Core Four Fun | Location : Earth | TMC |

|15| hollywood here we come!

Alex sighed happily and took in the warm beams from the sun overhead. The Hollywood area of Universal Studios was pretty open-aired, with plenty of shade under large palms trees. Jordan and Dix came back with ice cold sodas from a nearby vendor, passing out the Freyan drinks to everyone. Kaiden looked rather skeptical at his Sprite and took a sip a little too fast, nearly snorting it out of his nose. Alex bit down a laugh and passed him a spare water bottle that he took thankfully.

"That is one strange drink," Kaiden remarked, pinching his nose. "But why does it taste so good?"

"Sugar," was all Bear said with a smirk. "It's almost as much as a glass of dillyberry juice."

Alex nearly choked on her Sprite this time. "You're joking, right?"

"What, getting flashbacks, Alex?" Jordan raised an eyebrow and laughed. "Just wait 'till I tell you about the time that I had to carry—"

"Jordan, that is way too much information already." Alex cut him off by pretending to steal his hotdog. It shut him up pretty quick.

Bear was staring at his phone and up ahead, trying to find a path through the busy crowd of people. "Are you really sure you want to go see a horror make up show?"

"I wanna see Dec's reaction to them — he does not do well with horror. This one time—"

"Uh-uh okay, quoting Alex, that is way too much information already," Declan simply slapped a hand over Kaiden's mouth (a bit more brutish than Alex's). "If anything, I'm going to tell the story."

"Go ahead," Jordan mentioned with his hotdog.

"Picture this. I skip the assembly for the VR-enhancement stuff at the start of our year, but goodboy Kaid over here didn't. Now I don't do well with horror stuff, we all know that. I stroll into the Rec Room, put on the headset, turn it up to the highest horror level because I got dared by Blink. Two seconds in and I'm screaming like a baby because a freakin' wolf licked my face!"

Declan told stories very well and with magnificent hand gestures that nearly knocked out passerbys or made the whole thing funnier. Arriving at the Horror Make-Up Show, the front was set up and decorated like an 80's movie theater. It was a pretty blue and pink palette that stood out against the other buildings, with hundreds of bulbs that shone bright and reflected prettily off the windows.

"Okay, I was not expecting this from a horror make-up show." Dix remarked, slurping her slushie. "Shall we?"

"We shall." Jordan grinned and took Dix's arm, leading her inside. Bear and Declan followed them, trailed last by Alex and Kaiden. Alex hooked her arm through Kaiden's accepted a quick kiss to the forehead and they strolled forwards into the Horror Make-Up Show.

The floor was exactly like any cinema - with a gaudy fabric as a pattern, bright red and blue with a super-fancy ceiling. There were even chandeliers every so often that lit up the space so you could see the pieces better. Most of the art was boxed up behind glass and safely lined up with red-velvet brass fencing.

"Look at that clown!" Dix gasped, pointing to a red and yellow haired mannequin. Jordan, ever the jokester, turned around frantically and over dramatically with his finger out.

"There it is!" he pointed right for Bear, who rolled his eyes and took Dec's hand so they could look at more gory stuff.

Dix and Jordan were caught up with the circus exhibition, whilst Alex and Kaiden decided to walk further along and see what was up ahead. A group of people had begun gathering, all with cameras and excited expressions.

"Everyone please follow me towards Theater One, we'll be starting there shortly. Ah, miss," said the 80's dressed movie usher with a wink, "You won't want to bring popcorn in."