Current Events > Teen Titans CYOA: Romance Resurrected part 4

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B

"Something comedic and fun," you say as you pick up the remote.

You two sit sideways on the couch and Raven reclines against you as you go through the guide.

"Here we are," you say. "Tom and Jerry."

"No," Raven protests, "nothing for kids."

"Tom and Jerry is not for kids, it's for the whole family," you say as you switch.

*CLANG* Tom the cat swings an anchor and hits the black cat upside the head.

"Wait, where's the mouse? Where's Jerry?" Raven asks.

"Well, this is one of the many times Tom became more concerned with attracting a female cat," you say. "These usually don't go his way any better than when he tries to catch Jerry."

Tom flexes his fake balloon muscles for the female cat, but notices Jerry munching celery from their picnic basket. Tom smacks him with the opposite lid.

"Let's find something a bit more mature," she says.

"How much more mature?" you ask.

"Well, something more than Tom and Jerry," she says with a chuckle.

"Alright, hold on," you say.

You go back to skimming through the guide.

"Here's something," you say as you change the channel.

"No, you don't understand," a man says to someone off-camera. "You can't just do what you want whenever you want, you have to respect my life and the hours I keep. You can't just be up all night making a mess of things and then act like it doesn't matter, like it doesn't upset me. You have to learn to care about my feelings, not just yours!"

The camera cuts to his cat as it stares at him while sitting on the desk. It then looks down at the pens on the desk and it bats them off and onto the floor.

"No...!" the man says, frustrated.

You and Raven laugh, and Raven even seems surprised she's laughing at the scene.

The show continues, hands are shown pausing the video a la the internet, things exiting "full screen" mode so that the mouse can select another video.

*click click* A selection is made.

A young man and young woman are laughing at a bar, the setting is that of flirting at a singles' bar.

"Wow, look at the time," the young man says as he sees the clock on the wall. "I should get going."

"Aw, alright," the young woman playfully pouts. "Can I get your number?"

"Y-Yeah!" the young man says, nervous but excited.

He takes out a pen and writes on the napkin between them.

"Here you go," he says as he hands her the napkin.

She takes it with a bright smile, but then as she reads the number, her smile fades.

"Are you serious?" she says. "Is this some kind of joke?"

"What do you mean?" he asks.

"I thought we were hitting it off!" she says. "Were you just messing with me?"

"No, I wasn--"

"Just leave me alone, you jerk!" she says before throws the napkin on the floor.

"Gizelle, wait!" the young man says as she storms off.

Confused and upset, the young man picks up his napkin.

"Why did she get so upset over my number?" the young man says.

The camera gets a look at the napkin and the phone number in question.

531-8008

You chortle into a regular laugh, but Raven seems puzzled.

"I don't get it," she says.

"What?" you say, calming down. "You don't?"

She shakes her head "No".

A) Take her seriously, and explain
B) Think she's just joking
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B
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B.
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B.
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B

You look at her curiously.

"You're pulling my leg," you say with a smirk.

"I'm not," she says.

"No, you must be having a laugh."

"Rorek, we may've only known each other a couple weeks but that's long enough for you to know I don't joke."

"... Good point. But how do you not know that one?"

"Oh I dunno," she says, "I guess I didn't have a normal childhood."

"Sorry, I should've remembered that. But, I was sure Beast Boy would've tried that, or shared it with Cyborg and somehow you'd come to learn it by proxy."

"Well what does it even mean anyway?" she asks. "You obviously know what it is."

"Ah, yes, that's true," you say. "Well, um... I could write it out if we had pen and paper."

You look around but there isn't anything of the sort.

"Ah bother," you say. "I'll use magic."

You use mana to write in the air.

"Look closely," you say. "5 3 1 8 0 0 8."



"Why're you making it look like a digital clock?" she asks.

"To get the point across," you say. "Now watch as I flip it upside-down."



Raven gasps.

"Wait, what?" she says as she sits up. "Who came up with that?"

"No idea, but it's pretty hilarious, right?"

"I mean, I understand the joke now," she says. "His phone number is..."

She stops herself, and tries not to smile or laugh.

"Go on," you smirk. "Say it."

"Boobies," she manages to get out.

"Yes," you say with a chuckle. "That is the entirety of the joke. This poor man has upside-down boobies for a phone number, and he doesn't even know it himself."

You laugh a bit harder, Raven cracks and lets one out.

"I... Your accent," she giggles. "It makes it sound funnier."

"What part? Boobies?"

Raven giggles but hides her blushing cheeks in her hands.

"You're..." you say before entering into laughter yourself. "You're amused by me saying 'boobies'?"

Raven giggles a little more.

"Well, it's more... It's more how that's not a word used that often for us superhero types."

"Ah, that's a good point," you say. "Not even the worst supervillains in history would dare do threaten boobies."

Raven laughs again.

"Y-Yeah," she says as she calms her own laughter. "They just go for the insignificant stuff, like taking over the world."

You both laugh there, but then the plane rumbles for a second and you both brace yourselves.

"Sorry about that," the captain's voice says on the speakers. "Seems we hit a bit of turbulence there but we're past it now."

You look at Raven with a nervous smile.

"Was that...?"

"No, I don't think that was me," she says.

"Alright, good," you nod. "Just being sure."

"But since you bring it up," she says. "Even though we're flying for five hours, mostly all alone, I don't think we should... spark anything. We wouldn't want to break anything on this multi-million dollar plane."

"Agreed," you say. "Besides, plenty of time for that on the island."

Raven blushes again as she bites her lower lip.
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"Do you plan to... make good on our deal... right when we arrive at the hotel?" she asks shyly yet with vested interest.

A) Yes indeed
B) No, save it for later

character limits are weird
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B.

Make her want it.
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B)
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B.
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B

"No, we can save it for later," you say. "We can go sightseeing, enjoy the beaches, and when the sun's gone down, we'll return to the hotel and uh... see where the night takes us."

Raven blushes and bites her lower lip again, giggling as she looks you up and down.

The door to the cockpit opens and one of the two pilots walks through.

"Pardon the intrusion," he says.

"Not at all," you say. "This is your plane more than it is ours. Are you Sherwood or Forester?"

"I'm Forester, the co-pilot," he says. "And... is that writing?"

You look and realize digital "BOOBIES" is still floating in the air. You frantically swipe it away.

"Raven, I thought you took that down," you nervously chuckle. "Y'see, we were watching television and she wrote that out for herself so she could understand the joke."

Forester nods in understanding before going to the kitchen.

"You're gonna put that on me?" she whispers angrily.

"Everyone knows you're magical, the public doesn't know my family's true nature."

"Oh yeah right. You've been running around with the Titans for days now!"

"But I have my motorcycle helmet while we're doing superhero things."

"And your stark white hair flowing out the back," she says as she runs fingers through the back.

"Oh like anyone notices stuff like that!" you snap.

Forester returns, two plates with sandwiches. He brings them back to the front of the plane, leaving you and Raven alone again.

"Keeping the fact that my family can use magic is for the benefit of not just the family but those we employ," you continue to whisper. "The average employee of Null Co. doesn't know the truth, and even then, the truth being exposed would throw the entire company into chaos because pretty much every rival company would call us frauds for using magic to make up for the gap in technology. Millions without jobs and my family would probably run out of money any number of ways."

"Okay, okay," she says. "But then you need to be less obvious when you're joining me and the others in saving the day."

"I'm not cutting my hair," you say.

"I'm not saying that," she says. "Just try and hide your hair or something."

You grumble.

"And for what it's worth," she says. "If you were to tragically go broke, I'd still be there for you."

She rests her head on your shoulder.

"Thank you," you say as rest your head on her head.

Some time passes by as the comedy skit show finishes and you end up watching a stand-up comedian half-hour special.

"I remember my teacher asking me, 'Brian, what's the I Before E Rule?'

"Um... I before E... always...

'What're you, and idiot, Brian?'

"Apparently.

"So she explains it. She says 'No Brian it's I before E except after C, and when sounding like A in a neighboring way, and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and you'll be wrong no matter WHAT you say.'

"That's a hard rule."

You and Raven chuckle as the special goes to commercials.

A) Stay on comedy
B) Look for sports
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A.
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A.
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A
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A

You wait it out as a beer commercial is followed by a pizza commercial is followed by a car commercial.

"You sure learn a lot about what America wants Americans to want from these commercials," you say, to which Raven chuckles.

The special returns and the audience is still laughing from before.

"Plurals were hard, too. 'Brian, how do you make a word a plural?' You put a S at the end of it. 'When?' ... On weekends and holidays...!

"'No, Brian, no.' So she asked this kid who knew everything, Irwin. 'Irwin, what is the plural for ox?' 'Oxen. The farmer used his oxen.'

"'Brian?' What...? 'What's the plural for box?' Boxen. I bought two boxen of donuts.

"'No, Brian, no. Let's try another one. Irwin, what is the plural for goose?' 'Geese! I saw a flock of geese.' 'Brian.' What? 'What is the plural for moose?' MOOSEN! I saw a flock of moosen! There're many of them, many much moosen. Out in the woods, the woodes, the woodsen! The meese wanted the food, the food is for eatenesen. The meese want the food in the woodenisen! The meese want the food in the woodenisen!

"'Brian, Brian. You're an imbecile.'

"Imbecilin.

"'What're you speaking, German, Brian?'

"German, Jermaine! Jackson! Jackson 5, Tito!

"'Brian what the hell are you talking about?'

"I don't know..."

You and Raven are laughing pretty hard this time.

"I think the worst day was the day the science projects were due. Waking up that morning, that was fun. Your head would pop off that pillow, 'Oh no. That's due today. I had nine months to do it and did nothing.'"

You, Raven and the audience laugh more.

"I have a cardboard box. A boxen. And you'd show up, you're scared, and you found out all the other kids had their parents make theirs for them, I hated that, y'know. They're backing 'em in on flatbed trucks. One kid with the volcano, he didn't know how to zip up his pants but somehow he made a volcano. 'How'd ya swing that?'

"She went to this one kid, there was this kid in my class, he made the same solar system like 19 years in a row. Bunch of styrofoam balls hold together with coat hangers. 'Hey, you're breaking some new ground there, Copernicus.' He's going, 'The big yellow one's the Sun, the yellow one's the Sun.' 'Okay, what're these other planets?' 'The yellow one's the Sun!' 'Alright, calm down, ALRIGHT!'

"I didn't know what to do for my project so I just had a cup filled with dirt. Just hoping she'd know I was an idiot and walk right past me. So long as I was holding something, heheheh. But she stopped right in front of me.

"'What do you have their, Brian?' It's a cup of dirt. Just put an F on there and let me go home. *holds up cup* 'Well explain it.' It's a cup. With dirt in it. I call it Cup of Dirt. You should move on now, should go ahead and move on down the line there. She goes, 'Brian, let me tell you something, it's a good projects, you probably put some seeds in there and then it didn't grow because you didn't give it any water. You're trying to show us how to not grow something.' Yeah... In fact, my uncle taught me that, he doesn't grow corn.

"That's it for me, folks, thank you very much!" he finishes.

The audience applauds, and even you and Raven applaud with them a bit.

"That was really good," you say.

"Yeah," she says.

You two quietly watch credits roll and commercials return.

A bit more time passes and you feel a bit nippish.

A) Eat now
B) Wait until you land
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A.
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A.

Let's see some of that Violet Lantern foodstuff.
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A
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A.
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A

"I'm going to get something to eat," you say as you start getting up. "Would you like anything?"

"What're you having?" she asks.

"Well I need to check first," you say.

You walk into the kitchen and look in the cupboards. As Ms. Ferris said, there are non-perishable foods, like canned chicken noodle, clam chowder and tomato bisque, dry noodles like the Farfalle/bowtie, shells, Penne and of course Spaghetti noodles. There are jars of tomato pasta sauce to go with those, some with meat included in the mix. There is also a small loaf of bread, which explains the sandwiches Forester made. You double check and see there is a jar of peanut butter in the cupboard and jelly in the fridge, so the pilots settled for PB&J.

"Would you rather have soup or pasta?" you ask.

"Um... Soup sounds good," she says. "It'll hold us over until we land in Hawaii and can have something local for our real lunch."

"Yes, the timezone difference will make for a later lunch, won't it?" you say. "But it'll help keep us on time for dinner in Hawaii."

"What kind of soup will it be?" she asks.

"Tomato bisque," you say. "Is that alright?"

"Yeah, sure," she says.

You take out the can, find a can opener in a drawer, and find a pot that looks to be a decent size. You open the can, slowly pour the contents--chopped tomatoes soaking in tomato juice mixed with water, milk cream, butter cream and tomato puree--into the pot and then add a little extra water before setting the pot on the electric stove.

"It shouldn't be too long," you say to Raven as you read the can's label. "Just need to boil it."

You look through cupboards and find bowls. You bring out two, along with two spoons from drawers.

Raven laughs at something, and you peek your head out.

"What's so funny?" you ask.

"This, this guy," she says while laughing, "he, well I don't think I can say it like he said it. Is there a way to rewind?"

She looks at the remote.

"No DVR?" she says. "That's no fun. But, he was like, doing this really great, I guess you could call it 'white girl' voice, I'm not really sure. But he was using that voice to be like 'Oh, yeah. That's so hot.'"

You laugh as Raven laughs again.

"I know I didn't hear his, but I actually think yours is better," you say.

"No, his was pretty good," she says.

"Well I'll take your word for it," you say. "Say stuff in that voice again."

"No...!" she laughs with a blush.

"Fine," you say as you go back to the kitchen.

You stir the tomato bisque, then let it sit until it boils. You turn off the electric stove but still remove the pot from the active coil. The drawback of an electric stove is that the heat doesn't disappear instantly like on a gas. After the soup settles down, you use a ladle to evenly distribute the soup into the two bowls.

"Soup's ready," you say as you put the pot in the sink and soak it.

Raven walks over, you pour two glasses of orange juice. You hand one to Raven as she takes a bowl, you take up the other bowl and you both sit down at the couch again.

"So," Raven says as she stirs through her soup, "if we're saving our... deal, for tonight, what are we going to do first? After checking in, of course."

A) Beach first
B) Paranormal sightseeing first
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B.
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B
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A.
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B

"We can do paranormal sightseeing first, for you," you say.

"Aw, thanks," she smiles. "Which one first?"

"Didn't you have a list prepared?"

"No, you were the one who did the search."

You both look at each other, and upon realization no one made a list, you both sigh.

"Guess we'll have to double check those," you say. "Is there a computer around?"

You look around again but see nothing.

"Maybe there's something in the boardroom," she says.

"Okay, you hold on to my bowl," you say.

She holds the bowl, you head past the bedrooms and to the lift. You go down a floor and the elevator opens to a small front lobby, barely much bigger than a walk-in closet, you walk to the double doors directly ahead. You enter inside and see the long board table. No chairs out in the open, but that makes sense because they'd fly all over the place as part of take-off and landing.

You look around the room, and spot a screen for presenations. A screen means something to plug into, so you go looking on that side of the room.

There are plugs in the television for cables, and then you see the wall the television is mounted is also part cabinet. You open up the cabinet doors and find electronic devices and cables fastened in place. You look and find a disc player, speakers, a keyboard, a mouse, and yes, a computer! A PC box is strapped into what appears to be a slide like for a drawer.

You pull the PC out and then look at the cables. You inspect the plugs, and find the kind that look to be right. You unhook those and roll them out to connect PC and television. You take the keyboard and mouse and plug those into the PC as well, and lean against the table as you power the television and PC on.

You find the internet browser and click it on. It tells you there is no internet connection.

"Darn it," you say as you go back to the cabinet.

You look at the other equipment stored inside, and find what should be a modem. You grab the appropriate cables and plug them in. The browser reloads when it senses the modem coming online, and you make it to a search engine. You do another search for "Hawaii paranormal".

You scroll and find a link that looks familiar, so you click that and enter the webpage.

"Yes, here we are," you say as you see the same familiar page. "Bishop Museum, Waimea Falls, and the rest."

You use ctrl+P for printing, and it says it's printing, and then you hear something buzzing and whirring. You search for the sound, and it's on the other side of the room. You open a new cabinet to find a wireless printer putting out paper with the web page on it. It takes more than one page, and you go to check the computer.

Printing page: 1/7

Seven pages? Goodness. You sit and wait as more pages come out of the printer. You realize you're going to need something to keep them together. You go looking in other cabinets, and find a stapler. You pull that out, gather the pages in proper order and *kachack* staple them together as one.

You power everything down and put everything back where you found it, then return to the lift to return to the top floor. You walk back to the state room and show Raven your packet of paper.

"Whoa, was the list that long?" she asks.

"Apparently," you say. "It seems to be organized by a rating system with the most likely to be spooky first."
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"I don't think that's the actual factor used for the rating," Raven chuckles as you both look at the papers.

"Well close enough," you say. "I'm seeing some in Honolulu, where we'll be landing, so I say we start with..."

A) Bishop Museum
B) 842 Bethel Street
C) Regal Cinemas Dole Cannery Stadium


character limits are weird
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B.
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B.
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B
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B.
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B

"842 Bethel Street. I can't imagine that being too far from our hotel."

"Okay," she says.

You finish your tomato bisque soup, as does Raven, and she takes the bowls to the kitchen for you. You pick up the remote control and scan the guide for sports.

"Oh, here we are," you say as you find some soccer.

You select the channel and the match between Manchester City and Manchester United comes on!

"Oh yes!" you say excitedly.

The ball is thrown in play by MUFC, MCFC chases after it, ball is passed across the half-way line and brought towards the penalty area's front line. The MUFC crowd cheers as their player is headed right at the goalie. He kicks, the goalie jumps, but the ball goes sailing over the goal frame anyway.

"So close," you say.

Raven returns and sits down.

"You changed the channel?" she says.

"Yes," you say.

"I wanted to hear more white girl voice," she chuckles.

"Oh it's fine," you say. "After hearing yours, I don't think his could top it."

"Was it that good?"

"I think so," you say.

"Well you might not be the best judge then," she says, "you're biased."

You shrug.

"Manchester City inbounds," the commentator says. "Manchester City heads through the centre circle, Manchester United steals. United heads back for the goal, there's fight over the ball, Manchester City gets it back and kicks it for a big pass."

Raven giggles at something now.

"What's funny?" you ask.

"The abbreviation on the one team," she says. "Man City."

"Yes, that's humorous," you smirk. "Now, just watch."

Raven sits quietly as you watch the match continue.

After 90 minutes of regulation, the teams are tied 3-3, a very exciting game. You watch with baited breath as the stoppage time begins.

"So this is like overtime in other sports?" she asks.

"Yes, but rather than adding an established amount of time, it has to do with the total time taken when play stops during regulation. It is so the winning team can't just run out the clock by kicking the ball out of bounds or things like that."

Stoppage time looks to be a simple +2, for two minutes more. The teams intensely battle for the ball, but neither can score and the time runs out. That means it's time for Penalty Kick Shootout.

The referee tosses a coin, heads is called by Manchester United, but it is tails, so it is Manchester City's goal. Another coin toss, Manchester City calls heads, and it is heads, they get to kick first. Everyone but MUFC's goalie and a kicker for MCFC go to the center circle. They and everyone else watch as the MCFC kicker stares down with the MUFC goalie.

"Here comes the kick," the commentator says with anticipation.

*PMP* The ball is kicked and sails through the air...!

"No goal!" the commentator says as the ball hits the frame and bounces away from the goal.

Now they switch, MCFC goalie against MUFC kicker. However, same result, the ball misses completely.

"How many of these do they do?" Raven asks.

"Five rounds, for ten kicks total," you say. "Mathematically speaking, it is best of five, so that it could end early should one team be completely unable to come back."

Round two, MUFC defends, MCFC kicks...

"GOOOOOOOOAL~!" the commentator shouts. "Manchester City takes a 1-0 lead in the PKs!"

"Yes!" you shout with a fist pump.

However, the switch comes in. MUFC kicks against MCFC and...
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"GOOOOOOOOAL~!" the commentator shouts. "My word, United just tied it up 1-1 with three more rounds to go."

"Bullocks!" you say.

Round three, MCFC kicks...

"GOOOOOOOOAL~!" the commentator shouts for a third time.

"Haha!" you say triumphantly.

But MUFC kicks...

"GOOOOOOOOAL~!" the commentator shouts a fourth time. "I'm about to lose my voice today, aren't I?"

"Gaaaaah!" you groan.

Round four, it's 2-2. MCFC kicks, but the MUFC goalie blocks!

"Ya bloody wanker!" you growl.

MUFC kicks, but the MCFC goalie blocks!

"Yes! You beautiful man, you!"

"With the PK's tied 2-2 it all comes down to this," the commentator says. "City goes to kick."

You're staring a hole right through the television.

*PMP*

"GOOOOOOOOAL~!" the commentator shouts again!

"Yeeeeeees~!" you say. "Now, just block the bloody ball like you did a minute ago!"

"United kicks...!" the commentator says. "City blocks! City blocks!!"

"YES!!" you shout. "Aha!! Yes!!"

You recline back on the couch, Raven smiles and laughs.

"I think I like watching you watch soccer better than I like watching soccer itself," she says.

You laugh along with her as you sit back up. You watch with a grin as the MCFC celebrate on the field as their fans celebrate in the stands, while the MUFC fans empty out.

"C'mere you," you say to Raven as you wrap an arm around her waist.

"Rorek!" she says with a surprised smile.

A) Make out with her here
B) Carry her to your private quarters
C) Carry her to her private quarters
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B
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B)
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B.
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B

You pick her up and carry her towards the private quarters.

"Whoa, wait!" she says with a short laugh. "What're you doing?"

You carry her to your door and set her down as you reach for the handle.

"You know this counts towards our deal," she says.

"What?" you say as you stop in place. "No, this is completely separate."

"What? How is it?"

"It just is," you grin as you pull her in and use your body to push the door open.

"No it's not," she says with her own grin.

"Yes it is," you say as you make your way backwards to the bed.

"No," she says as she shakes her head.

"Yes," you say as you nod. "It'll just be light things. Kissing, hugging."

"Do you mean that?" she asks as you sit on the bed, hands holding her hands.

You tug and she moves in closer.

"Do you mean that?" she repeats.

"Yes," you say as you have her right in front of you. "We'll keep it light."

"Okay," she says as she climbs onto your lap, legs straddling you.

Raven settles in, wraps her arms around your neck, and you wrap your arms around her waist. Your lips connect with hers instinctively, you feel your tongues dancing together, and Raven's hands come up to run through your hair and pull you in more. You kiss deeper and deeper, Raven presses against you, your hands slowly slip her shirt up.

"Hey, whoa," she says, stopping you. "We're keeping this light, remember?"

"I just want to see that cute bellybutton," you say.

She smirks, and even rolls her eyes.

"Just that much," she says as she lets her bellybutton peek out.

You smile as your thumbs play with the bellybutton, squishing and stretching it as you return to kissing. You move from lips to neck, and her Raven's soft moans in your ear. Raven returns the favor by kissing on your neck, you see her ear and give it a little nip. This causes Raven to give a surprised little gasp and smile.

"This is your captain speaking," Sherwood says on the speaker system. "We are now reaching Honolulu, Hawaii and will begin our descent momentarily, please fasten your seatbelts."

You groan as you and Raven get off the bed and return to the stateroom. You two sit in chairs and strap in.

You peek out the window as the plane flies over the city. The Honolulu International Airport is on the other side, it seems. The plane lands smoothly on the runway and moves off to the side, as it does not need a terminal. You see a petrol truck driving over, for the refueling of the plane.

"This is your captain again," Sherwood says. "You may now unbuckle your seatbelts and exit the plane."

You and Raven unbuckle, retrieve your luggage from your quarters, and then go to the lift. Sherwood and Forester are standing there at attention.

"Hello, gentlemen," you greet. "Will you be riding down with us?"

"Oh no, we'll be checking in with airport officials first," Sherwood says. "Don't worry about us, you two go on ahead."

"We'll get the garage door open for you from here," Forester says. "Go right ahead and retrieve your motorcycle.

"Thank you," you say. "We'll see you at the end of the week then?"

"See you then," Sherwood says as you and Raven walk inside the lift.

You two go down to ground level and walk out into the brightness of a sunny Hawaiian mid-morning. You head to the back and see the garage door lowering to open. You hop in once it touches down and use magic to unstrap Shadowfax all at once.
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"See?" you say to him. "Wasn't that long at all."

You wheel him out backwards, Raven walks over and you put the luggage in your knapsack's magi-pocket. You put on helmets and hop on. You start up the engine and cruise to the petrol truck.

"Excuse me, gentlemen," you say. "Could either of you direct us to the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki Beach Resort."

"Oh, yeah, bruhda," the one by the truck says. "You get out here onto Paiea Street, and go to Highway 92 East. You go until the Kahanamoku Street turn off, and you should be seeing signs and stuff for it by then."

"Thank you," you say.

"No problem, bruhda," he says.

You drive out of the airfield and take the man's directions. You find the onramp for HI-92 E, and the ride is smooth all the way down to Kahanamoku. You turn there to Duke's Lagoon, and then to Rainbow Drive, as the signs direct you for the hotel.

You pull up to the full entrance and a hotel employee walks up to you.

"Um, any luggage?" he asks.

"Oh, yes, a moment," you say. "Raven, could you be a dear and fetch those for the man? I'll take care of parking Shadowfax."

"Um," the employee says. "Just follow this car here as Johnny valet parks it."

Raven puts the helmet back in the knapsack before taking out the luggage cases. The employee takes them and she follows him inside to the lobby. You drive forward behind a sports car as it goes through the loop and goes back up Rainbow Drive to enter a parking lot. The sports car parks near the back, you find a spot closer to the front. Shadowfax stands and powers down, you trot back to the hotel and catch up to Raven and the bellhop.

"Seems our rooms will be on the 12th floor," she says as you approach the lift.

You are handed one room key, for Room 1209. You three ride up in the lift, go all the way to the 12th without stopping, and exit out. The bellhop leads the way over to 1209 and 1210. You take your luggage as Raven takes hers, you tip the bellhop $3, a touch above the average.

"Thank you, sir," he says before leaving.

You and Raven enter your rooms. You have a single King sized bed, a bathroom to yourself, and a television by the door that connects your room with Raven's.

You set your luggage down and keep your room key on you as you exit the room. Raven regroups with you and you two head back down via the lift.

A) Get directions to 842 Bethel Street
B) Cruise around as you look for it
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B.
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A/B

Get directions but also would cool to explore around before getting there exactly
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B then A
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time for RANDOMIZE!

AB

"Excuse me, sir," you ask a new bellhop. "Do you know the way to 842 Bethel Street from here?"

"Yeah, you go on Rainbow here and East to Kalia Road," he says. "You go left, and then there's gonna be like three lanes that split off. Stay in the middle, so you can turn left on Ala Moana to be on Highway 92 going West, and you just keep going all the way down, past Pier 2, to where you'll see Brewer's Wharf, Bethel will be on the right. Shouldn't take you more than 15 minutes to get there."

"Thank you," you say.

"No problem," he says.

You go across to the parking lot, you retrieve Shadowfax, and take the directions given. You go from Rainbow Drive to Kalia Road, and after slogging through the traffic to the intersection, you get onto Ala Moana and back onto Highway 92. It's another smooth ride as you make your way back through the restaurant neighborhood, and past other hotels like the Prince Waikiki.

"Let's take some detours and see what else there is," you say.

"Huh?" Raven says.

"Don't worry," you say as you spot an intersection. "We won't go so far as to lose our way."

You turn off of Ala Moana Boulevard and onto Ala Moana Park Drive. This of course brings you through the Ala Moana Park, and past the Ala Moana Beack Park "Magic Island".

"This might be a nice place to revisit later," you say.

"I think there was a beach closer to the hotel," Raven says.

"We can visit both," you shrug. "We have plenty of time on our holiday here."

You pass by the Ala Moana Park country club, then round a corner and reconnect to Ala Moana Boulevard.

"See? That didn't take long."

You drive back onto HI-92 and continue West.

"Oooh, parasailing," you say as you pass by a sign.

"I can levitate," Raven chuckles. "We don't need to parasail."

As you drive on, there are more noticeable restaurants and then past the Waterfront Plaza. After passing that and some government buildings, you spot the Aloha Tower marketplace. You turn onto Aloha Tower Drive and loop around the marketplace, and see Aloha Tower itself.

"Very nice," you say as you look up to the very top.

You circle around and see much of what the marketplace has to offer.

"Oh, a Barnes & Noble," Raven says while you remark "Oh a Hooters."

She gives you a suspicious glare.

"Rorek," she says slowly. "Have you... been to a Hooters?"

"Uh... Let's just get to Bethel."

You pull back onto the main streets and Brewer's Wharf is only a block away, so you turn right onto Bethel Street. 842 Bethel is right there on the corner, and appears to host a handful of different businesses such as insurance, realty and house hardware.

"This doesn't seem that haunted," Raven says as you pull up to the curb.

"Ah, tourists looking for the ghost worker, huh?" a man in business casual attire says. "Yeah, the ghost in here thinks it's an employee or whatever."

"Is there really a ghost in there?" she asks him.

"I dunno, I've never witnessed the things it does, but coworkers swear they have. You wanna take a quick look?"

"Are you sure that'll be alright?" you ask.

"Yeah for just a few minutes," he shrugs.

You and Raven shrug and you park Shadowfax. You two follow the man inside and past the front desk.

"Um, who're these two?" a female coworker asks.

"They just want to see the ghost," he says.
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"You can't just 'see' the ghost," she says. "He just comes and goes."

Raven looks around.

"Are you sensing anything?" you ask.

"Maybe," she says.

She heads down near cubicles, and then towards a hallway. You follow her like she's a divining rod, or perhaps a paranormal bloodhound.

"Is the ghost here?" the female employee asks.

Raven looks into a room with filing cabinets. A drawer is open, and a light flickers.

"He's just looking up something," Raven says. "The... ownership records of a local property?"

"Yeah, that's what the cabinet has," the male employee says. "So, the ghost told you that?"

"Well, he was saying it to you two," she says. "He spotted all of us in the doorway but it's like he only noticed you two, since you're employees here."

"Whoa..."

"Okay, can we move on?" Raven asks you. "It's great to see there's a real ghost, but this is kinda like the carousel of the amusement park."

"Alright, alright," you say, taking out the packet of pages. "Next up in Honolulu..."

A) Bishop Museum
B) Regal Cinemas Dole Cannery Stadium
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A.

Barnes not Barnse. :P
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A) Bishop Museum
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A.
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A

"Bishop Museum," you say.

"Oh that's pretty close by," the male employee says. "Just go down Bethel to where South Beretania is, turn left but then there will be a right turn onto Nuuanu. You go all the way down that, going over the Lunalilo Freeway, and you'll be at School Street. Turn left to go on North School Street, then you can take an onramp for Interstate 1, and that takes you all the way to the Kalihi Palama Library. You take the offramp there, and then I think that's Kalihi Street there."

"Yeah, that's Kalihi," the female employee confirms. "You turn right at Bernice, and then there should be a way in and you can find your way to the museum from there."

"Thank you," you say as you put the packet back.

You and Raven take your leave and return to Shadowfax. You start him up again and head out as instructed. You reach School Street and turn left to then merge onto the Lunalilo Freeway, aka Interstate 1.

It's smooth riding from here as you see schools pass by. You make the turn at Kalihi and see Bernice come up. You turn right and then drive into a parking lot in front of the museum.

You find a spot close to the entrance and park. Helmets go back in the knapsack, and you two walk to the entrance.

"Greetings," a hostess says. "Two tickets?"

"Yes, please," you say.

"Are you under 18?" she asks.

"Yes," you say.

"That will be $29.90."

You hand over $30 and receive a dime along with the tickets. You two then move on through the museum and see the cultural and historical exhibits.

"Sensing anything?" you ask her as you admire recreations of native Hawaiian huts.

"No," she says. "What does the article say about this place?"

You look at the packet.

"Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum was built as a museum by Charles Reed Bishop for his late wife, Bernice Pauahi Bishop. It was originally intended to house family heirlooms passed down to him through the royal lineage of his wife. The museum was built on the original boys' campus of Kamehameha Schools... And that's where it stops. I really should've found a way to print articles for some of these locations."

"Or make it so your phone can internet," she says.

"Yes, it would be helpful if my magic phone was also a smartphone."

Raven goes back to the hostess.

"Um... I've heard about the ghost stories here," she says quietly.

"Oh, no, the spirits don't come out here until late at night," the hostess says apologetically.

"We probably should've asked before we bought the tickets," you say quietly to Raven.

"Well, what're we supposed to do until then?" Raven says.

"We could enjoy the museum as is," you say.

"Yes, we have the J. Watumull Planetarium for only another $2.95 each, along with our normal exhibits."

A) Add the planetarium tickets
B) Leave it at the normal museum package
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A.
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A)
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A
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A

"Yes, that would be nice," you say.

"That'll be $5.90."

You give over $6 and get another dime in return along with the the planetarium stamps onto your tickets.

"Thank you," you say.

You and Raven walk away towards the Pacific Hall. You see more of the huts, some olden fishing spears, and even some weaved baskets in which the fish or such were carried.

"Look at the boats," you say as you admire the models suspended on string.

"Yeah," Raven says.

You keep walking and look at the maps showing the migrations and expansions of the many Polynesian civilizations.

"Incredible," you say.

"Yep."

"Oh come now, Raven," you say. "Don't be bored, this is educational."

"Yeah it's not so bad," she shrugs. "I just wished we could've seen the ghosts already."

"It'll be fine, we'll see them later," you say as you move towards the second floor. "Oh look, archaeological digs."

You go through the museum to see videos of Polynesian dances, of volcanos erupting, and a science section where you examine volcanic rock and watch the exotic but native fish of the area swim in tanks.

"Oh, a surf simulator," you say.

You hop on and feel the board move fluidly under your feet. The screen up ahead shows the path of the legendary mile long ride Duke Kahanamoku pulled off in Waikiki.

"This is amazing," you say as you balance on the board. "Raven you should try this."

"I dunno," she says, looking at the board hesitantly.

"It's fine, I'm sure you've got balance for it."

You reach out to her and she takes your hand. You help her onto the board and then step off, she balances on it as the board continues down the legendary path.

"Oh, well, I guess it's okay for now," she says. "But, seriously, what're we supposed to do about the ghosts being later? Like, late later."

A) Worry more about lunch first
B) Talk out the schedule
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B
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B
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