33rd: The Heavens of Haruhi Suzumiya

[godbent]

[Voice]

[...So, mixed bag since the end of the event. At the end of the event they discovered Neku had gone home. In roughly the same timeframe, she discovered Uriko was gone too, and of course Richard had announced Naoki was gone. She spent the event as Haruhi, who backslid hard in more than one way with Winry and possibly some others. But since then... she's been okay. She didn't go on the mission, but the people who did ought to be back today. Sokka had his deal with Suki going home and a lot of other people have been vanishing, but she herself is okay for the first time in a long while, even if her SOS-Brigade has been shrinking. She ordered Ayumu to move the slot and pachinko machines out of Uriko's former house (and she's unsure where to put all eight machines) but...]

For those that new any of them, Uriko Nonomura is finally home and Neku Sakuraba's also gone back to his Shibuya. [As Neku vanished over a week ago (she simply delayed announcing it because consoling Shiki meant more to her than letting the public know) she suspects some of his friends will have noticed him being more quiet than usual. But regardless-]

But, despite that, Luceti, I've got something different and much more exciting to tell you all about! I'm sure by now all of you have heard of my SOS-Brigade, right?! We're have an HQ ready to take clients at any time in the center of town, we have a boat out at those docks at the ocean, we helped construct a shrine for Amatersu out at the cherry tree hill, and of course one of my Lieutenants, Oswald, is running Hydra Social! You really can't miss us!

Well, this is just a friendly reminder that this Spreading Excitement All Over the World With Haruhi Suzumiya Brigade is open to both new members and new clients in the days to come! We're willing to support anyone that comes to us with problems, particularly if they happen to be interesting ones, and if you want to join our ranks, we'll welcome you as well!

[Cough. Okay] And, as I'm sure all you people who have been here a while haven noticed, we're rapidly closing in on a important holiday. You can guess what it is, right? Tanabata! Of course it's Tanabata, happening on the 7th of July! As always, you and expect the SOS-Brigade to put out fireworks, food, and bamboo shoots to tie your wishes onto come nightfall, but this year we're planning to show you stars both during the day and the night! Do you know how...?

[And here she picks up a megaphone to speak into it into the journal]

Luceti's Second Brigade Hosted Cross Beauty Pageant!

Naturally, as it's going to be happening in July we'll be accepting sign ups - personal or by proxy [so sign up your friends :T] before the day of, and when the day comes we'll be taking a popular and judge's vote, just like last time! And like last time, remember that this is cross beauty! [Cross dressing. Girls in suits (even if last time this wasn't the case). Men in dresses. You know how it is. If you don't...] People who don't adhere to those standards when the time comes will of course be assisted by staff from All Passions or the Brigade itself when the time comes, but let's get those signatures in so that we can ensure it'll be a good show!

I'll be here to answer any questions that aren't stupid - Haruhi Suzumiya, over and out!

Comments

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[installing]

You're going to be putting boys in dresses again?

Voice

[godbent]

Yeah, so what?

voice

[so_shik]

Not this again. Can't we just have a normal beauty pageant?

voice

[godbent]

What's interesting about that?

[voice]

[falenandawn]

.....that is what you meant by a pageant?

[voice]

[selphie_t]

Frey, did you sign up?

[voice]

[godbent]

Yep! And I've got your name on the list!

[voice]

[falenanthief]

[Laughing at you.

No, he won't bother hiding it.]

[Voice]

[selphie_t]

You're currently accepting new members?

[Voice]

[godbent]

Provided they can pass application scrutiny!

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[bravefighter]

That sounds pretty exciting! I've never heard of something like the SOS Brigade before.

But uh... Tanabata? What's that?

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[godbent]

It's a holiday! A celebration of the one day of the year that Hikoboshi and Orihime can meet up in the sky because they're generous and grant wishes on that day.

voice;

[dragoneer]

Sooooo--just to be sure. We Brigadiers will be...sort of, you know, running things, right? Nooot participating.

voice;

[godbent]

I intend to have a customary showing in the pageant itself of people from my Brigade! [...Though considering his foot. Well they could work a boot around it :|a ] But not everyone has to, I guess.

voice;

[mythmaker]

You don't want to participate, Hiccup-kun? Don't you think it might be fun?

[Voice]

[daisy023]

[Tanabata... Daisy gets to remember eating a real dango along with Lina Inverse.]

Ma'am. Offering assistance on the Beauty Pageant.

[Voice]

[godbent]

Good! You're on the list then.

[greenjacketed]

What the bloody hell is a beauty pageant?

[ and whyyyy are you yelling about it. ;; ]

[godbent]

You don't- Oh come on, really?! The name's even intuitive!

[voice]

[dogboy]

[Oooh, another festival!! Festivals are fun (even if he won't admit it)! He doesn't really care to know what the hell a "tanabata" is because he'll probably find out when it rolls around, but he's definitely going to keep an eye out for whenever that 7th of July is.

... But he does have to ask.]

What the hell's a beauty pageant? Why would you want to sign up for something like that? Actually, why would you tie wishes to bamboo too?

[voice]

[godbent]

Pride, glory, prizes, and confidence in your appearance being up to snuff. Also to show your moral support to other people out there are you try to win it all! As for what, the name's intuitive, you can figure that out.

[Exhale]

And tying the wishes is how it's done. You tie a written wish to the shoot, point it at either Altair or Vega up in the sky - or in this case what I figure is probably Altair and Vega - and they get the memo that way. It's one of those things where written contracts have more power.

[hisapprentice]

Cross beauty? ...You've got to be angry?

[godbent]

...What?

voice

[mythmaker]

I can hardly wait, Haruhi-chan. Would you like me to MC, or would you like me to participate? My, my, I've never worn a suit before...

voice

[godbent]

...That's a good question, actually. I guess that depends on if I enter or not...

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

[ Wait hold on. ]

Neku's gone?

[voice]

[godbent]

-You didn't know yet?

[Whooops]

[voice]

[fellpool]

...I'd still like to know how the first Cross Beauty Pageant came up in the first place. [Because it was so ... random. ...Maybe he shouldn't really be surprised.]

[voice]

[godbent]

Because it was a good idea at the time, obviously! And the results speak for themselves!

[Voice]

[lostinmyway]

[Oh, my, is it time for Tanabata again? She had so much fun the last time--she can't wait for it to come again!

She doesn't understand a whole lot about the beauty pageant, but that's all right. Haruhi always thinks of such nice things to do, and as a member of the SOS Brigade, she should help out!]

Oh, I'll join, Haruhi! It sounds like lots of fun!

[Voice]

[godbent]

Alright, excellent! That's about what I wanted to hear, Grune!

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[menial]

['First, Sakuraba is his last name? The things no one tells me. And second:']

...How's Misaki holding up, Haruhi?

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[godbent]

Better than she did the last few times.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

... you're not going to try to trick people into signing up for it again, are you?

[YES, HE'S STILL KIND OF EMBARRASSED THAT HE WON.]

[Voice]

[godbent]

Trick nothing! People signed of their own volition!