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

[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.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Right. Well, if I see her, I'll stop by and say hi.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Just be careful she doesn't take an interest in you.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm as normal as they get, so I don't think I have to worry too much. I'm just your average student who wants to get to college and graduate. There isn't anything supernatural about that.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Well, nobody can explain why I'm one of the ones roped into her nonsense either, so...

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe because she likes you. I mean, not in THAT way, but some people do get along even though they're totally different from each other. And you seem like a great friend to have too Kyon.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

I suppose that's a good point there.

(Besides, it's at least partially my own fault anyway in persisting to talk to her before she founded the Brigade... And despite how much I complain about her, I really don't have any regrets in regards to that.)

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

But...I guess if I DO get dragged in...it'd still be fun to hang out with people. Do you think she'd mind if I tagged along? If anything does happen, we can both have each other's backs.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Well, Haruhi's reaction to anything is generally unpredictable, but I suppose you probably could if you liked.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Great. When do you usually meet up with her? After school or something?