Do not ask me what this is and why I am posting it, this is yet another product of the insanity that goes on in our 18+ discord server
Credit to @toyama-division / @suginami-division for the idea! 😈
It’s no surprise that with the formation of the Division Rap Battles by the Japanese Government (also known as Chuohku), many teams have been formed either through coercion or by their own volition, with those teams come many high profile people or very prolific celebrities both old and young. As such, a betting ring was formed, by who? Well, no one knows, it could be from criminals to politicians to random civilians to even other contestants in the very same tournament, all that matters is that every person in the Division Rap Battles has a bounty on their head, this is a list of how much they’re apparently worth.
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A complete timeline that includes (at least that are relevant to the girls) canon events listed in the Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Official Guide Book, just with more specific dates, adding the OCs’ personal stories into it, and naturally, modifying the dates of the real events slightly so that they were more realistic and accurate. Because what do you mean TDD was only active for 1 month and they somehow took over Japan and then disbanded— I wasn’t going to let that fly, so I spent about 6 months fine-tuning the events given to us by that guidebook. But that was years ago already.
I did set things up so that the first Division Rap Battle takes place in 2020, plainly because that was the year my OCs were created and I don’t really feel like updating the years to match the real present day. This page will be updated periodically as more information on the characters’ backstories release or as the stories progress.
And as a word of advice: I'd appreciate it if any information leaked on this timeline not be used against my OC's in future interactions- at least without permission. Most events listed here are secrets that the OC's take to the grave and I'd like to keep it that way. Thank you⁓
Warnings (MDNI): angst, deceit, con, stalking, abusive relationship, yandere, abusive family, mentions of pedophilia, mentions of sexual assault, prostitution, pregnancy, drugs, addiction, human trafficking, slavery, domestic violence, violence, gore, blood, death.
26 years prior to the H Age (1992)
November 22: Anika Kiyozaki is born into a familial line of prodigious formula racers.
22 years prior to the H Age (1996)
February 26: Shian Meizono is born to high school students Hayata Meizono and Yurie Chuuza.
June 14: Reiaki Suzubayashi is born to Akihiro Suzubayashi, CEO of a department store franchise, and renowned brain surgeon Tamaki Suzubayashi.
21 years prior to the H Age (1997)
March 12: Hibiki Mitsumiya is born. From the moment they’re born, they’re put into more masculine clothes and their parents refuse to acknowledge their assigned gender.
At age 4, Anika begins her formula racing journey on dirt tracks under the coaching of her mother, former F1 racer Takako Kiyozaki. It becomes instilled in her that taking 1st place was the only thing that mattered in the line of racing.
19 years prior to the H Age (1999)
Rei becomes affiliated with the military’s Development and Engineering Department.
Otome founds the Party of Words.
18 years prior to H Age (2000)
Upon noticing Reiaki’s morbid fascination with bloodshed and monsters in films and playing or acting like the monsters in movies, nannies who have been tasked with caring for her become overly strict on her— borderline abusive and manipulative. Any minor mistakes during music, etiquette, or general education result in severe physical punishment that is left untreated and undiscovered.
April: Shian realizes how easy it is to leave her apartment and randomly wanders into a bookstore, where she becomes fascinated with picture books. Several hours later, store employees realize that she is separated from her parents and one volunteers to help her find her way home.
Shian routinely leaves the house while her parents are too busy fighting each other to go back into the bookstore and becomes a regular for the employees.
17 years prior to the H Age (2001)
January 13: Miku Shirazuki is born.
Anika begins formula racing and testing out formula cars on tracks.
16 years prior to the H Age (2002)
Anika begins signing with a sponsor. Despite being too young to be in F4, the media deems Anika a prodigy and that she will make it to F1.
For the sake of pleasing Takako, Anika gains a reputation for being overly aggressive on the tracks. All of her wins come after making contact with another car, some of which have resulted in the other driver’s career-ending injuries or death. Due to Takako’s manipulation, the blame on Anika gets shifted to another.
June: Nearby police officers find Shian roaming the streets alone. They bring her back to her shabby apartment and lecture her parents into sending her to school.
July: Yurie takes Shian back to the bookstore. While she lets Shian roam about on her own, she picks up a Bible to bring home without purchasing it.
Yurie becomes enamored with Catholicism and repeatedly attempts to rope Hayata and Shian into it, which becomes the basis for more discourse.
December: Yurie forces Shian to be baptised and enrolls her into a strict Catholic school, where she is isolated from the rest of the students.
15 years prior to the H Age (2003)
September 1: Makina Setsukura is born.
14 years prior to the H Age (2004)
Otome and Rei meet.
Hibiki’s parents force them to take on various odd jobs work to aid the struggling family financially. In between jobs, Hibiki notices other students studying in libraries or on buses. They begin to raid libraries and studying out of textbooks in order to catch up to schoolkids their age.
13 years prior to the H Age (2005)
World War III begins.
11 years prior to the H Age (2007)
World War III ends, but armed conflicts continue.
Rei receives a set of blueprints, one for technology that allows objects to transmute and another for weapons that have the capability to attack one's sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. He leaves the military and independently forms a Hypnosis Mic development team.
March: Upon learning that he wasn't Makina's biological father, the man abandons her and her mother, Ran Setsukura.
June: Anika makes her F4 debut.
September 9: Reiaki's brother, Akifumi Suzubayashi, is born. She is smitten with him and vows to make sure he can avoid the caretakers' torture as he grows up.
9 years prior to the H Age (2009)
May: Reiaki, as relief from her nannies, begins taking her stress out on school bullies and delinquents, adding to her classmates' already-existing fondness of her. School authorities wouldn't relay her troublesome and vigilante-like behavior to her parents due to their intimidating high status.
To control her temper, Reiaki begins taking up kickboxing along with various other combat sports.
July 18: During a race, Anika's car unexplainably spins out of control into another car, resulting in a drastic accident for the two. The crash leads to losing her hearing and right leg.
July 25: One of Anika's competitors in the last race visits her in the hospital. She, with her newfound hearing loss, assumes he came to relish in her misery before his head mysteriously explodes in front of her.
August: In order to sustain the family, Hibiki resorts to working at a brothel.
October: In a group project, Reiaki's group is tasked with making a short film, where she discovers film makeup. She eventually takes up graffiti, illustrating her wild and eccentric imagination through spray paint and cosmetics.
8 years prior to the H Age (2010)
March: Anika graduates high school 1 year early. She officially retires from her racing career and enters university to pursue a career in psychology.
April: Hibiki racks up enough money to put themselves through school. However, the parents use Hibiki's money to register into the middle school as a boy.
Takako joins Chuohku and climbs up the ranks.
7 years prior to the H Age (2011)
Reiaki begins participating in underground fighting rings, easily ranking in win after win. Meanwhile, Akifumi begins showing interest in his father's business.
6 years prior to the H Age (2012)
April 3: Ran remarries to Kiyotaka Okano. Makina gains an older stepbrother, Hiroki, and her full name is changed to 'Makina Okano'.
Ran begins beating Makina regularly.
September 4: A girl with iridescent eyes awakens in a slave trade auction.
5 years prior to the H Age (2013)
April: Anika meets Chihiro. It takes some time, but they eventually begin dating.
May 31: At a school event, Shian's parents cause a scene due to their fighting, leading them to being escorted off school premises and even getting arrested. They eventually get bailed by Hayata’s sister, though the incident becomes grounds for bullying.
June 3: Seeing the living condition of the Shian's home life, her aunt decides to have Shian move into her Minato apartment and transfer to the high school in the area while Hayata and Yurie get their lives together. The bullying from the previous school carried over to the new one.
4 years prior to the H Age (2014)
February 1: The girl with iridescent eyes is placed back on the slave trade market and sold to the Otojouji Family in Yokohama, Japan.
May 12: Miku passes the auditions to Universal Key Entertainment and meets CEO Kakuji Hayashida. Under the condition that Miku pleases Hayashida's sexual urges on demand, she would be guaranteed her dream career.
May 19: Miku meets her manager, Shohei Ikeishi, and moves in to the Universal Key dorms.
Rei completes the Hypnosis Mic.
April: Straight out of high school, Shian moves out of her aunt's apartment to attend university in hopes of becoming a novelist.
April: Straight out of high school, Reiaki moves out of her parents' mansion and into a small apartment, where she also makes the decision to attend cosmetology school.
July 9: Miku releases her debut song, which gains the positive attention of the internet due to her unique idol concept.
Miku wins the title of "Rookie of the Year" at annual award shows, and she will continue to win award after award for years.
3 years prior to the H Age (2015)
April: Straight out of high school, Hibiki rents out their own apartment and enters Chuoh's police academy. They begin incorporating more gender neutral to feminine clothing.
Otome purchases the Hypnosis Mic from Rei.
The military finishes the Hypnosis Mic prototypes.
Rei begins developing the Hypnosis Canceler.
2 years prior to the H Age (2016)
January: Hibiki graduates from the police academy and joins the police force.
Rei completes the True Hypnosis Mic.
August: Reiaki graduates from cosmetology school and begins working at haunted houses.
Ichijiku’s younger sister, Natsume, is murdered. Ichijiku meets Otome and joins the Party of Words.
1 year prior to the H Age (2017)
Ichiro and Kuuko meet.
Samatoki and Sasara meet.
Hibiki fully assimilates into a feminine identity and joins the Party of Words.
The Party of Words stages a coup d’état against the government.
March: Shian receives a phone call which prompts her to abruptly drop out of university and attend training for bail bond. She becomes so engrossed in her new line of work that she abandons her love for reading and anime.
April 21: Reiaki begins posting videos of turning herself into horrific monsters using special effects makeup to the internet and very quickly begins building an audience.
June: Shian signs to a bail bond company, where she meets a certain bail bondsman. While they don't befriend each other, they become close and will continue to work together on cases.
September 14: Universal Key Entertainment hires Reiaki as an SFX artist for Miku's upcoming music video, which will become a routine.
Rei completes the Hypnosis Canceler and gives the original Ramuda to Otome.
October: Makina starts streaming, using gaming and chatting with viewers as escapism.
Year 1 of the H Age (2018)
January: H Act is passed, and fighting with weapons is eradicated.
January: The Party of Words wins the battle against the government. The military is disbanded. The Party establishes Chuohku and distributes Hypnosis Mics to those interested.
January: Hibiki is moved to Chuohku's Criminal Bureau.
January: Reiaki makes her first job in a major film, boosting her popularity online.
Ichiro and Kuuko form Naughty Busters, a team under the control of Mozuku’s Stairway to Heaven.
Samatoki and Sasara collect a group of delinquents and form Mad Comic Dialogue.
February 10: Hiroki, along with a civilian, are murdered. Ran and Kiyotaka are left in a near-dead state, leaving Makina barely unscathed in this incident.
While hospitalized, Ran and Kiyotaka are arrested on account of an unspecified charge and child abuse.
February 14: Reiaki begins dating graphic designer Rikuto Todo.
April: Hibiki is tasked with investigating the Otojouji Family under the suspicion that they were carrying slaves, and to apprehend them.
Ramuda makes contact with Jakurai and Yotsutsuji. Ramuda and Jakurai form Kuujaku Posse.
Mad Comic Dialogue and Naughty Busters rap battle one another. Afterwards, they team up to fight and win against Stairway to Heaven.
Otome buys the True Hypnosis Mic from Rei.
May 10: Makina meets Gencho Hosen and is placed in his orphanage in Ikebukuro, where she also meets the Yamada brothers.
August 1: Mozuku’s crew and Hosen take Jiro, Saburo, and Nemu hostage in an act of terrorism. Samatoki and Ichiro meet Jyuto at the crime scene. Ichiro, Samatoki, Ramuda, and Jakurai work together to free the hostages.
August 15: Ichiro and Kuuko begin working with Mad Comic Dialogue.
August 20: All victims housed by the Otojouji Family are rescued by the completed Mad Comic Dialogue.
August: The court case for Ran and Hiroki takes place, but they are nowhere to be found. Shian is hired to retrieve them and during her search for them, meets Makina.
September 10: Rikuto pressures Reiaki into moving in with him.
October: Large-scale crimes mysteriously get resolved and large criminal organizations get taken down silently.
November 1: A Ramuda clone brainwashes Kuuko and Sasara. Kuuko tells Ichiro their friendship is over and returns home to Nagoya. Sasara says the same to Samatoki and returns home to Osaka.
November 4: Ichiro and Samatoki battle Kuujaku Posse. Afterwards, Ichiro, Samatoki, Ramuda, and Jakurai form The Dirty Dawg.
November 9: Shian starts her own bail bond company 'Mettle Bail Bonds' along with her business partner.
December 25: F1 racer Maaya Kiyozaki adopts Makina, changing her name to 'Makina Kiyozaki,’ in order to use her popularity to damage Anika.
Year 2 of the H Age (2019)
February 20: Maaya introduces Makina to the family of formula racers, including Anika.
March: Anika becomes a licensed hypnotherapist and finds work at a clinic. Later that month, her long-time boyfriend proposes.
The Dirty Dawg conquers Japan. A Ramuda clone places Yotsutsuji into a coma.
May: Anika is serving as a court case witness for one of her clients and Shian is hired to catch a fugitive.
May 19: A Ramuda clone brainwashes Nemu, who then joins the Party of Words.
May 19: Jiro, Saburo, and Nemu are taken hostage, and Ichiro and Samatoki fight over them. Jakurai fights Ramuda over Yotsutsuji. The Dirty Dawg disbands.
May 19: The Party of Words destroys the distributed Hypnosis Mics; at this point, they can no longer be used.
June 20: Shian blacks out and winds up in the hospital.
July 1: Shian reaches out to Makina and seeks out services from Anika for the both of them. Anika accepts Shian but denies Makina.
July 2: Anika, afer discovering the levels of emotional and physical abuse Maaya has inflicted on Makina, reports and files a court case against her cousin.
July 29: Reiaki seeks out Yamada Odd Jobs, where she meets the Yamada brothers and a pregnant girl with iridescent eyes, who's introduced as Juri Yumesato. Reiaki drives back to her parents’ manor to find that Rikuto has murdered her family and all of the workers in the manor. Upon the police's arrival, Reiaki is left with several stab wounds and Rikuto with several broken bones and his skull nearly caved in. Rikuto is arrested.
Reiaki begins to sleepwalk.
August: Reiaki holds a funeral for her family. While she keeps a partial share of her inheritance, she gives the rest to Hiroaki's right hand man, entrusting the enterprise to him.
September 28: Reiaki reaches out to Juri and they move in together in Roppongi.
Samatoki joins the Katengumi yakuza and moves to Yokohama.
December 3: Juri gives birth to her son, Ayato Yumesato, prematurely at 33 weeks at Shinjuku Hospital.
December 19: It is decided that the Party will hold the Division Rap Battle.
Year 3 of the H Age (2020)
Ichiro, Samatoki, Ramuda, and Jakurai receive microphones from Chuohku.
January 8: Ayato is brought home from the hospital.
February 11: Anika manages to win the court case and become Makina's legal guardian. Simultaneously, Makina decides to change her name once more, to ‘Makina Setsukura’.
Ichiro accepts Jiro and Saburo as members of the Buster Bros!!!
Samatoki and Jyuto accept Rio as a member of Mad Trigger Crew.
Jakurai accepts Hifumi and Doppo as members of Matenrou.
Ramuda accepts Gentaro and Dice as members of Fling Posse.
December 3: Ikeishi and Miku crash their vehicle into a Yokohama container port, where Ikeishi dies on the scene and Miku is declared missing the following day.
December 5: Each division’s preliminary battles begin. Buster Bros, Mad Trigger Crew, Fling Posse, and Matenrou advance to the championships.
December 8: Upon seeing how the stress over Miku’s disappearance has affected Reiaki’s sleepwalking, Juri begins searching for leads on Miku’s potential whereabouts, starting at the scene of the crash.
December 9: Juri begins her investigation under a disguise with the aid of Reiaki.
Danny phantom, Randy Cunningham, Eltigre, and kick buttowski fight the powerful Gravtitox .
They must take out the invaders that invading the city. They must find away back to
The heroes are dodging left and right, barely escaping the powerful pull of Gravitox's gravity flux. It's a high-stakes dance as they try to outmaneuver his relentless hyperspheres, each one hitting with the force of a small meteor. The action is non-stop, hearts are racing, and Gravitox is proving to be one tough cookie – his moves are calculated, his attacks are fierce, and the heroes have to dig deep to keep up.
The robots swarm like a metallic storm, but El Tigre and Randy are ready. They're slicing and dicing through the robots, a dynamic duo against the mechanical horde. Meanwhile, Danny's swooping in, icing robots in a chilly aerial ballet.
"Cool off, bots! This fight's just getting started!" Danny quips, his voice echoing with confidence as each icy blast from his hands sends another robot into a deep freeze. The air crackles with frozen energy.
Gravitox's laugh echoes, a confident villain enjoying the spectacle.
Graviton stands defiant, his range is formidable. Kick fires his blaster, only to have the energy absorbed by the villain's seemingly invincible powers. Randy skillfully deflects a hypersphere with his sword, but it explodes on impact, showing just how dangerous Gravitox's weapons can be. Unfazed, Randy calls upon his earth attack, Hydro Hand, to shake things up.
Meanwhile, El Tigre, with his razor-sharp claws, tears through Gravitox's accretion layer, finding a way to land a blow. Danny swoops in for air support, his hands casting a freezing aura, and lands a series of chilling strikes. The heroes unleash their fury, but Gravitox is prepared, summoning protective shields to soften the heroes' relentless assault.
The battle rages on, with each hero pushing their limits and Gravitox laughing in the face of their efforts. It's a clash of titans, full of suspense and high stakes, as our heroes fight not just to win, but to survive.
Graviton levetated back to the ground and brought void accelerator staff Of Nanites knocking Eltigre back to the ground.
Graviton uses his electromagnetic field and hits Danny and tosses him towards Kick who evaded his attacks and got hit by Grabitox staff. Randy was clinging swords vs Gravitox who was very versatile.
You lose!!!
No, you lose!!! Danny yelled
Danny uses his ghostly wail to destroy everything in front of the force of nature building collapsed on Gravitox., he unleashes that wail, tearing through the chaos like a force of nature. Buildings crumble under the might of his sonic assault, burying Gravitox beneath the rubble. As the dust settles, there's a moment of eerie calm. It looks like the heroes might have just turned the tide! 🌪️🏢💨
You fools!
With his gravity flux and that chilling declaration, "Het universum zingt voor mij!"—which means "The universe sings for me!"—he's showing he's still a force to be reckoned with. The battle's intensity just skyrocketed! 🌌
The heroes are suspended mid-air, helpless under Gravitox's command: "Submit to gravity." The pressure is immense; they can barely move and are plummeting fast. But then, Danny springs into action, channeling his freezing powers to his advantage. Gravitox's arm is encased in ice, his gravitational grip failing. As Randy, Kick, and El Tigre brace for the hard fall, Danny, ever the hero, glides in just in time to save his fellow warriors from a crushing defeat. What a thrilling save!
I think Danny "says you guys can thank me later and admit I saved y'all from sudden death the second time ." they all looked in disagreement Randy, with his signature sass, probably threw back, "We had it under control, but thanks, Danny!" El Tigre, with his fierce pride, might growl out, "I don't need saving, but your timing isn't bad, amigo!" Gotta love that spirit! 🐯💥
The kick would be all about brushing it off with a line like, "I had it under control, but I'll take the assist!"
They examined the Gravitox who was frozen but could look at the heroes. Randy uses his scarf to tie him up. "Now we need answers from you what's your plan and how we defeat your syndicate. Gravitox had his schizophrenic He chuckled with his two split personality.
"I'm just a scientist, not a bad guy. You, heroes, think you're saving people, but you're the ones who need saving from yourselves," Gravitox sneers with a manic laugh. "I just want to examine what makes y'all tick. More experiments! Y'all are ineffective!!!" As his laughter fades, a hauntingly beautiful melody fills the air, capturing everyone's attention. 🎵😈
The heroes, locked in a relentless battle, are overwhelmed by Gravitox's Nemesis mode. With each nanite swarm that strikes, they feel a burning agony, as if their very life force is being siphoned away. Despite the pain, they push forward, knowing that surrender isn't an option. Their resilience shines even in the face of despair. Keep that scene going; your readers will be on the edge of their seats! El Tigre's muscles tensed, the gravity's crushing embrace pinning him mercilessly to the earth. "Can't... get up," he gasped, his voice a strained whisper. Kick lay still as stone beside him, the force of Gravitox's power rendering him immobile, a silent testament to their dire situation. Danny and Randy, though on their feet, fared little better. Each step was a battle, their bodies swaying like trees in a tempest, unsteady and unsure. Danny's heart hammered against his chest, a drumbeat slowing to the inevitable end, his energy seeping out of him like water from a cracked vase.Gravitox, towering over them, was a force untamed, his power unleashed in full, merciless display. His voice, once that of a man, now boomed with the depth of a chasm, echoing the darkness of his soul. "You will suffer as I, Gravitox, have suffered! Your torment will outlast the stars. When the universe dwindles into dust, there you will be, still suffering as I have suffered!"The heroes' plight was palpable, their agony a mirror to the torment etched into the very being of their nemesis. In this moment, the line between hero and villain blurred, bound together by the shared currency of pain.The heroes, battered and bruised within the crater's embrace, look up as Gravitox looms over them. His triumphant sneer cuts deeper than the rubble around. "Still alive, I see!" His voice drips with malice, and the sound of a nightmare comes to life. "I had a fun time with you heroes, but all things must come to an end beneath the earth!" Shrinking back to his mortal form, he summons a monolithic rock, casting a shadow over the sun—and their hopes. Commander Arcturus called. It's like the universe hit pause on the heroes' doom. "Oh, it's you. What is the meaning of this?" Gravitox's frustration is almost tangible. "Gravitox, Shadowstrike orders you to return to the facility to speed up the process with our prisoner." The tension! "But I'm in the middle of something!!" "Then it has to wait. Mr. Warner needs everything in top shape before he arrives." The authority in Arcturus's voice is clear, with no room for argument. "BUT!!" Gravitox's anger is a storm on the horizon. "Don't make me report this to Shadowstrike. I'm warning you." And just like that, the heroes catch a break. "It looks like luck prevents your fate. I'll kill you later then." With a final glare, Gravitox vanishes, leaving the heroes in the shadow of what could have been.🌀
Danny turned back into a human as he and his friends were in the crater. Randy went back to normal and Eltigre depowered. Kick was still injured as his armor was damaged. Danny barely felt like moving. ANYONE LIVE?!! Yeah... "Sorry guys I probably shouldn't have gotten distracted. You think you're sorry dude I let my anger get the better of me which let us fight each other. Kind of wild don't you think ." Danny said. The group laughed until their bones ached. Uhh oww!!"
"Well, June can't beat us if we already hurt ." Danny chuckled.
“Sooooo… The three of us were planning on being aliens— urk… okay, fine, I roped them into doing this… Anyway. My interpreter at work randomly joked about us dressing up as the Little Green Men from the ‘Toy Story’ movies! And, well, here we are! Oh! But don’t use the claw to pick me up! I’ll stay where I am, thank you very much! Have a Happy Halloween, people of the internet!”
“Somehow I was roped into participating in a group costume. From time to time, silly costumes like these are cute, but it’s too damn hot to be in a full jumpsuit. Hah… as long as I have my lollies, I’ll do whatever my teammates want me to do.”
“…”
“… Shian…?”
“…”
What did you do with the rest of the lollies that were in your wagon just five minutes ago…?
“…”
“They were delicious.”
“Boo. I’m the cute-ugly little aliens from ‘Toy Story. At first, I’m when Anika brought up the idea of matching costumes, I wanted out. But then she convinced me to do it. Maybe it’s not so bad like this. Don’t I look cute? It’s gonna be… interesting to look at an LGM raiding arcades for claw machines. Let’s go, come spend Halloween with me at some of the best arcades here in Akiba.)
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“Remind me to avoid Ms. Kiyozaki… I jest, I jest! I have nothing to hide, not from a hypnotherapist. Still, how funny to see her entering the Division Rap battles. Wonder if her interest was piqued when she learned of the Hypnosis Microphones? Perhaps she’s looking to utilize its abilities for her sessions? I don’t mean to come off rude, I’m just curious. And it is not very hard to make that connection, I think. Hypnotherapist, Hypnosis Mic… You can see my thought process, yes?”
Shian Meizono
“Bail…? My, I wasn’t aware Japan had those. I’m sure the legalities of running such a business differ greatly from what the US has. Unfortunately, I am not very familiar with the process, so I will have to end my commentary there. I’m sure Ms. Meizono is a lovely lady outside her wild career.”
Makina Setsukura
“S-Streaming? I… I had no idea such an occupation existed. I suppose someone in the world might find entertainment watching another do something they are passionate about. It could be said for any common television broadcast. Watching a young lady play video games is beyond me I’m afraid. So again, I will have to end my statement here.”
Pixel Syndicate
“Pixel Syndicate? Feels heavily inspired by Miss. Setsukura, but perhaps the team shares an interest in technological entertainment. I look forward to seeing them perform on stage, whether or not we share the floor. Either way, I will cheer for them to do their best.”
Darkness swept over the ever-bustling city of Akihabara as the day came to a close.
Keiko Yumi, upon hearing the doorbell ring, made a beeline towards the front door.
On the other side of the door was Shian Meizono, looking somewhat disheveled. “Whew… I’ve been running around all day, but I need to get you something for your birthday today…”
She reached into her duffel bag and pulled out a large box and handed it to Keiko. Wait.. how did that fit in her bag…?
“A flex arm for drawing tablets. Just a little something to make drawing easier and ergonomically more comfortable. Someone I knew said these make a huge difference. Attach it to your tablet and I guess you can figure the rest out. You make good mangas, so hopefully this can be of use for you.”
Shian pulled her phone from the pockets on her leg garters. Her brow twitched when she took notice of the time. “Oh for fuck’s sake, the court’s gonna take all my money if I don’t catch this guy… I gotta go now, but have a Happy Birthday, ‘kay?”
And with that, Shian disappeared into her black sports car and drove off.
As Keiko watched Shian drive off, the manga artist was still a bit shocked that the enforcement agent actually went out of her way to give her a gift and wish her 'happy birthday'. Not that it wasn't unappreciated, but Keiko always figured Shian was more friendly with Criss than her. Though they've spoken a few times before, usually it didn't go further than a few 'hey's', 'hi's', and 'how are you's'. So receiving a gift from her was definitely surprising.
But as stated, it wasn't unwelcome. Especially considering the gift Shian bought for her was a very useful and nice one. She hadn't experienced any arm problems, besides a hand and arm cramps, so something like this would be put to use a lot. The last thing she wanted was to be diagnosed with RSI like Nikki. Taking the flex arm into her room, she quickly and easily attached, trying it out. Needless to say, it worked flawlessly.
The young manga artist then resumed what she was doing before the doorbell rang, continuing work on her manga. Looking at the flex arm she was currently using, an idea suddenly came to her head.
"I've been meaning to add a bounty hunter to my story for a while now..."
"I hadn't heard of this girl until she had formed her little team in Akihabara. Apparently, before her current... 'profession', and I use that term loosely, she used to be a race car driver that was forced to retire after an accident. Peh, I guess that's what happens when you let reckless peons and daredevils get behind the wheel of a car. Still though, I think being a race car driver would have made more sense than her current job. A 'hypnotherapist'? What absolute ludicrousy..."
Shian Meizono
"Unlike her leader, I know of this woman, but only because she's had to do business here in Aoyama, capturing up any sort of miscreant or filth that thought we here in Aoyama would protect them from the law. Ha, how foolish! Thankfully, none of the people here have to deal with her... at least, I hope. If they had, then they deserve to get taken by her for trying to mar Aoyama's good name."
Makina Setsukura
"I think I recall seeing this young woman at the convention I spoke about before where that gamer girl from this same city attended. I recognized her before I did this girl, however. Unlike her, she, at least, was deserving of her fame for being on a ranking. This young woman, however, what exactly is she known for? Simply showing off her skillset on camera? Peh, I tell you, it's astonishing how peasants flock to people who are just like them..."
Pixel Syndicate
"This has to be the third team to represent Akihabara now. I wasn't aware that that city had grown in popularity so much that numerous teams wanted to form there. Honestly, I'm a little insulted no other team wished to form here in Aoyama. ...But then again, maybe that is because we've already crushed any and all peons that had any thought of trying to claim Aoyama as their own.
"But that is neither here nor there. Honestly, I don't really know what to expect from this team. A therapist, a bail enforcer, and a girl who enjoys showing off her video game status on camera. Between them and that other Akihabara team, the 'Anime Corpse' or whatever they are calling themselves, I don't know which of the two teams are better or worse. But like them, I'm not holding my breath that this team gets far."
