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... ]

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[bratherine]

what's that like?

( honestly she would have called it a job not a "life" so... what's up with that my dude? )

[no_kyouken]

Which clan ya in, an' I'll tell ya.

[bratherine]

why should i?

( okay, no. She knows why. She asked. But that doesn't mean she's just going to give up information like that. Especially to some rando claiming he knows all about life in the yakuza. )

sutoku.

( A lie, but he doesn't need to know that. )

[no_kyouken]

Sutoku's are up on real estate an' loan sharkin'. Real estate's vicious in a little district like this, limited resource. So they'll be pushin' people outta housin' any means necessary t'put in more business.

All that branded shit on their side of town, they ain't just takin' protection collections they own that spot. Any of those businesses stops makin' th'profits they're supposed to they get torn down like that. Chinpira like you's gonna be remindin' th'management of that when ya come for your cut.

Any buildings they ain't got businesses in, they can pop up a loan company in 'em any day of th'week. If you're workin' loans you'll be makin' nasty phone calls and harrassin' people at their houses and office jobs when they ain't made their payments. Sometimes ya beat their asses if it might get some money outta 'em.

[bratherine]

( Welp, now she knows a whole lot more about that. Nice. )

so what about the others
how're they different

[no_kyouken]

Their businesses. What they think's right.

Shutens think Tamamos are sneaky fucks an' that ain't right. Tamamos think smarts are more important than brawn.

Influences how they do business, what they expect from their people.

[bratherine]

( Kate definitely snorts at that explanation of the Tamamo. In that case, what's she doing among them? No one was ever giving her awards for her smarts back in school. She barely scraped together enough qualifications to be done. )

so tamamo wants nerds?

[no_kyouken]

Sutoku wants nerds, all those clans an' businesses makes their books complicated.

Tamamo wants street smarts too.

[bratherine]

( Okay, that makes a little more sense. )

... that means it's fighters, sneaks, geeks and grasses?

( Enma = law enforcement = the kids in school who'd grass you up for the smallest infraction. Annoying fucks. )

[no_kyouken]

Sounds about right

[bratherine]

got it
you been here long?

( He talks like he knows all about everything so, it seems worth the question. The more she can find out, the better for her survival here, right? )

[no_kyouken]

Couple months. But was yakuza before I ended up here.

[bratherine]

( Well, that makes sense. )

it as weird as this?

( Because this whole place is a little bit bananas if you ask Kate. )

[no_kyouken]

No yokai, but yeah. Entertainment district in th'big city is like this.

[bratherine]

aye?
what's your normal work like at home?

( Questions questions questions. )

[no_kyouken]

Depends on what they got ya doin'. I've been an enforcer, I've been in charge've hostess clubs. Whatever ya can be doin' for 'em to make 'em money.

[bratherine]

( whatever makes them money, huh. if that's all it takes to get her contract fulfilled... fine. that's an easy ask. )

shut up and follow orders is it?

( that's pretty much how she expects the military to be, too. )

[no_kyouken]

Yep. It's what yer there for until ya get promoted high enough.

[bratherine]

promotions worth it?

( She can hazard a guess at what they consist of, but is it worth it to seek that when she could just keep her head down and sort out little bullshit tasks? )

[no_kyouken]

Bein' valuable t'somebody lowers yer chance of endin' up cannon fodder. Promotions help with that.

[bratherine]

suppose so.

( would her contract still be fulfilled if she ended up as cannon fodder? if it would then... what's the difference? )

that's all i wanted to know.

( read: thanks. )