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[notakor]

Hey.

HEY.SOS Brigade! What the heck happened? We all promised to keep things going after Haruki left, but nobody's done a thing for months! The meetings hardly get any members, and we haven't recruited newcomers, either! If he came back and saw the HQ like this, he'd give us all penalties for a month! We're not even the ones throwing the parties

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[After all the other threads; ~1 AM]

[godbent]

[So. Luceti. Back. Actually, her memories are a mess right now other than the fact that she is cold, she knows she has been here before, and she is in a useless sundress. Haruhi hasn't really remembered the details about what's going on in this place. But she has wings and... somehow that isn't awesome. Because it's familiar.

When she stops a building (despite the darkness, thank streetlights!) her symbol up there on the sign. So she heads on in and... there's a replica of her Brigade room. It's bigger, some of the stuff is different, but it's unmistakably something she designed, right? She looks around, amazed at it. That table is so big. It could fit a dozen people, easily. She traces her fingers along it until she comes to the desk by the window - her spot, she knows instinctively. But in the chair.

...there is a boy in that chair and it is not her.

So she smacks the boy in the head, because he is dozed off]

Hey, get up!

[godbent]

[Remember. It's starting to come back to her now - bits and pieces as a flood of memories - a whole different life slams into her head. She had been home barely more than an month, she dully realizes, but here it had been- months? Years? How long had it been since that rainy day she gave Kyon the umbrella, that's where the disconnect starts. And- two timelines. Her head is starting to hurt and- and-]

...Remember...

done

[godbent]

... How long?

[This is a simple question, but it means everything. She's hanging her head, even]

[notakor]

[Ah... yeah, this must be hard for her. Him. Whatever. He's never gone back, but he can't imagine how rough it would be to come back and get years worth of memories... it sounds horrible, even if he's happy that Haruki's back.

What does one say to that? Besides... well. The obvious- answering the question.]

It's been about two months. [Sorry.]

1/2

[godbent]

[Two months. Two months. But what about- there is a name on the tip of her tongue. A face is in her head... a girl with blonde hair. A girl? Yes, a girl. She... made a promise, didn't she?

And for others too. Leon, Taichi, Yoohoo... All sorts of memories are flooding in so fast and it hurts. She just keeps her face locked on Mikage's, trying to look impassive.]

[godbent]

I'm getting better clothes, no peeking! [And with that, she stomps into the side-room of the building. Somehow, she knows this is the closet. And she goes in... wow. More than she expected.

Okay, looking for something to get into, brb getting dressed]

[notakor]

[Huh. He had no idea Haruki would be such a prude as a girl. ...Not that he figured there would be any open stripping as a guy, but- it's just weird, okay D|]

Wouldn't you rather get something from the shops? There's only costumes in there!

[godbent]

Shut up! It's cold and I need something now!

[And she snuck some normal clothes in here for New Feathers or returners, and she knows it... why are there so many clothes for huge guys? Not even Naoki was this big, right...? Or was he? Whatever. and... here, this'll do.

Brb stripping the sundress from behind the door and... putting this on. And thus she stomps out in something like this, though admittedly not perfectly fitting and lacking in... well, whatever]

[notakor]

[...Well, that's kind of a relief. Mikage was worried she'd come out in some kind of bunny costume. He's pretty sure he wouldn't be able to contain his laughter.]

I can get you a coat if you want, it's not like it's far. [Pause.] Do you think you'll stay like that for long, though? It's kinda weird to see you... [He gestures vaguely.]

[godbent]

Like what? [Flatly. Are you trying to say her clothes look weird, because she'll beat you.]

[notakor]

[This is making him a little uneasy now. What's with that face.]

Uh... like... you know. A girl.

1/2

[godbent]

[ . . . . ]

[godbent]

Don't be stupid. I know you're gay but that sort of wishful thinking just makes you sound pathetic, Mikage.

[notakor]

...Huh, what? [What does being gay have to do with- wait, but-

THIS MAKES NO SENSE, HARUKI.] Are you sure you remember everything right?

[godbent]

We-well- yeah! Of course I do; how could someone like me forget things that simply?!

[The confidence is shaken, but she still puts out the bravado]

[notakor]

[...Hmmm. This is pretty puzzling, actually. Mikage pauses for a bit, rubbing his chin and mulling over it. Maybe they changed her memories, too? And that's why she doesn't remember? that's a weird thing to do, but...]

This, uh... this is probably going to sound weird, then, but I think a lot of people are gonna expect to see a guy Haruki around Luceti.