Shū Tsukiyama (月山 習) | ɢᴏᴜʀᴍᴇᴛ (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
preybeforemeals) wrote2014-11-24 01:47 am
preybeforemeals) wrote2014-11-24 01:47 am
Entry tags:
- !ic,
- *action,
- *video,
- @bertholt fubar,
- @carter blake,
- @cecil palmer,
- @france,
- @greed,
- @kayneth archibald el-melloi,
- @kazuichi banjou,
- @labrys,
- @makoto naegi,
- @meridiana everett,
- @micchy kureshima,
- @nagi naoe,
- @veronica madaraki,
- also mirabella,
- and so no one should criticize me,
- ganbatte tsukiyama-san,
- gentleman of wealth and taste,
- he left escapism hell for this,
- his goddamn life right now,
- jfc he's an eyesore,
- next pokemon master right here,
- this is going swimmingly,
- this is gonna go immediately tits-up,
- tsukiyama no,
- why is this a thing,
- winning
002. [Video/Action for Goldenrod City]
[Well, it seems that Tsukiyama has finally left whatever hellhole he's buried himself in for the last couple of weeks; he hasn't been out nearly as much as he'd normally like – really, he hasn't been out at all unless it's been absolutely necessary – but it seems that today he's decided that if he's going to bury himself in several layers of escapist fantasy, he might as well do it outside rather than behind the locked doors of a hotel room.
...That, and he's run out of reading material.
The feed from Tsukiyama's device today opens with a slow pan over some of what he's managed to find in his attempt to stave off boredom; after a moment, his voice can be heard over the video.]
I'm finding myself a bit at a loss, really – if nothing else, I'm unsure whether I should be impressed or offended.
[To his credit, he sounds more amused than anything; after a moment he turns the camera around to actually get him in the shot. He seems well enough, if a bit exasperated.]
They seem to have things such as The Metamorphosis and Battle Royale as well, things that don't seem to have changed much just judging by the title, but I'm sure there's some sort of completely hideous difference in there that will make itself known eventually. For now I think I'm just grateful that I haven't found anything like The Black Gogoat's Egg...I'm sure it would be by someone like Takatsuki Sentret, while we're at it.
[Because this place is a travesty like that.]
From what I've seen, the film selection isn't much better... Tell me if you've found anything particularly interesting during your time here, will you? I don't particularly mind if it's a pun-entrenched mess; if anything, I'm a little curious about how badly they've managed to butcher things.
[Granted, he's not entirely sure how this is going to go, given that there's apparently a market for things like Sharpedonado around here and as such he is effectively asking for recommendations from people who find things like that to be high art, but you know what, live a little.]
[ACTION]
[It's a little overcast today but it's not too cold, and as such he can be found sitting in one of the squares near the department store; there's a café nearby that he's come to like, even if it's not Anteiku (because nothing is quite like Anteiku, even if he'd never really frequented the place as much as some it had its charms, he can't deny that), and he's claimed one of the outdoor tables with a book laid nearby and a cup of something that steams in front of him. As usual, he's a little hard to miss – which is really just a polite way of saying that he's still something of an eyesore, but at least it looks like there was an attempt today and the entire ensemble is blessedly argyle-free.
He's not reading the book he's got laid out, though once in a while he looks at it in a way that implies he's tempted to at least see how much of a shitshow it's surely going to be; for now, his time seems to be given to actually taking the time to savor the joy that is pumpkin-spice everything while it lasts (as long as we all take the word "joy" to mean "experience that involves drinking that coffee once in a while like he's not sure if it's poison, only to set it down and look at it funny and be clearly unsure in its general direction...but for some reason he can't stop drinking it once in a while anyway") and...once in a while swatting away a really persistent Klefki that is hovering near his head.
She doesn't seem to mind the swatting; if anything, she's seeming to find it to be a game of some sort, and she keeps coming back and...unlatching, for lack of a better word, for the sake of waving one of the keys she's found in his general direction with the happiest damn noise because NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
SHE FOUND A PRETTY ONE AREN'T YOU PROUD OF HER.
...After a while the implications of that will sink in, however, and...]
...Mirabella...
[Surely she hasn't.]
Mirabella, amore – exactly where have you been getting those...?
[If he has gotten some sort of kleptomaniac keyring he swears to god - ]
...That, and he's run out of reading material.
The feed from Tsukiyama's device today opens with a slow pan over some of what he's managed to find in his attempt to stave off boredom; after a moment, his voice can be heard over the video.]
I'm finding myself a bit at a loss, really – if nothing else, I'm unsure whether I should be impressed or offended.
[To his credit, he sounds more amused than anything; after a moment he turns the camera around to actually get him in the shot. He seems well enough, if a bit exasperated.]
They seem to have things such as The Metamorphosis and Battle Royale as well, things that don't seem to have changed much just judging by the title, but I'm sure there's some sort of completely hideous difference in there that will make itself known eventually. For now I think I'm just grateful that I haven't found anything like The Black Gogoat's Egg...I'm sure it would be by someone like Takatsuki Sentret, while we're at it.
[Because this place is a travesty like that.]
From what I've seen, the film selection isn't much better... Tell me if you've found anything particularly interesting during your time here, will you? I don't particularly mind if it's a pun-entrenched mess; if anything, I'm a little curious about how badly they've managed to butcher things.
[Granted, he's not entirely sure how this is going to go, given that there's apparently a market for things like Sharpedonado around here and as such he is effectively asking for recommendations from people who find things like that to be high art, but you know what, live a little.]
[ACTION]
[It's a little overcast today but it's not too cold, and as such he can be found sitting in one of the squares near the department store; there's a café nearby that he's come to like, even if it's not Anteiku (because nothing is quite like Anteiku, even if he'd never really frequented the place as much as some it had its charms, he can't deny that), and he's claimed one of the outdoor tables with a book laid nearby and a cup of something that steams in front of him. As usual, he's a little hard to miss – which is really just a polite way of saying that he's still something of an eyesore, but at least it looks like there was an attempt today and the entire ensemble is blessedly argyle-free.
He's not reading the book he's got laid out, though once in a while he looks at it in a way that implies he's tempted to at least see how much of a shitshow it's surely going to be; for now, his time seems to be given to actually taking the time to savor the joy that is pumpkin-spice everything while it lasts (as long as we all take the word "joy" to mean "experience that involves drinking that coffee once in a while like he's not sure if it's poison, only to set it down and look at it funny and be clearly unsure in its general direction...but for some reason he can't stop drinking it once in a while anyway") and...once in a while swatting away a really persistent Klefki that is hovering near his head.
She doesn't seem to mind the swatting; if anything, she's seeming to find it to be a game of some sort, and she keeps coming back and...unlatching, for lack of a better word, for the sake of waving one of the keys she's found in his general direction with the happiest damn noise because NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
SHE FOUND A PRETTY ONE AREN'T YOU PROUD OF HER.
...After a while the implications of that will sink in, however, and...]
...Mirabella...
[Surely she hasn't.]
Mirabella, amore – exactly where have you been getting those...?
[If he has gotten some sort of kleptomaniac keyring he swears to god - ]
[video]
Perhaps you are familiar with Dumas? Sartre? Rousseau? Zola? They are all mine.
[video]
But I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you mean by calling them "yours"...surely you can't claim to have produced all of their work yourself?
[video]
No, they produced their work, but I can claim that they are mine and, conversely, that they are a part of me. I am France, the land, the people, and all that is considered, or has been considered, French.
[He grins.]
So you must understand: my standard for literature alone is quite high.
[video]
...That said, how in hell do you not know what France is. Goodness, people, get some culture.]
...You don't say. Am I to assume you mean literally, and not some sort of metaphor?
[Tsukiyama doesn't believe a bit of it, but at the same time he actually doesn't seem inclined to say so; if this person is crazy, it's an entertaining sort of crazy, and if he's not...well, he just somehow met the entirety of France. Really, he does not see a losing side to this situation.]
[video]
[He puffs up like a very pleased rooster.]
Yes, I am literally France and all that is has been, is, and will be. Apparently, my manner of existence is something that's unique to my world. In my version of Earth, every nation has someone like me--a personification of it, if you will. We are a reflection as much as we are an embodiment, but we do have some measure of autonomy in our personalities.
[video]
You're right in that I've never heard of such a thing, though; how fascinating...I find myself partial to Brillat-Savarin, he was one of yours as well.
[video]
Ah, yes! He and I agreed on quite a few things, most of all that love and food are matters of the heart. Do you work in the food industry?
[video]
[...Tsukiyama, no.]
But his work opened my eyes to so much, and during the darkest hours of my life at that; I find it inspiring, and it's something I keep in mind as I try to find my own fulfillment - raison d'être, if you will.
[video]
[France no]
[Blissfully unaware of what Tsukiyama means, France smiles warmly.]
It makes me so happy to hear that his work has been able to inspire you so deeply. It's such a wonderful thing to be able to find that thing that keeps you going and comes to drive you in life.