text; un: majima

[no_kyouken]

[ A real live yakuza. Ask me anything! ]

Listen, a lot of ya have no clue how to be in th'life.

So before ya go do somethin' stupid an' get hurt: ya can ask me. Probably won't laugh at ya.

[ ...no promises though... ]

Comments

un: n-jima

[evoked]

Got a list of general tips and tricks?

[no_kyouken]

1. Your leader is your family now, an' ya owe everythin' to 'em. Never, ever disrespect them. Everythin' ya do is t'make 'em look good and keep 'em in power.

2. Yakuza's reputation is everythin' an' yer now part of that rep. If ya embarrass th'clan it's serious an' can make it all th'way to yer leader.

3. Never talk back. Even if ya think ya ain't done nothin' wrong, bow yer damn head an' say yer sorry.

4. Don't pick fights for nothin'. If it's unprovoked th'other leader can come back and demand repayment for th'revenue they're losin' while their soldier is injured.

5. It's a fine line ya gotta walk. Yakuza are all fuckin' liars and everyone wants t'get ahead but yer a family now and ya gotta do right by 'em. Just gotta watch yer back carefully.

[evoked]

The last one sounds a little bit sad somehow.

[no_kyouken]

Sure, I guess. It ain't th'life ya go to if yer lookin' for a happy ending.

[evoked]

But there's something that drew you to it?

[no_kyouken]

Yeah, when ya ain't got nothin' else it's better than dyin' in a ditch with nobody.

[evoked]

Finding people to be with can change the entire world. True enough.

[no_kyouken]

Back home, society likes t'look th'other way rather than admit there's problems.

So if ya ain't born into a nice family, yer pretty fucked. Yakuza don't think that's right, get together an' do somethin' about it.

An' since we ain't welcome in polite society, we ain't polite.

[evoked]

I think there's different kinds of politeness. You don't seem like you're not the kind I prefer.

[no_kyouken]

Or I'm just Japanese an' know how t'act right.

[evoked]

I've mostly run into Japanese people, with a few Westerner exceptions. And then people from no country on Earth.

[no_kyouken]

Yeah, aliens an' everythin'. Least it's interestin'.

[evoked]

Yeah, it's better than some of the alternative deadland scenarios.

[no_kyouken]

Last yokai village I was in was cursed. It can be a lot worse.

[evoked]

Was that an afterlife, or just a pit stop?

[no_kyouken]

Hell if I know. It was kinda broken off from everythin'. Like it used t'be a place an' was just a shadow of that, out in th'middle of nowhere.

[evoked]

I see. Do you miss it?

[no_kyouken]

Hell no. Was a nightmare. Met some good people there though, more than just me ended up here.

sorry about that delay, work was hectic the past few days

[evoked]

Weird. Wonder what causes interdimensional travel.

no worries at all

[no_kyouken]

Dunno. But it wasn't all of us.

[evoked]

Got any tips about interdimensional kidnapping, then?

[no_kyouken]

Nah, not like I could do anythin' about it. Just had to accept it an' keep goin'.

[evoked]

That's a pretty good tip overall, actually.

[no_kyouken]

Dunno, I don't know enough about magic an' occult shit. Maybe somebody smarter would've figured it out.