⚾ 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. ]

Comments

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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???

[bringbackgold]

I'm a competitive figure skater at home. But I occasionally watch others.

[yakyuuman]

figure skating? i think i watched that a couple times! it was ages ago! did you win medals or something?

[bringbackgold]

I've won a few medals, but there's always more. It can be tough when competing against the best.

[yakyuuman]

oooo, so competitive! i like it! if i was a figure skater or you were into baseball, we would have been rivals for sure!

its already incredible that im talking with a champion tbh

[bringbackgold]

We probably would have. I like competition. I'm still trying to become a champion, I think.

[ At least, when he compares himself to others. ]

[yakyuuman]

see thats the attitude i like!!

im sad we like different things or else would have one hell of an explosive rivalry!!!

hopefully youre gonna like baseball enough to accept my challenge someday!!!

[bringbackgold]

Hopefully, I'm good enough at it for it to be a worthwhile challenge for you.

[ After all, what's the point if the competition isn't good. ]

[yakyuuman]

believe more in yourself! I, for one, believe in you just as much I do myself!

[ That's an awful lot of confidence for someone who doesn't even know the rules of baseball. ]

[bringbackgold]

I appreciate your confidence. It's very [ trying to find a word ] refreshing, I guess.

So how long have you been playing?

[yakyuuman]

mmmmmmmm

dont remember how long! i loved it since i was little! it stuck with me for many years!

what about you and your figure skating??? how long?

[bringbackgold]

So all your life, then.


Around ten years. I wasn't particularly successful when I was much younger, though.

[ Less talent, less resources. He just wasn't all that standout ]

[yakyuuman]

ahahahaha you can say that! i was born with the baseball mark on me i guess!

well i wasnt that good either but you learn with time

rly wanna see you skate sometime cuz im curious how good you are at it!!!

[bringbackgold]

Yep. That's exactly why. You can stop by the rink almost anytime. My fiance and I are almost always there.

[yakyuuman]

oooo youve got a place to skate in? where???

[bringbackgold]

Oh. Riverview has a Skating Centre. There's sometimes free skating for the public, and then there's times for individuals to do training. It's pretty easy to find!

[yakyuuman]

mmmm im gonna write that up somewhere!

[ He'll forget to, but... it'll come back in mind sometime. ]

i never skated on ice before, so in the off chance i make an attempt please be kind to me!

[bringbackgold]

I try to be. I remember what it was like to step on it for the first time.

[yakyuuman]

haha i guess you slipped and fell so many tiimes, right???

[bringbackgold]

Naturally. I still fall from time to time. Sometimes even the best do.

[ Not himself in that last statement, but he has seen it. ]

[yakyuuman]

i guess even when youre a pro youre still not magically able to never fall again hahaha

it also looks painful!!

[bringbackgold]

Exactly. Like - a pitcher can't always strike someone out.

[ Is that correct? He hopes. ]

You learn how to fall as part of learning to skate.

[yakyuuman]

thats right!!! even tho my pitches usually go a bit farther than striking!

[ Trying to catch his balls is like having a death wish. ]

failure is the only option sometimes and all that stuff, yup