Okutamaji Hotel; Ome, Japan; Thursday Evening [07/25].

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It had turned out that the conceit of Ignis' class had worked out perfectly for Summer and Stark's plot to make sure that Summer wasn't anywhere near the island on Friday mornings to help prevent certain drunken rodents from pestering her into doing radio (sorry, Eleanor!). Wherever Ignis ended up taking them for Wine & Dine class, they would just stick around, schedule their own portal for the next day, find a place to stay for the night and something fun to do while they were there, too.

Usually, that meant digging into the nightlife nearby, and being so close to Tokyo for this one made this one a snap. Their hotel was very nice, of course, and there was a club not too far away, either, and so after enjoying some of the more rustic charms of this area and some dinner, they were back in the hotel room so Summer could get dressed and ready for a night out.

She'd been talking loudly from the bathroom so Stark could hear her, mostly about what they might do after the club, and she knew that he could be very inclined to just listen to her yammer on without having much to add himself, but he was almost being worryingly quiet, to the point where she frowned, finished up her eyeliner, and then went to check on him in the bedroom.

"Star--"

No Stark. Only a koala sitting on the bed.

"Oh, god dammit!"

[[ for the shamelessly modded koalalien, if he'd like, or any calls/texts if anyone else would like, and obviously, self, NFB for distance! ]]

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[stykera]

It wasn't like he'd done this on purpose! Stark had been looking forward to a night out. A little nervously, as always, but still looking forward to it.

But now he was a cuddly marsupial. Oops?

He looked up at Summer with a tiny fuzzy shrug.

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And Summer was just going to stand there, squinting at him with a heatless glare, and her hands on her hip.

"Oh," she accused, "I bet you think you're just so cute right now."

There was a beat.

"Okay," she allowed, "you are, undeniably, actually, like, really super cute right now. Adorable, even, but come on!" She threw her hands up in frustration. "Could your timing be any worse?"

Another pause, as her hands fell back down.

"Yeah, okay," she amended. "My timing on these things is usually way worse. But still!"

She pouted glowered pouted at him a moment more before she finally sighed in resignation and stomped over to the bed to pick him up.

"Whatever," she decided. "We're still going out. I mean, at least if there's anywhere that might appreciate me rolling in with a real life goddamn koala as an accessory, it's probably Japan. And if you turn back to yourself naked on the dance floor, well, then, that's what you get for turning into a koala on date night!"

[stykera]

Stark made a very cute accessory!

He made a little noise of protest at the idea that he might end up naked on a dance floor but what could he do?

Well. He could snuggle? Cling? Koalas were good at that.

[somethingwithturquoise]

And a Starkoala had a cling that practically put a Regular Stark cling to shame, which was saying a lot.

"Would you rather just stay here?" Summer checked, in response to that protest, as she shifted Stark a little more comfortably, and in a tone that made it clear that she,however, didn't just contour just to sit in a hotel room all night.

[stykera]

A fuzzy little shake of a fuzzy little head.

He did not want to miss out on fun.