(video) a lil game moment

[invinciblemikey]

(manjiro comes into the camera, wearing his gang uniform with the words 'president' stitched, loud and proud. he sighs a little, but there's a smile on his lips before he speaks.)

I ain't into being strangers. Let's talk about ourselves with a single word and go from there. I'll start.

Motocyclist.

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[laserguy]

I guess.

[Even gangs need structure? Okay, yeah, Scott can see that.]

Huh? Saying that you literally want to meet right now? [Not that Scott's busy with anything.] What about the buildup?

[invinciblemikey]

Who cares about build-up? You can shoot LASERS.

[laserguy]

[.....Damn, he can't say no any longer. Besides, he likes showing off sometimes, especially when he's in one of his better days when it comes to his feeling towards his optic blasts.

He's been having more positive ones than negative days at least after the maze and everything.]

Okay okay, I'll show you. Only because I'm in a good mood.

[invinciblemikey]

And if you weren't?

(please, scott, he's COOL. you can't use the 'good mood' line on him, that's his line!!!)

[laserguy]

Then you'd be shit out of luck, huh?

[How long Scott can pretend to be cool--]

[invinciblemikey]

Talk to me like that again and you'll wish you didn't.

ANYWAY, LASERS!!!

[laserguy]

[Scott fully believes Mikey is just messing with him.]

Got a place in mind to meet? If not, outskirts of the forest?

[invinciblemikey]

(he is NOT scott he is NOT!!! HE ISN'T!! SCOTT!!!)

That the best place? Ok then.

[laserguy]

It's away from the locals and crap. They're being all pissy and everything, so rather avoid them.

[Shooting his optic blasts kind of draws attention... it probably will anyway, but they'll probably be less nosy if he's not in the middle of the stupid town.]

[invinciblemikey]

Where you at? I'll pick you up.

[laserguy]

[Huh?????]

You don't have to pick me up, man. I can walk.

[invinciblemikey]

Fine, go on foot. Enjoy eating bike dust.

(YES THATS WHAT HE MEANS.)

[laserguy]

Wait hold up--

[Scott immediately tries to backtrack because holy shit does Mikey have his motorcycle here?????]

I didn't know you had your bike here! [He's never ridden a motorcycle and he so badly wants to.....]

[invinciblemikey]

I didn't until yesterday. Cool, ain't it? Maybe I'll be in a good mood and let you ride it.

(oopsie daisy IT BITES HIM BACK)

[laserguy]

[Oh no his words are being used against him...!]

That's really fucking cool. [Is Scott too proud to beg-- the teen smiles, trying to convince him without sounding too lame.] Come on, you're definitely in a good mood, I mean, you're gonna see lasers.

[Optic blasts, whatever.]

[invinciblemikey]

Finally. Good. Fine. I'm outside the inn.

(AH, LOOK AT THAT... VINDICATION.)

[laserguy]

Okay, cool, meet you there?

[If he gets confirmation, Scott will waste zero time meeting him in front of the inn.]

[invinciblemikey]

Fine, fine. I'm here already anyway.

[laserguy]

[Scott may or may not have ran to get here, partly because he wants to see Mikey's ride, and partly afraid that the other teen would change his mind about this whole thing, even with the promise of seeing his optic blasts.

While he knows that motorcycles are way more common compared to his powers, Scott just wants to be sure and everything.]

Hey, I'm here!

[If Mikey's motorcycle is already out in front, Scott is just going to go directly towards it first, almost sparkling seeing it. It's cool, man.]

[invinciblemikey]

(listen, fear is a powerful motivator, he ain't mad. instead, he's busy, polishing, cleaning, making sure it looks as pristine as it could ever be - it's a precious gift, after all. the manji shines against the sun, the uniform clean, and he actually seems to be in a good mood.)

Oh, hey. This is Babu!

[laserguy]

[It's not like it's the first time he's seen a motorcycle before, but it's definitely the first time he's been up close to one where he may ride. Scott walks around the vehicle, as if trying to take in every part of it.]

Babu, huh? Well, she's beautiful. [And seeing the manji symbol, so proudly displayed on both the bike and his jacket, Scott just has to ask--]

Okay, I'm gonna assume that's not like a fucking swastika, so what is that? [SORRY MIKEY he is a bit ignorant.]

[invinciblemikey]

My brother customized her. She's a CB250T.

(the smile on his lips over the fact that she's been ACKNOWLEDGED!!!!

oh, yeah, he's hella white. hold up.)

Nah, no. My name's Manjiro, it ain't Mikey, not really. And that's the Manji, it's a Buddhist symbol for fortune, long life, Buddha's footprints and the Buddha's heart. The vertical axis represents the combination of heaven and earth, the horizontal axis represents the connection of yin and yang, and the four arms represent the interaction, movement, and revolving force of the elements. The name of my gang is The Tokyo Manji, so it all comes together like that.

[laserguy]

[Right, he did mention that his brother used to run the streets. Makes sense that he customized his bike and everything.]

A Honda, right? Fucking sweet man.

[Maybe one day, he'll own a motorcycle. Of course, he probably needs to learn how to drive one first, but one thing at a time!! It'll happen. Then he can modify it and add something that will make it go really fast.

And a Buddhist symbol, huh? Well, okay. Cool. Scott doesn't really have any opinions on Buddhism, but guess it sounds pretty neat? Too bad it kind of looks like a swastika from afar. At least he doesn't have to change his opinion about Mikey.]

Ah, okay. Nice. [That's all he offers SORRY MIKEY but he's back to admiring Babu.] Still cool I call you Mikey too?

[invinciblemikey]

(the king of the streets. father to his two siblings. the great biker. the shop owner. the one everyone loved to bits. shinichiro sano. the one who taught mikey how to bring a bike to life from scratch... lucky scott...)

Yep! He had one, too. I can fix it and customize it here, too, depending on what I find.

(damn people stealing a milleniar symbol!!!)

Nobody calls me Manjiro anyway, so it's best. You ready?

[laserguy]

If you need help finding stuff, I'll help out. I haven't modified vehicles before, but tell me what you need and I'll see what I can do.

[Maybe he can ask Jinx or something. She's pretty good with tech, right? Although, he'd just have to make sure she doesn't add something like a gun cannon-- actually, that would be really sweet.]

I'm ready. [Scott manages to maintain some pride, by stopping himself from looking too giddy, but he definitely looks excited.]