menial | 2 ~ in truth, this sort of silly question holds no real significance for me [audio/action]

['End of the month. Check. Strange things appearing for no reason. Check. This would be, if I had the choice, the part where I run and hide from the experiment. However, the content that appeared is just bizarre.']

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"A fart will follow you into the car, ruining your date."

This sounds like one of those bad Western comedies. You know, the ones with lazy slacker heroes who're forced into wacky adventures...

['Wait, if I had to honestly describe my own life... As they say at home, the eye wax laughing at the snot*.'

And so he decides to leave it at that.]

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[Today, then, Kyon will be found wandering around in the Welcome Center and the plaza, annoyed, because, quite according to the horoscope, his keys are missing.

'This does not bode well. Well, I guess "against all odds, you will accomplish a basic task" isn't ominous so much as simply insulting. But "you will have a chance encounter with romance today so take a bath, for God's sake"... That one could be problematic. In all kinds of ways.']

[*ooc: Japanese idiom, something like "the pot calling the kettle black".]

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I thought there were animals somewhere or other, right? If not, I suppose there's always conscription.

... Well, even if that part works, it doesn't really explain the bit about going on a date.

...That's not all that unimaginable, surely.

['Or have people I don't even know already come to that conclusion about me?']

Weeeell, I don't see why anyone'd wanna go on a date when they're stuck here. Just saying.

Maybe so, but it seems like plenty of people do.

Then let's look at it this way: are you gonna go on a date now you've read that?

Who knows what the future holds? I concede that it may not be likely, though.

Well, whatever. Just stay away from any carriages and girls for a while and you'll be fine!

You got any more predictions like that?

Eh. They're mostly mundane other than that.

Those are the ones you should be worrying about then! They probably mean something really bad if you look at 'em right!

"Your keys are missing"?

[... Okay, that seems pretty straightforward. Still, he's gotta find something bad in it! Thinking...]

It's the 'keys' to that 'car' from before! So, you're gonna be stuck inside there with something nasty! [Like whatever the fart is supposed to be! His logic is flawless, okay.]

Do carriages even have keys?

... Maybe they have something like those bars they put on gates? But, like, smaller.

--I don't think that could possibly be relevant.

It's an idea, at least! You'd think they'd have something, right?

Frankly, I have no idea what to expect.

Probably the unexpected, just saying. [Watch as Brendan tries and fails to be profound.]

I've always found that saying to be rather worthless in practice.

Eh, I wouldn't know myself! Never really tried it, to be honest.

It's difficult. Or impossible, depending on how you look at it.

Proooobably the latter, since it kinda stops being the unexpected once you start expecting it.

... Still, the saying's pretty cool!

['How can a saying be cool, exactly? Isn't a saying's essence that it's repeated by old and decidedly uncool people? Who knows.']

Probably.

Hmph, pretty crappy advice if it's impossible to follow.

Eh, [All the shrugging.] I guess it's supposed to make you think outside the box or however that's supposed to work.

['I feel like my whole life is outside the box. I'd rather get back in the box.']

Yeah, I guess so.

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