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3rd: The Compromise of Haruhi Suzumiya

Jan 18, 2011 02:49

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( Exposition leading to this entry )

the promise, @minako arisato, sokka should feel lucky :|, @mitsuru kirijo, winry and my relationship is not awkward, @leon d.s. geeste, what we're growing up to be, i don't know how to react, @winry rockbell, @katara, @raven, @ginko, @minato arisato, @mikage, @patchouli knowledge, @souji okita, @anne shirley, @kurt wagner, an attempted band-aide, @sokka, this counts as introspective, @keiichi maebara, this counts as a compromise, doing her very best, miu's final troll was sincerity, @gailardia galan gardios, @adell

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[Filtered] markofthewise January 18 2011, 08:04:58 UTC

[Frankly, her 'apology' didn't mean much to Sokka. Taken at face value, it was just trying to take what they used to have - or at least what he had with Haruki - back to what it used to be, while shifting the blame on Sokka for not just the fight... but other things as well. And while he did realize he was being a real jerk to her, he hadn't felt particularly guilty about that. At least not initially. Having the negativity drained from him had put some things in perspective. So all in all, he would be tempted to just ignore that. After all, masculine pride is a tricky thing.

Except he listened to everything beforehand. That's less the emotionally confused Haruki he usually knows. This is someone who's struggling with figuring out who they even are, tired of being compared to someone else everyone already knows, and just trying to fit in. Now that's something he can understand. And it's not just because his other incarnations in Luceti have felt the same thing thing. It's more that it's a picture of Sokka's life. Words cannot describe ( ... )

[Filtered] godbent January 18 2011, 08:20:34 UTC

[Really, she expected more resistance. Even the Sokka she remembers was never on great terms with her. Never anyone she thought of as a friend or particularly close. Just someone... that proximity had forced her to know. Objectively, she understands Sokka's predicament, or at least she thinks she does. She's been so judgmental of that 'Kyonko' or that 'Yuuki' or that little clone of Mikuru who was a boy. Just... for not being who she expected.

Wasn't he the same in this instance? And she had overreacted. Or, put more simply, she didn't know how to react, and thus invented some new, inevitably negative reaction]

...Good.

[...She should say more, shouldn't she? ...She should- ... But nothing comes. Well, maybe he will. ...Maybe not. She has to-] ...That's good.

[...Ugh.]

[Filtered] markofthewise January 18 2011, 08:26:33 UTC

[Haruhi after two weeks. This means Katara's right, of course. This doesn't bother him that much. But he did expect Haruki to be back by now. And even though it could still happen, he kinda has this feeling it won't. Which means he needs to tackle this in a new way. Just... no idea how that actually works.]

Yeah... [Er. Now what?] I guess this is you now. So... how exactly do you, I guess, remember us? I mean, not us like that. But.. it had to be different than how I remember it. [Because Sokka knows full and well he acts differently with the ladies. It's hard to fathom how different things would be as a result.]

[Filtered] godbent January 18 2011, 08:33:11 UTC

[...she's tempted to reply. How different was his perspective? He has been less kind to her, perhaps, less biased because of her gender, maybe? Certainly his reaction to her and Winry would be different. But-] ...That doesn't matter.

[It does, but at the same time, she sighs. There the sound of her shifting that piece of paper in her hand]

The way I remember things isn't the way you remember things, and even if I told you that would at best bias you to act a certain way, but it wouldn't be- [How he feels? Does she care about that? Not really. ...]

Well it wouldn't be good for anyone, right? Just form your own opinion now.

[Filtered] markofthewise January 18 2011, 08:35:20 UTC

[Well, that's a fair enough answer. He probably WOULD inevitably try to fit into whatever role he had in 'her' reality. Because he certainly doesn't expect her to conform to being like Haruki.]

So, what, we just start over? Clean slate?

[Filtered] godbent January 18 2011, 08:38:36 UTC

[PHEW. Okay, he's going with this. She rolls her eyes and lets out an audible sigh of something between relief and... frustration? Not quite it, but close enough.]

Yeah, clean slate. I dunno the right way to expect things out of you and you don't know the right way to expect things out of me.

[But even as she says this, she's aware in the back of her mind she's a hypocrite. She still expects the Brigade to follow her and still wants to be with Winry. Not that she's about to say that]

[Filtered] markofthewise January 18 2011, 08:42:32 UTC

[Really, this isn't that hard to swallow. It's like with Vyse. It's a new person - not exactly friend - who knows about him but he doesn't know about her. She has the advantage here. But really, it's not like this is Winry coming back as a guy. This is just Haruki... as a girl. So dealing with it? Not so hard.]

Okay, fine. But can we skip reintroducing ourselves? Even under this filter, it's still really tacky.

[Filtered] godbent January 18 2011, 09:05:13 UTC

Duh, that's just stupid.

[Ignore that she did it above]

[Filtered] markofthewise January 18 2011, 15:49:18 UTC

[It will occur to him lately, but not for the moment.]

So uh, Haruhi. [The name is still kind of weird, but he's dealing with it.] What made you decide to do... uh, you know, talking to me? I mean, we weren't exactly best friends or anything. [Frankly Sokka had written you off as being no big loss.]

1/2 godbent January 18 2011, 17:54:04 UTC

[She could be honest?] No reason, I just felt like it.

[...Or not]

[Filtered] godbent January 18 2011, 17:55:25 UTC

[...Buuut then she realizes Sokka might misunderstand that. So after a distinct pause, she sighs once more and-]

...You're one of Winry's best friends. With things so weird between us anyway I don't want us to be on ends over something stupid.

[Filtered] markofthewise January 18 2011, 18:00:21 UTC

[... so, it was for Winry's sake. Well, he can understand that. He's already talked to Winry about all this maybe, but it couldn't hurt to get Haruhi's take on that.]

Fair enough. So... how are things with you and Winry?

[Filtered] godbent January 18 2011, 18:04:26 UTC

[She could lash out at Sokka - really, she wants to - but that's just going to repeat the same problem they had before, and that'll just repeat the cycle. Instead, there's the sound of her walking a littie to sit down before she responds. She slides the journal close to her and considers. How to... put it.]

You probably know better than me, right?

[He's probably talked with her about it. That's a neutral tone, she doesn't exactly blame Winry for it.]

Her memories- [That's shifting blame. Pause, gulp] No, that's not it. She just fell for someone else, and even if I'm sort of that person, it's up for her to decide if that's good enough or not.

[Filtered] markofthewise January 18 2011, 18:14:21 UTC

[Much as he hates to admit it, he has some experience with this. Of course, it was an experiment, and 'he' even know it at the time. But it was still a lot to think of.]

Yeah, that's... that's rough.

[Filtered] godbent January 18 2011, 18:23:43 UTC

Shut up! ["I don't want sympathy"

No that's just a gut reaction. Frankly, she just didn't know how to react]

...Yeah, whatever. [UGH. Honesty is hard]

[Filtered] markofthewise January 18 2011, 18:27:50 UTC

[Why is he even trying so hard? They're not going to be friends. They're on good terms. That's good enough. No need to ask her about her feelings.]

Well anyway, if you need me for anything, you know where to find me.

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