[ooc] YAY! Thank you all for more intelligent comments all round, they are very much appreciated. Now I know what people do actually think about all this, and I feel a lot more confident about writing it. A quick note about Gum: I don't recall her talking about Beat in JSRF. Gara, on teh other hand, knows about Boogie and Jazz. A quick note about Corn: Most of his piece was how I felt on Monday. I just poured out everything I was feeling onto three pieces of paper, and went home sick later that day. Maybe I'll give him a g/f when I write something with plot in it. Anyway, enough of me ranting. That's for reading! Now here's Cube[/ooc[
So, what are you doing stalking around the lair of the beasts? Unless you are a bringer of good news, or intelligent and charming, I don't wanna see ya, kid.
Oh, so ya want gossip do ya? People only ever come to me as a last resort on the gossip side of things. I don't think I'm a last resort, from the sound of things Soda's still doing laps of the garage, trying to do 1000 consecutive tricks as usual.
He said he got 769 last time before he crashed into Garam who was bringing back fish and chips. Pah. He isn't going to make it, but why stop the guy from trying? He's like that, always trying to do something, he always has to be active. Don't ask me why. We already put him on decaf coffe, banned him from chocolate and energy drinks and hid the sugar, but he keeps going.
Not that it's a bad thing, as long as it's daylight. It gets annoying when he's doing it all night.
Also he gets dangerous when he goes out on the street. Especially when he takes someone with him.
Yoyo was his latest victim. He taught Yoyo how to surf cars, for god's sake! They're only lucky the cars stopped in the first place! I don't know how many times I've seen those idiots riding cars up Dogenzaka hill to the garage. I can almost see their cheap little tombstones.
Yes, I can tell you haven't talked to Soda because he's still going and sounds in a good mood, probably making a good pace. So who have you talked to?
Oh.....so....you have talked to Corn?
Um.....mind if I ask what he said?
He only asked about pizzas? That can't be right. come on, what else did he say?
He sounded stressed? Why? What did he say was wrong?
Hmm, well I guess he might. It can be hard being a leader. I know that.
I mean, back then with Poison Jam, I was the leader. I told them what to do and they were probably too stupid to think of anything else.
And that's my problem right there, I thought they were stupid. Leaders aren't supposed to do that.
I know Corn doesn't, he almost doesn't think we need him despite the fact that I, I mean, we obviously do.
The difference between him and me, is that I used to think FOR my Poison Jam. Where as Corn thinks OF us. He doesn't think what we should do for his benefit, or for the gang's benefit, but for everyone own individual benefit.
The only problem with that as far as I can see, is that he's always got so much to do, because we are quite a complicated bunch. Because he's thinking about all of us all the time, he never has any time to think about just himself.
Or me.
You can only expect so much from one person. Everone has limits I know, and Corn knows that more than anyone else. You can learn a lot from a guy like that. I tried to change my way of leading Poison Jam after seeing how Corn worked, but I think he tries far to hard. The difference is kind of like the difference between a priest and a general I think. One leads the bodies, one leads the minds. Corn tries to do both, almost, and nobody can be both at once.
Of course we all respect him, but sometimes I can see he can't decide whether to do what's better for us as individuals or as a group. It's all very complicated. I can see what he's doing though. For example, he never sends Clutch anywhere he's likely to run into a parked car. He lets Combo always take care of Shibuya. It's little things like that that we never mention, but are really grateful for.
It's just that he tries to please everyone, and never seems to be able to please himself. You're right, he does need a break. But thi thing about Corn is, if you took him away from all this, he'd worry the whole time and fight you every step of the way to try and get back because he cares so much, about everyone in general.
If we go somewhere looking for new territory, he's always doing head counts, always trying to keep an eye on everyone at once, and barely gets any spraying done. Not that it matters, because we never mention it and do his share for him.
You should have seen him fret when there was all that stuff with that awful tower. He refused to let any of us go to it by ourselves, and ended up going in alone.
He tries so hard to make sure all of us are alright, but I think he realises that there's so much he can't do, and that each of us have to do by ourselves.
And there's nothing I can really do to help him either. Maybe that will explain things a little for you. Don't worry about Corn, he just tries to think for everyone and ends up thinking too much. We all make sure he's alright.
Now don't worry about it kid, go find someone else to bug. Go crash into Soda or something.
So, what are you doing stalking around the lair of the beasts? Unless you are a bringer of good news, or intelligent and charming, I don't wanna see ya, kid.
Oh, so ya want gossip do ya? People only ever come to me as a last resort on the gossip side of things. I don't think I'm a last resort, from the sound of things Soda's still doing laps of the garage, trying to do 1000 consecutive tricks as usual.
He said he got 769 last time before he crashed into Garam who was bringing back fish and chips. Pah. He isn't going to make it, but why stop the guy from trying? He's like that, always trying to do something, he always has to be active. Don't ask me why. We already put him on decaf coffe, banned him from chocolate and energy drinks and hid the sugar, but he keeps going.
Not that it's a bad thing, as long as it's daylight. It gets annoying when he's doing it all night.
Also he gets dangerous when he goes out on the street. Especially when he takes someone with him.
Yoyo was his latest victim. He taught Yoyo how to surf cars, for god's sake! They're only lucky the cars stopped in the first place! I don't know how many times I've seen those idiots riding cars up Dogenzaka hill to the garage. I can almost see their cheap little tombstones.
Yes, I can tell you haven't talked to Soda because he's still going and sounds in a good mood, probably making a good pace. So who have you talked to?
Oh.....so....you have talked to Corn?
Um.....mind if I ask what he said?
He only asked about pizzas? That can't be right. come on, what else did he say?
He sounded stressed? Why? What did he say was wrong?
Hmm, well I guess he might. It can be hard being a leader. I know that.
I mean, back then with Poison Jam, I was the leader. I told them what to do and they were probably too stupid to think of anything else.
And that's my problem right there, I thought they were stupid. Leaders aren't supposed to do that.
I know Corn doesn't, he almost doesn't think we need him despite the fact that I, I mean, we obviously do.
The difference between him and me, is that I used to think FOR my Poison Jam. Where as Corn thinks OF us. He doesn't think what we should do for his benefit, or for the gang's benefit, but for everyone own individual benefit.
The only problem with that as far as I can see, is that he's always got so much to do, because we are quite a complicated bunch. Because he's thinking about all of us all the time, he never has any time to think about just himself.
Or me.
You can only expect so much from one person. Everone has limits I know, and Corn knows that more than anyone else. You can learn a lot from a guy like that. I tried to change my way of leading Poison Jam after seeing how Corn worked, but I think he tries far to hard. The difference is kind of like the difference between a priest and a general I think. One leads the bodies, one leads the minds. Corn tries to do both, almost, and nobody can be both at once.
Of course we all respect him, but sometimes I can see he can't decide whether to do what's better for us as individuals or as a group. It's all very complicated. I can see what he's doing though. For example, he never sends Clutch anywhere he's likely to run into a parked car. He lets Combo always take care of Shibuya. It's little things like that that we never mention, but are really grateful for.
It's just that he tries to please everyone, and never seems to be able to please himself. You're right, he does need a break. But thi thing about Corn is, if you took him away from all this, he'd worry the whole time and fight you every step of the way to try and get back because he cares so much, about everyone in general.
If we go somewhere looking for new territory, he's always doing head counts, always trying to keep an eye on everyone at once, and barely gets any spraying done. Not that it matters, because we never mention it and do his share for him.
You should have seen him fret when there was all that stuff with that awful tower. He refused to let any of us go to it by ourselves, and ended up going in alone.
He tries so hard to make sure all of us are alright, but I think he realises that there's so much he can't do, and that each of us have to do by ourselves.
And there's nothing I can really do to help him either. Maybe that will explain things a little for you. Don't worry about Corn, he just tries to think for everyone and ends up thinking too much. We all make sure he's alright.
Now don't worry about it kid, go find someone else to bug. Go crash into Soda or something.