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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.]
[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.]
[Action] /skips Keiichi
[And she smiles at that. As it should be.]
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Well then, mind telling me what all of these changes are?
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Keiichi, explain.
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I assume the way the Brigade worked in your world is the same as it worked here at the beginning. Based on that, as I said, we now work as a support group, answering to people's SOS messages and requests of any kind to the best of our abilities. We aren't an odd job group we aim to assist in self-improvement or interpersonal matters.
Examples of what it could be? Adaptation to the new environment could be one, we get many people from worlds different from ours in which there isn't even electricity, so it can be quite a cultural shock for them to be thrown to Luceti, besides the shock it is by default. Another would be help people to deal with traumas, though if it's too serious of an issue we just refer them to Paprika, ah, she's a professional therapist that's here and thus better qualified for it.
Besides that we still are the flagship of Luceti in terms of entertainment, so we will still organize events and the like according to relevant dates. [Not that there's anything planned at the moment but he assumes they will do something for Christmas or New Year like always.] Besides that the other most obvious change is the roster, but I'm not sure if that is bond to undergo new changes now or not. And you'll meet everyone else at the next meeting anyway.
[He has no idea if Kyon had a special position in the Brigade and if so if Haruhi will want him back on it. Which could alter the roster and current positions.]
I think that's all, in general terms.
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Actually, I just wish I did. But this is kind of important. So I listened pretty carefully to try and discern what lay behind it all. Was this some other test laid out by someone? An SOS Brigade with a real purpose besides its internal perpetuation?
...Seems like the purpose is still not quite one hundred percent defined, but it's some kind of more open social club. Which, again, isn't a bad thing. But our SOS Brigade was proudly insular, and took over subjects in a feudal manner only.
Not to mention the matter of "the roster." I'm looking forward to that one. This guy in front of me, despite his Koizumiesque tendency, doesn't seem like an abnormal superhuman in any sense. Of course, I suppose I wouldn't find out with Haruhi around.' [Assuming things work the same here, of course.]
Out of curiosity. How expanded is this roster?
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Stand in vice chief is that guy right there, Keiichi Maebara. the deputy vice chief is Mikage. German-like, has word-magic, sort of gay. As for the normal members there's Leon, who made the teleporting units we're responsible for, Uriko who's been with us forever, Xion, Oswald [...] "the Lucky Rabbit" [That comes with air quotes] - he insists, technically this thing named Pommy, but he's inconsistent, same for this woman named Grune... and then there's Hiccup, pretty recently Alphonse Elric, Azusa Miura, and some loser named Ayumu who I keep around because he's got nothing better to do and needs some direction, being a zombie and all.
[A beat] Naturally, those are the members in Luceti right now. given this village's turnover rate, we've naturally had a lot more over time, but they've since gone home.
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[You had to add that as a description, didn't you?]
You forgot to mention that Oswald is a black rabbit with pants and that Alphonse always wears a huge metal armor.
[Technically he IS the metal armor but, whatever.]
And... I don't know what Pommy is supposed to be.
[Hey, she added special descriptions to the most out-standing ones of them, why not add the rest? The others... Are apparently normal. Apparently.]
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I give up.'
Forget I asked.
'One thing's for certain, though: she hasn't been kept from the supernatural. That, or something in the water here has made everyone stark raving insane, in which case I think I'd better try and get one of those butter knives on my person as soon as possible.'
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[He looks at both though it sounds as if he's only talking to Haruhi.]
You got any specific questions?
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Not really. I just need to figure out what to do next.
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Right. What's the most important thing?
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'Kay, I'll accompany you to the Welcome Center and tell you on the way there. On the top of my head the wings are the most important thing as I told you already. I suppose that knowing that if you die you will return to live again after a week is important to know too.
[Just don't go around dying. Let's see, he already explained about the time thing and the part about people from from other times and such.]
Also... Don't make too many big plans for the end of the months, just in case something screws them over.
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Something like dying for a week?!
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[After all, it is true, but not something she would throw around so casually. She scrambles to her feet]
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[Her cool is lost, how does she salvage- inhale, exhale]
Anyway, forget it, I'll take him there.
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That's true, the dying for a week part is important information but it's mostly a trivia kind of data than anything else. Anyway, if Haruhi will take you there and all I suppose I'm not needed. I'll see you both tomorrow, I suppose.
[Immediate withdrawal the moment Haruhi steps into action? Not at all, must be your imagination.]
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--Uh--Yeah. See you, Maebara.
'Not a ton of psychopaths around? These days? Haruhi, as ever you fail to reassure.'
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[And he obediently follows along, not having much other choice in the matter anyway.]
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Keiichi's a weirdo anyway, you need to recognize that. There's really no one who focuses on the death thing as much as him or certain other fatalists do.
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Fun guy to have in the Brigade, then.
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