48th: The Officiousness of Haruhi Suzumiya

[godbent]

[Action ]

[ Kyon went home. Kyon went home and the world didn't even notice. Which in some ways is not surprising - he went home just as they were going to Malnosso World. Oh sure the Brigade in Luceti probably noticed as the (increasingly infrequent or at least shorter due to the small size) meetings had him absent where he never really was before but for the most part? Who cared?

Well, Haruhi did.

And because of Haruhi caring around that, she threw herself hard into studying again. In Malnosso World she could work on making progress with her Extended Brigade but in the first week back she signed up for all sorts of missions to not get accepted to any. And so... she studied. Magic, technology, history, cryptoids, anything she could do apart from people because she didn't want to deal with people. Which is why apart from jogging in the morning, going to the Brigade HQ for meetings, and going home at night (maybe a snack between) much of Haruhi's time was in the library and she looks increasingly frumpy. As in she hasn't slept great and her hair has been better. You can encounter her doing this, or you might encounter her practicing some sigils, or meditating for spirits as the weeks drag on... but eventually:]

[ Voice ]

A lot of people have shown themselves to be sort of stupid here before now, but does anyone have some interesting facts or stories to tell me? I want to know more about whatever you want to tell me about. And if you don't, someone come to the HQ and help me test out some things. I've been working on some spells or ways to work with the Filial Spirits. So come on, Luceti.

[ She may or may not be a little distant sounding, but she is interested ]

Comments

[Voice]

[uccellodifuoco]

"Whatever" is quite vague, are you trying to become a multiversal encyclopedia?

[Voice]

[godbent]

I wouldn't mind that, at least conceptually.

[Voice]

[uccellodifuoco]

Any purpose in special for it or just boredom?

[Voice]

[godbent]

Why do you ask that though? It's strange.

[voice]

[paladinlost]

[Interesting facts? That's a very subjective term, but...]

...Did you know that it's much easier to harvest rainbow pudding from a Flan Princess than any other type of flan monster?

[voice]

[godbent]

I didn't! And I've only seen a flan in a book, but I don't know what a flan princess looks like or a rainbow pudding look like!

[voice]

[paladinlost]

Flan princesses are a type of lunar flan that is easily recongnizable thanks to its vivid color. The pink is so bright that it can almost hurt your eyes when a swarm of them attacks you in the darkness. Yet they somehow still manage to stay hidden from curious eyes, with apparently little effort.

[voice]

[godbent]

Oh, that's strange. I wonder if they can change colors or make their body non-reflective or something.

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[the_dead_pool2]

Interesting facts and stories, huh?

Well, annually donkeys kill more people than airplanes. A pig's orgasm lasts for thirty minutes. For about ten seconds after decapitation, a head still has consciousness.

Video

[godbent]

I didn't know that thing about the donkey homicide... But the decapitation thing is so strange. [She brushes back some hair as she says this, considering] I wonder if people can still see things then.

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[the_dead_pool2]

You are going to completely bypass the pig one, eh?

[He shakes his head]

Lucky porker bastards. Also for the record, yes.

voice;

[ex_tessen852]

What kind of stories are you interested in? I mean, I have a lot of stories from my world. Or are you interested in only things about Luceti?

voice;

[godbent]

It doesn't really matter, as long as it's interesting. I have been in Luceti a long time though, so a lot of Luceti isn't as interesting.

voice;

[ex_tessen852]

Um, well. There was the time I broke out of prison. That's interesting.

[action]

[wise_maiden]

[Raine is often in and out of the library for various reasons, and ironically it seems to be where she bumps into Haruhi more often. In fact, it's seemed downright frequent, lately, and it's more unusual to see her looking so tired. It's something familiar to Raine, at least, from times past of being so focused and stressed and sleeping at odd hours if she slept at all. Pursuit of knowledge for the sake of knowledge, or something else, perhaps? Distraction from a loss? Maybe ...

Still, for the most part, she minded her business... but it doesn't seem to be getting any better, so perhaps it's time...]

Haruhi?

[action]

[godbent]

Oh, Raine! [ She's in the midst of writing down notes about something suitably useless ( namely: in this instance she's making notes about various species of butterflies which she had never bothered to learn about ) but she looks up with a pencil in hand to wave the hand with the pencil in it ]

[action]

[wise_maiden]

[Hmm. Now how to handle this...]

Would you like to step out for some lunch, or tea with me? I'm sure you must have been at this for a while.

[Voice]

[savedtheworld]

[Aang's hesitant to respond. He has this fear of being around people these days - but he finds it easier to talk over the journals, at least.]

I don't know - what would you count as interesting?

[Voice]

[godbent]

You have a brain don't you? [That's snide at first because a pause and] ... Don't you? [More curiously]

[Voice]

[savedtheworld]

Wh-what? [Now that's confusing.]

Of course I have a brain! I mean, I've never seen it myself, but... Everyone who thinks has got to have a brain. ...Right?

[video]

[isgorgeous]

What kind of interesting stuff? Like stories from other worlds?

[video]

[godbent]

[ She sighs, rubbing her eyes a bit (which do seem like she's been awake a bit too long) before] Interesting means interesting! Come on, you have to have some sense of what it could mean, it would be strange if you didn't!

[Voice]

[lostinmyway]

Oh, I can help you talk with the spirits, Haruhi.

[For once, Grune might actually be useful beyond looking pretty. If anybody is spiritually sensitive, it's her.]

[Voice]

[godbent]

Can you? Which ones do you get along with the best?

[Voice]

[lostinmyway]

Hmm.... Well, Nala and Faeren and I are very close, and I think I'm becoming good friends with Hyt, too. But I have such nice chats with everyone.