video | un: scream.

[shurajodo]

Aye, I got my shop up and runnin'.

( The camera is focused on Gara's tattooed and half-dead face for as long as this sentence, before he turns it to the store front. It reads 'GRAVE WAX TATTOO & PIERCING'. The windows are painted up with coffins and undead creatures. )

Grave Wax was somethin' I wanted to start when I was back in fuckin' Hiroshima, so it's about fuckin' time.

( Said while he enters the store; black and white checkered flooring because of course, with dark decor and a few stations for ink, two for metal. He pans it slowly, before turning the camera back on himself. )

Bring in a design that makes me laugh and you'll get it for free. There's limits on that, though, don't fuckin try me.

( A pause. )

We also do suspensions, but that's not for punk bitches. If you wanna join the team, come by with a portfolio. Otherwise, shit's half off today.

Comments

un: shin.o

[mindthebass]

i'm interested, so i'll come to check it out. where is it?

... what's suspensions?

[shurajodo]

Thanks. It's in Tamamo territory.

( He sends an address. )

Suspension is when you skewer hooks through body parts and swing the pierced person around. Supposed to be transcendent or whatever the fuck, but I only found it made me kinda feral for more.

switch to video

[mindthebass]

(well. look at him, he fits.)

I'll be with you in the morning.

(and... a grimace. jesus christ.)

... Not for me, though.

[shurajodo]

Pfft, hahah. Alright. See you then.

SHALL I ACTION

[mindthebass]

YES PLS!!

[shurajodo]

UR WISH? MY COMMAND

[mindthebass]

(he isn't sure if he needs another piercing, his ear is going to end up without any cartilage at this point, and he had already changed his lip piercing since he got here - just a better material.

... tattoos are interesting, though. he's in japan at home, and being a minor, it's not like he can get tattooed easily or without repercussions. he's just taking a look at the displayed artwork, pacing around the store with a smile on his face. ah, feels like almost familiar.)

BLESS

[shurajodo]

( Gara is sitting at one of the stations, drawing a design on a tablet. He watches the new arrival for a moment. )

Whatcha lookin' for? Just some wall art or something more permanent?

[mindthebass]

More looking at the place, maybe offering myself as a part-time piercer, but other than that, I don't know what I'd get if I were to tattoo anything.

(oh. there he is. shin recognizes gara from the video - not like his appearance is easy to forget.)

We texted not too long ago.

[shurajodo]

Ah, yeah, hey.

( He traces a few more lines onto the design, but then sets the stylus down to give Shinichi his attention. )

No rush on nothing. You got experience with piercing others? Yourself?

[mindthebass]

Only getting them, but I have enough to have the process memorized by now. Is that alright if you'd have to teach me? I'm a fast learner and a musician, my hands are steady.

(is that how you get a normal job)

[shurajodo]

Yeah, 's cool with me. I'm lookin' for apprentices.

( He mulls it over for a beat. )

If you got any kind of art skill I can teach tattooing too, but piercing's good. Not too hard to learn.