~Reiko Interview Two: Part 3 - Off Season... 09.20.04... 07.28PM - Japan Time~
Everybody has their ups and downs, but thank buddha this boy never stays down.
2 months in the making and the king finally makes a return to conclude a story
that has yet to be seen. From 2 different countries and across one big sea,
one boy will make a journey that has yet to shatter mountains. The saga of the
wolf now continues as we dig deeper into the path he follows. "So I typed it
up, now you piece it together. These scripts of yours are pretty repetitious
and tedious."
"Glad to have you back again. Looks like you had an off season of your own."
"yer perty lazy yah kno... yah had 2 monthz 2 log in once at least fer me...
plus on da bad side mah lil hybrid hotmail account lost all its emailz mang...
ind dat sumpin... but i'm glad to be back once again... feel da luv dood..."
"Great. So let's continue the saga shall we. From the last time I've heard,
you have been spending afully a lot of time at the shop."
"yes dat iz korect... it'z hella tyt actually... not only am i customer but i
also advertize aerocosmetixx as well... i wouldn't call it "werk" but mosta da
tym i drop by in an out helpin out da shop wen evva... an datz wen i do get
werked... so itz lyk a weekend hobby job..."
"Advertise?"
"yeah advertize... i can't really say dat he's a sponsor as much az a car
buddy... but i like to tynk uv it lyk dat... ive been gettin partz from vinny
fer a while so i jez look at it lyk a frenn freen situation... we been hittin
up da car showz an schuff but at dat time i wuz ridin wiff vengeance so i dint
really run wiff aero... but now dat ive settled off into a lazier team... i
find it eazier to work wiff aero... sidez... mosta da customers dat shop at
aero... i already kno as mah personal posse... so his reputation iz already out dar in da open before i even endorse anytyng... but wen i do advertize... i succeed... jez da otha day i left sum buziness cardz on mah back windshield at mitsuwa... an dey were gone... and it wuznt da wind dat blew em off eitha..."
"You're not being a mooch are you?"
"hell nah... yu kno itz not mah style... i dun wanna seem lyk i am cuz i wuz
only poppin in an out wen i needed partz... but da reality iz dat i lyv all da
way up norff an can only drop by in so lil tym... so... im perty sure he duznt
see me az jez a mooch... hope not at least... well actually vinny even sayz it
himself... "drop by if yah want cause it's nice to have a chat once in a while,
plus i'll put you to work if i need extra hands"...
"So you're like a hired hand no?"
"yea dat fitz... but it all dependz on vinny... fer sho hiz shop iz growwin cuz
hiz inventory iz stocked wiff itemz dat most dealerz cant get... plus da back
room iz already in need uv more expansion cuz he duznt wanna cram all da kitz
to scar each otha... even he sed it himself wen i wuz wiff mike... "all i want
to do is expand and see my company grow, and i would like to see the both of
you working for me. Good help is hard to find these days, but i like you two,
you guys are pretty helpful."... an wutz a better feelin than dat... cuz if da
shop duz get bigger then i can at least say dat i wuz chillin wiffem since back
in da day..."
"I know that story."
"oh ryt... yu an mr. omoto..."
"Sounds like you're having a lot of fun doing this."
"well yeah... da only downside to it all iz dat im hella stressed on time for
repairz 2 ayumi... modz an repairz are totally different thangz and repairz are
wut i aint got tym fer... which will eventually be mah down fall if i dun do a
thang bout it... but vinny iz countin on mah body werk skillz cuz he wantz 2 do
body werk also if i can prove to be head master of dat section of da
department... so ill probably stress repairs while doin body werk... dat way i
can finish up by next yearz debut..."
"Aww, poor baby lagging on repairs."
"but datz dat... since i only hav tym to mod... den ill repair it mahself...
but shiet... da only tyng i cant handle iz da chex engine lyt... which
literally really duz mean "chex engine"...
"Tell me about it. So where do you see yourself in the mix? It seems like
you're a little too busy for anything these days."
"well... i really hav no idea... i jez live da day az it iz... well vinnys shop
iz no doubt expandin... i aint jez sayin dat cuz imma buddy... but really he
duznt deal in any shady business lyk da resta da shopz... i mean ebay still
sellz partz at a cheaper price but da partz dat arent available on ebay...
vinny can get an sell at a reasonable price... i jez wanna sport hiz shop now
an help em expand cuz datz wut he sees for da shop... itz lyk how a certain
sumone sed "dun look in da past cuz it makez yu remembah... dun look to da
future cuz it makez yu wondah... look into da day cuz datz wutz happenin..."...
or sumpin lyk dat...
"You my tall friend is ridiculous. Its been exactly over a year since the
debut of Ayumi, and yet it's still not complete. How much longer do you plan
on working on this project?"
"i really cant say... im alwayz goin green eyed to go get a STI or my 240
back... but itz not da same... not 2 sound cheezi but i luv mah honda... it
took me exactly one year to finish up all da basicz an schuff an hav it clean
lookin... den one more year to get a trophie and do exstensive body work... an
now im in da reigning 3rd year where it all boilz down to da shiet i can do...
so far all da preludez out in da mix all got basik lip kitz an all dat shiet...
but it getz old... imma flaunt jdm an ghetto style in mah story... i dunno wen
itz gunna end cuz i already begun so i mine az well finish it..."
"At what cost is this?"
"mah whole entire life or da life uv ayumi... either way derrz alwayz a
rebirth... well i havent really put dat much money into it if yu really tynk
bout it... i jez put a lotta tym... i tynk dat bout hitz da spot..."
"Time? Have you seen the past 2 years of your life?"
"likewize... yer da same case aintchu... flauntin dat r33 lyk yu sumpin runnin
down daiba... yu jez lucky yer a chix livin in japan..."
"But the balance on the scale is off if you look at it."
"yeah... but datz sacrifice yah kno... nuttin elz seems to be werth da tym
anymore... or so it seemz... so in my case... all i hav iz ayumi to drag me on
deez dayz... an in return shez all dat matterz... "
"You are a helpless hermit crab."
"well unlike you... i werk fer mah statz... a peece uv ass ovva hea duznt
really get yu a big ass turbo an hella upgradez..."
"Hey now, you only get a turbo alright. Anyways, I say you should get an s14
now, so that when you're here in April, we can go touge and drift at the bay.
How's that sound?"
"if yu take me out to daikoku eber deng day ill luv yu fer evva... hope yu kno
im not plannin on commin bak 2 da statez wen im derr..."
"Deal. Emi may go to Europe around that time, so you can bunk in her bed. No
funny stuff though."
"hoo do yu tynk i am dood... da funny schuff happenz wen were in bed... Emi iz soo much kooter dan yu... mang..."
"Dream on. Well we got side tracked again. So I hear that drifting is the trend
now. How do you feel about that?"
"well itz crappy now... anyone dat watchez initial D tynkz dey can drift...
which iz purely stoopid... i say hachiroku and dey say trueno... i say fd and
day say rx-7... wut evva dood... itz jez not da same wen peepl in da statez try
an do tyngz cuz it endz up lookin funni..."
"And you are an exception?"
"i beleev so... chex dis... vinny iz all out jdm eberthang an i mean literally
right hand drive... alex iz mugen eberthang an i mean eberthang from da headerz
to da wheel... me in fruggin complicated jdm style cuz mah mindset iz based off
partz from japan... mebbe peepl jez hav 2 be exposed to it directly to really
kno wutz up..."
"But even to some people in the states, their cars even compete with the ones
from here."
"i hav no clue az how to answer dat... mang i thought dis waz an interview an
not an interogation... but anywayz... yea der are carz dat compete wiff japan
but da owner aint all dat smart in da brainz yah kno... money talkz fer a lotta
peepl an all dey gotta do iz stand an smile..."
"Over here is the same. Pay a company and they boost the bastard up."
"right... but it still not da same in some angles... mebbe iz cuz japan haz
more optionz yah kno... i wuz lookin at da newest issue uv d-car an dey had a
line up uv civicz wiff neon lytz... i swear dat shiet wuz nice lookin... but
wen i seen it done here in da statez... it lookz awful fer sum reazon... an itz
not da productz ill tell yu dat..."
"You are a complicated person."
"simple an clean... but not fully understood... wut evva dood... hoo evva knoz
knoz... anybody elz iz outta da mix..."
"Seems like you need a break. This trip back home will do you good ne?"
"sure will... tynk itz bout time aint it..."
"Well, welcome back home dear."
"i aint outta da fray yet... but itz nice to hear uv open armz yah kno..."
"Boost mobile phones baby!"
"were yu at..."
And so the story unfolds as a new chapter is in the making. To a land where on
few get to venture forth into, and to many as where dreams may lie. My lil
doggy is comming home finally, and to home is where he will finally stay. Alas
the lil lone wolf will finally find the true meaning of life as he is to be
reborn. Welcome home indeed, welcome home. Cheese!
-The Trinity Amano
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