1 ~ when did I stop believing in Santa Claus? [audio/action]
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[A teenage boy is extricating himself with some difficulty from having been dumped, or appearing, in the middle of the fountain in the center of the village. He's muttering to himself and clambering out. He's dressed in the generic-enough North High uniform, but of more interest may be what he's saying -- which is picked up by the split- ( Read more... )
[A teenage boy is extricating himself with some difficulty from having been dumped, or appearing, in the middle of the fountain in the center of the village. He's muttering to himself and clambering out. He's dressed in the generic-enough North High uniform, but of more interest may be what he's saying -- which is picked up by the split- ( Read more... )
Oi! You okay? Here, let me help you.
[He'll offer a hand if needed and then his own coat because honestly, wet clothes aren't a good idea with those temperatures.]
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[It kind of fits.]
Okay, what will be your first question?
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'My first question? Where's Haruhi? Better yet, where's Nagato? Get me out of here! But I suppose that question wouldn't do much good.'
I take it this isn't the old world I was in. I don't suppose you've seen a shortish girl with a yellow headband and a ridiculous attitude?
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You're ahead of it with that assumption, good for you.
[Keiichi chuckles though the description of the girl makes him pause and frown for a second.]
Ah... So that's why your nickname sounded familiar, you know Haruhi Suzumiya, right? Yes, she's trapped here too, Yuki Nagato was here for a while as well but that was months ago, over a year I think, do you know her as well?
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'In fact, that may be one vestige of normality to which I cling. Which is sad. But no time for this. Nagato was here...? But now she's not? Haruhi's trapped here? I should try to call Nagato after this. She should be on my phone if nowhere else, right?'
...Right, we were both roped into the SOS Brigade.
[Which he used to call ridiculous, but these days, he's come to accept openly.]
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[Pause.]
Actually, before anything else, do you want to go to it? To the SOS Brigade headquarters, maybe Haruhi will be there... If not it's still probably a better place to talk and explain things than standing here.
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...All right.
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[He will start to lead the way. Fortunately it's not far so the trip is quite short. Kyon will probably notice the building with the SOS Brigade sign on it the moment they head for it. That's definitively bigger than a classroom club, but not big enough to be a multinational corporation.
Keiichi leads him to the inside, past the front desk and into the meeting room.]
Oi, Haruhi?! Santa Clause brought you an early present!
[Yeep, sorry Kyon but you're an early Christmas present.]
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She looks up absently- oh, Keiichi, she looks back at the laptop, not noticing Kyon yet. She's working on something important okay!!
It's worth noting her hair is being worn a little longer than it would have been back home, even if she's more or less the same age]
Yeah, what's that?
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[He follows them in while looking around. Tea. Board games. Books. All of these things are relatively familiar.]
'It seems Haruhi's taste in decoration tends towards the replication of old patterns. And that's Haruhi, all right. Not like I didn't just see her a few hours ago, so it's not as if it's a surprise.
But something that does look different about her... she's edging towards ponytail territory? I guess I'm not complaining. Well, nothing to be done now, except...'
Yo, Haruhi.
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[Keiichi just chuckles a bit before Kyon makes himself known.]
They threw him to the fountain just now, I brought him here right after he got dry clothes.
[In case she wants to do the explaining or something. Keiichi goes and takes his usual seat at the table, expecting Kyon to take a seat as well.]
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...No way. She looks up from her laptop. And slowly, her eyes get wide, her mouth gapes. Blatant amazement. She stands, quickly, causing the chair she was sitting in (it's a wheely chair) to go flying back into the window/backwall That's- Kyon?! He's here- almost a year later, he's here?! For the first time in years, the real - her - Kyon is here?! She's actually at a loss for words for all of a few seconds]
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Yes, it's obvious what to do here. she regains her composure and-]
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[YEAH !]
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If I do, I'll be sure to direct you to the person responsible for a penalty.
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