so_shik | Forty-Second Spool of Thread - [Voice/Action for Housemates]

[Currently, Shiki is sitting in her bedroom at House 10 with Mr. Mew. She's got her cell phone in her hand, and even though she doesn't have reception in Luceti she's got a battery. It makes her cringe and it makes her want to throw the phone out the window, but she's currently watching a video she recorded of two people she knows in a rather...compromising position.

What? It's not every day you get to watch your boyfriend make out with another girly boy. Besides, in light of recent events, Shiki's not really feeling up to going out to the shop anyway.]

...what makes us attracted to things that are bad for us? You know, like why do we pay money to watch people fight, or why do we continue watching things we know shouldn't be watched? Does that make any sense? Probably not.

And anyway...this weather sucks. It's making me depressed or something, I swear.

...Minato, are you busy? Can we talk?

[Minato's the only reason she'd go outside right now, but her housemates are free to barge in and see her while she replies to anyone who speaks to her over the journal.]

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That's... awkward. I mean... well I suppose you know about all the stuff in the Prophet, but I never thought a Muggle would get a hold of that information.

It's been a while since I've read them, to be honest. What with being here for a few years and all.

That would make a difference, I think. [He attempts an awkward laugh, but it comes out as fire.] Argh!

[And she jumps in surprise] Whoa, watch it!

[He looks in a different direction, since his hands aren't so great for covering his mouth.] Sorry! Didn't mean to do that!

[She can't help but laugh slightly.] It's okay, really. Just be careful.

[A "heh" comes out as a tiny flame, and he just looks to the sky.] Right. So no laughing.

Only if you're facing a firepit.

And not the shop.

Definitely not. I've already had to rebuild it once.

When?

My first summer here. It's a long story, just know that a monster accidentally stepped on the whole thing.

That's terrible.

Giant. Alien. Squids. That's all I can really say about it.

... Someone turned into an alien squid?

No, it wasn't someone who was already in the village. A giant alien squid just came through the barrier.

... And no one's yet figured out how they managed to do that?

[There's a pause...she knows exactly how it was done, but she's not going to tell that. That's not her secret to share.]

Not really.

[... And that is an exasperated sigh that accidentally turned into setting a tree on fire.]

Oh bloody hell!

Too bad these things aren't designed to breathe ice. It'd be a lot easier on the trees.

[Stamping it out with his back claw.]

I'm not sure these things were designed by anything with a bit of sense. I should probably get going before I do any damage to the shop.

Normally I'd insist against that, but maybe you're right. I'll see you again when you're human, right?

I'm sure of it.

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