[ do you ever just hate being trapped in a room for nine hours and want to run the fuck away so you wander aimlessly? that's the mood right now. that is shoma, wandering alone without roboji and without the eudora jacket from earlier. he doesn't seem to have a destination in mind, and the emotions floating off of him are more thoughtful and uneasy. hello, gregor. do you approach or avoid the child? ]
[on catching sight of him, getting a feel for the emotions floating off him and the uneasiness...
well. after a murder just happened the other night, he's not gonna avoid the child, though he does speak up before approaching so he doesn't startle him.]
Hey.
[and with his presence made known there-]
...feels like we could use somewhere to walk besides the halls. It's not really built to be comfortable that way, is it?
So it's best just to agree it's a bus. Got it. [ hah. but to that...he pauses a little. ]
...obviously I don't have a job, but I'm used to being able to go out if I want to. Tokyo's a big city, so there's always somewhere to go. Usually when I need to walk stuff off...I pick a direction and see where it takes me.
Can't hurt to try it. [ the simulation room truly has been a wild time this weekend, but there are plenty of them and shoma...well. he knows he shouldn't, exactly, but a little escapism...he can handle that. ]
Plus the good thing about the simulation rooms is the outside can be whatever. No limitations.
You sure? [ he seems vaguely amused, but like in the way that says he doesn't mind. ] I guess it's probably really different than The City, yeah. We can see what comes up when I program stuff in.
That was the impression I got from Rodya, yeah. Even some of the other Earths I've heard about are different than mine...at least in terms of how things happen. [ onward to sim room. ]
Are there actually decent parts? [ this sounds like such a rude question but he's just curious. ]
Considering I have literally no idea what that is, I'm gonna say no. [ hate the fact that gregor is just talking like this is enough to distract shoma from his brooding (temporarily) about what just happened today. ] What's a car pagoda?
[good, that was the goal here. mission accomplished.]
Towers in District J, made out of cars stacked higher than you'd think they could go. The gang that owns 'em deals in used vehicles that casino gamblers aren't coming back for.
[sim room time! shoma can go first, though; gregor gestures at the controls, stepping back.]
Yup. Welcome to Akiba. Well, Akihabara, but same thing. [ he seems immediately at home here. ] Think of it as an epicenter for all kinds of technology and entertainment. There's always something to look at.
[ a gesture down the street in a vague direction. ]
There's a junk shop I go to sometimes to get parts for my robots. And there's all kinds of other stores I browse around sometimes. [ a tentative pause. ] Plus my sister worked in this district, so sometimes I'd come to wait for her to spend time with her.
Definitely not. [ to the boredom, that is. but he seems to contemplate that again before he decides that sure. he can talk a little about this. ]
Our parents divorced when I was nine and we haven't lived together since. She's usually pretty busy with stuff and she comes by my house a lot but sometimes when she can't I'll go to her. [ surprisingly, despite how it sounded, his sister is not dead. he has one-up on hiro hamada.
but he also hears "were" and kind of tilts his head. ]
How much younger was she? [ "and what happened" is the unspoken question. ]
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well. after a murder just happened the other night, he's not gonna avoid the child, though he does speak up before approaching so he doesn't startle him.]
Hey.
[and with his presence made known there-]
...feels like we could use somewhere to walk besides the halls. It's not really built to be comfortable that way, is it?
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Definitely not. You kind of end up going in circles after a while because it sort of bleeds together. [ a lil circuit. ]
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[they're going somewhere, sure, but it's-- a little hard to feel that sense of motion when there's always just Space outside.]
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[ this is absolutely not the point, but rodion explained some bits and pieces but not others. ]
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[a little flicker of kind of resigned annoyance. dealing with her is just Like That.]
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So it's best just to agree it's a bus. Got it. [ hah. but to that...he pauses a little. ]
...obviously I don't have a job, but I'm used to being able to go out if I want to. Tokyo's a big city, so there's always somewhere to go. Usually when I need to walk stuff off...I pick a direction and see where it takes me.
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Simulation rooms a bad idea right now, or you think it'd help to at least see what looks like outside?
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Plus the good thing about the simulation rooms is the outside can be whatever. No limitations.
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[y'all are from such different places, clearly.]
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious.
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[truly it has taken so little time to go 'oh okay we're outliers here, rodya'.]
It's not all bad. I might be able to show you a decent part of it, after.
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Are there actually decent parts? [ this sounds like such a rude question but he's just curious. ]
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[imagine actual nature...]
And the areas of J Corp's that we saw were pretty interesting. You ever seen a car pagoda?
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[ off into the sim room we go... ]
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Towers in District J, made out of cars stacked higher than you'd think they could go. The gang that owns 'em deals in used vehicles that casino gamblers aren't coming back for.
[sim room time! shoma can go first, though; gregor gestures at the controls, stepping back.]
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Sounds like a parking garage. I mean the towers aren't made of cars, but you get it.
[ does he. anyway, the simulation soon loads! welcome to akihabara, a bustling downtown area. ]
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[the sim coming to life is a distraction, though, and gregor pauses to look around them-- looking up as well.]
Is it always this bright?
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[more vibrant, even though the city is equally neon? more alive, even though both have people?]
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-so what d'you usually do here?
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There's a junk shop I go to sometimes to get parts for my robots. And there's all kinds of other stores I browse around sometimes. [ a tentative pause. ] Plus my sister worked in this district, so sometimes I'd come to wait for her to spend time with her.
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Plenty of variety then, eh? It doesn't look like the kinda place you'd get bored.
[after another moment:]
Sounds like the opposite of how me and my little sister were, y'know. Used to follow me around.
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Our parents divorced when I was nine and we haven't lived together since. She's usually pretty busy with stuff and she comes by my house a lot but sometimes when she can't I'll go to her. [ surprisingly, despite how it sounded, his sister is not dead. he has one-up on hiro hamada.
but he also hears "were" and kind of tilts his head. ]
How much younger was she? [ "and what happened" is the unspoken question. ]
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