34th: The Years of Haruhi Suzumiya

[godbent]

[Voice+Action]

Jeez, everyone. I know I'm due to hit forty soon enough, but as pranks go, making everyone half my age is pretty excessive. [It's in a semi-serious tone, but she's actually being sarcastic here] This is going to make the birthday party I hope some of you are planning pretty awkward, isn't it?

[Short laugh. It's funny, okay]

I'll be heading by the Brigade HQ for anyone who's around. The village is smaller too, gosh. See you there!

[So Haruhi Suzumiya is significantly older now! She's in her later 30s and as noted here will remain as such until her birthday on the 31st. You're free to answer the voice today or you can run into her in Action in any of the following situations (or anything else you come up with) on any day between now and the 30th!:

A) Shopping for clothes and accessories. Sure she's probably the result of some Shift, but she's going to be comfortable for this time, okay. Gosh.
B) Hanging out in and around House 10 or the HQ. She'll be with Sekai, and very enamored to see the rooster once more. ♥ She also might be witnessed meditating in these places, cooking meals at home, or otherwise doing her best to enjoy herself
C) At Good Spirits or Cloud Nine. She'll be at different ones on different nights for different reasons. Either way, some light drinking, darts, watching people perform, all that good stuff.
D) Swimming or tanning on the beach. Sure she's older, but she might as well distract/enjoy herself during this time, right. You also might see her performing some higher end spell work like putting an air bubble around her head to dive under the water here.
E) Going to the Hot Springs to have a nice dip. Hot Springs are things people always ought to enjoy. :|
F) People watching around town. This might be done in the form walking around, jogging around, or just sitting on a bench or something. But she'll be around trying to get a feel for who's around and chatting up familiar people.
G) Practicing her magic. A lot of it is filial, but some of it is also garner from other worlds. She's mostly comparing what she "knows" she should be able to do, versus what she can actually do if she's some temporary person here. This will mostly be out at the forest's edge, but also in the barracks, up at the mountains, on the beach...

No matter when you see her if you ask about the future she's from she'll probably tell you tall tales about the future. If you have anything you'd specifically want or not want your character to hear, ring me for permissions here. Let's have fun with this, folks. Replies will be from cougarmom]

Comments

: [voice]

[cougarmom]

Probably make a pressure bubble, circulate some air and dive down in solo. [A light hum] I've got it.

[voice]

[menial]

Uh, wow. Enterprising.

Well, if that's what you feel like doing, go for it. ['Even at your age!']

[voice]

[cougarmom]

Why don't you come with me?

[voice]

[menial]

... Do you really want me with you?

[voice]

[cougarmom]

Why wouldn't I? A good companion for these things makes them more interesting.

[voice]

[menial]

Well, I guess I thought you might... prefer to hang out with someone more in your... ['age group? generation? yearliness? olditude?'] ... cohort.

...But hey, if you want me, sure.

[voice]

[cougarmom]

Meet me at the HQ. Don't worry, [name redacted], I generally do want you.

[voice] -> [action]

[menial]

['That... was not a reassuring emphasis in the sentence, Haruhi. Or Suzumiya-san. Or Haruhi (big).']

All right, I'll be there.

[And indeed he will show up in a few minutes. Warily.

'Not that wariness has ever done me any good.']

[action]

[cougarmom]

[She's already there, of course. Because Kyon showing up early? No way that'll ever happen. she's got a hand on her hip and a smile playing at her lips as she waits just inside the front room]

[action]

[menial]

['Ominous, ominous.']

Hey... [...just not going to say a name.]

[action]

[cougarmom]

[She considers when he gets closer, and then reaches out to pinch one of his cheeks without saying a thing]

[action]

[menial]

['--Ghghk.']

Is this necessary?

[action]

[cougarmom]

He really does look like you, that's weird...

[Airily.] Well, whatever. [And she lets go, smirking]

[action]

[menial]

['What. Who?! Shit. What!?']


...Dare I ask?

[action]

[cougarmom]

Even if you did, I'm not going to answer~ [Tapping a finger on her cheeks] At least, I don't think so. It seems like it would be something better kept a secret.

[action]

[menial]

--Well, huh.

['What a role reversal.

Don't say "classified information"--Come to think of it...']

So you're pulling the time traveler act, huh?

[action]

[cougarmom]

Well how often does someone get to claim that? [She's excited to claim it, okay? Even if she's older and this is temporary and probably a shift, it's still fun if she thinks of it that way. Even if it's a little lonely.]

[action]

[menial]

I don't know. If they're Asahina-san, every time that you make a movie.

['To say the absolute minimum.']

[action]

[cougarmom]

Or Azusa. I casted her for one once, if I remember right.

[action]

[menial]

Ah. I don't really recall that.

['That does seem to answer whether she knows about what Asahina-san really is, though. Unless she never found out I knew, and is keeping it from me for the sanctity of the timeline.']

Maybe it was before my time. No pun intended.

[action]

[cougarmom]

Or after and I'm just not good with spoilers. That actually seems a little more likely, given that I might be going senile. [And with that she turns to head back into the HQ]

[action]

[menial]

.... ['Well, you didn't get brainwashed, anyway.'

Following her in.]

I don't think you're that old.

[action]

[cougarmom]

Well that's reassuring that you think that. [And now she goes to where she's drawn a runic sigil circle in the middle of the front room, big enough for them both to stand in]

[action]

[menial]

[He stares at it.]

So, what is that.

[action]

[cougarmom]

Oh, it's just a teleportation sigil. I'll need to complete it with a drop of blood, but stand in there and hold on to me and we'll be underwater in no time.

[that said, she's picking up a bag of power from the desk next to her and throwing the green powder at Kyon's face]