Female employee finds two different men camped out in the ladies’ restroom in roughly an hour.
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Let that be a lesson to anyone who dares play a CD in a place where it might be overheard by someone else.
Come for the fire-breathing dragon vs. Dragoon action, stay for the iconic victory fanfare.
Towering snow sculptures pay homage to Final Fantasy and Osamu Tezuka’s beloved anime characters.
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