UN: @kyouken // Back when I was a brat, I found a sparrow with a broken leg and took it home

[justbeingknife]

Seems like a couple people here have been showin' up with folks they know from back home. I was figurin' that since they came from the same place, they were also from just about the same time -- but from what I been hearing, that ain't necessarily the case.

So if you're from the 'future' compared to someone ya know here, lemme ask ya this: do you remember that other person going missing?

I also heard that there were people who came here before us, but it tapered off before starting back up again last month. But how long was that dry spell? Would anyone from back then be around?

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ohohoho

[justbeingknife]

Yer secret's out.

If you want, though, go ahead and drop by sometime. I'm around mostly at night, though.

[nishizono]

i'm gonna jump you.

not the fun type. or something. YOU GET WHAT I MEAN.

[justbeingknife]

[ raises eyebrows

which type was the fun type, answer him that ]

I'm lookin' forward to it. No one's tried since I got here.

[nishizono]

i'll make it worth your while so much you'll miss me when I'm done.

[ lord who knows. ]

[justbeingknife]

You follow up on even half of that promise, and I'll even thank ya for it.

[ Majima had always enjoyed fighting. Sure, plenty of soldiers did. But as part of the Shimano family, his confrontations had been part of the business -- which meant he needed to rein it in. Remember the mission. Be an example.

Ironic that it was only as a civilian, pitted against Nishitani's violent, unpredictable madness, that he'd finally allowed that leash to slip. But more importantly: ]

Can't get over how everyone spills personal details over the network around here. Never saw that back home.

[ u included, tetora ]

let's table this stabbing for the future because things

[nishizono]

[ he'll stab you in a bit, don't worry.




meanwhile, though. ]

i'm what i am. keeping it quiet has gotten me more trouble than it's worth, so really, i'm doing me a favor just laying it all out there. less bullshit for me to deal with, you know?

yes let's not use the network for stabbing, that seems somehow wrong

[justbeingknife]

Yer the expert on that one. I'd rather know anyway if someone has mind powers.

[ Not that that meant he was going to start telling everyone he was ex-Tojo, though. He leaned toward Kiryu's side on this one -- it'd only complicate things, and it wasn't like a bunch of foreigners were even going to understand what it meant. If anything, they might assume he was one of those mobsters of ill repute.

Besides, anyone who spent enough time around Majima would figure out a guy didn't get that good with a knife working an office job. ]

Sounds like a real pain in the ass, though, 'specially if ya can't control it.

[nishizono]

i can manage it when it happens. most of the time.
it's just fucking annoying. imagine trying to get laid.
suddenly it's this too-complicated bullshit with the feelings and thoughts and doubletalk.

[ he'll be the first to admit that he's having trouble relating to people because of this crap, k. this drama is just that - drama. ]

[justbeingknife]

Well, what's your type?

[ he'd at least try to be helpful here, seeing as how Tetora had been willing to share this much. ]

[nishizono]

...i don't know. haven't really thought about it, really.

[ now isn't that just sad? all of this attractive youth and he's got no idea where to put it, so to speak. ]

[justbeingknife]

Huh? You serious, or you just bein' shy about it?

[ I mean it seemed like a weird question but Majima did probably know dudes who were into soaplands but still couldn't talk normally to girls

maybe tetora was like that

(into soaplands) ]

[nishizono]

[ jesus tapdancin' christ my guy ]

i'm serious
i've not had
you know
the fucking time

i lead a very busy life

[justbeingknife]

Alright, alright. I'm just sayin' that in that example, maybe part of yer problem is not pickin' the right girl.

[nishizono]

i don't get to pick.

long story, but it's not really an option for me. i mean, what could i possibly be missing out on, right?

[justbeingknife]

[ oh no

how did this conversation get serious ]

Sorry to hear it.

I dunno. In my line of work, you hear a lot of stories about it not working out. But sometimes it does.

[ and it sounded kind of nice, actually, even though Majima didn't spend a lot of time thinking about it. ]

Whenever I talked to Hibiki-chan, she always seemed pretty happy 'bout her future. Like she was really hoping to meet some guy and introduce him to her little brother someday. It's probably 'cause her family life wasn't too happy to start with.

[nishizono]

i never had one of those, so i won't know.
i just got passed around from guardian to guardian, all of whom had shit for brains.

[ look, this wasn't where he thought this conversation would go, either, but here we are. ]

at least hibiki-chan had hopes.

[justbeingknife]

Yeah.

Plenty of weirdos around here to talk to, though. Maybe you'll find something you ain't elsewhere.

[nishizono]

heh, maybe.
i wouldn't hold my breath though.

what about you, what's your type like?

[justbeingknife]

Funny you should ask. Buncha people have lately.

[ which was why he had a ready answer ]

The graceful, ladylike type. It's better if she ain't the same as me. Also, I don't mind if she's older.

[nishizono]

[ what can he say, majima seems the type to really like doing the dirty with the ladies. ]

someone's into cougars, huh? how old are we talking about?

[justbeingknife]

[ what RUDE, he was oddly popular with them though. ]

Early thirties is fine, I guess. It'd also be nice if she knows how to cook.

[nishizono]

you could always learn to cook for yourself, you know.
it can't be that hard.

[ shut up tetora it is that hard. ]

[justbeingknife]

Hey, I can cook some stuff.

[ Probably. ]

But it just ain't the same as when someone else makes it for ya.

[nishizono]

i don't get it. i mean, i guess i do? it's easier if you can just plop down and say thanks for the food and not do dishes after, but otherwise i don't get it.

it's still food.

[justbeingknife]

Nah, it ain't only that.

When someone knows what ya like and makes something especially for you, it tastes different. Dunno why, but it just does.