reanimania | scp: inbox/cmo

Hmm

I don't think there's anything we would specifically need, besides these gaming things I'm already buying.

Maybe a pillow, but I can just buy another one of those too if that would be annoying to travel with.

What day were you planning on getting here anyway, Friday?

I'm going to be jetlagged so I don't think I'll sleep much anyway. Yeah, Friday...in the evening, if this time conversion is right.

Where are you coming from?

Japan, Tokyo. It's been a really long time since I was home, even if this isn't the right Japan. I've been catching up to 2020 too.

[ blinks... ]

Oh! Very nice, it's been a few years now since I was last there.

[ He kind of wonders how he pulled off international travel without an identity... did he just do a good job of faking documents too, or did he steal someone else's passport and appearance...?

Well, anyway. ]

I'm glad you were able to go back if you wanted to.

[ ... ]

You're seriously going to travel to the other side of the world to play a video game, though?

I mean, I'm very happy that you are!!

[ should he ask him to look for some doujin-- no ]

[ He totally would have stolen someone's passport and appearance but there's an easier option available to him now, so. ]

日本語も話せますか？

It's been good

...I could just play it in the arcades here, if you want. [ Don't call him out on his tsun? ]

[ ...screencaps that and runs through google translate app... ]

No, I've just been there for some tech conferences, we had translators there. It would probably be useful to learn in this industry, though.

I've HEARD myself speak it, though, which was... a strange experience...

I SAID I WAS HAPPY YOU WERE COMING!!!

That's another reason to not bother with all of that, running into advertisements of agents is weird enough. This world's taste isn't much better than the houses'.

[ He's def run into BSD and Fate, possibly Umineko but really he doesn't want to see Dazai ever again. ]

It's the rainy season here right now anyway.

I guess you probably have a lot of that over there, don't you?

[ There's currently a stage play of his canon going on where he's played by a 28 year old from a boy band, so IF ANYONE DOES DECIDE TO PRY INTO HIS LIFE, he guesses he wouldn't be terribly broken up about it if it were that version... ]

How often do you see Dazai's stupid face? That's popular right now, isn't it?

[ boy he is right there with you on that one ]

...It actually looks like it's going to be raining here next weekend too, but the temperature should still be nice, at least.

Too often in both cases. Tohsaka is popular as well, I'd love to see her face if she saw it all she'd probably hate it. I haven't seen much of Sakaguchi though, so his favorite drink will remain a secret I guess.

[ Will he ever drop the salt about this topic, no. ]

It's not going to rain for an entire week right? I'll just have to buy an umbrella.

To be fair, Ango was pretty boring to look at, so I can see why they wouldn't be plastering his face everywhere if they actually want to make sales.

[ --Wait, are they doing a whole week?? That makes sense, of course, it's kind of a waste to take such a long flight for one weekend... Well!! No complaints about that! He definitely needs to stock up on groceries though. ]

I'm only looking at a 10 day forecast here, but I wouldn't expect so.

How much you needed one would really depend on how much you wanted to look around the area anyway, but yes, you can always do that!

And in a worst case scenario you could always share one with one of us.

[ he is 100% the duck instead of the rabbit in that one, whether he wants to acknowledge it or not ]

I don't know if I can stay more than the weekend, but I'll be in the United States for a week at least.

I don't really like to get wet, I had enough of that at the house too. And I should be the one giving Marona an umbrella, not the other way around.

[ Well sharing but still. ]

Oh. Well, either way is fine with me, so whatever you decide! It's summer, so I don't have classes to teach or anything.

I don't like it much either.

[ Getting trapped under ice in a lake and almost dying will do that, probably. ]

The capital where I lived when I was in the military was a floating city surrounding by waterfalls, actually, but it was all well controlled, so it wasn't like you got wet unless you were intending to.

I'll still take snow over rain any day.

You'll have to come back here sometime when it's colder.

I've never really seen snow, at least properly anyway.

[ Viewing it through other people's memories doesn't really count. ]

Yeah, I can probably do that.

Really??

It snows year round where I'm originally from. This was about the closest thing I could find in this country, but there's still only snow for a few months a year. Not that having some variation is bad, really.

Yes, you absolutely should!!!

You can build snowmen, of course, or other things like forts for snowball fights. [ Which he doesn't really like because he sucks at throwing and never got any satisfying revenge for all the snowballs he got hit with, but that's not important. ] And there's ice skating and sledding...

I'm not sure how well you like the cold, but even if you don't, it's definitely worth giving these things a try at least once.

Also winter fashion tends to be more appealing than summer styles, in my opinion.

Right.

[ This kind of hits several buttons for him which are impossible to get across through text even if he wanted to. It does remind him of one thing, though. He'll send over Saphir's address for confirmation. ]

This is your address, right? There's some things I want to send over beforehand because I'm not traveling with them.

[ He does kind of note how clipped that reply is... Ugh, maybe he shouldn't have brought up things siblings would usually do together. ]

Coming here at that time of year is probably the closest I'll be able to get to showing you my real home for a while, so.

[ He just still really wants to sell him on Keterburg... :( ]

Yes, that's right!

[ Not really sure what he'd be mailing, but ??? ]

Are you going to need a ride from the airport or anything? It's Minneapolis-Saint Paul International.

[ Hikage sees that but he is Sir Not Responding so maybe Saphir will have better luck during Mario Kart? If it doesn't all go sideways like a blue shell collision at least. ]

The packages might be big, just so you know. They're for Marona. [ Later this week Saphir will find at least two gigantic boxes outside his doorstep from Japan, filled with plushies. Did Marona need a gigantic cute seal? Well too bad. He may have an addiction to winning that extends to arcades as well as old maid. ]

No, it's easier for me to just get to your house.