I was actually going for an Eureka Seven reference, but now I want to see Yuki in an outfit like that.
Alien witch Nagato isn't good enough?
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Originally Posted by scify
Does it say something about me that I'm most interested in the one Koizumi didn't want mentioned?
Not really, a single instance suggests uniqueness; so it's natural that your interest would be drawn there. A bigger question is if any of those requests were mutually exclusive. Like something happened that both Kyon and Itsuki requested it...
You can never have enough images of the Great Goddess.
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We still haven't gotten one of those yet... though, if we have to wait 16 years for one, I might rethink my position as a fan.
*e* Directed towards the second season thing.
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Spoiler for September the Second, Day One, Universe 1: Classroom- Normality:
Normality
"Somehow, no matter what time I come to school, that person is always there before me."
"Of course, I'm late today, so it's no surprise at all that Haruhi Suzumiya is already sitting in the seat behind mine, looking at me with a devil's grin plastered all over her face."
Haruhi: "Good morning, Kyon. You're late!"
"How many times have I heard that over the past few months? Let's see... we've gone on, hrmmm, four or five excursions outside school... and she says this to me whenever I'm late for class so add about another hundred... hundred and ten or so... wait, crap, I'm forgetting last month... screw it, I'm not bothering to count things I don't remember."
"...That was a long sentence."
Haruhi: "Hey, stop muttering to yourself and sit down! Don't you have anything to say to me?"
"One time, I tried coming about an hour and a half before school began. She was there before me then too, saying something about being unable to sleep the previous night or something like that. It's the exact same whenever I try to arrive early for one of our brigade outings. I'm becoming convinced that reality bends itself around her to always make it so that our clocks run differently."
"In fact, the only time I can remember ever showing up before her was a couple days after the - gah, not thinking about that either."
Haruhi: "Who said you could ignore me?! I'm the Chief, the Chief! You have to listen to me! Say something!"
"…"
[DECISION POINT HERE]
1)"Just say “Yo” and sit down."
2)"Try and strike up a conversation."
Still, Normality
Kyon: "...Yo."
Haruhi: "Whe- That's not something you say in the morning!"
Kyon: "It's not? I thought that's exactly what people said in the morning."
"Even though she's aggravating, it's good that she's not in a bad mood again. But I guess that isn't really a surprise, either."
Haruhi: "'Yo' is a normal thing to say in the morning. Normal. Ordinary. Boring. Like you."
"Which is exactly what I want."
Haruhi: "Ehh? And what, exactly, do you think the SOS Brigade is about?"
Kyon: "'Finding aliens, time travelers, and espers, and having fun with them'?"
Haruhi: "Well, yeah, that's true too, but it's also about having a real sense of adventure and freedom, a will to go beyond what people call 'normal' and really and truly be yourself!"
Kyon: "If you had put that on a flyer and passed it out I'm sure we'd have more members right now."
Haruhi: "What are you - grrr, I'm not talking to you anymore!"
"Haruhi crosses her arms and glares out the window, leaving me with a few precious minutes of silence."
"...She, of all of us, doesn't know that 600 years passed during that summer."
"She doesn't know what it's like to be us."
"I guess she never will."
IF DebtSlave = True THEN
"...Later, in English class, I felt the distinct pain of a mechanical pencil being pushed into the space in between my shoulder blades."
"I gave it a minute or two before I responded, during which the pencil continued to cause me great pain."
Kyon: "What? "
"I thought you weren't talking to me anymore."
Haruhi: "Hey, don't forget that you're buying me lunch today."
"...It never ends!"
Abnormality
"Maybe I'll indulge her whims for once."
"Hey, I can introduce my theory to the suspect herself!"
Kyon: "You ever find that the clock on your cellphone is running faster than every other clock?"
Haruhi: "Not really. Why? Is yours?"
"An instant response!"
Kyon: "No, mine would the opposite. For some reason, whenever I'm supposed to meet up with you, I'm inevitably late, and I was just wondering..."
Haruhi: "You sure it's not because you're incredibly lazy?"
"In a single, swift motion, she grabs my watch arm and pulls her cellphone out of her skirt pocket."
Haruhi: "...They're the exact same time. Nope, nothing mysterious there."
Kyon: "Oh. That's too bad."
"...Hey, wait a minute. Don't you find something incredibly wrong with the conversation we just had!?"
"Weren't the roles reversed just a little? And isn't having the exact same time on two different clocks mysterious in and of itself?"
"In fact, wouldn't that confirm my theory!?"
Kyon: "Maybe the universe, uh, twisted itself in that moment to make--"
Haruhi: "Stop trying, Kyon. It's... nice of you to make the effort, but mysteriously wrong clocks are small-time in the realm of the mysterious, especially when they're not mysteriously wrong. "
"I didn't know there was a Realm of the Mysterious... wait, no, please don't let it be real, please."
Haruhi: "Plus, you don't always show up after me every time. There was that one..."
"She stops suddenly, and gets an odd look on her face. (I actually can't describe it in words.)"
Haruhi: "...Nevermind. Anyway, since you're starting to put more effort into your job as an SOS Brigade member-"
"Job!?"
Haruhi: "-That I've decided to promote you one rank from “Lowest Ranked Member” to “Second Lowest Ranked Member”!"
Kyon: "Really?"
"Crap, I think that sounded too excited. I really don't care, believe me."
Haruhi: "In fact, everyone's been doing such a good job lately that I've decided to promote you all one rank!"
"That's... wait. That means... I'd still be at the bottom."
"Dammit! She's laughing, watching me figure it out! Damn you!"
"I'll get even one day!"
"Sigh..."
"Even though it's aggravating for me, watching her enjoy herself like this is much better than watching her suffer in melancholy."
"It'd be good if she could be like this all the time, for nothing to bother her. If nothing bothered her, then all of the mysterious events would slowly go away, and we could all live normal lives again."
"And not have to go through an endless, repeating summer, ever again..."
"Haruhi doesn't know what it's like to be us, to have to deal with all the problems she creates."
"And if that keeps her laughing like she is now, that's probably..."
Haruhi: "Haha... Seriously though, Kyon, you need to lighten up! Life's an adventure! That's one of the creeds of the SOS Brigade!"
"...for the best."
IF DebtSlave = True THEN
"Later, in English class, I felt the distinct pain of a mechanical pencil being pushed into the space in between my shoulder blades."
Kyon: "Sigh... what is it?"
Haruhi: "Hey, don't forget that you're buying me lunch today."
"My suffering never ends!"
BTW we, which is to say me and Kiasos, have decided that that WittyUserName, hereby referred to as "The Loli", should totally like do our archive and stuff.
Well okay it doesn't have to be witty but it was the first name that jumped to mind.
Spoiler for September the Second, Day One, Universe 1: Clubroom- The Falling Satellite:
The Falling Satellite
IF DebtSlave = False THEN
"I always eat with Taniguchi and Kunikida at lunch break, for reasons that are a mystery even to me."
"Today Taniguchi was ranting on and on as always, this time something about a 'betrayal' and a 'skank'. I honestly don't know what he's on about almost 100% of the time."
"I really didn't want to hear it, either, so I ate my lunch quickly, wished Kunikida luck, and headed to the clubroom to escape."
IF DebtSlave = True THEN
"And so, when lunchtime came around, Haruhi dragged me to the cafeteria to buy her lunch. I don't know why her mom doesn't make lunch for her, but she always eats here."
"Haruhi immediately ordered the most extravagant and expensive items on the menu, and then looked at me expectantly."
"All this for a plate of pasta!? I don't have a money tree in my backyard! Order something cheaper!"
"Haruhi tried to get me to sit and eat with her, but I, having had enough, respectfully declined and ran out of the cafeteria before she could catch me."
"What I wouldn't give to be eating with Taniguchi and Kunikida right now!"
"...And I just realized I left my lunch in the cafeteria with Haruhi. Ye gods. What the heck am I going to do now?"
"I guess I'll have to go without lunch... can't show up to Taniguchi and Kunikida, they'll ask me where I left it, then laugh at me when I mention Haruhi's name. Best head down to the clubroom to hide, then."
"As always, Nagato is sitting and reading inside of the SOS Brigade clubroom. I just realized I've never actually seen her eat lunch here."
Kyon: "Yo, Nagato."
"She doesn't answer, not that I expected her to, but she does look up in acknowledgment."
"Good enough for me."
"Maybe I'll play around on the computer for a bit... hmmm?"
"That's strange. It's rare to see Nagato re-reading a book."
"It's even one of the first books I ever saw her reading, that big foreign one, the one she lent me."
"What was it called again...? One would think I'd remember, as I did read the whole book... though I didn't understand most of it."
"Ah!"
[DECISION POINT HERE]
1) “You're rereading 'The Fall of Hyperion', Nagato?”
2) Ignore it and go back to the computer.
Not Unique the Second Time
Kyon: "You're rereading 'The Fall of Hyperion', Nagato?"
Yuki: "...Yes."
"...As always, this person is difficult to hold long conversations with. I pride myself on my ability to do just that, however."
Kyon: "I didn't know you re-read books."
Yuki: "…"
Kyon: "It's, well, there's always more out there, huh? Or, uh..."
"Gah, I sound like an idiot."
Yuki: "…I already read them all."
Kyon: "Huh?"
"Oh no way. I must have misheard."
Kyon: "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
Yuki: "I have read all the books that interest me already."
"...Nagato reads fast enough to go through several books a day. If I'm right...."
Kyon: "Is that what you did... last summer?"
Yuki: "...Yes."
"Say, four books a day. 594 years times 365 days times four books... 867240 books."
"I can see how she would have read everything that could interest her, then."
Kyon: "But, new books are coming out all the time, right?"
Yuki: "Yes. That is why I am re-reading while I wait. But..."
Kyon: "But... reading a book over again, it just isn't the same, is it?"
Yuki: "...No."
"...Suddenly, I can't think of anything to say."
The Boredom of Yuki Nagato
"No, never mind. People re-read their favorite books all the time, even Nagato."
"Nothing wrong at all."
"…"
"…"
"But still, as I look over at her, just like with the endless summer..."
"She seems... bored."
"I should talk to her, but since I've sat down and started to surf the Internet already I don't feel as I can really start up a conversation."
"Damn me. I have to talk to her again later, if I get the chance."
If I am in any way responsible for your shrimp craving, I apologize.
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Spoiler for September the Second, Day One, Universe 1: Classroom: Guillotine:
Guillotine
"On a normal school day like today, there's only one thing I hear from Haruhi when the last bell rings."
Haruhi: "Go straight to the clubroom, or heads will roll!"
"Or something along those lines, anyway. And then, zoom! She's off. Could somebody please post a speed limit in the hallways?"
"Today she mentioned something about a “special brigade meeting” before dashing off. I would be going anyway, but that kind of declaration doesn't exactly put me in the mood for it."
"Of course, I don't exactly have to run there, either..."
[DECISION POINT HERE]
1) Go straight there.
2) Walk around a bit first.
The Slave of Suzumiya
"I don't want to see Haruhi's angry eyes, so I'll head straight to the clubroom. I could run, but that would put me at the risk of looking like an idiot. Like a certain someone I know."
"Besides, who knows? This “special brigade meeting” could actually be kind of fun."
"...No, no it won't be, and I should be shot for even considering the possibility. "
"Sigh... such is my everyday life. Is there everyone else who could claim to have an everyday life like this and not have died from exhaustion and/or homicidal alien schoolgirls?"
"I must be a medical miracle."
No Promotion for You
"...Yeah, I'm just going to take my time."
"Although showing initiative would impress the leader of any normal brigade, I have doubts that any initiative on my part would impress the leader of this one. And besides, do I really want to impress her?"
"No, don't answer that."
"Guess I'll just walk around the hallways for a bit..."
"This risks a piercing glare from Haruhi Suzumiya, but at least I can still count myself as an independent being."
Spoiler for September the Second, Day One, Universe 1: Hallway: I Will Have My Revenge:
I Will Have My Revenge Too
"Before I was forcibly inducted into the SOS Brigade, I never quite appreciated how enjoyable it is to just walk around at your own pace."
"Of course, walking around the halls of this school, for some reason, carries with it its own risks."
Boy: "The time... has come."
In one of the hallways that connects to the Old Shack, I ran into a student gazing out over the courtyard below, muttering ominously to himself.
Boy: "Soon... very soon, I shall once again be the master of that computer! Soon, soon..."
"He seems familiar."
"...Ah, right, this is the president of the Computer Research Society. I've known him, or perhaps that's known of him, almost as long as I've been in the SOS Brigade. We don't really talk much, though, thanks to certain events entirely of Haruhi's making."
CSP: "Yes, Soon, yes, that stupid bitch and her cronies will get what's coming to them... yes, yes, ahahahahaha!"
"The reason for that should be obvious, and I'd tell you if I weren't still mortally embarrassed by it, but... simply put, it involved: his hand, Mikuru's chest, and a camera. Oh, and their prized computer."
"By the way, he used to be more normal than this. He's a stunning example of why you don't involved with Haruhi."
CSP: "With what is written on this piece of paper I hold in my hand right at this very moment, I, the Computer Society President, shall unhinge that horrid club from its... horrid... clubroom."
Kyon: "You know, in my experience, Haruhi shows up whenever someone says bad things about the SOS Brigade."
CSP: "Gah!!!! Yoooooouuuuuuuu!"
"He instantly crumples the piece of paper he was holding and throws it out the window, then looks around innocently."
"Uh. No, he was never like this at all."
Kyon: "...Did something bad happen recently?"
CSP: "Yes. Why do you ask? I'll tell you about it if you want to listen."
Kyon: "Uh, no thanks. In fact, I'm kind of busy, later."
CSP: "That's fine, fine. I, too, am busy. Um, later, that is. ...I'm also busy now."
"Busy with a psychiatric appointment, I hope."
CSP: "I, um, have to go get my piece of paper."
"Or not."
"When I finally got to the clubroom, Haruhi was there waiting for me."
Pretty sure the GAR thing was thrown in so he'd actually stand out, given the fact that Haruhi is basically a female version of a typical male lead.
... Someone's bound to chew me out for that one.
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2009-07-07, 02:23
