audio; @bluebird

[exfine]

[ It's Tsumugi's first time to make his own post on the network, so why not start with something simple?

Also this is on audio since he still hasn't figured out how to turn on the video -- either that or he's still rather shy at talking to strangers eye to eye. Who knows. Anyway:]

Good day, everyone. I've always wondered ever since I came out of that portal last month and stumbling upon the library which is rich with literature that came from other worlds...

What are your worlds like, if you don't mind me asking? Mine is pretty mundane, as I only come from Japan and I go to this specialized school for idols, but it seems that most of you even come from worlds with technology and magic that I've only read from books? Please, enlighten me! I want to hear all about it. ♪

[ ... ]

Ah, my name is Tsumugi Aoba, by the way! Thank you for listening!

Comments

[anthropophagite]

Hm- I don't think we'll reach it in my lifetime, back home, but it's a good dream.

And yes, we do. It's a huge phenomenon, really. [ it's a huge industry. Even if Kanaeki isn't all that interested in music, he knows the most recent bands thanks to publicity, ads, radio, and idol groups being pretty much everywhere. And if he is being honest, some songs do get stuck in his head, even if he doesn't want them to ] But there are no school for that - for someone to become an idol requires a bit of luck and everyone is just an amateur at first. [ and then the company that took them in builds them according to what they are looking for, rather than having a school. ]

[willinglychanged]

[The noise that escapes Drew's throat is one of a deep growl, truly more animal than hunter.] I sure as shit ain't no fuckin' hunter.

[exfine]

[ Seems to have touched a nerve there. Drew can't see it, but Tsumugi flinches at the menacing growl. ]

S-Sorry about that! That's very rude of me! So! Um... Who are you, exactly?

[exfine]

It is, it is. Yumenosaki is rather prestigious, so it's not that easy to enroll there in the first place. You have to be very dedicated with your dreams as an idol in order to survive there.

[ because man, it's an idol-defeat-idol world back there ]

But if you're successful, then you're guaranteed a great future once you graduate. Though I think that's par for the course in every school you go to.

[exfine]

I'm sorry, but how is that slavery in the first place? Unless you think high schools are like that...

[exfine]

criminal cases and mysteries... like in those murder mystery novels! it all sounds very exciting, but saying that would be counterintuitive since the city does try its best to rid themselves of crime.

[exfine]

You're so attentive when it comes to your pet... It's rather cute. ♪

[ he's a bit rattled about how rushed this invitation is, but he has no further objections. fellow namesakes unite! ]

Yes, of course it's okay! Where should we meet up?

[500gallontank]

What kind of freedom do you have if you just perform for other people

?

I do that.

it sucks.

[exfine]

Not if you also enjoy performing with people? Don't you have celebrities back in your world? We're kind of like that.

[500gallontank]

i *am* a celebrity back home

it sucks

[exfine]

You are? I apologize, I didn't know...!

What makes it so terrible for you, though? It's true that stardom may not be for everyone, but maybe hearing your thoughts will put things in perspective?

[willinglychanged]

Shit sorry, that wasn't exactly cool of me. [That darned werewolf aggression of his.] My names Drew, I'm a werewolf.

[anthropophagite]

[ yeah, it doesn't really happen like that back home. It's actually weird to hear there is such a thing, but - well, to each world their own he supposes ]

well, that means you will be very popular eventually, tsumugi-kun.

[bluechampion]

Yeah. I'd be surprised if any found their way here, though maybe it could still happen.

[If Link was pulled through, why not other people or creatures from Hyrule?]

When you kill them they kind of...um...kind of explode into this cloud that just dissipates, though you can still collect their organs to use to make elixers.

[It was pretty gross. Link wasn't going to deny that. You do what you can to survive though.]

What kind of monsters are in Japan?

[sweetlies]

i suppose it could be exciting, but it only ever makes work for me. really, i wish the yard was more competent sometimes.

[Except that would mean less income for him.]

[500gallontank]

not like they play my fucking entry montage here

[He doesn't miss it.]

let me just ask

you ever been told you were 'old hat'
that you needed to stop winning

or whatever you do

so someone else could take your place without earning it

?

Re: permavoice;

[pulledpunches]

Well, in either case congratulations! It sounds pretty impressive to me.

Hmm, I like it! It's nice to be so close to the city but not in it, you know? [ He pauses, seeming to think for a moment before continuing with a bit of amusement. ] It's interesting to wonder what the differences are between where we're from, since technically we're probably from entirely different Japans.

[threatenwithcuteness]

She's... not the only female student, is she? Cause that'd either be really nerve wracking or really lonely.

*As much as Lola enjoys boys, and oh man does she enjoy boys, she would go nuts without a girl or two.*

He broke up with me for my best friend. But... he still didn't deserve that, and it was really good to try and improve the school's rules to be less racist. I do what I can because I'm basically a saint.

*...Lola...*

[exfine]

No, it's fine! That was my bad... So. A werewolf, huh.

[ Just lets out a sigh of relief here. Oddly enough he's not scared, but maybe because this is an call and that they're not talking irl. ]

Do you usually share traits with the typical warewolves that you usually see in books and movies, or...?

[exfine]

Ahaha, you think so? I still have a long way to go, though. I can never be as popular as Eichi-kun, really.

[ SHUSH ]

But you know, I've always wondered if I became a normal high school student instead, just studying for the entrance exams. Maybe I'd turn out to be just like you, Kaneki-kun.

[exfine]

Ah, that's a relief! I thought it'd be more complicated than that--

[ but-- record scratch. monsters in japan? ]

There are no monsters in Japan! It's pretty much a normal country in a normal planet? Most of the animals are domesticated, and we pretty much just leave the wild ones as they are so long as they don't harm us.

But you can call certain human beings "monsters" as well. It all depends on your point of view.

[exfine]

The yard?

[ you mean a garden... but tsumugi knows better than that and WHOA ]

You work for the police, Ciel?

[exfine]

Well, no, but I've been called old a couple of times by my peers... And the idol unit where I used to belong in was the best one of the school that a lot of people didn't want us to win either.

Our circumstances may be different, but I think I see where you're coming from. The entertainment industry really is cutthroat, even in other dimensions.

[exfine]

Entirely different Japans... How interesting. What makes yours so different from mine aside from the lack of idol schools, though? We can compare and contrast.

[sweetlies]

ha, not quite. they would never tolerate me.

no, the yard is the lighter side of policing the world. i am its shadow, i suppose you might say. what they cannot do, i can.