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[hello majima-san. are you having a good day?
senri is not having a good day. though he does seem to perk up when he sees majima and plasters on a smile fairly easily because he is an actor at the end of the day.]
Oh - Majima-san! I was looking for you. Can I borrow you for something?
senri is not having a good day. though he does seem to perk up when he sees majima and plasters on a smile fairly easily because he is an actor at the end of the day.]
Oh - Majima-san! I was looking for you. Can I borrow you for something?
[is it a sidequest or is it an unwilling recruitment to majima's party whO CAN REALLY SAY
but then senri will grin]
Thanks! Let's go in here to talk -
[and honestly he'll lead majima to the game room because it's kind of his favorite room in the temple]
Majima-san... can I ask if you've talked to your god already?
but then senri will grin]
Thanks! Let's go in here to talk -
[and honestly he'll lead majima to the game room because it's kind of his favorite room in the temple]
Majima-san... can I ask if you've talked to your god already?
[ it's not a surprise to have ended up in the game room. it's a pretty nice place, all things considered. the only thing surprising about it, though, is how it just so happens to be empty right now.
hm. ]
Nah. Only god I've talked to so far is Patience-han. She doesn't make ya go through some convoluted bullshit ritual to have a conversation with her.
hm. ]
Nah. Only god I've talked to so far is Patience-han. She doesn't make ya go through some convoluted bullshit ritual to have a conversation with her.
That's true, Passhi's super great!
[SENRI LOVES HER]
Oh, but I talked to my god along with Passhi... and I actually found out some kind of scary stuff. I didn't really know who to talk about it - and maybe I'm asking too much of Majima-san too early, but...
[he at least manages to look sheepish about it]
[SENRI LOVES HER]
Oh, but I talked to my god along with Passhi... and I actually found out some kind of scary stuff. I didn't really know who to talk about it - and maybe I'm asking too much of Majima-san too early, but...
[he at least manages to look sheepish about it]
[ he's about to ask, but then realizes very quickly that yes, senri would absolutely be a nickname fiend (and is kind of glad he didn't get one)
then senri continues, and majima has to sit down. he sighs. why couldn't he get a drink first. ]
Look, Nito-kun, ya already got me here. What's goin' on?
then senri continues, and majima has to sit down. he sighs. why couldn't he get a drink first. ]
Look, Nito-kun, ya already got me here. What's goin' on?
[he doesn't give nicknames to adults but like apparently gods are fair game???
but senri will go sit opposite from majima!! because it's only fair]
... do you remember how we said we hoped we wouldn't have to be fighting? I think there's two ways to play the game - and one of them, we don't have to fight! We just need to agree to follow the same god. That's what my god said, but I'm asking around to make sure.
But other gods might not want to play by those rules - so people might... have to get hurt.
And they're only out of the game once they're -
[he hesitates on the word, but he thinks that majima knows what's coming. senri's brows knit together and he shrinks back.]
... Dead. That might be what the specific tasks from gods are, I think.
but senri will go sit opposite from majima!! because it's only fair]
... do you remember how we said we hoped we wouldn't have to be fighting? I think there's two ways to play the game - and one of them, we don't have to fight! We just need to agree to follow the same god. That's what my god said, but I'm asking around to make sure.
But other gods might not want to play by those rules - so people might... have to get hurt.
And they're only out of the game once they're -
[he hesitates on the word, but he thinks that majima knows what's coming. senri's brows knit together and he shrinks back.]
... Dead. That might be what the specific tasks from gods are, I think.
[ ah. he's had the sneaking suspicion for a while, but he marvels that some of the participants might not have gotten the full details of the competition during their dreams. now it makes sense why there are so many kids around. they weren't expecting to get their hands dirty to fulfill their wishes.
fuck, man. ]
...Patience-han said once a winner's been crowned, everything'll go back to normal. All'a the damage that happens durin' the game'll get undone.
[ that doesn't make it better, though. ]
fuck, man. ]
...Patience-han said once a winner's been crowned, everything'll go back to normal. All'a the damage that happens durin' the game'll get undone.
[ that doesn't make it better, though. ]
.... right? So it'll be okay. It'll probably be a lot like having a bad dream, and then we'll wake up back home. No problem.
[though he seems a little nervous, kind of like he's trying to convince himself. he shakes his head to try to wipe the doubts from his head, and hopefully his face]
... but I'm here for the same reason as everyone else you know, Majima-san? So I don't want to hurt anyone - I don't know if I... could, really.
[and he'll laugh a little weakly]
But for something important to me, I don't wanna just give up and say I'm not strong enough, and let something happen to me. So I thought maybe I could learn from someone stronger and cooler than me to at least... put up a fight that can even try to match how much I want it.
[though he seems a little nervous, kind of like he's trying to convince himself. he shakes his head to try to wipe the doubts from his head, and hopefully his face]
... but I'm here for the same reason as everyone else you know, Majima-san? So I don't want to hurt anyone - I don't know if I... could, really.
[and he'll laugh a little weakly]
But for something important to me, I don't wanna just give up and say I'm not strong enough, and let something happen to me. So I thought maybe I could learn from someone stronger and cooler than me to at least... put up a fight that can even try to match how much I want it.
... it's a little lame to reference, but has Majima-san ever heard of Pocchi the Honeybee? Or 3000 Miles in Search of Mother?
[they're dream!ing parodies of Hutch the Honeybee and 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother, respectively - they're just old anime that definitely have nothing in common]
I guess the best way to explain it is - there's a long and difficult journey I have to go on, but I would like a home to come back to at the end of the day.... but I don't know if I'll be able to make it without some help, godly or otherwise.
[they're dream!ing parodies of Hutch the Honeybee and 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother, respectively - they're just old anime that definitely have nothing in common]
I guess the best way to explain it is - there's a long and difficult journey I have to go on, but I would like a home to come back to at the end of the day.... but I don't know if I'll be able to make it without some help, godly or otherwise.
[ given that the release date of those anime places majima at roughly 11~12 when they aired, it actually is possible he could have grown up watching them?? like he'd probably be confused by the slightly different names, but they're close enough that he's able to put two and two together. ]
. . .
You're a good kid, Nito-kun. Hell of a shame ya got stuck in a game with a jackass like me, 'cause I can't risk not bein' part of the winnin' team.
. . .
You're a good kid, Nito-kun. Hell of a shame ya got stuck in a game with a jackass like me, 'cause I can't risk not bein' part of the winnin' team.
I think that a lot of the people here can say the same thing, Majima-san. And for what it's worth, I'm sure you have something that you're working hard for, so I don't think you're uh - a jackass for it.
[cursing in front of a yakuza, even if he's just parroting him, feels kind of awkward]
I'm not asking you to spare me if I stand between you and winning or anything - but I thought it'd be worth at least asking for some help.
I get it if you can't.
[cursing in front of a yakuza, even if he's just parroting him, feels kind of awkward]
I'm not asking you to spare me if I stand between you and winning or anything - but I thought it'd be worth at least asking for some help.
I get it if you can't.
[ something about the way senri says that so calmly, like he's already accepted an inevitable defeat, pushes majima's buttons. without thought, he slams his hand down in the table enough to make it shake. there's a ferocity that flashes in his eye, a growl that grips his words, that definitively confirm the image of the ruthless yakuza that senri has already conjured of him. ]
Hey! Don't go sayin' shit like that so goddamn casually, ya hear me?
Hey! Don't go sayin' shit like that so goddamn casually, ya hear me?
[the slam makes senri almost jump out of his seat - and he wonders if this is what it means for people's life to flash before their eyes. he knows that he's not as careful with his words as he should be, and he wonders if this is the mistake that'll push him over the edge. he breathes in sharply - ]
[and he's still nervous when majima calms down. it's a different kind of nerves compared to when he's about to go on stage, and he tries to tape them down, because even now he doesn't want to be so pitiful that he starts shaking in front of an ex-yakuza.]
I'm... not trying to be casual. [ah, his hands are shaking, and he tries to shift so that they're not so easily seen] But I don't want Majima-san to feel bad either.
I don't want to lose! I want to win more than anything else, when they're promising something I've wanted my whole life...!
[ . . . ugh.]
But it's hard - when I don't know what you're fighting for, but I know it's important.
I'm... not trying to be casual. [ah, his hands are shaking, and he tries to shift so that they're not so easily seen] But I don't want Majima-san to feel bad either.
I don't want to lose! I want to win more than anything else, when they're promising something I've wanted my whole life...!
[ . . . ugh.]
But it's hard - when I don't know what you're fighting for, but I know it's important.
[ seeing senri so shaken by his outburst just seems to further reinforce the fact that he doesn't deserve to win this competition when there are others who do.
a few seconds pass before he can look senri in the eye again. this eye isn't the one of the man who would become known as the "mad dog of shimano." ]
I'll tell ya this much—I ain't fightin' for myself. I don't care what happens to me, as long as I get what I came here for. Are ya willin' to go that far, Nito-kun?
a few seconds pass before he can look senri in the eye again. this eye isn't the one of the man who would become known as the "mad dog of shimano." ]
I'll tell ya this much—I ain't fightin' for myself. I don't care what happens to me, as long as I get what I came here for. Are ya willin' to go that far, Nito-kun?
... No. No, I'm not.
Because my wish doesn't come true unless I get to enjoy it - until I get to face what I want, and reach it with my own two hands. I have to be alive for that.
[so the mods better chop off one of senri's hands before i'm happy.
anyway he's just going to wear a smile, and it's not particularly strong, it's not the normal peppiness that senri carries with him. but it's encouraging and genuine.]
Majima-san and I come from two completely different worlds, I guess....
But I still kinda hope you end up happy if your wish comes true too. Sorry if that's - weird to say. But if I said I felt otherwise, it'd be a lie.
Because my wish doesn't come true unless I get to enjoy it - until I get to face what I want, and reach it with my own two hands. I have to be alive for that.
[so the mods better chop off one of senri's hands before i'm happy.
anyway he's just going to wear a smile, and it's not particularly strong, it's not the normal peppiness that senri carries with him. but it's encouraging and genuine.]
Majima-san and I come from two completely different worlds, I guess....
But I still kinda hope you end up happy if your wish comes true too. Sorry if that's - weird to say. But if I said I felt otherwise, it'd be a lie.
[ . . . well there's a lot on his mind. he's just trying to figure out what's safe to say, and what isn't.]
.... I wanna believe in the version of the game where we play and the fewest number of people have to get hurt in the process. I wasn't very convincing here... but normally I'm pretty good at it, you know? So that's how I'm going to play.
I want to know if I can tell Majima-san about what I find out in the future, playing that way.
.... I wanna believe in the version of the game where we play and the fewest number of people have to get hurt in the process. I wasn't very convincing here... but normally I'm pretty good at it, you know? So that's how I'm going to play.
I want to know if I can tell Majima-san about what I find out in the future, playing that way.
... You might've already forgotten - but you said that you thought you were coming here to fight people that deserved it. And you saw me and decided that I wasn't one of those people.
There's not a lot of people that I trust here... but I thought I could at least believe in what you said then.
[and he offers up a smile, tilting his head.]
If nerve's all I got going for me in this game, then I'll take it.
There's not a lot of people that I trust here... but I thought I could at least believe in what you said then.
[and he offers up a smile, tilting his head.]
If nerve's all I got going for me in this game, then I'll take it.
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