4 ~ I have never believed in Santa, ever. [audio]

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...So, it's getting close to the end of the month again, but nothing weird seems to be happening. Or am I missing something? Anyone know if we might just be getting a reprieve or something? Or maybe I just shouldn't look the gift horse in the mouth.

['Because I don't believe in the Malnosso being Santa Claus to us.'

However, that's not the main purpose for this post; instead, he goes on with a filter he worked for a while on. Ideally, Asakura won't suspect it at all.]

[filtered to Shiki, Minato, Winry, Rise, SOS Brigade members who have interacted with him before, and other close-enough CR (PM me if you're not sure) // 55%]

Yo. If you guys have seen a girl with blue hair who smiles a lot, by the name of Ryoko Asakura... Well, I guess I've got something to ask of you if you do attract her attention, but I'd rather not put it on the journal, so please talk to me if you've met her.

['So what if that makes it seem like I might have a crush on her? Better that than someone hacks it and realizes that I know what Asakura is.']

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[so_shik]

Sounds good.

[And as she said, she's hanging out at the shop today, just working on her stock and mostly waiting for Kyon to turn up. Door's open!]

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[He comes in and looks left and right, as usual -- no Haruhi in sight, no Asakura in sight either, not that sight matters a ton with her.]

Yo, Misaki.

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[so_shik]

Hey. You can lock it if that'll make you feel better.

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[menial]

I suppose it would temporarily ward off marauding Haruhis.

[He does so, then turns to her. He hasn't met with Minato yet, so he's unaware of her terrible, awful betrayal so far.]

...Right. How's it going here, Misaki?

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[so_shik]

[It's not her fault okay!!! ...you know, except for the part where it is.]

Not bad, I suppose. How are things with you?

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[menial]

Oh, you know. Tied my shoelaces in the reverse order today. That's a comfortable level of excitement.

...Slightly disrupted with the latest arrivals, though.

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[so_shik]

I'm glad to see you're breaking up the monotony.

So I figured. What's up?

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You know me. Keeping it exciting.

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I told you about Nagato before, right?

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[so_shik]

Yeah, you did. What about her?

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Asakura is like her.

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[so_shik]

In what sense...

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She's the same type of being.

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[so_shik]

...oh. And she's here...does Haruhi know?

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Naturally, she doesn't.

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[so_shik]

And you want to keep it that way?

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I feel like it'd be best. Don't you?

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[so_shik]

Depends. Do you think she'll find out on her own eventually?

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[menial]

If she does, it won't be for lack of trying.

She never has at home. Here, maybe it'd be different, but I feel like it's not really in her character to investigate thoroughly like that.

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[so_shik]

No, probably not. And isn't it everybody else's job to make sure she doesn't find out anyway?

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[menial]

That's the idea. Just for safety if nothing else.

The problem is that Asakura, while putting up a good front of being a regular human being, keeps on thinking things would be more interesting if I were dead.

I have no illusions that she has any particular interest in me. It would be because I was relatively close to Haruhi. Hence why you should know.

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[so_shik]

...are you telling me she's trying to murder you? Because of Haruhi!? [Yep. Jumping straight to that conclusion.]

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[Hey, it's right.]

...Well, I don't know about actively, but she has in the past.

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[so_shik]

Great. So what are you going to do now?

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[menial]

Tell everyone else that might be in danger.

To be honest, I doubt that at this point I would be of most interest to her. Or at least I hope so. Other than that, I don't particularly have any options.

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[so_shik]

Is she going to try and kill the rest of us that are too closely associated?