so_shik | Fifty-Second Spool of Thread

[It was a normal day in Luceti for Shiki. She woke up in her room at house 10 without the threat of an experiment settling in today. She had her breakfast, she got dressed, and she headed out with Mr. Mew to All Passions. She walked into the shop and turned on the lights, noticing that the door to Minato's special little room was open. That in itself was strange, seeing how it was meant to be a dark room.]

Minato? You here? [She walked forward, approaching the boy's workspace and pushing the door open only to find it empty save for a stack of letters.

She instantly knew what it meant, but she wasn't going to react yet. She decided to look through the letters first, tracking down hers. Upon reading it, she knows it's true...and she knows she has to let the others know. So she's grabbing her journal and begins recording a new message for the village.]

...hey, hi guys. Um...wow, this is really hard to say. [It's awful. Minato's been here nearly as long as she has and now she's lost one of her oldest friends without a real chance to say goodbye? That's great. It takes her a few moments to pull it together, but she addresses the journal again.]

Minato's gone. Minato Arisato. I guess he only left us last night but these letters weren't here yesterday. If someone could confirm he's really, really gone...that'd be great.

But either way? Nephry, Akihiko, Yuri, Ange, Keiichi,Haruhi and Kyon? I've got letters for you guys. I'm at the shop all day whenever you feel like picking them up.

[Filtered to members of House 10]

In light of people disappearing, I wanted to ask you guys...can we do something special to celebrate the friends we still have here? Like a potluck or something. I made a new friend who asked me to hang out with her, and with Minato leaving...I've realized I can't keep putting things off. Let me know what you guys think.

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But why not?

Because it's stupid! It's stupid to write letters like that!

So you would have preferred he just left without warning?!

What warning?! We didn't get a warning! We just get some thing he probably penned up months ago as a "just in case!" We get some stupid afterthought which is supposed to... what?! give closure?! It doesn't!

...okay, what's really going on here?

Nothing, Shiki!

[And she stands] Nothing. Now if you don't have anything important to say, I'm going, jeez.

[She latches onto Haruhi's wrist with her hand.]

I really think you should read it anyway, okay?

[She doesn't tug away, but-] No. Let go of me.

Haruhi please?

I said no! Get it through your skull! [And she actually tugs now]

Damnit what the hell is wrong with you?!

[And she whirls now to actually face Shiki again, stopping her walk off to glare and stuff]

What's wrong with all of you?! Do his letters have some profound wisdom or something just because he's dead?!