riverview | ⚾ 001! video; un: yakyuu.luvr

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

it also looks painful!!

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.

Edited (typooo) 2018-07-24 02:56 (UTC)

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

... how?

[ what could he possibly mean by 'farther than striking' ]

Failure isn't always bad. And such.

Edited 2018-07-26 02:24 (UTC)

mmmmm well. i lost many balls in my life because they always end up a twinkle in the sky!

[ That's the only explanation he thinks he can provide. ]

...Impressive.

[ He thinks. ]

hehehe right? im pretty awesome like that!

[ Gonna brag just a little bit... ]

I didn't realize the pitches were meant to end up way in the sky.

[ Haha, what... ]

right? hitting a homerun without using a bat! thats next level fun, isnt it!!

[ Someone tell him how baseball actually works... ]

Yeah. I bet you make a great mascot, too.

[ Otabek doesn't know much about baseball, but that doesn't seem right, but at least he's very excitable... ]

you bet i am!!

the costume is a bit cluttery and too hot for summer but i can handle it! its worth the money!!

And you probably really pump up the spectators. You seem very excited about it.

i guess i like the attention sometimes!

[ That, and it's easier to be his dumb self when he's doing what people expect him to. ]

but the show is my team's to make, im just a background character!

I don't know. I think the mascot is just as important.

hehehe

still not a main character but i can accept this

im working hard to give them as much spotlight as i can!!

if i could be a mascot at the ice rink too i would also cheer for you!

I'd like that. Not that we have competitions here. We get some fans who follow us all over the world.

well its no matter

opponents or not everyone deserves some support

i hope you get a rival or two someday so i got more reason to root for you!

Maybe some day here. Maybe. The only skaters for now are my fiance and I, and I don't consider him a rival.

But you're welcome to stop by the rink anytime. We're there often.

yeah yeah i know! imma be there asap!

thanks for the interest and support! were gonna have lots of fun!

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