Text | un: DOPPO

[capitalismkills]

Um, sorry to bother everyone but uh
is there someone with cognitive magic who would do the one race with me
it's um important
I can't say why

sorry for the intrusion

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un: notarchitect

[weenwoon]

Hello!

I would be happy to help. I was looking for partners in the tourney, in fact.

[capitalismkills]

you would???
I mean thank you
I don't know how much i can contribute but i do need to try my best
wait who are you

[weenwoon]

Worry not! As far as I am aware, what is required from you is your presence and mayhap trust in me.
My name is Hythlodaeus. I do not believe we've met, but if you've seen a tall man wearing a white mask around, well, that is me. :)

[capitalismkills]

i will uh, try to do so
my name is Doppo Kannonzaka it's nice to meet you
i haven't seen you around but i also dont get out very much

text; but dated after the tournament ends

[grylls]

It appears that we both lost this race.

[capitalismkills]

[Way to rub it in Rio. :c]
yeah....im sure you did your best though
i dont know if any of us were suited for a competition like this

[grylls]

Unfortunately I was unable to perform the obstacle course given my magical specialty.
I should have had Jyuto hypnotize me. That was the mistake that lead to failure.
I do not have advice to improve your state of being.
However, I am going to get beer if you are still near the grounds.

[capitalismkills]

surely you fared better than i did
i dont remember any of it
but i wouldnt mind sharing a beer if you will have me

[grylls]

Faring well doesn't matter if you do not secure victory.
What is your current location? I will pick you up.

[capitalismkills]

i suppose one could look at it that way
honestly id be happy with not making an absolute fool out of myself but
it still stings

i am.....on the outskirts. Next to the signpost

> action

[grylls]

[ Within a minute or so, Riou comes up behind him. ]

Kannonzaka.

[capitalismkills]

[Doppo prided himself on only jumping a little when Rio came up behind him. How such a big man was that stealthy he could never wrap his head around.]
Ah! Busijima-san, sorry to have you go through all the trouble. T-thank you for inviting me out.

[grylls]

What trouble?

[ Doppo really is a strange one... It's not trouble if he's trying to be friendly toward him and invited him. It would have been trouble if Doppo invited himself... Riou doesn't get it. ]

Do you have a preferred pub? I am still trying them out. MTC has not chosen one we like yet.

[capitalismkills]

[It was a phrase of speech Rio, and he certainly thought he was enough of a problem on his own but..no. Rio invited him and he was going to have a pleasant time, dammit!]

To be honest, I haven't really been out socially at all. Are there even multiple pubs here?

[grylls]

It is a city, there are a few.

[ It may not be a huge world with mass production everywhere, but it's big enough that there are a couple of options for different things. ]

It is important to bond with those around you. If nothing else, you can gain intelligence about me in order to improve your raps for the next battle.

[ Is this how you friend ]

[capitalismkills]

Oh. Okay...

[That was all that Doppo could say because honestly, he didn't know how to friend people either. The entire concept of anyone that wasn't Hifumi or Jakurai asking him out somewhere was completely foreign.]

We can go with whatever your recommendation is. I'm not really that picky.

[He would prefer somewhere quiet at least.]

I'd rather hang out not...as enemies at least.

[grylls]

Then until our next battle, we will not be enemies unless you are declared as such by another member of Mad Trigger Crew.

[ Look, he's just being honest. If Samatoki or Jyuto put him on a shit list, Riou's going to side with them. They're his crew. Riou loyal af.

With that said though, he starts herding Doppo off to a bar he knows using his body position to get the other man to move, or providing a brief touch to his back to guide him in the right direction until he cooperates. ]

text; after the tournament ends

[zazen]

I apologize that I wouldn't have been much help.

Did everything turn out okay?

[capitalismkills]

well i didn't win so i guess not
its okay
it wasn't important probably

[zazen]

No? You don't think so?

[capitalismkills]

[Don't ask him the hard questions, sensei!]

Well it might have been but it didn't happen so no one's gonna give a shit
it's not like im unused to failure.