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Uhh, obviously, we're not done with weeding yet. Also, all Kingdom Hearts related apps will be lumped together in one batch, so if people like me want to avoid spoilers, it should be relatively easy to do so. ♥
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Character: Miriallia Haww
Series: Gundam SEED/Destiny
Age: 18
Canon: A brave, straightforward girl with a kind heart and an at times, sarcastic sense of humour, Miriallia was caught up in the Big Emo Gundam war alongside her friends. She worked as a volunteer communications officer on the series' main battleship, the Archangel, until offered an opportunity to leave. Instead of taking advantage of it, she chose to officially enlist and support her friends. Though hit hard by the death of her boyfriend Tolle, she recovered with renewed strength and maturity to continue fighting the war, more dedicated than ever.
Enter SEED Destiny, two years later. After a failed relationship with Dearka (that she shows amusement toward when mentioned), she worked as a freelance photographer until a chance encounter with Athrun led to her rejoining the Archangel's crew. Still headstrong, kind, and passionate in her beliefs for a better future, she once again set her civilian life aside to support her friends through a new conflict.
( Permission for a mention in the app was given by Dearka's player. ♥ )
I probably should have put more thought into my decision to make the trip here. But... even if I had, I wouldn't have thought up something like this place. The anonymous message was right in that my missing friends are here, but the part about "slimy and shuffling" occupants? I was surprised they were really serious about that - aside from Dearka anyway.
Aha, bad joke there, I know!
It didn't take too long to get an idea of just how bad things are around here; the short trip through the woods was horrific enough to make that perfectly clear. The flock of birds trying to snatch away my camera was the least of it, and when I tried asking around for the person in charge, a talking tree told me to and I quote, "go fuck myself with a rake".
Did I just say bad? Add crude, dirty, and downright weird to that list. I'm going to make everything about this place public the moment I'm back home.
So! Since we're not allowed to leave, it looks like I'll have to stick around for a while. I hope it's not for too long; with so many people here already, you must be close to finding a way to get out, right? Until then, I'd appreciate a place to stay, preferably with enough room so I can print out some of these snapshots. Though it doesn't look like I'll be hitting the right kind of audience, not with most of the shots involving creatures posing provocatively for the camera. (I'm not even going to think about what kind of person would train a goat to do that, much less put it in lingerie.)
But there's no point in worrying over the details now; I'll work on those once these photos hit the news. It's nice to meet you, everyone! I'm Miriallia Haww.
Poll Vote!
Character: Yousuke Fuuma
Series: Wedding Peach
Age: 14
Canon: Wedding Peach is the story of a young woman who fights crime! ...in a Western-stlye wedding dress.
At the beginning of the series, Yousuke has finally reached the age where icky girls and cooties are no longer a threat to his masculinity. He still blushes at the proximity of girls and yes, once backed out of a would-be relationship by saying that he already had a girlfriend---the game of soccer. Not even this stops him from relentless teasing and mockery of the other girls; an area where he truly excels.
When it comes to his friends and his parents, Yousuke is extremely overprotective. He often runs into danger or knocks others away to help as best he can, and anyone else in the vicinity can basically go screw themselves. Yousuke doesn't care.
His rough speech and reckless attitude seem far crueler than he intends them to be. In truth, Yousuke really does have a gentle heart. When he, the demon Viento, isn't trying to destroy Tokyo, at any rate.
Huh. So what is this place? Day camp? Aw, c'mon. It's a little early for a sleepaway camp, isn't it? The only person who'd be fooled into coming here this early'd have to be ---
Momopi. Are you hiding out there somewhere?
Now, now---don't be shy. I know you're probably wondering why it took so long for someone else to come here, but there's an easy explanation for that one, Momopi, and even you can understand this one: you're two months too early.
Says a lot that I still came too, huh.
Well, at least this place is interestin'. I can't really get behind these pamphlets those guys at the gate were handing out---really, 'Resurrection for Dummies'? 'The Rainbow Connection: The Camp, The Gay, and You'? I am not even going there. Or, hey, how 'bout 'Social Etiquette for the Undead'? Sounds like something out of those two-bit horror movies. Especially the translations---wait, six grunts and two "BRAAAAINS" means that what goes where?
Ugh. At least those movies were actually scary. This place is just kinda weird. It's not that I don't appreciate fans, but the, uh, 'zombies'? Do they grovel at anyone else's feet, or am I just that special? Please, just tell me you know how I can get rid of them. I don't think I can handle any more praising today. It's starting to give me a headache. The Dark Lord wants some quiet time, how 'bout that? And maybe some aspirin.
Oh, you guys have a first aid tent, right? Not that I need it, but, yanno, things can happen. Right? Right. An' I mean, sure, it's a summer camp, but none of these cabins look too safe. Actually, neither do your zombies. You guys are really gonna want to get that checked out. And---well, I guess the storage shed's alright, but it smells pretty rank around there. So I guess I'm hoping that your sports equipment isn't ruined yet and you guys can pull together a soccer team or something.
... Without grovelers. Get off the cleats, pal, I mean it. And how is this helping you guys' etiquette, anyway?!
Poll Vote!
Character: Tendo Akane
Series: Ranma 1/2 (manga) The specific article on Akane is here
Age: 17
Canon: Ranma 1/2 is the story of Ranma, a martial artist who turns into a girl when splashed with cold water, and his crazy hijinks and numerous fiancees. Akane is Ranma's "uncute" fiancee, and the two have a very...uh, physical relationship. In other words, Akane demonstrates her proficiency with throwing heavy objects whenever Ranma sticks his foot in his mouth (or even when he doesn't).
The best description of Akane is from the first volume; as Kasumi, her elder sister says, "Akane's really a very sweet girl. She's just a violent maniac." Akane is prone to mood swings and absolutely despises "perverts," since she's often the subject of unwanted attention from boys (She’s kidnapped often and has to be saved by Ranma, something her martial artist’s ego just can’t stand), and won't hesitate to hit any boy she feels is behaving inappropriately. However, Akane is also very nice and friendly (if a bit dense at times), always ready to help anyone who needs it. Even though she seems like a tomboy, she's still a romantic girl at heart, and she cares a lot for Ranma. And like any girl, she adores cute things and won't hesitate to nickname them, even though her choice in names often leaves something to be desired. Also, like many other manga heroines, Akane can't cook at all.
All in all, Akane is very kind and caring...as long as you don't piss her off.
Argh, this is so stupid! First Ranma went off on a "training trip" on his own on the day I made dinner for him; I bet he was running away, the jerk! The rice was even pretty good that time, since only one person threw up! And then Daddy and the rest started saying that I should follow him "because he's your fiance, Akane!" "It's good practice for when you two are married!" Well, so far I haven't gotten practice in anything but beating up these perverted purple gorillas that keep trying to make me their queen. Just because that insensitive jerk says I'm "as strong as a gorilla" all the time doesn't mean I am one!
I mean, I guess this place does remind me of home, though the buildings here have fewer holes in them. But still, I don't see why I had to come here. Ranma never wants me around and it's not like I care about the idiot, so it's just a waste of time-
Oh, what a cute little bunny! He's so fluffy and adorable and...and he just decapitated a gorilla. It's so sweet, he's trying to protect me! I think I'll name him B-chan for "bunny." Isn't it a cute name? See, that boy over there agrees with me, since he's trying to say it too. It's "B-chan," not "braaaiins," but keep trying-
Eek, you pervert! How dare you try to bite me there! I hope your teeth fall out!
...if they haven't already, that is. I'm sorry, I didn't mean that literally! I'll make you some soup to make up for it, okay? Let's see, I'll have to substitute this moss for the cabbage to give it some flavor, and these mushrooms should work really well, I think! All the vegetation here glows, so that means it's extra healthy, right?
Ah, there we go! Doesn't it smell delicious? Hey, why are you trying to leave? The soup is perfectly safe, so just have some already-what do you mean it smells worse than rotting flesh? You haven't even tasted it, how do you know that?! Grr, you're almost as bad as that jerk! Hmph! I'll just feed it to B-chan then, if you're going to be so stubborn about it.
See, isn't it yummy, B-chan?
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...um, if anyone sees an elephant-sized, bright green, sparkling bunny with horns, please don't hurt him. He's really very nice, even if he just ate a pack of gorillas!
Poll Vote!
Character: Katagiri Himeko
Series: Pani Poni Dash!
Age: Unspecified. Is a first-year high school student
Canon: Pani Poni Dash is the strange tale of Peach
Moon Academy--just your average Japanese high school, straddling the
line between normalcy and madness, and probably leaning a bit more in
the direction of the latter. One of Peach Moon's more colorful
denizens is Katagiri Himeko, member of First Year Class C and student
of child genius Rebecca "Becky" Miyamoto.
Himeko is a "wastefully energetic" girl, enthusiastic about everything
but good at nothing. A poster child for ADHD, Himeko is unable to
concentrate on any one subject for very long and is prone to going off
on tangents, making bizarre word associations, and getting her brain
fried just by people being too intelligent while in her vicinity.
She's also prone to getting inappropriately affectionate with Becky,
whom she finds irresistibly cute.
Himeko has several odd vocal tics. For example, she uses the words
"omega" and "maximum" (in English) for emphasis. Her biggest (and
weirdest) speech habit, however, is "maho"--a nonsense word that she
can wedge into a sentence almost anywhere. "Maho" is so...fundamental
to Himeko's being that it sometimes floats in big red characters above
her head, quite visible (and tangible) to herself and
others.
OMEGA EXCITING! I drank out of this bubbly
ominous flask I found in Becky's lab and now I'm here! I'm not sure
where "here" is or how I got here, exactly, but when I woke up
I was lying in a smoking crater with luggage and airplane bits
scattered all around me! Now that I think about it, I kinda remember
being on a wing and making faces at a guy who looked like Captain
Kirk.
While I was dusting myself off, a bunch of grape apes came to the
crater and started tossing some of the suitcases around, slamming them
on the floor and against tree trunks and stuff. It was pretty neat,
but then something kinda shiny and glowy caught my eye and I got all
distracted! Maximum weird! So I followed it into some awesome creepy
woods and found out that it was a ghost! She said her name was Reason
and that this place had killed her, and then done some really bad
things to her corpse. You know, "reason" sounds a lot
like "treason!" Does that mean that betraying your country is a smart
thing to do? But then why does everyone get so mad about it? Maybe
they think it makes them look dumb! She started to
explain exactly what those things were, but she was using a bunch of
big words really fast and I blacked out. Again!
Waking up wasn't as fun this time, 'cause I had a headache and my maho
was missing. It was right there when I was in the woods, but now it's
gone! Who knows what sort of trouble it's getting into without me to
watch over it...! Aaah, I must find it quickly, lest it--AND THE
WORLD--be plunged into grave dang--hey, cabins! Is this going to be
like that M. Night Shaman King guy's movie about the village in the
woods? If so, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD,
BACKWARDS VILLAGERS! IT'S REALLY AN OMEGA WONDERFUL PLACE! THE
"MONSTERS" ARE JUST BULLDOZERS!
Oh, me? My name is Katagiri Himeko, and I come in peace! A fine
maho to you and yours--
Ah! It's back! The world is saved...but for how long?
Poll Vote!
Character: Honda Tohru
Series: Fruits Basket
Age: 16
Canon: Honda Tohru is the bright and optimistic heroine of Fruits Basket. After her mother died, she went from living with her grandfather, to living alone in a tent, to living with the mysterious Sohma family in exchange for doing the housework. She soon learns the Sohma family is mysterious for a reason: they're cursed by the spirits of the Chinese Zodiac (they change into their respective animals whenever they're hugged by the opposite sex, or become weak). She agrees to keep their secret, and her kind, selfless, and extremely polite personality slowly helps her make friends with nearly all of the members of the family. Her life philosophy is that: "whatever may come, never get discouraged."
She keeps a photo of her mother wherever she goes, and talks to it like she's really there.
Dear Mother, something wonderful happened to me recently!
I happened to receive a letter! This was very surprising. Not just because few people know I live with the wonderful Sohma family, but I wouldn't think anyone would care to send me a letter... I felt so happy seeing it.
It read: "Come to camp! Now. We have pie," with a plane ticket, and a map on the back. ...the destination is quite far from home, but, the thought of whoever went to the trouble of making the pies and then having no one to eat them with... I had to come. I didn't want to worry anyone with the thought of being away for long, so Shigure-san suggested I simply leave a note telling everyone I was going on a journey! He smiled in a bit of a strange way, but... he promised he wouldn't "let the Sea of Corruption grow too big." (But the housework is really not like that at all!)
Now that I'm here, the map... I must not be reading it right Mother, because wherever I go fits the description of "the Middle of Nowhere," outlined with a big X and... the jolly roger symbol. Maybe the pies are nearby and we have to search for them? Just like a treasure hunt! (It'd be such fun to play "pirates!" If that's what this is, then Captain Tohru will make it her job to find enough treasure to share with everyone!)
Oh, there are some other campers! Wish me luck, Mother, I'm going to try to introduce myself! --Ah, nice to meet you! I'm Honda Tohru...
--MOTHER! It's... a maximum bad situation!! Everyone is... everyone is very very sick!!
At any rate, I must find an ambulance for everyone! AMBULANCE!! Please come quickly!
...
Dear Mother, it has been about six hours since I ran away from meeting the first campers I happened to see, and I realize I made a horrible mistake.
I at first thought everyone must be horribly sick, but... what if, just like the very kind Sohma family, camp has a secret of a rare skin condition? The thought didn't occur to me, at all. They must be lonely...
I decided! It might be too late to fully apologize for my rudeness, but I'm going to at least introduce myself properly to everyone! It's probably too much to hope for, but I wonder what games they like to play, or what type of food they most like to eat? If I can just search a little bit, then-- Oh, I can see them now! Mother, this is my big chance!
--Ah. P- P- Pleased to meet all of you! I'm, I'm... ...never give up, Tohru! --It's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Honda Tohru. Please, everyone, take care of me from here on.
If at all possible, perhaps... we could share our pie together?
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Character: Sun Shang Xiang
Series: Dynasty Warriors / Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Age: 18
Canon: Sun Shang Xiang is the daughter of Sun Jian (the 'Tiger of Jiang Dong'), and younger half-sister to Sun Ce and Sun Quan, the founders of the kingdom of Wu. In history, she was an unusual woman in that she practiced martial arts, and her handmaidens went armed and armoured; a genuine warrior princess, you could say. In the Dynasty Warriors games, she is even moreso the warrior, fighting the the same battles as her father and brothers right alongside them - though she still has a gentle side. She was married to Liu Bei (style name Xuande), the Emperor of Shu; historically, she was a royal pain in his ass and then kidnapped his son by a previous wife to take him back to Wu as a hostage. Not so much in the games - the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms makes her loyal to Liu Bei and deeply in love with him, and the Dynasty Warriors games, based off the book, take a medium balance to it - she genuinely loves her husband, but is more loyal to her family at home in Wu than to him. The apper is taking her from directly after the marriage of Liu Bei and Sun Shang Xiang after Chi Bi, but before Shu and Wu went to war with each other after Fan Castle.
Well, finally! I've had so many problems traveling you just wouldn't believe. Oh, nothing like bandits, no, that wouldn't be a problem. The daughter of the Tiger of Jiang Dong fears no bandits! No, I'm talking about things like some crazy old witch telling me that if I don't cut down a forest with a glass axe, I'll be terribly punished.
So, I cut down her stupid forest, but I missed the last swing and almost cut her down too. Well, she shouldn't have been standing there! She had to go change her black dress after that (it got a big wet spot suddenly), and I ran off. Quan asked me to help out on the front, not play lumberjack for women in pointy hats. And let's not even talk about the crackpot at the top of a tower who kept yelling down at me to let up my hair. Hello, married woman.
Anyways, enough about all that! I finally got here, right? Where's my command? I'd better have at least a small squad. I mean, I know that just my presence alone can make strong men quake - Lord Xuande's knees shake whenever I walk in the room, hehheh - but I'm not suicidal.
But, um, if this is the front, then we really must be making Cao Cao desperate; are these lepers I saw all over when I was fighting my way here really his foot soldiers? Pathetic. Where is their division officer so I can defeat him and then start giving these poor people some medical aid? Their health bars are inverted! That can't be natural.
Poll Vote!
Character: Youji
Series: Loveless
Age: 12
Canon: As part of the artificially-created Zero series of fighting units, Youji is unable to feel pain. However, that doesn't stop him from taking an incredibly sadistic and unnervingly cheery interest in it. Despite his cute, cat-eared appearance, Youji's the kind of kid that will bash your kneecap in with a baseball bat and then laugh about it for a good five minutes-- that is, if you irritate his rather impulsive and quick temper. He has absolutely no interest in obeying the rules, and most authority figures seem to do nothing but earn his contempt.
But, he's not all bad, really-I mean, if you ignore his gleeful interest in child abuse and his literal kicking of puppies. And he does have a softer side, but it usually only comes out when he's dealing with his partner Natsuo or his bizarre mother-figure and creator, Nagisa-sensei.
When Nagisa-sensei said she was sending me an' Natsuo to "Camp Fuck U Die: Home For Troubled Children", I was excited; that sort of stuff is definitely the best, and way more fun than the academy! So many opportunities to learn new and useful things! Even the name sounded great, 'cause I can count two really interesting words in there! But I guess you really can't trust advertising these days, 'cause it turns out that this place isn't nearly as fun as I thought it would be. . !
So you'd think that everyone in this place would be completely miserable, right? Well, that's wrong! You people shouldn't be smiling or helping each other--don't you know that you should be sad and writing poetry and slitting your wrists, like the internet says?! Where's all the pain? Mnn, at least those other guys have it right; the ones with the moaning and the shuffling around and the exposed chest cavities! They know what they're doing. Heh, I wonder if they scream if you. . .
. . .Aah! They do, they do~!! I wonder what this one is here for? Maybe his mother beat him as a child! Maybe he was neglected! Maybe it's got somethin' to do with tent pegs! I think I'll call him "Anne". Hah, you guys must be so so embarrassed that even the stupid adults with the one-word vocabulary are better at being troubled children than you are! Okay, so I'm goin' to take it back. This place is great, and I'm sure we'll all become the best of friends really, really quickly--or something! And I'm sure that with a little effort, I can teach everyone how to be properly emotionally damaged in no time! So why don't we all gather 'round and introduce ourselves~?
Hello everyone, my name is Youji and I have a problem. ♥
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Character: Tamaki Suoh
Series: Ouran High School Host Club
Age: 17 (Second year of high school)
Applicant #1
Canon: Tamaki Suoh is the king, founder, and "daddy" of the Ouran High School Host Club, a social organization for Tamaki and five pretty-boy club members with too much time on their hands to entertain pretty girls with too much time on their hands. (To net the most "customers," each club member fits a different archetype, from "the cute shouta" to "the not-so-ambiguously gay twins.") Tamaki is an irrepressible romantic flirt, prone to sweeping girls off their feet with sparkling pronouncements of admiration... and he means everything he says. However, Tamaki can be utterly oblivious to the machinations of people around him, and is clueless about normal life: like most Ouran students, Tamaki is super-rich and isolated from anything but the best. Nonetheless, energetic Tamaki tries to understand and enjoy strange things like "the rumored commoners' instant coffee," "commoners' supermarkets," and even commoner Haruhi Fujioka, the scholarship student who occasionally succeeds at knocking Tamaki into the real world. Tamaki's reaction to the rare ego puncture? To assume the fetal position and sulk daintily among the roses.
While Tamaki has his moments of sweetness, brilliance, and heroism, and truly does enjoy helping people, he does it all in his own special way... that way just happens to involve dressing up in expensive costumes, flattering the girls around him, and the sporadic bout of crossdressing.
Lady Director, I understand the proliferation of gorillas now! It's like the commoners' saying: if one were to put an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters with an infinite number of bananas to eat chastely, of course, so as not to upset the ladies, one of them would eventually reproduce the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet - the only work in all of history with the passion and power to capture the spirit of true romance! But milady, if your heart seeks a touch of poetry, abandon your infinite army of violet typists: I, Tamaki Suoh, shall be all the Shakespeare you require! But, soft! What primate through yonder window breaks? It is the gorilla, and the Director is the glorious window repair lady!
Now that I think of it, winning your heart and my way back to Kyouya's summer mansion might be easier accomplished if I could see you and your peerless beauty before I complimented it, milady - perhaps over a cup of Darjeeling? Lake water? The tears of innocent children tossed to zombies? Alas, until we meet, I shall be forced to constantly lament my separation from your eyes as lively as campers running from the lake, from your lips as soft as a zombie's touch...
And until that fateful meeting, madam, I shall be attending to the dozens of lovely ladies attending this fine institution! Although the gorilla rummaging through my personal belongings seems adamant that I solve the mystery of milady's fiancee's death (a lady in mourning? Madam Director, a heart as generous and... prone to manipulating exotic creatures to become psychotic killers should not remain in such suffering for long!)... I cannot bear to see this camp's lovely gentlewomen unoccupied for long when there's a wide variety of people for them to associate with! Why, in just a matter of moments, I have succeeded in assembling a collection of appropriate companions for such elegant young ladies. This purple fellow here is the strong, silent type, these tentacles are very frisky, and these zombies - you two! You two with the ... advanced state of decomposition and atrocious posture! Forbidden brotherly love does not entail actually biting each others' heads off!
There are still a few problems to be worked out, but on behalf of this newly assembled Camp Fuck You Die Host Club...
Welcome.
Applicant #2
Canon: President and Founder of the Ouran High School Host club, Suoh Tamaki has devoted himself to being the best pimp male host he can be. He's damn good at it too, currently standing as the club's number one draw with a 70% request rate -- and why not? His flamboyant attitude, suave way with words, and flair for striking the most extravagant dramatic pose (complete with sparkles) in any situation make him an easy favorite among the legion of fangirls attending Ouran, a position he relishes.
In short, Tamaki's the biggest drama king you'll ever meet. Ever. His moods are prone to swinging violently from the simplest of statements; add to that an ego the size of Jupiter with the delicacy of glass and you've got a man who'll go from flirtatious to sulking to triumphantly posing all within the same sentence.
A big influence in Tamaki's life right now is a scholarship student by the name of Fujioka Haruhi. Haruhi, a girl currently posing as a boy, is very different from the sort of people Tamaki has thus far surrounded himself with, being both poor (a commoner, as Tamaki so politely puts it) and indifferent to his charming host club ways. Like a kid to a shiny new toy, Tamaki has taken to the novelty of a 'commoner's life' with his all of his usual zeal and eagerly partakes in everything he can from Haruhi's world. A second motive for Tamaki's eagerness may lie in his need to impress Haruhi, but most of these attempts end up backfiring and making him out to be a complete idiot (but we still love him).
Despite his narcissism, Tamaki genuinely cares about the people around him, especially the members of the host club. He cares about them so much that he decided to assign family roles to each member, himself being Haruhi's father. Of course, Tamaki has embraced this role with all of his typical exuberance and dramatic flair while his vice president is left wondering how he became a mother of three at the age of seventeen.
This camp is absolutely amazing! Everything is so lively! The curious campers who rushed forth from the bushes to greet me upon my arrival! Ahhh, I don't know where to start my investigation of the summer activities of the common folk! Is this truly what the summer camps of the commoners are like? Though, I must say, the campers here are truly the most unfortunate people I've ever met. Clothing in tatters, skin an almost deathly pale, the absolute decay of their appearance is almost too much to bear. They were also so in awe of my sheer beauty and flair that they were reduced to simple grunts and groaning, hands reaching out to caress me in the hope no doubt of attaining some of my splendor~
The commoners and I quickly engaged in a spirited game of tag to lighten the mood. They didn't seem able to run very fast, so I made sure to slow my steps in order to show my good team spirit and allowed myself to be caught by one of the relatively quicker campers. I readied myself to give my charming captor her congratulations when she.. she..
She bit me. There's a mark on my arm now; what if it's permanent.
Was that really how the commoners played tag?! There was no biting when we played with Haruhi, but perhaps we were playing a different version. But still, I couldn't help myself; I ran away from them, leaving them confused and dazed in my beatific wake. What must they be thinking of my abhorrent behavior?
What- What if I've offended them by not obeying their rules? What will Haruhi say when she arrives and finds out her father has shunned the much respected rules of a game she held so cherished in her childhood? No, I cannot allow such a thing to happen! I shall show Haruhi that I too can appreciate the ways of the pauper.
FATHER SHALL PLAY THIS GAME FOR YOU, HARUHI.
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Character: Miriallia Haww
Series: Gundam SEED/Destiny
Age: 18
Canon: A brave, straightforward girl with a kind heart and an at times, sarcastic sense of humour, Miriallia was caught up in the Big Emo Gundam war alongside her friends. She worked as a volunteer communications officer on the series' main battleship, the Archangel, until offered an opportunity to leave. Instead of taking advantage of it, she chose to officially enlist and support her friends. Though hit hard by the death of her boyfriend Tolle, she recovered with renewed strength and maturity to continue fighting the war, more dedicated than ever.
Enter SEED Destiny, two years later. After a failed relationship with Dearka (that she shows amusement toward when mentioned), she worked as a freelance photographer until a chance encounter with Athrun led to her rejoining the Archangel's crew. Still headstrong, kind, and passionate in her beliefs for a better future, she once again set her civilian life aside to support her friends through a new conflict.
( Permission for a mention in the app was given by Dearka's player. ♥ )
I probably should have put more thought into my decision to make the trip here. But... even if I had, I wouldn't have thought up something like this place. The anonymous message was right in that my missing friends are here, but the part about "slimy and shuffling" occupants? I was surprised they were really serious about that - aside from Dearka anyway.
Aha, bad joke there, I know!
It didn't take too long to get an idea of just how bad things are around here; the short trip through the woods was horrific enough to make that perfectly clear. The flock of birds trying to snatch away my camera was the least of it, and when I tried asking around for the person in charge, a talking tree told me to and I quote, "go fuck myself with a rake".
Did I just say bad? Add crude, dirty, and downright weird to that list. I'm going to make everything about this place public the moment I'm back home.
So! Since we're not allowed to leave, it looks like I'll have to stick around for a while. I hope it's not for too long; with so many people here already, you must be close to finding a way to get out, right? Until then, I'd appreciate a place to stay, preferably with enough room so I can print out some of these snapshots. Though it doesn't look like I'll be hitting the right kind of audience, not with most of the shots involving creatures posing provocatively for the camera. (I'm not even going to think about what kind of person would train a goat to do that, much less put it in lingerie.)
But there's no point in worrying over the details now; I'll work on those once these photos hit the news. It's nice to meet you, everyone! I'm Miriallia Haww.
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Character: Yousuke Fuuma
Series: Wedding Peach
Age: 14
Canon: Wedding Peach is the story of a young woman who fights crime! ...in a Western-stlye wedding dress.
At the beginning of the series, Yousuke has finally reached the age where icky girls and cooties are no longer a threat to his masculinity. He still blushes at the proximity of girls and yes, once backed out of a would-be relationship by saying that he already had a girlfriend---the game of soccer. Not even this stops him from relentless teasing and mockery of the other girls; an area where he truly excels.
When it comes to his friends and his parents, Yousuke is extremely overprotective. He often runs into danger or knocks others away to help as best he can, and anyone else in the vicinity can basically go screw themselves. Yousuke doesn't care.
His rough speech and reckless attitude seem far crueler than he intends them to be. In truth, Yousuke really does have a gentle heart. When he, the demon Viento, isn't trying to destroy Tokyo, at any rate.
Huh. So what is this place? Day camp? Aw, c'mon. It's a little early for a sleepaway camp, isn't it? The only person who'd be fooled into coming here this early'd have to be ---
Momopi. Are you hiding out there somewhere?
Now, now---don't be shy. I know you're probably wondering why it took so long for someone else to come here, but there's an easy explanation for that one, Momopi, and even you can understand this one: you're two months too early.
Says a lot that I still came too, huh.
Well, at least this place is interestin'. I can't really get behind these pamphlets those guys at the gate were handing out---really, 'Resurrection for Dummies'? 'The Rainbow Connection: The Camp, The Gay, and You'? I am not even going there. Or, hey, how 'bout 'Social Etiquette for the Undead'? Sounds like something out of those two-bit horror movies. Especially the translations---wait, six grunts and two "BRAAAAINS" means that what goes where?
Ugh. At least those movies were actually scary. This place is just kinda weird. It's not that I don't appreciate fans, but the, uh, 'zombies'? Do they grovel at anyone else's feet, or am I just that special? Please, just tell me you know how I can get rid of them. I don't think I can handle any more praising today. It's starting to give me a headache. The Dark Lord wants some quiet time, how 'bout that? And maybe some aspirin.
Oh, you guys have a first aid tent, right? Not that I need it, but, yanno, things can happen. Right? Right. An' I mean, sure, it's a summer camp, but none of these cabins look too safe. Actually, neither do your zombies. You guys are really gonna want to get that checked out. And---well, I guess the storage shed's alright, but it smells pretty rank around there. So I guess I'm hoping that your sports equipment isn't ruined yet and you guys can pull together a soccer team or something.
... Without grovelers. Get off the cleats, pal, I mean it. And how is this helping you guys' etiquette, anyway?!
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Character: Tendo Akane
Series: Ranma 1/2 (manga) The specific article on Akane is here
Age: 17
Canon: Ranma 1/2 is the story of Ranma, a martial artist who turns into a girl when splashed with cold water, and his crazy hijinks and numerous fiancees. Akane is Ranma's "uncute" fiancee, and the two have a very...uh, physical relationship. In other words, Akane demonstrates her proficiency with throwing heavy objects whenever Ranma sticks his foot in his mouth (or even when he doesn't).
The best description of Akane is from the first volume; as Kasumi, her elder sister says, "Akane's really a very sweet girl. She's just a violent maniac." Akane is prone to mood swings and absolutely despises "perverts," since she's often the subject of unwanted attention from boys (She’s kidnapped often and has to be saved by Ranma, something her martial artist’s ego just can’t stand), and won't hesitate to hit any boy she feels is behaving inappropriately. However, Akane is also very nice and friendly (if a bit dense at times), always ready to help anyone who needs it. Even though she seems like a tomboy, she's still a romantic girl at heart, and she cares a lot for Ranma. And like any girl, she adores cute things and won't hesitate to nickname them, even though her choice in names often leaves something to be desired. Also, like many other manga heroines, Akane can't cook at all.
All in all, Akane is very kind and caring...as long as you don't piss her off.
Argh, this is so stupid! First Ranma went off on a "training trip" on his own on the day I made dinner for him; I bet he was running away, the jerk! The rice was even pretty good that time, since only one person threw up! And then Daddy and the rest started saying that I should follow him "because he's your fiance, Akane!" "It's good practice for when you two are married!" Well, so far I haven't gotten practice in anything but beating up these perverted purple gorillas that keep trying to make me their queen. Just because that insensitive jerk says I'm "as strong as a gorilla" all the time doesn't mean I am one!
I mean, I guess this place does remind me of home, though the buildings here have fewer holes in them. But still, I don't see why I had to come here. Ranma never wants me around and it's not like I care about the idiot, so it's just a waste of time-
Oh, what a cute little bunny! He's so fluffy and adorable and...and he just decapitated a gorilla. It's so sweet, he's trying to protect me! I think I'll name him B-chan for "bunny." Isn't it a cute name? See, that boy over there agrees with me, since he's trying to say it too. It's "B-chan," not "braaaiins," but keep trying-
Eek, you pervert! How dare you try to bite me there! I hope your teeth fall out!
...if they haven't already, that is. I'm sorry, I didn't mean that literally! I'll make you some soup to make up for it, okay? Let's see, I'll have to substitute this moss for the cabbage to give it some flavor, and these mushrooms should work really well, I think! All the vegetation here glows, so that means it's extra healthy, right?
Ah, there we go! Doesn't it smell delicious? Hey, why are you trying to leave? The soup is perfectly safe, so just have some already-what do you mean it smells worse than rotting flesh? You haven't even tasted it, how do you know that?! Grr, you're almost as bad as that jerk! Hmph! I'll just feed it to B-chan then, if you're going to be so stubborn about it.
See, isn't it yummy, B-chan?
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...um, if anyone sees an elephant-sized, bright green, sparkling bunny with horns, please don't hurt him. He's really very nice, even if he just ate a pack of gorillas!
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Character: Katagiri Himeko
Series: Pani Poni Dash!
Age: Unspecified. Is a first-year high school student
Canon: Pani Poni Dash is the strange tale of Peach
Moon Academy--just your average Japanese high school, straddling the
line between normalcy and madness, and probably leaning a bit more in
the direction of the latter. One of Peach Moon's more colorful
denizens is Katagiri Himeko, member of First Year Class C and student
of child genius Rebecca "Becky" Miyamoto.
Himeko is a "wastefully energetic" girl, enthusiastic about everything
but good at nothing. A poster child for ADHD, Himeko is unable to
concentrate on any one subject for very long and is prone to going off
on tangents, making bizarre word associations, and getting her brain
fried just by people being too intelligent while in her vicinity.
She's also prone to getting inappropriately affectionate with Becky,
whom she finds irresistibly cute.
Himeko has several odd vocal tics. For example, she uses the words
"omega" and "maximum" (in English) for emphasis. Her biggest (and
weirdest) speech habit, however, is "maho"--a nonsense word that she
can wedge into a sentence almost anywhere. "Maho" is so...fundamental
to Himeko's being that it sometimes floats in big red characters above
her head, quite visible (and tangible) to herself and
others.
OMEGA EXCITING! I drank out of this bubbly
ominous flask I found in Becky's lab and now I'm here! I'm not sure
where "here" is or how I got here, exactly, but when I woke up
I was lying in a smoking crater with luggage and airplane bits
scattered all around me! Now that I think about it, I kinda remember
being on a wing and making faces at a guy who looked like Captain
Kirk.
While I was dusting myself off, a bunch of grape apes came to the
crater and started tossing some of the suitcases around, slamming them
on the floor and against tree trunks and stuff. It was pretty neat,
but then something kinda shiny and glowy caught my eye and I got all
distracted! Maximum weird! So I followed it into some awesome creepy
woods and found out that it was a ghost! She said her name was Reason
and that this place had killed her, and then done some really bad
things to her corpse. You know, "reason" sounds a lot
like "treason!" Does that mean that betraying your country is a smart
thing to do? But then why does everyone get so mad about it? Maybe
they think it makes them look dumb! She started to
explain exactly what those things were, but she was using a bunch of
big words really fast and I blacked out. Again!
Waking up wasn't as fun this time, 'cause I had a headache and my maho
was missing. It was right there when I was in the woods, but now it's
gone! Who knows what sort of trouble it's getting into without me to
watch over it...! Aaah, I must find it quickly, lest it--AND THE
WORLD--be plunged into grave dang--hey, cabins! Is this going to be
like that M. Night Shaman King guy's movie about the village in the
woods? If so, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD,
BACKWARDS VILLAGERS! IT'S REALLY AN OMEGA WONDERFUL PLACE! THE
"MONSTERS" ARE JUST BULLDOZERS!
Oh, me? My name is Katagiri Himeko, and I come in peace! A fine
maho to you and yours--
Ah! It's back! The world is saved...but for how long?
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Character: Honda Tohru
Series: Fruits Basket
Age: 16
Canon: Honda Tohru is the bright and optimistic heroine of Fruits Basket. After her mother died, she went from living with her grandfather, to living alone in a tent, to living with the mysterious Sohma family in exchange for doing the housework. She soon learns the Sohma family is mysterious for a reason: they're cursed by the spirits of the Chinese Zodiac (they change into their respective animals whenever they're hugged by the opposite sex, or become weak). She agrees to keep their secret, and her kind, selfless, and extremely polite personality slowly helps her make friends with nearly all of the members of the family. Her life philosophy is that: "whatever may come, never get discouraged."
She keeps a photo of her mother wherever she goes, and talks to it like she's really there.
Dear Mother, something wonderful happened to me recently!
I happened to receive a letter! This was very surprising. Not just because few people know I live with the wonderful Sohma family, but I wouldn't think anyone would care to send me a letter... I felt so happy seeing it.
It read: "Come to camp! Now. We have pie," with a plane ticket, and a map on the back. ...the destination is quite far from home, but, the thought of whoever went to the trouble of making the pies and then having no one to eat them with... I had to come. I didn't want to worry anyone with the thought of being away for long, so Shigure-san suggested I simply leave a note telling everyone I was going on a journey! He smiled in a bit of a strange way, but... he promised he wouldn't "let the Sea of Corruption grow too big." (But the housework is really not like that at all!)
Now that I'm here, the map... I must not be reading it right Mother, because wherever I go fits the description of "the Middle of Nowhere," outlined with a big X and... the jolly roger symbol. Maybe the pies are nearby and we have to search for them? Just like a treasure hunt! (It'd be such fun to play "pirates!" If that's what this is, then Captain Tohru will make it her job to find enough treasure to share with everyone!)
Oh, there are some other campers! Wish me luck, Mother, I'm going to try to introduce myself! --Ah, nice to meet you! I'm Honda Tohru...
--MOTHER! It's... a maximum bad situation!! Everyone is... everyone is very very sick!!
At any rate, I must find an ambulance for everyone! AMBULANCE!! Please come quickly!
...
Dear Mother, it has been about six hours since I ran away from meeting the first campers I happened to see, and I realize I made a horrible mistake.
I at first thought everyone must be horribly sick, but... what if, just like the very kind Sohma family, camp has a secret of a rare skin condition? The thought didn't occur to me, at all. They must be lonely...
I decided! It might be too late to fully apologize for my rudeness, but I'm going to at least introduce myself properly to everyone! It's probably too much to hope for, but I wonder what games they like to play, or what type of food they most like to eat? If I can just search a little bit, then-- Oh, I can see them now! Mother, this is my big chance!
--Ah. P- P- Pleased to meet all of you! I'm, I'm... ...never give up, Tohru! --It's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Honda Tohru. Please, everyone, take care of me from here on.
If at all possible, perhaps... we could share our pie together?
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Character: Sun Shang Xiang
Series: Dynasty Warriors / Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Age: 18
Canon: Sun Shang Xiang is the daughter of Sun Jian (the 'Tiger of Jiang Dong'), and younger half-sister to Sun Ce and Sun Quan, the founders of the kingdom of Wu. In history, she was an unusual woman in that she practiced martial arts, and her handmaidens went armed and armoured; a genuine warrior princess, you could say. In the Dynasty Warriors games, she is even moreso the warrior, fighting the the same battles as her father and brothers right alongside them - though she still has a gentle side. She was married to Liu Bei (style name Xuande), the Emperor of Shu; historically, she was a royal pain in his ass and then kidnapped his son by a previous wife to take him back to Wu as a hostage. Not so much in the games - the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms makes her loyal to Liu Bei and deeply in love with him, and the Dynasty Warriors games, based off the book, take a medium balance to it - she genuinely loves her husband, but is more loyal to her family at home in Wu than to him. The apper is taking her from directly after the marriage of Liu Bei and Sun Shang Xiang after Chi Bi, but before Shu and Wu went to war with each other after Fan Castle.
Well, finally! I've had so many problems traveling you just wouldn't believe. Oh, nothing like bandits, no, that wouldn't be a problem. The daughter of the Tiger of Jiang Dong fears no bandits! No, I'm talking about things like some crazy old witch telling me that if I don't cut down a forest with a glass axe, I'll be terribly punished.
So, I cut down her stupid forest, but I missed the last swing and almost cut her down too. Well, she shouldn't have been standing there! She had to go change her black dress after that (it got a big wet spot suddenly), and I ran off. Quan asked me to help out on the front, not play lumberjack for women in pointy hats. And let's not even talk about the crackpot at the top of a tower who kept yelling down at me to let up my hair. Hello, married woman.
Anyways, enough about all that! I finally got here, right? Where's my command? I'd better have at least a small squad. I mean, I know that just my presence alone can make strong men quake - Lord Xuande's knees shake whenever I walk in the room, hehheh - but I'm not suicidal.
But, um, if this is the front, then we really must be making Cao Cao desperate; are these lepers I saw all over when I was fighting my way here really his foot soldiers? Pathetic. Where is their division officer so I can defeat him and then start giving these poor people some medical aid? Their health bars are inverted! That can't be natural.
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Character: Youji
Series: Loveless
Age: 12
Canon: As part of the artificially-created Zero series of fighting units, Youji is unable to feel pain. However, that doesn't stop him from taking an incredibly sadistic and unnervingly cheery interest in it. Despite his cute, cat-eared appearance, Youji's the kind of kid that will bash your kneecap in with a baseball bat and then laugh about it for a good five minutes-- that is, if you irritate his rather impulsive and quick temper. He has absolutely no interest in obeying the rules, and most authority figures seem to do nothing but earn his contempt.
But, he's not all bad, really-I mean, if you ignore his gleeful interest in child abuse and his literal kicking of puppies. And he does have a softer side, but it usually only comes out when he's dealing with his partner Natsuo or his bizarre mother-figure and creator, Nagisa-sensei.
When Nagisa-sensei said she was sending me an' Natsuo to "Camp Fuck U Die: Home For Troubled Children", I was excited; that sort of stuff is definitely the best, and way more fun than the academy! So many opportunities to learn new and useful things! Even the name sounded great, 'cause I can count two really interesting words in there! But I guess you really can't trust advertising these days, 'cause it turns out that this place isn't nearly as fun as I thought it would be. . !
So you'd think that everyone in this place would be completely miserable, right? Well, that's wrong! You people shouldn't be smiling or helping each other--don't you know that you should be sad and writing poetry and slitting your wrists, like the internet says?! Where's all the pain? Mnn, at least those other guys have it right; the ones with the moaning and the shuffling around and the exposed chest cavities! They know what they're doing. Heh, I wonder if they scream if you. . .
. . .Aah! They do, they do~!! I wonder what this one is here for? Maybe his mother beat him as a child! Maybe he was neglected! Maybe it's got somethin' to do with tent pegs! I think I'll call him "Anne". Hah, you guys must be so so embarrassed that even the stupid adults with the one-word vocabulary are better at being troubled children than you are! Okay, so I'm goin' to take it back. This place is great, and I'm sure we'll all become the best of friends really, really quickly--or something! And I'm sure that with a little effort, I can teach everyone how to be properly emotionally damaged in no time! So why don't we all gather 'round and introduce ourselves~?
Hello everyone, my name is Youji and I have a problem. ♥
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Character: Tamaki Suoh
Series: Ouran High School Host Club
Age: 17 (Second year of high school)
Applicant #1
Canon: Tamaki Suoh is the king, founder, and "daddy" of the Ouran High School Host Club, a social organization for Tamaki and five pretty-boy club members with too much time on their hands to entertain pretty girls with too much time on their hands. (To net the most "customers," each club member fits a different archetype, from "the cute shouta" to "the not-so-ambiguously gay twins.") Tamaki is an irrepressible romantic flirt, prone to sweeping girls off their feet with sparkling pronouncements of admiration... and he means everything he says. However, Tamaki can be utterly oblivious to the machinations of people around him, and is clueless about normal life: like most Ouran students, Tamaki is super-rich and isolated from anything but the best. Nonetheless, energetic Tamaki tries to understand and enjoy strange things like "the rumored commoners' instant coffee," "commoners' supermarkets," and even commoner Haruhi Fujioka, the scholarship student who occasionally succeeds at knocking Tamaki into the real world. Tamaki's reaction to the rare ego puncture? To assume the fetal position and sulk daintily among the roses.
While Tamaki has his moments of sweetness, brilliance, and heroism, and truly does enjoy helping people, he does it all in his own special way... that way just happens to involve dressing up in expensive costumes, flattering the girls around him, and the sporadic bout of crossdressing.
Lady Director, I understand the proliferation of gorillas now! It's like the commoners' saying: if one were to put an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters with an infinite number of bananas to eat chastely, of course, so as not to upset the ladies, one of them would eventually reproduce the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet - the only work in all of history with the passion and power to capture the spirit of true romance! But milady, if your heart seeks a touch of poetry, abandon your infinite army of violet typists: I, Tamaki Suoh, shall be all the Shakespeare you require! But, soft! What primate through yonder window breaks? It is the gorilla, and the Director is the glorious window repair lady!
Now that I think of it, winning your heart and my way back to Kyouya's summer mansion might be easier accomplished if I could see you and your peerless beauty before I complimented it, milady - perhaps over a cup of Darjeeling? Lake water? The tears of innocent children tossed to zombies? Alas, until we meet, I shall be forced to constantly lament my separation from your eyes as lively as campers running from the lake, from your lips as soft as a zombie's touch...
And until that fateful meeting, madam, I shall be attending to the dozens of lovely ladies attending this fine institution! Although the gorilla rummaging through my personal belongings seems adamant that I solve the mystery of milady's fiancee's death (a lady in mourning? Madam Director, a heart as generous and... prone to manipulating exotic creatures to become psychotic killers should not remain in such suffering for long!)... I cannot bear to see this camp's lovely gentlewomen unoccupied for long when there's a wide variety of people for them to associate with! Why, in just a matter of moments, I have succeeded in assembling a collection of appropriate companions for such elegant young ladies. This purple fellow here is the strong, silent type, these tentacles are very frisky, and these zombies - you two! You two with the ... advanced state of decomposition and atrocious posture! Forbidden brotherly love does not entail actually biting each others' heads off!
There are still a few problems to be worked out, but on behalf of this newly assembled Camp Fuck You Die Host Club...
Welcome.
Applicant #2
Canon: President and Founder of the Ouran High School Host club, Suoh Tamaki has devoted himself to being the best pimp male host he can be. He's damn good at it too, currently standing as the club's number one draw with a 70% request rate -- and why not? His flamboyant attitude, suave way with words, and flair for striking the most extravagant dramatic pose (complete with sparkles) in any situation make him an easy favorite among the legion of fangirls attending Ouran, a position he relishes.
In short, Tamaki's the biggest drama king you'll ever meet. Ever. His moods are prone to swinging violently from the simplest of statements; add to that an ego the size of Jupiter with the delicacy of glass and you've got a man who'll go from flirtatious to sulking to triumphantly posing all within the same sentence.
A big influence in Tamaki's life right now is a scholarship student by the name of Fujioka Haruhi. Haruhi, a girl currently posing as a boy, is very different from the sort of people Tamaki has thus far surrounded himself with, being both poor (a commoner, as Tamaki so politely puts it) and indifferent to his charming host club ways. Like a kid to a shiny new toy, Tamaki has taken to the novelty of a 'commoner's life' with his all of his usual zeal and eagerly partakes in everything he can from Haruhi's world. A second motive for Tamaki's eagerness may lie in his need to impress Haruhi, but most of these attempts end up backfiring and making him out to be a complete idiot (but we still love him).
Despite his narcissism, Tamaki genuinely cares about the people around him, especially the members of the host club. He cares about them so much that he decided to assign family roles to each member, himself being Haruhi's father. Of course, Tamaki has embraced this role with all of his typical exuberance and dramatic flair while his vice president is left wondering how he became a mother of three at the age of seventeen.
This camp is absolutely amazing! Everything is so lively! The curious campers who rushed forth from the bushes to greet me upon my arrival! Ahhh, I don't know where to start my investigation of the summer activities of the common folk! Is this truly what the summer camps of the commoners are like? Though, I must say, the campers here are truly the most unfortunate people I've ever met. Clothing in tatters, skin an almost deathly pale, the absolute decay of their appearance is almost too much to bear. They were also so in awe of my sheer beauty and flair that they were reduced to simple grunts and groaning, hands reaching out to caress me in the hope no doubt of attaining some of my splendor~
The commoners and I quickly engaged in a spirited game of tag to lighten the mood. They didn't seem able to run very fast, so I made sure to slow my steps in order to show my good team spirit and allowed myself to be caught by one of the relatively quicker campers. I readied myself to give my charming captor her congratulations when she.. she..
She bit me. There's a mark on my arm now; what if it's permanent.
Was that really how the commoners played tag?! There was no biting when we played with Haruhi, but perhaps we were playing a different version. But still, I couldn't help myself; I ran away from them, leaving them confused and dazed in my beatific wake. What must they be thinking of my abhorrent behavior?
What- What if I've offended them by not obeying their rules? What will Haruhi say when she arrives and finds out her father has shunned the much respected rules of a game she held so cherished in her childhood? No, I cannot allow such a thing to happen! I shall show Haruhi that I too can appreciate the ways of the pauper.
FATHER SHALL PLAY THIS GAME FOR YOU, HARUHI.
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