Private Waterside Amusements

Izumi pursed her lips, taking a moment to figure out what Neon meant before she think she understood.

"Oh... wait so where you just listening to the same music over and over again? That sounds more like... musical Stockholm syndrome than a favorite song. Personally would have drove me crazy after a while." spoke Izumi, frowning somewhat at Neon's reply.

Sure there were songs she could happily listen to all day but... not literally all day. She could only think to liken Neon's predicament to having an earworm stuck in one's except the music was very much playing outside.

"Oh goodness... I didn't know that." said Izumi, feeling guilty for bringing up this conversation in the first place. As fascinating a story concept of a digital ghost not knowing they have died haunting their very memorial, having to actually live thought it must have felt like a bit of nightmare. It was clear by the way Neon bristle his tail it was an uncomfortable memory.

"Oh Neon, I'm sorry I brought up something that was so... distressing. But your here now and full of life." reassured the Tanuki as they tried wrap an arm around his shoulder to comfort him.

"I know but..." but what? As Neon said, she was not at fault for what happened to him and there wasn't anything she could say that could take back what happened to him. Still, she sympathized with Neon and she just wanted him to know that

"... but... I guess I wanted to let you know that your in good place now. Good thing you had an extra life now huh?" joked Izumi, giving Neon a smile. As she pulled away, she realized the line moved quite a bit. "Oh we should move up."

As the two of them made their way forward, Izumi could see the ride carts up ahead and it looked like it won't be long until they could get on the ride again.

"Alright Neon, do you want wait a bit longer to get in the very front seat again?" she asked.

Izumi had a little laugh at the 1-up sound byte that Neon played. Shy may not have been that big into the video games but even an old fashioned tanuki like herself was familiar with that iconic jingle.

"Okay, lets wait for a front seat then." replied Izumi as they shuffled in line.

While they did have to wait a bit longer for the front seat, the two of them were eventually called up to take their seats. Familiar with the process from last time, Izumi takes a seat and quickly straps herself in.

"Ready?" she asked as she turned to look at Neon, her lips turned to a smirk.

Izumi opened her mouth but was stopped as the ride lurched forward. As the cart climb to the crest Izumi gripped tightly on the handlebar. It was one thing to have a headrest blocking most of your view but it was a whole other beast to be able to actually see what is happening before her.

"Oh my gosh we are really high up now aren't? When do we start going-" whatever it was Izumi was about to was lost in the screams as the ride suddenly raced downhill. Her screams of terror morph to screams of joy as the cart accelerated to high speed. As the ride continued though its track like a high speed bullet, it slowly came to stop as it returned to the unloading bay.

"Oh ho ho ho! Phew... well that was way more exhilerating to be up in front. I think I nearly lost my hat on the loop." spoke up Izumi as they reach to pat the top of their head to check that their hat was still in place, which thankfully it was.