5 ~ Every one of my classmates shared the same look of disbelief [audio]

[menial]

['Well, it's been a while since Valentine's. Maybe I can show my face on the journal again. Well, so to speak. My tiny icon. Whatever. After having laid low for a while, it should be safe, right?'

And so this rather lackadaisical message appears on the journal.]

Has anyone ever had that feeling where you anticipate something bad happening for a while, but when it actually comes to pass, it's just confusing instead? And then disappointing.

Actually, I guess that would be a good way to describe everything... simply confusing. Anyway. I guess there are New Feathers coming around here, too. My advice for you would be to suspend disbelief and just move on with your life as soon as you can. Helpful, I know. Well, good luck.

Oh, and I guess Haruhi would want me to say... if you need to talk about your problems, the SOS Brigade is here. So there's that.

Well, I hope everyone I haven't talked to in a while is okay and all that, and later.

Comments

[militia]

All of the time! That's exactly the sort of thing that always happens here!

[menial]

Yeah, that's about the size of it. What happened to you?

[militia]

A better question would be "what hasn't".

[menial]

...How long have you been here?

[voice]

[emp3thy]

Anticipation tends to ruin reality.

[this is the same whether it's Luceti, the next big exam, or any other kind of challenge...]

[voice]

[menial]

For a certain type of person, anyway. I count myself among that lucky number.

[voice]

[emp3thy]

What were you worrying about?

[voice]

[menial]

Dealing with the fallout of Valentine's.

[ audio ]

[herotypical]

[ oh? someone who knows haruhi? well -- now she's just curious. what with the adversarial young woman inviting her to a party and all... ]

I don't know. That still sounds mostly of the bad to me. Who likes being confused? Or disappointed?

[ audio ]

[menial]

Things are mostly bad in proportion to how bad you expect them to be, right? While there are definite disadvantages to confusion, you have to consider that it could have involved much worse, really.

But that's the kind of disappointing part. Because it seems like you got worked up for nothing.

[ audio ]

[herotypical]

...What? You don't feel any relief?

[ audio ]

[menial]

...Well, yeah, there's relief mingled in there too.

['Is this what people mean when they say I focus a bit on the negative...?']

But the part that's more surprising to me is how it feels disappointing, I guess...

[Voice]

[installing]

Confused and disappointed doesn't... sound like the worst thing that could happen.

[Voice]

[menial]

No, it's not. It could've been worse... but that's precisely what's confusing.

[Voice]

[installing]

Honestly as long as I didn't end up in a threesome I'd just be glad.

[Voice] 1/2

[menial]

[Voice]

[menial]

['.........Ugh...']

Yes, avoiding that outcome would probably be the best one could have hoped for.

[analyzing]

[Give her a moment to formulate a proper response for that first part, man. For now, she'll just make an offhand comment.]

I didn't know you were part of the Brigade, Kyon-kun.

[menial]

One might even say I was the first member of the Brigade, in its original form, Rise-chan.

[analyzing]

[...]

You mean, back home?

[menial]

That's right.

...I'm surprised you didn't know it already.

[positivelycharged]

Why would a bad thing be disappointing?

[menial]

Anything can be disappointing if you had expectations for it, I suppose.

[positivelycharged]

That makes sense, I guess. Disappointing things are better than bad ones though, so I don't think I'd mind.

[menial]

Well, one can only deal with what one has on hand, and it appears to be disappointment, for better or for worse.