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

...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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Well, if Asakura finds out that Haruhi knows what she is, that may make her all the more dangerous. At least at the moment, she's lying low.

['And yes, we're skipping all the parts about why Asakura's interested in her, what Haruhi knowing might do to the world, etc. etc. But it seems like Rockbell's not entirely unfamiliar with that... once again. That or she's taking it well in stride.']

[Winry sighs and leans back in her chair.]

All right. So what is she anyway? [Don't worry, the girl has had her fair share of weird.]

...She's part of a group that takes an interest in Haruhi back in our world.

Well if she can rearrange atoms she's gotta be something weird, right? Something like a homunculus? [Probably not, it's just a homunculus is something weird that she's familiar with its concept.]

...That's kind of an expression.

['An expression of the truth.']

What's a homunculus?

An artificial human. Is there more you're not telling me?

There's often more things. I don't know, honestly, how much is safe to say.

['Mostly because you might be close enough to Haruhi to just tell her.']

You know an idiot would skip bothering with you, and try to prove a point by asking Asakura herself, but an idiot I am not.

So just spill it, Kyon. If you were just going to say this much the journals would have been fine.

I'm always glad to hear that I'm not talking with idiots. It lightens my load considerably, when it's true.

['...I don't think I know enough about her to "spill", honestly. I'll just say this much.']

Well, she comes from a group that's interested in Haruhi. And she's a psychopath. Other members of that group are less so, but she happens to be the most dangerous one of the lot.

[Winry folds her arms and gives Kyon a steady glare.]

If there's anything else you want to share that concerns Haruhi, please tell me now. She's very important to me.

['Ah, the withering glare... an old friend of mine. Haruhi has directed it my way many times.']

I'm telling you because the danger, if it exists, is directed towards you, not her. But I can't tell you other people's secrets, sorry.

[...] I may already know more than you think.

...Oh, really?

['Another piece of the puzzle?

Because the damn puzzle is getting too big and I think an earthquake could come at any minute to shake it apart.'

He waits.]

Well... ever heard of a Closed Space?

['Apparently Shiki already told Haruhi I know about that particular bane of my existence, so acknowledging that can't do much further harm.']

...Yeah, I have.

['...Anything else, now?']

And you know what causes it? Haruhi told me herself- kind of.

Right... What did she say?

['Sorry for the third degree, Rockbell, but I need a lot of degrees here.']

Well how much do you know?

[Is this... information chicken?]

[Yes.]

I've heard about it from others who are more qualified than me to know. A fair amount. So, go on?

She said she had... abilities.

[Godlike abilities. Or, well, he. It was Haruki at the time, right? She thinks so, yes.]

...Yeah, she does.

That's why Asakura's group is interested in her.

[Winry nods.]

Yeah, I get that, but why? What do they want to use her for?

...They believe her power is enough to cause the next stage of evolution in life.

It probably is, [considering what she can pull even under the power cap in the barrier] but that's really what they want? Weird.

[So weird. Winry doesn't even think about Haruhi's powers that often- sometimes she even forgets she has them- but now... they seem really important.]

['They also happen to be aliens, but that's a bridge too far to go at the moment. Or a bridge and the ocean which the bridge spans.']

Asakura's faction in particular thinks that 'direct action' is needed to provoke Haruhi's powers into responding.

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