28th sigh

[slave_of_suzumiya]

[Today, Kyon is going to rant at you all on the phone.]

Okay, that's it. I have absolutely had it with this bloody milk fiasco. And it disturbs me to think that that could potentially be entirely literal... Has anyone found any blood in their milk yet? Wait, no. On second thought, I don't want to know the answer to that.

How long is it going to last? I mean, Grady's gone and that crazed psychopath has taken over his job. Is this how it's going to be from now on? Because I really don't want to get to the point where I end up having to drink this shit myself.

(... And once again I wonder, is there any literal shitty milk? ... And then I regret even thinking of it. I think I should get back to the point here...)

At this point, I've damn near gotten myself killed a few times and some of my friends have actually dropped dead... I mean, Mayfield isn't exactly sunshine and puppies at the best of times... (And even if it were, I'm sure it'd be deadly sunlight that'd roast us to a crisp and puppies with a taste for human flesh...) ... but this is downright ridiculous, honestly.

Comments

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

So you were saved by another's sacrifice. Feeling survivor's guilt?

Though I wonder if that term even means anything in a town where you come back to life the next day.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

What happened wasn't my fault. I'm not exactly happy about it either though.

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

A normal reaction. You remind me of a friend I have, or I suppose, used to have. She was exceedingly normal too.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Oh? What was she like then?

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

Well, more cheerful than you. But otherwise ordinary. She didn't exceed in anything, didn't take extraordinary risks or go out of her way to do one thing or the other.

Well, until she met me.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

... What happened when she met you then?

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

She asked me to do something crazy with her. I did.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

"Something crazy", huh? Could you try making that a little more vague, because I'm just not sure you're being cryptic enough.

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

I turned her into an android.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

You turned her into an android? ... Why?

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

It was an experiment. Her determination not to be Normal made her Abnormal, and gave her a pretty high pain tolerance.

Well, "android" isn't really correct; "cyborg" would probably be the most accurate term since mose of her is still biological.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

A cyborg, huh?

(Note to self. Don't ever let Haruhi suggest anything related to robots.)

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

Yup. Her muscles, internal systems, every nerve - there's not an inch of her body that I didn't touch.

[It's really too bad this is over the phone and she can't make crazy faces at him for lulz]

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Okay, and uh... What purpose did converting her into a cyborg serve anyway?

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

It made her stop being normal.

That and it made her one of the strongest people on earth. In terms of sheer physical output, she could stand toe-to-toe with even the strongest man in Class 13. Strength, speed, and amazing regenerative powers... there's not many who could beat her in a straight fight.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

And uh... What might "Class 13" be then?

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

The special class in Hakoniwa Academy made up entirely of Abnormals. About a thousand of them... though since they weren't required to actually attend class, almost none of them ever showed up.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

You've got a whole class of weirdos at your school?

(I bet Haruhi would love it.)

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. Well, in the other twelve classes, there's a mix of Normals and Specials, but you can say that pretty much about anywhere. Heck, freshman year, I was in Class 11.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

I thought the whole point of normal people is that they are normal, as in you generally won't actually find people who are any different.

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

There's fluctuations. It's not as if everyone is exactly the same. Even in what you would call a "normal" high school, you'd find students who are exceptional. If every single student was strictly normal, that would probably be abnormal.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Well, yeah. Nobody's identical, but it's not like you walk down the street and can expect to find any aliens, time travellers or espers anywhere...

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

Well, even in Hakoniwa, we don't have any of those. Well, at least not the first two.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

You get what I'm saying though at least, right?

[notawhale.livejournal.com]

I guess so. But that's why Class 13 is Abnormal. The other classes are like anything you could find anywhere.