Ordre de Ciel: Unshin and the Festive Room – Part 2

Well… took bloody long didn’t it? At this point I feel I owe an apology to Unshin, as well as Demi-chan but day job commitments took up so much of my time recently, that I was simply unable to tackle the whole photography business in time. However, as Tomodachi once put it, “I may be late but I do not forget” (and that holds true in every sense).

Hence, considerably much time after the fact, I bring you the second part of the night with Unshin at KABATZA, which entailed their being interviewed by Demi and suddenly, out of nowhere, starting to rain in frigging July. Not that I, personally did not appreciate the brief respite from the hot, humid weather but honestly, Unshin came all the way from the UK (where it rains 80% of the time), in Greece, in Summer and one would be tempted to think that the weather simply followed them. There was a funny element about it but considering the interview could not be conducted inside noisy, hot KABATZA and it was raining outside, it just gives a surreal tone to the whole affair.

More so but rather annoying and embarrassing, was the fact that some people living in the area decided to treat us to a different rain, one of the egg type. Now, I am not saying that we are not noisy, to an extent, but seriously, if they wanted us to shut up they could just throw a bucket of water or perhaps even, one or two eggs, THEN tell us to shut up. On the contrary, these were people who obviously had nothing better to do than chicken behind their windows, while searching for some target practice (1 egg is reasonable, 2 is annoyance, 3 is bad manners and anything more is idiotic fun – taking into account the large intervals, I would stake my money on “idiotic fun”), did not care about our shutting up but scoring some hits.

It’s just as well that our country is considered Europe’s backwater swamp, since the best efforts of independent groups, when not forging ahead on their own and against the populace’s cultural short-sightedness, are marred by the hillbilly attitude of the inhabitants. Anyway, the purpose of this post is not to bitch about it but I still wanted you to have all the facts. With that said and done, have fun perusing the rest of the pictures.

True to her usual mood in MySpace, Freaking Candy Freak attacks some snacks!

As the interview with Unshin begins…

…a rather – ehem – alcohol-affected Sokail battles it out with Sophia!

A tentative first round…

…ends with an obvious winner…

…as the referee resolves the match…

…and the fans come to cheer on their wrestling idols…!

Meg: “What in blue blazes…?”

Henry: “It’s tradition! They are re-enacting the Cretan Pankrateion for us… I think…”

Demi: “Yes, well, DO ignore the…spectacle and let us focus on the interview…” (And just her luck, it started to rain in earnest…)

Devoid of the public’s attention, the wrestlers quietly– A-HEM! I said: “They QUIETLY– d’oh, never mind then!”

Bunnydragon, Freaking Candy Freak and Tsirotos rather enjoyed the sudden change in weather (not that the alcohol had anything to do with it…).

Nope, nothing to do with Drunken Bunnies…!

…and the battle goes on….

…amusing onlookers immensely…

…and grating on Demi’s nerves who, despite everything, manages to pull off the interview with her cell-phone and notes!

Meanwhile, inside, the mood has taken a turn towards the sensual…

…until the headbangers rush back in!

The interview concluded, it’s posed-picture-time for Unshin!

With Demi and room302 (“OK, I know that Demi is kind of pissed-off and you are wet and tired but would you consider flashing me some smiles…? Pretty please?”)

“Arigatou!”

With that concluded, it is time to play dress-up!

“Look at me! I am cosplaying as Meg!” (Well… kinda…).

“Pay him no heed. It’s just that he feels Super-Loved with those glassses…”

Our Sweet Lady with a Tiger Tail, Kyoshiro and Tomodachi (mind you, I WILL get walloped for this picture by Kyoshiro but I guess it just comes with the territory…).

Henry and his bag ‘o goodies: envelopes with the lyrics from Unshin’s new album and Japanese candy!

Yup, still drunk.

More wallop material but I will bear with it – I love this picture!

Standing off at the dance floor…

…while Unshin enjoy the spectacle.

KrizD showing Unshin his – hmph! – pictures…

Still going at it! The man has no shame!

“Oi! Speedy, whatchoo looking at me like that for?”

“The nerve! Face me in lens-battle you vagrant!”

Coolest glasses in the whole world. There wasn’t one girl who did not comment on them and quite a few tried them on… (Evil Lolita).

…some with exceptional gusto, might I add!

Artact and her photo(graphy)-phobic childhood friend, Margie Mouse. Artact asked me to cure her friend of her lens-phobia… and you know what that means…!

Cute as a button, isn’t she?

I can hear the “nyarrrr” from all the way up here…

Hmmmm…!

I leave it to you to decide what might be wracking my brains so intensely.

Whatever it was, I probably found a solution to it…

Then it is Artact’s turn to show us her moves…

…and by Daguerre’s inks, they are some moves!

In closing, I believe this picture sums up the usual situation at KABATZA: “At the Mouth of Madness”!

Well, that concludes our great time spent together with Unshin and also concludes the KABATZA posts of this blog until September (remember, there’s the Re-Opening Party on September 6th). Seeing as the JMCM started in Easy Subjugation, it will continue there and all further otaku goodness posts will appear here as of autumn.

Faithfully Yours,

Speedgrapher