so_shik | Forty-Third Spool of Thread

[There's the sudden sound of a bunch of boxes falling to the ground, contents spilling everywhere as the journal's camera points up to the ceiling. It shifts suddenly to focus on a particular pink-haired girl who was unceremoniously dumped into the back room of her shop on top of said boxes.]

Ugh...thanks for the warning, jerks. [She begins to untangle herself from the boxes of ribbons and fabrics, moving the journal closer to speak. For the most part, she seems pretty unharmed.]

Hey...so what day is it anyway? Here's hoping I wasn't gone too long, totally bad for business. [There's a slight beat, suddenly remembering something. You know, her housemate that was alone for like a week.] Haruhi, report. [She works her way out from under the pile of materials and the door to the back room swings open, allowing her to enter the main part of the shop.]

Neku...you better have made it back. That was pretty low of them, keeping us sort of together and then sending you back first. Besides, I was right in the middle of designing a n--

[There's a long pause suddenly as she really takes a look at the shop. She's staring at a row of dresser dummies, counting them in her head.]

All right, which one of you broke into my shop when I was gone?!

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[ ...oh this is all her fault. or mostly her fault. she feels bad. but there's a plan to keep secret. ]

Shiki! You okay?

[On the bright side, she can never be mad at Buffy. She sounds fairly relieved though when she hears the other girl's voice.]

Yeah, I'm okay. It's weird, Buffy, it's like they didn't even really want to do anything to me this time. How's everything here?

[ everything's falling apart.

she can't say that, though. so! smile! ] Sounds like you lucked out. And things are -- good. Warming up.

[Hmm...well, no need for her to be suspicious of Buffy's cheeriness.] So I've noticed. Should be good for business at least...oh! I have your order almost ready. Kind of got interrupted, sorry.

...A kidnapping's a little bigger than just an interruption. Don't sweat it, Shiki. You're golden. Take your time.

[ after all, she might not have the chance to break in a single swimsuit until after this grell business is dealt with. ]

If you say so. I'll get back to it though.

[Hmm...] I didn't miss anything, right? No big life-changing alterations or anything? [She's half-teasing, but she's also genuinely curious. Who knows if she's missed an experiment or something?]

...I dyed my hair blue.

[ this is the JOKING voice. ]

As long as it's a dark blue, I can totally see it working. [Well she can joke right back, and it helps, coming back to something familiar like this.] I'll take it as a no then.

Nope. Things've been quiet. Eerily quiet.

That's almost worse though, isn't it?

The stress levels manage to spike up higher, yeah.

It's summer though...summer's supposed to be the time to de-stress.

Not that Luceti follows normal rules...but paranoia doesn't look good on anybody.

...You're absolutely right. So -- you're planning on taking it nice and easy, then?

Maybe. Depends on if the house is in ruins when I get home or not...we kind of left Haruhi alone for a week.

...Not good on her own, is she?

I wouldn't say she's bad...but I've seen people handle things better.

...Me and her are still very firmly in not getting along land.

How so? I mean I know she's pretty difficult to deal with but...

Oil and water. We're oil and water.

Sounds pretty gross. She and I had a rough start too when she came here, but things are okay now. Maybe...it's better to leave her alone. If only because she's stubborn.

There's the tricksy part where I'm pretty good friends with Winry.

...maybe she's just jealous.

Somehow? I doubt it. I didn't get along with her before she was a her, either. Or before Winry even showed up.

Oh well. Win some? Lose some.

If it helps, you've got enough people around here that do like you so it's not a huge loss anyway.

Am I a terrible person for saying that about one of my best friends?

Considering the who involved?

Nah, I think you're kosher.

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