Ryuugamine Mikado (Shark) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
digitalemperor) wrote2012-09-17 12:21 am
digitalemperor) wrote2012-09-17 12:21 am
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Memory 14
Memory: Significant Positive - Kida's tour of the city (continuation of memory 06) (Vol 1, chapter 2, part 1)
Game: Game (didn't play)
Game Master: Columbine and Madame White
Day: 175
Notes: [the memories come in the form of small square painted jack-in-the-boxes with question marks carved on each face. when you wind it properly a snake in a mask pops out and you are presented with the memory.
if you only wind it partway and trigger it, you get a bunch of really confusing colors and images that make no real sense; you can't even tell if it's really your memory or not.
after five uses you only get the confusing colors and lights, but no more memory.] 1/5 taken
“On that note, let’s get going! Let’s get outta here first. I’m in an unmistakably Go West mood! But that West doesn’t refer to the west exit, but the Seibu1 department exit! I’m a tricky tour guide huh?”
“I see. But, what’s the difference between the west exit and the Seibu exit?”
“…Failed again.”
As Mikado followed Kida, the fear and unease towards the crowds had subsided considerably. Being guided by a city dweller, and his old friend at that, allowed Mikado’s perception of the city to take a hundred and eighty degree turn.
“To put it simply, Ikebukuro’s Tobu2 department is at the west exit, and contrary to that, the Seibu department is at the east exit—ah…how unlucky, after that joke failed, I still have to explain myself…what am I doing?”
“Being stupid?”
“…That’s mean you bastard!”
Kida’s expression become pained, and then gave a sigh of resignation and said, “Forget it, I’m better than this, so I’ll let you off. Anyway, anywhere you want to go?”
“Hm, I think I told you about it online, something to do with Sunshine City?”
“You want to go there now? Hm...I don’t mind, but seriously, wouldn’t it be better to bring a chick?”
Sunshine City 60 was once famous for being Japan’s tallest tower and was a well-known attraction. Even though it has been succeeded by the Tokyo Tower and the Yokohoma Landmark Tower, Sunshine City 60 is still a recreational wonderland that continuously draws people. It has an aquarium, a Namjatown amusement park, and thus is a good place for students and families to relax.
Even though Mikado felt that he was blindly succumbing to some trend, he couldn’t think of anywhere else. To tell the truth, there was another place which he’d seen very often on television—
“Ah there was the Ikebukuro West Gate Park.”
“Oh oh, I’ve watched that drama. I even have the novel and manga.”
“Nah I don’t mean the drama, I mean the place! West Gate Park!”
Kida stood dumbfounded, and comprehension dawned on his face as he listened to Mikado. He grinned and said, “No no, it’s called the Ikebukuro West Exit Park.”
“Eh? But…don’t the Ikebukuroers call it the West Gate Park?”
“’Ikebukuroers’? What’s with that? Anyway, you wanna go?”
As he watched Kida stop in his tracks, Mikado shook his head vigorously. “No…no I don’t! It’s late and if we go we’d bump into one of those colour gangs (note: Illegal street gangs which wear one kind of colour clothes, hats or scarves ever since the drama ‘Ikebukuro West Gate Park’ and hang around the West Exit Park) and get killed!”
“Uh…I don’t really know how to react to that. And besides, it’s only six pm. Ne, you’re still as cowardly as ever.”
Kida smiled resignedly and continued leading Mikado through the crowds.
The crowds had thinned out by the time they were out. But still Mikado had a hard time trying not to bump into people.
“There’ve been fewer sightings of those colour gangs. They were pretty big last year, but after causing a big commotion with the peeps from Saitama, a lot of them got arrested. After that, the police would swoop in on groups wearing the same colour. Although now most of them only come out at night, they won’t do anything flashy before the working class people go home…ah but it’s another matter altogether when it comes to the Bosokozu and such. Sometimes you’ll even see reports about clashes between the Bosokozu and the police in the magazines and the news, but that’s mostly in the Kabuki district, hardly in Ikebukuro.”
“The Bosokozu?!”
“Nah, like I said, they won’t gather at the station at this time.”
Mikado let out a sigh of relief on hearing Masaomi’s assurance.
“So…now Ikebukuro’s pretty safe?”
“Not really. I don’t really know everything about stuff like that. Well, there are actually quite a few of these groups. Besides the colour gangs and the Bosokozu, there’s still some other dangerous people. They seem pretty normal on the surface, but you must never get involved with them…but you don’t really have much to worry. You’re not the kind to go around looking for trouble anyway.
Anyway you just have to be careful of those street solicitors and shady merchants and stay away from the gangs and Bosokozu and you’ll be fine.”
“I see…”
Even though Mikado was still curious about the people he should ‘never get involved with’, he decided not to ask him more about them.
What we learned:
-Kida's still bad at jokes
-I know what memory this connects to...
-Lots of blah blah about Ikebukuro and its landmarks and the street gangs etc
-Walking and hanging out with Kida, arrival in the city
-Oh no gangs scary!
-Who are these people I shouldn't get involved with?
What this means:
This is just the continuation of memory 6 with further info dump on Ikebukuro and street gangs and Kida being a dork. Reinforced feelings of friendship and trust in Kida--things aren't scary when Kida's around.
Game: Game (didn't play)
Game Master: Columbine and Madame White
Day: 175
Notes: [the memories come in the form of small square painted jack-in-the-boxes with question marks carved on each face. when you wind it properly a snake in a mask pops out and you are presented with the memory.
if you only wind it partway and trigger it, you get a bunch of really confusing colors and images that make no real sense; you can't even tell if it's really your memory or not.
after five uses you only get the confusing colors and lights, but no more memory.] 1/5 taken
“On that note, let’s get going! Let’s get outta here first. I’m in an unmistakably Go West mood! But that West doesn’t refer to the west exit, but the Seibu1 department exit! I’m a tricky tour guide huh?”
“I see. But, what’s the difference between the west exit and the Seibu exit?”
“…Failed again.”
As Mikado followed Kida, the fear and unease towards the crowds had subsided considerably. Being guided by a city dweller, and his old friend at that, allowed Mikado’s perception of the city to take a hundred and eighty degree turn.
“To put it simply, Ikebukuro’s Tobu2 department is at the west exit, and contrary to that, the Seibu department is at the east exit—ah…how unlucky, after that joke failed, I still have to explain myself…what am I doing?”
“Being stupid?”
“…That’s mean you bastard!”
Kida’s expression become pained, and then gave a sigh of resignation and said, “Forget it, I’m better than this, so I’ll let you off. Anyway, anywhere you want to go?”
“Hm, I think I told you about it online, something to do with Sunshine City?”
“You want to go there now? Hm...I don’t mind, but seriously, wouldn’t it be better to bring a chick?”
Sunshine City 60 was once famous for being Japan’s tallest tower and was a well-known attraction. Even though it has been succeeded by the Tokyo Tower and the Yokohoma Landmark Tower, Sunshine City 60 is still a recreational wonderland that continuously draws people. It has an aquarium, a Namjatown amusement park, and thus is a good place for students and families to relax.
Even though Mikado felt that he was blindly succumbing to some trend, he couldn’t think of anywhere else. To tell the truth, there was another place which he’d seen very often on television—
“Ah there was the Ikebukuro West Gate Park.”
“Oh oh, I’ve watched that drama. I even have the novel and manga.”
“Nah I don’t mean the drama, I mean the place! West Gate Park!”
Kida stood dumbfounded, and comprehension dawned on his face as he listened to Mikado. He grinned and said, “No no, it’s called the Ikebukuro West Exit Park.”
“Eh? But…don’t the Ikebukuroers call it the West Gate Park?”
“’Ikebukuroers’? What’s with that? Anyway, you wanna go?”
As he watched Kida stop in his tracks, Mikado shook his head vigorously. “No…no I don’t! It’s late and if we go we’d bump into one of those colour gangs (note: Illegal street gangs which wear one kind of colour clothes, hats or scarves ever since the drama ‘Ikebukuro West Gate Park’ and hang around the West Exit Park) and get killed!”
“Uh…I don’t really know how to react to that. And besides, it’s only six pm. Ne, you’re still as cowardly as ever.”
Kida smiled resignedly and continued leading Mikado through the crowds.
The crowds had thinned out by the time they were out. But still Mikado had a hard time trying not to bump into people.
“There’ve been fewer sightings of those colour gangs. They were pretty big last year, but after causing a big commotion with the peeps from Saitama, a lot of them got arrested. After that, the police would swoop in on groups wearing the same colour. Although now most of them only come out at night, they won’t do anything flashy before the working class people go home…ah but it’s another matter altogether when it comes to the Bosokozu and such. Sometimes you’ll even see reports about clashes between the Bosokozu and the police in the magazines and the news, but that’s mostly in the Kabuki district, hardly in Ikebukuro.”
“The Bosokozu?!”
“Nah, like I said, they won’t gather at the station at this time.”
Mikado let out a sigh of relief on hearing Masaomi’s assurance.
“So…now Ikebukuro’s pretty safe?”
“Not really. I don’t really know everything about stuff like that. Well, there are actually quite a few of these groups. Besides the colour gangs and the Bosokozu, there’s still some other dangerous people. They seem pretty normal on the surface, but you must never get involved with them…but you don’t really have much to worry. You’re not the kind to go around looking for trouble anyway.
Anyway you just have to be careful of those street solicitors and shady merchants and stay away from the gangs and Bosokozu and you’ll be fine.”
“I see…”
Even though Mikado was still curious about the people he should ‘never get involved with’, he decided not to ask him more about them.
What we learned:
-Kida's still bad at jokes
-I know what memory this connects to...
-Lots of blah blah about Ikebukuro and its landmarks and the street gangs etc
-Walking and hanging out with Kida, arrival in the city
-Oh no gangs scary!
-Who are these people I shouldn't get involved with?
What this means:
This is just the continuation of memory 6 with further info dump on Ikebukuro and street gangs and Kida being a dork. Reinforced feelings of friendship and trust in Kida--things aren't scary when Kida's around.