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[no_kyouken]

[ Your current Shuten Clan Lost Soul lieutenant is here with an important PSA for this unruly bunch. Majima is sitting in one of the Shuten family offices. ]

All right... [ He seems kind of exasperated off the bat. ] Listen, chinpira. There is a dress code an' we're gonna be enforcin' it.

When ya are on th'clock for Toraguma: ya need to look right.

Black slacks, long-sleeve shirt with buttons an' a collar. An' one of these.

[ He holds up a shiny little lapel pin, it has the kanji for Shuten on it. ]

We have 'em at th'offices if ya don't have one yet.

Your shirt can be any ugly pattern ya like, or it can be plain. Tie or no tie, jacket or no jacket. If ya need help with a tie, ask somebody.

Shirts an' slacks have t'be ironed. For anyone who doesn't know how t'iron a shirt, I'll come by th'Shuten housing an' show ya as a group.

Yes, this is what Toraguma expects. Yes, I will straighten ya out [ Read: Beat ] if ya buck me on this.

Other Shutens need t'be able t'recognize ya an' we don't want ya mistaken for a colors gang with th'Enma comin' down on them.

[ He looks at someone off camera to see if he's forgotten anything. Majima mutters fuck quietly. ]

An' shine your shoes.



[[ ooc; majima says he will fight over this but uh... only if you want to... like feel free to ignore this whole thing. I'm not the cops 8V ]]
[[ eta; if you do want to fight about it, you can reach out to meowjima, heretic_blade, or pitfight. Depending on who you want to get into it with. They're also on hand to help you get dressed up too. ]]
[[ also yes definitely threadjack away, go ham. ]]

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[metafictions]

Thank you for keeping us new guys informed, then.

[a beat.] Aniki.

Does this mean you were promoted, Majima-san?

[no_kyouken]

Yeah, I talked to Toraguma... back last week? He wanted me t'keep workin' with you guys.

[ So here he is doing it. ]

[metafictions]

You take to it well. I'm sure he could feel it: I know I and the others do, too.

[He doesn't envy the level of authority Majima's obligated to wield now, but at the same time, it must be nice, to finally have that hard-earned respect from the boss.]

So, if you're this used to teaching new recruits, were you of a high standing back home?

[no_kyouken]

Family captain. Little higher than I am now, still not that high.

[ It's uncomfortable for him to think about, that was before he lost his eye. When he thought he was still doing well rising in the ranks, impressing his oyaji. Insubordination is heretical to the yakuza though and he lost everything in an instant. ]

I was only 21, I ain't that fuckin' impressive.

[metafictions]

[At 21, he was still in the police academy— and, of course, being informed of his real importance. From the few times they’ve run into each other at meetings and the like, he’s assumed he and Majima were about the same age, but hearing this all now… it’s becoming apparent that the yakuza grow up fast, for better or for worse.]

Still, it gives you an edge here. [Majima’s really in his element, it feels like.] If hell’s strange, at the very least its structure— the yakuza— is still familiar enough to navigate. An advantage is still an advantage.

[no_kyouken]

[ It is so bizarre for people to say that to him. He fucked up so hard in Tokyo. They took everything from him in retaliation. Not just everything he had, not just his eye, but they'd really tried to pry his human dignity out of him. Th'fuck does he mean it gives you an edge. Majima rubs his forehead with a sigh. ]

Just as likely t'get fucked over as th'rest of ya.

[metafictions]

That's exactly it, though. If it ever happens, maybe you'll be able to see it coming first.

[Maybe the police were yakuza with badges-- like Majima had said once before-- but the code of honor, the mode of behavior, aren't quite the same. As wary as he is, knowing about the yakuza isn't the same as being one of them: hell if he knows when the other shoe will drop in hell.]

Anyway, I'll be by for my pin. Hope you don't mind if I grab a couple, in case any of our fellows forget.

[no_kyouken]

Sure, that'd help out.

[ He's more than happy to drop that topic of conversation. ]