⚾ 001! video; un: yakyuu.luvr

[yakyuuman]

[ Hello Riverview! Today the feed opens with... the close-up of a face covering the whole visual. Wide, round, and unsettling eyes, with a potato nose and a smiling mouth that looks so enormous it takes up half of the screen and, if you pay close attention, you might be able to see the bottom of his throat.

Jyushimatsu is not aware that he's way too close to the camera. He never had a cellphone back home and never bothered with technology in general. It doesn't help that it seems he can't keep the device steady as his image is shaky at best and completely blurry at worst. It might hurt your eyes, so don't stare too much.

But anyway! Onto the more important things! ]

HI EVERYONE I'M JYUSHIMATSU NICE TO MEET YOU!

[ Sorry for your eardrums, too.

Thankfully his voice lowers after the introduction. ]

I came here a few weeks ago and I work as a mascot for the Riverview Rams! It's a baseball team! You should root for them!

But I'm using this thing now because I wanna do something super fun with you guys after the bad things that happened last month! Have you heard about softball? I didn't, until a cool guy told me about it a while ago! It's like baseball, but it's smaller and the balls are bigger!

[ He's also terribly bad at providing explanations. And the screen is gradually getting soaked in his spit. ]

SO!!! How about we just have a match? We form two teams and beat each other up with softball! Sounds great, right?

This is just an interest check, I guess? Let me know if you wanna join! I'll be waiting all day!


[ FILTERED @ WALLY WEST... after he spent a long time trying and failing. One of his brothers had to teach him. ]

Hey look, I did the thing! Was that good? Think lots of people are gonna join?

[ He flails at the camera, now standing at a proper distance. ]

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audio un:pnwsalex

[11calls]

When are you thinking of having it?

[Someone's not going to be able to play for a couple of weeks, but she did play in the radio league at home when she wasn't bouncing around the country.]

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[yakyuuman]

Ehhh, I'm not sure! People may still be a little injured left and right, you know? But I'm thinking of tentativeeely setting it up in a couple weeks!

[ He's definitely not good with planning things out, but Wally said he'd help him, so... ]

[11calls]

Yeah a couple of weeks would be a good idea. I can play then!

[Lol forget six weeks, okay?]

[yakyuuman]

Yay! Thank you King-sized homerun!

[ Jyushimatsu cheerfully yells... and accidentally drops the device, oops.

He picks it back up and chuckles. ]

... I'm hoping for two weeks at least, unless something crazy happens again!

[11calls]

[Alex just laughs softly.]

It's Riverview though, something crazy always happens!

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[supersweet]

Woah, we have a baseball team?! Since when?!

[yakyuuman]

I have no idea! Since I came here, maybe? It's a good team and the people there seem nice at least!

[supersweet]

Cool!

[ A sports team! Jon is all about sports. ]

Do they play many games? Is it official official? Who are the players?

[yakyuuman]

[ What an excited kid! It's infectuous for resident madman here. ]

I'm not sure if there are teams other than this one, actually? Unless they're in the hiding, waiting for a chance to strike! [ This is not a war JyuSHIMATS ] But I guess it's as official as the baseball stadium we've got here!

[ A beat. ]

I've got no idea who these players are! None of them look japanese to me?

[ He... didn't pay attention. ]

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[quartercoin]

[ Connor's video feed is almost Too Perfect, he's directly centered with proper lighting and everything. The only thing missing is his tie. ]

I am glad to see you are working hard to achieve your personal goals, Mr. Matsuno.

[yakyuuman]

[ Oh wow it's that good android he texted with a few days ago! ]

Connor Connor Connor!!! [ FLAILS, shaking the camera some more. ] I'm doing my best here! Are you gonna think about joining too?

[quartercoin]

I will consider it. My job is with the police force so I will have to see if it allows me much free time.

[ A pause, he tilts his head. ]

You are speaking very close to the device, by the way. You do not want to risk damaging it.

[yakyuuman]

... EEEEH? Really?!

[ He jerks himself away from the camera, shocked and appalled! Actually, he almost tosses the device to the other side of his bedroom, but thankfully that doesn't happen. ]

Uhhhh... is it better like this?

text; @altin

[bringbackgold]

Well, I've never played, but it would be fun.

[ And he's competitive by nature...so he can't resist. ]

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[yakyuuman]

YAY!!!

[ He also yells IRL while typing it. ]

you can learn with practice!! this is also for fun so you dont have to worry too much abt not being a pro!

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[bringbackgold]

That's what I'm hoping. I missed all the sports going on back home. I like a bit of friendly competition.

[ He has no idea if he'll be any good, but it's worth a try. ]

[yakyuuman]

that's the spirit!!

oooo really, do you also play sports? which sports???

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[otherflash]

[ Wally... had actually forgotten about the whole softball thing. But in his defense, it has been over a month and a lot has been going on for him during that time. ]

Yeah, that sounded fine. I think most people will get the gist of things.

[ And if not, he can always explain things in a more detailed way if need be. ]

As for whether we'll get enough, we'll just have to wait and see. But if we don't, we could always have some practices for those who want to play until we can get an actual game going.

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[yakyuuman]

[ It's okay, Jyushi sort of forgot too, until half a hour ago. To his credit, his head got bashed by cultists and that didn't help things. In fact Wally can see a bandage wrapped around his head as he speaks. ]

Sorry that I didn't get on this sooner, stuff happened and was super woozy for a while! But now that I got the BALLS rolling, I can't wait to see how many people will hit me up! I'm very much okay with just practicing until we fill the quota! Muscle, muscle!

[otherflash]

[ It's nice to know that not even a bashing from psycho cultists can dampen Jyushimatsu's enthusiasm. Though the bandage wrapped around his head isn't so nice to see. ]

There's nothing for you to be sorry about. I'm pretty sure there weren't too many people in the mood for some fun with everything that was going on anyway. I know I wasn't. We should give everyone at least a few weeks to take it easy before we set something up. That means you too, pal.

[yakyuuman]

Yeeeeeah I know! But the sooner I got this thing out there, the faster people will cheer up at the idea of playing in a softball match! That's what I thought!

[ He beams at the camera. ]

Surely it'll take us a few weeks to prepare, unless we have to deal with other dumb things!

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[mutant_messiah]

[Well look who it is.]

Count me in.

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[yakyuuman]

[ OH IT'S HIM, the broody muscle-y buddy from weeks ago! ]

Hahaha! I'm sure you're gonna kick butt with that badass aura of yours!

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[mutant_messiah]

[That's right!]

Think so?

[yakyuuman]

Yeah! I think you're even gonna scare some opponent guys off if you just went and stared at them intensely!