FujiwaraPhoenix

Kyoukai no Kanata- Reverberance

Reiko's shift of topic away from her own own problems certainly made the mood a lot easier for Daichi to deal with; it was a bit too early in the day to counsel someone... ESPECIALLY someone new to the town.

"A week, huh? Well, the town's got what it needs, which is probably just the bare minimum in your case." he stated, temporarily lapsing into thought as he went through the layout of it all inside of his head. "We've got... Well, lots of suburban housing, a library, a few banks here and there, a lot of restaurants... Well, to be blunt, we've got what we need here to keep the place afloat. Sure, we might not have the newest of luxuries, but what we don't have in stores we can usually import. Thank goodness for the advent of the internet."

Downing the rest of his meal, Daichi clasped his hands and let out a quick 「ごちそうさまでした」 and moving it to the side to continue on with his generalization of his hometown.

"The place is pretty small, though, so it shouldn't take too long to take every location to heart. I mean, if there's any location that you need to know of, you can ask pretty much anyone here. Pretty much."

Tossing a sidelong glance at the girl who, for once in her life, seemed to take the kindness of others in, Daichi shrugged and wrote it off as an unusual phenomenon before continuing.

"Yeah. That aside, the festivals here are a pretty big deal; the entire town gets involved to set it all up, and everyone has fun time and time again. If I recall correctly, Tanabata's around the corner... And it's as much of a big deal here as it is pretty much everywhere else in Japan, so look forward to it. We've got some other smaller things on the side, but those aren't really... Consistent. So... Yeah, if there's anything else you were curious about, just ask. My dad's the de facto community coordinator of the place, and I'm supposed to take his place in the future, so I tend to know this stuff. Kinda have to."

As he finished his statement, Daichi noticed, out of the corner of his eye, the narcoleptic glutton who tended to, well... Sleep in class, if nothing else. And, as expected, he was fast asleep in the middle of the food court.

Figures.

"...One moment, please." Daichi said, excusing himself from the table for a moment before walking over to Kouta's side and firmly grabbing his left shoulder with his right hand.

"Hey. I know that it's, like, almost ten in the morning, man, but sleeping here in the open's gonna get you in trouble." Daichi sighed, shaking his head. "Like, we know you can't help it, but at least do it somewhere that isn't gonna steal a seat from other groups that might want it."

With that said, Daichi let go and returned to his seat from earlier, the one next to Reiko.

"Sorry 'bout that. He tends to do that... Enough. Narcolepsy's kinda... His thing, I guess. I'm usually the one next to him in class, so the whole 'waking him up' thing kinda got stuck with me. Force of habit."

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@Otaku95: No problem, no problem. Life happens, after all, you know?

@Cinderella Man: It'd be appreciated if you could drop your form in the Characters tab, just for the sake of convenience, please.

Kyoukai no Kanata- Reverberance

Eh, it's reasonable; worst comes to worst, it can be developed on mid-RP. So yeah, uh... Accepted.

And yes, I am a Touhou fan. God, LoLK was so annoying to clear. Thank god for Pointdevice mode.

Kyoukai no Kanata- Reverberance

Ah, that made things much more understandable to him. After all, if she had moved here with little fanfare (if any), then it'd be obvious that he wouldn't know her... And, well, neither would anyone else, for that matter. Her commentary provided the little insight that he'd need to start a conversation up, which was... Well, good enough to start.

"Oh, you're from Tokyo, huh?" he asked, taking a bite out of his rice before continuing. "It's a nice place, or so I hear. But... Yeah, I guess that with more people, each one kinda matters less."

Shrugging, he turned up to look for Reiko's response, only to see her staring right at him, though seemingly lost in thought. Strange. Was it because of what she had said earlier?

"Er... About your last statement, though... I dunno what to say, honestly. There's all that stuff going around about how people grow up differently in different places, so... I guess?"

Well, he was only a high school student; there wasn't really much reason for him to ponder these sort of philosophical quandaries in the end, after all...

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Well, as I see it, it's just an emergency escape button or a very vague 'bad things might happen to you' notion, neither of which is particularly strong or weak anyhow (but kind of makes him into their weird dodgy bruiser kinda guy).

But uh yeah, Oregairu's a good series. First season was okay, but the second is great.

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@Otaku95: No problem with doing that instead, no.

@KoL: Yeah, assuming she's new to the town, he's kinda forced to slightly proactive.

@Cinderella Man: I see no particular issues so far (minus the nonspecific height, because that kinda bugs me), but I'll have to wait for the whole thing to be completed before I say anything in particular.

Oh right, did you just happen to pull an image of Hachiman or do you really read/watch Oregairu? Just a passing question.

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"...Anyhow, it's good to see that you don't seem to have any problems. Remember, you're not alone in this town, kiddo. Takes a village to raise a child... Or something like that. My memory isn't as good as it could be." the old man finished, handing Daichi a tray with his order, along with the spare change left in the corner of the tray itself.

"Of course, of course." Daichi nodded, a slight smile on his face as he lifted the tray off the counter. "Thanks for the food."

With that said, Daichi bowed his head slightly towards him before turning to the street nearby.

"...Huh. Didn't expect paper-girl to be the type to eat out." he muttered to himself before shrugging and walking over to take a seat at one of the tables before noticing an unfamiliar face nearby.

"...Well, dad would probably gut me alive or something if he knew that I wasn't trying to talk to people while I was out..." he rationalized to himself as he walked over to take a seat near the girl with the beret instead.

"Hey, haven't seen you around here before." he said, placing his food down on the table before sliding into his seat. "Place is usually pretty empty around this time, I think, so I guess that it might be better coming here now for breakfast... Probably."

"Kawamoto. Daichi Kawamoto. It's a pleasure."

Internally, though, Daichi was pounding away at a wall. God, introductions were always the weirdest thing ever to him. They always felt AWKWARD; how the hell did his father deal with this all the time?

Pokémon: Warriors of Sengun (Up To Four Spaces Open)

Shinsuke, for the most part, spent his walk alongside the group in silent contemplation, an attempt to muse over how he would tackle the next obstacle that would inevitable come rolling his way. Of course, given his current status as a fledgling Trainer, he had the idea that it was probably better to strengthen what he had right now over adding any new members to his team. After all, their journey would probably be a long one, so there wasn't really an issue with that line of thinking. It was logical enough, after all.

How inconvenient, then, it was that the chance for catching rarer Pokemon came up. Well, he was by no means dissatisfied by Kumie's existence, but now, of all times...

Letting out a sigh, Shinsuke shook his head and turned to the the two- Ato and Lief- with a slight tinge of dissatisfaction on his face.

"Though I'd normally be curious as to the specifics of these locations, I'd personally like to strengthen my team a bit more before anything else." he stated, looking at the rest of the group with an aside glance. "Is there any location where I can accomplish that without causing the local wildlife to swarm me like macrophages after a bacterium?"

It took him a moment, though, to realize that his metaphor was probably as strange as they came, so he opted to rephrase the statement.

"Er... I guess a less obscure description would be 'up to my neck in them', but..."

Well. That was... Awkward.

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@Grey Star@Zombehs@Otaku95@Cinderella Man@RolePlayerRoxas@Rin

Blanket notification saying that the RP's kicked off. 'course, it's still open, but I'd just like to let everyone know that characters are meeting characters now anyhow.

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Daichi let out a soft laugh, lying down face-first on his bed. The first day of summer break, and he was already bored. That had to be a new record for him. In the past, he'd have found something to occupy his time by now, whether it be digging through his parents' library or trying something new, like fishing in the river. But no, this was a new kind of boredom; well, to him, at least. Everyone else in his class had already managed to find themselves something to occupy their time, be it visiting relatives elsewhere, finding a job... Whatever it was, they still had something to do.

Well, damn. And here he was all excited just yesterday about classes ending for a while.

"...Ah, geez! Enough lazing around!" he shouted, forcing himself off oh his bed and taking a look at the clock. It was only 9 in the morning, which meant he still had time to figure out... Something. The first step to getting that done, though, was getting outside.

With that in mind, Daichi quickly slipped into a set of cargo shorts and a white t-shirt before grabbing a visor from his closet and donning it and he left his room. Quietly slipping out of his house, he sighed and began walking down the street. Well, a walk was better than nothing...

A few minutes later, Daichi found himself wandering the slightly more populated streets of the town's shopping center. The shopkeepers seemed to all be out and about (as they should be), which meant he could...

Probably grab breakfast, actually.

"...Huh. Well, I could do for some rice and soup right now..." he thought to himself as he walked up to one of the storefronts, part of a small complex with a group of benches and tables nearby to use.

"Yo!" he waved to the old man, who seemed to be in his late sixties, running the shop. "One order of rice, eel, and miso soup please!"

"Well, if it isn't Daichi! Sure, sure; one moment, please!" the elderly man responded in turn as Daichi slid a 1000-yen bill onto the counter. "By the way, how's school goin' for ya? Everything fine?"

"Yeah, it's fine; summer break just started and all, so be expecting a lot of students here for a while..."

And so their conversation continued on as the food was being prepared.