Hello hello! Boy, am I glad to be here! It's the first writing exercise I've done after a long while. LJ still wins hands down in terms of formatting and publishing ease, although I haven't lost hope that after slogging in the HTML code long enough, this blog will finally take a decent shape.
Tabidachi - Starting a Journey
Summary: It all starts with a pickup line, even in the oddest kind of circumstance.
Tabidachi - Starting a JourneySummary: It all starts with a pickup line, even in the oddest kind of circumstance.
Note: The Yoshida Brothers' 2003 namesake album inspired this. Tabidachi is the first song.
The first thing that came to his mind when West stepped into the train car was how the stench of humans repulsed him so. Odors that came from stale aftershave, unwashed dried sweat, and just day-to-day mixture of musk and growing germs made him want to gag. He never had any difficulty with non-human waste, yet the thought, simply the thought of touching another human body was beyond his imagination. It was practicality — next train in ten minutes and just as aromatic as this one—that kept his feet moving deeper into the confine, searching for a solid, undisturbed space to stand during the thirty-minute ride. Preferably one where the air-conditioner blew through the vent in generous bursts. Preferably one least conspicuous where he could look up to the ceiling and swallow the air without incurring questions.
