1: Intimidation
"Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others."- Niccolo Machiavelli.
11:36am 30th November
Hello. As I said I would do, I am writing in my notebook. Unfortunately, I didn't think of anything interesting to write about until today. And the things I write in here absolutely must be Sufficiently Interesting. Otherwise, I don't remember them. I only want to write about things and people that are Sufficiently Interesting. Like my plan to rule the Ootori Empire.
But I made my first step today.
For one thing, I learned a new term: Deadly Rival. These are found in the business world, which I will of course enter into when I grow up. Deadly Rivals, from what I can gather, are pretty much people who are jealous of you because you have more money than them (this is a problem, as I do not want Deadly Rivals, but I do want more money than everybody else). Therefore, they try to take your power and money away from you, which is even worse. I will need to know how to get rid of these pests when I become Head of The Ootori Empire. So I made a list.
How to get rid of Deadly Rivals:
It is blank, for now. I will find things to add to it, as it could be useful. List-making is always good. And while I'm at it…
How to get Powerful and Wealthy Business Partners:
I'll have to talk to Okaa-sama. She has lots of Powerful and Wealthy Business Partners. Right now, I don't have any. Never mind- by the time I am her age, everyone Powerful and Wealthy in Japan shall be my Business Partner (provided they are Sufficiently Interesting, obviously).
12:45pm
I have learned what Intimidating means. It can be a verb "to intimidate", meaning to scare people- or it can just mean scary. At first, I thought this was odd, as I first heard it from Akito Nii-san.
His words were: "Otou-sama will make sure to look intimidating when he meets with Kuze-san today."
(I remembered this as I have a photographic memory. This is a useful thing for all future heads of Empires to have, I find. However, I only bother to use my amazing memory to remember things if they are Sufficiently Interesting. This case certainly counts, though.)
Why would Otou-sama want to look scary? Or Intimidating to use Sophisticated Vocabulary. It isn't nice to scare people. They could get upset. It is mean. Yet Otou-sama wants to deliberately upset and scare someone. I decided I don't want to think about this. He is my Otou-sama, so he can't be a mean person, so he wouldn't do something mean like that. Right?
3:21pm
Thinking long and hard about Intimidation, I decided that My Best Course of Action is to make sure I do not get Intimidated by anybody, as Intimidation is mean and obviously I do not want people to do mean things to me. Apparently the best way to not be Intimidated is to have seen something so Intimidating beforehand that the person trying to Intimidate you currently pales in comparison (this is what is called a Metaphor- the person won't really pale- they just won't be quite as Intimidating).
Now what can I find in this mansion that is Intimidating enough for me to- hold on.
I just found Okaa-sama comfortably ensconced (this is another example of Sophisticated Vocabulary- and good spelling) on one of the sofas, putting a film on the plasma HD television (I make it my business to know about all the technological things we have in our house). I'm curious, because it is a film I've never seen before. However it seems Sufficiently Interesting (the first scene appears to have to do with money) so I might as well stay by the door and watch the whole thing.
5:20pm
The film finished exactly ten minutes ago. And truthfully, it was a very Intimidating film. It got to the point where I wanted to stop watching because I was so Intimidated, but I could not stop watching as my feet were glued to the spot (another Metaphor. I am very good at using Imagery). Okaa-sama, it seems, really enjoys the "horror" genre.
It seems I just watched a film that was not for children my age. Then again, I am often told I do things that children my age don't usually do, so it's fine. Plus, this was what is called a Constructive Activity, because I don't think many things can Intimidate me more than this film.
When Okaa-sama came out of the room, I tried to look nonchalant and unsuspicious (these words are both examples of Sophisticated Vocabulary- two at once).
"Oh, hello, Okaa-sama," I greeted automatically. "What a surprise. I did not expect to find you here, coming out of the room after watching a scary movie for one hundred and nine minutes." There are some instances, like this one, in which a Photographic Memory is not a Good Idea.
Okaa-sama raised an eyebrow. "Kyoya," she said. "I wasn't born yesterday."
Well, I knew that. I spoke to her on my birthday a week and a day ago about how to get Powerful and Wealthy Business Partners, therefore she could not have been born yesterday (as you can see, I possess excellent Powers Of Deduction).
"Whatever could you mean, Okaa-sama?"
"It's an expression," she clarified. "I mean, you cannot fool me. I know very well what you were doing- I could hear you on the other side of the door."
This surprised me, as I didn't scream or gasp or anything throughout the film, and I tried really hard to breathe as quietly as I could, which is almost silent. Okaa-sama must have given me my amazing hearing.
When I remained silent, Okaa-sama sighed and ran a hand through her thick, black hair. "Don't worry about it; I'm not angry. It was a rather violent film, but I enjoyed things like that when I was your age too." She walked off and called over her shoulder: "Next time you, for some reason, think you are able to lie to me and get away with it, I suggest you get better. You make it too easy for me."
Maybe I should consider teaching myself how to lie.
She started to leave but I called her back, remembering that I had been meaning to talk to her about gaining Powerful and Wealthy Business Partners. She replied:
"Well. Personally, I get business partners by smiling charmingly and telling them that my husband is the Head of the Ootori family, my parents are billionaires who enjoy karate, and I therefore am able to make or break their lives depending on the answer they choose. You can go about it any way you please though." With that, she was gone.
This puts me in a difficult situation. Neither of my parents do karate (though it would certainly be interesting if they did). Nor do I have a husband, head of their family or otherwise, which leaves me only with the last thing Okaa-sama said:
Being "able to make or break their lives depending on the answer they choose". How to do that, I wonder?
9:33pm
I talked more with Okaa-sama later, and I learned why Otou-sama would want to Intimidate someone. It is because the Kuze-san person was Out Of Turn. Out Of Turn means not paying proper respect to the Ootori Empire or the people involved with it. Well, that makes Intimidation perfectly ok. Obviously, since Otou-sama is the current head of the Empire, he can't have that.
I know I won't, once I'm in charge.
So he needed to stop Kuze-san from getting Out Of Turn, and he did this through intimidating him (I wonder what sort of intimidation he used?). I think it worked. It must have, because Otou-sama returned saying that Kuze-san won't step Out Of Turn ever again. In fact, he had needed to send Kuze-san to one of our family's hospitals once they had finished. Even though he had recently been Out Of Turn, Otou-sama told Yuuichi Nii-san he would tell the staff to make sure he got better all the same, forgiving him completely for his bad behaviour.
How nice of Otou-sama.
9:50pm
Sorry about the wait just now. I was interrupted. A maid came into my room with something to say.
"You should be going to bed now, Young Master."
I had no intention of going to bed. I wanted to write about Intimidating people who step Out Of Turn. I told her thus, but she was unperturbed ("unperturbed" is another example of Sophisticated Vocabulary).
"You need to be in bed, Young Master. You can finish that tomorrow."
Now I was becoming annoyed with her. She had been told I wanted to work longer but she was still bothering me. I think this rudeness counts as Out Of Turn. Maybe if I Intimidate this maid like Otou-sama did to Kuze-san, she will realise her error and rectify it (yet another example of Sophisticated Vocabulary- I am On A Roll.)
But how to intimidate her?
I noticed my pencil lying on my notebook. Taking it in my hand, I whirled around and threw it at her. It nearly hit her face. I told her very calmly that she was being extremely rude and Out Of Turn. I warned her that all I needed to do was press a button and I could have security here in a second and force her from the building. I told her that I would tell my parents and their Powerful and Wealthy Business Partners so many bad things about her that she would never work in Japan again and just to survive she'd have to-
Oh. She'd run away already. How rude.
Still, this is a step forward. Not only do I now know what to Intimidate means, I know how to do it. As it is still quite a mean thing to do though, I will only do it to people who deserve it, who get Out Of Turn. Not to others.
I, like Otou-sama, am such a nice person.
More importantly though, I can start a new list.
How to punish people who are Out Of Turn:
Intimidation. This is also handy for removing Deadly Rivals, and worth a try for getting Powerful and Wealthy Business Partners.
A small start towards an important aspect of being Head of the Ootori Empire. However, it is still a start. So I am happy. I will go to bed now, enjoying this happy feeling as a result of my hard work.
I shall do more work tomorrow.
(A/N) The horror film mentioned in this chapter is entirely fictitious.
Also, there was something important I must apologise for neglecting to mention in the previous author's note; namely, the disclaimer. I do not own the manga/anime Ouran High School Host Club, nor is my name Bisco Hatori.
There! You can't sue me!
~TheResultOfMyBoredom