47. Time

[corrinesbell]

I've been here for half a year now. ...It feels like forever and like no time at all.

A long time ago - a few months, I guess, but still - I said I'd stop letting all of this get to me. I guess that turned out kind of impossible. There's no way this doesn't bother people.

But maybe I've been letting it get to me too much. ...The way the Malnosso

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[god_is_a_dude]

Half a year?! That's just ridiculous, but-- Whoa, chief! That sounds awesome! Chief of what?

[corrinesbell]

. . . Haruhi?

Of my village.

[god_is_a_dude]

Village...? Okay, that's backwards. What kind of backwater small village needs a-- oh! Is it some sort of secret village of ninja or assassins or something?!

[And he ignores the Haruhi bit entirely]

[corrinesbell]

If it were a secret, why would I tell you about it?

[god_is_a_dude]

Because I just asked you, and you just said that everyone here knows anyway! As common courtesy to someone who's just been abducted by aliens alongside the rest of you, it makes sense to inform me of what you're talking about.

[corrinesbell]

Everyone here doesn't know. The Malnosso do.

...And you really remind me of someone.

[god_is_a_dude]

Oh thats too--- Wait! You've spoken with the aliens?! How? I demand that you tell me how you did that!

But how could I remind you of anyone? I've yet to meet a man that was my equal.

[corrinesbell]

...It wasn't like it was a conversation. More like a method of torture.

...And she was a girl, actually.

[god_is_a_dude]

Tor...alright. Whatever.

A girl who was similar to me? How does that work?

[corrinesbell]

She was just as focused on aliens and strange stuff as you were.

[god_is_a_dude]

Why am I being spoken about in past tense?! I'm still here. And it sounds like she had the right idea! Why would someone want to focus on a boring, normal life?

[corrinesbell]

...It's weird to hear 'normal' and 'boring' describing the same life.

[god_is_a_dude]

Normal and boring at synonyms. I, Haruki Suzumiya and the founder of the glorious SOS-Brigade which will soon be starting operations in Luceti, once Kyonko gets off from being lazy and bored and helps me advertise declare it as such. The goal of the SOS-Brigade is to find an interesting life, one which includes things like aliens, time-travels, espers, and magic. Who wants to associate with ordinary humans?