Sable grins. "Oh, I think you're right. What're the odds?"

"Pretty slim," he agrees with a nod.

"Hold that and a pink one for us while I go look at the games with my daughter?"

"Can do."

And Sable heads off to the shelves with Foxbox to take a look. "Find anything you like, sweetie?"

Foxbox nods quickly, and holds out a box with a gothic castle on the front: 

"This one looks cute!" 

(She proooooobably should not mention Lily in front of the store clerk. Or what she's wondering happens with that whip.)

"Oh, I've heard about that series. Something about exploring a spooky castle and trying to beat an old vampire king. Gets good reviews, I think."

"Sounds like a good bet then! And maybe..." She scans the shelves, looking for something that seems unique to her.

"What's this one? Is it some kind of rhythm game?" 

She holds out the cover, showing three men in stylish suits holding microphones. 

Cover of Elite Beat Agents

"Never heard of it, but it's sure got style. Could see if the clerk knows anything about it?"

"You might as well ask him, yeah." 

Sable takes the box up to the counter and asks, "Know anything about this one, Pete?"

He looks it over. "Elite Beat Agents, huh?" Then he turns the box over in his hands.

After a moment, he continues. "I think it's an American remake of a popular game from Japan? Don't know much about it, though."

Sable nods and smiles. "Thanks!"

She takes the game back to Foxbox. "Apparently it's a remake in our language of a game that was popular elsewhere."

She turns it over in her hands and looks at the back. 

Back Cover

"Honestly I think I might take a chance on this one? But I think four games between this, Castlevania, Mario Kart DS, and the Pokemon is probably enough to start with." 

"Probably. I'm tempted to throw in Mario as well, classic platformer, but yeah, that'll do us."

She grabs games off the shelves and leads the way back to the counter.

Foxbox smiles and sets the copies of Castlevania and Elite Beat Agents she's holding on the counter. She hums a little happy note to herself. Alien media is so fun!

Pete gets everything rung up for them, Sable pays, and then they're hauling a bag out of the store. "So, it's probably a little early for lunch, what d'you think about finding some room decorations in here for now, and then finding the food court when we get hungry?"

"Sounds great! I can't wait to get home and try the DS thouuuuugggghhhhh!" She grabs Sable's free hand and swings it around a little, mostly just to express her enthusiasm.

Sable grins and squeezes her hand. "I know, it's going to be fun. What game do you wanna try first?"

"I can feel how much Lily is coveting that Castlevania game, but it would also be super fun to play with you! Maybe we could try a couple Mario Kart races and then once I'm tired of socializing we could go play solo games?" 

"Sounds good to me."

They pass by a Hot Topic. "Oh, wanna check and see if they've got anything Lily's craving in there?"

"Sure, I'll nudge her into front."

She flips the bracelet on her wrist over to its blue LED, and Lily steps forward. 

"I can't wait to play Castlevania," she says, uncharacteristic warmth in her voice. "Of course a world like yours is going to have better Gothic media, that just seems obvious." 

And looking over at Hot Topic, she smiles. "And sure, we can have a look at Hot Topic."

"Just don't want to miss out on anything you'd like, y'know?" And in they go. Sable lets Lily lead the way.