| Chronicles of a High School Hedonist, Act I; Intro Thread: Kyo Charinko [Concluded] | |
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| The One True Nobody | Sep 21 2012, 06:17 AM Post #11 |
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"...does this clockwork hand follow you... or guide you?"
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Kyo smiled, a bit uncertainly, and reflexively brushed the hair out of her eye--as she tended to when anxious about something. "Alright, cool," she said. "I was just gonna stop by the Wild-duck on my way home, but if you wanna go someplace else I'm good with that. Haven't been in Nagashima long, so I don't really know what's around here yet... I'm, um, Kyo, by the way. Kyo Charinko." Edited by The One True Nobody, Sep 21 2012, 06:36 AM.
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| Your Empress, Pokeh | Sep 21 2012, 02:15 PM Post #12 |
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"Charinko huh? I'm Hotaru Nishikawa." Hotaru responded with a nod. Wild duck burger wasn't her favorite place to get a meal, but she didn't mind much. Just having food that didn't come alive and try to eat you was something in Nagashima. She looked over her shoulder at Hibiki; the second year had already started walking off somewhere, probably plotting on some insane way to get revenge on the two of them. He was such a girl. "Well, shall we then?" Hotaru finished with a small smile. |
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| The One True Nobody | Sep 21 2012, 08:19 PM Post #13 |
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"...does this clockwork hand follow you... or guide you?"
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"Sure, let's go," Kyo said. Nishiwaka, that's right, she thought. She'd thought it was something like that, one of those names you see from time to time all over the place. She hadn't run into someone with the surname "bicycle" in Japan just yet, but that was probably because nobody was fucking stupid enough to legally change their family name to "bicycle" upon immigration... like her dear old dad had been. Kyo turned around and set off. Fortunately, when they passed the footlockers, the boy she'd fucked last night was nowhere to be seen. This was both a relief and, oddly, a letdown. But she was too hungry to think about it much, her mind once more occupied with bacony goodness. Hotaru apparently had no preference as to where they should eat, which was a bit disappointing. Kyo'd hoped they might go someplace unfamiliar. But then, rich-girl tastes were probably a bit too much for her budget right now, so all the better for her wallet, she supposed. Her wallet, by the by, was tucked away in her pocket. It was thin enough that she could pull it off without totally destroying any reason a guy might have to ogle her backside, but Kyo hated purses about as much as she hated everything about the female gender role. So her wallet went to the seat of her pants, her various odds and ends into her backpack as needed, and her make-up kit... was in collecting dust in her bedroom someplace, because she never used it. She likewise despised that stuff, too, but she was also proud to say that her face was pretty enough to pull off going all-natural without worry. Make-up was one of the things she never actively harped on for just that reason... she'd feel like a cunt if she criticized other girls for prettying themselves up when she just happened to have been born with a face that didn't need any help to begin with. That would be like a girl with natural D-cups, criticizing people who got breast-enhancements. Loses some of its argumentative edge, don'tcha know. On the way to Wild-duck Burger, once she was sure her lurker was nowhere to be seen, Kyo attempted to engage Hotaru in small-talk. "So just what is there to do 'round here?" she asked. "I mean, there was always plenty to do in Osaka and I'm sure the same can be said here, I just haven't really had time to look around for it properly." Too busy trying to track down a new sake supplier, she added mentally, repressing the sheepish grin that threatened to surface on her face. Yeah, she'd spent altogether too much time trying to find someone willing to sell sake to a high school girl. Up side, she could get as drunk as she wanted so long as she kept her mouth shut tight about where she got the goods. Down side, she hadn't really had time for anything else. Except a bit of sex, that is. "There's always time for sex, sex just doesn't have much time for you." That'd been something her old boyfriend had been fond of saying as though it were some wise old nugget of revelatory wisdom. It was true enough, but Kyo didn't see what was so wise about it... it basically just meant you were free to fuck on the public toilet so long as someone else was down with it and in the mood to do you at the time. They rarely would be, but the option was always there... which anyone above middle-school age should be able to figure out just by watching any random porno. ... But anyway, enough about sex, she thought. If my life were a novel, at this rate it would be about nothing BUT sex... which is totally unfair. I stuff my face and guzzle down booze WAY more often than I have sex! Edited by The One True Nobody, Sep 23 2012, 12:37 PM.
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| Your Empress, Pokeh | Sep 21 2012, 09:38 PM Post #14 |
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"Stuff to do huh?" It felt like a strange question to Hotaru. Nagashima wasn't necessarily that different from other cities; it just happened to have a population that was mostly insane. No big deal. "Well I guess the only real rule is stay out of the backstreets. That is of course, unless you really want to be with a bunch of scuzy yakuza. Sometimes it seems like they're breeding back there." She figured that wouldn't be much of a satisfactory answer however. "Aside from that, most kids our age just go to the movies and stuff. There's a karaoke bar down on Matechi street if you're feeling brave. The park's a popular hang out too, but you'd better stay out of there if you spot one of the Ryotrio down there. Those three just ooze bad luck." It was surprisingly hard to think of things to do in Nagashima for Hotaru. Probably because she mostly just partied before she got her persona. Nowadays she just spent a lot of time training. Ugh. She'd clearly lost complete control of her life with this magic junk. "Nagashima has an abnormally large number of parties for a Japanese high school too, so if you're interested in going to those and getting stone cold wasted that's always an option. Some idiot always seems to find someway to procure a shit ton of alcohol, though that's probably because the police her barely care about underage drinking." She shrugged. "That guy you pissed of earlier though attends quite a few of those parties, so that might not be your best bet." |
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| The One True Nobody | Sep 21 2012, 10:35 PM Post #15 |
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"...does this clockwork hand follow you... or guide you?"
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"I don't need any parties to get stone-cold wasted," Kyo said carelessly. "I can get plenty of that on my own easy enough. Maybe if I'm looking for a good lay I'll think about it. But I don't mix getting drunk with getting laid, that way lies madness." Then she visibly tensed up a bit. Well, here it comes, she thought... if Hotaru was going to be a judgmental prude at all, talking about drinking and fucking in the same sentence would definitely trigger it. |
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| Your Empress, Pokeh | Sep 21 2012, 10:48 PM Post #16 |
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"Haha," Hotaru chuckled, raising an eyebrow at the other girl. So this kid led a rather Dionysian life style huh? A lot of people did now a days and Hotaru herself was no exception, though her recent 'killjoy' attitude had somewhat put a damper on that. "I'd much rather have the sex without the alcohol. I've kinda been off the booze myself lately." Probably the persona's fault again. Though her friends acting like morons while drunk didn't exactly help either. They made a few too many stupid decisions while inebriated for Hotaru's tastes, and someone had to be sober anyways right? "Though pretty much all the guys here are shitty too. Honestly you might have better luck with finding someone to fuck at the college." |
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| The One True Nobody | Sep 21 2012, 11:12 PM Post #17 |
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"...does this clockwork hand follow you... or guide you?"
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Well, that... wasn't what I was expecting, Kyo thought. That was a pleasant surprise. "Yeah, better to lay off the stuff when you need your brains in working order, and someone's gotta be clearheaded enough to know when to pull out, right? Eh, metaphorically speakin', that is." Dear me, that came out wrong. "But anyways, only thing that could turn me on right now is a nice, big bacon cheeseburger. I haven't had one in a while, so don't mind me if I pig out a bit. Never saw the point in holdin' back on food, y'know?" She was loosening up little by little now, and a bit more of the old Kansai accent was seeping into her voice. Normally she tried not to talk that way--Kansai folk would get all offended by her half-assed rendition of their dialect and the rest of the world tended to look at her funny when she spoke like this, but she'd lived in Osaka for so long she just couldn't help it sometimes: it simply slipped out from time to time. At the moment the rumblings of her stomach distracted her well enough that she didn't notice her own slip. After all, how could anyone worry about a Kansai accent when there was the important matter of bacony goodness to attend to? ...Mmmm, bacon... Edited by The One True Nobody, Sep 21 2012, 11:13 PM.
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| Your Empress, Pokeh | Sep 21 2012, 11:34 PM Post #18 |
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Hotaru seemed somewhat surprised. A whole bacon cheeseburger huh? The ones at W.D Burger weren't exactly small; she would be honestly impressed if Kyo could down the whole thing. With the way the other girl was acting though, it seemed like a pretty safe bet to assume that she could. "I can't even remember the last time I had a bacon burger." Hotaru smiled with a hint of nostalgia in her voice. Honestly she didn't exactly find burgers in general pleasant, but bacon on its own was at least good. Anyone could agree on that. "Though if you are looking for a good burger sometime later, there's a handful of places that'll get you taken care of besides wild duck burger." She looked off to the side. "Most of them are less likely to give you a heart attack too." Slowly but surely, Kyo's voice was changing to more of a... kansai dialect was it? "What brings you to this shit hole though? Nagashima isn't exactly prime real-estate." |
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| The One True Nobody | Sep 21 2012, 11:55 PM Post #19 |
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Kyo smiled. "Yeah, you can get good burgers all over the place, but Wild-duck's got so much more meat on it. Plus, I've kinda been goin' there since forever, so it's kind of like a weekly ritual." Yeah, a weekly ritual. Monday or Tuesday, get wasted. Wednesday, go speeding on your bike until you can't breath and your legs feel like they're made of jelly. Thursday, every other week: get boned. Friday, kick back with a good videogame. And weekends, eat out. That would normally be "eat out with friends," but she hadn't had one of those since she'd came to Nagashima... until now, she thought. Or, hoped. Whatever. "As for why I'm here, the old man got assigned to manage the offices of Not A Single Fuck Was Given This Day, Incorporated here in sunny Nagashima, so my parents dragged me out here. Not that I'm complainin', I... kinda didn't wanna be in Osaka anymore, just at the moment, but now my dad's makin' so much more money with so much less time to enjoy it. It just seems like a bloody waste o' life, y'know what I'm sayin'?" It was at this point that Kyo caught herself in the act of speaking with her somewhat-Kansai-but-not-really quasi-accent and shut her mouth tightly, wincing. Damn it. Again. Well, it didn't seem to be bugging Hotaru much... or maybe she was just tactful enough not to show it. Either way, more power to her. Kyo Approves +5, and has unlocked the Minor Agility bonus. Huzzah! |
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| Your Empress, Pokeh | Sep 22 2012, 12:11 AM Post #20 |
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"Weekly?" Hotaru said, a bit more shocked now. "You're more adventurous than I am then. But I usually just make my food at home anyways so I guess it's sort of a trade off." If Hotaru ate the Duck burger every week she'd get sick of it pretty fucking quickly. That, and get sick. All that grease couldn't be good for your stomach. To each their own though, she supposed. Kyo, at the very least was already shaping up to be a lot more bearable then most of her other friends, not including Ryuunosuke and the others of course. Her expression was somber for a moment. Though she had verbally admitted it to Derpsuke, she was still having a hard time admitting that they were friends to herself. "There's actually been a ton of job openings in Nagashima lately." Hotaru began. "It's not really a good thing though. I think the only reason there are those openings is because of our insane death toll. We're definitely not in the safest place on earth. If your dad likes adrenaline then I'd say he picked a good job." She sighed. Part of her wondered if Kyo knew anything about what had happened in the park. All those deaths caused by persona users. Things had been snowballing down a hill ever since then. |
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