| Rooftop Ruminations; Senior Building Rooftop, Lunchtime, [FINISHED] | |
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| Healy | May 28 2012, 09:10 PM Post #1 |
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Kotoba's first day of school so far had been a mostly normal one. After introducing himself to the other students of class 3-2, he was asked a bit about his time in the US, received a few comments on his hair, and was largely ignored by the rest of the class after lectures had started. The part that bothered him though was that, of all the rumors going around amongst the other students, half of them matched the ones his uncle heard at work. So during lunch, Kotoba went up to the roof of the 3rd Years' building and sat in the space between the protective rails and the roof access to think about it. Kotoba remembered Karin telling him about how Shadows and persona users were at the bottom of the Hoculus disease, the Ruwashi catastrophe, and most of the disappearances around Nagashima, and the boy wondered if the ruins and the people who wake up there were at the bottom of all the other rumors too. Were the ninjas and monsters around town other users? And what about these things about Russians and a "Mask Furai" person? And all these gangs and reports of stabbings and other violence? Growing frustrated with all this negative thinking, Kotoba dug through his backpack and started to sing to himself in english: "<NA-GA-SHI-MA! What the hell is wrong with you? NA-GA-SHI-MA! Monsters, gangsters, ninja too?! NA-GA-SHI-MA! What the hell am I to do? NA-GA-SHI-MA! Now I am stuck living here too!>" Kotoba found his water bottle and pulled it out, unscrewing the lid as he continued venting. "Aaaaa." He then took a drink and grumbled to himself just a bit longer, looking out at the sky with a frown. |
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| Yes | May 29 2012, 12:25 PM Post #2 |
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"Yo!" A voice echoed from the bottom of the stairwell. As Madoka ascended, he grinned at the new guy. The larger boy waved at him as he approached. "You're Kotoba-kun, yeah? I'm from your class. Genda Madoka. Feel free to call me whatever." His schoolbag fell to the floor with a dull thump as he unwrapped his lunch and began to eat. "What's eating at you? Wanna fight?" |
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| Healy | May 29 2012, 01:30 PM Post #3 |
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Kotoba looked up with some surprise at the voice coming from the stairwell, and waved back as one of his classmates walked over. "Ah...yes Genda-san, that's me." Kotoba did think that Madoka was being a bit familiar, but he didn't mind his given name being used so much after having gotten used to it during the exchange program. Kotoba held up his hands after Madoka mentioned fighting. "Err...no thank you, I do not want to combat, just venting." He then sighed and dropped his arms down onto his knees, "As for what is devouring me, it's just that I am still fairly new to Nagashima, but there are all of these crazy rumors around. Most of them even match up with other students' talk here at the school. It is distre-...no...frustrating. It is frustrating." |
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| Yes | May 29 2012, 02:45 PM Post #4 |
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This kid talked strangely, but Madoka didn't really care about that. More than anything, the lack of fighting spirit was a bit disheartening. Of course, it couldn't be helped and he would find another scrap to get into eventually. With that, Madoka shrugged and continued to eat his food. "Well, don't worry about the rumours. If you've been hearing them, then you've been in Nagashima for longer than I thought! Since when did you get here, Kotoba-kun?" |
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| Healy | May 29 2012, 03:13 PM Post #5 |
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"Well, I've been living at uncle's place for a few weeks now. I've mostly been hearing the rumors that he hears in his workplace." Kotoba took another drink from his water before continuing, "I wasn't attending school immediately because after returning from America, I was supposed to go to my old school. My parents thought it would be better for me to live in Nagashima with uncle though, so my records had to be transferred here to Taiyoutono." This exchange was laden with gestures using both hands to indicate movement from place to place. Kotoba then shrugged and shook his head, "I guess paperwork is harder to move than people?" The boy's face then became an expression of curiosity as he thought of something to ask Madoka. "Genda-san, you say I shouldn't let the rumors bother me, but how is Nagashima in truth? I mean, what is the town really like?" |
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| Yes | May 29 2012, 06:07 PM Post #6 |
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"Hm? The truth is that the town is pretty weird," Madoka said, shrugging. "There are ninja and yakuza all over. Plenty of evildoers for the forces of good to prevail over. We have our own city hero, Mask Furai-ojisan!" The boy said, grinning at the thought of the crimefighting geezer. "I dunno. A lot of the rumours can be false, but the truth is even stranger. Don't worry about it and just discover it as you go along!" |
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| Healy | May 29 2012, 06:46 PM Post #7 |
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Kotoba grinned back wryly, "Well, that confirms three of the rumors at least." The boy then smiled in a more normal fashion, happy that at least the Mask Furai rumor turned out to be a good thing. "Just discovering as I go along does sound good, though I hope I don't collide with too many more sources of the bad rumors while I'm here." The boy gulped down a larger portion of what remained in his water bottle. Madoka coming up and talking with him had turned out to be refreshing. Most of Kotoba's initial worries had been dispelled for the moment. |
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| Yes | May 29 2012, 07:14 PM Post #8 |
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"Don't worry about it. You don't look too strong on the outside, but I bet that you're a fighter on the inside," Madoka nodded as he gave the other boy a thumbs-up. He smiled as reassuringly as he could. "I could see that you were at least a bit aggressive from that frustration earlier. You could probably put it to good use, so I wouldn't be too worried about meeting the Thirteen Wonders of Nagashima." |
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| Healy | May 30 2012, 05:57 AM Post #9 |
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How am I supposed to take that? Are you a club recruiter? Kotoba thought to himself. The boy raised a brow and smiled back as he gave his own thumbs up to his classmate. "Thanks I think. I'll be sure to be at my most frustrated then when encountering the worst of these Thirteen Wonders." Kotoba took another swig from his water bottle and realized that he had now emptied it of all of its water. He held the bottle before him with a faint look of surprise on his face. "Huh. Should probably stay away from alcohol when I'm of age." |
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| Yes | May 30 2012, 08:37 PM Post #10 |
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"There are actually probably more. I just thought that thirteen was a nice, round number. The town's full of stuff to do, so keep your eyes peeled. It'll give you a lot of excitement and maybe even threaten your life at times!" Madoka leaned against the guardrail, looking at the sky upside-down. The smile fell from his face. "But hey. If you have any trouble, you can tell me about it, alright?" |
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