motormouths | First gear

[There's a light crackle as Souda fiddles with his Pokeconnect before he comes in clear.]

...uck!

[It's like an echo of Kuzuryuu's message on the network, only it's weeks late. Thankfully, he didn't have it on for two whole minutes of his freaking out, but he's still a pathetic crying mess. All the cold has apparently sapped the all the hope right out of his body. His boilersuit is zipped straight up, and his teeth are chattering.

Arguing with some lady who acted like a mother really didn't help his morale.]

Sonia-san, [Of course he calls out for her first, the predictable bastard] Hinata, the rest of ya guys! Are ya getting any of this?! [There isn't even a pause as he continues, because the tears on his face are freezing.]

F-First off, why the hell are there Pokémon?!

[The view pans down to show off his Totodile down by his feet chewing on his shoelaces. Souda is nervously laughing outside of view.]

Aha...ahahaaa... I'm dreaming, right? 'cause I played the first one when I was younger, but... There wasn't any ever like this one here!

This shit ain't funny! It's way too cold for it to be a joke! Goin' from an island to frozen hell?! If that Naegi kid is here, I'm throwing this thing [he means his Totodile] right at him! And I wanna go home, so ya guys better come out and get me already!

[...And now he just sounds like one of those children who lost their parents in a gigantic store.]

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[Behold, the first person ever who's called Souda's teeth cool, as well as the only one to ask about them without being openly insulting.]

Wha...? Did you seriously just call my teeth cool? [DO YOU REALIZE NOBODY HAS EVER CALLED SOUDA COOL.]

...Uh. Yeah? So? [OBVIOUSLY SHE DOES NOT.]

So?!

That's...that's the first time ever! [AND NOW SHE DOES.] Ya really think they're cool? Ya ain't messin' with me?

No...why would I mess with someone I don't even know? [Maka may be a gloomy bookworm but she's not a jerk.] They look like shark teeth, and that's cool, sharks are cool.

...A lotta people do it, so can ya blame me? [His teeth are chipped for a reason.]

So...they're pretty cool, huh? [Can he please bask in the glow of somebody calling him cool for a few more minutes?]

...Oh. [No, she can't, a lot of people make fun of her too. Back at home, at least.] I see. Sorry.

Yeah, they are.

...But, nevermind the past, right? [Because running away from it is much better.]

The name's Souda Kazuichi, and my title's SHSL mechanic. [...At your service.] How 'bout you?

[Yes good, never mind bad things, moving on!!]

Maka Albarn! Um, I don't have a "SHSL" title like that...I am a two star Scythe Meister at the DWMA though. Would you rather be called Souda or Kazuichi?

[Scythe...Meister?]

Souda's fine. [Did you know that nobody has ever called Souda by his first name?] And is that like...

We've got somebody in our class with the title 'SHSL Swordswoman,' so I guess you could kinda be like that? But I don't know how that'd work... [What the hell is a Meister.]

Well...my main weapon of choice is a scythe, so maybe. But I don't know how that title thing works either, from what you're saying it sounds like a school thing, but being a Meister is my occupation.

A title is somethin' like, you're the best of the best outta everybody in Japan and the like. I'm the best at repairin' and buildin' stuff, so I got in for that. Being a super high school level anything's a big honor!

[Please don't go down the road of Souda boasting about his skills.] But what kinda jobs let you carry around a scythe for a weapon?

...I don't know if I'd want to be the best in Japan, considering I'm American. The best in the world, maybe.

[She shrugs.] Police work. The Death Weapon Meister Academy protects the world from monsters.

Okay, fine, the whole world! I'm the best in the whole--

[The fuck was that.]

W-W...

Edited (FUCK) 2014-02-12 06:37 (UTC)

[The fuck was that.

The fuck was that?!]

...H-Huh?

M-M-Monsters?! [Nevermind that he is basically surrounded by monsters 24/7 now.]

The fuck?!

...Calm down, would you?

[Man, this guy, it's like he's never heard the word "monsters" before.]

You've got a monster right there beside you anyway, there's no need to freak out.

[Monster is a trigger word, okay!]

You said it! You just had to go say it! I was tryin' my best to avoid thinkin' about it, but ya had to go and say it!

[Totodile is too cute to be a monster, plus it kind of looks like him!] That's one reason why I wanna be home!

Pokemon aren't going to hurt you, you befriend them and train them to fight! Your Totodile there is probably all excited about getting to go on a journey with you and you're talking about wanting to go home, that's mean!

...They can understand Japanese?

[Well, it actually hadn't hit him that way. Then again, he's just not the protagonist type.] I thought she was just hungry or something.

Eh?

[What an odd thing to say.]

They can understand what you're saying, yeah...but you're not speaking Japanese right now, you're...speaking English, aren't you? I can understand you...[wow this is weird she's never thought about what language everyone is speaking.]

B-but at any rate, your Pokemon understand you perfectly.

[Welcome to Souda's out of the box thinking.]

...But we're both speaking Japanese! [The last thing he needs is a total mindfuck right now! His pokémon understanding every single solitary word was enough trouble, but this? Honestly, as much of a nerd that Souda is, it's still a bit much.]

I don't speak a lot of English to begin with. I know some things, like names for things, but I can't make whole sentences! [Along with Gundam, he's probably the only person in their little group who'd yell out random English. Sonia doesn't count, what with being foreign to begin with.] Like... 'Nice going, Hinata-chan!' Or adjectives and stuff...

I mean...my mom's Japanese, but I'm not fluent by any means...I've been practicing for a while, but it's really far-fetched that suddenly I can be speaking it to you.

[She rubs at her temples, aaagh this is hard.]

I think in this case we can just assume that this world has forced a universal language on all of us. I'm not sure how, but then again we're in this world without any of our special abilities and we have these intelligent animals working with us.

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