omegafriends | a day in the life...

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[ Dick's Bikes was the place to go if you were a rough biker with a few loose morals and not that much money. One can work on their own bike, maybe swap out their bike for another bike, or if one was lucky enough, have enough money to get the mechanics involved in rebuilding a bike from getting turned into so much twisted metal, or do that mysterious thing that swaps out pieces to turn it into a different bike than the one that was brought in.

Joji was one of those mechanics, and a popular one as well. While the other workers look like the type that use bits of metal to chew on, he looked a little like he was just wasting time. At least he usually fixes the bikes he gets and makes them work better than normal. He also doesn't take that long in fixing anything and spends some of his time just hanging around, sitting on his work bench and gossiping with the other workers.

Want to bother him during that time? ]

B
[ There's a rumor going around from one low-life to another. It's not that big of a rumor to catch the ears of most supers - villain and hero alike - but it is something exchanged by the lowly goon and the hard-working average con artist. It's basically goes something like If you find a strangely colored coin, there's a guy at Zero's who will pay good cash for it. If asked around a bit more, someone at the bar might point out a rather normal Asian guy that sits at the counter, drinking tea ~~since whiskey would push the ratings too high~~. He's only there for a couple hours at the most, and the regulars at the bar treat him like they are scared to make him mad.

Anyone want to bother him about this rumor? ]

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[ Joji worked hard on converting an empty warehouse into a liveable habitat/workshop. There are still parts that don't work quite the right way, but for the most part, the living area is nice and roomy, with an upper floor for his private quarters and a lower part where anyone can just hang out and enjoy the comforts of urban living. The workshop side is still mostly brick and enclosed metal, with a long built in workbench and space for a few motorcycles (some still in parts), a fancy device that might be a laser scanner or possibly the beginning of a huge gun, and some fancy computers on standby.

Just anybody could walk into the building, but the moment they do, a breathless electronic voice would ask them who they were. Anyone want to see what happens if the voice isn't answered? ]

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It's a type of spicy cabbage.

[Well this will definitely be an experience for the jungle man. The microwave dings and Joji pulls out the bowl of kimchi, sitting it on the counter to rest while he works on the ramen.]

I'm sure you'll meet them one of these days.

Cabbage?

[But has he even had cabbage before, Joji? Amazon's still very curious.]

Amazon hope that soon.

[He just looks at Amazon for a moment and then goes back to the mysterious cooking of ramen to the perfect moment when he can take it off the burner and set it down on the table. The kimchi is moved over to the table as well.]

So do I.

Food is down. Please sit down... Just not on the table.

[Amazon does sit down, and, miraculously enough, it is on a chair. Hooray!]

Food smell good.

[He's getting better at some things yay! Joji serves him some of each before helping himself.]

Careful, it's hot.

Hot.

[Amazon nods and blows on the food to cool it. Yes, he's making good progress.]

[It's very nice to see, even though Joji wasn't sure if he had figured out chopsticks yet, or even forks and spoons. He had all three on the table just in case.

Joji himself used his chopsticks to mix his ramen and kimchi together and then eats.]

[Amazon is making no move for those eating utensils, and he's sticking a finger into the bowl to check on the temperature. It's still a little hot, so he'll blow on it some more.

He sees Joji mixing the food together with his chopsticks, so he'll just mimic that...with his fingers.]

You really should take a bath after you eat.

[Joji points that out by using his chopsticks before taking a big stick full of the mixture and slurps it up.]

Bath?

[Amazon sounds skeptical as he reaches into the bowl and shovels some of the mixture into his mouth. But the food's good, as evidenced by the speed with which he shovels another bit into his mouth.]

The clean off the dirt and stuff. You know, get wet.

[He's not sure if Amazon knows much about bathing so is going to try to keep it very simple.]

No rain. No get wet.

[He used to live in the rainforest; he knows all about getting wet.]

I've got an indoor rain room. Do you want to see it?

[if he was lucky, Amazon would definitely like to see it and get wet, at least for the second it takes him to turn the water on.]

Rain inside?

[Amazon seems thoroughly intrigued by this idea.]

Amazon want see.

Once we're done eating, I'll show it to you.

[It can't be that easy, now can it?]

Amazon want see!

[And now he's eating faster. It may very well be this easy!]

When you are ready, then.

[He just eats, watching Amazon shove away the food like it was going out of style.]

[It doesn't take Amazon long at all to finish up his food. It's important to eat your food before something else can take it from you out in the jungle, after all. At least Amazon seems to have grown past the "growling at anyone else in the area" stage while he eats.]

Amazon ready. Want see.

[Joji smiles and shakes his head, but does finish up his food before standing up and leading the way to the bathroom. It is an open area, with a lot of plants growing and a large tub. The shower area was separated by a wooden barrier that was only a little past Joji's head and just as open as the rest of the room. He flicked on the shower and stepped back. It takes it a moment to go from a small central stream to the whole square area above the smoothed rocks to stream water. ]

[Amazon is clearly surprised by this shower. So very surprised. He jumps back and growls in surprise.]

Rain inside!

Yes. It is my rain room.

[He takes off his slippers and shirt and steps right into the water, humming while adjusting the tap.]

Do you want to try it?

Why?

[No, Amazon has not yet grasped the concept of a bath.]

Amazon like dry.

Sometimes it's nice to get the mud off.

[At least he doesn't stay in there that long and instead switches the water off and steps under another square in the ceiling that is actually a small drying unit.]

Or do you like being muddy?

Mud no bother.

[He is still looking skeptical here.]

No, but it can also leave trails behind that people can follow.

[he was drying off nicely, though his pants were going to be a pain for a while. oh well, such is the nature of science.]

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