[Video/Action] First Stitch, revisited ℵ

[sewdamncute]

Video
[The journal opens up when Kanji's foot tips it over. The camera shows the tree tops, leaves dark and green with tiny splotches of a blue sky showing through. The voice of an irate male is heard shouting at the top of his lungs at no one in particular.]

Can't believe I'm back here with these dumb ass wings. The fuck is wrong with these stupid bastards that they can't leave me back home where things are finally calm?! It's Golden Week!

And why the hell are these wings so...pink? Do I look like a dude who wears pink?

[And suddenly, Kanji's very angry face is in front of the camera. It's obvious that he's in the New Feather pants and no shirt. He really doesn't look like a guy who should even know what the color pink is, let alone wear it.

His grey eyes go wide before a slight blush shows on his cheeks.]

Fuck!

[And then the journal is slammed shut.]

Action
[Later, when he's dressed in his normal clothes, Kanji can be found looking for a place to stay, since he already knows how Luceti works. After finding an apartment, he's going grocery shopping and stopping off to get some supplies to occupy his time.

He'll also stop off at Seventh Heaven for dinner and to see who's working there. He stops off at the school and Azalea to check in with his former teacher. He would like to see when the school is back in session.]

Comments

[sewdamncute]

Nah, distracts the rest of 'em from lookin' at me when there's a bigger guy runnin' around.

[foundafamily]

You a giant or somethin'?

[Or maybe he's incredibly tiny... He looks normal, but that could be the camera angle.]

[sewdamncute]

Uh, I'm taller than most of the people I hang out with back home.

[He stops to think for a minute.]

Most of the adults too.

[He's a Japanese giant at 6' tall.]

[foundafamily]

[Firo is... nowhere near a giant.]

Hmph. Good for you. There's still a ton a' weird people around, so you probably won't stick out too much.

[sewdamncute]

[It's cool. He hangs out with girls too, so he's used to the shorties, man.]

Uh, I guess. Least this place's good for something.

[foundafamily]

I dunno if I'd always call it a good thing, but there are perks to livin' with a buncha' weirdos.

[sewdamncute]

[Kanji thinks back to Teddie and the rest of his friends.]

Yeah, that's, uh, true. Could be worse. Could be stuck with some asshole who can't shut the hell up and hates all women?

[foundafamily]

What the hell? Sounds like a guy who needs to be hit.

[A couple hundred times. Firo has strong feelings when it comes to these things.]

[sewdamncute]

I did. I hit him until he passed out and we drug him to the cops.

[foundafamily]

Glad to hear it. How'd you get mixed up with a guy like that?

[sewdamncute]

It's a long story, involvin' kidnappings, dirty cops, and some murders.

[foundafamily]

[Dirty cops? Firo is always happy to hate.]

If they're not dirty then they're stupid, eh?

[sewdamncute]

[Oh, yeah, Adachi was the worst. Really. Dojima was pretty cool though.]

Well, the beat cops back home were pretty damn dumb.

[foundafamily]

Same with mine. I'm guessin' they weren't much help when all that stuff was happenin'?

[The last murder investigation Firo saw by his police used him as bait, so he's not too optimistic about their abilities there.]

[sewdamncute]

It'd be something new if they knew how to be useful, honestly.

[Considering it was he and his friends that had to catch Namatame and Adachi both, the police back home were just the most useless. Except for Dojima-san.]

[foundafamily]

I hear ya. You can always trust 'em to get nothin' done. Except collect their bribes.

[sewdamncute]

Cops back home ain't that bad, but obnoxious, lazy and incompetent are definitely their strong suits.

[foundafamily]

[He laughs.]

Yeah? Most of 'em are on the take where I come from. And then they're obnoxious, lazy, and incompetent on top a' all that.

...I mean, I do know a few who are "honest," but they're still assholes.

[Firo, though, is incredibly biased on this issue as only a criminal can be.]

[sewdamncute]

[Kanji groans under his breath.]

Yeah, even the honest cops back home got chips on their shoulders. Seriously, who the fuck eats ramen "suspiciously"?

[foundafamily]

They got on your case for somethin' like that? Just what did they think you were involved in?

[sewdamncute]

Fuck if I know. Everything, I guess. Beat up one group of dumb ass bikers for being rude shits and get a rep as a troublemaker. Anything bad went down, they were glarin' at me and makin' the old bat apologize all the damn time.

[foundafamily]

[Firo rolls his eyes in sympathy; that sounds just like them. Edward was always on his case even when he hadn't done anything wrong.]

That sucks. I don't see why they harass people cleanin' up the streets when they won't even do it themselves.

[They should be thanking people like these two, obviously.]

[sewdamncute]

[Yeah, Kanji's surrounded by idiots back home that still try to give him a hard time, even after a year of behaving and not causing trouble.]

Prolly because we "cause more trouble than before". Least that's what the old bat said a few times. But what was I supposed to do? She was sick from not bein' able to sleep and the cops weren't gettin' offa their lazy asses to do their fuckin' job. Someone hadta.

[foundafamily]

[Ah, someone who gets it. Even though they're grousing now, Firo actually feels pretty good to meet someone who doesn't immediately disagree.]

That's how it's always been and how it's always gonna be. They ain't gonna do anything for you, so you gotta take care a' it.

I'm guessin' "the old bat's" family a' yours?

[sewdamncute]

[Nah, Kanji totally agrees, and it's good to have somebody who actually understands how he feels about the police back home. He was a good kid but his rep was so bad that it made it hard to breathe wrong half the time. And the only person who saw the way he was treated was Yu-senpai, but he isn't here anymore.

So, hi new friend.]

Well, they're good for haulin' the trash off to jail after me and my friends caught 'em.

And, uh, that's my mom.

[And don't you dare call her anything but Mrs Tatsumi. He can call her anything he wants.]