Hi! I'm Rhyth, what's your name? Nice to meet you!
Yeah, I guess I'm the chirpy one of the GG's. I'm also the youngest so I guess that makes me the baby. I don't mind though, everybody's basically nice. And Combo's a great cook, bet you didn't know that.
You want to know about my life? Okay, I live in Rokkaku-Dai heights but hang out at the GG's garage. Back in the old days in the heights I used to just pass time feeding the birds and stray pets, they were really friendly and I gave them all names, after all, doesn't every living thing deserve a name? I also used to go hang in the sewers, but one of my big brothers kept telling me not to go there. But my brother's still cool. Nick's a member of Poison Jam, and he let me have some of the spare, scrap or just too small stuff they had left over. That's where I got my skates, and now I barely go anywhere without them. Like I said, he's cool.
Really, my whole family is pretty neat. Nick's the eldest, then there's John who works at a record store in Chuo street, Deanne, Ruby then me. Mum and Dad are still here too, although Dad's often out of town on business.
Anyway, like I said, Nick's part of Poison Jam. I used to hang in the sewers a lot, I know my way around there like the back of my hand. But still, Nick doesn't like me hanging around down there. For such a smart guy he can be pretty dumb. And he is smart, he just can't do anything with his brains, which is such a pity.
He reckons the sewers are too dangerous for a little girl like me, maybe he's right, but I don't think so.
Hey, do you know there's an alligator down there? He's really friendly, I called him Billy. He's not dangerous at all.
Besides, through the sewers is the fastest way to Kibogaka hill.
It's not like he can stop me from going into the sewers anyway.
For such a smart guy, Nick can be real dumb.
I told him that once, d'you know what he said? He said 'Rhyth, I don't want you involved in the gangs. They're trouble, they're bad. I know you think that I'd never do anything bad, but it's not that simple. Sometimes good people do bad things and sometimes bad people do good things. The world is not black and white. There is no good and bad, there is no clear definition between anything, the world is just a million shades of grey'. What bugs me, is that he sounded like he believed it.
But he's wrong.
The world isn't black and white, or grey.
It's blue.
And red.
And green, and yellow, and purple, and pink, and orange, and brown, and cyan, and fuchsia, and indigo, and emerald and a million different beautiful colours.
Just look at our graffiti! We're reminding everyone that the world is not black white and grey, but full of life and colour. How can that be wrong?
I'm hanging out here in the garage with nice people having good times, everyone is friends and we spend our time reminding the world what it really is, full of colour, not dusty grey buildings.
I wish my brother Nick could see that, because the colours are all so pretty and he's missing them all by believing that all the world is grey. He worries me sometimes.
Anyhow, that's my story. That really is all I have to say. As you can see, I live a very uncomplicated life. After all, why should I make it harder for myself? Why should I make it harder for anyone? Life is there to be lived and enjoyed, not worried and wondered about until it's gone.
So go out there and live guy!
Life is waiting for you! Bring a bit of colour into the world.
Don't forget to be nice to people, and remember to feed the animals and birds! They'll thank you for it.
Yeah, I guess I'm the chirpy one of the GG's. I'm also the youngest so I guess that makes me the baby. I don't mind though, everybody's basically nice. And Combo's a great cook, bet you didn't know that.
You want to know about my life? Okay, I live in Rokkaku-Dai heights but hang out at the GG's garage. Back in the old days in the heights I used to just pass time feeding the birds and stray pets, they were really friendly and I gave them all names, after all, doesn't every living thing deserve a name? I also used to go hang in the sewers, but one of my big brothers kept telling me not to go there. But my brother's still cool. Nick's a member of Poison Jam, and he let me have some of the spare, scrap or just too small stuff they had left over. That's where I got my skates, and now I barely go anywhere without them. Like I said, he's cool.
Really, my whole family is pretty neat. Nick's the eldest, then there's John who works at a record store in Chuo street, Deanne, Ruby then me. Mum and Dad are still here too, although Dad's often out of town on business.
Anyway, like I said, Nick's part of Poison Jam. I used to hang in the sewers a lot, I know my way around there like the back of my hand. But still, Nick doesn't like me hanging around down there. For such a smart guy he can be pretty dumb. And he is smart, he just can't do anything with his brains, which is such a pity.
He reckons the sewers are too dangerous for a little girl like me, maybe he's right, but I don't think so.
Hey, do you know there's an alligator down there? He's really friendly, I called him Billy. He's not dangerous at all.
Besides, through the sewers is the fastest way to Kibogaka hill.
It's not like he can stop me from going into the sewers anyway.
For such a smart guy, Nick can be real dumb.
I told him that once, d'you know what he said? He said 'Rhyth, I don't want you involved in the gangs. They're trouble, they're bad. I know you think that I'd never do anything bad, but it's not that simple. Sometimes good people do bad things and sometimes bad people do good things. The world is not black and white. There is no good and bad, there is no clear definition between anything, the world is just a million shades of grey'. What bugs me, is that he sounded like he believed it.
But he's wrong.
The world isn't black and white, or grey.
It's blue.
And red.
And green, and yellow, and purple, and pink, and orange, and brown, and cyan, and fuchsia, and indigo, and emerald and a million different beautiful colours.
Just look at our graffiti! We're reminding everyone that the world is not black white and grey, but full of life and colour. How can that be wrong?
I'm hanging out here in the garage with nice people having good times, everyone is friends and we spend our time reminding the world what it really is, full of colour, not dusty grey buildings.
I wish my brother Nick could see that, because the colours are all so pretty and he's missing them all by believing that all the world is grey. He worries me sometimes.
Anyhow, that's my story. That really is all I have to say. As you can see, I live a very uncomplicated life. After all, why should I make it harder for myself? Why should I make it harder for anyone? Life is there to be lived and enjoyed, not worried and wondered about until it's gone.
So go out there and live guy!
Life is waiting for you! Bring a bit of colour into the world.
Don't forget to be nice to people, and remember to feed the animals and birds! They'll thank you for it.