Mark and his small family kept going from stall to stall as Talia dragged them about in her boundless excitement. Mark saw Talia eyeing a shooting gallery that was showcasing real guns for shooting practice, and he was about to take her there when he heard a voice speak up from the front.
"Mark Vanitas, is that you?"
Mark turned around, and he raised a brow when he saw that it was Greg. Greg was also wearing a kimono, and he had a woman at his side with a young boy standing beside her. It was the woman that shocked Mark the most.
"Captain Kelly? So you two are married. That's surprising."
The woman beside Greg was the same sailor who brought Mark to the island. His captain, Kelly. Kelly bowed respectfully once she saw Mark and greeted him with a smile.
"It's a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Vanitas. I can see you are enjoying your time with your family."
Mark shrugged with a small smile. Mark didn't need to introduce anyone since both Arit and Talia knew the two adults, so Mark's eyes went down to the little boy who was standing beside Kelly.
"And who's the little guy?"
"You're here too!?"
Talia called out to James happily once she saw him, but James didn't bother responding to anyone. James was in a different world. His eyes were fixed up at Arit and glazed over like he was trapped under some sort of spell, and everyone there wondered what was happening to him.
If anyone there could read minds, they would hear only one word repeating over and over again in James' mind.
Boobs!
Glorious, Glorious boobs!
James was still a child and he wouldn't be able to fully understand what was happening to him. But later on in life, James would look back on this moment and he would know that this was when he first discovered that he was a boobs man!
James' eyes were fixed on Arit's breasts like fucking glue!
Arit looked down at the little boy staring at her, and she could only guess that he was nervous about meeting strangers. Arit was a nice person, and since she wanted to be a doctor, she knew that it would be her job to help people relax around her so they would be able to talk to her easily, so she decided that she would help James. Arit smiled before walking over to him.
"Sorry about my son. He is just excited to be at the festival. I'll discipline him later."
Greg apologized to Mark while glaring at James, and Mark just shrugged nonchalantly. Kids would be kids. Mark asked the small family where they were headed, and Kelly spoke up.
"We're going back to the hotel, Mr. Vanitas. The festival is already dying down, so we want to play some games in the common area before people get too drunk."
"Eh? Games!?"
Arit was immediately interested as she joined her hands together and leaned forward curiously. She heard that there would be a lot of games in the hotel, and she had been looking forward to them for a long time. Kelly nodded with a smile. James had also been talking about the games that the hotel advertised for a long time, so she could understand Arit's excitement.
Mark noticed that Kelly was right about it getting late, so he decided that they should be getting back to the hotel as well.
"How about we go together? The more the merrier."
Greg suddenly spoke up and invited Mark to come with them. Mark glanced at Arit and saw that she was already talking excitedly with Kelly about the games. Talia was glaring at James and ignoring his attempts to talk to her with a pout, and Mark didn't see any reason to refuse since they all seemed to be getting along.
The small group went back to the common area together, and Kelly led them towards the receptionist and asked for a game room. The receptionist happily nodded and asked Kelly to sign for the room before giving them a card.
Mark thought that they would be going into a traditional gaming room with a table surrounded by chairs where they could play some sort of traditional Japanese games. Maybe something like shogi.
His assumptions turned out to be terribly wrong.
"Is that a PlayStation Ultra?"
The group entered a thirty-meter square cubic room with many couches arranged in front of a large table. The entire room was brightly lit with overhead lights, and there were up to six game controllers arranged neatly in front of a large fifty-inch 4K resolution television. The games arranged in a pile looked to be older makes from 2010 and up.
Are these the games that are popular in Japan or something?
Mark did not expect the game room to be so modern. After seeing all of the traditional Japanese aesthetics around, it was like a break in the matrix for him.
"Let's play Blur!"