7 ~ However, it took me quite a bit longer to realize [written/action]

[menial]

To those that knew it, it looks like the crazy RPG hit-points-and-magic stuff has gone home. Sorry for those who were close to it. I don't think it left any notes or belongings for anyone, but I'm sure it'll be better off where it came from.

['What a cartoonish Shift this was. Not that I will ever forget my valorous deeds, but can we get back to ... Actually, forget it. Nothing serious. If more Shifts that are par for the Haruhi-course happen, it can only be a good thing.']

Seriously -- everyone all right out there? Sounds like a more than average number of people have been leaving fair Luceti lately. Though I guess variation is itself average, in said fair Luceti.

...Anyone know where the name "Luceti" comes from, anyway?

['...You know what, I'd better stop rambling right there.']

Comments

[Written]

[menial]

Well, you couldn't have needed it if you were kidnapped, surely.

What kind of project?

[Written]

[so_shik]

Stop making sense.

Sewing, what else? I use the dressing mannequins to see my work on display before I make adjustments and before I start putting the clothes out for sale. Having one missing put me behind.

[Written]

[menial]

Right. I guess I thought you meant something specific.

What would anyone want with that, though?

[Written]

[so_shik]

That's what I thought, why would anyone want it...but when I found out who took it and what they were using it for, it made more sense. It was a means of protection, but it's still just weird to think about.

[Written]

[menial]

Well, don't leave me in so much suspense. Go on.

[Written]

[so_shik]

I guess I'm just thinking because it's not really my story to tell, you know?

[Written]

[menial]

['Ah yes, and that's always stopped you before, Shiki.']

The story of who stole your dummy isn't yours to tell? Did they steal that, too?

[Written]

[so_shik]

Jack Sparrow.

[Written]

[menial]

Oh, that guy again.

[Written]

[so_shik]

Problem with him?

[Written]

[menial]

Well, he hit me in the chest with a cabbage last month.

[Written]

[so_shik]

...a cabbage. [...what even.] Okay a.) where did he even get a cabbage, and b.) what did you do to him?

[Written]

[menial]

Uh, well, he got it from me. I was bringing back groceries during the shift last month and crossing the bridge. He and Buffy Summers were apparently competing pirates.

[Written]

[so_shik]

You mean during that time all of us got to go to different worlds? Yeah, I heard most of the story from him. That would have made dating super-awkward.

[Written]

[menial]

...Dating him? What?

[Written]

[so_shik]

He and Buffy. They're kind of a thing.

[Written]

[menial]

[pause]

Well, that explains a few things.

[Written]

[so_shik]

I thought that would have been kind of a public thing...oh well. Yeah, they've been together for...oh my gosh, I can't even remember how long now. It's been a while.

[Written]

[menial]

Ah. Yes, okay, all is explained.

['And kinda weird. Then again, maybe that guy was affected by the event, too.']

[Written]

[so_shik]

You're pretty easy to accept things sometimes, aren't you?

[Written]

[menial]

I count on you not to be lying to me, of course.

[Written]

[so_shik]

Okay, no fair. When have I ever actually lied?

[Written]

[menial]

Hey, trust isn't about semantics, is it?

Anyway, I wasn't saying you had.

[Written]

[so_shik]

I don't know. Why don't you tell me what you think trust is about. Are you saying you're used to liars then?

[Written]

[menial]

Trust is about not having something you want to hide in the first place.

Though yes. I guess I am pretty used to liars.