On returning to ink_city

[lightningemperor]

 Okay mun, or whatever your name is. I'm grateful you still consider me one of your favourites, hell even gaining yer voice back for me. But why you gotta bring me back to that hellhole, eh? I got outta there before it got all hectic, but c'mon, man!  Last time some dude put a bounty on my head.  Cause that's just what I need to deal with. And there's giant robots too? THAT'LL go over well.

Shit's not cool, bro.

I guess it's sweet that you're giving me Take-Mikazuchi this time, but...

Whatever. Just make sure you're POSITIVE on this, got that?!

Comments

[strawberry_roll]

For what it's worth, my mun's happy to see you coming back? She says you're one of her favorites. Plus, now you have canonmates! ♥

[lightningemperor]

[Sorry Ichigo you're just SO CUTE CAN'T HANDLE no wait stay tough.]

S-She is? I uh... well tell her thanks.

And there are? Like..like who?

[strawberry_roll]

*She tilts her head for a moment, then smiles.*

Mister Souji and Yosuke and Teddie! ♪ They're your friends, right?

[lightningemperor]

[Oh happy face! You've just made his day.]

You serious, man? Senpai and Ted are there?

[Who cares about Yosuke he's a loser.]

It might not be so bad after all...

[strawberry_roll]

Yeah! It's definitely better to have friends there. And there's all sorts of neat people to meet, too~!

Plus, the Mayor's actually trying to be a Mayor now. I think some of the bad stuff that's happened really motivated him. So now we've got a guard patrolling the City, and an artist who can help fix you up when you're hurt! Still need to get a jail set up, though...

[lightningemperor]

A guard, huh. Dude better know what he's doing. If they're anything like the dipshits back home, I'm not gonna be a fan.

Can I pick you up?

[strawberry_roll]

Pretty sure she does. After all, Twilight's helping her stay informed and all...

...Hm? *Blinking, she nods.* Oh, sure, if you want.

*And here, to make it easier, she'll even fly up so he won't have to bend down, then try to land in his palm. Provided, of course, he offers it for her?*

[lightningemperor]

[You're darn tootin' he will! Have the dopiest, gentlest face ever, Ichigo. You're pretty adorable. He'll even play with your little arms!]

Well okay, I'll take your word for it, man. Who's Twilight?

Sounds like some book teenage girls read.

[strawberry_roll]

*The toying with her arms surprises her a little, but she doesn't look too alarmed. Certainly he seems like he's trying to be careful...*

Oh, she's a unicorn! ♪ *Like that's the most normal thing ever -- but considering where she comes from and what the City's like, maybe it is?* She's really smart, too -- maybe 'cause she lives in a library?

[lightningemperor]

A...A unicorn?

[The city didn't have cute things like that when he was there. OR WAS SHE MOCKING HIM?]

I...Not like I care. I mean-

Unicorns don't live in libraries. C'mon, man.

[strawberry_roll]

Well, maybe not where you come from, but she does!

*Don't worry, Kanji. She completely understands that things work differently in other worlds.*

[lightningemperor]

I...Is she cute?

[You better not judge him or he's gonna take you punks down!]

[strawberry_roll]

...Well, yeah. I don't think she tries to be cute, but I think she's pretty cute!

*And she considers herself an expert on cuteness.*

[lightningemperor]

SWEET!

[Weirdest response to 'she's cute' ever.]

I...I mean...that's cool. Can't have all tough guys in the city, right? Too noisy.

[strawberry_roll]

...Uh-huh. Plus she's really good at helping everyone when she can, which is definitely nice. 'Specially when some people wanna take over for whatever stupid reasons they can come up with...

[lightningemperor]

There's dudes tryin' to take over the city?

Guess Take-Mikazuchi'll get some workout after all.

[strawberry_roll]

Yeah. There's this one creep, Trevor, who pretends he's a good guy, but he's really a kidnapper who likes spying on everyone and acting all 'holier than thou'. You'll know him by his fishlips and how he loves hearing himself talk.

Then there's this big silver robot, Megatron. He showed up right before the blizzard, and he's a jerk who has some other jerky robot following him. But there's good robots, too, like Mister Optimus Prime and Legion! So he's just out there trying to give all of them a bad name...

[lightningemperor]

Yeah, I've dealt with punks that sound like this Trevor guy. What I would give to beat assholes up like that... His talks won't work on me.

[Because you're too dumb.]

Robots? Yeah I've heard about them. Apparently I gotta share headspace with this Optimus Prime dude. He a good guy?

[strawberry_roll]

Uh-huh! Trevor kidnapped Aisling one time -- he wanted to do some kinda creepy experiments on her blood, even though we all bleed ink there -- and as soon as Optimus found out, he went staight there and saved her! ♪ So he's awesome!

[lightningemperor]

Oh wow...that's pretty cool of him. I'll be sure to give him respect.

Who's Aisling?

[strawberry_roll]

Another girl in the City. I think she's some sort of fairy or guardian spirit... She lives in this really pretty, big old tree, and she can shapeshift and stuff like that.

[lightningemperor]

Heh, wow...I sure missed out on a lot. Guess it'll be cool to see familiar faces.

[strawberry_roll]

Yeah. I don't know how many of the people you knew while you were there are still around, but you've still got your friends there, right? And lots of other friends to make, too! ♪

[lightningemperor]

I..I don't know, man. People tend to get scared of me pretty easily.

[strawberry_roll]

...Why? You seem really nice.