1 ~ when did I stop believing in Santa Claus? [audio/action]

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[A teenage boy is extricating himself with some difficulty from having been dumped, or appearing, in the middle of the fountain in the center of the village. He's muttering to himself and clambering out. He's dressed in the generic-enough North High uniform, but of more interest may be what he's saying -- which is picked up by the split-open journal next to him.]

...Really, Haruhi? After all of that, I'm in some other time and place again?! Oh, boy. She really just doesn't stop... Where the hell is it this time?

[Once he gets up and brushes himself off, he can be found staring with slightly less bewilderment than you might expect at his surroundings.]

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[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

Then you'll fit right into the Brigade. Because I'm assuming Haruhi's not letting you go that easily.

[...He would be surprised if Haruhi did.]

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I would be surprised if she did.

'Though honestly, my being surprised has never stopped anything from happening with respect to her.'

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[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

Well, you'll probably get the full run-through from her, but I'll introduce myself now -- I'm Leon. Been with the Brigade since it was started here in Luceti. [...With some hiatuses there when he got thrown back home, but he always got brought back in.]

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'...Right, yeah. I know about that part now, but it's still weird to me to have strangers claiming to be part of the SOS Brigade. Weird is the least of the terms, actually.'

All right. Leon. Nice to meet you. [He gives his own name, then adds the caveat:] But if Haruhi's ever mentioned me, it would probably be under the name 'Kyon'.

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[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

[Kyon. Oh, yeah, the name's definitely come up before. ...And Kyonko too, but he thinks he can go without weirding out the New Feather even more.]

Yeah, your name's definitely come up. So you joined the Brigade at the same time as Itsuki and the others?

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'And if there's any more complexity to it than this, I might very well just strip down and try and jump back into that fountain.'

Yeah.

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[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

...Never did hear the reasoning behind 'Kyon,' even after all this time. Did she take away your name to prove your manliness, too?

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...She did that to you?

--No, for me it was my little sister who inflicted this issue on me. Everyone around me is responsible for perpetuating it.