Do I look like I know what a JPEG is? [OPEN]

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notes: hope you don't mind me butting in, even though Michi doesn't know much about computers. and i definitely had to google the name of an actual electronics store in japan.

Today was not a good day. From the moment she’d woken up and realized she had neither tea nor coffee in her apartment Michiko could just sense that karma was not on her side. The feeling was only further solidified when she discovered that the chargers for both her phone and laptop had been completely chewed in half curtsy of one Kurumi. The cat had always been temperamental, but normally kept his destructive tendencies to a minimal, only acting up when he was unhappy about something. Like when she’d bought a different brand of cat food. As far as Michi was aware though, she’d done nothing as of late to earn the cat’s ire. And yet Kurumi had sought out retribution against her due to some perceived slight.[break][break]



Had she known all those years ago that instead of adopting a skin and bones malnourished one-eyed cat, she’d instead wound up with a demon spawn hellion who apparently feared neither God nor man, she’d have gotten a dog instead. But, despite his occasional rampages, Michi was quite fond of his holier-than-thou temperament. At the very least his presence in her apartment kept her parents from visiting, which was a blessing in and of itself. Her mother in particular had never forgiven him for scent marking her designer shoes the last time she’d shown up at Michi’s apartment announced.[break][break]



Regardless of Kurumi’s reasons for today’s act of defiance, Michi was left with no choice but to go out and purchase new chargers, both devices were too important to put such a task off for longer than necessary. After a quick online search, using what little battery life her laptop had left, to determine which locations would have the correct items in stock, she’d dressed and headed out for Akihabara.[break][break]



Akihabara was definitely not a place she frequented more than necessary, only making the trip when she either didn’t have the time to wait for an item to be delivered to her apartment instead. Online shopping was a blessing that Michi fully took advantage of. But when the situation warranted it she put her distaste for the district aside and braved the masses of otakus, wanna-be heros, and everyone else who deemed the place ‘fun’. If it weren’t for the fact that Akihabara was simply the best go to place for anything tech related, she’d avoid the place like the plague. Call her bitter, or maybe even jealous, but the fact was that Michi just simply didn’t like being surrounded by people who were so excited and enthralled by what the district had to offer. Finding other’s happiness annoying probably did not bode well for Michiko’s psyche. But she wasn’t here to dwell on the dark aspects of her mental health, she just needed to get her chargers then hightail it out of there.[break][break]

She had the name and address of the store that proclaimed to have both items in stock and had planned to use her phone’s map to guide her to the location but as luck would have it the device died before she made it to her destination. Perhaps using it to both listen to music and check various social media sites during the trip to Akihabara hadn’t been the most thought out plan. It was just one more thing to add to the growing list of reasons of why today was not going in her favor in the slightest, and she was starting to wonder if she’d somehow offended a demon (Kurumi) or perhaps some deity and if she should plan a trip to a temple to beg forgiveness and have a priest cleanse her of evil spirits…[break][break]



Or maybe she’d just bring home fresh tuna for Kurumi and hope for the best.[break][break]



For now though she was stuck with trying to locate her destination without a map, and she could either wander aimlessly and hope she happened upon the place (unlikely given how her day had gone so far) or stop someone and ask for directions, the mere idea of which made her brows furrow into a scowl. Michi didn’t like asking for help, being thought of as helpless no matter how silly the reason may be was too much for her prideful nature to handle. Not to mention most of the people around her were male, and the last thing she wanted was some hopeful guy trying to white knight her like she was a damsel in distress, she didn’t even need to use her quirk to figure that out.[break][break]



The prospect of asking another woman for help also wasn’t a pleasant one, instead of getting an overly helpful answer along unwanted advice like she might from a man, she’d risk getting looked down upon and have to deal a smug I-know-more-than you attitude. Her ever present resting bitch face and style of dressing just seemed to bring up memories of high school days where the popular girl always got her way for some women, and they were usually all too happy use her as a scapegoat for their own unfortunate school days.[break][break]



Either way she wasn’t going to just stand around debating the pros and cons of each option, making her look more out of place than she already was. Clenching her jaw she decided that the next person she made eye contact with she’d ask for directions, no matter who they were. So she took one deep breath in and out to help smooth her expression into something less hostile and hopefully one more that seemed more approachable before casting her sights to the crowd around her and meeting the golden gaze of another woman first. With her mind already made up, she closed the distance between her and the other person just enough to be within speaking range while also maintaining a respectful amount of space between them before speaking up in a neutral tone.[break][break]



“Excuse me, I seem to be a bit turned around, would you be able to point me in the direction of Yodobashi-Akiba?”