13th: The Choices of Haruhi Suzumiya

[godbent]

[Voice]

[This post comes up about an hour after the draft announcement and her reaction to it. It's cool, simple, to the point. Whoever wants to run into her will run into her during the course of the next day or two (and feel free to action that!) when she goes about "business as usual." Fur now, she's been training in magic and hand to hand, but neither is going to be efficient here, so-]

Someone teach me how to shoot a gun.

[And who knows, maybe people will reply to her about unrelated garbage too. She's still trembling, sitting on the roof of her house tonight

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[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

...I'll think about it. [He sighs. His brain is fried right now. How many of the Brigade, noncombatants, were going out there?] Just focus on whatever you're going to do out there.

[so_shik]

That's my point. I only have one I can use with Mr. Mew.

[action]

[godbent]

Yeah. I will.

[And now holding this doll, she feels more confident. Sure it's a fatalistic gift and sure it will fade - this feeling, that is - but... it's still good]

[godbent]

Oh, right.

[She derps a bit here, rubbing her own shoulders idly with her hands]

[so_shik]

...hey. Did I ever apologize for what happened last Sunday?

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[soundfrequency]

[There's a long stretch of silence before Neku speaks up.]

Do you remember when you dragged me out of bed and brought me up here that one time?

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[shred-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Neither am I. Being able to kill someone in battle doesn't make you strong at all. It's just...

[ . . . ]

Sometimes it's just enough to keep even more people from dying.

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[chronica.livejournal.com]

[Homura notices the change and can't say she didn't expect this to happen. Firing at something that stands still is a lot less intimidating than shooting something that moves.]

Stay calm, Haruhi. You cannot be afraid of the enemy.

[voice]

[fyulong]

Don't worry, I'm pretty sure that if I tried, no one would follow me.

[godbent]

A little bit at the time.

[But not... officially. Not in the Biblical sense]

[so_shik]

...look. I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt like that. It was just...I was scared and when I saw you, I flipped a little.

[action]

[godbent]

Maybe a little.

[Not... distinctly but then it feels like she jerked Neku around a lot in the past]

[voice]

[godbent]

Yea, probably not.

[godbent]

It's fine. [It isn't, really, but] I was too used to being without you guys in the house, I guess.

[so_shik]

It's not like we meant to be gone that long.

...was Winry okay? Something seemed off.

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[godbent]

[...That's a thought she really doesn't want to pursue. she bits her lip, and then sighs]

Yeah, alright. Got it.

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[godbent]

Shut up, I know that! [But she just.. isn't calming down, not yet. Okay, aim, aim... fire! still off. Dammit, dammit]

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[chronica.livejournal.com]

[That alone is very obvious. Homura frowns after Haruhi's next shots miss aim and moments later deactivates the console, the holograms disappearing on sight.]

voice;

[shred-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Mm...

Just take care and remember. A handgun in the hands of an amateur really is worthless for self-defense on a battlefield.

voice;

[godbent]

-You know actually, who even are you?

[godbent]

[ . . . ]

You sort of walked in on us going at second base, of course something was off.

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[soundfrequency]

Yeah I guess that was a really long time ago. You dragged me out clothes shopping one time too. ...I think that was around the same time you agreed to be my partner to get Shiki back when Minamimoto kidnapped her.

[He's... not really sure where he's going with this. He's just mostly trying to give her a distraction.]

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[godbent]

[When they fade she still has the gun out, and she's panting a bit. Somehow that... was very tiring. She knows she should feel more slighted - and really, she is a bit annoyed she didn't do better than that the first time - but... oh well]

[voice]

[fyulong]

Anyway, just take care of yourself. The Brigade can look after itself for a few days.

[so_shik]

That's not what I meant! Come on, be serious.