The Prima Donna's Diary - Prologue: Sweet Dreams Do Come True! (For Bare)

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In a blur, the two were out of the ice cream parlor, with Ami being led along by Niko, whizzing through the streets as this connection they felt together was blossoming into something more and more. There was so much warmth and positivity radiating between the two as they so easily bounced off each other in near-perfect sync. Ami couldn't help but feel her smile intensify as Niko's passion and energy were just too infectious. When the idea of an arcade came up, Ami's eyes widened with intrigue, her head tilting curiously as an eager glint flashed in her eyes. "Ooo! I'd love that! I haven't been to one in AGES. I've only ever heard about how cool Japanese arcades can be from travel vlogs and stuff-" Ami said, clinging onto Niko nice and close, pulling toward her as she was guided through the streets by the equally eager and fired-up pinkette. "But just to let you know, if they have a dancing game, you're TOTALLY gonna get your butt kicked!" She teased.

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Grabbing Ami's hand and readily leading her out of the arcade Niko would smile brightly at the girl over her shoulder as she exclaimed her excitement about going to a arcade next. "Yeah trust me you'll love it!" Niko said eagerly before sticking her tongue out at Ami and blowing a quick rasperry at the challenge presented by the American beauty. "Don't be so sure ~ Even before wrestling I was good at dancing." Niko said teasingly as within minutes they'd approach the arcade with Niko leading the two inside, immediately getting washed in cool air and a dark room lit up by neon and the led lights of the various screen and other games, as well as the various sound effects and sounds of laughter all around. "So then want to put you're words where you're mouth is or build up to the main event with some other games first?" Niko said while gesturing towards the dance dance bombardment game standing front and center in middle of the arcade.

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"Ooo, is someone in a rush to get their butt kicked? I wouldn't wanna spoil the outcome TOO early~...Let's work our way up, start things off nice and easy before I dismantle you with my footwork~..." Ami replied, smirking right back at Niko as the two stared into each other's eyes, neither backing down as they playfully boasted and teased one another. "How about-...THAT." She said, punctuating her statement by pointing toward the skeeball machines. "Here's hoping you're a good shot, Niko~" Ami said, waltzing over to the front desk to register herself and Niko for some playtime, both of them receiving one of those plastic cards with a limited amount of credits on them. After that, she'd make her way over to two of the skeeball machines, lining up and inviting Niko to come forward like a cowboy in an old western calling out some miscreant for a duel at high noon.

[Bare]

Despite Niko's challenge Ami had other ideas, wanting to save the dancing game as a finale so to speak which was just fine in Niko's book as she shrugged her shoulders playfully in response. "Wow Ami you're so confident I love it! Even if its misplaced ~" Niko said with a teasing smile before two approached the ski ball game. "Hehe, if you ever see me in the ring you'd know I'm an excellent shot with my moves so this oughta be nothin!" Niko replied rather confidently herself as they started up the game, wheeling her arm back and throwing the ball, not landing a bullseye but getting the ball into the hole just above the center for a solid first dunk!

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"Oh really? I'd love to see those moves sometime~..." Ami chimed before Niko tossed her first shot, managing to earn herself forty points so far. Any higher and she would've gotten fifty, any lower and she'd hit the center-most target and get thirty. Of course, Ami decided to go big on her first shot, aiming for one of the corner pockets worth one hundred points. She tossed the skeeball in her hand a couple of times, getting a feel for it before launching it up the ramp and into the machine. She rolled it with a right amount of curve, causing it to veer toward the corner...only to bounce off the rim of the one-hundred-point slot and drop down into the forty-point slot instead, punctuated by Ami going "Tch-" in a cute and flustered manner.

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Niko giggled again at hearing Ami's rather cute response to wanting to see her moves sometime. "Well something tells me that can definitely be arranged." Niko replied with a flirty wink before watching as Ami took her own shot, coming oh so close to a corner shot only go down into the 40 pointer instead. "Oh so close." Niko replied with a grin as she took her next ball and gave a few test swings before letting loose, gliding the ball across the ramp and up, aiming for a straight shot to high up and net her a fifty pointer!

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"Would you believe me if I said I'm better at wrestling than I am skeeball?" Ami said jokingly, blushing a little as Niko teased her with that silver tongue of hers and that sugary sweet smile before taking her next shot and subsequently nailing it by gaining fifty points. "Okay, okay-...not bad." Ami replied. "But for REALSIES this time~...Watch this!" She said, launching her shot up the ramp, sliding it off toward the top to hit the fifty-point slot as well...only for it to bank off the rim and slide all the way back down to the ten-point hole instead. Ami's face went flush with a pinkish-red hue. "You saw nothing!" She stammered.

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Niko was still grinning even as she took a step to the side to let Ami have her turn at the arcade game. "Maybe but I'll need some convincing ~" Niko said teasingly as Ami took her next throws, one netting fifty points and the other going right to the gutter literally. "I've no idea what you could mean." Niko said teasingly as she passed by Ami to get her next shots with the skee balls. Grabbing one and rearing her arm back and letting loose with a smooth underhand toss aiming to sail right up and get a fifty pointer...

Only for it to fall just short and instead landing right in the forty point hole instead. "Alright not bad, but lets see if I can get even better!" Niko said as she grabbed the next skee ball and threw it again this time with just a bit more oomph and this time managing to land right in the fifty point hole! "Yeah lets go uh huh exactly how it'd go in a match between us!" Niko declared confidently as she turned to Ami and teased her playfully with a mock peace sign at her new friend/date partner.

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With two good scores back to back, Niko wound up with a total of one hundred and eighty points on the board compared to Ami's less-than-desirable score of fifty points. The brunette would need a long-shot miracle to catch up and tie the game, let alone win. With just two shots left, she swung for the fences, lobbing her ball up the ramp, watching it roll all the way up and spiral toward the one-hundred-point hole, just narrowly bouncing off the rim and tipping inside, giving Ami a big boost! She jumped for joy, sticking her tongue out at Niko as she closed the gap pretty well. Now all she needed was to get forty points or higher. "Well, sorry to break it to you, Niko, but I think your luck's about to turn around~..." She teased, taking her second and final shot and slinging it down the ramp. It looked poised to drop into the fifty hole, only to clip the edge of the rim one final time, bouncing off to the thirty-point hole and tying the game up. "Dang it!" She said, blushing after all that talk about luck turning around. "Uh-...that was TOTALLY calculated. Wouldn't wanna show you up on the first game, after all~" She said, trying to recover by playing it cool and clever...to mixed, laughable results.