Track 07: Dirty Little Secret

[princeofjunes]

ACTION: THE RECORD STORE - ALL DAY - OPEN - TRUTHFIELD: LEVEL THREE

[It didn't take long for Yosuke to notice something horribly wrong earlier in the week. Rin was acting weird, the entire town was making unbelievable phone calls, and though people weren't dying as far as he knew, the town was messing with everyone again. Uneasy at both the prospect of hearing everyone else's business and revealing his own, Yosuke took a different path and buried himself in his work. The record store was usually slow, and thankfully whatever was affecting the town had yet to hit him full force.

In a lot of ways it was like his first month in Inaba. Next to no one to talk to for one reason or another, and no choice but to bury himself in his music and work. Still, as lonely as his strategy was, it seemed to be working. He'd avoided nearly everyone and everything successfully, and he felt vaguely proud of himself. With any luck, he might be home free soon.

He certainly felt different as he went into work on the weekend. Probably just a side effect of the isolation, right? What could possibly go wrong now? He'd be fine. He was sure of it.]

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[princeofjunes]

Well, you got me there. Then again, I doubt I'd even notice hot lesbians in spandex between every self righteous ass in the town's dirty looks.

[What. What. NO. Stop that! He takes a deep breath and calms himself down]

Right, so. It's this Elvis guy. He's pretty good.

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"At least they don't laugh at you when you're tryin to do something to help them. Ok, yeah, sure, maybe I sold out a little with the cereal boxes but.... Right. Elvis, yeah, met the guy once. Fairly certain he's not an alien."

[princeofjunes]

Yeah, they can't ever know I did anything for them. Nobody'd believe me anyway.

[That one's not as bad as the others, so he lets it go]

Wait, you met Elvis? You're joking, right?

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"Yeah.. Story of my life too."

"Yeah, met Elvis, and a buncha other guys. You meet a lot of weird folk when you're patrolling the time lines. You really don't want that job..."

[Facepalm]

"Right... Look... Uh, can we not mention that last part, this town is making it hard to do anything under cover."

[princeofjunes]

I'm pretty sure we should just go ahead and not mention this whole conversation to anyone.

This town makes it hard to do anything. Except look at girls in bikinis you can never get. That part was easy.

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"Ah, you never know until you try with the girls part at least. And after the first hundred or so slappings you learn to bounce back with style."

[princeofjunes]

Did you honestly keep count of how many times you've been slapped?

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"No, but I hit on a LOT of girls in college."

[princeofjunes]

So what's your story, anyway? It sounds like you're a time traveller, right? I mean, I don't think Elvis and hot girls wearing spandex were big around the same time.

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. I guess I am a time traveler. I used to sort of be a super hero like in the comics, but... I kinda sucked at it and got a reputation for being a joke so I got dragooned into this group that keeps other time travelers from screwing up things."

[princeofjunes]

So you're sort of like a time cop? Make sure no one screws things up and... I don't know... lets Alexander the Great have tanks or something?

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"Nah, that's the big stuff. I'm like... The guy who keeps people from going back in time and assassinating Alexander the Great's great grandmother. The little stuff causes bigger ripples than the big stuff."

"Not a good job though, no recognition by the chicks at all."

[princeofjunes]

Hey, it could be worse. At least with a job like that I'm sure you never get bored. It beats my job, anyway. I'm just my dad's lackey - assistant manager in everything but name. All the responsibilities, crappy pay, and everyone tries to suck up to me for favors when they're not openly resenting me.

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"At least you get sucked up to. Me... I got recruited because I was about the biggest failure out there as a super hero, so who'd believe I was doing something worth while. Ya know. Now, here I am, got a lot of really cool successes, and people still have to think I'm a total looser."

[princeofjunes]

I feel for you man, I do. But trust me, being sucked up to isn't anything good. It's just plastic bitches trying to flutter their eyelids for a day off when they don't think you're worth a thousandth of what they paid for their stupid ass designer purse.

At least you're doing some real good out there.

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"You know what's REALLY funny. I was one of those plastic people for a while. Till I screwed up. You know, most of them are totally messed up. Don't understand there isn't a world that isn't them."

"Realizing that was about the worst thing that happened to my social calendar. You're at least finding it out early enough to not end up stuck there."

[princeofjunes]

Yeah... I know. I get it, and I feel sorry for them.

It's just hard not to be angry and bitter sometimes. I'm usually good, you know? But every now and then you need to vent.

Hell, maybe blurting out all my secrets isn't so terrible. At least it'll be some relief, in a weird way. By the way, I have a crush on one of my best friends. That's kind of weird.

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"It happens all the time where I come from. But that's cause I mostly know people in the business... And we're so alienated from the normal people we kinda gotta cling together."

[princeofjunes]

So there's a lot of people who do things like that? That's pretty nice.

Sounds a lot like me, actually. I've got a handful of friends I know I can count on in a pinch back home.

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"Then it isn't so bad falling for one. Unless she's a computer chick. Gotta watch them or some butt head with a trust fund'll come in and wreck your day."

[princeofjunes]

No, she's a crazy violent kung fu chick.

Sounds like you're talking from experience. What happened?

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"Watched my best pal go through it over the years. Was kind of frustrating to watch him get his heart ripped out every other Thursday."

[princeofjunes]

Ouch... sounds pretty rough. I hope the guy got over her eventually, that's no way to spend your life.

[boostedfailure.livejournal.com]

"She jerked him around for years... He thought they were more than friends then... He got shot in the face by a lunatic that was trying to take over the world..... Its really kind of depressing."

[princeofjunes]

[He's oddly quiet for a few moments. Getting jerked around, waiting on a girl he can't ever have - that's no way to spend a life.

Right?]

... yeah, I think I know what you mean. Oh, by the way, I'm Yosuke. Yosuke Hanamura.