Robby "major sensei issues" Keene (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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citynet2023-08-16 03:56 pm
strongroots) wrote in citynet2023-08-16 03:56 pm
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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!!:
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 "TECHNICALLY" • 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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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.
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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?
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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.. ]
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there's restaurants in there
[ The dreaded restaurants with their magically appearing food and creepy vibes.. ]
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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.
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you're good at this, mr larusso.
what are we going to call it? Miyagi-chow down? Miyagi-diner
Mr Miyagi's Diner
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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.
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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
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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. ]
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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
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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. ]
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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). ]
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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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that's not as cool as larusso's autos
i don't know
try L&K's. *that's* a name for a fancy restaurant
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Don't listen to what your father says about me. [ Probably something about Daniel being stuffy or overly fancy or boring or whatever. Just because he doesn't eat sliced ham straight out of a wet package as a snack!! ]
I'd like it to be a cozy space! You know, like one of those diners you'd see on the side of the road.
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okay. but you can't name it LaRusso Pasta
you wouldn't make japanese food with the japanese people we get here too?
[ Mister LaRusso, he knows you.
He knows your weeabo side. And your love and heart, sure. That too. ]
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You're lucky Daniel is so incredibly weak to you, Robby. You could get this man to do almost anything. Or not mind most things. ]
Probably.
Though I should also try to broaden my horizons in this case. Some people here seem to come from places that don't even have Earth. [ As baffling as it is. ] Who even knows what they eat in those places?
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[ Is that exciting? For a man who seems to like cars more than cooking (maybe? just an assumption from career choices, here). ]
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[ If those recipes aren't gross.
All these other places seem just a little bit too strange at times to have normal food. ]
Besides, I'm pretty sure they can't beat Italian or Japanese food. [ Wow, someone sure is confident!! ]