Not to mention the kick on his groin. One would lose the movment of his legs just by taht.
Not really, from experience... at least, not more then you lose control over the rest of your body as you forcibly assume a fetal position. And a groin kick is certainly not followed by numbness of the legs... mostly just moaning and feeble movements, along with a lot of residual pain.
More on-topic... I've been going through my previous edits and cleaning up little things. I should be ready to tackle everything after Interlude 08 sometime in the next couple of days.
Also, Kaisos, after he died...?
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More on-topic... I've been going through my previous edits and cleaning up little things. I should be ready to tackle everything after Interlude 08 sometime in the next couple of days.
That's excellent. I look forward to it.
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Also, Kaisos, after he died...?
Games with language, particularly pronouns, are fun.
I make no apologies for the quality, this scene was HARD to produce.
Spoiler for September the Sixth, Day 5, Kyonko: Streets of Nishinomiya- Hobo Girl:
Hobo Girl
...?
What was I doing? My everything hurts... especially my hand. Feels like it's on fire...
...There's a rectangular red mark stretched across my palm. Well, that explains that.
Girl A: ...Are you okay now? If not, I'll just have to kick you again...!
I have to look up at her for once, since, while she's kneeling, I'm flat on the ground.
Kyon: What... just happened?
Girl A: Oh thank god, you're back among the sane.
Kyon: I was seriously asking: why am I on the ground?
This doesn't feel the same as the last two times I passed out... it's more like... I didn't pass out at all...?
I don't feel as drained, and what's more, I have absolutely no memory of what I dreamt about... usually I have some kind of impression if not clear detail.
Girl A: Well, what's the last thing you remember?
Kyon: I guess... you asking about my headphones?
Girl A: So that was what triggered it...
Kyon: Okay, what happened?
I push myself upright.
Kyon: Did I do something while I was out?
Girl A: Well, you assaulted me, if that counts as “something”.
Kyon: ...
I really don't know what to say to that.
Girl A: I guess it's alright, since you had clearly lost it.
She stands up and stretches.
I try to do the same, but... my legs don't seem to be working.
Girl A: ...I had to smash those to snap you out of it, by the way.
She points to the shattered remains of both the headphones and the xPod, which seems like it was stomped on.
...Well, that ends that, then.
Bending down over the wreckage, Girl A pulls a zipper storage back out of her pocket.
Girl A: ...You don't mind if I take this, right? Since you're not using it anyway.
Kyon: ...Go ahead.
It's probably better if you get rid of it... I don't know what it did this time, but I still can't feel my legs. Oh, no, wait, there's feeling now. It hurts.
Girl A packs the remnants of those cursed headphones into the bag, seals it up, shoves it under the park bench, and slaps a prayer slip on it.
Kyon: ...I've been wondering for a while now, but exactly what are you doing?
Girl A: Protection Against Theft. What does it look like?
Kyon: ...And does it work?
Girl A: Well, no one's stolen anything yet, so...
That isn't anything like adequate proof! Who would want to steal school uniforms and underwear? ...Don't answer that.
Girl A: More importantly, why are you still on the ground?
Kyon: ...My legs are... rather numb... actually, I think I'm going to have trouble getting anywhere...
I really don't like to ask this of anyone, but could you possibly...
Girl A rolls her eyes.
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And that was how I ended up being half-carried home by a girl I barely know. Due to our slow pace, it was approaching early evening by the time we finally got there.
Kyon: ...Why did you stop?
Girl A: Well, this is your house, right?
Kyon: I never told you where I lived. I just told you the general area.
Girl A: ...
Kyon: You're not actually stalking me, are you?
Because that would mean I'd have to break off a valuable friendship.
I'm not serious about the 'valuable' part, by the way.
Girl A: I was telling the truth, by the way.
Kyon: What?
Girl A: About not having any place to stay. I've seriously been living on the streets.
Kyon: ...I can stand by myself now.
She removes her arm from around my torso. As the curtain of silence falls, we both stare up at my house together.
...
[IF Thief=False THEN]
[To Muttered Concession]
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[IF Thief=True THEN]
[DECISION POINT HERE]
1)Wish her good luck.
2)Invite her inside.
Muttered Concession
Kyon: ...Good luck out there, then.
Even if I were to ask her to stay here, I don't think she's the kind of person who'll accept. ...Besides, how on earth am I suppose to hide her from my nosy family?
Girl A: ...Thanks... Kyon.
She mutters that, and walks away without another word.
...?
Hold on. Something was odd just now.
She's never called me by name before. In fact, I didn't think she had any idea who I was.
...Am I and my nickname that infamous? Damn you, Haruhi.
It wasn't just her saying my name, though. There was definitely something else. A sense of... defeat?
No, not defeat. Concession.
And Many Thanks
Kyon: ...If it's as bad as I think it is... you could stay here.
Not that I think she'll accept, but... I don't think any girl like this should have to sleep outdoors, especially if there's something I can do about it.
Girl A: ...Eh? Wait, what?
Kyon: I'm telling you that you can live here, at my house. ...We can't let my family know,
Because then Haruhi would hear about it, guaranteed,
Kyon: But as long as you remain hidden, this can be your place to come home to.
Girl A gives me one look-- are those tears!?-- and pulls me into what is unmistakeably a hug, burying her face in my chest. ...Her body is really soft.
Kyon: !!!!! G-g-g--
Girl A: ...Sorry. It's just that you never have any idea how hard the ground is until you sleep on it, how cold the night is until you go out without a jacket, or how lonely it is when your strange club members are the only people who even know your name. ...Sure, there are those who are worse off then me, but damn do I not care about them at all right now!
She removes her head from the recesses of my shirt. Yep, she's definitely crying tears... tears of happiness.
Girl A: Thank you! I'll be in your debt forever!
...Cute!
Kyon: I-It's not really that big of a deal, you know!
You don't have to cry or be in my debt! Just let go of me before I do something bad!
She seems to realize something from the look on my face, and detaches, rubbing her face dry.
Girl A: So, um, now what? If you have to keep my staying here a secret from your mom (for whatever reason) how are we going to get inside?
Good point, The lights are on, and somebody's home, so the front door's a definite no-go.
Kyon: There's a trellis in the back... You could climb up that.
Girl A: ...Do you realize how fragile those things are?
Yes, actually, since I repaired it yesterday morning.
Hmm.
Kyon and Kyonko play off each other pretty well. The interesting interaction between them is a credit to your writing skills. It does feels pretty similar to Kyon/Haruhi, which was probably the intention; since Kyon, Haruhi, Kyonko and Haruki are more similar than they would believe.
You know, by this time Kyon should have been reflecting on the weirdness of the past few days, and their possible connection with the new girls. He might have been distracted by the action during the encounters, but at the end of this night he should have begun wailing about the weirdness in his life. Even if he is trying to hide a runaway girl in his room, there's no reason not to be paranoid, right?
The time jump for the walk home could have been explained by Kyon saying that he was too much in pain to make it anything but a silent walk.
Kyon could always jam a chair under the doorknob; in the morning, that should hold imouto long enough for Kyonko to hide. I bet Kyonko will demand the warm, soft bed, even if it was a guy's; on account of having not slept in one for days.
Of course, if they do forget to bar the door in that instance:
Imouto: Kyah! Kyon-kun turned into a girl!
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Male Kyon is also a sucker for cute girls, and tries to be chivalrous as long as he can be lazy about it. He's probably going to give the bed to "Girl A" at this point.
Dunno... she'd probably be thinking of her brother the whole time.
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Not really, from experience... at least, not more then you lose control over the rest of your body as you forcibly assume a fetal position. And a groin kick is certainly not followed by numbness of the legs... mostly just moaning and feeble movements, along with a lot of residual pain.
I usually just fall dead on the ground with really random 1. twitching, 2. fits. I agree about the residual pain part though. Dammit hurts!
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You know, by this time Kyon should have been reflecting on the weirdness of the past few days, and their possible connection with the new girls.
Um... I'd say that going through an end-of-the-world experience, killing a giant cricket, endless summer, yada yada has already traumatized Kyon to the point where weird ain't weird anymore. Other than Haruhi disappearing, of course. (OMG SPOILERS!!)
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He might have been distracted by the action during the encounters, but at the end of this night he should have begun wailing about the weirdness in his life. Even if he is trying to hide a runaway girl in his room, there's no reason not to be paranoid, right?
That's basically Kyon's job in the SOS-Dan
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The time jump for the walk home could have been explained by Kyon saying that he was too much in pain to make it anything but a silent walk.
Yeah.
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Of course, if they do forget to bar the door in that instance:
Imouto: Kyah! Kyon-kun turned into a girl!
I'm guessing this will happen sooner or later.
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I've had some thinking, and I think a reason that Kyonko cried would be because Kyon was being kind to her. Since Kyon=Kyonko, I guess she finally knew she could be a kind person too, not just a jerk, unobservant, and all the bad qualities she sees in Kyon, who is also her.
To put in short, what's true for one, is true for the other. Or something like that.
Should I put a "tl;dr" spoiler tag for the above?
Oh, and before I forget, will Nagato-san remember everything? Remember, she could remember every Endless Eight. All fifteen thousand something times or so.
Such a long post. What is this, I don't even.
Going to Taiwan for 5 days. Curse all the backlog. I'm only up to p. 132 or so
Oh, and before I forget, will Nagato-san remember everything? Remember, she could remember every Endless Eight. All fifteen thousand something times or so.
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Um... I'd say that going through an end-of-the-world experience, killing a giant cricket, endless summer, yada yada has already traumatized Kyon to the point where weird ain't weird anymore. Other than Haruhi disappearing, of course. (OMG SPOILERS!!)
True, but Tanigawa's writing is mostly having Kyon giving a running commentary on the events of his high school life as if he's writing his memoirs. For this day, and possibly the entire VN so far, he hasn't much lamented the possible ruin of his life by the weirdness. At least not to the level that we see in the novels. It is also about time that he start making connections, assessing the situation, and predicting what is going wrong. Any good VN PC would be shown using his brain for the srs business. Leads that fail to do so should logically turn out like School Days' Makoto.
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I've had some thinking, and I think a reason that Kyonko cried would be because Kyon was being kind to her. Since Kyon=Kyonko, I guess she finally knew she could be a kind person too, not just a jerk, unobservant, and all the bad qualities she sees in Kyon, who is also her.
To put in short, what's true for one, is true for the other. Or something like that.
Should I put a "tl;dr" spoiler tag for the above?
Oh, and before I forget, will Nagato-san remember everything? Remember, she could remember every Endless Eight. All fifteen thousand something times or so.
Such a long post. What is this, I don't even.
Going to Taiwan for 5 days. Curse all the backlog. I'm only up to p. 132 or so
Sounds good, but if Kyonko consciously recognized that, she shouldn't have been stomping on Kyon's crotch. Unless, she regrets it now.
Nagato probably couldn't. For her, time in E8 would be shaped like a spring. Time in this VN would be like a fork.
Spoiler for September the Sixth, Day 5, Kyon: My Room- Nayuki:
Nayuki
I kick open the door. And by “kick open”, I mean “kick open”.
Or did we do that one already? Wait, what am I talking about?
My mother and sister, who are in the living room, look up at my sudden entry.
Kyon: Ah, what a crappy day! It was full of, um, crap. That was bad!
Both of them stare at me. I start heading into the kitchen.
Kyon: I nearly got run over by a truck! I fortunately managed to kick it as it went past, though.
At this, my mother jumps up and starts babbling worriedly. My sister goes back to her popsicle. Not good.
Kyon: Ah, I'm fine! It's not like that's the worst thing that happened to me today. I also met with Haruhi!
My sister perks her head up.
Sister: Haru-chan? Why is meeting her a bad thing?
Kyon: I'm glad you asked! Because I'm not going to tell you!
Oh ho ho!
This definitely isn't working. They could look over at any moment.
I wrench my arm away from my mother, who's trying to check for injuries.
Kyon: Anyway, that's why I need a drink of water! Yes! A drink. Of water.
Yes, mother, I'm feeling alright! I'm feeling perfectly fine! All is well!
I reach into the cupboard to get a glass, but 'accidentally' knock it over... which causes a chain reaction, culminating in rather a lot of shattered glass on the floor.
Kyon: Oh, uh, sorry... about... that... by the way, I was lying about the truck thing. Hahahahahahaha!
My mother cradles her face in the palm of her hand, looking rather a lot like a certain girl I met yesterday.
Sister: Mom, I think Kyon-kun's brain got stolen by the bodysnatchers again.
My mother, sighing, tells her to come and help us clean up the mess.
Just. As. Planned.
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Girl A: Ah, I've got it.
And what would that be?
Girl A: Well, why not try for a frontal attack? Like, walk in to the house, acting as loud and obnoxious as you possibly can? Try to draw your mother and sister's attention, so I can slip in without being noticed.
...
Kyon: Loud and obnoxious? I guess I can do that.
I have a brigade chief who's an excellent teacher.
Kyon: Anyway, after you get in, you should head up to my room. You just go up the stairs and--
Girl A: Yeah, yeah, I know. Hurry up, I wanna flop down on a bed already.
...
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When I got back to my room after that embarrassing scene, Girl A was indeed flopped down on my bed, an expression of bliss pasted on her face.
Girl A: Ah... human civilization is a wonderful thing.
Kyon: Get off! I didn't say that you could sleep there!
Girl A: Pipe down, you mother'll hear. Speaking of you being loud, I heard your performance. It was terrible. You need to be less loud and more obnoxious in the future.
Kyon: ...You...
She looks so happy lounging around like that, like a recently-fed housecat. It kind of pisses me off for some reason.
Girl A: Furthermore, didn't you say something pretty interesting just now?
Kyon: Sorry, what was that?
Girl A: You implied that I wouldn't be getting the bed. ...And I think that it's false advertisement if you don't, since you were the one who offered me... what was it? “A place to come home to?”
Kyon: That doesn't imply that you'd be getting to sleep in my bed. Nowhere in my invitation did I imply that!
She sits up.
Girl A: I'm a guest here! I deserve your hospitality and generosity! Therefore, I also deserve to sleep on a bed... it's been days...
And I think this would be you abusing my generosity. At least I got you out of the cold.
Kyon: Besides, you do realize that's my bed, right? It's a guy's bed. Those sheets haven't been washed in a week.
Girl A: I really don't care. Just so long as I can sleep on something soft and man-made, I don't care what kind of bed it is.
Kyon: Okay, then where am I supposed to sleep?
Right beside you? I don't think you'll like that at all, would you?
Girl A: You know, I could ask you the same question. Just grab one of the blankets and sleep on the floor. It looks comfy enough.
She rolls over, facing the wall.
Girl A: Goodnight~.
Kyon: Hey, hey, hold on, we're not--
Sister: Kyon-kun, who are you talking to?
Kyon: Gah!
My sister is right on the other side of the door!
I motion Girl A to get out of sight, but she doesn't move at all. In fact, I think she's pretending to snore.
That...!
I open the door a crack.
Kyon: What is it?
Sister: I heard you yelling at someone... you're acting so weird today.
Kyon: Oh, that. I was talking to myself. Nothing to worry about. In fact, I was in the middle of an important conversation, so if that's everything...
Sister: Mom says you have to stop doing that, especially in public.
Kyon: I don't talk to myself in public.
Sister: Yes you do, you just don't notice it! You did it last time we went out for dinner, and mom says the people at the next table thought you were nuts.
Kyon: ...I'll see you in the morning.
Sister: See you, Kyon-kun!
Well, that's one crisis avoided.
Kyon: We're going to have to worry about that, too. She has a tendency to barge in at odd times to borrow my scissors, and she also wakes me up most mornings.
Girl A is awake again now. Not that she was ever asleep to begin with.
Girl A: My little brother does the same thing, so I had a lock put on my door... yet he keeps getting in anyway.
I grab my chair and wedge it under the doorknob.
Kyon: That should keep her out long enough for you to hide somewhere. Also...
Sigh.
Kyon: I guess you can sleep on the bed, yeah.
Girl A: Victory!
From her sitting position, she flops back down onto the bed.
Kyon: There's a condition, though.
Girl A: Do tell.
Kyon: ...If you're going to be living at my house, you're going to tell me your name.
After all, we never really introduced ourselves... and I've never really thought to ask.
The soon-to-not-be-Girl A looks away for a moment, then opens her mouth.
However, I didn't get to hear her name, since what must have been a large truck passed loudly on the road outside.
There seems to be a lot of trucks in my life recently.
Kyon: Sorry, what was that?
It sounded a little... familar.
...
Girl A: ...You know what? Nevermind. Just call me Thief like I know you've been doing in your head anyway. It's good enough, wouldn't you say?
Kyon: Actually, I've been using “Girl A”...
Girl A: That's even worse!
Kyon: ...Why don't you want to tell me your name?
Girl A: Feminine reasons.
Kyon: ...
I suppose I can't argue with that.
Kyon: Then, why don't I just give you a name? Something I can call you by.
Girl A: Sure, but nothing stupid, please.
Kyon: How about “Nayuki”?
It's a pretty nostalgic name for me, but I think it suits you.
Nayuki: ...Sounds good to me.
And so Girl A became Nayuki.
My mother suddenly called through the door, asking who on Earth I was talking to.
Kyon: Gah!
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We spent the rest of the night talking about trivial things and arguing over which blanket would be mine.
When it reached eleven 'o clock, Nayuki arbitrarily decided it was time to go to sleep.
Kyon: It's the weekend, though.
Nayuki: And I've been looking forward to sleeping in this bed since the day I was born.
That's a long time!
Nayuki: Goodnight~.
She starts to crawl under the covers.
Nayuki: ...Ah, crap.
What now?
Nayuki: I forgot to do something... Nevermind, I'll deal with the consequences later. Comfortable sleep now.
Kyon: Hold on, are you going to wear that to bed?
She's still in that dirty school uniform, after all.
Nayuki: What else am I supposed to put on? Your pyjamas?
Kyon: Yes, actually.
Although I think they'll be more than a little big on you.
Nayuki: ...Sure, why not? Might as well be even more comfortable.
After throwing her a pair, I turn my back in an attempt to be chivalrous. It's kind of awkward with a girl undressing behind you, but she's not pure and golden like Asahina-san, so I'm not nearly as freaked out by it as I might normally be.
Nayuki: What are you doing?
Kyon: Giving you some privacy?
Nayuki: Get in the closet.
I spin around.
Kyon: What?
Nayuki: You heard me. Get in the closet while I change. I can't trust you not to peek. Hell, how do I know that wasn't your intent when inviting me to stay here in the first place?
Kyon: Hey now...
This isn't some random love comedy! I'm not about to try to see you in your underwear for some cheap thrills!
Regardless of my protests, I ended up in the closet anyway. I took this opportunity to change my own clothes.
When Nayuki told me I could come out again, there were two marked differences in her appearance: One was, obviously, that she was wearing my ill-fitting pyjamas, and the other that she had let her hair down. I would have preferred her to keep the ponytail, of course, but somehow she looks cuter like this.
...It seems that I've come to an impasse.
Kyon: So you don't wear the ponytail to bed, then?
Nayuki: Of course not, who does... oh god, don't tell me.
Her face turns an instantaneous red.
Nayuki: You have a ponytail fetish, don't you?!
Kyon: ...How can you tell?
Nayuki: People who have a ponytail fetish all have something in common: They're idiots.
Kyon: ...
I can't think of anything intelligent to say to that, which I guess proves her right.
Nayuki's still muttering about something.
Nayuki: ...If I ever catch you staring at my hair, I swear, I'm going to... anyway, this is the third time I've said it, but goodnight~.
So does that mean that I can stare at other-- ah, forget it.
Nayuki grabs the remote off my bedside table, and switches off the lights.
---
I can't sleep.
This is for two reasons: One, that I'm reflecting on how strange and love-comedy-like my life has suddenly become, and two, that in an absence of other sources of sound, all I can hear is Nayuki's breathing.
...I am in serious trouble if anyone finds out that I'm looking after her. Well, I suppose that my family will find out eventually, and I'll definitely have to tell Koizumi about it just in case he has to do damage control, but I'm going to keep this in the dark as long as I can.
What worries me the most is that I have no idea who this girl really is, yet it seems as though she knows everything about me. ...For that matter, we get along surprisingly well despite having just met.
She is most definitely connected to the events of the past week... yet how? I don't see the connection. Unless...
...
The tiredness is robbing my brain of the ability to think, so I'll put this off until tomorrow.
At least, if there's one thing I no longer have to worry about anymore, it's those blasted headphones. I'll probably never see them again, and I'll have to make sure to stay far away from that station if I want to keep it that way.
Today was a very, very strange day.
But the strangest day of all is yet to come.
No, the truck jokes will never get old. I love that gag to bits.
What I did here was combine the last three Kyonko scenes into one, simply because there wasn't enough content in my brain or in that outline to make it last that long.
Please, do enjoy.
For those who are interested, yes, "love comedy" really is a central theme of the Co-Op Route, and yes, I did steal the closet thing from Shana.
Delicious.... now they will sleep together XD one day or another... they will sleep in one bed hugging each other until they wake up and Nayuki kicks him in the stomach.
Spoiler for September the Sixth, Day 5, Kyon: My Room- Nayuki:
Nayuki
...I am in serious trouble if anyone finds out that I'm looking after her. Well, I suppose that my family will find out eventually, and I'll definitely have to tell Koizumi about it just in case he has to do damage control, but I'm going to keep this in the dark as long as I can.
Oh sure, NOW he thinks of Koizumi first
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No, the truck jokes will never get old. I love that gag to bits.
Truck jokes are fun. Kyon's always connected to trucks, even in Haruhi-chan
Not really, from experience... at least, not more then you lose control over the rest of your body as you forcibly assume a fetal position. And a groin kick is certainly not followed by numbness of the legs... mostly just moaning and feeble movements, along with a lot of residual pain.
I was joking, you know.
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Um... I'd say that going through an end-of-the-world experience, killing a giant cricket, endless summer, yada yada has already traumatized Kyon to the point where weird ain't weird anymore. Other than Haruhi disappearing, of course. (OMG SPOILERS!!)
Nah, by the time of this VN, there haven't be that many weird stuff yet.
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I've had some thinking, and I think a reason that Kyonko cried would be because Kyon was being kind to her. Since Kyon=Kyonko, I guess she finally knew she could be a kind person too, not just a jerk, unobservant, and all the bad qualities she sees in Kyon, who is also her.
To put in short, what's true for one, is true for the other. Or something like that.
Make sense, even if in a unconcious level.
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Originally Posted by otai
True, but Tanigawa's writing is mostly having Kyon giving a running commentary on the events of his high school life as if he's writing his memoirs. For this day, and possibly the entire VN so far, he hasn't much lamented the possible ruin of his life by the weirdness. At least not to the level that we see in the novels. It is also about time that he start making connections, assessing the situation, and predicting what is going wrong. Any good VN PC would be shown using his brain for the srs business. Leads that fail to do so should logically turn out like School Days' Makoto.
I guess Kaisos listened you, 'cause Kyon have just made the conections. :
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Sounds good, but if Kyonko consciously recognized that, she shouldn't have been stomping on Kyon's crotch. Unless, she regrets it now.
This was before. Beside, she was bein assalted, even if she noticed Kyon was kind of possessed, she stil had to rid him of her.
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Spoiler for September the Sixth, Day 5, Kyon: My Room- Nayuki:
Nayuki
I kick open the door. And by “kick open”, I mean “kick open”.
Or did we do that one already? Wait, what am I talking about?
My mother and sister, who are in the living room, look up at my sudden entry.
Kyon: Ah, what a crappy day! It was full of, um, crap. That was bad!
Both of them stare at me. I start heading into the kitchen.
Kyon: I nearly got run over by a truck! I fortunately managed to kick it as it went past, though.
At this, my mother jumps up and starts babbling worriedly. My sister goes back to her popsicle. Not good.
Kyon: Ah, I'm fine! It's not like that's the worst thing that happened to me today. I also met with Haruhi!
My sister perks her head up.
Sister: Haru-chan? Why is meeting her a bad thing?
Kyon: I'm glad you asked! Because I'm not going to tell you!
Oh ho ho!
This definitely isn't working. They could look over at any moment.
I wrench my arm away from my mother, who's trying to check for injuries.
Kyon: Anyway, that's why I need a drink of water! Yes! A drink. Of water.
Yes, mother, I'm feeling alright! I'm feeling perfectly fine! All is well!
I reach into the cupboard to get a glass, but 'accidentally' knock it over... which causes a chain reaction, culminating in rather a lot of shattered glass on the floor.
Kyon: Oh, uh, sorry... about... that... by the way, I was lying about the truck thing. Hahahahahahaha!
My mother cradles her face in the palm of her hand, looking rather a lot like a certain girl I met yesterday.
Sister: Mom, I think Kyon-kun's brain got stolen by the bodysnatchers again.
My mother, sighing, tells her to come and help us clean up the mess.
Just. As. Planned.
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Girl A: Ah, I've got it.
And what would that be?
Girl A: Well, why not try for a frontal attack? Like, walk in to the house, acting as loud and obnoxious as you possibly can? Try to draw your mother and sister's attention, so I can slip in without being noticed.
...
Kyon: Loud and obnoxious? I guess I can do that.
I have a brigade chief who's an excellent teacher.
Kyon: Anyway, after you get in, you should head up to my room. You just go up the stairs and--
Girl A: Yeah, yeah, I know. Hurry up, I wanna flop down on a bed already.
...
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When I got back to my room after that embarrassing scene, Girl A was indeed flopped down on my bed, an expression of bliss pasted on her face.
Girl A: Ah... human civilization is a wonderful thing.
Kyon: Get off! I didn't say that you could sleep there!
Girl A: Pipe down, you mother'll hear. Speaking of you being loud, I heard your performance. It was terrible. You need to be less loud and more obnoxious in the future.
Kyon: ...You...
She looks so happy lounging around like that, like a recently-fed housecat. It kind of pisses me off for some reason.
Girl A: Furthermore, didn't you say something pretty interesting just now?
Kyon: Sorry, what was that?
Girl A: You implied that I wouldn't be getting the bed. ...And I think that it's false advertisement if you don't, since you were the one who offered me... what was it? “A place to come home to?”
Kyon: That doesn't imply that you'd be getting to sleep in my bed. Nowhere in my invitation did I imply that!
She sits up.
Girl A: I'm a guest here! I deserve your hospitality and generosity! Therefore, I also deserve to sleep on a bed... it's been days...
And I think this would be you abusing my generosity. At least I got you out of the cold.
Kyon: Besides, you do realize that's my bed, right? It's a guy's bed. Those sheets haven't been washed in a week.
Girl A: I really don't care. Just so long as I can sleep on something soft and man-made, I don't care what kind of bed it is.
Kyon: Okay, then where am I supposed to sleep?
Right beside you? I don't think you'll like that at all, would you?
Girl A: You know, I could ask you the same question. Just grab one of the blankets and sleep on the floor. It looks comfy enough.
She rolls over, facing the wall.
Girl A: Goodnight~.
Kyon: Hey, hey, hold on, we're not--
Sister: Kyon-kun, who are you talking to?
Kyon: Gah!
My sister is right on the other side of the door!
I motion Girl A to get out of sight, but she doesn't move at all. In fact, I think she's pretending to snore.
That...!
I open the door a crack.
Kyon: What is it?
Sister: I heard you yelling at someone... you're acting so weird today.
Kyon: Oh, that. I was talking to myself. Nothing to worry about. In fact, I was in the middle of an important conversation, so if that's everything...
Sister: Mom says you have to stop doing that, especially in public.
Kyon: I don't talk to myself in public.
Sister: Yes you do, you just don't notice it! You did it last time we went out for dinner, and mom says the people at the next table thought you were nuts.
Kyon: ...I'll see you in the morning.
Sister: See you, Kyon-kun!
Well, that's one crisis avoided.
Kyon: We're going to have to worry about that, too. She has a tendency to barge in at odd times to borrow my scissors, and she also wakes me up most mornings.
Girl A is awake again now. Not that she was ever asleep to begin with.
Girl A: My little brother does the same thing, so I had a lock put on my door... yet he keeps getting in anyway.
I grab my chair and wedge it under the doorknob.
Kyon: That should keep her out long enough for you to hide somewhere. Also...
Sigh.
Kyon: I guess you can sleep on the bed, yeah.
Girl A: Victory!
From her sitting position, she flops back down onto the bed.
Kyon: There's a condition, though.
Girl A: Do tell.
Kyon: ...If you're going to be living at my house, you're going to tell me your name.
After all, we never really introduced ourselves... and I've never really thought to ask.
The soon-to-not-be-Girl A looks away for a moment, then opens her mouth.
However, I didn't get to hear her name, since what must have been a large truck passed loudly on the road outside.
There seems to be a lot of trucks in my life recently.
Kyon: Sorry, what was that?
It sounded a little... familar.
...
Girl A: ...You know what? Nevermind. Just call me Thief like I know you've been doing in your head anyway. It's good enough, wouldn't you say?
Kyon: Actually, I've been using “Girl A”...
Girl A: That's even worse!
Kyon: ...Why don't you want to tell me your name?
Girl A: Feminine reasons.
Kyon: ...
I suppose I can't argue with that.
Kyon: Then, why don't I just give you a name? Something I can call you by.
Girl A: Sure, but nothing stupid, please.
Kyon: How about “Nayuki”?
It's a pretty nostalgic name for me, but I think it suits you.
Nayuki: ...Sounds good to me.
And so Girl A became Nayuki.
My mother suddenly called through the door, asking who on Earth I was talking to.
Kyon: Gah!
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We spent the rest of the night talking about trivial things and arguing over which blanket would be mine.
When it reached eleven 'o clock, Nayuki arbitrarily decided it was time to go to sleep.
Kyon: It's the weekend, though.
Nayuki: And I've been looking forward to sleeping in this bed since the day I was born.
That's a long time!
Nayuki: Goodnight~.
She starts to crawl under the covers.
Nayuki: ...Ah, crap.
What now?
Nayuki: I forgot to do something... Nevermind, I'll deal with the consequences later. Comfortable sleep now.
Kyon: Hold on, are you going to wear that to bed?
She's still in that dirty school uniform, after all.
Nayuki: What else am I supposed to put on? Your pyjamas?
Kyon: Yes, actually.
Although I think they'll be more than a little big on you.
Nayuki: ...Sure, why not? Might as well be even more comfortable.
After throwing her a pair, I turn my back in an attempt to be chivalrous. It's kind of awkward with a girl undressing behind you, but she's not pure and golden like Asahina-san, so I'm not nearly as freaked out by it as I might normally be.
Nayuki: What are you doing?
Kyon: Giving you some privacy?
Nayuki: Get in the closet.
I spin around.
Kyon: What?
Nayuki: You heard me. Get in the closet while I change. I can't trust you not to peek. Hell, how do I know that wasn't your intent when inviting me to stay here in the first place?
Kyon: Hey now...
This isn't some random love comedy! I'm not about to try to see you in your underwear for some cheap thrills!
Regardless of my protests, I ended up in the closet anyway. I took this opportunity to change my own clothes.
When Nayuki told me I could come out again, there were two marked differences in her appearance: One was, obviously, that she was wearing my ill-fitting pyjamas, and the other that she had let her hair down. I would have preferred her to keep the ponytail, of course, but somehow she looks cuter like this.
...It seems that I've come to an impasse.
Kyon: So you don't wear the ponytail to bed, then?
Nayuki: Of course not, who does... oh god, don't tell me.
Her face turns an instantaneous red.
Nayuki: You have a ponytail fetish, don't you?!
Kyon: ...How can you tell?
Nayuki: People who have a ponytail fetish all have something in common: They're idiots.
Kyon: ...
I can't think of anything intelligent to say to that, which I guess proves her right.
Nayuki's still muttering about something.
Nayuki: ...If I ever catch you staring at my hair, I swear, I'm going to... anyway, this is the third time I've said it, but goodnight~.
So does that mean that I can stare at other-- ah, forget it.
Nayuki grabs the remote off my bedside table, and switches off the lights.
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I can't sleep.
This is for two reasons: One, that I'm reflecting on how strange and love-comedy-like my life has suddenly become, and two, that in an absence of other sources of sound, all I can hear is Nayuki's breathing.
...I am in serious trouble if anyone finds out that I'm looking after her. Well, I suppose that my family will find out eventually, and I'll definitely have to tell Koizumi about it just in case he has to do damage control, but I'm going to keep this in the dark as long as I can.
What worries me the most is that I have no idea who this girl really is, yet it seems as though she knows everything about me. ...For that matter, we get along surprisingly well despite having just met.
She is most definitely connected to the events of the past week... yet how? I don't see the connection. Unless...
...
The tiredness is robbing my brain of the ability to think, so I'll put this off until tomorrow.
At least, if there's one thing I no longer have to worry about anymore, it's those blasted headphones. I'll probably never see them again, and I'll have to make sure to stay far away from that station if I want to keep it that way.
Today was a very, very strange day.
But the strangest day of all is yet to come.
Heh, nice cute funny scene. Kyo in 'loud and obnoxious' mode was really funny. Specially the first sentence. But, for some reason I tought it was impossible going past the living room to Kyon room without anyone noticing, unless Kyon actually breaked the glasses in the kitchen I justt didn't undertood that?
About the name 'Nayuki', I understand why the choice, however, why haven't Kyonko just tell him her fake name she gave to Taniguchi&Kunikida? Maybe she don't want to lie to her other self? (the worse lie is the one you tell to yourself huh? )
Now, Kyon talking to himself is so true it is funny. I guess his narration style is wrking agains him. However, since it is the case, shouldn't you have Kyonko doing the same a bit more? (tough , reading back a fw scenes, I noticed she does talk to nobody a few times)
By the way, how big is Kyon's closet? I problaby could hide in mine, but wouldn't be able to change there.
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No, the truck jokes will never get old. I love that gag to bits.
Heh, if trucks keep poping that much we may have to have a 'truck passing' sound.
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What I did here was combine the last three Kyonko scenes into one, simply because there wasn't enough content in my brain or in that outline to make it last that long.
I blame the original 3 scenes idea. A Strange Day might be able to hold a full recap scene, even if a short one. Having a entire scene for "Kyonko Sneaking In" is just too much.
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Oh sure, NOW he thinks of Koizumi first
Kyon aways think in Koizumi first. He finds Mikuru unreliable, so he never tell her stuff, and he usually don't like to bother Yuki too much, specially after Disappearance. So Itsuki ends up as Kyon's confident, the first people Kyon looks for explanations when weird thing happen.
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Spoiler for September the Sixth, Day 5, Kyon: My Room- Nayuki:
Nayuki
I kick open the door. And by “kick open”, I mean “kick open”.
Or did we do that one already? Wait, what am I talking about?
My mother and sister, who are in the living room, look up at my sudden entry.
Kyon: Ah, what a crappy day! It was full of, um, crap. That was bad!
Both of them stare at me. I start heading into the kitchen.
Kyon: I nearly got run over by a truck! I fortunately managed to kick it as it went past, though.
At this, my mother jumps up and starts babbling worriedly. My sister goes back to her popsicle. Not good.
Kyon: Ah, I'm fine! It's not like that's the worst thing that happened to me today. I also met with Haruhi!
My sister perks her head up.
Sister: Haru-chan? Why is meeting her a bad thing?
Kyon: I'm glad you asked! Because I'm not going to tell you!
Oh ho ho!
This definitely isn't working. They could look over at any moment.
I wrench my arm away from my mother, who's trying to check for injuries.
Kyon: Anyway, that's why I need a drink of water! Yes! A drink. Of water.
Yes, mother, I'm feeling alright! I'm feeling perfectly fine! All is well!
I reach into the cupboard to get a glass, but 'accidentally' knock it over... which causes a chain reaction, culminating in rather a lot of shattered glass on the floor.
Kyon: Oh, uh, sorry... about... that... by the way, I was lying about the truck thing. Hahahahahahaha!
My mother cradles her face in the palm of her hand, looking rather a lot like a certain girl I met yesterday.
Sister: Mom, I think Kyon-kun's brain got stolen by the bodysnatchers again.
My mother, sighing, tells her to come and help us clean up the mess.
Just. As. Planned.
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Oh Kyon, you may look and sound a lot alike, but you're definitively not as good a BSer as Yuuichi.
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The soon-to-not-be-Girl A looks away for a moment, then opens her mouth.
However, I didn't get to hear her name, since what must have been a large truck passed loudly on the road outside.
There seems to be a lot of trucks in my life recently.
Voices or not, I demend a 'truck passing by' sound effect for these occurrences.
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No, the truck jokes will never get old. I love that gag to bits.