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[thekingofkamenriders]

It was a beautiful day in New Jersey, which might be an odd statement, considering it's New Jersey, but the statement stands. Tsukasa Kesswick was doing the final checks on the lighting for the photo shoot that he had set up. He had been looking forward to this one for a while, not because it allowed him to look at half-naked models, but because it allowed him to work with one of his favorite models, Misato. The two of them just seemed to get along very well, and he really enjoyed working with a woman as professional as she was.

His thoughts were broken by a yell from the back. "HEY TOMMY! You ready for the next shoot? We're wasting hours here." He sighed a bit, then turned. "Yeah, I'm ready Carl. Send Misato in when she's ready." With that, Carl left, and Tsukasa went back to working on his camera. Gotta get it set up perfectly, or the shots just won't come in right. He'd switched to a high powered DSLR recently, and he wasn't really sure how he felt about that. It got the job done, but he wasn't sure that it really felt the same as film. Ah well. It'll do for now. Maybe he'll switch back to film when he does his next shoot for the gallery. Sometimes, the imperfections that non-digital allowed make things that much better.

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[imbibing]

"Oh, Tsukasa, you flatter me." Still, the smile she flashes the lens is genuine -- not simply orchestrated for the camera.

But soon enough, it's back to business again. Minato pouts, smiles slyly, then gives Tsukasa the most smoldering look she can manage.

Both of them are pretty skilled at what they're doing. It only takes twenty minutes for Tsukasa to get the first set of shots he needs.

"You never told me," Misato begins, taking a long swig from her water bottle. "How you got into the whole photography biz in the first place."

[thekingofkamenriders]

"You know that I can only speak the truth, Misato."

In any case, the photo shoot goes splendidly, and Tsukasa had a lot of fun shooting these first set of photos, and as he removes the little memory card from the camera, he pauses, looking back at Misato.

"Well, to be honest, it's because it's something that I was always good at, and it was also something that pissed my parents off a lot. It's more the former than the latter, though. My folks wanted me to be a lawyer, but I just found it dull."

He's not going to talk about how they treated his sister, not right now.

[imbibing]

"A lawyer?" Misato's eyes widen in disbelief at first, then her expression turns mirthful. "You can't be serious!"

Misato waves a single, empty hand in front of her; the other's still clutching her water bottle. "Not that I don't think you're capable or anything!" she says, lowering her arm back down to her side. "It's just hard for me to imagine you doing anything else."

He was so good at the photography stuff, after all.

"My parents didn't care what I did as long as I graduated college," Misato says. "They're the complete opposite of your parents."

[thekingofkamenriders]

"Hey! You'd be surprised. I'm actually very convincing in a mock trial. Trust me, my parents made me do a few junior mock trials when I was a kid. They were dull as anything."

He smiles a little, "Yeah. The second that I got a camera in my hand, it seemed so...natural. I've been using a digital for a few years now, but I really want to get back to using film again. May do that for my next non-fashion shoot."

He chuckles, "It sounds like you had it easy. My parents wouldn't give up until after I graduated from the college around here. I couldn't go to school anywhere near them, or they probably would have forced me into law school no matter what I said."