would never serve you something that wasn't good. But I'll warn you, they probably won't have Dr. Pepper here."

[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."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"That's kind of the point," Summer noted with a faint grin. "What's the point in going somewhere new and different if you're not going to try ay least a few things you haven't done before?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Oh, I am not picky," Rey assured him. If it wasn't alive and didn't actively look like it might kill her somehow, she'd eat it. "Shame about the Dr. Pepper though."

She wasn't picky on that either.

[thatwaslucky]

"I can do that," Rey said. "Mainly I just don't know how you do all this."

[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?"

[thatwaslucky]

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

[badassprodigy]

"Well since there isn't that you should probably try Ramune," Barry said pointing to one of the bottles on display which had a pinched neck bottle and a bead of glass at the top. "My friend Jeremy can't get enough of it and orders like six of them whenever we hit a Japanese steak house back home. You have to bash the top in with the plastic thing which releases the bead. It's kind of a novelty thing but the original flavor is pretty good."

[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.

[thatwaslucky]

"Sure, I can try that," Rey said. "I've never had to... bash my drink before."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Ohmygod," said Summer, but fondly, "you are such a nerd."

Newsflash of the century, over here.

"What did you even say?"

[long_memory]

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

[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.

[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."

[badassprodigy]

"I told him my girlfriend was the hot one so don't fucking try to hit on her," Barry joked. "And that he could feed me whatever the fuck he wanted and I'd eat it. I'll make exceptions for having sushi in Tokyo."

[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."

[badassprodigy]

"Well it's fun thing to do," Barry said pointing and ordering one of the bottles for Rey. "And you know the saying. While in Tokyo..."

[thatwaslucky]

"While in Tokyo... you hit liquids?"

She'd take it, she was all for new things.

[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."

[badassprodigy]

"Sorry. Earth saying dating back a bit. The original was when in Rome, do as the Romans do," he explained. "So while in Tokyo, do as the locals do."