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Haruhi Suzumiya ([personal profile] godbent) wrote2011-01-18 02:49 am

3rd: The Compromise of Haruhi Suzumiya

[Voice]

[For the record, this post takes place in the later evening, following this thread by about an hour or two.

So, earlier, Haruhi got some disturbing news. Or well, she's been getting all sorts of disturbing news for the last two weeks, particularly the second week. It's been two weeks since she returned to Luceti. Here she was gone two months, back home a month had past. And before either of those, she had been in Luceti for two and a half years.

Al was gone. All sorts of people were gone, and even if the individual losses still hurt sometimes, overall, if she had to vocalize it, bar certain painful ones (like Usagi, like Rena, the idea of losing Winry or Shiki or ... others) she had gotten used to the idea that people would sometimes just vanish. She had - before she went home herself - always just told herself that when people returned, not remembering. Those instances where worse, those instances were always worse.

But that wasn't the case right now - or maybe... that was the case to other people. It had gotten hard, particularly in light of what Keiichi showed her after that as yet unthreaded dinner and the letter currently clasped in her hands, to deny the worth of a certain individual she had wanted to deny the meaning of all this time, who she wanted to think was some phantom in everyone else's memories. But... that's irresponsible. It was hurting other people, hurting her, hurting... friends. The Brigade. Winry. Everyone. She couldn't change that, but . . . But she had to do something.]


[From a hiding place (a not particularly good one per say, but a hiding place of the spare room on the second floor of her her house) she begins what she knows will be hard for her to say. She sounds in no way comfortable as she starts with-]

Hey, Luce- [no that's stupid-] everyone I know. Or... yeah, everyone I know, or other people, I don't care! [That got harsh. She's awkward here] Look-! ...Look. Anyone that knew that guy, Haruki Suzumiya that wasn- ... The was... [UGH. The letter in her hand crumples a bit as she pushes it together, awkward] ...Whatever, forget it! Jeez, damn Malnosso. It's not important!

[ ... ... A minute later]

...No. It is important, after all. Look- that guy, I have his- no, I have my own memories, which are basically his except I'm in them and none of you remember it like that. [Dammit dammit she sounds like she's repeating a point. Things she's already said. Dammit. There's a growl of frustration before she slips up out of her chair to pace, leaving the journal on the table but still talking loud enough to be recorded] I have memories, alright?! So I know some of you- a lot of you, I guess. But- [...] But I guess, you guys don't know me. You-

[ARGH. she looks again at the letter and then crumbles it into a ball. She throws it at the floor and then presses on, stopping in place and yelling now]

Some of you liked that guy, right?! Some of you were friends and some of you lo- [gulp-] loved that guy, right?! I'm not that guy- it's been two weeks since I showed too, so unless he Malnosso are bigger assholes than anyone thought I'm not going to be that guy either. [But if she is, if she 'reverts back' next week or tomorrow, this post is meaningless. ...Maybe it still is. But it feels like her heart is breaking and she needs to do something. Even as she stays all this, she feels no catharsis though, only her hollow dread turning into a real fear - a fear, what? Rejection? Probably, but fear of something tangible is better than something she doesn't even know the face]

So- ... So fine, that's that! We're different, alright?! And I was expecting you to forget but- fine! Don't forget him, it doesn't matter! [...UGH. Dammit, she's losing the point again. She crouches, picking up the crumbled ball of the letter]

...I know things can't be the same as I remember them, but I guess things also won't be the same as you remember. I want to just pick up where I left off but that's- [...dammit] That's not completely possible, is it? It's not like I'm a time traveler and can go back and change things and- [...she could change it to everyone remembering her. But that's not fair, even if she did know how to manage it. And last time. She mutters-] ...And Leon would screw it up again

[That might not have even been recorded, but she stands after this, her voice gaining resolve.]


So what I'm saying is that... I'm Haruhi. I'm the Chief of the SOS-Brigade, and- and if you knew that Haruki guy we can start over, starting now! And if you didn't know that guy, then it doesn't matter because I'm me and whatever he said or did doesn't matter to you anyway! ["judge me only as me"]

So, hi everyone, it's nice to meet you! [Should she add "I hope you'll look after me?" ...No, that's just stupid. She should leave it at that.]

[...Should.

She sits down for replies after this, because there's sure to be some. She waits for maybe three minutes before finally concluding that she owes someone else something special. Winry will have heard of it or at least be hearing his opinion on it anyway. Might as well- Well.]


[Filtered to Sokka // 85% Unhackable]

...Hey, I- [...She's not sorry- or is she? No. Yes. No. Mostly no.] I've decided to forgive you for what you said the other day! ...You don't even need to apologize, because- [...] Because starting over, like I said here! So- [...Jeez] ...So just forget about what I did too, alright? I guess it was too much and- It's behind us, got it?!

[... ... ... Yeah that counts as "I'm sorry"]

[identity profile] symp3thy.livejournal.com 2011-01-19 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Hehe, thanks! We definitely have to honor the club's namesake no matter what, after all! ...Mm, speaking of which, Valentine's Day is in a month, too. There will probably be an experiment, but should we organize something too, anyhow?

[identity profile] symp3thy.livejournal.com 2011-01-19 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
We got lucky with Christmas, I think, but I can't quite remember what happened about a week before... Seems like it was major, but it's not coming back to me no matter how hard I try...

Ooh, that does sound good! We can probably do both, but a Candid Camera would be amazing! If I've been hearing rumors right about what happened on Valentine's in the past, it'll totally be priceless if we pull it off! Where would be a good place, though?...

[identity profile] symp3thy.livejournal.com 2011-01-20 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
Seventh Heaven and the Bakery would totally be hot spots! We COULD do the plaza, but we'll really need some spy cameras for that. I wonder if we could get someone to build one without any questions asked? Ooh, it would, but maybe we can still find a way to put one at the Hot Springs anyway? Like set up a snack booth or something for people to relax at after they come out of a dip, and install one there. The context, location, and circumstances can make the whole difference, after all!

[identity profile] symp3thy.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Soooounds like a plan! So when do we get to decide who does what and where we're assigned at?

[identity profile] symp3thy.livejournal.com 2011-01-22 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Whenever you're ready, count me in!

[identity profile] symp3thy.livejournal.com 2011-01-22 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
You got it, chief! [/SALUTE] Will we be hammering out the details during an official meeting soon? If so, I want to know when! There's still a month, but it can't hurt to prepare early!

[identity profile] symp3thy.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
Hm? Do you mean Kurt-kun? He's part of the Brigade, so it shouldn't be a problem if it's him, should it?

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[identity profile] symp3thy.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[HMM....


well okay. No need to dwell on it now, but--]
Edited 2011-01-29 23:09 (UTC)

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[identity profile] symp3thy.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
E-eh? You mean the Malnosso? Can we even do that?