[Downtown in Raitou this afternoon and evening, there is a sizeable group of people in blue in front of a fairly large screen set to view a soccer game. It is loud, and there is a lot of fairly hilarious and irritating buzzing, but all in all it seems like a fantastic time to be had by all. The World Cup generally works that way ( Read more... )

[The fog doesn't seem to have lifted much, has it? That's alright, at least Yasogami High is pretty well-lit on the inside these days, and there seem to be a higher volume of people staying indoors on breaks ( Read more... )

[After school, there's a student in a cool hat rummaging through his locker by the entrance.]

Damn, did I drop it again?

[Annoy him?]

[Hey guys, who wants to get a flu shot? The hospital is giving them out for a mere pittance at Junes the next couple of days, and today, Sayoko happens to be on duty.

Get your shots, mingle, do whatever you feel like.]

[Any visitors of the Maid Cafe today may notice something different. Some of the girls are dressed in cheap men's suits and are wearing cologne, as a special experimental promotion! Yes. it's Host Club day today, in an attempt to draw in a female customer base.  Chieko is trying to look her handsomest in an off the rack suit, with her breasts bound ( Read more... )

[Although an American holiday, Inaba has all sorts of internationals that it can buck Japanese non-tradition and borrow from other cultures. All Hallow's Eve, Devil's Night, Dia de los Muertos, or the Great Pumpkin Festival. People seem to be preparing, finding costumes, and making plans with their friends about what to do ( Read more... )

[Happy goddamn 18th birthday, Keigo. You're a man now. Or have been one for a year, I don't know what Japan considers the age of majority. Who cares, it's his birthday. There's not much cheer about due to the looming specter of death, thanks Clarent, but whatevs ( Read more... )

[You, yes you. A grey-haired young man/tomboy in a green jacket/crazy insane girl/moeblob is stopping you real quick and asks the following question:]

Excuse me. Do you know anything about a Rosalinda Faulkner?

[... Not all of them may be that polite]

[Sakura is busy sketching cranes at the floodplains. She doesn't seem very focused on it; She seems more fidgety then normal, and keeps pausing and looking around ( Read more... )

[There's a kid going down the street in the shopping district. This isn't anything out of the ordinary, usually, but this particular kid is wearing a tan business suit and carrying a small, old-looking briefcase. If you go to Yasogami High, you may know him: Ashley Stevens, a person with a reputation for being loud and annoying. He appears to be ( Read more... )