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

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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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['Ouch. I think.']

All right. See you.

[And through enough, she arrives at Seventh Heaven just after sunset. Sorry, Kyon, she really needed that shower.

Now, where is he...]

[Why, he'll be sitting at a table in the corner, flipping through the journal aimlessly.]

[And she'll just stroll over to join him. Look, she'll even take that seat right opposite of his without being invited to.]

Evening.

[He looks up and smiles.]

Hey, Rise-chan. Glad you made it.

Been waiting long?

Not at all.

['After how long Azusa-san took, everything seems like nothing. If that sentence makes any sense.']

Are you doing well?

Oh, a little busy here and there. The usual.

That's good.

[Pause.

'How to launch into this subject... Supernatural alien threats are probably kind of out of the purview of most idols' lives, right? I hope so, anyway.

Maybe if I keep at the small talk.']

Probably getting ready for the party, right...?

[Her eyebrows knit together for a moment, but her smile doesn't fade.]

Yeah. There's a lot of running around to do, but that's pretty normal for times like these.

[.........]

Um, about what you said earlier...

['Yeah, I suppose that would've been the easiest approach.']

Right. Asakura is a person from my world... I guess your world might not be full of supernatural stuff, but mine has a few odd things going on. She's really not quite a human, and she's dangerous to some people... Namely, those who seem like they would affect others from my world.

[Way to sound like a conspiracy theorist.]

And...she's dangerous to you.

Maybe, but she already said she's not planning on killing me for the time being, so... that's nice.

I...see.

[............

No. No, she doesn't see.]

Why did she tell you that?

...

[Though he's generally reticent about the topic, he feels it's safer to tell people who have no real connection to Haruhi at all, as he had with Mulder, for example, so he goes on:]

Because she's an alien without feelings and a great sense of impunity, as far as I know. Try not to tell anyone that, though. Or definitely don't say I said it.

Mmm...

[She looks down at the menu on the table as she thinks. On normal circumstances, she'd usually dismiss this as a joke, because seriously— homicidal aliens? On the other hand, having dealt with stuff like the TV world existing made abnormal things seem...plausible.]

This definitely isn't a joke, right?

I wish it were, but I'm pretty convinced that the knives she keeps throwing at me are real, even if cartoonish physics-violating things keep happening to them.

All right. [nod] I'll keep an eye out for her then.

Edited 2012-02-06 03:11 (UTC)

And...thanks. Sounds like you've had a pretty interesting life.

['Be still, my beating heart...!']

Maybe so, though it's really mostly been an interesting last year or so. On balance, yours might be more interesting.

I spent my last year here. It's not really that interesting in comparison.

[Except the parts when she'd been thrown into war. But that's not something for polite company.]

Um-- shouldn't we order something for dinner though?

...That'd probably make sense, yeah. [He glances over at the menu.] Did you have anything in mind?

['The whole lack of an economy kind of undermines my guilt about taking up space without paying, but there is, of course, still hunger.']

Anyway, I didn't mean your last year... Just your life as a whole.

Oh. Well...you could say I was working on my re-debut.

[flip flip flip.]

Maybe the lamb cutlets. Those sound kinda good.

Re-debut? Yeah, you left the idol business? From what I've heard, it's a pretty difficult job.

['That or one congenial to fostering magical girls who sing concerts by day and protect Earth by night.']

Sounds good to me. [He'll be scanning through some kind of noodle dish -- maybe a pasta. Important details.]

[Oh, everything still looks so delicious on this menu, it's kinda sad that she doesn't make it a point to eat here all the time...]

I took a hiatus.

Edited 2012-02-09 10:11 (UTC)

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