015 - At least I've got these photos...

[slave_of_suzumiya]

(... So, the memories we gained on Valentine's were bogus, huh? Of course, I mean... Me and Sasaki? She was a good friend and quite cute and all, but her general assertion that love was a form of illness. Of course it wasn't real. Despite any interest I may or may not have in her, there's no way she'd ever reciprocate such things. And of course, while we were in the middle of a date of all things, Haruhi just had to turn up and send things to hell. ... I'm sure that gave her a great first impression of Sasaki, huh?

I have to wonder, would it have been worth keeping those memories? All the wonderful time Sasaki and I never had as a real couple... Then again, reality is reality, better to live in real life than live in a fantasy. Regardless of how unrealistic reality may be, it's my life and I'll live it the way I want. That's why I turned down Nagato's fantasy after all, isn't it? The reason I put my life on the line to bring back the Brigade... Oh well, at least I've managed to get one of those laptops Haruhi extorted from the Computer Research Society in exchange for this nonsense. And all those photos of Miss Asahina are still there too...)

[Today, you may find Kyon sitting in the park with a laptop...]

Hmm... No internet access. Figured as much. At least all my files are still here. Not that there's a whole lot of worth considering it's almost all stuff Haruhi had me working on.

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[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[Shana stops by the park, feeling more cheerful] "Hey, J-... Kyon! What are you doing here, where did you get the computer?"

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Oh, right. The town sent it to me after those Valentine's shenanigans.

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

"Oh. Those. Can you do anything good with it?"

Oops, I should like... make sure I'm on the right account before posting comments.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Yeah... I'm a little concerned about the idea of the town messing with my memory like that... As for the computer, I don't have any internet access, so I'm basically left with just whatever files happen to be on it.

[grand-theft-moe.livejournal.com]

[Oh man, what are those, anyway? Chizuko has seen Japan with one and assumed it was some sort of fancy optical card viewer. She means 'files' in the most literal way. But when she sees someone she recognizes from school using one in the park, it's time to investigate. Thus a small girl is standing a polite distance away from you, Kyon.]

Excuse me...I'm sorry to disturb you, but can I ask what that is?

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Oh, this? Just a laptop computer. They're starting to become commonplace in the 21st century.

[grand-theft-moe.livejournal.com]

[Chizuko thinks about that for a second and looks astonished. If she were from a more comical kind of canon her jaw would have comically extended and dropped to the ground.]

I...see. In my time, such things take up the area of a large room.

Permission to remotely hack into his computer?

[has-a-name.livejournal.com]

((Not going to do any data damage, just snoop around in it ))

... oh... a computer...

*she actually seems interested in something for once*

Sure, why not?

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Yeah, I got it back from the town.

Does the timestamp on your tag there say 2007 on your screen, too? o_o

[has-a-name.livejournal.com]

... I wish I had my computer back... but it's nice to see one again...

*hey Kyon, your computer screen is suddenly pulling up all of your files one by one at blazing speeds... including a certain password protected folder*

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

[Sitting next to him/ she just appeared there.]

There is no internet here.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

(Where did she just come from!?)

Yeah, figured as much. It's supposed to the the 1950s after all.

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

[A pale, blue haired girl walks over and peers at the laptop.]

"You have a computer."

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Yeah, I got it after that recent ordeal.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Does it have a wireless card?"

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

. . . Ah.

[She remembers that computer. Yuki will slowly drift over to Kyon and look down.]

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Hey, Nagato! Take a look what I got.

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

[She nods.]

Useful.

[cramschoolgod.livejournal.com]

[Sasaki spots him from far off, and takes a good five seconds to get into her usual frame of mind. Then she walks over.]

Yo, Kyon! [It's a little more brusque than usual, but mostly natural-sounding.]

About this recent disaster, Kyon, let me assure you that I have no hard feelings. This was a trick played upon us by forces beyond our control, and as such, we can do nothing but submit to their whims in this matter. What I wouldn't like it to do is damage the character of our friendship as is. So, ah, let's resolve for nothing to have changed, save that we have gained a certain amount of knowledge about matters that would otherwise not have been discovered. [Though she's still wearing a ponytail today.] It's true that we did such things and that your friend Suzumiya-san witnessed them, but as long as everyone understands the impetus was not ours, there will be no problem, don't you think?

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Right, it was just one of those things done by the town. We shouldn't let it change anything between us.

(... Even if it was a rather pleasant change, I'm not naive enough to expect you to be up for it anyway...)

As for Haruhi, a logical person would certainly be able to come to some kind of terms with things, but she tends to be far from logical at times...

[cramschoolgod.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's good that there are no misunderstandings! I'm relieved.

I'm sure you can convince her, Kyon. I'll corroborate whatever you say, of course. The misunderstanding is-- embarrassing, but we must handle it.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Will see him and wave.]]

Hey, you got a laptop back?

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Oh, hey Aaron! Yeah, there's not a whole lot of interest without an active internet connection though.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Still, it's pretty cool.

Just don't break it. I don't think they'd be able to fix it here.