text; un: mob

[centile]

Looking for roommates

The Apartment: I don't have a place yet and don't know exactly how you get one, so I am sorry I cannot put a catchy tagline and information about that like the advertisement guide says.

The Roommate: My name is Kageyama Shigeo, I went to Salt Middle School but I haven't found any middles schools here yet either. Sometimes I played video games with my brother, that is a hobby. People have told me I am surprisingly reliable, so I will try to be a good roommate.

You: I don't really have a preference for what a roommate is like. A good person, I guess. My dad smokes sometimes so I don't really mind that, even if it smells bad.

When: Soon.

Contact: I don't know how to put a link for that yet, I'm sorry.

Comments

text | un: noh_offense

[meds4sale]

What is a video game?

[centile]

it's an electronic game, on your tv or a screen like that.

ritsu and i used to play one where you race each other in little cars that can slip on bananas and stuff.

[meds4sale]

I am familiar with electricity, however not a tv.

If it has a screen, is it like a theater where they show moving pictures?

[Text] un: secondtolast

[icanhearscreams]

You can just take an abandoned place for your own. You don't have to pay or anything.

[centile]

how do you know for sure that someone isn't living there?

[icanhearscreams]

I mean you can usually tell. If there's stuff in there, someone lives there.

text | un: graham crackers

[possessum]

( Peter's not much of a presence these days, but sometimes in his mindless scrolling of the feed, something catches his eye. For one, this person being so young, and so new.

For two... Salt Middle School...?

There's no school actually named that where he's from, but maybe the kid's from a gently-altered-universe version of Salt Lake City, Utah?? It's worth it to check... and to check on him in the process. )

Hey there
There's no middle school, but there's a school where people of all ages can go. I go there too and I'm like 20
If you're interested, it's safe.

Did you come here from Utah?

[centile]

oh good, i was kinda of worried. i didn't want to fall behind because things changed a little.

[or, you know, a lot but still, everyone said education was important. they never said it was less so if you were a squid.]

i never heard of utah. excuse me.

[did he really have to excuse taking a moment to look up what utah is? apparently. he's back though]

in america? no, i'm from seasoning city, in japan.

[possessum]

I should definitely warn you that it's not like a normal school, though. Or at least not normal to where I come from. It's kind of oldschool, like they use stuff like quills and ink instead of pens

( The Victorian Gothic nightmarescape has a certain aesthetic.

.....Seasoning City )

Seasoning... like after actual seasonings?

( So is that why it's named Salt Middle School... Peter's delighted by this?? )

Oh man I've never heard of Seasoning City before but that's a dope name
Is it pretty different from this place?

text, un: MAKIMA

[overlies]

Hello there, Shigeo.

Do you like dogs?

[centile]

hello. i do like dogs. i've never had one though, so i don't know much about them.

[overlies]

You’re welcome to meet mine.

My name is Makima. I’d be quite worried about a child living by themselves. Why don’t you come visit?

un: kickflips, text

[strongroots]

hey, looks like someone is helping you with a room. how are you doing with everything else? you want help getting familiar with trench?

bad time for showing around but i've been here a couple of months. i'm from a time with videogames too. name's robby.

[centile]

yes, i'd like that. i want to get a job next, though i don't really understand how money works here. i heard there's a school i can go to, and that people can sometimes turn to monsters if they aren't careful.

oh, are there video games here? someone asked and i'd like to show them, but i guess maybe things like tvs aren't around even if phones are. it's pretty weird.

[and the next is sent after a long beat, when he realizes oh he forgot something important whoops]

it's good to meet you, robby. thank you for answering my roommate ad to help.

[strongroots]

no problem. i should call you kageyama right? i'm american, kind of new to how it's done in japan

best currency here are gems and bloodstones. it's like a more annoying form of currency but those are the safest for most places. other shops take anything that fits their trade or if you can find out what the seller likes.

you got anyone you can go job searching with? i can come with, help you get started. there's monsters around, yeah, and turning into one is a problem. it's not just going to happen but there's signs.

school is in gaze. there's a library that way too. i know someone who might be up to teaching you some stuff one on one if you don't like the school. it's kind of old-fashioned. it does the job but you're not going to get homework

the fancy phones but no tvs is weird. there's a place called the entertainment feed with some games but you can't got out to buy any. you need someone to magic some up and hope they know enough games to whizz up too

text; un: d.larusso

[miyagimagic]

[ .. This is just.. so.. a middle schooler. A middle schooler. This kid is old enough to be Daniel's youngest kid.

It's not like it's news to him that kids sometimes get drawn into this place too, but this sure is yet another stark reminder of the fact, and there's no way Daniel can somehow not immediately fuss over someone so young. ]

Have people already told you all the important things about this place?

[ Might as well ask that, since others seem to be helping this kid with the roommate situation already from what he can see.. ]

[centile]

i think so. i know where the school is, that people turn to beasts, that bloodstones are used like money and kids can work at bars.

i still need a job but robby is going to come with me to help. people have been really nice here.

oh, i don't know where a gym is. do you know that?

[his dream of being able to run without passing out will never die...]

[miyagimagic]

[ Hm, he's.. a little unsure of why 'kids can work at bars' is already right there in the list of what people decided to tell this kid..

On the other hand, if Robby of all people is coming over-- ]

It's good to hear Robby is coming over. You can rely on him.

[ If there's any teen Daniel trusts in this place, it's his son Robby. He's definitely beaming with pride a little here, just seeing that text.. ]

As for gyms though.. I don't think there is one here. Not a public one, anyway. It doesn't seem like the locals are very much into that sort of thing. [ On the other hand, they're probably busy just.. trying to survive.. ] What kind of gym training were you hoping to do?

scoots in here, brings mob in hand. hello. :) [action]

[strongroots]

[ Robby's glad for the sidetracked plan of hospital visits and elsewhere, to come instead to Mister LaRusso's. It's cold, and though Robby's given Mob some actual shoes and a sweater, they can do better for his attire, and maybe for getting the kid properly acclimatised to Trench. ...though, really, that's going to take more than a visit to a house-and-dojo, or a single day.

But a fourteen-year-old deserves baby steps, and not to wait outside, when Robby approaches what doesn't look like a dojo. Except-- ]

Mister LaRusso lives here too. [ --it's also a house, around the front. There is a sign that reads 'MIYAGI-DO' out the front that's visible, but it's to the front step Robby wants to get. He considers knocking and waiting, but instead tries the door -- and it opens, Robby thankful as he nods for Mob to follow him in.

It's in the front hallway that he'll call: ]

Mister LaRusso? It's Robby, with Mob!

[ There, that's a good enough warning (a sensei who says he loves you twice can deal with you entering without knocking when it's important, r-right?). Robby's omen doesn't stand waiting to enter, but turns around to watch the house's front. He is a guard dog, still in all his shadows to look more imposing than he truly is. A good boy. ]

+ 1 mob for your karate needs

[centile]

[the fact it looks just like a house kind of surprises mob- no offense, karate kids, but so far everything has seemed so much like those old movies he expected waterfalls and old japanese buildings.

he considers if he's disappointed, but honestly it's kind of comforting in a way. spirits and such consulting was just an office building. master reigen would probably say something dramatic about how it's the inside that counts and mob should listen to his sage wisdom carefully.

if robby doesn't take off his shoes coming in mob hesitates but follows, nodding along to robby's information. and when they do find daniel? the first thing mob does is give a low bow, eager to give a good impression.

(and grateful. he's really, really grateful how kind people have been. they didn't need to be. he's lucky, and he needs to make sure to show his gratitude for that.)]

It's nice to meet you, sensei! Thank you for having me.

[mob's own omen is a shiba inu who will just stare at daniel like he is being heavily judged on this interaction. it's cute in an unsettling way, probably.]

text | un: deku

[wannasmash]

[ A fellow young person writing in Japanese. Looking for a roommate right off the bat on what passes for the internet here. Oh no. ]

It's nice to meet you, Kageyama-kun. I'm Midoriya and I'm a first year
uh hm wait
second year in high school I guess though they don't really do that here.

I understand it's very difficult and disorienting to arrive and try to find a place to live all on your own, but please be careful when talking to strangers.

In the meantime, there are plenty of places that will give you a safe place to sleep and eat. I work at Koz's Orphanage and Crenshaw district's Sanctuary, so that's two already that I know of.

[ Yes, his username is Deku, like the insult. It's written in katakana here. ]

[centile]

[ah, he wonders if this is one of the people robby spoke of, young japanese person. given everything he says is helpful and sensible that sounds right, and once again he nods along as though anyone can see that. also takes a moment to wonder if the username is suppose to be ironic or something? people are mysterious.]

it's nice to meet you too. are you one of the people robby mentioned?
that goes to the miyagi-do dojo.

i will be careful, and use private messages more. i followed a guide on how to make a good roommate advertisement, though i don't think it works the same way here. everyone was helpful and kind though.

[and his now roommate is makima which can't end poorly!! haha.

anyway he's impressed at deku having two jobs(?) and seemingly his shit together, talk about a reliable guy.]

do you go to school too?

[wannasmash]

Yes! I know Robby-senpai. I joined Miyagi-do recently to pick up some more moves to use in my Hero work. Hero is a profession where I come from.

[ Deku the Hero has one (1) job, being a Hero, and a million side volunteer gigs. There's a difference. (Is there...) ]

I take some general classes at the School of Mutter, but since I'm pretty busy and I can study well on my own, I mostly do that remotely. I text my friends when I need help with English.

Text UN: 1stStrike

[strikefirster]

So basically your saying the only perk to having you as a roommate is that you're a total nerd?

Come on, kid.

At least pick up karate lessons or something. Make it look like you're trying to be a real man.

[centile]

karate would make me a better roommate and man?