007 - ... Okay, now this is just cruel.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

(After the past few days, it's a relief to finally have things back to normal... As much trouble as Haruhi can bring at times, I really do enjoy my life in the SOS Brigade. I really don't want to end up somewhere without Haruhi again... And I can rest easy now that Asakura is gone again too. Being stabbed in the middle of the street isn't something I plan to try again any time soon.

I wonder how Nagato is doing after that incident? I'm not sure she fully understands the full implications of having real emotions yet... I mean, it was a bit of an over the top action, but when you bottle yourself like that without knowing how to express yourself, something has to give eventually.

... Hold it, shouldn't my little sister be dragging me out of my bed by now? ... Wait, is this even my bed? ... Oh god, don't tell me. This isn't my room, it's that place again. Mayfield. It's been four months, but... Why? And why just before Christmas? Why just after I finished fixing what Nagato messed up? I'd gone back home, Koizumi, Haruhi, Miss Asahina, they were all there... Actually, come to think of it, I hadn't quite fixed things yet, had I? I was dying in the middle on the street. A future version of myself with Miss Asahina sorted it out. I was planning to take care of that a bit after Christmas probably. I suppose it's a bit late for that now...)

[A sigh as he picks up the phone...]

... Okay, I just spent the last four months at home. I'm back here for some reason. Could someone explain what's going on?

Comments

[onlyeverabackup.livejournal.com]

You left, and you returned. It happens more often than you would think around here.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Oh really?

(Crap. Asakura. What now? Sure, last time Nagato told me that I shouldn't worry about her, but she just tried to kill me again the other day, and in a world actually created by Nagato too!)

[onlyeverabackup.livejournal.com]

Yes. As I mentioned before, you have been here before, only to be sent home. The only difference is this time, you've retained your memories of this place.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

What makes this different to the other times then?

[onlyeverabackup.livejournal.com]

The other times, you did not remember your prior stays in this town. Even now you don't appear to recall your first stay that we know of.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Right, but what is it that makes it different to the other times? I mean there has to be some reason to it, doesn't there?

[onlyeverabackup.livejournal.com]

A reason? It's hard to say. The lack of data makes it difficult to determine whether or not there is a reason to many of the events that take place here.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

At least Haruhi was somewhat predictable at times, this place seems to have no rhyme or reason at all...

[onlyeverabackup.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I wouldn't say that. It's imprecise, but there is a factor to Mayfield that is predictable, even if the cause isn't always clear.

[tsuntiger.livejournal.com]

It happens. Maybe you were lucky. [Or unlucky.]

[slave_of_suzumiya]

I fail to see the luck involved in going to a parallel universe, being stabbed to death, and then turning up in this place again the moment after things are finally back to normal? Or at least, no luck other than the bad kind.

[tsuntiger.livejournal.com]

...

It makes things more exciting? [She's got nothin']

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Things were already interesting enough back home without coming here again.

[tsuntiger.livejournal.com]

...More interesting than Mayfield.

It's not like you can do anything about it, though.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Right. There's no emergency escape program or anything here.

[tsuntiger.livejournal.com]

It's a pity.

But now you can prepare for Christmas!

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Well, I was actually looking forward to our SOS Brigade Christmas party before I ended up here again.

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

Welcome back.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

You're still here then, Nagato? Any sign of Haruhi or the others since I left?

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

You have been gone two days.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Oh... But it was four months at home. That's interesting.

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

Additionally, when you returned, it was to the same moment as when you left.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Right. Also come to think of it, I don't remember those other time loops, but I remember my time here, despite coming at the end of one of them...

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

You recalled Mayfield while you were at home?

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Come to think of it... no? Although I recall it now, despite not remembering the time loop I had just come off of which I still remembered when I was here before?