Track 05: Small Town

[princeofjunes]

ACTION: EVERYWHERE - ALL DAY - EVERYONE

[As Yosuke's settled himself into Mayfield, he finds one question gnawing at the back of his head.

Is this place really that bad?

Sure, there's the dronings and the weird things that happen, but day to day everybody's able to go about their lives - maybe even find things to do that make them happy. They bring bits and pieces from home and make connections with other people. They can even meet people they never would have at home. Does the good the people make in this town outweigh the bad the town tries to bring them down with?

He's curious. Also, it's a great excuse to take a day off and wander around the town, so that's exactly what he does - he sets out and walks, with no destination in mind]

(( OOC NOTE: He's literally just walking around town today, meeting people, talking to people, whatever. In your reply just note where they're meeting; the park, a store, outside someone's house. It doesn't matter where, just give me a heads up. Thanks! <3 ))

Comments

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Not as many as you would think. Its really kind of boring to watch."

[princeofjunes]

I never said altering computer records is attractive.

I said girls who do it are.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Well, everything here is on physical records, so I can't do that at school, otherwise I'd have better grades myself."

[princeofjunes]

Doesn't seem like grades really matter here. I went to school as often as you and I still made it to adulthood.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Well, if they were teaching things that weren't insane I may have cared more. But I had my Masters in Physics by the time I was 4 so... It all seems kind of strange to me."

[princeofjunes]

That's the best part though! Here we have a real excuse to not care about a thing the teachers say.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"I don't know. I kind of wanted to finish getting my doctorate from MIT. Something about having it before I was 17 sounded nice."

[princeofjunes]

I can't blame you. The 17 year old girls with doctorates get all the dates.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"They do?"

[She eyes him curiously]

"And here it was more about proving what I can do to myself."

[princeofjunes]

Oh yeah! Back home all the teenage doctor girls had five guys. On each arm.

[Ruri you are too much fun to tease]

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

[deadpan delivery, no expression on the face]

"And here all I wanted was one, and a girl for the other arm."

[princeofjunes]

[He can still work with this]

A girl?

I didn't know you were into that, Ruri.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"You never asked."

[princeofjunes]

So now I have to compete with the girls too? Man, all this competition...

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Not all of them."

[She shrugs]

"Besides, I have to compete with the girls, it wouldn't be fair otherwise."

[princeofjunes]

Yeah, but you don't have to compete with the boys. I have it twice as hard.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Or you're doing twice as well. Its all in how you look at it. And who knows, I may have to compete with boys. Lots of the boys here are into that sort of thing and I don't like to assume."

[princeofjunes]

When it comes to me, there's no boys involved. Trust me.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"See, I can tease you back."

[She nods and smiles slightly]

[princeofjunes]

... man, I walked right into that one.

[He leans his chair back and grins]

I really need to stop under-estimating you, Ruri.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Oh, that's okay, it gives me a chance to see the faces you make when you panic. They're kind of cute."

[princeofjunes]

Panic? Me? You must be mistaken - I never panic.

I just... have big reactions, that's all!

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Of course."

[princeofjunes]

... you could at least act like you believe me.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"I'm not very good at acting."

[she nods]