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OPENING LOG.

Characters: Everyone!
Date: August 11th
Rating/Warnings: Nothing as of yet. Mark anything that qualifies a warning in your subject line!
Summary: Arrivals.
You want happiness. A company called RECOVERjoy has offered it to you, so you've signed up with them. Gaining happiness can't hurt, right?

Suddenly you're in a room, an apartment, with three other beds and unfamiliar faces. This is your assigned room, and it's quite crowded. You don't get much of a chance to think as your phone beeps--it's not your phone, maybe you've never had a phone, but there's one in your hand so you check it. It's a smart phone, nothing special about it, but now you've received a text from RECOVERjoy.

Welcome to Joywick! We're so happy to have you!

You've arrived in your assigned room, we hope you like it! Don't worry, you can move out once you've collected enough joypoints. Speaking of, if you'd like to check your balance, there's a special application that tracks it for you right on your phone! Handy, right?

... Did you check? If you did, you'll notice you have no joypoints. But don't despair! We're giving you a special mission. Make three (3) friends and get 200 joypoints! Gee, that's easy! Of course, we can't put a level on something like friendship, so just get to know people. Don't miss out on these easy points! We'll give you more information about joypoints once you're done.

Wishing you happiness,
RECOVERjoy : )

You're in this for 1 million joypoints, aren't you? Might as well get started.

(AFTER THE MISSION HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OR ONCE 24 HOURS HAVE PASSED)

You receive another text from RECOVERjoy.

Great job on the mission! Or not so great job for those who didn't do it. : (

Well, you probably want more joypoints either way. Here's how! Look for another person. I bet they look fairly happy, right? Why are they happier than you? Because they've got the joypoints you need! The only way to get those joypoints is to steal theirs. How? Take their happiness away. It's easy! Maybe a rumor here, an injury there... but if you want the big points, be creative!
You want to be happy, don't you?

Wishing you happiness,
RECOVERjoy : )

... Not quite what you expected when you signed up. You can't leave, though, you still owe RECOVERjoy 500 joypoints and, well, you came here for a reason.

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[ Wait. Did this loser hobo guy just-- No.

There's no way those words actually left his mouth, is there? Not the six word long hipster creed. No way! But he did. The tag is right there. Read it and weep, Lonely Birthday.

Bami takes a second to look totally offended, not that Yotsuya will even see, and then takes a little while longer to pick a good leaning spot. Yeah, this shelf of neatly stacked books should do the trick. The calm intake of breath signals what is sure to be a wonderful first impression all round. ]

Last time I checked, it was still considered rude to assume someone hasn't heard of something before you know them. But don't worry. You haven't offended me and you don't need to keep your favourite series hidden away. You know, even if you think you're the only person who cares about it then you still couldn't be more wrong. What about the mangaka? Or the inkers and assistants and editor who depend on the series to survive in this harsh modern world where everything costs money? What about the book store where you buy each volume, huh? Think before you speak, unless you're fine with hurting the entire industry.

[ He shifts a little. That shelf was digging into his back and he couldn't make the sweeping dramatic hand gestures he longed to make with an annoying pain distracting him. ]

Don't think it makes you a good fan either. It doesn't. There's no way. A real fan would brag about their favourite series until it becomes popular, and then they'd hate it. Especially if no one has ever heard of it! Isn't that the ultimate goal of obscure manga fans? I've been reading since the first chapter or I liked the one shot better because the heroine was cuter or Remember when this manga was good? are much better opinions to have, because even if a new fan does pick up the series when it's popular, they will never be able to usurp your position as the Alpha and the Omega of whatever your favourite manga happens to be.

[ Worth noting: he did stupid voices for those fake quotes. ]

So just tell me what it is. Unless it's Bleach, or something. Because then I'm just going to laugh.

Edited 2012-08-11 05:42 (UTC)

[Does anyone actually read Bleach?

Now, Yotsuya is content to just fade this kid out of his peripheral and ignore him. It's really, really easy to let a talkative schoolkid drone out into a dull buzzing. He's well versed in the art, especially when he has reading to do, like right now.

But for some reason, this buzzing won't stop. It is the dull buzzing that never ended. It's like there's a thousand irate bees hovering somewhere near him, just talking about manga.

Somewhere in the middle of the speech he stops reading and turns his head to stare. He forgets to fold down his page, this time, and just stares, torn between being annoyed and awestruck.

It just keeps going. Indeed, it keeps going as he tears himself away from his magazine rack and just walks over there and looms a bit closer than necessary, rolling up the magazine in his hands in case he needs... to.....

oh good it stopped.

He lowers his arm, which was not about to smack this kid with a rolled magazine at all. What a strange suggestion, Odd Inference.]

Never do that again.

[hm] ...It's about pigeons.

[ Since Tsurubami is currently without his dumb abilities, it's unlikely he even saw that attack coming. He probably just thinks this hobo was stretching or trying to swat a fly. It helps that there's no possible reason anyone would want to hit someone just for proving them wrong, and also that he is pretty much staring at the ceiling.

He just sort of keeps quiet for a couple seconds longer than he needs to. That'll show this jerk.

First he has to work out what Yotsuya never wants him to do again - be more direct, man - and then he has to process the whole pigeon manga thing. Because he doesn't think SQ runs a manga about pigeons and now he's not so sure if this beautiful friendship is going to work out. ]

Be more specific. What's the plot, who is the artist, which magazine does it run in?

[That attack, as if being swatted with a magazine is a brazen violation of Manga Lad's right to safety.

Keeping quiet is precisely what he wanted, good job kiddo.

Yotsuya thinks about the intimate details of Nameless Pigeon Manga. This is what he knows: it's a manga, there are some cute cartoon birds in it, and like most of his supplies, he found the volume or two he has somewhere in a middle school, abandoned by its true owner.

That is to say, he has no idea about any of these details that aren't "cartoon birds." He is not even a manga person... what's his favorite schoolkid murder news report, now that's a question. He taps the rolled magazine against his chin, deep in thought.]

I don't know. Guess.

[ Life is a battle manga and everything is an attack. Don't think you get a free pass to oppress other people with your stupid magazine batons just because your manga ran for 18 chapters and died a death without even trying for a genre shift. Even SWOT tried for a genre shift.

Since this guy doesn't even know anything about his favourite manga - or because he's being an obtuse jerk!!! - Bami decides to drop the subject altogether. And then he makes a mental note to come back later and scour the entire library until he finds this pigeon manga for himself. ]

You're not much of a manga reader, huh? That's fine. I'm sure you've got other qualities that'll make this friendship work.

[ Likely Error. ]

[Hey, hey, at least no one got on any supernatural death trains in those 18 chapters. Just, you know, as an example of something that could make or (definitely, without doubt) break a manga.

But Yotsuya doesn't even think life is manga, so that's not important. He might have shoved that pigeon manga in his complimentary suitcase (read: dilapidated briefcase), but that's for precious friends' eyes only.

What other qualities... is that a prompt for him to talk about himself? People keep wanting him to do that, it's terrible. He decides to actually do something about this guy's inability to turn his head the right way, instead, and sort of. looms. into his line of sight, just a little.]

Plenty. Do you? I might have met my friendship quota without your help.

[he just hasn't checked, so w/e about that other message, no clue]

[ Enigma jokes already. I'm not sure if my heart can take a game full of this.

Also being loomed at is much more intimidating when the person doing it is actual tall instead of awkwardly way shorter than they should be. Interesting. Not interesting to make this whole thing less uncomfortable. But interesting. ]

Could you back off? I'm uncomfortable, and I don't even know your name.

[ He puts a hand on your chest shoulder whatever he can touch without looking and gives you a really super gentle push backwards.

The message is clear: step off playa. ]

[You're right; maybe we should play it safe. Meaning I'm going to go cry about that some more.

As an added bonus, Yotsuya is real tall, and his hair is more intimidating than your minty fresh mop.

Being pushed... does nothing!!! Except make him laugh, in a gross kind of way. But unlike some people he keeps it to a chuckle level of volume, this is a library pleb.]

Yotsuya. [he tilts his head and leans. down. look at him look here look look] Can you spin it all the way around?

[Like, I don't know. Like a weird spinning top with a string mechanism, or something.]

[ Yotsuya you are terrible. Why do you do these things to people when you're not even a Minus? ]

Turning my head all the way round sounds like too much exorcise. I could turn my back on you, though.

[ That's not a wise decision in a place like this. But Bami hasn't gotten that second message yet so he has no interest in backstabbing. On the other hand, he's feeling more and more uncomfortable, so the idea of turning the other direction and inspecting some random shelf has more and more appeal with each passing second. ]

Ah, anyway, I'm Tsurubami Kamome. My name isn't easy to forget, unlike some, so it wouldn't have a negative influence on the Weekly Shounen Jump rankings even if I were the main character.

[Habit. At least he secretly means well, sort of. He's not going to hurt anyone...?

He is not backing up. Just be aware of that. He also does not care at all about these hypothetical WSJ rankings, as he is not a huge manga fan, as discussed. Where does his other favorite manga, One Pigeon, rank?

He continues to stare, mercifully less bug-eyed, but still staring.]

Main characters would have to look at people.

[ Liar. Everyone cares about the WSJ rankings because it's impossible to enjoy something if it isn't in the top or bottom 3. Everything in the middle is basically padding full of generic pretty boys, flashy attack names and awkward genre mixing. It's the bottom 3 where the true stories are found, and the top 3 where kawaii key rings and phone charms come from.

And for the made up manga record, One Pigeon ranks in the top 3 each week, but it's not the best drawn manga around.

And Bami continues to not stare. ]

Then there shouldn't be any problem, since I'm not the main character.

[That is a beautiful assessment but I'm afraid One Pigeon is still ugly.

Yotsuya lifts his rolled magazine again, but this time instead of thinking about swatting people with it, he waves it in front of Bami's... wherever he's looking, these turns are getting terrible.]

Not for me. Maybe for you.

[ Wow. What an interesting magazine that sure isn't full of stories which target young male readers and tend to be set in a fantasy setting with a large amount of action scenes (source: wikipedia). Please get it out of Bami's face. ]

What's with your obsession with being looked at? Your vain narcissism sickens me. But I'm willing to overlook it since we've become such good friends, Yotsuya-san.

[Wow, calm down. No one's forcing you to read something that isn't SQ.

Unless that is your greatest fear in which case that can be arranged. In any case, he does put the magazine down.]

You don't need to use honorifics- I don't like them. [No one calls him anything but -senpai and that's the crux of the whole image, others are... strange...] Anyway--

[did he just loom a little bit more] I'm just making sure your eyes still work.

[ Naw. His greatest fear is throwing a party and no one showing up. Oh wait that's every single year.

Bami shrugs but steps a little to the side because oh my god quit it with the looming!!! ]

My eyes work perfectly well, Yotsuya. I just feel uncomfortable looking at people. Especially strangers. And you're strange enough that I might never get used to it.

[I thought we said, Hanten showed up uninvited to just be there.

Anyway he really can't help himself when it comes to looming. There's a joke about weaving in here so just imagine it.]

Are you afraid of people?

[yotsuya stop]

I'm not afraid of anything.

[ Untrue. There's lots and lots of manga based things which scare him.

What if his favourite manga is moved to WSJ? (scary)

What if his favourite manga becomes super popular? (scarier)

What if people find out he likes To Love-Ru Darkness? (scariest)

Yeah, the world is a scary place. But he's an adult so he can shrug it off and repeat the same lie again and again. ]

Nothing scares a man like me.

[Now, we're not saying that sounds like really obvious compensating...

But it sounds like really obvious compensating. Some of us here are seasoned veterans of making Real Adults piss themselves in terror, anyway, so watch out Bami-chan, he's laughing at you.]

Everyone's afraid of something!

[And he is going to find out what that something is!! is what this ridiculous expression on his face is probably saying.]

[ Don't capitalise those words. That's oppression. Ageism and oppression! And don't make that face as if you know he's not telling the truth. ]

Even if you make that face...even if you look like that! I won't admit you're right and I won't tell you what I'm scared of. Your creepy facial expression isn't making me feel uncomfortable and I'm not hanging out in a library to avoid a larger crowd. You see, there's nothing to be afraid of in this world or the next.

[ He adds some flailing for good measure. That'll make it convincing. Yeah.

Are you convinced? Here, have a throat-clearing and a manga reference for good measure. ]

Although D.Gray-man was pretty scary, but it used to be a Weekly Shounen Jump title. I don't know if I'd actually put it on the list of things that scare me.

[Age Ism* fixed that for you. The faces will continue. Bami, what are you saying, I thought you weren't going to look at him. Jeez.

This is so convincing it has made him back off and look apologetic and no I'm lying, he's laughing again.]

Okay, okay. You don't have to tell me that I'm right, and I won't tell you that there are plenty of things to fear, whether they're logical or not. Very good. We'll call it even.

[dgm isn't even scary nice try loser]

[ Don't laugh at children, you creepy actual adult. Get a life.

But thanks for giving his personal space back. It's enough to make a guy sigh in relief. ]

What's the deal with you and scary stuff? It's weird for someone to be obsessed with just one thing.

[ Inner thoughts of Bami right now: manga manga manga manga manga manga manga shoes manga manga manga shoes manga. ]

[What is a life. Maybe that's what Yotsuya is actually afraid of; being a real person.

Watch out, I'm about to become one of those unoriginal RPers who puts canon lines in tags, this is a grievous offense I should leave]

I just love horror stories.

[ Did I ever tell you how I think that icon is hilarious? ]

Horror stories about pigeons?

[ Yeah. He's still on that. Because the inside of his brain looks something like this. ]

[I think most of these icons are hilarious, it's okay.

Yotsuya pauses, having completely forgotten he even brought up that pigeon shit. Oh, right...]

Could be. [....] Not everything I read is a horror story, you know.

[Is that... is that how you think? One Genre to Rule Them All?]

[ That is pretty much how it works, yes. And that genre is deep and meaningful deconstructions, for the record. ]

Even after that I just love horror stories line? Well, I guess you didn't say I love just horror stories so I guess I can forgive you for misleading me.

[ He is hilarious. ]

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this is why you wanted that gif................ omfg vycey pls

you know you love it