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. ]
[ there's a thin smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes with that, but he nods and immediately decides he's more interested in talking about this instead. ]
...I get that. [ and that's all he says on the topic before he turns and begins walking, gesturing for gregor to follow. ] Come on. We can go a few streets and see what you think.
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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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[as for his own end:]
A few years younger. She'd have been... ah, probably about Yuri's age, now.
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...when was the last time you got to see her?
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[maybe slightly distant. less out of avoidance, more out of...
well, some things are better not to get into when the point was trying to make shoma feel a little better.]
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...I get that. [ and that's all he says on the topic before he turns and begins walking, gesturing for gregor to follow. ] Come on. We can go a few streets and see what you think.