akudamax | WEEK 1

So, the first day is over. You are confined in various ways for the foreseeable future. There are two overseers you can bother, and pods they want you to get into, but many of you would rather do anything else. Honestly, even the flurry of posts on social media don’t seem particularly interested in talking up this prospect; when searches for the titles start to get results, they’re mostly about the posters’ own avoidance or occasional morbid fascination. There are even one or two newly taken pictures of the particularly outrageous and photogenic poses. At least photos are rare enough that you can be confident not every move is being watched. Conditions are much better than Saturday to wander all the way down to the Execution HQ Ruins, take the shuttle to the police station, or investigate other parts of the setting. As the weather forecast said, Sunday and Monday are smoggy and sunny.

What will you do?

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Karaoke
GIVE ME ONLY WHAT I NEED _{[What's better than screaming into a microphone, completely off-key, to an obscure American 60s-retro rock band?]} IT DOESN'T TAKE TOO MUCH TO KEEP ME SATISFIED

Holo-Tattoo Parlor
_{[And with this visit, he has travelled to every place he could in Dotonbori.

His arms were already covered in them "cool", "badass" biker tattoos. The ones that stuck out beyond all the skulls and bones was the Retribution logo (a grim reaper with two knives bordering either cheek and two revolvers crossing under its chin) on his left bicep, and a tattoo of a hawk on his right bicep that's holding onto a snake, which goes all the way down his right arm and onto his hand.

He knew just what to do when he entered the parlor...]}

'scuse me, I don't suppose you could trace over my tattoos? _{[If he can get cool glowy things that make noises and change color he's gonna get 'em dammit.]}

Edited 2021-08-19 22:41 (UTC)

[The tattoo guy is impressed by the variety.]

Chyeah! Which ones you want done?

Well, other than just coloring over everything I have... on my right arm, I wanna make the hawk screech and the snake hiss. And this guy right here? _{[He pointed to the Retribution logo.]} You able to do more complex color change cycles? Like, make the knives and guns silver with a bit of white going through occassionally like they're gleaming? Or make the skull have waves of red and orange like it's on fire? _{[His backup is just simply normal color changing if he can't but it's fun to imagine!]}

Yeah we do fire a lot, knives too. Shouldn't be too bad to do something similar with the guns. You want gunshot sounds for em, or just sticking with the animal noises?

Just the animal noises, for now at least.

Hey, you got it. But you know, all of this could be pretty pricey~ Are ya good for it?

Got my seal right here, we'll just have to see.

Yose Theater - Investigation

[Gai's interest in the arts leans more towards music than theater, but hey, it's something to do and also something to check out, because he knows well that places like this are exactly where gossip gets around.

He'll hang towards the back of the theater and just see what he can overhear in terms of casual conversations from the people around him, as well as see whether or not anything in particular stands out, be that in the theater itself, the performers or the audience.]

Biriken Mart

[It's probably a good thing that convenience store food is what he's used to eating most of the time, and as such he's happy to stock up on basics like onigiri, katsu sando, yakisoba pan, etc. etc. The lack of any sort of produce is a bit of an annoyance, but he isn't really picky-- food is food, after all.

And booze is booze, and it looks like this store has quite the selection of that, too. Yes, he's 17, and yes, he's looking at the booze. Got a problem with that?

... but when he gets up to the front, it would seem that they're a little more strict on enforcing the ID rules here, which leads to one very annoyed teenage resistance organization leader having to part with his cans of beer at the checkout.]

So much for the perks of being a criminal...

Pharmacy

[Later on, Gai can be found in the pharmacy, examining the supply of drugs and supplements and frowning. Well, that's... passable, he guesses, at least in terms of things that might help, but...

He turns to one of the drones.]

Hey. Is this all you've got?

[If he seems slightly on edge, well, you wouldn't be wrong.]

Edited 2021-08-20 01:44 (UTC)

[The people are quite intimidated by him as one of the X-Class Akudama. Nevertheless, soon enough they manage to resume their own conversations. Jokes about when anyone will get around to repairing their roof - maybe when Loyalist finally becomes the Governor - and stuff like that.

Something sinks in over the course of these several minutes. At first, it seems normal to not bother with every single sentence ending, but the lack of an exception even amidst jokes for several is ultimately eerie. To a one, they speak in Kanto accents.]

[Well, that's interesting indeed, and absolutely unmistakable to someone who has been living in Tokyo for years. Would anything else be of note to someone familiar with Tokyo and the surrounding areas?]

[Huh. In Japanese, the currency is called 円/"en". Here, it's actually called イェン/"yen". Oh well. No big deal.]

[No big deal at all. Which is why he's just going to casually snap a picture with his phone, just for reference...

Any other weird katakana-ized versions of anything/different names or spellings he might notice?]

[Lots of katakanaizations! Kansai (関西) and Kanto (関東) as カンサイ and カントウ, for instance! But they're not used 100% of the time unlike イェン, and there is not a central reference for them, so they will not be pointed out on each occasion.]

[Time to get a few more photos just to have on file.

He's not looking forward to having to attempt to explain the intricacies of the Japanese writing system to others, but that's a matter for another day.]

[The drone starts beeping excitedly.]

LEADER RECOGNIZED!!!

[It's getting something out of the locked cabinet. A second drone is bringing over equipment. Aha. Transfusions incoming.]

Edited 2021-08-20 02:00 (UTC)

[THAT'S NOT WHAT HE WAS ASKING FOR okay except it kind of was, he was just trying to be vague about it... but you know what, he's not an idiot. He knows he needs this, and so he won't put up any fuss as they get things set up.

For the time being, he's just going to have to trust that they want to keep him alive. It's not as though he has any other choice, really...]

WEEK 1

THURSDAY

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