retrospec | VIDEO ► 2017.07.15 "Something smells fishy"

Yosuke Hanamura shared a video.
07/15 near Recolle

[ The live feed starts with Yosuke leaning back into a chair in what appears to be a well-kept but quaint kitchen. He sits down at a dining table, looking seriously at the lens of his webcam. ]

Okay guys. I know people have posted stuff like this before, but I wanted this..."unveiling" or whatever to be live for public record. Or, well, our record anyway.

[ He shakes his head and reaches off the screen. As he sits back down he holds up an unmarked package in an unassuming manila hue. Just the type of thing anyone in Recolle wants to receive. It's just over a foot long and somewhat rounded and squishy looking, probably padded with bubble-wrap on the inside. ]

Yeah, so I got one too. I just got home like 20 minutes ago-- [ Not at all after spending a night at the Narukami's place making sure the twins weren't actually being as dumb as they seemed on their post. ] --folks are gone--and this was sitting on the doorstep with my name on it. I'm assuming a gift from our benevolent overlords and probably not a refund to that dumb gift from Jim's registry.

[ A pointed look at the camera. ]

Were they waiting for no one to be home? Gives me the creeps.

[ He shudders for effect. ]

Anyway...people have found like random weapons and tech just showing up at their door, so...whatever this is--whatever happens I want some witnesses.

[ Yosuke sets the package down and takes a deep breath. ]

Okay...here we go!

[ He starts to peel away the packaging tape, tearing away some of the paper of the package at the same time. Getting a little frustrated with that, he grabs a pair of kitchen scissors and decides to cut open one end. Suddenly, he pauses, giving the back a disgusting look. ]

What...what the...? This smells like shit...

[ Taking a tentative whiff, Yosuke makes a disgusted face and reels backwards. ]

Ugh!

[ This is suspicious. There's some hesitance, but Yosuke somehow musters up the courage and peels back the packaging...

...nope, it's not bubble wrap. It's just two large, definitely dead trout. ]

What the hell is this!?!?!

[ Yosuke scrambles backwards and quite literally falls out of his chair, knocking it over so that it hits the table and shakes his laptop. There's a short yelp as he tumbles and then a very loud shout from the floor. ]

You've gotta be kidding me!! Am I being punked?!

[ The dead eyes of the fish somehow seem like they're staring right at the webcam. It's almost like they know it's their time to shine. But Yosuke cuts it short, hauling himself up to his feet and nearly pushing the computer away as the frantically reaches out to smash the keyboard. ]

Screw this!

[ The live feed cuts.

And screw you, Jim. ]

(( OOC; Yosuke got back his fish weapons??. He hates fish. Replies can come in any format (text, video, facebook, whatever). I'll match you! ))

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[ There's some crumpling in the background. Is he throwing the packaging away? ]

Someone did, but I can't even be sure it was them! What kind of stupid prank is this!?

They do look pretty disgusting.

[ but..... can you hear that? you can hear that. ]

People can steal this for bingo!!

Of course they're disgusting. They're fish! Dead, floppy fish!

[ He's not salty, he's just salty. ]

Wh--who would want to steal this??

Some people need that square! Even if it's dead, floppy fish!

Someone might actually need these fish...

[ That bothers him on multiple levels, actually. ]

Are you saying I should try and, like...keep the fish safe because someone might steal them? Man, this conversation is too weird for me...

I'm saying don't try to keep them safe from me~.

[ some people just pull of tildes in speech i dont make the rules. ]

[ Omg. ]

From you!?

[ He's--he's not sure if he needs to take her seriously or not. ]

Fine, come and take them! I don't want some dumb fish.

[ ...There has to be something special about them, right? ]

Really? Where are you?

[ she's so glad!! ]

I'll help you with a bingo square, too!

You will?

[ Oh, well...that...wouldn't be terrible. (Provided she doesn't decide to do something super weird with the fish.) ]

Uh, yeah! Sure. Sounds like a fair trade.

[ Actually he's getting the better deal. Stupid fish.

He drop pins his neighborhood for her. ]

[ mari, full of energy and free time, shows up not much later. she can spot him from his retrospec pic now she's just gotta locate the fish ]

Ok...fishies...time to get good...

[ Strangely enough, the more he talks to people, the more he wonders if he kind of jumped the gun with this fish thing. Sure, he's offended by their existence on an aesthetic and moral level, but what if there is more to them and meets the eye? And if so, what could it possibly be?

So there's Yosuke, peeking out the front door of his house. Is this girl going to actually show up?

Wait...is that? ]

-H-Hey! You!

[ she's definitely trying to get into his house once he opens the door a little. sorry friend. ]

Hello hello!!!

[ where are the fishies at tho ]

Ack!

[ She's not shy at all, is she? He probably should have guessed. ]

They're in the--now hold on a sec! These fish might actually be more important than I thought!

I won't steal them forever.

[ just for the square. #doitforthebingo ]

[ He's definitely UNCERTAIN in case the fish are important, but... ]

Okay...just, you know, be careful! They might come back to life or something...

[ No, no they won't. But at least he let's her inside the house and leads her to the kitchen. ]

I won't hurt them!

[ and skipping off to grab the fish ]

[ They're as slimy and gross as one would expect of dead fish...he actually cringes when she touches them. ]

This is such a weird bingo...

[ she doesn't even seem the slightest bit bothered. she has stolen the fish. ]

Bingo!!!

[ is it really a bingo, mari? is it? and she proceeds to HAND THE FISH to him ]

Danke!!!

...

[ That.

Yosuke just blinks. And...accepts the fish? ]

That's...that's it?? Does that even count?

[ :))

mari checks her phone and the verdict is ]

Yes!! Thank you for letting me steal your fish! I'm Mari!

[ He can't believe this.

It was that easy... ]

I-uh--what? Oh. Mari?

[ GIVE HIS BRAIN A SECOND TO REBOOT. ]

Y-Yosuke. My name's Yosuke.

It's nice to meet you! Let's hang out again some time, okay?

[and she's...off.... letting herself out of his house and back into the world for bingo by yosuke ]

VIDEO ► 2017.07.15 "Something smells fishy"

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LMFAO MARI

She's focused!! what can i say

SHE SURE IS

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