blap_blap: (I won't get tired set the town on fire)
The Doppelganger ([personal profile] blap_blap) wrote2014-12-30 03:34 pm
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justbeingknife: (bow2)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-01 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
Ready.

[ Oh, Tim. Majima's expression softened the instant he laid eyes on the bullman; he leaned in to plant a kiss right behind his boyfriend's ear before taking his hand. ]

Here, I'll show ya where the entrance is.

[ Just past a corner was a pair of cellar doors leading down into a darkened tunnel, which continued a good way downward. Spooky. ]

I got an extra flashlight, if ya need it.
justbeingknife: (bow3)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-03 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ugh, Tim was adorable.

Majima pressed a handheld flashlight into the man's palm as they descended. ]


It wasn't last time. But you can still lose your footing or run into a wall.

[ In other words, maybe it was a good idea to stick close. Majima reached for Tim's free hand, fingers warm what with those knitted gloves his boyfriend had gotten him. His scarf was still tucked down, under his coat. ]

Especially if ya start seeing things. But you know where we are, right? Minotaur sense?

[ There was the slightest sound, like conversation heard from far away. Probably just street noise from up above. ]
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justbeingknife: (profile2)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-03 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know. But I'd consider it, if I were them. Barely anyone comes down here.

[ The sound of footsteps started up around them, and then the first of several ghostly figures to accompany them. Women in glittery dresses and 80's power suits, salarymen stumbling drunkenly down the street and barkers advertising for any one of a number of clubs. An explosion of neon signs lettered in Japanese, fucking bicycles everywhere.

And the smell of food, savory and sizzling from within any one of the food stands and restaurants they passed by. ]


This's Kamurocho. At least, this is what it looked like when I left.

[ Probably, it was unchanged, minus one mad dog. ]

Almost forgot how crowded it was. Oh -- don't take any tissue packs. They're just ads.

[ Although come to think of it, Majima didn't even know if Tim could take the tissues even if he was inclined to, but there was a man cheerfully holding one out to the minotaur like Tim didn't come equipped with hooves and horns. ]
justbeingknife: (lineart)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-03 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Used to live in the Champion District over on the east side for a little while, but I bounced around apartments a lot. See that big red gate over to the south? That marks the start of Tenkaichi Street, where we're walkin' now. It's like a welcome to the district.

[ This might be Japan of the distant past, but it didn't skimp out on the glitz. Interestingly, there were men among the rest that seemed a little... apart, maybe? Not too many of them at the same time, but present, dressed in suits that were a little flashier, each bearing a black-and-gold lapel pin of various insignias. Some were younger men, others older and bearing a nasty scar or two.

And there was something about the older men's mannerisms that was strangely similar to Majima's. The way they stood, maybe. A sense of roughness existing just below the surface, violence ready to emerge in an instant if needed.

People gave them an unspoken wide berth. ]


Oh yeah. You can tell a lot about people by the way they dress. See those guys with flash suits? Plain hair, they're usually loan sharks or yakuza. But if they've got a fancy haircut and a dye job, and they smile all the time? Probably a host.

[ He smiled at Tim, like maybe he'd forgotten he was kind of contradicting what he'd just said? ]

You're gonna have to look out for the hostesses, by the way. I've seen 'em grab a guy off the street and empty out his wallet in an hour or less.
justbeingknife: (majima-kun)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-03 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
They work for cabaret clubs -- it's their job. They'll sweet-talk ya into buyin' expensive champagne while they lend ya a sympathetic ear and tell ya how great you are. I used to manage 'em, and they're pros.

[ So... sort of for parties? If you were fancy. Majima was squeezing lightly at Tim's fingers, glancing around at their surroundings. ]

And not personally. But it's been four years, there'd be a lotta new faces by now. You can tell what family they are by their lapel pins, though. These guys're all Tojo clan, same as I used to be... 'cept for those guys over there.

[ Majima gestured toward a small bunch of men coming up the street with a similar attitude. Unlike the others, however, they were looking all around and clearly drunk. Very much like tourists, in fact. ]

They're Omi Alliance. Don't know what they're doing takin' a field trip to Tokyo.

[ And in fact, several Tojo yakuza were now making their way towards the men, looking none too pleased. ]
justbeingknife: (observe)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-09 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, just a couple of idiots. This shit happens all the --

[ It was at that point that one of them men picked up a bicycle, but alas for him, he was slugged before he could do anything with it. The yakuza did, however, stumble erratically toward them, fist swinging in Tim's direction.

Being illusion, the contact wouldn't actually make impact... although Majima would try to grab Tim around the waist and pull him away all the same. Hey, old habits died hard. ]


Look out!
justbeingknife: (tattoo)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-10 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ This, actually, seemed to throw the drunk dude for a loop. Maybe it was the yelling part. Maybe it was the American part. Maybe it was the part where Tim had bull horns and had shoulders like a goddamn linebacker.

"The fuck? Whas... who?"

That was all the man managed to get out as the other yakuza descended on him and his pals. ]


Alright, ya know what? Yeah, let's get outta here.

[ Because while Majima was sure that the illusionary Tojo could handle their own turf, there was no point getting caught up in a fake street fight where he couldn't even hit anyone, probably. Instead, he tugged Tim in the direction of a glitzy building front, decorated with a fucking gold painted elephant statue and the words MAHARAJA plastered up in bold. A bass line could be heard from all the way across the street, and red-carpeted stairs led up to the entrance.

THE EIGHTIES. ]
justbeingknife: (ha!)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-10 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Majima grinned. ]

Heh, pretty much. I used to get into at least one fight on my way to work. But they don't bother ya as much if ya look like a normal person.

[ The way he held himself, his height, the... eyepatch... point was, Majima looked like he was looking for an altercation. ]

That's Kamurocho for ya. [ Or at least 80's Kamurocho. ] They really went whole hog on this place, though. It's a discotheque, figured ya might get a kick outta seeing the place.

[ And man, inside was even more of a sensory overload. Disco balls, lights, women in sequins and lamé, a light-up dance floor and plenty of drinks. Playing from the speakers was, of course, 80's disco music as the customers inside laughed and posed and generally had a great time. No baby-shaking, sorry Tim. ]

Suppose this must be pretty retro for you.
justbeingknife: (manager)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-11 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ If Tim couldn't hear him, Majima would have to communicate in more direct fashion. He smiled at the bullman over his shoulder, then tugged him by the hand toward the main floor. Once they were at the edge, a brightly lit mass of rectangular sections lit from underneath, he pointed at it, mouthing something about watching.

Or color swatches? Kinda hard to lipread in this lighting.

Well, Tim had wanted to see his boyfriend dance, right? So Majima was off, sliding onto the dance floor on his knees and pointing up at the lights like it was some Saturday Night Fever shit. And... yep, he was doing it, he was totally fucking going for it, windmilling his arms and clapping, easy swaying from the hips while he beckoned for Tim to join him. ]


Did I ever tell ya about the time I won that dance-off?
justbeingknife: (lineart)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-12 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ So Tim didn't want to dance, did he? Far be it from Majima to make him. But maybe this crime man would just walk on over to the edge of the dance floor and slip his arms around his boyfriend's shoulders. Draw the bullman closer so that maybe those sensitive bovine ears could pick up their conversation a little more easily. ]

The reignin' queen gave me her goofy-ass fan as a parting gift. Hot pink feathers, made me promise to use it and everythin'.

[ Regardless of whether Tim could hear everything he said, though? Majima was smiling at the memory of it. And maybe at the thought of something else, too. ]

But hey, if it turns out disco ain't your thing, maybe I can show ya a different style of dance sometime.
justbeingknife: (ha!)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-13 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
'course I did. I promised, didn't I?

[ Apparently, Majima's word went beyond things like 'too embarrassed to use a hot pink feather fan'. Maybe the real friends were the hot pink feather fans he made along the way, and also while they did seem to be getting some looks and whispers, no one was actually approaching the giant cowman or his surly-looking werewolf boyfriend.

Maybe they were too weird. Or terrifying. ]


I could teach ya, if you're interested. Maybe something classy you can pull off in a tux?

[ Whoop, now he was leaning in a little closer. ]
justbeingknife: (bow2)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-13 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Too busy? You're kiddin'. I heard about that first dance thing. Not like we have to do it if ya don't want, but I'd like to.

[ A smile, warmer even that the orange-and-pink lighting of the discotheque. ]

Be all romantic, y'know?

[ And it was important to Majima, making that wedding something special. It wasn't only brides that looked forward to their wedding day, surely; he wanted to make sure Tim had one to remember. In a good way. ]

Besides, I wanna dance with ya. 'fact, I was thinking maybe after this, we could look at some suits. If ya don't have anywhere to be.
justbeingknife: (bow3)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2020-01-13 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Just the one. I'm not plannin' on letting ya off the hook that easy.

[ The music was starting to fade a little, the conversation and sounds of clinking glass becoming a little more indistinct. Nothing could last forever, it seemed -- not even illusions. Majima, in the meantime, leaned over and kissed Tim one more time, this time tipping his face to the side so as not to smush himself into his boyfriend's nose. ]

Any other place you wanna see? I dunno if it'd work, but I could think of something real hard. Y'know, cross my fingers.

[ How did magic illusion tunnels work, he didn't know. ]

I, uh. Hope ya like it there.

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