(catch-all/open) hold up, i'm invincible

[invinciblemikey]

Who: manjiro sano, you hopefully
Where: the fishing competition, the caves, an open field
What: trying to get some more cr going, so exploring and training!
Warnings: mikey deals with trauma, dissociation, violence, death, and gang activity. there's also underage smoking in this log! if anything else pops up, i'll warn on the subject of the comment in question! he's a crau too, so this is not a warning for content, just here to avoid confusion in canon/crau stuff!

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[invinciblemikey]

I like omurice, red bean paste, and sugar.

[prophylactic]

I'll write that down.

[He says sarcastically, as if he won't, but he's going to as soon as he leaves here, whatever!!]

[invinciblemikey]

Good.

Anyway, tell me about this Kotone girl. What she like?

[prophylactic]

Hn. [princess.... but okay,]

....Cheerful. She got the rest of us to work together. Nothing's been easy, but she's held it together. I said the others deserve better than what we got... her, too.

[invinciblemikey]

Did you have an Earthquake or something like that? The Hell y'all went through?

[prophylactic]

An earthquake? ....No. It's hard to explain.

[He frowns, thinking about how to, like, sum it up without also having to explain SEES and Personas, hm-]

We're not a gang, or anything, but we had to fight to keep everyone safe.

[invinciblemikey]

Honestly? That's what a gang should be like. I'll keep an eye on her, since you say she's important to you, too.

(selective empathy. he doesn't usually care in the slightest, but he cares about shinjiro now, and since he cares about her... it's easy to extend sympathy.)

[prophylactic]

Hn. Since it's you, I believe that.

[Flashbacks to Mikey trying to out-mom him in the woods... He knows plenty of street dudes who'd be all talk about that protection stuff, but Mikey isn't that type of guy. Points for looking out for Kotone, too.]

Thanks. If the rest of them start showing up... [he grimaces; he will get. an ulcer. instantly.] I'll introduce you.

[invinciblemikey]

It was my dream, you know. I never cared for the stealing, the civilians, the chaos, the drugs, none of that ever was mingled with us. I wanted honor in battle and to protect my people, is all. I'm glad some of the best Toman members are here, too, they'll keep an eye on your people when I can't. Introduce us, and you can join us if they're okay with it, too.

(even if they're... a bit messy, a bit unhinged.)

[prophylactic]

["A bit messy," that's generous--

Now, Shinjiro doesn't quite get it - he might have chosen to live on the streets for a while and in so doing, met and tussled with more than a few local delinquents, but even with the framing of this gang of Mikey's being for some better purpose, Shinji has never really... gotten it. The honor-in-battling part. There must be something there he's missing; he can only shrug.]

I'm going to teach your friend how to fold his shirts. [and pick up this mess!!! this is a joke but also he means it.] Let's, uh... let's put joining anything on the backburner for now. It takes a while for me to get along with groups.

[It does not, he's just a baby.]

[invinciblemikey]

(perhaps is because he has never met shinichiro, didn't live in the world where the black dragons ruled with fairness, with camaraderie, and the void his death left in the shady streets of tokyo.

it's a thought that he takes a moment to savor, but his expression is empty as always, his eyes hollow and unchanging.)

Takemitchy? I was planning on eventually doing a roommate swap. Don't worry, he'll... Have very little option.

(he never talked about how the others are. baji's great with his temper, sure is.)

[prophylactic]

[Man, Mikey, get that looked at. It's a noticeable enough pause in an otherwise upbeat (well, upbeat enough) conversation that Shinjiro really stops to notice it, and he can't help but wonder where Mikey goes when he just stares like that.

Not really the time to ask, though. Maybe one day.]

You're dumping him on someone who can fold shirts?

[Go on, tell him about your guys, he's so subtly a sucker for friendship and bonds.]

[invinciblemikey]

Pffft!

(the laughter is honest, because his mom definitely makes baji fold his shirts, yells at him to eternity - even mikey would classify her as terrifying, but no, that's not at all his point.)

He probably can, but mostly, it's because Baji has anger issues. He'll scare Takemitchy in two seconds.

(look how terrifying he is in the icon, just so scary.)

[prophylactic]

[so scary, so tough!!]

Well... that's good, then.

[He gets it, he punches Akihiko all the time. That's just how guys behave.]

So the messy one, the angry one. What about your last guy?

[invinciblemikey]

Kazutora... He lost his way a little, but he's trying to be better, that's what's important.

(after, you know, killing mikey's brother, and then going to prison, and then pretty much killing baji, and then back to prison.

it's a whole ride.)

Three founding members and a Captain.

[prophylactic]

[Hmm, well, Shinji's not going to dwell too long on how that's probably how some of SEES would describe him. Better not think about that at all. He thinks about Mikey's dedication to his people and how that earns him a few points, instead. Nice.]

The higher ups, huh. ....Pretty lucky for you guys, all being here together.

[invinciblemikey]

We're around 150 people, so we're missing quite a few Founding Members, and the other higher-ups. It'd be nice to have everybody, but I don't think all of us would fit in the inn, anyway.

(at least all the founding members would be a great help, shinjiro wouldn't be the only mom.)

[prophylactic]

[yeah he is going to have to mom overtime for just four dudes, where's the other mom...]

Probably not. ...We're not that many, Kotone and me and the rest. Just ten, including the dog.

[invinciblemikey]

... The dog? You got a dog?

[prophylactic]

Yeah, Koromaru. He's a good one. I make his food, too.

[koro-chan best boy.... shinji loves this dog So Much.]

[invinciblemikey]

... That's so cute.

(sorry, shinjiro.)

Do you like cats, too? Baji is a cat magnet. You just drop him anywhere and cats surround him.

[prophylactic]

[he will accept this brazen statement for koro-chan's sake.]

'Course I like cats. If Koro-chan were a cat, I'd learn to make cat food. ....K-Koromaru.

[dang it]

[invinciblemikey]

(ah, poor shinjiro. he's being extra cute. mikey's forearms gently rest on the table for the support, as he approaches, uncomfortably close...

to boop his nose.)

Cute.

[prophylactic]

[shinji evaporates into thin air out of pure embarrassment]

H-Hey— don't make fun of me. He's a cute dog.

[invinciblemikey]

I'm not making fun of you. There's nothing wrong with being cute about a cute dog.

(rip shinji here lies the man)