godbent | 43rd: The Practice of Haruhi Suzumiya

[Voice // Filtered to the SOS-Brigade]
Alright, I'm back! We'll be moving on to new and better things soon, because I've decided on how we're going to ring out spring! Details in the next meeting, so be sure all of you are at it, even if meetings have been a little lax lately. Failure to be there will be met with punishment!

Oh-! Right! All of you met our new members [Diamond, Pearl, Twilight, Usagi] by now, right? If you somehow didn't, get on that! After all, I'm going to promote one of my Brigade members to Deputy-Vice-Chief sometime soon, and there's no way you'll be in the running unless you're on the ball.

Over and out.

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[And with that out of the way, Haruhi Suzumiya is back in the village proper. It's only been a little more than a week since she started her "camp all over the place to try to hook up with more filial spirits" plan, but she's already started to hear more than she did before. Sona was still blocking her, but now she thinks she's been hearing more from Tsinku and Kipinn (finally) is something she's been starting to work with magically. So now she's back in town and decides--

You know what, it's warmer out after that cold snap and it's not raining. So she's going to just spend the whole day outside. She considers a Flower Viewing, but that's no good solo. Instead, she goes back to House 10 to dig through it until she finds her guitar and then goes to sit down on the edge of the fountain with it. She practiced a lot with it last year, but she hasn't in a while--

But after some messing around, it's not perfect, but she might be playing this or this as well as she can from memory, and after that she just starts to do random things which come to mind. She's surprised how well she can remember, and wonders a little why she stopped in the first place. This is sort of fun]

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Yeah, I'm back. [With a little nod. She says it warm enough, even with a little smile, but then turns her attention to the items in his hands before turning back to the strings on the guitar. She's no tuning person per se, but...]

[He tilts his head when he sees her attention go back to the guitar.]

Been awhile since you played, huh? Sounding a little off?

Yeah, a few months, at least. I picked it up on a whim a little over a year ago, but since then it's not like I've dedicated my life to it or anything...

You're good for only having played it for a year. [If even that, by Haruhi's description.] Do you have a tuner for your guitar?

If you mean some item for it, there's probably something for it in the house. No idea where it is, though.

Well, there's tuning forks or electronic tuners, but I'm usually tuning my violin to the school piano. [He makes a vague motion over to the schoolhouse.] It sounded okay when you were playing, though. ...Not that I know the songs. [Maybe. Did they have Rocky around to watch?]

[Maybe at the Rec Center or something...]

Yeah? Maybe I just forgot more than I thought. It just doesn't sound quite right to me.

...Huh. [He tilts his head a little at Haruhi's insistence.]

Maybe I came in a little late. Do you mind playing it again?

Oh, sure.

[A light inhale. She taps the guitar a few times, and then closes her eyes before getting back into it]

[This time, he pays closer attention to how the guitar sounds. There's a twitch to his brow as he listens to the repeated twang of one string in particular.]

You're right. Something sounds a little off.

Can you hear where the problem is, with those ears?

[He moves closer so he can look at the strings on Haruhi's guitar. The strings followed the same pattern as his violin strings, though there were of course two more on the guitar. He points at the third-thinnest string.]

It looks like your G string is too loose. You're a bit flat.

Oh yeah? [And she twangs it - this time, it does seem pretty... yeah, okay, she can see what he means. She considers it, not sure if she should try to tighten it herself or not]

Yeah. The others sound fairly in tune, but that one in particular sounds bad. [He can see that she's debating what to do.] If you're not busy to take care of it, it's not like the school's that far at all.

Nope, not too busy at all! [And she swings her legs before leaping to her feet. Guitar in hand, she turns to head towards the school without missing a beat]

[He grins despite himself, trotting right alongside her.]

So how was the whole "attuning to nature" thing?

[She waves a hand, causing a light (very light) breeze to ruffle Leon's hair] I finally got that hyperactive guy to teach me a thing or two, and I heard the lightning one.

[His ears flick automatically as the wind stirs the fine hairs of his ears, and he glances over at Haruhi's hand before making the connection.]

Heard it? ...Oh, I guess a week wouldn't be enough to make good progress with Tsinku.

At least he's more cooperative than Sona. I can hear her just long enough for her to be a snob.

[As they reach the front of the school, Leon pulls open the door and holds it for Haruhi.]

...Yeah. She's kinda off-putting, and I say that as someone with an ice and water affinity.

[Good man] She's stupidly difficult.

[He follows Haruhi inside, already heading for the music room.]

You would think she would like people paying attention to her.

She's clearly one of those people who thinks they're better than people so she doesn't need them. It's the worst type.

At least she'll respond, even if it's to not be helpful. When I was reaching out to Hyt, it took over a week just to hear a peep out of it.

Edited 2013-06-24 07:27 (UTC)

I still haven't really heard Hyt. Honestly, Faeren's radio silent too.

[Faeren is also afraid of her]

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