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hey. bumped into people around here looking for others to do stuff with, like sports, hanging out, etc. was thinking we could share what hobbies we have and maybe find people to do stuff with. or even just chat about whatever.

i visit the gym for muscle training with a friend, go running with another (who should talk about that). used to skateboard and even played soccer years ago. i know karate if anyone else does it. and a sensei who won't mind teaching if anyone's interested.

so, yeah. you into fashion, music, or just want to talk about something with people, could be fun. find out if anyone else is really into big fluffy birds called chocobos

( ooc: please mingle, share character hobbies or whatever your character wants to chatter about. no need to ask robby anything. ♡

topics!!:

dnd

art

reading, running

gym, learning first aid

fashion, shopping, coding, engineering, martial arts

roller derby

he knows chocobos!!!

magic

family restaurants, swimming, running, sports

HOT CHOCOBO PICS HERE, videogames, photography, running, guns

architect, bow-making, how do walkman work

teaching karate, being old, dad, mechanic, japanese and italian cuisine

videogames and anime

HEROES, hero movie, comics, heroboo

literature, history

blacksmith, performances

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I didn't ask. I was kind of too distracted by the entire 'immortal' claim.

[ You think he's actually going to ask how old the other is and risk his brain just breaking at the very idea, Robby? Your old sensei already has so much to deal with in this place.. ]

He said he was there when the Vesuvius erupted though.

Back in Roman times.

[ He's mostly adding that last part since he isn't sure if Robby would.. know..? From one guy who wasn't too concerned with school to another..

But at least that gives you an idea of just how weird this other person was, Robby. Can you understand now why he was so confused and weirded out. ]

[ ummmm ]

ok

[ .................. ]

people say a lot of weird stuff here to be honest. i just zone out
do you still talk to him?

[ Should he be honest about that in public? But it's true.... he doesn't believe any of them. (And he's not sure if he believes in a guy from Roman times.) ]

[ ROBBY...

At least Daniel is glad that he's being honest with him here, though he isn't sure how to feel about Robby just.. admitting that he zones out when people talk to him about stuff.. Daniel kind of gets it, since it's weird, but also-- R-Robby, that's not polite??

He mostly decides he'd feel a little weird scolding Robby for it when Daniel kind of gets it.

Maybe Robby's just a braver version of him, honestly. ]

No.

He was drunk in public. I was concerned about him, given everything that was being talked about here. You know, with people talking about

[ .. 'someone is typing' indication is blinking, yes. Daniel doesn't know how to really say this, it's just a subject he doesn't like breaching with the person he's most worried for in this place. ]

You know. About killing.

Didn't exactly seem like a good idea to be out drunk in public at the same time that was going on.

[ Sorry sensei, some people are Just Weird here, okay... you would understand if he heard half of the anime stories he did!!! (it's been like, two)

But also, a drunk guy saying he was around in Ye Olde Rome?? ...kind of a zoning out topic if Robby ever read one. He'll be nice, though. ]

oh. yeah [ ...but now he has to be the one to figure if he wants to touch on the subject of the killing? but, well, his sensei did it first...

... ]

but it was only one killing, i think. i haven't heard about any others
were there more?

[ Do you have the ear on mass killings, sensei? ]

I think there was one, and then another one later as an experiment.

[ Those are the ones he saw being discussed on the network. But it was just enough to fuel the paranoia still lingering in Daniel's brain after what happened back home, after ending up here. ]

Of course there's the possibility that more happened, but people just didn't mention it.

[ People usually don't confess to murder.

For obvious reasons. ]

Most people I've met here seemed too kind for that sort of thing though. [ Weirdos aside!! Maybe he should've specified, given what they were discussing only a moment ago.. But he's met some kind non-weird people, okay. Even if one of his doctors had weird powers, he still wouldn't count her as a weirdo. ]

[ 'most people here seem too kind' ok, guy who likes to believes good in people (except when he's feeling petty)!!! Robby's got a heavy doubt button going on, but he's going to be better and not be rude about that.

(But does he think people here would kill them for a good enough reason?? you betcha!!!) ]

sure. there's good people around
we just need to work together. don't let whatever's doing this make us turn on each other

[ So he's been told and read a lot, or something. ]

[ .. there's a slight pause.

And then Daniel does have the good sense to turn this conversation private. Not necessarily for his own sake - he's not being paranoid this time, okay, even if a whole lot about this city sure makes him feel paranoid - as much as it's for Robby's sake. He knows the boy wouldn't want the entire world to see this. ]

Have you met some people you feel like you could trust, even if things would get worse here?

[ Damn, Mister LaRusso, pulling out the big words here??? Robby has to think for a second if he does, but... ]

theres people i dont think would stab me in the back. probably

what kind of worse are you thinking

[ Robby, what's that way of wording it!! No one better stab you in the back, especially not literally? Sensei will protect you?! ]

I don't know.

[ It's an honest admission, even though Daniel wishes he could say more. That he could provide the boy with concrete warnings, so he could keep him safe better. ]

It just feels like things will get worse. But I don't know if that is just me being paranoid.

[ Sorry if some of us still keeping waiting for the day of Battle Royale to come upon the city!!!

But he is considering what Mister LaRusso is saying, and he doesn't disagree. It's possible for things to get worse, but what do you do about trust? If the powers that be were to put out a message saying 'kill someone and you get to go home'? What chance would they have?

... ]

you think we should get to know more people? get on their good sides

[ Sorry if that makes you feel awkward, Mister LaRusso....maybe Robby's bad boy days are coming out. ]

[ ...

There's a slight pause before Daniel's reply arrives, like he has to think about it. He doesn't think getting to know people is a bad idea, obviously, but there's something about the way Robby words it. About that last part, especially. ]

You mean doing so on purpose?

[ Why be so suspicious, goodhearted protag. ]

yeah. we could rub shoulders with people or do something so people know us

help in some way. stand out, whatever

I don't think helping people out is a bad idea.

But not for any other reason. [ Like rubbing shoulders, or trying to get into people's good graces. It's not like Daniel has never done so before, given his line of business, or the way he tried to advertise the dojo before, but.. ] I just want to help people because getting kidnapped here is inherently crappy.

[ No, he's not going to say shitty in front of a teenager. You can't make him! ]

So something to help out people new to this place wouldn't be bad.

[ It's the same outcome, soooo.

Robby can't feel bad, or ashamed. He just reads what Mister LaRusso says, and helping people out? ]

you make food for people. what if we did something with that and new people?

packed lunches? tell them what's going on?

[ ... ]

That's not a bad idea.

[ After all, Robby is right. It's already kind of what Daniel is doing, except right now he's just doing it for people he knows. It wouldn't be all that hard to extend to others. ]

Maybe with a certain location. So people know where they can go.

You know, a location that isn't my apartment. [ Since that's kind of inconvenient to get to, and it's also a little too up and personal.. ]

inside the train station? what do you want? somewhere people can sit and stay?

there's restaurants in there

[ The dreaded restaurants with their magically appearing food and creepy vibes.. ]

[ DON'T YOU EVEN MENTION THE RESTAURANTS, ROBBY. H-He doesn't want to think about the creepy restaurants? They go against everything the LaRusso name stands for.. :( ]

I was thinking outside the train station. Close to it. [ Messing with something in there might be a bad idea, since it seems a little bit too close to the machinations behind this entire city.. ] Somewhere that would be easy for new people to stumble upon when they leave the station.

Then they could not only get food, but also just some information, you know? Or just more of a welcome than anyone is getting now.

This place sucks, sure, but it doesn't have to be unfriendly while we're stuck here.

[ Damn, Mister LaRusso, your Italian blood is showing. (The stereotypical side involving mafias.) ]

you're good at this, mr larusso.

what are we going to call it? Miyagi-chow down? Miyagi-diner

Mr Miyagi's Diner

[ Sorry, Robby, his mind is still momentarily hanging on the pun of 'Miyagi-chow down'... ]

Does it really need a name?

[ There's a pause. An indication that Daniel is typing, and then he's not, a few times in a row. He deletes it all. He can't just tell Robby he feels like he isn't worthy of using mister Miyagi's name anymore after what happened back home. That's way too much to throw onto a teenager, and it'd spoil Robby's relative good mood. It's something he has to deal with by himself.

So instead-- Daniel goes for his usual techniques. His old friends. Repression. Avoidance. ]

It could just be the diner.

[ A good thing Robby can't sense Mister LaRusso's emotions via some bizarre magical bond.

Since these texts? Fairly innocuous. He imagines the older man just tried thinking up a name and failed.... ]

we'll figure out the name later

along with the menu

[ Man, sure hope no Daniel out there ever makes the mistake of forging some sort of bond that renders him unable to ever keep his emotions all to himself ever again--

But this Daniel? He can push it down real easily. Robby never has to know. Daniel can tell just from the answer there's no way the other could ever know. ]

You really think the idea is good enough to actually go for it?

[ Not that he himself doesn't believe in it - but he does notice that we Robby is using right there.

Which means Robby believes in it enough too to offer out to help right away. ]

[ Well, Robby doesn't know if the idea will work, but... ]

people say we should work together because it makes sense, but the truth is we have no reason to trust each other, even if we're in the same boat

you have to do something to prove it. if we want people to help look out for each other then you need proof people can be trusted

so why not. let's see how the people here react to the idea

[ ... ]

Sure.

[ Daniel's fingers hover over his phone. He feels like he should write more. As Robby's sensei - and especially in the absence of any other adult figures for him here - he should probably do something about this, right? Course correct a little. Make sure that Robby doesn't already distrust the world this much when he's so young.

But telling him to not be careful also feels wrong, especially when so much could go wrong here. When so much has already gone wrong just in Robby's life alone.

It's hard. Daniel forces the thought down for now - even if he knows this is going to haunt his mind for the upcoming while - to maybe address this if Robby shows signs of it again in the future, rather than right now. ]

Let's send out a message after we've talked about it more. It's important to me that you are involved in as much of all this as possible. [ Just in case Robby is right, and it does grant them trust or care from other people. Daniel would rather have that aimed at Robby than at himself, given the choice. ]

[ Someone wasn't a truly alone and angry teen and it's really showing, Mister LaRusso. ]

okay

does this mean i'm going to be working for you again?

[ The kind of half-hearted thought that comes from someone who doesn't see anything wrong with their suspicious thinking. Especially when they're in a city worth being absolutely suspicious in (if one asked Robby). ]

[ Robby, sensei is so keeping an eye on you.

Which is a whole lot easier to do when you're stuck renovating the diner with him, mind you. :) ]

I was going to say with me...

But you sound like someone who wants a LaRusso Pasta shirt with their name on it.

[ It's not actually going to be called LaRusso Pasta, okay.

Even Daniel can't do that level of cringe. ]

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