(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]

(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)

[prophylactic]

[his nose has been booped... sadly he interprets this as being teased. he hunches his shoulders some and drinks the last sips of his water, hmph hmph.]

Yeah, yeah. ....I don't think the people who brought us here can think of something to blame Koromaru for, so you're not gonna meet him.

[SAD....]

[invinciblemikey]

I'm not a pet person, to be honest.

(it's called lack of responsibility, too much responsibility, or whatever you'd like to call it. with a smile, he drops back into his chair.)

Cute, cute, cute.

[prophylactic]

[Princess can't be bothered with a pet... Shinji hmphs, but mostly for the cute bit. Please, let him rest.]

I heard you the first time. If Koro-chan were here, you'd meet him.

[Part and parcel of calling Shinji cute this many times is meeting his dang dog, thanks.]

[invinciblemikey]

(here's where having been older gets him. in the back of his mind, he knows chifuyu and kazutora opened a pet shop once they reached their late twenties. just where, how-- ah, it all escapes him so quickly.)

You don't think you are, right? I'll keep saying it until you believe it.

[prophylactic]

[Hm, okay, why. It's just his face.]

....I don't really think about it. I've been- [.........] -too busy.

[invinciblemikey]

What a bullshit excuse, I'm a blackbelt so I have to practice a lot, I have a gang, I go to school (sorta), I take care of a teenage girl, and I still have time to think I'm fucking gorgeous.

You're bad at time management.

[prophylactic]

Wow.

....Okay. Maybe I'm not that busy. I just don't think about it. You already figured out I'm not the most upbeat guy.

[invinciblemikey]

It's fine. You don't have to be. I think you're great, so, eventually, you'll see too.

(love thyself because mikey loves you, works fine for most people..........)

[prophylactic]

You don't know me that well.

[But okay, okay, he holds a hand up like, don't! Do not. He hears it, he does.]

We'll see, but don't hold your breath. ....You're okay.

[invinciblemikey]

I'm a great judge of character. You're not convincing me otherwise.