10th: The Advances of Haruhi Suzumiya

[godbent]

[Voice // Filtered to the SOS-Brigade // 85% Unhackable]

[This morning finds Haruhi sitting on her porch (of House 10) holding a set of dice in her hand before school. She found them last night, and it helped spawn an idea in her head. She's rolling the dice idly on the ground, so anyone is of course free to run into her before then, but-]

Alright Brigade, listen up! In my infinite wisdom I've devised our next scheme. Some people might have been saying "SOS-Brigade, what do they do?" for a while now, and we've been losing a few members here and there besides, but no more! In fact, this new one's going to hit everyone clear out of the park and top everything we've ever done before!

You notice how everyone has been going "oh it's so boring" or "what do you do for fun" and stuff like that? Well, we're going to show them what we do for fun: the SOS-Brigade is going to construct a games house, a gambling den, a casino! Pachinko, slots, poker, blackjack, roulette, craps, showgirls, minibars, we're going to set all of that up and have it operational before the summer begins!

Any objections can be submitted to me once opening night for our new casino happens. In the meantime, we'll be hammering out the details at today's meeting. It's about time we made our name immortal!

[The meeting is assumed, but any insights you think your character might point out/that you want to point out you can show us all here, please]

[Voice // Action]

Hey Luceti! This is your special chance to do a favor for the one and only SOS-Brigade. We're in need of all of the following, so any takers should step forth now! We require: A skilled martial artist, a mathematician, a mechanic who doesn't already work at the smithy, some big meat head - preferably six or more feet tall, a representative from the bar, someone who can fly, someone skilled at hair-care, a skilled massager, a geneticist, anyone who can walk on water and... a hacker, preferably a space-age one.

[Also if you want to find for for action, this evening sees Haruhi going out to outside of House 10 where she's set up some dummies and practicing her martial arts on them. She's good, but she feels sorely out of practice - her muscles aren't keeping up with her brain, and the results are frustrating]

Comments

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

You called?

[voice]

[godbent]

No, I didn't.

[But that's after a notable delay in which she feels her skin crawl a little]

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

No, I'm quite sure you did. Let's see... hair-care, flying, and... walking on water, was it?

[voice]

[godbent]

...I'll by flying, but walking on water?

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

Well, it's actually the same trick.

[voice]

[godbent]

It's not really walking if you're flying on it.

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

Watching, you'd never know the difference. Hee hee.

[voice]

[godbent]

Don't give me that, I totally would be able to tell!

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

How so?

[voice]

[godbent]

Just... somehow! I don't know how it works yet, but I could see through it once I do.

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

Would you like to test this?

[voice]

[godbent]

Sure, just to prove you wrong!

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

The fountain, then? Or would you prefer one of the lakes for good measure?

[voice]

[godbent]

The lake probably makes more sense, or, you know, the river.

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

If you insist, the river can work, too. Where?

[voice]

[godbent]

The Northmost bridge in the village, this evening.

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

[ Giggle giggle ] Alright. I'll see you then.

[voice]

[godbent]

Yeah, fine.

[She'll be there. She'll be there...]

[action]

[neverplaysfair]

[ And so will he in fact! Sitting on the handrail, waiting for her. ]

[action]

[godbent]

[By the time she does show up she's trying very hard to seem not interested. Folding her arms and everything!]

[action]

[neverplaysfair]

Good evening. [ Pleasantries first. Mostly because it'll annoy her more. ]

[action]

[godbent]

[ . . . ugh]

Yeah, hey. Evening.

[action]

[neverplaysfair]

[ Without any other sort of warning, Joshua pushes himself off the rail and falls down towards the river. There's a soft smacking sound as his shoes hit the top of the water, and abruptly he's no longer falling. He stays on top of the water for a moment, looking down at the river beneath before turning upwards to look back at Haruhi with a grin.

Well? ]

[action]

[godbent]

[Her eyes widen... and then narrow. She focuses at his feet, trying to come up with how it's different than her expectations. She can't really let this bum win, right?]

[action]

[neverplaysfair]

[ Sure enough, his feet are level against the rushing water, and though the small bobbing of his body doesn't quite line up with the river, it's rather hard to notice a difference even when looking for one. ]

I await your judgment.