So I bet you’re dying to know how my day went on Sunday. Regretfully, Diandra could not make it, but she continues to have high hopes for ACen. I really really really hope she's right. I realized on Sunday that not only will Diandra suffer if she isn't allowed to go, but many other people will as well. I'll obviously suffer (and probably die) for reasons previously mentioned, but also because my mom wont let me stay in the hotel room Alyssa bought for everyone if Diandra isn't there with me. My mom would have to drive me back and forth, an hour there, and hour back, every day. There are so many practical reasons why I would not be okay with that, including the fact that on Saturday night there's a rave that lasts well into the deep hours of the night. If my mom's driving, she's not going to let me stay there for very long.
But the biggest slam in the face for everyone else (meaning Alyssa's friends who go to ACen also) is that the cost of the hotel room shoots up. We're all splitting the cost, but if Diandra and I are cut out of the picture, everyone else has to make up for our share. I'm a little amused by the fact that not only do I really really want to go to ACen, but also I'm obligated to go as well. At least the financial problems will help with Diandra's battle for ACen privileges. Ah, and in case you were wondering, Alyssa's guy friends have a separate hotel room. We be good children.
But anyway, back to what happened on Sunday. So just Alyssa and I drove to the mall in our Akatsuki Sakura (me) and female Naruto (her) outfits thinking about how ridiculous we're going to look if no one's there for the anime... thing. Alyssa had a normal looking orange skirt with a hand-made Naruto jacket that looked like a vest with a bad fashion sense to a normal eye. My costume involved an Akatsuki snuggy (Yes I have one! xD Yes it's awesome!) wrapped around my waist and an Akatsuki beanie hat with regretfully no pink wig underneath (or maybe that's a good thing considering the circumstances). And then I wore my Sakura cosplay with it. One guess as to who was more worried about looking like a freak walking through the mall? Yep, it's me. Hey, it takes some guts and confidence to walk through the mall with a dog hair covered black and red blanket strapped to your waist!
So of course, as soon as we step out of the car, Alyssa unzips her jacket to reveal a very awesome looking Charlie the Unicorn t-shirt, rendering herself even more normal looking. Wonderful, not only do I look like a weirdo who doesn't get enough attention, but I don't have someone to look just as retarded as I do next to me (you're not a freak when you've got freaky friends!). I ignored her comments about how she'd rather not be seen with me right now and we walked rather quickly (wonder why) through the mall to find F.Y.E. Oh Alyssa, why couldn't you have found a parking spot closer to the store?!
Successfully avoiding eye contact with everyone in the mall, we made it to F.Y.E. and stood outside the store contemplating whether to go in or book it back to the car and keep our little moment of nerdiness to ourselves and never speak of it again. We walked in and headed straight to the anime section. That is, of course, after getting stopped by an employee who encouraged us to sign up for the cosplay contest. We figured, why not? and signed our names. THEN it was off to the anime section, where we saw two Akatsuki members checking out the Naruto accessories. A much needed relief came over me, but it was short-lived, because as we approached, I noticed that they were significantly shorter than myself. Middle schoolers. Crap. Ah oh well, might as well say hi.
Alyssa, by this time, had become very shy and very unwilling to go anywhere near the two little Akatsuki midgets. I finally gave up on pushing her toward them and turned to a presumed comrade of theirs and commented on how I liked her shirt. It had L from Death Note on it. It was awesome. Our two groups eventually warmed up and began to converse about favorite anime and how we were all going to ACen. I wonder if I'll see them there..
Oh, and one of the Akatsuki people was dressed up as Tobi, so I got his (actually it was a her) picture, because Tobi is awesome. Then there was an anime trivia, and there wasn't a single question about Naruto, which is ironic kinda because we were all dressed up as characters from Naruto. So I tied for second with the Death Note shirt girl, and Alyssa won (yay go Alyssa!). I didn't even expect to do as good as I did, because I have a really hard time remembering names. For example, when I'm discussing Bleach with Diandra, I'll say "I really like Chibi White Hair-san and Mr. Straw Hat Guy!" She's finally given up trying to educate me in the art of knowing the captains’ names.
So anyway, Alyssa got a 10 dollar gift card, but I got a 20 dollar gift card for winning the cosplay contest! Although, that's probably due to the fact that the only employee who knew anything about anime hadn't seen Naruto, so he probably voted for the person with the most stuff on. Plus, I was wearing at least three things that were bought from F.Y.E., so maybe that factored in, I don't know. But nevertheless, I was very excited, and decided to use it to buy an L pillow (looks like L's symbol). I also bought a box of really yummy almond pocky, and it's probably now my favorite kind of pocky.
Oh, and they were handing out Mello (from Death Note) action figures, which I was also very excited about. I felt really sorry for Diandra though, because Mello's her favorite character.
So that was my day! Very worth it, even if there was hardly anyone cosplaying, and Alyssa and I agreed we'd be there for the next one in 3 months.
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