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[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.']

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[happyends]

[ ah, yes, the subject, and so this conversation goes back to the awkward part she didn't mention at the beginning. ]

... H-.. hmm, you're probably right, Kyon-san. I'm still sorry for back then..

[ voice ]

[menial]

No problem, Kaname. We heard a lot of things then.

And -- if you want to talk about anything, feel free, okay?

[ voice ]

[happyends]

No, it's okay. All of that is already a long time ago by now, so.. I'll be fine.

But.. um, if you ever have questions about something, I don't want to keep secrets from you. So feel free to ask.

[ voice ]

[menial]

Well, if you don't mind, Kaname... I'd like to hear about it.

[ voice ]

[happyends]

About all of it, Kyon-san..? That might be.. a bit of a long story.

[ voice ]

[menial]

Well, it's not like I have a ton of stuff to do around here, anyway.

[ voice ]

[happyends]

... Um.. would you like to talk about it in person then? That might be easier..

[ voice ]

[menial]

Yeah, probably. Okay, sure.

[ voice ]

[happyends]

Is there any place you'd prefer to meet up, Kyon-san? I don't really mind..

[ voice ]

[menial]

The tea shop, I suppose. It's where I usually go.

[ voice ]

[happyends]

Ah, that's where we met up before too, right?

[ voice ]

[menial]

Yeah, that's right.

[ voice ]

[happyends]

O-.. okay then. Is being there in a bit alright..?

[ voice ]

[menial]

Sure. Never had a problem before.

[ voice ]

[happyends]

Okay..! I'll see you over there then, Kyon-san.

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[menial]

[And he'll be waiting there, chilling at a corner table flipping through the journal.]

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[happyends]

[ She's arriving a little later, but she knows where he's usually sitting so she almost instinctively patters over there before bowing a little at him. ]

Good day. [ she smiles - a little bit, since she knows the topic will be heavy - before sitting down. ]

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[menial]

Hey, Kaname. Good to see you.

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[happyends]

It's good to see you too, Kyon-san. ... Ah, I should probably start telling now, right? It's just.. it's difficult to think of where to start..

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[menial]

Well, at the beginning, I guess. You were born under an auspicious star in the year nineteen ninety-something...

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[happyends]

[ okay, that gets her to giggle just a little. ]

You're so funny, Kyon-san..

[ or more like 'snarky', but like a girl like Madoka would ever recognize the difference. ]

Um.. well, I guess the whole magical girl thing started when I met Kyuubey.

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[menial]

Kyuubey. Huh. What kind of name is that?

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[happyends]

W-well, he's not really a person.. He looks a little like.. um.. a cute animal or a plush, I guess. [ it's a little awkward to talk about him after all this time though. ]

It might seem a little strange, but one day I just heard him.. calling out to me. Even though nobody else could hear it. I thought it was just me going crazy at first..

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[menial]

.... Uh, and it wasn't...?

I mean, it wasn't.

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[happyends]

O-of course it wasn't! I went to try and find the source of the sound, and.. that's when me and my best friend Sayaka-chan found Kyuubey. He was wounded and he looked like some sort of animal, so I thought I should take care of him.. but when I tried to do that, we got sucked into-.. into this really weird place instead. Everything was so weird and surreal and that was.. a witch's barrier.