Why is he thinking? We all know this leads to bad things.

[weiss_tank]

[Ken needed to think.  After all, there's lots to think about, this place, the weird ass stuff that happens here, not to mention the fact that people are getting back abilities that are superhuman, but perhaps they aren't out to kill him or cause mayhem or get immortality out of it. 

So, he went to the place he felt the most comfortable.  You can now find the former soccer pro doing the legit thing he does best, showing off his skills with a soccer ball at Tiger Field, the field out by the high school.  Why there instead of the park? Its cause it has goal posts of course.  He's camped out in the middle of the wide open space and is willing to do tricks for you.  Seriously, movement helps him cope.  So feel free to bother him, try and steal the ball, talk  or just applaud, he's actually quite good and doesn't mind an audience.

Right now he's just bouncing the ball off his head meditatively.]

Comments

[metal-idol-key.livejournal.com]

[O HAI KEN. Key will be cutting through the field from her school. She didn't recognize Ken, of course, since they only talked on the phone.]

What are you doing? Shouldn't soccer be played with more than one person, should it not? Because there should be two teams.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[O HAI KEY. Don't worry, he's just as friendly in person

stops, smiles, stops bouncing the ball for a minute]

I'm just playing around. And yeah, that's how soccer's usually played. But I can still practice when its only me.

[metal-idol-key.livejournal.com]

[Key looks at the soccer ball.]

Practice. Do you like soccer a lot?

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Ken strikes a proud pose]

I do! Its my favorite sport in fact! Do you play?

[notyoureditor.livejournal.com]

[Have a kid with his nose too far in a comic book to notice where he's walking.]

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Ken didn't see Nic comming, and nearly fell over when he bumped into him from behind.]

W-Whoa! Hey! [He managed to catch himself]

[notyoureditor.livejournal.com]

[Bumping into Ken makes him drop the comic right into the damp grass. Woops]

Sorry. I wasn't paying attention....

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[He herdles the ball between his own feet and out of the way, and smiles] Don't worry about it, no harm done.

[fuelefficient.livejournal.com]

[Watching...and playing DS at the same time. Japan found soccer football rather fun this past year.]

[notyoureditor.livejournal.com]

Not to you. But my comic's all wet now.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Ken blinks and looks down at the ground, so it is]

Geez, sorry about that. Hopefully it'll dry out ok.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Notices he has an audience, grins more and switches to juggling] Hi there!

[fuelefficient.livejournal.com]

Ah, greetings.

[notyoureditor.livejournal.com]

I hope so too...why're you playing soccer alone anyway?

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[see's the DS, he knows what a gameboy is, but the DS is a little after his time] What's that?

[metal-idol-key.livejournal.com]

[Key manages an unsure glance.]

Key has never played any sport before.

[fuelefficient.livejournal.com]

This? [holding it up]

It is a Nintendo DS.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

I like being outside and doing stuff. The park was kinda full so I came here.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

Eh? Wow, cool, 'st anything like the game boy?

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[He smiles gently and holds the ball in his hands, he's used to coaching little kids]

Would you like to try? You don't have to do what I was doing, you can kick it around with your feet too.

[fuelefficient.livejournal.com]

It is the successor to the Gameboy Advance. DS stands for Dual Screen.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Ah, he gets it now]

Oooh, spiffy! [Peers over Japan's shoulder at the game]

[fuelefficient.livejournal.com]

[holding it up]

Would you like to play? I have Chrono Trigger in right now but that is all I have.

[notyoureditor.livejournal.com]

The only sport I'm any good at is basketball.

[Nic touches his shirt collar, hoping Ken hasn't noticed the scar on his throat yet.]

gosh japan's cute

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head]

Sure, do you wanna play with the ball? [Offer for offer there]