❀ 4th Konpeito ❀ [Video/Action]

[konpeitoqueen]

VIDEO

[Late in the night of March 10th, an unholy hour for any interaction... this lovely face comes online.

...What is with this girl and terrible network posts...

In any case, her eyes are suspiciously red. Was she crying? Yes, she was. Not anymore, though. She seems pretty okay now. If 'horribly angry' is classified as okay for Saionji at this point.]

This has gone too damn far! This time, when I find out who stole my Lilligant, Nako, even torture won't be enough for you! I'll roast you alive in three different ways and end you every time you come back!

[...Yeah. There's a little pause as she sniffs and her commanding stance falters, but hell no is she crying.] It was my birthday yesterday... uuu... how can you be so cruel...

VIDEO: FILTERED FROM NANAMI CHIAKI

...If the thief wants to own up and stop delaying their punishment, they can find me at Goldenrod Inn. Don't expect me to go easy on you for admitting, though. Otherwise, I would... like... [...POLITENESS HOW DO] ...someone to teach me how to make chocolate cake before March 14th.

[Whew, that was all said in one breath. It was a nicely phrased request, oddly enough- she really needs to learn, okay. There's a pause.] I'll pay you. [Another pause.] And don't say a peep of this to Big Sis Nanami if you want to stay healthy!

ACTION

[And she is, indeed, hanging out in Goldenrod Inn instead of the Danganhouse. Room 142, actually. If you decide you have the patience and sheer courage to teach this kid how to bake, she'll come down and hog an empty spot in the inn's kitchen immediately. The staff are pretty lax...]

Comments

[angerpoints]

[You have no idea how hard it was for Yusuke not to go all third grade on her and say, "your face is gross". No. Idea. Someone should get him a medal.]

Oh, pshhht, YEAH, I'm real honored. The fact that some dumbass who let their Pokemon get stolen is givin' me the time of day is the highlight of my whole damn year. Seriously, how the hell're you planning on "ending" anybody if you can't even keep them from stealing shit from you?

[konpeitoqueen]

[THAT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SAIONJI WOULD GIVE IN TO THAT URGE IMMEDIATELY]

Ehhhh?! How dare you! My Pokémon was stolen, I'm the victim here! And besides, just because they could take something from me doesn't mean I'm not capable of punishment- so there!

For all I know, you're the thief and trying to cover up your tracks by talking to me!

[angerpoints]

[Yusuke scoffs.]

Nice guess, moron, but no. If I was gonna steal somebody's Pokemon, it'd be something badass, not some stupid-lookin' flower thing. Besides, I'm not even in Goldenrod.

[gardentrainer]

[Jade wouldn't know how amazing this dancing has to be to have your Pokemon kidnapped. That...and who would steal a Pokemon because Saionji taught it to dance???

She isn't gonna ask.] Do you think it might be the same person though?

It might be unlikely, but we need to lay out all our options.

[Action]

[tallandproud]

...if someone did take her, there would be something. [He likes the same as she remembers, complete with the hair sticking up. He steps over to her with Monomi trailing behind him. She lingers at the spot he'd been checking and catches back up with a bound.]

Did you check around the back? [Maybe they'd taken a back way out.]

[babel_hacker]

[Japanese to English localisations is suffering.]

Crystal clear, Saionji!

[At least he's honestly curious enough to give it a go. It's not like he have pressing issues to attend to in the future.]

[konpeitoqueen]

Excuse me?! I'll have you know Nako was not any dumb Lilligant! She was one of the most talented, and was born for dancing!

Probably why she got kidnapped, too... how cruel! [To deprive her of Lilligant!] And don't call me a moron, moron!

[konpeitoqueen]

Someone who knew I was in Goldenrod, and Violet...

...Eh?! My travel mates?! [OH. WELL...

...have a long, long time with the camera on the floor as she dashes off. When she gets back around a whole hour later, she just picks it up again as if she only left Jade waiting for five minutes.]

No, not them. [...saionji what did you do]

[Action]

[konpeitoqueen]

There's Pokémon here. I'm pretty sure they could cover their tracks!

[Hm...] The back? No. I can ask the inn workers to clear their idiotic faces out so we can!

[konpeitoqueen]

[Japanese to English fan translations is suffering. Especially with 3 separate ones.]

Good! I'll try to keep you in mind... though, with a forgettable face like yours, you can't really blame me if it slips my memory. [Yep not letting go]

[angerpoints]

Dancing? What, like "break dancing" dancing?

[NOT EVEN GONNA LIE, THAT'D ACTUALLY BE KIND OF COOL...]

[konpeitoqueen]

Of course not! I would never teach her something so unflattering.

[Didn't she yell her SHSL title over the network months ago...?] I've taught her Buyo! Not everything, of course, but a bunch of techniques! It's more more refined and delicate compared to the random jerks of modern Western dance.

[angerpoints]

[Yusuke's memory only retained the part where she started asking him about crushing things, unfortunately. Everything else went right the heck out of the window.]

... oh yeahhh, buyo! That's one of those geisha dances, isn't it? Don't only old people and middle-aged businessmen like that sorta thing?

[Action]

[tallandproud]

Someone would have seen a person leaving if they'd went out the front way. [The fact there's no witnesses or clues out front, there has to be a hint out the back way. Possibly.]

[konpeitoqueen]

Excuse me?! It's not just 'one of those geisha dances', you idiot hog! It's one of the classical dances of our country! It's not just geishas who do it!

And if you may not know, buyo dance is just as elevated at the opera in the West! [...At least, she likes to believe that. Let's be real no one cares about culture] Don't you have a Japanese name? The fact that you don't treasure it... really goes to show how filthy Westerners and 'modernization' is polluting our nation with moronic youth!

[Action]

[konpeitoqueen]

Yeah, if there's a chance they stole it from me when I was in the inn...

[Cue Saionji interrogating a few people and getting access to the back storeroom.]

Is there an exit here?

[gardentrainer]

[Jade just assumed that Saionji wasn't coming back, so she went to go brush her Arcanine and Absol. She's kind of surprised that Saionji came back to be honest.]

Why would your travelmates steal your Pokemon though? [How did you even come to that conclusion?]

[konpeitoqueen]

You can never tell what people are thinking!

But they didn't this time.

[...um] At least, they shouldn't have!

[babel_hacker]

[Good luck, man. Especially once your entry finally comes out all shiny and localised.]

Hey, I'm not forgettable like an NPC! At least think of me as someone plot important!

[konpeitoqueen]

[Please don't give her a shitty high-pitched weaboo voice please don't give her a shitty high-pitched weaboo voice like Midori Komaki

AND GODDAMMIT ARE THEY DOING THIS AGAIN]

You really seem like either a generic NPC or a cannon fodder for plot device! I'll be so kind to let you take a pick.

[angerpoints]

[... wow, that sure was some serious nationalism there. Yusuke looks caught between feeling incredulous and annoyed. This chick can't be serious, can she...]

Or maybe it's just boring, you ever think of that?? Geez, you sound like an eighty-year-old woman right now. "Oh, kids these days, bitch bitch bitch!"

[He pitches his voice up a hair and uses his best "grandma voice" on that last sentence. He may or may not be trying to imitate his mentor's voice right now. Sorry, Genkai.]

[konpeitoqueen]

[And then the BGM dramatically changes to this.]

Oh, I didn't expect anything from an uncultured swine adamant on burning away his own roots... but you have no right to say it's boring! Are you a critic? A major in dance?

I bet you're just a low cultured brat, sniveling away in the slums before arriving here! Say what you want about it, but no high cultured individual would ever take your uninformed opinion into account.

And yes, working with a 400-year-old history, my thinking can be a bit old-timey. But what's wrong with that? They built us up from the bottom! If you can't even appreciate their art, you don't deserve to live on their land!

[That's... a speech. She answers it with snark and surprising calmness.]

[angerpoints]

[... oh, it is on now. It'd be a flat-out lie to say that Saionji's words don't make Yusuke angry - after all, it doesn't exactly take a lot of effort to make him mad in the first place, and when she starts in on him with the name-calling, it's pretty obvious by the way his eyes narrow and his jaw tightens that she's pissed him off (again) - but when he responds, it's... surprisingly less shouty than one might expect. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he sounds more than a little incensed, he'd probably sound rather calm himself - he doesn't raise his voice, doesn't speak too fast... he just speaks normally, as if the two of them were engaged in a conversation rather than a verbal slapping fight.]

That's nice, but what the hell're you gonna do about it? Send your dance ninjas out to deport me?

[He scoffs. Yep. Sure is a lot of snark happening here! With that out of the way, Yusuke straightens his shoulders and looks her in the eye.]

Look. I dunno who you think you are, but I can tell you straight up that a spoiled little rich girl like you's got no business telling anybody where or how they should live. D'you even know how to do anything without crying about it and bullshitting other people into feeling bad for you? Or is crying and bullshit and shit-talking all you got?

I might not be real "cultured" - hell, I don't pretend to be - but at least I can do more than blow hot air out of my ass. Until you prove you can do the same, I don't give a damn what you think about me. I know who I am, and I don't take criticism from yappy dumbasses who think that knowing some stupid fancy dance makes 'em all that. As far as I'm concerned, you don't have shit on me.

[konpeitoqueen]

[The feeling is very mutual, she can assure that. Really, it always happens whenever she puts down that 'little girl' act, especially in front of creepy, disappointed fans and, more recently, Hope's Peak Academy student. She's packed much more venom in her tone this time, pulling back whatever could make anyone mistake her for an innocent child.]

And that's exactly where you're wrong. 'Spoiled little rich girl'... 'blow hot air'... you truly don't know who you're talking to, or the extent of my skills. I'm SHSL Classical Japanese Dancer- you've got no excuse for being ignorant of that term, seeing how many others are here.

And how dare you say I'm bullshitting! What you perceive to be true might not actually be right. Just you wait- once the natives here understand our talents, you'll be nothing more than a fly to me. I can command you with every right. You might not listen, of course... most slaves are disobedient at first.

It's simply how people work. The weak band together, engaging in pity parties called 'friendship'; the strong, the noble in origin, can rule over them. Weaklings like you are a dozen a dime- you're no use to me than anything but a slave. Argue as much as you want! This pathetically kind world will fall apart at its core once true crisis strikes. Nothing can be so peaceful forever.

[babel_hacker]

[Here's hoping yours isn't as weird to get used to. Spike Spencer got nothing on Atsushi Abe's cooler delivery. As cool as Atsubro can get.

APPARENTLY THEY ARE JFC]

I'll just take the third option and become the main character! [Duh. Hey, his route is essentially "nope, let's do this instead".]