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digitalemperor) wrote2012-10-18 11:28 pm
digitalemperor) wrote2012-10-18 11:28 pm
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Memory 17
Memory: Significant Neutral - Meeting the van gang (First day pt 2) (Vol 1, chapter 4, part 1 + part 2)
Game: Game (didn't play)
Game Master: Persephone
Day: 186
Notes: Memory form is an orange blossom that has five petals. Pick one to view your memory. They wither after four days. 3/5 used (Kazuki, Lenalee)
After leaving the school, they turned and caught sight of Sunshine City 60 and headed downtown.
To Mikado, Ikebukuro was an amazing place. The two big roads of the same size separated only by a street, seemed to be completely different places. The fact that every road was interwoven with their own unique backgrounds made Mikado feel extremely confused and lost each time he walked down a new, unfamiliar street,
“You wanna go anywhere?”
“Um, I was thinking...where’s the bookstore?”
Mikado wanted to know this as he stood outside a fast food outlet around the entrance of 60-Storey Street. Masaomi thought for a while and answered.
“Hm, bookstore huh? Then you’d want to go to Junkudo. It’s just around here...what books do you wanna buy?”
“Um...I think some mangas so I can pass the time at home...”
On hearing Mikado’s reply, Masaomi gently stepped forward.
“In that case, let’s go to the store in the back that has this amazing collection of manga!”
Masaomi walked to a crossroad with a gaming centre and turned right and entered an unfamiliar street which was completely different from 60-Storey Street, and Mikado thought he might be lost.
It was hard enough for Mikado to return to his apartment from the station, so he really felt that if he were to wind up in some alley, he might never be able to get out alone.
“They’re selling doujinshis there too.”
Doujinshis—although Mikado spent so much time on the Net, he had absolutely no understanding on this subject, and he’d never bought any before. Back in junior high, he remembered seeing a few of his female classmates discussing it enthusiastically. And add in the information he got from the Web, Mikado had equated doujinshis as an ‘18+’ thing.
“Then...then, can I still go? Won’t I get chased out?”
“Huh?”
As Masoami fretted over the illogical and laughable things Mikado had just said, someone called out to him from behind.
“If it isn’t Kida-kun?”
“Hyayaya, long time no see.”
“Ah~it’s Karisawa-san and Yumasaki-san! Long time no see.”
Mikado turned and saw a duo of a boy and girl. They obviously went gallivanting about in the day, but their skin remained strangely pasty. The boy was sharp-eyed, skinny and he was carrying a heavy-looking hiker’s backpack. But looking at his clothes, he didn’t seem to be on a camping trip.
As Mikado studied them, the girl asked Kida, “This is...your friend?”
“Ah~he’s my childhood friend, and as of today, he’s my high school schoolmate.”
“Oh, so you started high school today! Congratulations.”
After the two of them finished their rather irrelevant chat, Masaomi introduced them to Mikado.
“The girl’s Karisawa-san and the other guy is Yumasaki-san.”
“...Ah, that, I’m...I’m Ryuugamine Mikado.”
On hearing Mikado’s name, the boy called Yumasaki cocked his head to one said. The way he did it was extremely unnatural, and made Mikado feel a little uneasy. But for some reason, Yumasaki asked Karisawa, “Is that a pen name?”
“Why would a high school student use a pen name? Ah...aha! You use it in radio shows and magazines right?
“Uh...that...actually, it’s my real name...”
Mikado corrected them in an almost inaudible voice, and caused them to stare at him in wide-eyed wonderment.
“Really? Your real name?!”
“Hyaya, that’s great! It’s too cool! Hyayaya, like the name of the male protagonist of a manga!”
After seeing Karisawa and Yumasaki’s reactions—
“Don’t put it like that...how embarrassing.”
“Kida-kun, you shouldn’t be the one who’s embarrassed.”
It was obvious to Mikado that he had become the main topic of the conversation, but yet he didn’t say a word. He didn’t really know what to do, so he just stood there. After a while, Yumasaki finally sensed that something was amiss so he pulled out his cellphone to look at the time and mumbled., “Hyayaya, so sorry to have kept you here for so long. You guys have anything else to do?”
“Not really, nothing important...”
He never expected for them to be concerned about him. As such Mikado was a little stunned and hurriedly shook his head and then answered with that.
“Hyayaya, that’s fine. Go ahead and do what you need. Really sorry, Kida, to have held you back here.”
“We’re going to the arcade. You guys going to buy stuff?”
“Yeah, some mangas.”
After Kida finished talking, Yumasaki raised a hand and patted the backpack he strung on his shoulders a few times.
“Hyayaya, we were just there. Dengeki Bunko just released some books, so we got a whole lot. About thirty in all.”
Mikado had heard about Dengeki Bunko before. Dengeki Bunko mainly released light novels and if he wasn’t wrong they also published some Hollywood film novel translations. Mikado had bought a few back in junior high, but even so, his total purchases weren’t even close to thirty.
“Dengeki Bunko released that many books a month?”
On hearing Mikado’s query, Karisawa laughed and answered, “Of course not! We only picked about ten books. One for me, one for him and the one to use tonight, ten books for each so it became thirty.”
“There was the ‘Moeru Keisan Mondaishuu1’, or simply ‘Moe-san’. Hyaya, and they were autographed by Jubi Shimamoto2!”
He couldn’t understand a word Yumasaki was saying so he looked pleadingly at Masaomi.
“...Just imagine they’re chanting incantations and just listen. He’s the kind of person who thinks that just because he knows something, everyone else must know it as well.”
As Masaomi whispered that into Mikado’s ear, Yumasaki was still going on and on about that topic which Mikado had no idea about. Karisawa noticed the awkwardness of the situation and patted her companion’s bagpack lightly.
“Why are you telling this to them? Well, we should get going. Bye bye.”
The duo went off quickly, and Mikado stared after them, looking utterly bewildered and murmured to himself.
“Dengeki Bunko...to use tonight...?”
Though Mikado really wanted to know what they were going to use it for, they had already started to go, and he didn’t want to trouble them any further, so he didn’t ask. So Mikado and Masaomi started towards the bookstore.
“Wow! Look at all the mangas! Super cool! This store called Toranoana...in here, there are way more mangas in here that all the books in the bookstore back home. And I’m talking about just the mangas here!”
“Yeah, there are loads of other places selling lots of manga. Like animate, Comic Plaza and so on. If you want other kinds of books then you should go to Junkudo. It’s a huge nine-storey building, and it just sells books.”
After buying what they wanted, the two of them walked down 60-Storey Street in the direction of Sunshine City.
“But, I never knew Kida-kun knew people like that.”
“Are you talking about Karisawa-san and the others? Well, you don’t think I’d only know those people with dyed hair, piercings and sniffed glue right? Well honestly, they’re a little strange, but if you’re nice to them, you’ll find that they’re good people.”
“Eh? I see...”
Although Mikado thought that a little strange, but he didn’t really want to question him, and just brushed it aside.
“Oh yeah. I get out a lot, so I can take you to all kinds of stores, like some selling cheap second hand clothes. Even nightclubs and hotels. And if you ever want to haggle with those roadside stall owners selling little trinkets, I’m your man.”
“You really do know everything.”
“’Cos if I know a little of everything, then I can talk to girls!”
“What sinister motives...”
Mikado couldn’t help but say that about Masaomi. Masaomi nodded, seeming very pleased with himself.
Things we learned:
-OMG SO MANY MANGA AND BOOKS
-Also more touring the city after the first day of high school
-Kida really does know everything and everyone '-'
-Wow Karisawa-san sounds just like Ferris-san '-'
What this means:
It's just another segment of the first day settling into Ikebukuro, more touring the city and meeting the locals. Though he doesn't know it in the memory, Karisawa and Yumasaki will be reoccurring characters in Mikado's life, and are themselves members of the Dollars.
Game: Game (didn't play)
Game Master: Persephone
Day: 186
Notes: Memory form is an orange blossom that has five petals. Pick one to view your memory. They wither after four days. 3/5 used (Kazuki, Lenalee)
After leaving the school, they turned and caught sight of Sunshine City 60 and headed downtown.
To Mikado, Ikebukuro was an amazing place. The two big roads of the same size separated only by a street, seemed to be completely different places. The fact that every road was interwoven with their own unique backgrounds made Mikado feel extremely confused and lost each time he walked down a new, unfamiliar street,
“You wanna go anywhere?”
“Um, I was thinking...where’s the bookstore?”
Mikado wanted to know this as he stood outside a fast food outlet around the entrance of 60-Storey Street. Masaomi thought for a while and answered.
“Hm, bookstore huh? Then you’d want to go to Junkudo. It’s just around here...what books do you wanna buy?”
“Um...I think some mangas so I can pass the time at home...”
On hearing Mikado’s reply, Masaomi gently stepped forward.
“In that case, let’s go to the store in the back that has this amazing collection of manga!”
Masaomi walked to a crossroad with a gaming centre and turned right and entered an unfamiliar street which was completely different from 60-Storey Street, and Mikado thought he might be lost.
It was hard enough for Mikado to return to his apartment from the station, so he really felt that if he were to wind up in some alley, he might never be able to get out alone.
“They’re selling doujinshis there too.”
Doujinshis—although Mikado spent so much time on the Net, he had absolutely no understanding on this subject, and he’d never bought any before. Back in junior high, he remembered seeing a few of his female classmates discussing it enthusiastically. And add in the information he got from the Web, Mikado had equated doujinshis as an ‘18+’ thing.
“Then...then, can I still go? Won’t I get chased out?”
“Huh?”
As Masoami fretted over the illogical and laughable things Mikado had just said, someone called out to him from behind.
“If it isn’t Kida-kun?”
“Hyayaya, long time no see.”
“Ah~it’s Karisawa-san and Yumasaki-san! Long time no see.”
Mikado turned and saw a duo of a boy and girl. They obviously went gallivanting about in the day, but their skin remained strangely pasty. The boy was sharp-eyed, skinny and he was carrying a heavy-looking hiker’s backpack. But looking at his clothes, he didn’t seem to be on a camping trip.
As Mikado studied them, the girl asked Kida, “This is...your friend?”
“Ah~he’s my childhood friend, and as of today, he’s my high school schoolmate.”
“Oh, so you started high school today! Congratulations.”
After the two of them finished their rather irrelevant chat, Masaomi introduced them to Mikado.
“The girl’s Karisawa-san and the other guy is Yumasaki-san.”
“...Ah, that, I’m...I’m Ryuugamine Mikado.”
On hearing Mikado’s name, the boy called Yumasaki cocked his head to one said. The way he did it was extremely unnatural, and made Mikado feel a little uneasy. But for some reason, Yumasaki asked Karisawa, “Is that a pen name?”
“Why would a high school student use a pen name? Ah...aha! You use it in radio shows and magazines right?
“Uh...that...actually, it’s my real name...”
Mikado corrected them in an almost inaudible voice, and caused them to stare at him in wide-eyed wonderment.
“Really? Your real name?!”
“Hyaya, that’s great! It’s too cool! Hyayaya, like the name of the male protagonist of a manga!”
After seeing Karisawa and Yumasaki’s reactions—
“Don’t put it like that...how embarrassing.”
“Kida-kun, you shouldn’t be the one who’s embarrassed.”
It was obvious to Mikado that he had become the main topic of the conversation, but yet he didn’t say a word. He didn’t really know what to do, so he just stood there. After a while, Yumasaki finally sensed that something was amiss so he pulled out his cellphone to look at the time and mumbled., “Hyayaya, so sorry to have kept you here for so long. You guys have anything else to do?”
“Not really, nothing important...”
He never expected for them to be concerned about him. As such Mikado was a little stunned and hurriedly shook his head and then answered with that.
“Hyayaya, that’s fine. Go ahead and do what you need. Really sorry, Kida, to have held you back here.”
“We’re going to the arcade. You guys going to buy stuff?”
“Yeah, some mangas.”
After Kida finished talking, Yumasaki raised a hand and patted the backpack he strung on his shoulders a few times.
“Hyayaya, we were just there. Dengeki Bunko just released some books, so we got a whole lot. About thirty in all.”
Mikado had heard about Dengeki Bunko before. Dengeki Bunko mainly released light novels and if he wasn’t wrong they also published some Hollywood film novel translations. Mikado had bought a few back in junior high, but even so, his total purchases weren’t even close to thirty.
“Dengeki Bunko released that many books a month?”
On hearing Mikado’s query, Karisawa laughed and answered, “Of course not! We only picked about ten books. One for me, one for him and the one to use tonight, ten books for each so it became thirty.”
“There was the ‘Moeru Keisan Mondaishuu1’, or simply ‘Moe-san’. Hyaya, and they were autographed by Jubi Shimamoto2!”
He couldn’t understand a word Yumasaki was saying so he looked pleadingly at Masaomi.
“...Just imagine they’re chanting incantations and just listen. He’s the kind of person who thinks that just because he knows something, everyone else must know it as well.”
As Masaomi whispered that into Mikado’s ear, Yumasaki was still going on and on about that topic which Mikado had no idea about. Karisawa noticed the awkwardness of the situation and patted her companion’s bagpack lightly.
“Why are you telling this to them? Well, we should get going. Bye bye.”
The duo went off quickly, and Mikado stared after them, looking utterly bewildered and murmured to himself.
“Dengeki Bunko...to use tonight...?”
Though Mikado really wanted to know what they were going to use it for, they had already started to go, and he didn’t want to trouble them any further, so he didn’t ask. So Mikado and Masaomi started towards the bookstore.
“Wow! Look at all the mangas! Super cool! This store called Toranoana...in here, there are way more mangas in here that all the books in the bookstore back home. And I’m talking about just the mangas here!”
“Yeah, there are loads of other places selling lots of manga. Like animate, Comic Plaza and so on. If you want other kinds of books then you should go to Junkudo. It’s a huge nine-storey building, and it just sells books.”
After buying what they wanted, the two of them walked down 60-Storey Street in the direction of Sunshine City.
“But, I never knew Kida-kun knew people like that.”
“Are you talking about Karisawa-san and the others? Well, you don’t think I’d only know those people with dyed hair, piercings and sniffed glue right? Well honestly, they’re a little strange, but if you’re nice to them, you’ll find that they’re good people.”
“Eh? I see...”
Although Mikado thought that a little strange, but he didn’t really want to question him, and just brushed it aside.
“Oh yeah. I get out a lot, so I can take you to all kinds of stores, like some selling cheap second hand clothes. Even nightclubs and hotels. And if you ever want to haggle with those roadside stall owners selling little trinkets, I’m your man.”
“You really do know everything.”
“’Cos if I know a little of everything, then I can talk to girls!”
“What sinister motives...”
Mikado couldn’t help but say that about Masaomi. Masaomi nodded, seeming very pleased with himself.
Things we learned:
-OMG SO MANY MANGA AND BOOKS
-Also more touring the city after the first day of high school
-Kida really does know everything and everyone '-'
-Wow Karisawa-san sounds just like Ferris-san '-'
What this means:
It's just another segment of the first day settling into Ikebukuro, more touring the city and meeting the locals. Though he doesn't know it in the memory, Karisawa and Yumasaki will be reoccurring characters in Mikado's life, and are themselves members of the Dollars.