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[akito]

Halloween was fun! I never celebrated it before, but I think now I would like to celebrate it again someday. What did everyone dress up as? I went as a tiger shark! The costume was a comfortable hoodie, so I'll definitely wear it again! Maybe I'll be able to wear it to my new job, ne?

...Ah! Right! I work at the De Chima aquarium now! So I get to hang out with real sharks! So cool~ [ he loves birds - they're his favourite animals - but marine life is way up on his list of favourites too. ] I get to meet all of the animals during my next shift! Hopefully they're all kind.

Everyone should definitely come and visit the aquarium though! Marine life is really neat! Even if you don't like sharks and fish, there are penguins and otters and puffins too! Ahh~ And the sea lions are also super cute!

[ REALLY NEAT! SUPER CUTE! COME VISIT! ]


Um... I also have another question! Are there many other ImPorts around who are sixteen or under? So far I've only met Hiro-kun who is close to my age... I'm stuck around too many adults! So boring! [ he pulls a face that's playfully disgruntled ] Professor Jiji uninstalled all the cool apps I downloaded for him, and won't answer my SnapChats.

Anyway! If there are any other kids around... My name is Akito! I'm fifteen years old, I really like extreme skating, I currently go to the Xavier Academy, and I like building things! It would be nice to have more friends to go to arcades with, so contact me if you want to hang out!


[ encrypted to Hiro Hamada ]

Hiro-kun, do you want to help me pick out an animal friend to adopt? I don't want to go by myself since I'll want all of them if I see them in cages... [ he understands the necessity of it in shelters, but that doesn't mean he likes it. ]

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[microbrobotics]

oh man good choice

what kind of animal are you thinking

also adults are super boring agreed

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[akito]

I really like dogs...
They're kind to the people they like!
But I like most animals...
So if there's one that I connect with I will adopt it even if it isn't a dog!

Adults weren't this boring back home...
The principal at my old school was actually really funny and cool!
So it definitely isn't a school headmaster thing

Maybe I will install one of those Tindr apps on his phone next!
He encrypted it again and thinks I can't hack it but I totally can...
I should change his ring tone to something super obnoxious too!

[microbrobotics]

bet we can find a good dog tho. you got any ideas on where to go?

....... were talking about callaghan right?

[akito]

A shelter somewhere!
...That's all I have so far.
It shouldn't be hard to find an animal shelter right??

Yes! That old man
Prof Jiji!
He's my sort of guardian until I'm 16

[microbrobotics]

[ Sorry Akito, the dog is being forgotten in the wake of a mental record scratch. ]

hes your GUARDIAN?

[akito]

By default yes!
I have nobody
So when he accepted me to his school and let me live there
He became my guardian by default!
It's really cool since he doesn't care what I do
As long as I go to my lessons and/or don't go MIA for more than three days!

[microbrobotics]

thats still

isnt there ANYONE else

[akito]

Why would I want someone else???
Already he is the best one I've ever had

[microbrobotics]

because

[ How does he even react to this. He's made up with Callaghan - even considers them to have some kind of tentative friendship, or at least mutual commiseration - but this is something else entirely. It doesn't feel fair to get into Callaghan's entire history here on the network, even encrypted ... ]

just keep your options open jeez. my brothers old enough you know

[akito]

But I don't really know your brother that well
Plus why would he even want to be my guardian??
I think I'm lucky I don't just have a social worker assigned to me

Jiji gave me food and shelter and education
Options to live without relying on the government
He doesn't beat me up or whip me or lock me in a cage
He gives me lots of freedom
He probably doesn't even think he's my guardian!
Which is O.K. to me since I like it better that way.
I'm almost 16
So then I will be my own guardian!
(￣▽￣)ノ

[microbrobotics]

.............holy crap those are low standards
please tell me youre not speaking from experience

[akito]

[ ... ....... ]

That's all a guardian is supposed to be
Isn't it?

[microbrobotics]

NO
thats the lowest standard for being a DECENT HUMAN BEING
did you have any family back home

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[booyahh]

Wow. Is sixteen or under really the age limit on being not boring or not? If so now I'm just depressed.

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[akito]

There is no age limit for it... But there are some things you can only do with kids around you own age, ne? And almost everyone I know is old!

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[booyahh]

How old is old here?

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[akito]

Thirty.

[ a nod to himself, because that's how old Kaito is and therefore is the age that thresholds 'old'. ]

Un, yeah - thirty!

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[booyahh]

Seems like a fair enough cutoff date. I'm seventeen so super under

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[akito]

And not super older than me, either!

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[booyahh]

Not even close to super older!

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[akito]

Only two years older!

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[booyahh]

Which makes me potentially awesome and not boring right?

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[akito]

Un! Yeah~ My first friend was around your age when I met him.

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[booyahh]

I bet he's pretty awesome right?

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[akito]

He is! He has a genetic issue that makes his muscle fibres at least seven times denser than the average person's, so he can punch through concrete easily! Also he has a really awesome motorcycle~