2nd: The Rekindling of Haruhi Suzumiya

[godbent]

[Action]

[So, dressed in her big white coat, gloves, boots... you name it, the snow is finally last harsh now than it was yesterday and the day before, so Haruhi is setting off to do something after school and the meeting today. The moment she arrived in Luceti - okay not the moment, but within the first day - she heard the guy's voice before. Not Nala's, but the fire one, the one she remembers bonding with- Eferin. It's probably about time she evened the score with him. So today, she jogs out to the edge of the forest, and can be found there leaning against a tree, muttering to herself. If you happen to be good at listening you might hear some highlights, but by and large it's just here holding up a vague conversation with the spirit. Now and again sparks fly around her, but in a way this is welcome.

So, once the bond is secured, she nods to herself and decides to take it for a test run. She looks up at the snowing sky and shakes her head. There's that newfangled Battle Dome - which she doesn't want to go to - or the Barracks, but that's too close to Sokka's place. So in the end, she heads to the Rec Center. She'll be going to the Brigade meeting and school today of course, but the early evening finds her there. Initially, she's just inspecting things here, deciding what they should add in order to make it better...

While sitting in a chair juggling fireballs idly. She's testing her control over the fire element, okay.

Anyone is free to run into her at either time (DUMMY: Right after meeting: Forest's Edge, Evening: Rec Center)
EDIT: Brigade, if you didn't yet, giving me a heads up about things here would be wonderful.]

Comments

[godbent]

Two hundred fifty points! [Is what she finishes with, smiling, once she recovers]

[bamfing]

[He 'ports back down and as the balls fall from the ceiling, he catches them one by one and sets them back on the table. They fall in the order of One - Two - Three ball.]

Thanks. What can I use the points for?

[godbent]

They're used to determine your overall value. Collect enough of them and you have been proven to be a great asset.

[bamfing]

Oh great. So I bet that makes me slightly more valuable than the coasters, but still not quite as important as the sofa.

[He does not like how you think, Haruhi.]

[godbent]

What are you talking about? Who would put a person below a sofa?

[bamfing]

I was thinking maybe the great Haruhi Suzumiya.

[But hey, he 'ports over to a more comfortable seat behind her.]

So how do I rank up against other people so far?

[godbent]

No. Only a psycho would think like that, what do you take me for, jeez. [She huffs and then turns, facing him. She's getting more used to this but his flippant attitude is still annoying]

And I dunno, maybe mid-tier.

[Kurt, can you tell she's making this up as she goes]

[bamfing]

[Oh, he definitely can. It's fun.]

So that's like sixth or seventh, yeah?

[godbent]

[Okay, quick calculation. Winry, Luka, Rena, Mitsu... maybe. Keii- no. Shiki, Neku... ]

...Yeah I guess that sounds about right.

[bamfing]

... so am I six or seven?

[godbent]

...Eighth, probably. But you're getting there!

[bamfing]

[He strokes his chin as he considers that, leaning back a bit.]

The Brigade isn't that big. If I'm only that high, maybe I shouldn't bother trying.

[godbent]

Who said I was just counting to Brigade?!

[bamfing]

[Self satisfied smirk.]

The great Haruhi has friends outside the Brigade... and can't get them to join?

[godbent]

[Ugh. Ugh. It's so weird that she- she crosses her arms and...]

...It's their choice anyway. They didn't want to, it's fine.

[bamfing]

If you say so, but I was just talking about the Brigade. I didn't know I was eighth out of all of Luceti.

1/2

[godbent]

[...!]

[godbent]

Yeah well I just said that, so stop questioning it in weird ways, Kurt!

[bamfing]

Fine, fine. One more question. What's my competition like? Any really handsome guys I have to compete against?

[godbent]

...What?! What sort of moronic question is that?! [This is the face of her shooting up with something... between being perplexed and flustered. She clearly did not think of Kurt in... that sort of way. More than him as a person more like "wait I could date that" never occurred to her.

At least how surprised she is might be taken as something else?]

[bamfing]

[He's not taking it as insult, because he's pretty sure she'd react like that either way.]

Naoki's one of them, isn't he? Maybe I just go around in shirts too much.

[godbent]

Don't just go- [ghjkgrfbk] Don't go assuming things like that, Kurt! [Okay, she's regaining her mojo, a little.]

[bamfing]

Okay, okay. No problem. [He kicks his feet up.]

So why were you out here alone in the first place?

[godbent]

[Sigh. Shaking her head and then a shrug]

No real reason, just seeing if people furnished it since last I saw it.

[bamfing]

[He does a cursory glance at the room.]

Seems furnished to me. Could use more comfy chairs, though.