#Katsutoshi Fukuyo

[ultimatetcgplayer]

Team Fenrir Leader: Log 1

((To those that are about to read this log, I want to say two things. First, I’m sorry you made the choice to read this. Second, do know that this is how Rune would in character write a log such as this. This isn’t reflective of how I wo uld write this kind of thing myself so. Yeah.)) Captain’s log, I have no fucking clue what the date is. In troubled times it’s only natural that most would gravitate to the main character. I mean, shit, we all found ourselves in a creepy little room without a clue of how we got there or where we actually were, the formation of Team Fenrir wasn’t just bound to happen, it was destiny! Or maybe it was just pure chance, but destiny will sound way cooler for when I finally get out of here and turn these logs into an epic anime. Then again, there’s a chance I’m going to have to give up my life in an amazing heroic sacrifice which the audience will find both heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time, so maybe I shouldn’t assume that I’m going to be the one making that anime. I mean, it is going to get made, but just in case someone else finds this after I take down those birds in a heroic final showdown, giving up my life for the greater good in the process. This is the journal of Rune Fukuyo, wielder of the chains of Mjolnir, Ultimate TCG Player, motherfucking protaganist and now the leader of the newly formed Team Fenrir. Where to start… I mean I guess we could start in medias res, but nothing really cool happened that could be used as a starting scene if we do that. While it’s cool thrope, in this kinda story, I think it might be best if we really start from the beginning. I found myself in a weird little room surrounded by a bunch of unconscious people. Now while I wasn’t scared or anything, I was confused and later pissed off when I found that most of my shit had been stolen. But I tried my best to remain calm. Shaking up each of the people around me one by one didn’t seem like a good idea at the time and it later turned out that my gut feeling was right once again… Or I could say the necklace told me that shit. Yeah, let’s change it to that. Anyway, like a good protaganist does, I began to monologue and introduce myself and the situation I was in. If I don’t end up voice acting myself, make sure my voice actor puts some real fucking emotion and excitement into my name. I don’t do calm introductions, I’m motherfucking Rune Fukuyo! Anyway so, my monologuing woke up the people around me, who I later found out were a bunch of Ultimates. I hadn’t really taken a good look at all of them, but I was pretty sure I recognized at least a few faces. Now, this seemed like the perfect time to do introductions, have me meet each character one by one, show off their main character trait or gimmick so the audience has atleast a minor understanding of who everyone is before we delve deeper into their personalities later. But sadly, the others didn’t seem to have gotten their scripts as only a few properly introduced themselves to me. At the time, I was kinda bummed out by this. Now the audience would be left confused on who was important and who wasn’t, but luckily, I found two other main characters! I know, I’m pretty lucky, but if I wasn’t, I wouldn’t be the protaganist~ A little doodle is drawn here of Rune winking to the audience. It’s… Okay. Our first other main character is Rikka, who’s the main inspiration behind the name ‘Fenrir’. Now, if you look at it from the right way, we technically weren’t wrong when we both suggested the whole thing might just be one big escape room. I mean, it was? It’s just that we didn’t have all the facts at the time. But just the fact he agreed with me on the escape room idea and was so cool about it showed that I could trust him. I picked him to join the first version of Team Fenrir for that very reason. Second, there’s Flerida… Fleur.. Gremlin… I’ll just stick to Fleur for now since I’m pretty sure the audience isn’t going to like it if we keep calling her gremlin in the anime. We should probably just leave that out entirely. Anyway, I picked her because she was easy to pick up and drag away with Rikka. I later found out she’s actually pretty talented and smart as well, so, my luck saved the day again. Fleur’s talent is the Ultimate Illustrator, which is pretty cool, but the talent that I love the most is Rikka’s. Dude’s the Ultimate Vaper and can do some really fucking cool stuff with his smoke…? Yeah, let’s call it smoke. Anyway, dude can do like clouds and shapes and different colours, like art but floating. It kinda reminded me of Fenrir, so when we started working together as a team, I, our amazing team leader, came up with the idea of Team Fenrir. It’s a name that’ll probably go down in history as one of the best team names ever, you’re welcome future historians, I just made your job a whole lot cooler. Anyway, while Team Fenrir weren’t the ones to actually find the stupid code which I still think is stupid, we were instrumental in leading people onto the right path and finally getting us out of that damn room. But that only made things worse as we soon found out who had captured us. Now, consider this, I’m me and I got caught, so these robotic birds were pretty powerful. But they also look really stupid, since when are tits a kind of bird? For whoever ends up making the character designs for this anime, if you could just do me a big one and change them from fucked up pigeons to intimidating ravens, that would be great~ Anyway so, apparently we have to kill someone to get out of here and then not get voted as the killer in some courtroom anime kinda shit? I think I heard of something along the lines of that before, something about a Phoenix? I dunno, it was a game my ex played. Not the redhead, the other one. You can keep them out of the anime, they’re not really important. Maybe have them pop up in the manga for like a chapter or two? I like anime more than manga anyway so I don’t care what you do with the manga. We got some tablets and… Just ask some of the others about that scene, focus on their reactions instead of mine. Thanks. I just don’t want him to have to have to suffer anymore because of this shit. So… Just leave him out, okay? Anyway, after that ended and the birds fucked off to wherever the hell they went, I decided that as the amazing main character I should use my powers to give the spotlight to some of the lesser known characters and make them feel safe and welcome in our amazing team. So, I picked 3 others to join us! The angel with a beautiful voice Shizuka, the unlucky but big hearted Atsu and the amazing Hasanobu! Hasanobu’s title might change, just calling him amazing is a little boring but I can’t think of anything else at the moment. Our group went out to explore after we finally did some proper introductions for the sake of the audience. I found some interesting stuff in the kitchen, which I shared with my new friends, because friendship is the most important thing in the universe after all. We found a code but uh, for some reason, my protaganist powers kinda failed me because I had no idea what the code was. I think this might be a hint that I need to find someone who does understand the code and add them to my group? Or maybe find a mentor kinda character that can teach me. Seichou and Setsuko seem like the kind that would know how to do this, so I’ll go try and recruit them into team Fenrir. I mean, how could they say no with such an awesome cast already? I think that’s enough for today. I’ll try and find a schedule for these logs but, adventure is more important than keeping logs, so I might be late sometimes. Yours truly, the one and only -Rune Fukuyo

[silverscreenname]

Silent Despair - Pregame Relationships

Atsu Mozuna - Ultimate Vending Machine Placement Scout

There’s an art to this kind of work, as I understand it. ‘Eye level is buy level’, and all that — they employ a lot of of the same behavioural principles we do with camera work and set design, determining where the viewer’s attention should be at any one time. Location, location, location… I’d really love to take notes on her process, but I suppose she’d be out of a job if she were the type to so easily give her game away.

B.B. - Ultimate ASMR Chef 

Autonomous sensory meridian response… sounds a little like Foley. I’d never heard of it before, but it’s not as if I can’t appreciate careful use of audio to influence an audience.

Oh. Now there’s an idea, actually. I hope they don’t mind chatting about their work, because this could be a great opportunity for a bit of research… 

Cape - Ultimate Costumist 

Back in my assistant days, I saw his work feature in several dressing rooms. There’s a certain stigma attached to taking costume design out of house, but quality is quality, as far as I’m concerned… does he wear that persona of his even offline, I wonder?

Diantha Engberg - Ultimate Speed Skater 

I watch figure skating competitions quite often, but I’ll admit to changing the channel whenever speed is concerned. To me it’s more about how you get from A to B rather than how long it takes, I suppose. That’s mere personal preference, though — she’s doubtless quite the athlete.

That, and… there might still be a chance that she can demonstrate a triple lutz?

Elliot Morgan - Ultimate Bartender 

The London nightlife, mm… I can see Mom leaning over some insanely colourful, umbrella-filled concoction to pat him on the head already. Is he the type to listen to a patron’s woes, or more of a Rick Blaine affair? I suppose we’ll soon find out.

At any rate, I hope his relationship with alcohol hasn’t been soured so much as mine with coffee.

Flerida Belmont - Ultimate Illustrator 

Akuma no Akumu has been on my shelf for some time, and that’s largely due to its illustration catching my eye. A style like hers can elevate an entire work, I think — it’s been a while since I’ve been so pleasantly reminded of Itō Junji. Does she stick to digital or do some of it by hand? I hope it’s the latter, if only because I’d like to take a look.

Hisanobu Fubuki - Ultimate Pastry Chef 

To a hobbyist like myself, someone who can bake like him is truly something else. I had a run-in with his work once before, while on a visit to Hakone Shrine, and ended up eating enough for three… not that I’m proud of having broken my policies so completely, mind. The point is, the standard he keeps can’t be understated.

Katsutoshi “Rune” Fukuyo - Ultimate TCG Player 

And here I find myself completely in the dark. These sorts of games probably come down to a combination of probability and personality, similar to poker, but that’s about as far a guess as I’m willing to venture for now.

Speaking of personality, though — he sounds like a cocky one. The type you’ll either get along with famously or infamously. 

…I feel a headache coming on.

Khal - Ultimate Merchant 

‘Anything one requests’, mm. Sounds entirely suspect, but I suppose calling a businessman suspect is like calling the sky blue. Mom and Dad will have heard of him, no doubt, but I haven’t yet had the pleasure… well, we’ll see what he’s about soon enough.

Kihaku Horikawa - Ultimate Taiko Drummer 

Taiko — now there’s something easy to appreciate. I’m not one for festivals, but the percussion is what keeps a Noh drama’s tension on that vital razor-thin edge… Has he ever played in a production of Hagoromo? What about Sakidera Komachi? Ah, I’ve got to pick his brain… 

Kossetsu - Ultimate Graffiti Artist 

Seeing their message splayed out across the grey walls was a rare treat for those of us unfortunate enough to have to make their daily commute along Tokyo’s subways, I thought. It makes me happy to know they’ve gone on to do even more since then, and as for us ending up in the same class… that could be quote a stroke of luck.

Mitama Takaki - Ultimate Art Appraiser 

Art appraisal… personally, I firmly believe beauty to lie in the eye of the beholder, so it’s not a practice I’ve ever paid much thought. Still, though, discovering a museum full of fakes is an impressive thing, and she’d be endlessly valuable to those who truly care about having the ‘genuine article’, I suppose.

Oliver Waters - Ultimate Screenwriter 

To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.

Rikka Tsurugane - Ultimate Vaper 

Let’s see — Tsurugane, Tsurugane… oh.

…Heheh.

Reminds me of when Dad used to sit me down on the kitchen counter so I could see him outside — blowing the smoke out through his nose, pretending to be a dragon. As soon as I tell him about this, he’ll start begging me to get him a lesson or two. I wonder if I could win Tsurugane-san over…?

I wonder if they smell the same.

Seichou Shirane - Ultimate Hacker 

His page leads to… nothing, really.

Wait. Is this what it means when they talk about ghosts in the machine? God, he’s the real thing, isn’t he? How does he type so fast? How does he he deal with all those dozens of boxes popping up as he’s typing? What should I ask first? What should I ask first?

Setsuko Kagura - Ultimate Secretary 

A corporate background, through-and-through… I know a little of what it means to act as someone’s right hand. To have come this far, she must be able to bear it with more grace than I can.

Shizuka Hakoniwa - Ultimate Utaite 

…Nico Nico what. 

Just — just a second.

…A sort of cover artist, then. Why don’t they ever just— oh, never mind. Let’s give her a listen.

Ah. Pretty voice, all right… that much requires no translation.

Tatsu Ito - Ultimate Urban Legend 

Urban legends? I believe it’s rare for such things to travel farther than cloakroom gossip, now that the age of word-of-mouth has largely ended. She must be quite the storyteller… I hope she won’t mind a chat or three. Who knows — I might end up with an adaptation on my hands.

Yves - Ultimate Horror Writer 

Speaking of adaptations — I’ve wondered, in the past, whether or not Kizmet could be on the table in future. Has she ever considered bringing it to the screen? Subversions of the usual horror tropes are too rare and enjoyable to resist, I feel. Oh, but to maintain the novel’s perspective, we’d have to do something a little unique with narration… 

Well, at any rate — if nothing else, having a fellow writer around might ease the mind some.