9 ~ Deep inside my heart I still wanted those aliens [written/action]

[menial]

[written]

So, more New Feathers coming. Guess I'll first point out Maebara's helpful five-hour lecture on the SOS Brigade, for the new people. Welcome to Luceti, get ready for weird, et cetera.

But really, isn't it weirder how it works for us "Old, Slightly Decaying Feathers" than the new ones? After all, we keep seeing the same thing over and over. The shine's totally gone. All the New Feathers get to wake up confused with something new and surprising, and ask all the same questions about what this place is, and they, obviously, never get tired of it.

Whereas those of us who've been here a while just treat it as ordinary life, and are quite tired of explaining, and, hell, wrote a book on the topic. Even the mix is usually kind of the same, right? A few cute girls, a few brooding guys, random stuff in between. Usually one talking animal.

And I haven't even been here a quarter as long as some of us.

Anyway. It's a fair question if there's a "point" to this. I guess the question is, what would you say to a New Feather, as an Old Feather, as far as what to appreciate about the whole entry experience?

[action]

[After finishing that rather off-target ramble, Kyon will go for an off-target ramble of the physical variety, wandering around the general store for the afternoon and then sitting in the library... falling asleep.]

Comments

voice

[ahappylie]

You missed the "meeting your alternate selves" part.

voice

[menial]

Well, I didn't actually get to meet her, but I guess "meeting your friends' alternate selves" works for me.

Did you actually get to meet your own?

voice

[ahappylie]

Yes, he's still here. Your alternate self is a girl?

voice

[menial]

...Yeah, well, she showed up during the experiment.

I wasn't aware you could have two of the same person at the same time.

[sundead]

Is there really a reason to appreciate any of that?

[menial]

Hey, it's that or toss away the last eight months as a complete waste of time.

[sundead]

I meant more that I appreciate the calm parts more than the crazy ones.

[menial]

Ah. Well, I have to admit, there's sometimes humor value in the crazy parts.

voice;

[repudiate]

You have a pretty skewed sense of time, you know. [ okay, no, she knows Keiichi can ramble, obviously... but even so, there's some sense of girlfriendo honor that makes her say this much. ]

voice;

[menial]

Good to hear from you too, Ushiromiya.

Defending Maebara's honor, eh?

voice;

[repudiate]

Sorry, sorry. Guess I should've said 'congratulations on surviving' first, huh?

But I'm just saying that speech was twenty minutes at most. Probably. ... I skimmed half of it.

voice;

[menial]

Well, it's okay. You're forgiven.

And you're probably right... I'll revise my estimate to thirty minutes. Plus a skimming factor. Who wouldn't, after all?

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

I'd say getting to know so many new and nice people!

[Voice]

[menial]

Well, I think I could've guessed that's what you'd say, Moriyama-san.

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

It's really great to know so many nice people exist.

[Voice]

[menial]

Well, something's got to balance out the not-so-nice crap, after all.

[written]

[frost_jewel]

Though I have spoken to many people who cannot find things to appreciate, I think, hmm, that being able to know people from so many different places, places you did not even know existed! I think that is what I appreciate.

[written] shoot! i somehow missed this! i'm sorry!

[menial]

Well, that's kind of true. It definitely opens up the field of cultural understanding and anthropology and whatnot.

[godbent]

[and Haruhi's in the library to get... well, a textbook about submarines so that she can get a better understanding about their fuctionality.

She heard Kyon's rant earlier today she smiled to herself. Figured he'd finally be getting to that point now. and... then he is there in the library, asleep. She smiles again to herself and goes to sit across from him, read in there.]

[menial]

[So Kyon vaguely hears someone sitting down across from him, and it stirs him a little bit from his impromptu nap. Rubbing his eyes, he looks up blearily to see who it is.]

[godbent]

[Well she is not paying attention, hah! She is reading about submarines and stuff!]

[menial]

['Oh, Haruhi reading about things being underwater. Ominous. Then again, she can make any book reading look ominous.']

...A--[yawn.]

Afternoon to you too, Haruhi.

voice;

[consultsdetective]

Guess I'd vote for appreciating the fact that there's a whole village of people who can answer your questions on day one.

voice;

[menial]

That's... probably the first decent answer, huh? Yeah, I guess it's really the others around here that make it better.

voice; So sorry to take so long! a hiatus snuck up on me

[consultsdetective]

I know I would've been more lost and a lot angrier otherwise. Anything that'll help people panic a bit less is a godsend in my book.