49th: The Inquisition of Haruhi Suzumiya

[godbent]

[Action]

[ She went from emo but focused, to focusedly unfocused, to... now. Today is Winry's birthday and when she wakes up in the morning she has resolved to go and visit her this afternoon. But she's been trying to deal with her increasing spotty and overfocus'd desire to know all the things for the past few weeks. The Shard has been getting the better of her for... well okay mostly for worse. So from about 6AM (when she sets out for her morning run all over town) to 2PM Haruhi can be found doing one of three things around the square in a thick coat:

a) Cleaning up and taking out some excessive stuff in the Brigades HQ. There might only be four of them right now, but she's going to get more as soon as she gets over whatever this Shift is. So she has resolved to do this. She is doing this while having a small fireball orbit her head to remind her not to read all the things. So there's that . . .

b) Talking to anyone she sees. First to ask them questions about their lives, their hair, the world, their... everything. Just pestering, annoying questions as she's trying to get it out of her system. She might look annoyed at herself as she's asking them. Also, she'll be working to give out fliers about the SOS-Brigade to sort of spread it... she needs to revise this flier though. If only she could use more words.

c) Shopping. Namely, she is looking for fresh ingredients in the Grocery to make ready for some plans of hers and to re-stock her own house (it's been a while, hasn't it...?), to All Passions to make a request for a new custom jacket, and then to the original and normal Clothing Store to look for some costumes she could use on Shinji and/or Grune when she gets back in business. Also the Item Shop to look for any sort of magical whatevers she can find...

And later in the day she'll be making her way to Winry's and either way, sometime in the night, she'll end up at Good Spirits for some light drinks and to attempt to be social without dissolving into the question monster. ... But she might anyway ]

Comments

[soheartless]

Because it was shattered.

My feelings... They have to be regained.

There's also... the raven's blood.

[godbent]

Oh... what's the raven's blood?

Why are you feelings all over?

[ And now she shifts to put her ear up to his chest (not pedo) and listen for his pulse ]

[soheartless]

[With that distinction, Mytho just idly glances down as he does that. He should still have a pulse and the signs of physically having a heart.]

The raven's blood... [There's actual fear in his voice at that.] It is like a poison. To be a servant of the Raven...

[He pauses, gathers himself to answer the other question.]

And, my feelings were scattered... with the pieces of my heart.

[godbent]

You could give more details! The Raven thing sounds strange and interesting!

[ Oh, it's normal! She pulls back her head, and then taps on his chest several times with her knuckles ]

[soheartless]

Details? [He glances up a bit, uncertainly, bobbing slightly with each tap at his chest.] The Raven is strange... but I don't think that he's interesting at all.

He's frightening. And he seeks... to consume all love for himself.

[godbent]

Why does he want to do that? Why love? Why isn't he interesting?

[soheartless]

I don't know. He seems to thrive on... the hearts of others. I don't think that I find him interesting. I... I find him frightening.

[godbent]

Can't something frightening be interesting too, though?

[soheartless]

Yes. To be frightening and interesting at the same time...?

That sounds... like Kraehe.

[godbent]

Who's Kraehe?! Come on, you have to spit it out! It's all strange and interesting!

[ As she begins to take his shoulders. The Shard was and will never be dangerous because hey it's the Nerd shard, but right now it's gotten her to a bit of an obsessive point, so near where it belongs in the first place. which is why the older woman lightly shakes his shoulders ]

[soheartless]

Ah-!

[He at least looks mildly startled as he goes along with the shaking. And he winces - but that's due in part to trying to remember. From the pain of remembering and the fear of that time, when he and Rue shared the blood and attitudes of ravens.]

The daughter of the raven... I'm afraid to remember!

SHFCJKASLHLIFVKASVASL Mun is almost as flaily as the muse

[clumsyduck]

[Duck just happened to be taking a walk when this was going on. She was deep in thought, so she didn't recognize at first. Once she snapped out of it, she noticed some random girl feeling up Mytho's hair.]

Mytho?

[With that she approached them slowly, hoping that she wasn't interrupting anything.]

U-Uhm.. Hello Mytho.

[She simply nodded to the girl to acknowledge her since she didn't know her name.]

[godbent]

-- Duck? [ She pauses in the shaking Mytho to turn and face the other girl. Man. She remembers when an old Duck, one this one shares no memories with, was a member of her Brigade. Probably why she'd not interacted in much detail with the ones since, though she had seen them. Plus it's just weird - the duck back then wasn't far from her age, but now she looks at her, and she just looks young.

But that only barely breaks through the surface the Shard has made, so. ]

Oh, you know Mytho, right? Do you ever feel his hair? It's very strangely soft.

[soheartless]

[Mytho looks towards her with a vague pleasantness; otherwise he looks uncomfortable in Haruhi's grasp.]

Hello, Duck...

[clumsyduck]

[Turning to look to the girl. She knew her name? Well, she must have met her last time she was here. The problem was that she had no recollection of ever meeting Haruhi, unfortuntely.]

Yes. Mytho is a good friend of mine. [Hair? Looking to him and turning back.] I don't think I have.... It does look soft though?

[godbent]

It is! you should really feel it though, it's an experience which you should really have. [ And at this, one hand goes off Mytho's shoulder to shoot out and grab her wrist to try to pull it towards the swan locks ]

[soheartless]

[And he just bows his head slightly for Duck's hand.]

Go ahead...

[clumsyduck]

[Weird..... This is really weird.... She hesitantly reached to gently feel his hair.]

Ah! You're right. It's very soft.

[godbent]

It's strange hoe nice and soft it is, right? I wonder if it has to do with that story about the Raven? Do you know why he's afraid of it?

[soheartless]

Thank you...

[He says softly in response, not really paying mind to the rest of what Haruhi's saying.]

[clumsyduck]

[At the mention of the Raven, her smile drops to a frown. So he was talking about the Raven and raven blood.... It was a sad thought and a sore reminder that he no longer had his heart shards... again...]

I know of the story, but I can't say I know much about it.

[Duck wasn't much of a liar, but she couldn't very well make it obvious that she was Princess Tutu. To be honest, it broke her heart to see him like that.]

[godbent]

Oh, there's a whole story about it?

[ Haruhi, already with very little empathy to begin with, has it almost reduced to zero at the moment, what with the Shard going at a climax here. She doesn't seem to acknowledge Duck's mood, or Mytho's non-action, or much of anything, she's only considering, where could she get this story? ]

[soheartless]

[That's right, Duck didn't know much about things, didn't she. But Mytho still felt trust for her.]

Yes. [He confirms simply with a nod.]

[clumsyduck]

[And that's when the pendent started to go off. To be honest, she's a little surprised it took this long. Realizing the pendent, she looked for a way to excuse herself.]

Yes there is. I'm terribly sorry but I have to go.... brush my hair.

[A terrible excuse, but it worked didn't it. With that, she went on her way to find somewhere private to change into Princess Tutu.]

[godbent]

Whatever. [ SHE HAS MORE THINGS TO ASK MYTHO ANYWAY HEH HEH HEH

She wants to know everything about him.

Not pedo ]