video ☠️☠️☠️ MTC IN THE BUILDING

[coasts]

[ It is time again for Samatoki to grace everyone's feeds with his stupid face. This post, however, does not start with it right away! In fact, it starts off with music, a chill guitar beat that goes on for a few bars. The video that goes along with it shows various roads and streets and other stock photos and videos of the city of Yokohama. Eventually, the rapping starts— Samatoki's voice cool and calm—until the chorus where Jyuto and Riou join him.

When the song "ends", the video shifts to Samatoki's face being way too close to the camera. He's still adjusting it! Once he's got that done, he moves to sit back on the couch where Jyuto and Riou are seated. ]

Yo, Lunatia. This is Mad Trigger Crew, representin' Yokohama. We ain't just a group of rappers; with our Hypnosis Mics, we fight for our lives and for territory.

The name's Mr.Hardcore, Samatoki Aohitsugi, [ Then he elbows Jyuto to introduce himself. Go on, bunny cop!! Jyuto doesn’t outwardly react to physical contact and only instead takes his cue to politely smile at the camera. He elegantly lifts a hand. ]

Sergeant of Yokohama's Organized Crime Control Department, Jyuto Iruma, aka 45 Rabbit. A pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[ And lastly, ]

I’m Crazy M.

[ Riou, who has been staying quiet in the background, simply says this. He’s not really the talkative type unless you get him drunk or it’s about something he’s enthusiastic about. ]

We're gonna be here for a while. Ask us anythin'.

[ The video ends. ASK THEM ANYTHING!!! ]

Comments

text | un: blekksprut

[fuckinghysterical]

if i'm understanding this correctly, you all can fight through the power of singing? if your battles are as dire as needing to rap for survival, though, are you all able to truly enjoy it in performing? or does it perhaps feel cathartic to be able to apply your talents in a different way?

if i'm honest, i'm not certain if i envy how your battles almost seem fun, or to feel sorry that they might potentially take the fun away.

[She goes deep, forgive her.]

un: CrazyM

[grylls]

If we weren't able to be passionate about our music, our music wouldn't be good in battle to begin with.

[fuckinghysterical]

oh, so your power is dependent on how much you enjoy it? i suppose that's good, in a way, but i feel like your enjoyment would wane the longer you have to fight that way.

how do you keep your passion high for it, then?

[grylls]

[ He doesn't understand. The idea that he should somehow feel bad for being involved in battles is completely foreign to him. The implication that it would have any affect on his passion or enjoyment doesn't make sense to him. ]

If you do not have the will to fight for what you believe in, what would be the point of surviving to begin with?

[fuckinghysterical]

[LB is on the opposite end of the spectrum, when she was forced into a couple instances of wars now.]

because sometimes you don't get to choose what you're fighting for. but perhaps i'm misunderstanding your situation. are these all battles you want to be involved in?

[grylls]

I can't speak for others, but I am a willing participant. No one is making my fight against my will.

[ He doesn't know others' circumstances but he kind of doubts it?? Anyone fighting forcibly wouldn't have much will to win. ]

[fuckinghysterical]

then why do you fight? does it not get tiring for you?

[grylls]

I believe in what I'm fighting for.
There is work that needs to be done to change our world. I believe MTC can do it.

[fuckinghysterical]

[That makes her pause a little. The only reason she agreed to fight before, was because she was promised a peace of mind. And her mind was too far gone, in that period of time, to cling onto any possible way of achieving that much. Even if she was sober enough now to know that sounded pretty stupid now.]

that's pretty noble of you. maybe a little ambitious, but maybe that's not bad if you're that confident in your abilities as a group,

[grylls]

Martin Luther King Jr. once said "I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."
It's better to be ambitious.

[fuckinghysterical]

[Oh.

Well, she already held the opinion that she shouldn't be alive anyway.]

maybe you're right. it's nice that you have that much, then. i hope it serves you well!

[coasts]

guess youll enjoy if ur a sadist

[fuckinghysterical]

sorry. i didn't mean to try to paint you guys in that kind of picture, really. i just wonder if you guys get any enjoyment out of performing, when it seems like rapping can potentially cause you pain, going off what i read in other responses.

[coasts]

theres smth enjoyable about it i guess
when you spit some rhymes and all
these words dont come out naturally and you get to express yourself better when you rap
knowing youre taking someone else down and gaining more is good too

[fuckinghysterical]

it does sound a little fun, which is why i wondered in the first place.

plus, i suppose you're right in that it does feel a little nice to best someone else. i can only imagine that it'd be some kind of bonus to apparently receive some sort of territory on top of everything else too.

are you hoping to gain some sort of territory here as well?

[coasts]

we just want our name out there
if we build a bigger fanbase then that means we already own the city
no need for rap battles for it

[fuckinghysterical]

i suppose if you have the fanbase behind you, there really would be no need for territory, huh? do you prefer it here, to your original world, then?

un: 45rabbit

[inthebuilding]

We rap both for sport, and to resolve conflict.
You aren't wrong in harboring those mixed feelings. There are certainly times battle can be fun for us, and other times where it isn't.
It's become a means of entertainment for a lot of the masses of our home world, so while we are battling for victory, the battles between divisions as of late have been formally conducted for the public to spectate and cheer. Those battles are accommodated.

As it stands, the battles we face against other MC's as opposed to the battle we were facing against our government itself are two separate conversations, the latter being far more unpleasant than the former. No one is making us use the microphones (to my knowledge), but we choose to in spite of that because if we don't take action, societal change cannot happen.

[ Hopefully this answer is more satisfying for her? Jyuto's trying. ]

[fuckinghysterical]

[Well damn. That was a far more thorough answer than she was expecting.]

so, the circumstances have changed, since you all arrived here? then, it must be nice to be away from the government you were used to. i'm glad for you, i think?

but, does it ever feel strange to have that part of your life suddenly go away? or is just being able to perform enough?

[inthebuilding]

Thank you for all of the thought you’ve given our circumstances, I appreciate it.
But yes, it does feel strange.
It feels like we’ve been pried from a very important task, forced to abandon it.
Living here, it’s almost as if we don’t know what to do with ourselves to some extent. The other two may not pay it as much mind as I do, but it bothers me greatly. I think often that our world may still be back there, still turning with time still passing with the three of us missing from it.
I don’t know if we should be grateful or angry.

[fuckinghysterical]

i came from a rather unfortunate world myself, so i think i understand a little.

but i suppose if you were in a position of actually being able to change some things, then you might feel differently. i understand feeling a little torn, and i'm sorry that you were taken away from something that could have been important.

but if you're confident in your abilities, maybe you can make certain that this world doesn't become too bad?

[inthebuilding]

A good way to look at things.
At this point, we know what led to the situation of our home world.
Ensuring that it doesn’t happen here is very much something we can do.

[fuckinghysterical]

that's great! it sounds a little intimidating to take on, but if you're confident, then i hope you can accomplish what you're after.

[inthebuilding]

Thank you for your support!
We intend to do our best.