The Genderbending of Haruhi Suzumiya [Spoilers Aplenty]

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

... No pointless spamming to raise the reply count. At least try to make posts somewhat relevant.

[dragon4dudes]

I actually did wonder about the "megas" thing. Was it that hard to translate Tsuruya's idiomatic speech? I wouldn't know...

[Puffendahl]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

Considering how often the request for a better facepalm has been asked, I'm surprised that the request wasn't fulled in the last year, since I've been using the original one for about that long.

Oh so true. Just imagine my shock when I looked around here after such a long time, and noticed the little old animation I had almost forgotten about
Anyway, it was already surprising that no one had made one already by the time I started working on it, since it was quite some time after this thread was made. Kind of weird, considering the demand and all.

Oh, and on a slightly off-topiccy note... I'm cursing my timezone at the moment. I wanted to see it when this thread reaches those 1000 pages (it is rather cool, after all), but you bet I'll be sound asleep when that happens.

[vivify93]

Originally Posted by dragon4dudes

I actually did wonder about the "megas" thing. Was it that hard to translate Tsuruya's idiomatic speech? I wouldn't know...

I don't know Japanese, but I suppose once they saw she had an accent with the megassa/nyoro thing, it wouldn't be too difficult to get it down. Difficult? Maybe. But not a Sisyphian labor. Personally, I just had Tsuruya-M slang a lot.

[Tyabann]

Tsuruya's use of "megas/megassa" is her version of the adjective "mega"... it's due to her fang-induced lisp.

"Mega" is an adjective very specific to the Osaka region of Japan, where Haruhi takes place... were it halfway accurate, everyone would be talking like Tsuruya does.

If any of this is inaccurate, please someone correct me... I learned it watching Abenobashi, so...

[vivify93]

I wouldn't know, so don't ask me.

But, uh, yeah... I hope you all liked my characterization of Tsuruya-M, regardless.

[CanadaAotS]

Originally Posted by vivify93

There was going to be a KyonXKyonko H-Doujin, but both our main advocator and his artist vanished.

There're no more plans for it, I guess.

Advocator, reporting in. Haha, yeah I wrote the script for the doujin you're referring to. Kang Seung was going to get a Korean artist he knew to draw it up for the comiket that was coming up back then, but it just never happened. Then Kang disappeared.

If only I could draw

IIRC the main plot line was something like, "Kyon has to have his penis inside Kyonko at locations x, y, z, wearing outfits a, b, c" with a nice Yuki infodump explaining the horribly convenient excuse for why this would save the universe.
And then it ends with Haruhi walking in on them at the last location (which happens to be the clubroom).
I should dig that old script up...

[vivify93]

fun.

Anyway, I restate my last sentiments: a Seitenkan version of "The Disappearance of Miku Hatsune" would be kickass. Sort of to go along with the VN.

...Just audio, not video. but in this case, I think video would actually be easier to do than audio.

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Originally Posted by vivify93

fun.

Anyway, I restate my last sentiments: a Seitenkan version of "The Disappearance of Miku Hatsune" would be kickass. Sort of to go along with the VN.

...Just audio, not video. but in this case, I think video would actually be easier to do than audio.

Out of curiosity, why do you think video would be easier to do then audio? I'm of the general understanding that it's usually the opposite...

Also, working on more edits. Just trying to do that and school...

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Spoiler for September the Fifth, Day 4: Hallway- Peering In:

Peering In

IF ItsukoConvo = False AND MissingShoes=True


"I didn't know I was so nice. Or, rather, I'd be so nice."

"I didn't know that I could be so nice to myself."

"Does that make sense?"

"Although, I wonder if taking shoes that oversized was the right thing to do... I've already tripped five times while trying to follow him... myself quietly. (For that matter, am I that unobservant?)"

"Why am I following the boy who is me? Because I want to find out exactly how much is different in this world."

"So why am I crouching in front of the Class 1-5 door, with said door open a crack? See my answer to the above question."

"It seems as though I sit in the same seat in this world too, and the person sitting behind him... must be his Suzumiya. Pretty sure she's someone Nagato and I ran into yesterday too."

"It's difficult to see from this angle, but she seems really good looking. ...Somehow, I don't find that surprising at all."

"I hear a voice mention something about the lack of interest in the handball team... so Okabe-sensei must be gender-flipped as well. Which isn't surprising either."

"All in all, things are pretty much as I thought they would be. Except for the behavior of my own self. I honestly never expected to get these shoes."

"... I wonder... could it be because I'm a girl? If so... that is both very awkward and incredibly shallow of him."

---

IF MissingShoes = False AND HijackTrigger < 7


"I never realized up until now what a jerk I am. Or, rather, what a jerk I'd be."

"I didn't know I could be such a jerk to myself."

"Does that make sense?"

"Okay, maybe I'm sort of in the wrong here, but, still. Not even trying to talk it out wasn't very nice."

"After grabbing a random pair of indoor shoes from a second-year locker, I quickly followed myself... him upstairs to our classroom. He didn't even notice me following him... am I that unobservant?"

"Why am I following the boy who is me? Because I want to find out exactly how much is different in this world."

"So why am I crouching in front of the Class 1-5 door, with said door open a crack? See my answer to the above question."

"It seems as though I sit in the same seat in this world too, and the person sitting behind him... must be his Suzumiya. Pretty sure she's someone Nagato and I ran into yesterday too."

"It's difficult to see from this angle, but she seems really good looking. ...Somehow, I don't find that surprising at all."

"I hear a voice mention something about the lack of interest in the handball team... so Okabe-sensei must be gender-flipped as well. Which isn't surprising either."

"All in all, things are pretty much as I thought they would be. Except my being a jerk, but hey."

---

IF MissingShoes = False AND HijackTrigger >= 7


"Am I that unobservant?"

"Even though I had doubled back and stalked myself... him all the way to Class 1-5, he hadn't noticed at all."

"Anyway, the question is /"why am I crouching in front of the Class 1-5 door, with said door open a crack?/" Well, because I want to find out exactly how much is different in this world. The answer appears to be, aside from gender, not too much."

"It seems as though I sit in the same seat in this world too, and the person sitting behind him... must be his Suzumiya. Pretty sure she's someone Nagato and I ran into yesterday too."

"It's difficult to see from this angle, but she seems really good looking. ...Somehow, I don't find that surprising at all."

"I hear a voice mention something about the lack of interest in the handball team... so Okabe-sensei must be gender-flipped as well. Which isn't surprising either."

"And even Tsuruya-senpai is flipped, judging by the name in the girl's indoor shoes my other self helped me find. I wonder if he even noticed that..."

---
"If-- Oh crap, I think he noticed me looking at him. Let's just close the door quietly."

"Hmm, so, now what to do..."


Itsuko "Having fun spying on your animus?"

Kyon "Whmmmfffff!"


"I had the presence of mind to cover my mouth before I actually screamed."

"Behind me, a face I never thought I'd be this happy to see had snuck up. (Am I really that unobservant?)"

"Itsuko is right here, her usual smiling self. Her uniform looks... brand new, as do her rather suspicious indoor shoes. In her left hand, she carries a large shopping bag. But that's not what's important right now."

Kyonko "Oh... oh my god, you're here!"


"Losing all sense of control, I straighten up, and grab hold of Itsuko in a tight hug."


Itsuko "Hey... what..."

Kyonko "Thank god... my cellphone wasn't working, so I was scared that thing Nagato did hadn't worked... I was scared I'd be here all alone..."

Itsuko "Don't... worry... now please... if you would release me... you're choking me... also... we should go somewhere quieter..."


"A few minutes later, we were heading down the corridor, towards Itsuko's /"somewhere quieter/"."


Itsuko "I am, of course, glad to see you too. We were all so worried about you, after what you said yesterday."

Kyonko "…? What did I say yesterday?"


"Itsuko stops walking."


Itsuko "...Why... about how you were afraid you were going insane."

Kyonko "…? What? I don't remember saying anything like that."


"What is she even talking about?"


Itsuko "…Never mind, then. Nagato-san and Asahina-san are looking forward to seeing you, in any case."

Kyonko "So you've made contact with the two of them?"

Itsuko "Yes, I ran into Asahina-san a few minutes ago. He had been sleeping in that park near Nagato-san's place, it seems."


"Oh dear. Poor Asahina-senpai. "

"And Nagato?"


Itsuko "Nagato-san actually contacted me last night. He wishes to meet at the top of that stairwell in the Old Shack."

Kyonko "Then why are we heading the other way? And wait, contacted? How? Your cellphone is working?!"

Itsuko "No, of course not. He called me on the phone at the place where I was staying... it appears he spent the entire night here at the school, actually."

---

IF MissingShoes = True THEN

Kyonko "So where did you say you were stay-- aaaah!"


"I trip over my own overlarge shoes again."


Itsuko "My my. Wherever did you get those, anyway?"


"Grumbling, I pick myself up off the ground."


Itsuko "In any case, we've arrived at our destination"

Kyonko "...The bathroom?"


"Itsuko holds out that shopping bag she had been carrying."


Itsuko "This contains a brand new uniform in your size, complete with indoor shoes. Can't have you tripping up over those all day, can we?"

Kyonko "Ah, thanks! …Where did you get this?"

Itsuko "…I would prefer that remain a secret for now. Now go on, go on, get into the bathroom and change."

---

ELSE

Kyonko "So where did you say you were staying?"

Itsuko "...I would prefer that remain a secret for now."


"...Huh. Now that's interesting. What is she hiding, exactly?"


Itsuko "In any case, we have arrived at our destination."

Kyonko "...The bathroom?"


"Itsuko holds out that shopping bag she had been carrying."


Itsuko "This contains a brand new uniform in your size, complete with indoor shoes. I can't have you remain my senpai all day, can I?"


"What is that supposed to mean?"


Kyonko "Thanks! …But, where did you get this?"

Itsuko "…I would also prefer that remain a secret for now. Now go on, go on, get into the bathroom and change."

---


"Itsuko and her secrets... I'm glad she somehow got this uniform, though. Being in an enclosed space, like this stall, really makes it obvious how much my old uniform stunk."

"...It was only after I removed my blouse that I regretted agreeing to change."


"You know how it's possible to create specific tan lines by putting some kind of object on your skin while sunbathing? It creates a unique tattoo-like effect. Honestly, I always thought it was kind of cool."

"This is the sort of thing that has appeared on my upper arms. But I have no idea how it got there. I haven't been sunbathing since Haruki took us to that island back in July."

"Imprinted in the skin of my upper right arm are six Roman characters. Let's see..."

"K."

"Y."

"O."

"N."

"K."

"O."

"/"KYONKO./""

"...What on Earth...? Who the hell is /"Kyonko?/" Is that supposed to be my name? That's not right..."


"But that isn't the worst of it. The worst of it is what's on my other arm."

"It's something that conjures up memories of something that never happened. Something that I don't remember, but do."

"Memories I should not have. Memories of a world that no longer exists."

"Memories."


"Imprinted on my upper left arm, in the same way, is a rather bad drawing. It's a drawing of a little kitty and puppy being eaten by a crocodile."

"Gwar."

Vaguely happy I'm not having to manage all the variables and routes.

...

Okay, I'm lying... that would be a fun challenge.

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Spoiler for September the Fifth, Day 4: Old Shack- The Answers (III):

The Answers (III)


Itsuko "Are you feeling alright?"


"We were heading towards the stairwell in the Old Shack."


Kyonko "…What makes you ask that?"

Itsuko "You keep tugging on your left sleeve as though you're trying to hide something."


"Ugh. Why do you have to notice every little detail?"


Kyonko "I would prefer that remain a secret for now."

Itsuko "Haha, touche. I'll leave you with your secrets, as you will leave me with mine."


"That sounds rather like an ultimatum."


Itsuko "You think so? That was not my intention."


"...I'm glad we're friends, Itsuko."


Itsuko "Me too."


"The place where we were meeting Asahina-senpai and Nagato was that little place at the top of the stairwell that acts as some sort of storage for the art club, a location I've been to a few times. Interestingly, this is the first time I haven't been carried there."


Mitsuuru "Kyon-chan!"


"The minute Asahina-senpai sees me come up the stairs, he rushes forward as though to hug me... but stops short, and puts his arms behind his back, embarrassed."

"Aww. You don't need to feel that way, Asahina-senpai. You can hug me any time."


Mitsuuru "A-Are you feeling better, Kyon-chan?"


"...Better?"


Kyonko "I'm feeling pretty good, yeah."


"Aside from the creepy imprints on my arms, yeah, I'm fine."


Mitsuuru "Thank god... I was so worried, with what you said yesterday and all... and since you were all alone last night, I figured..."

Kyonko "…? What did I say yesterday?"

Mitsuuru "Well, you know about-- er, nothing."


"…?"

"His eyes had darted over to Itsuko as he said that."


Kyonko "…What's up with you two?"

Itsuko "I would prefer that remain a secret for now."


"Are we going to be firing that back and forth all day?"


"It was then that the state of the only other person in the stairwell distracted me."

"Nagato was standing away from all of us, facing the corner. Honestly, he seemed to have even less presence than usual."


Kyonko "...Nagato...?"

Yuuki "All resources spent maintaining key programs. Noninterference would be appreciated."

Kyonko "...What?"

Mitsuuru "He was like that when I got here, too... he just keeps saying that. I think he's broken."

Itsuko "He mentioned something like that last night, as well. He seems to be having trouble keeping himself active without the support of the TFEI main server."

Kyonko "…"

Itsuko "In any case, now that we are, indeed, on the other side, I would like to continue our meeting from yesterday. So, first... why do we not discuss the nature of this universe, now that we have spent more time in it?"


"Her eyes dart towards Asahina-senpai, who flinches. He was her main opponent yesterday, after all."

"Before Itsuko can come out with her latest garbage, I should come up with something."


Kyonko "...Actually... I have something to point out."

Itsuko "Oh? Please, go on."

Kyonko "The other day, I had been thinking about a theory I once heard... something about how each choice you make spawns an entirely different universe for each choice, leading to an infinite number of universes where each choice is played out...."

Itsuko "I assume it was our endless summer that caused this line of thinking."

Kyonko "...Yeah. What I had thought was the following possibility: What if every single one of the fifteen thousand-odd--"

Yuuki "Fifteen thousand four hundred and ninety-eight."

Kyonko "Er, thank you, Nagato. What if every single one of those universes didn't loop back... but continued on instead? I know that's probably impossible, but what if this universe was similar? Like..."

Itsuko "...I'm starting to see where you're going with this. You're talking about Everett's Many-Worlds Interpretation, correct? You're saying that we're in a world where several people we all know just happened to be born the opposite gender."


"Thank you for stealing my thunder, Itsuko."


Mitsuuru "Wait, wait. I'm sorry, Kyon-chan, but the Many-Worlds Interpretation isn't even accurate."

Itsuko "Oh, how so?"

Mitsuuru "It can't be proven, for one thing."

Itsuko "And? That doesn't mean it's wrong."

Mitsuuru "Oh, come on. You should know better than to use that defense. An absence of proof is not proof of the thing itself. Furthermore, modern theories like Einstein's special relativity are all solved by assuming one universe."

Itsuko "Funny you should bring up something like physics. Forgive my ignorance, but doesn't time travel itself break established laws of physics?"

Mitsuuru "I... that's classified, I can't..."

Itsuko "Exactly."


"Itsuko turns to me."


Itsuko "It's a well-thought-out idea, but it really doesn't explain why we are here... or why the Suzumiya-san in this universe has any sort of power. Fortunately, I have several explanations."


"Oh, here we go."

NERD-RAGE against Mitsuuru...

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Spoiler for September the Fifth, Day 4: Old Shack: The Answers (IV):

The Answers (IV)


Itsuko "The way I see it, there could be three possibilities. One we have already discussed."

Mitsuuru "The one where Suzumiya-san created the universe we're in right now out of boredom, right? Like I said, he can't be that powerf--"

Itsuko "Let me finish. Yes, this universe could have been created by our Suzumiya-san... but since there seems to be another Suzumiya-san in this universe with similar abilities, I doubt that is entirely the case."


"Not to mention, that feeling I had when I woke up on this side last night... that feeling of waking up for the first time."

"As though our own world was nothing but a dream..."


Mitsuuru "How do you even know that the Suzumiya-san on this side even has powers?"

Itsuko "Given what Nagato and your kouhai here experienced on this side yesterday, it is surmisable that this version of Suzumiya-san shares his powers, as it is clear that something that is at least similar to the Data Overmind exists. Correct?"


"Nagato turns around, nods briefly and turns back around again. …He did mention that he was connected to something while we were jumping around the school building, didn't he..."

"Asahina-senpai rolls his eyes and says nothing."


Itsuko "Anyway, this possibility doesn't quite work with what we already know... why would we moving to this universe if our universe was the original one? I doubt Suzumiya-san wants to be rid of us."

Kyonko "Wasn't it only me that was sliding over to this universe?"

Mitsuuru "Rippling."

Kyonko "Huh?"

Mitsuuru "...You kept correcting me yesterday. You said you were /"rippling over./" Don't you remember?"

Kyonko: "…"

Mitsuuru "Are you really okay, Kyon-chan?"


"Would you all please stop trying to convince me that I'm crazy!?"


Itsuko "/*ahem/* In any case, you're correct. I can imagine Suzumiya-san wanting to get rid of you even less."


"Also, stop insinuating things like that."


Itsuko "A possibility that makes more sense, therefore, would be the other one I raised yesterday: That our world, not this one, is the creation."

Mitsuuru "…"

Kyonko "...I don't like that. That means none of us really exist, right?"

Itsuko "Perhaps. However, 'I think, therefore I exist', right? Even if our origins are not what we imagined them to be, we are still here."

Mitsuuru "Could we, like, not discuss this possibility? You have no proof, and it's not exactly comforting..."


"Itsuko shifts her stance a little."


Itsuko "Who said I didn't have any proof? And besides, I'm just getting to the good part."


"I get the feeling that she's only just begun."


Itsuko "Even if we assume this possibility as true, there are still several points I must make. One is that the Suzumiya-san of our world and the Suzumiya-san of this world seem to retain the same powers. Obviously, this raises a few questions. For one, how could the Suzumiya-san here create an alternate version of herself without the knowledge of her own powers? If she was aiming to create an exact yet gender-flipped replica of herself, our Suzumiya-san would not possess the powers he currently holds."

Kyonko "Wait, wait. Why would this world's Haruki have to have knowledge of her powers to do something like this? If it's all subconscious, why would knowledge of anything matter?"

Itsuko "Ah, excellent point. I did not think of that. So, the question becomes... why are you being dragged over to this side at all? Why are we stuck here, now? I will put forth this question: What if our world is slowly, ever so slowly, folding into this one? What if this world's Suzumiya-san, who created our world, is beginning to forget about us? We can assume that, if she did, our world would cease to exist, and we, in this world, would be all that remains..."


"…"

"I don't want to even consider this."


Kyonko "...I didn't really catch all of that, but if the two Harukis have the same power, why can't our Haruki support our world on his own?"

Itsuko "Hmm. Consider this: let's keep assuming that the Suzumiya-san of this world did create the Suzumiya-san of our world, creating him with the same powers as herself."

Kyonko "Yeah?"

Itsuko "As the Suzumiya-san of this world is the one who gave our Suzumiya-san his power, she is the one who is supplying him with those powers in the first place; therefore, if she no longer wishes for him to have powers, our Suzumiya-san will also lose all of his powers, as they are connected to hers. ...Unless.."


"Itsuko placed her chin in her left hand for a second. I could tell that she was straining to properly evaluate all the possibilities that she could discern, as usual."


Kyonko "Yes, yes, please go on."

Itsuko "... Well, there perhaps is a certain unquantifiable chance that the Suzumiya-san of this world is no longer in contact with the power that our Suzumiya-san has, and ergo, is unable to lessen or manipulate those powers from afar. In sharp contrast to what Einstein may expect a being like the Suzumiya-san of this world to do, perhaps that Suzumiya-san has chosen to play dice with our universe, as it is; infusing it and her male copy with immense power, and then allowing it to forever more play out as it will."

Kyonko "I like this idea better. ...I still don't like the idea that we're just 'fakes'--"

Mitsuuru "I agree!"

Kyonko "But I like this idea better I definitely prefer this idea. It makes our universe less... volatile, right?"

Itsuko "Probably. There are still many undetermined variables that I will need to find a way to account for in order to come to a firmer stance on just what we are facing. For the moment, however, it may be best to prepare for the worst."

"The worst, huh? I always hate it when Itsuko sounds like that..."


Mitsuuru "Hold on a minute, Koizumi-chan. You said there were three possibilities. You've only brought up two."

Itsuko "But don't you find this one so much more compelling?"

Mitsuuru "...No."

Itsuko "*sigh* Alternatively, as a third possibility, I simply have the extremely inaccurate Many-Worlds Interpretation. There could be multiple self-sustaining universes, a number of which have managed to produce some form of Haruki, perhaps male, perhaps female, with or without his powers."


"I'd like to live in the /"Haruki without powers universe/" personally. Could we find a universe where he isn't such an oaf, too?"


Itsuko "By this interpretation, this universe we find ourselves in is one where some people, perhaps only those within and surrounding the SOS brigade, are of the opposite gender. But, like I said much earlier, this possibility doesn't account for things we already--"

Mitsuuru "Then, well, shouldn't we find something that makes that possibility work? Anything else is unacceptable. I refuse to believe I'm just a contrived copy."

Itsuko "Hmm, well then..."


"Itsuko's perpetual smile widens further, reaching her eyes."


Itsuko "If it makes you feel more comfortable, what about this? We were summoned here as a result of this universe's version of Suzumiya-san attempting to steal the powers of our Suzumiya-san."

Kyonko "Wait, how does that work at all?"

Mitsuuru "It doesn't...?"


"And if that's true, why am I the one, er, /"rippling over/" if...

[ED NOTE: Umm...? Was the incomplete line here intentional?


Itsuko "If that is the case, then it is probable that this universe's version of Suzumiya-san (let's call her "Haruna-chan" for short) is simply incapable of pulling our Suzumiya-san out of his universe. Suzumiya-san isn't resisting Haruna-chan's theft of his powers because he doesn't know anything is going on, but she can't pull him into a different universe because that goes against Suzumiya's common sense."

Kyonko "What about me? You keep forgetting the part about why I'm being pulled here."

Itsuko "Ah, yes, that is important. Perhaps because you are the person closest to Suzumiya-san-"


"Yeah, right!"


Itsuko "-you have been locked onto as the nearest equivalent to him."

Kyonko "That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever."

Itsuko "Ohoho~. Does it really not? Then how about this? Haruna's feelings for this universe's version of you have been transmitted from this universe to ours and pulled you here."

Kyonko "That... is very creepy. Whatever. You're saying that this is all a big cosmic tug-of-war?"

Itsuko "Yes, exactly. Think of it, say, like this. In one universe, there is a Haruki Suzumiya-san with infinite power, while in the other, as a counterbalance, there must exist a Haruna Suzumiya-chan with infinite power, to keep the various alternate dimensions in balance. However, since the infinite is indivisible, the power is fluctuating, oscillating between the two, creating a current between the dimensions as it shifts from one Suzumiya-san (or -chan) to the other while attempting to achieve an impossible balance: by definition of their nature, both Suzumiyas should have infinite power. By its own definition, the infinite power can not be wielded by two entities simultaneously, or it would be divided and thus less than infinite. As the power flows to and fro, people are dragged along with its current. The fact that you are being drawn into this world, rather than people being drawn to ours seems to indicate that the power is starting to shift most strongly to the Haruna-chan side."


"…Huh. That's actually pretty good."


Mitsuuru "Pretty good for something she thought up on the spot, you mean."

Itsuko "...Oh?"

Mitsuuru "Kyon-chan, Koizumi-chan's reasoning is, like usual, not exactly, how should I say, well-thought-out. Infinity doesn't work like she's saying."

Kyonko "How so?"

Mitsuuru "Say Suzumiya-san's power really is infinite. Isn't it greater than both Suzumiyas? Wouldn't it just encompass them? Suzumiya-san is very energetic, but he isn't infinite. Even he gets tired and hungry after a while. So, even if the Suzumiyas have some kind of 'power', it either encompasses them and these dimensional shifts are due to something different, or their power is not infinite."

Itsuko "Or one universe, probably ours, is merely a creation of the other Suzumiya-san."

Mitsuuru "Unacceptable, like I said. Why does it have to be Suzumiya-san who pulled Kyon-chan over to this side? Couldn't it be something else, like--"

Itsuko "Tell me, Asahina-san. Have you tried to contact the future yet?"

Mitsuuru "…? No, why would I? It's not my future."

Itsuko "Because you might find out something useful about the nature of this world. I, on the other hand, spent the last night in contact with this world's equivalent of the Agency I belong to. "


"So that explains the uniform... and everything else, then."


Mitsuuru "Wh--? That... I..."

Itsuko "In any case, there's something far more important than figuring out what this world really is."


"You were the one who brought it up in the first place!"


Itsuko "What Haruki Suzumiya-san's reaction to all of this will be."

Kyonko "His reaction to our disappearances? I thought about that..."

Itsuko "His reaction to your disappearance in particular."

Kyonko "Shut up."

Itsuko "I can only hope he doesn't try something drastic. We must try to get back to our own universe as soon as possible. Nagato-san, I believe I requested that you look into that..."

Yuuki "All resources spent maintaining key programs. Noninterference would--"

Itsuko "…It would probably be wise to attempt to contact your equivalent on this side too, Nagato-san..."


"I thought of something."


Kyonko "Nagato, is it possible for you to synchronize now?"


"Maybe he was unable to synchronize since his future self was in another universe...?"


Yuuki "All resources spent maintaining--"

Kyonko "Never mind..."

Itsuko "I think that concludes our meeting, then."


"Wait, we really haven't covered anything. And who put you in charge, anyway?"


Itsuko "...I am the Vice Commander of the SOS Brigade, after all."


"Don't remind me."


Itsuko "And we have little more to discuss, as a group. ...I don't think we need to stick together for the rest of the day. We'll meet at 7:00 tonight at... Kouyouen Station, shall we?"

Kyonko "Why there?"

Itsuko "It's more convenient. Now, you and I need to have a little talk, so..."


"Itsuko pulls my arm in an attempt to get me away from Nagato and Asahina-senpai."


Mitsuuru "Ah, wait, I'll come too."

Itsuko "You won't be doing that, I'm afraid. You're going to stay here and attempt to contact this future. The more we know the better. Also, it would be helpful if you can get Nagato-san to say something other than..."

Nagato "Noninterference would be appreciated."

Itsuko "That."


"The last I saw of Asahina-senpai, before Itsuko took me protestingly down the stairs, was him flopping onto a carboard box, muttering to himself."

"It's kind of funny... we had these meetings to try to find answers, but I don't think we've really found any at all."

"In fact, we've only raised more questions."

***

"Mitsuuru Asahina snorted."

"/"She thinks she knows everything, huh?/" "

"Of course, Itsuko Koizumi was perfectly correct about one thing: That the most important thing they should be worrying about was Haruki Suzumiya's current mental state."

"Mitsuuru Asahina never liked it when Itsuko Koizumi was right. It made him feel uncomfortable, considering all the other things she said."

"Meanwhile, Yuuki Nagato was still standing in the corner, acting even weirder than usual."

"/"You feeling any better?/" "

"/"Attempting to reinstall basic software. Noninterference would be appreciated./" "

"With a response like that, Mitsuuru Asahina could only sigh."

Y'know, one of these days I'll just be smart and drop this into word and use Find to get rid of all of the colons in one swoop instead of doing it by hand.

[scify]

Spoiler for September the Fifth, Day 4, Interlude 4: Other Side- Sealed Realities:

Sealed Realities

"With responses like that, Mitsuuru Asahina could only sigh."

"The prolonged silence from the two adjacent to him gave him plenty of time to reflect on the irony of trying to lighten the mood of a room intentionally kept darkened."

"He had arrived last, having been in what passed for emergency medical care in his future for the past 12 hours, due to his younger self’s removal from the timeline entirely. What passed for doctors had, so far, stabilized the slow, agonizing degeneration of his cells, but it wouldn’t last."

"Mitsuuru Asahina’s number was up, and he knew it."

"He also knew that both the other representatives were women, and so had complimented them both on their looks when he sat down. Despite, of course, being unable to see their faces."

"Now that he thought about it, that was rather ironic too."

"Neither of them had paid his words any heed. Of course, he hadn’t expected a response from a typically unresponsive humanoid interface, but he had at least expected some acknowledgment, or at least a deprecating comment, from the other woman."

"The other woman simply stared at the fluorescent light emanating upwards from the centre of the round table they were all sitting around. Her glasses reflected the light, making it even harder to make out her face."

"Mitsuuru Asahina, however, already knew who she was. Although she was now much too old, she could easily have been an idol in her youth. A pity she decided to be a physicist instead."

"The silence was making Mitsuuru Asahina uncomfortable."

"/"Nice… nice weather today, huh?/" "

"/"Today marks the worst thunderstorm on record."/"

"The humanoid interface had corrected him. It appears any attempt to lighten the mood had no chance of working. Oh well."

"/"*sigh* … I suppose we should actually get down to business, huh?/" "

"/"An excellent suggestion. One that would have not needed to be made had you been businesslike to begin with./" "

"The woman from the Agency had a sharp tongue, contrasting with the sound of her voice, which matched Mitsuuru Asahina’s memory of her beauty."

"/"Come now, Director. I was just trying to, um, break the ice--/" "

"/"Now isn’t the time for foolishness. I had this meeting called because the expansion of Closed Space is increasing at an exponential rate. Faster than ever before./" "

"It appears that Haruki Suzumiya has noticed. It probably is time to get serious, then."

"/"Our agent, my younger self, has vanished from the timeline… so I’d assume your agents have as well, correct?/" "

"/"Contact with the interface placed in close proximity to Haruki Suzumiya has been lost. Before contact was lost, a spatial anomaly was reported, one which had trapped him temporarily in another world./" "

"/"My… my agent, also, is nowhere to be found. I have our people looking, but…/" "

"Mitsuuru Asahina smirked, glad that the Director couldn’t see him. So that’s why she was in such a snappy mood today."

"Kyon-chan must have gone too, huh…? I hope she got that weapon working."

"/"Don’t bother looking. They’re long gone now./" "

"/"But gone where? Where has she… have they gone?/" "

"/"If our friend from the Data Overmind here is correct, then they are in some other universe. How they got there I cannot say, but that would account for them vanishing from the timeline./" "

"/"There is no doubt. The spatial anomaly was recorded and analyzed. The so-called /‘SOS Brigade/’ has left this universe for another./" "

"/"Thank you… I don’t believe I know your name?/" "

"/"Names are meaningless to us./" "

"/"…I see. So, I guess we’re supposed to figure out a way in which we can collaborate in order to get them back?/" "

"/"…Yes, since Suzumiya-kun won’t stop producing Closed Space otherwise, I’m told. And when more Closed Space exists than reality…/" "

"/"Suzumiya-san destroys and/or remakes the world, right."/"

"A long time ago, Mitsuuru Asahina would have protested that assertion. Now he knew better."

"/"Well, we don’t want that to happen. So, any ideas?/" "

"/"Well, hmm, ideas. It could simply be Suzumiya-kun’s doing, but then… why would his subconscious react like this to a decision it made?/" "

"/"Incorrect. No data exists to suggest Haruki Suzumiya was behind the spatial distortion./" "

"/"I’m sorry, what makes you so sure of that?/" "

"/"Data was collected that proves the spatial distortion existed, but Haruki Suzumiya was not the center of it./" "

"/"You say that like it was someone else at the center of the spatial distortion./" "

"/"Yes. A girl who was, up until this event, considered the only normal human being in Haruki Suzumiya’s so-called /‘SOS Brigade/’./" "

"/"Wait… you’re not referring to…/" "

"Mitsuuru Asahina began to laugh. So that was it."

"/"…I’ve said it before, but you’re not nearly as serious as you should be./" "

"/"Well, that’d be because I’m already dead, so I’m already at the point where I find things that shouldn’t be funny to be that way. /" "

"/"…Already dead?/" "

"/"Unless we get my younger self back in a matter of… 46 hours… my cells will have degenerated to the point where even his reinsertion in the timeline can’t save me./" "

"/"And you don’t believe we can get them back within that given time frame, do you?/" "

"/"Nope. Think about it. Have any of our three organizations ever come up with something resembling slider technology?/" "

"/"No, but that is precisely why we’re having this meeting. With my scientists and the combined technological efforts of both your organization and that of the Overmind, it should be possible./" "

"/"Really now. Are you perfectly sure you don’t just want access to highly advanced technology? Besides, I couldn’t give it to you anyway. It’s classified./" "

"/"The Data Overmind also sees no reason as of yet to share its knowledge with humans./" "

"/"…! I only wish to save our world from being destroyed! Isn’t that enough of a reason to drop time /‘classified/’ status on your technology? Isn’t that enough reason to trust us?/" "

"/"Give me a break. You don’t want to save the world./" "

"Silence."

"/"You only want to save your daughter./" "

"The noise of someone standing up suddenly, and a chair falling backwards onto the floor"

"That’s also when Mitsuuru Asahina’s medical treatment wears off and he begins to have what passes for a seizure."

"And that’s also when a door behind the Director burst open, letting in light and blinding the three inside of the room."

"Mitsuuru Asahina fell off his chair."

"/"Wh—What are you doing, orderly? I said that we were not to be disturbed during this meeting./" "

"No one in the room could see the orderly’s facial expression, much as they had been unable to see each other’s. If they could see his face, however, they would know he was terrified."

"/"D-D-D-D-Director…/" "

"/"What? What is it? Is something wrong?/" "

"/"O-outside… an Avatar… I-it’s here…/" "

"/"…What?/" "

"/"Imminent attack detected. Initiating defensive programs./" "

"/"…What!?/" "

"The Director hits a button under the round table, and the black walls around them slide back… suffusing the room with a deep, crimson light."

"/"Oh god./" "

"Mitsuuru Asahina, laying on the floor, can see the giant’s arm coming down. He hacks out a chuckle."

"INTERLUDE END"

Agh... the tense jumping hurts my head.

[scify]

Spoiler for September the Fifth, Day 4: Cafeteria- Narrow Escape:

Narrow Escape

"Am I crazy…?"

"It’s now lunchtime, and I don’t feel crazy."

"After our meeting, Itsuko had dragged me to a corner of the building and started demanding to know what was wrong with me."


Itsuko "The other day, you kept passing out whenever we went and came back to the other side. You, personally, used the term /"rippling over/", and you also said that you thought you were going insane. And now you say you have no memory of any of this."

Kyonko "No, none whatsoever. This is like the fifth time we’ve been through this. Are you trying to convince me I’m nuts?!"

Itsuko "I am merely concerned for your mental well-being. Is that so wrong?"


"…Well no, no it isn’t."


Kyonko "Look… to be honest, everything from the past few days is really fuzzy for some reason. So I really don’t know if I said those thing or not, but I certainly don’t remember them."

Itsuko "Wait a moment. /"For some reason?/" You’re hiding something."

Kyonko "…Fine. I woke up in this universe with absolutely no memories of who I was at first. …I had to think really hard before I even remembered my name… Honestly, it felt as though I had just been born, as though I was waking up for the first time."

Itsuko "…"

Kyonko "…Yeah, I know. Pretty concerning, isn’t it?"

Itsuko "So you’re alright now?"

Kyonko "Yeah, I’m good."


"I’m not mentioning the markings on my arms until I have to, though."


Itsuko "…I see."


"The rest of the day until lunchtime was spent awkwardly, with Itsuko clearly trying to avoid bringing up the subject further. She even bought me that cheap coffee from back when she first revealed her true identity to me."

"So, where was I… right, lunchtime."

"Since neither Itsuko nor I had packed a lunch, both of us were extremely hungry… so, we decided to eat at the cafeteria."

"This turned out to be a bad idea."


Kyonko "…I don’t see why Haruki eats here every day. The menu is… terrible."

Itsuko "Perhaps he’d simply rather pay money for food than make it himself?"

Kyonko "He does seem to have rather the disposable income, given the stuff he buys… Even after half a year, I’m still trying to figure out where he got that bunny suit from."


"At this moment, someone grabs tight hold of my upper arm. The markings burn."


Energetic Girl "You! You’re the one who was with the mutant yesterday!"

Kyonko "Oh no…"


"A girl with fiery eyes had me by the arm, and would, of course, start questioning me incessantly within a minute."

"Am I cursed? Am I doomed to be a Slave of Suzumiya forever?"

"People are beginning to stare… so much for not attracting attention. I certainly hope those two idiots from the other day don’t show up again."

"…"

"Okay, they’re not around, thank god."


Energetic Girl "Hey! Answer me! Where is that mutant hiding? How did he destroy the library? Who was chasing him? Are you his girlfriend or something?"

Kyonko "I don’t know what you’re talking about, I’m Kentaro, a transfer student from Canada, I’ve never heard of any mutant, please leave me alone…"


"Please help me god. I don’t want to be involved with this person, I know her kind. She’ll probably pick me up and carry me off to some corner of the school, induct me into her club, and force me into fetishy outfits. I don’t want to be a maid!"


Energetic Girl "Canada, eh? That’s a suspicious place. You’re suspicious. And transferring at this time of year? No one transfers at this time of year. That’s even more suspicious."

Pretty Boy "Actually, Suzumiya-san, I think the new term is exactly the time most students transfer in…"


"A new person had joined the conversation. Odd, most people seem to be eager to avoid us. …Of course, when I saw his face and that plastic smile, I realized who he was."

"I looked over at Itsuko. She had an identical plastic smile."

"Their eyes met. Their smiles grew wider."


Pretty Boy "…If I may ask, Suzumiya-san, who are these people?"

Energetic Girl "This girl here—"


"She shook my arm. That hurts, you bitch!"


Energetic Girl "I saw her being carried by that mutant who wrecked half the school yesterday! She’s clearly some sort of rogue agent. …I don’t know who the other girl is."

Pretty Boy "I believe the term being passed around regarding that student was /"monster/", not /"mutant/"…"

Energetic Girl "Feh, that’s boring. /"Mutant/" sounds way cooler!"

Pretty Boy "As you wish, Suzumiya-san… although, I really don’t think this girl or her friend are involved."

Kyonko "He’s right. Please listen to him. I’m not involved at all."

Energetic Girl "See? Suspicious! And I’m positive I saw her yesterday!"

Pretty Boy "Think about it like this, Suzumiya-san. If this girl were indeed a cohort of the mutant, would she be so foolish as to show up in front of you like this? Perhaps that girl stole this one’s appearance or something like that…"

Energetic Girl "Wait, what? You think we have body snatchers!? Quick! We’ve got to find them before they replace the principal, and, through him, take over the entire school!"


"The energetic girl made to head off, when she noticed she was still attached to my arm."


Energetic Girl "Oh, you can go now."


"She ran off, the pretty boy close behind. As he passed me, he make a quick apologetic motion with one hand."

"…Dear god, I think she’s even crazier than Haruki is."

"As the atmosphere in the cafeteria slowly returned to normal, I noticed Itsuko was giggling."


Kyonko "…What’s so funny?"

Itsuko "It’s nothing, nothing… so that was Haruna-chan, eh? I certainly hope you don’t attract her attention again, for your sake… Kentaro-chan."

Kyonko "I’d hope so too… Yamada-chan."

Itsuko "Ah, you remembered."


"I should, I came up with it."


Itsuko "While we’re still on this side, please refer to me as /"Kitsuko Yamada/"."

Kyonko "…What an… interesting name."

Itsuko "Isn’t it?"


"Now that’s suspicious if I ever heard it."

Kyonko "More importantly… have you already met that boy she was with, the other you…?"

Itsuko "My animus…?"


"Stop calling them that."


Itsuko "Why no. Never seen him before in my life."


"And laughing to herself, Itsuko stepped up to the counter and started ordering her lunch."

"Hey, wait... wasn’t I ahead of you?!"

Rules for ellipses are... complicated. Ugh.

[scify]

Spoiler for September the Fifth, Day 4: Clubroom- When the Cat's Away:

When the Cat’s Away

"Once again, it is lunchtime."

"Except for a few strange events, the first week back to school has passed by pretty slowly."

"Actually, can those events even be called /"strange/"? /"Strange/" is relative. If you really get down to it, to other people who don’t know of the existence of aliens, time travelers, and espers, every day of my life would be considered /"strange/".

"I get the feeling I’ve said this before, but it’s honestly something I can’t help thinking about."

"I don’t know who or what the intruders from yesterday are, but I’m sure that Nagato will take care of it in the end like she always does."

"It’s not something I need to concern myself over."


"Haruhi had left the classroom in her usual hurricane of energy, suddenly regained from this morning. Her moods seem especially volatile this week, but since Koizumi hasn’t come to me complaining that I need to do something, I guess that strange dimension hasn’t appeared."

"Huh… I have nothing to do in the clubroom, so I guess I finally get to eat in peace in the classroom."

"Unfortunately!"

"Normally, the minute I pull out my lunchbox, Taniguchi comes over and starts talking at me, Kunikida in tow, but today…"


Kunikida "This is all your fault."

Taniguchi "How is it my fault?!"


"They’re still over on their side of the classroom, arguing about something or other. Kunikida has his head on his desk, so I can’t see his expression, but Taniguchi looks rather… distressed."


Kunikida "You were the one who suggested we troll for girls… maybe we would have met her normally some other day, and she wouldn’t have been scared off…"

Taniguchi: "I didn’t scare her away from the school, man. What kind of girl, especially one who looks like that, transfers out just because she got hit on?"

Kunikida "Then explain why we couldn’t find her in the registry!"

Taniguchi "Well, I’m pretty sure /"Yamada/" is a fake name, but…"

Kyon "…"

---

[IF ItsukoConvo = True THEN]

"Wait, Yamada? As in the Yamada I met this morning?"

"I wonder…"


Kyon "Hey."

Taniguchi "Hey, Kyon. This guy refuses to even eat his delicious homemade lunch, he feels so bad. Speaking of which, if you’re not gonna eat it, then can I…"

Kunikida "No."

Kyon "I overheard the name /"Yamada/"… did you mean the new transfer student?"


"Kunikida immediately sits up."


Kunikida "…Was she a really pretty girl? Brown hair? Sort of… fox looking?"

Kyon "Yeah, that’s who I--"

Kunikida "Thanks, Kyon!"


"The two of them look at each other and nod."


Taniguchi "See, she’s still in the school. Told ya."

Kunikida "Which means we have to go apologize."

Taniguchi "See you, Kyon!"

"The two of them dash out of the room, followed by the stares of our classmates."

"Ah, I see. To other people, even Taniguchi and Kunikida are /"strange/"."

"…Guess I’m eating in the clubroom today."

---

[ELSE]

Kunikida "Whatever, it’s hopeless. We’re never gonna see her again."

Taniguchi "Look, man, just forget about her. Women are only good for one thing anyway."


"Those female students remaining in the classroom shot Taniguchi venomous looks."


Taniguchi "…Huh? Why did it suddenly go silent?"


"I guess I’ll eat in the clubroom today."

---

[Scene: Corridor]


"Ever since I kept walking in on Asahina-san changing, I’ve made a habit of knocking on the clubroom door before I enter, which is how I knew that Asahina-san herself was currently occupying the room."


Mikuru "Come in!"


"I will at once!"

"Quite uncharacteristically, Asahina-san was reading some light novel by herself. And when I say /"by herself/", I mean with Nagato sitting in her usual chair, taking up the background."

"For a minute there, it actually looked like this actually was the Literature Club."


Kyon "Yo. It’s rare seeing you in here at lunchtime."

Mikuru "Hi, Kyon-kun. My friends were all busy today, so I decided to come here instead…"

Kyon "What a coincidence. I’m in the same situation."


"Since Taniguchi and Kunikida have apparently gone insane."

"Lunchtime passed rather idyllically."

"It was only after I was going to grab one of Nagato’s novels off the shelf and join the burgeoning Literature Club that I remembered that I had promised to solve the /"game/" that had replaced our website."


Mikuru "What’s wrong?"

Kyon "…I’ve gotta play a game. Excuse me."


"And, having fired up the computer and navigated to the former SOS Brigade Website, I am faced once more with Infinity."

"That is, the infinity symbol surrounded by the fifteen other symbols. Some of them look fairly similar to kanji characters, but most of them are completely unfamiliar to me."

"This one, for example, looks almost Arabic… and this other one looks like it could belong to the Aztecs..."

"Ah, that’s interesting. Each subset of eight symbols appears to be the same type of… language as the one I have to click on to reach them. This simplifies things a little bit."

"After clicking around for a while, however, the browser closes… and promptly restarts."

"The error message reads as follows:"

"/"Runtime Error: You have entered an endless recursion of time./" "

"…"

"Is Nagato really okay!?"

"Sigh… Nagato said I had to click on the right symbols, in the right order, to break the loop… If there are fifteen symbols with eight symbols inside each, what are the odds of me even guessing the right order just by random chance…?"

"…I don’t even want to know. It’s obvious I’m not going to get through this just by guessing."

[Note: I’d like to know, though. ]

"I need help."

[DECISION POINT HERE]

1) Ask Asahina-san for help.
2) Ask Nagato for help.
3) Don’t bother anyone.


Advice from a Blooming Rose

"Asahina-san might know what some of these symbols mean… maybe they’re a futuristic language, or several futuristic languages."


Kyon "Asahina-san, could you come over here for a minute?"

Mikuru "What is it?"


"I show her the ‘website’ and explain the basic premise of what I’m doing."


Mikuru "Eh…? I don’t quite get it?"

Kyon "Nor do I, really… I was wondering if you’d seen any symbols like these before."

Mikuru "Um… I think that one means /"celebration/"…"


"She points to one of the Arabic-looking symbols."

"Putting aside how she knows this, thank you for the help, Asahina-san."


Mikuru "It’s no trouble, no trouble. … um, could I try?"

Kyon "Sure, why not?"


"Maybe she’ll hit on incredible luck and guess the right combination randomly."

"Unfortunately, the minute she so much as clicked the mouse, the browser restarted itself."

"/"Runtime Error: You have prematurely entered an endless recursion of time./" "


Kyon "…What did you do, Asahina-san?"

Mikuru "Um, um, I don’t know, um… I think I just clicked the symbol in the middle…"

Kyon "Huh."


"That must reset it. Useful for when I know I’ve screwed up."

"But still, I don’t even know where to begin clicking…"

"Dammit, Nagato. This must be her elaborate revenge against Haruhi for putting us through that endless summer… wait a minute."

"I addressed Asahina-san, who was backing away from the computer as though it was going to eat her."


Kyon "Asahina-san, hold on a minute. What did this symbol mean again? /"Festival?/"

[ED NOTE: As I mentioned when I brought it up before, I can't find a word that translates directly to "celebration," though there is one for "festival."]

Mikuru "/"Celebration/", actually…"

Kyon "Same difference. …Do you remember how many days we were stuck in that endless summer?"

Mikuru "Eh? Um, let’s see… fifteen thousand four hundred and ninety-eight, times, um, fifty-four weeks, times, um…"

Kyon "No, I mean, how many days inside each loop?"

Mikuru "Um… fifteen… I think…"


"And there are fifteen symbols."

"I think I might have found something out. I’ll have to copy these down and go to a library or something, but if I can figure out what each symbol actually means, I might actually be able to solve this puzzle!"

"I’ve already won!"

"And then the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch break."

"…Gah. I’ll have to do this some other time."


"I caught Nagato looking at me, before she closed her book and headed to class. But like usual, she said nothing."


Advice from a Shrinking Violet

"Well, Nagato was the one who created this… maybe she’ll offer a bit of help."


Kyon "Oi, Nagato. This is one confusing game you’ve thought up. You think you could give me a hint?"

Yuki "Cheating."

Kyon "Huh?"

Yuki "That would be cheating."


"Damn."

"She has a point. Guess it really is up to me and my guesswork, then."


Yuki "…The central symbol can also be selected."

Kyon "Really? Ah, thanks, Nagato."


"I click the undulating infinity symbol, and… the browser restarts."

"/"Runtime Error: You have prematurely entered an endless recursion of time./" "

"Huh."

"That must reset it. Useful for when I know I’ve screwed up."

"But still, I don’t even know where to begin clicking…"

"Dammit, Nagato. This must be her elaborate revenge against Haruhi for putting us through that endless summer… wait a minute."

"The loop lasted from August 17th to the 31st, in other words… fifteen days."

"There are fifteen symbols."

"…This one, the one Haruhi clicked on the other day, resembles the kanji character for /"fire/"…"

"Fire… fire… what would that be… the fireworks!"


"I think I might have found something out. I’ll have to copy these down and go to a library or something, but if I can figure out what each symbol actually means, I might actually be able to solve this puzzle!"

"I’ve already won!"

"And then the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch break."

"…Gah. I’ll have to do this some other time."

"Thank you for your hint, Nagato. Without it I’d have gotten nowhere, but now I might actually be able to enact your vengeance for you."

"…What am I saying?"


We Couldn’t Think of an Appropriate Flower Metaphor

"No, I shouldn’t bother anyone. This is up for me to solve."

"Several minutes later, without any new development and several more error messages, I gave up and stopped thinking."

"Eventually, the bell rang."

"Gah. I’ll have to work on this some other time."

"I caught Nagato looking at me, before she closed her book and headed to class. But like usual, she said nothing at all."

[Joe4evr]

And the 1000th page award goes to scify.

Now, who's going for post 20k?

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

No clue... however, should we somehow make it to 40,000, I'm saying right now that we should do a Warhammer reference for it.

[Nanao-kun]

Originally Posted by Kogetsu Shirogane

No clue... however, should we somehow make it to 40,000, I'm saying right now that we should do a Warhammer reference for it.

So we should just skip 20000 and 30000?

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

well... suppose we could always reference Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea... not sure what to do with 30,000, though...

[Tyabann]

It'd be nice if post 20000 was something relevant...