Card Story: [Popping Puyos At Lightspeed] Toya Aoyagi

Part 1

Arcade
1
Toya
So this is where the gaming tournament's supposed to take place.
2
Akito
And it's cleaner than I expected. I guess it really is their grand reopening.
3
Toya
Yes, with quite a selection of machines and new titles.
4
Akito
Anyway, how do we actually register for this tournament?
5
Toya
The registration for that should be...
Oh, there it is.
6
Toya
Excuse me. We'd like to register for the “Funtastic Gaming Tournament” that we saw being advertised on this flyer...
7
Manager
You'd like to enter?! Excellent!
Just fill out the parts that say, “Required,” if you will!
8
Manager
The tournament will be starting soon, so you'll need to be quick!
9
Akito
Our names, team name, favorite games, list of tournaments we've been in... I'm surprised at how legit this looks...
10
Akito
Toya, can you handle this?
11
Toya
Sure, no problem.
12
Toya
That should be everything, so now...
13
Akito
Hm? What's up?
14
Toya
I'm not sure what to do about our team name. Do you have any good suggestions?
15
Akito
Oh, right...
16
Akito
Hmm... Our team name...
Why not just “BAD DOGS”?
17
Toya
It isn't a bad suggestion, but I'd rather not cheapen it by using it here...
18
Toya
Also, this is a gaming tournament and not a singing event. This doesn't seem like the right time or place for it, so let's think of something else.
19
Akito
The right time and place, huh...?
20
Toya
Yes. With that in mind, we should try coming up with a name that suits us.
21
Akito
In that case, we could try putting our initials together...
22
Akito
We have S and A... A and T...
Take out the duplicate A and go with SAT...?
23
Toya
Isn't that what the police's special tactical unit's called?
24
Akito
Oh, yeah... You might be right...
25
Akito
Hmm... A good team name...
Do you have any preferences or suggestions, Toya?
26
Toya
Well, it'd be nice if it captured who we are...
27
Akito
Who we are? What do you mean?
28
Toya
Sorry, I'm not actually too sure myself...
29
Akito
Okay. Then, let's give it a little more thought and just go with our initial if all else fails...
30
Toya
(Since the two of us are entering together, it'd be nice to come up with a name that fits us perfectly...)
31
Toya
(In that respect, drawing upon our real names does seem like a good option...)
32
Toya
(Our real names...)
33
Toya
Akito, do you remember when we all came up with a player name for me?
34
Akito
Oh, you mean when the four of us went to that arcade together?
35
Toya
Yes. That time, we...
36
Toya
This is my first time hearing that you have to come up with a player name for yourself. Despite having been to the arcade many times, I honestly had no idea.
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An
It's not really your fault since you almost exclusively play the claw machines.
38
Kohane
Yeah, claw machines are big and usually right by the entrance, so it's kind of hard to see all the other games that are further in...
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Akito
Yeah, it seems pretty natural to not know based on what you usually like to do.
40
An
At the same time, I still sorta can't believe that you almost put in your real name.
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Toya
Right. I'm glad that you were all there to warn me that I should be using a pseudonym instead.
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Akito
I mean, if you don't mind or if worst comes to worst, there's nothing wrong with using your real name.
43
Toya
No, everybody else was using a pseudonym so... When in Rome...
44
Kohane
Hehe. That's so you, Aoyagi.
45
An
Isn't it?
Also, I think the name we came up with is pretty good.
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Toya
Yes. There's a chance that someone else has the same initials as me, so we added the initials for our team name at the end to make...
47
Toya
ATVBS... Read as “at-bis”.
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Akito
It's really just a string of initials.
49
Toya
But I think it's a cool name.
I'd like to wear this name proudly as I play moving forward.
50
Toya
You all helped come up with a name for me.
51
Akito
So, you wanna do the same thing for our team name?
52
Toya
That could work, but I'm thinking that we could use a pair of words this time.
53
Toya
Aoyagi and Shinonome... A willow and a cloud... Yes, we can be Willow & Cloud.
54
Akito
Willow & Cloud...?
55
Akito
Yeah, not bad.
It's definitely better than just using our initials.
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Toya
Excellent. Then, let's go with this.
57
Toya
Akito, let's do our absolute best today to win as Willow & Cloud.
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Akito
Yeah...