36th "Oh shit..."

[slave_of_suzumiya]

[Today, Kyon has encountered Yuki Nagato who is a lot more lively than usual. ... However, her eyes are dead. The bright spark behind that unreadable mask was gone, leaving nothing but an empty shell behind.]

No... Nagato... It can't be...

Uh... It's Kokutou. Yuki Kokutou, remember? Are you feeling okay?

Just go away!

[A: And Kyon'll leave school, running through the halls. He's not really looking where he's going so he might run into you.]

[B: Upon reaching home at 915 Bilko Boulevard, he'll boot up both his desktop computer and laptop simultaneously and attempt to open a certain program...]

No, no, no, no... Respond dammit!! Ugh...

[And he'll slam his head into the desk.]

[Later, outside the library he may be found...

C: Shouting and beating his fists on the wall.

D: Sitting slumped against the wall, completely despondent, his hands scraped and bleeding...]

... Why her? Why!? Nagato...

Comments

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Not much to tell really... Small town, big hill, which I have to climb every day to reach school.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Is it a country town then? I've heard that there are very nice hot springs in Japan too, do you have one nearby there?

Pffff... Nishinomiya is actually a real city and I don't know nearly enough about it to answer well.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Well, it's not that small, it's a decent enough city, but it's dwarfed by a lot of others. And yeah, it's not that hard to find hot springs too far out.

Whoops. Sorry about that!

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

How are hot springs like? Are they really all natural hot tubs? I've always wanted to try one, because I've heard it's good for the skin. In fact, my dad's planning to take me to Japan at the end of the year!

...or he would have, if I didn't get dragged here.

You know what, I feel exactly the way you do. I wish I could punch the person who brought us here.

No prob!

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Well, it's been a while, but using the hot springs is usually quite relaxing.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

It must be great to live so near one. There's nothing like that near Jump City, but I guess we do get the beach and the ocean. Ooo! Do you have sakura trees near your place? I've only seen them in pictures, but they're really pretty!

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Yeah, there's this nice spot in the park by the river where the sakura blossom in the spring.

(I know that day with Miss Asahina is one I won't ever be forgetting, for more reasons than one...)

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Well, if we ever manage to get out of here, maybe one day I'll go to your place and you can come to mine. We can show each other around! You can take me to the hot springs and to the sakura trees, and I'll show you the beach and the national forest nearby. Jump is really good like that; it's not exactly busy like a city, it's still got time to relax and stuff.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Well, to my understanding, Mayfield seems to draw people in from some kind of multiverse, meaning that seeing each other back home might not actually be that easy.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Multiverse? Like...parallel dimensions, or something like that?

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Yeah, that's the idea.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Oh. So...we might not come from the same universe. Bummer.

...but I'd still like to visit Nishimoya, even in my world. It might be as pretty as you say.

And umm...eventhough we're from different universes...I'd like to be your friend, if that's ok with you.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Sure, fine by me. It's always good to have friends, especially of the ordinary variety.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Thanks Kyon. I don't have anything against anyone, but sometimes...ordinary is nice.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Yeah, I know how that is.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Do you know if there're any other students here who are just students as well?

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Well, I haven't taken a tally, although I'd like to assume at least some of them are. Of course, appearances can be deceptive.

(I mean, I knew Aaron for... how long before he told me about being a werewolf coyote thing?)

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true.

Say Kyon, do you have any friends from your home who's here too? I've only met one person from my world, and she's a super hero so I don't think we can be friends. She's way too cool for me.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

With Nagato gone now, it's just Haruhi. ... Try not to let her rope you into anything stupid.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

I haven't met her yet, but I'm sure she's not too bad. I mean...what does she do?

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Well, you're probably fine since you're an ordinary human, but she has an obsession with the supernatural and has a tendency to cause trouble wherever she goes.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Really? You mean, like how girls tend to talk about super heros they like and why they're cool and all?

(And also gushing. And lots of rumors. And gossips. Tara's not into all of that, but sometimes her friends drive her up the wall with that.)

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Sort of, except way more obnoxious.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

O...K...well, I'll be sure to be careful not to get too involved with what she does. But I wouldn't mind meeting here though.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

She's not too bad if you get her in small doses.