Sixteenth Spool of Thread-[Voice]

[so_shik]

Um...guys? Just a heads-up that All Passions will be temporarily closed for a little while. I'll still take orders and make things, but I won't physically be at the shop for a long time, not until I can be mobile again anyway. Sorry for that.

Buffy, looks like we're going to have to postpone the lake-date for a while, but how about you drop by House #10 for dinner sometime this week to make up for it?

...actually I think it might be okay if anybody who needed something made or just wanted to talk to me can drop by House #10 during the day, so there's that too. Such an inconvenience, sorry again.

Comments

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[emp3thy]

They only work well if you're dead?

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[so_shik]

Maybe. But they worked during that experiment. Ugh, I don't know!

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[emp3thy]

You could test that.

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[so_shik]

...are you telling me I should kill myself?

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[emp3thy]

Let someone else try the pins.

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[so_shik]

Okay, come here.

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[emp3thy]

All right.

[brb, walking to house #10.]

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[so_shik]

[and whenever he arrives to house #10, Shiki's sitting in the living room with a...lump of fabric and cotton in her lap, but she's also got her bum leg propped up on the table and a pair of make-shift crutches leaning against the couch. Her journal's sitting next to her, along with her little bag of stuff she usually has. Oh and of course, Mr. Mew. Whenever Minato walks into the house, he'll see that the living room's a normal set up with a couch and everything but it's cluttered with random things like tribal masks, some tiki heads being used to prop things up, all sorts of papers, possibly a few alien crop-circle designs, random costumes from the Brigade's past shows, some balloons from Usagi's party, and most prominent of all, a toy dinosaur sitting on the table next to Shiki's foot.]

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[emp3thy]

[He gives with one glance around at all the junk, and then, with apparently no reaction turns to Shiki.]

How are you feeling?

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[so_shik]

[Minato you're braver than most]

Fine I guess...my leg hurts on and off but that's expected right? Have a seat.

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[emp3thy]

[...another glance]

Where?

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[so_shik]

...[moves some stuff off the couch] Either on the couch or the table I guess. Cleaning's going to have to be postponed for a while.

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[emp3thy]

[sits down in that space, beside a tiki head.]

This is all his?

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[so_shik]

Yeah for the most part. Haruki's kind of an...eccentric kid.

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[emp3thy]

[> You can believe that.]

How do you want to try this?

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[so_shik]

[she'll fish out a pin and hold it out to him] Pin this to your jacket first.

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[emp3thy]

[> You take the pin and attach it. It looks ordinary.]

Okay.

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[so_shik]

Now...focus and try to make Mr. Mew jump.

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[emp3thy]

...Okay.

[focusing...]

[Action]

[so_shik]

[and waiting...anything?]

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[emp3thy]

[you'll have to tell me. If Shiki is right it should, but I don't know what your reasoning is.]

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[so_shik]

...it's not working.

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[emp3thy]

It must be some other problem.

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[so_shik]

This is so stupid. But...thanks for trying anyway.

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[emp3thy]

[> You nod, somewhat surprised but glad Shiki didn't look too hard at the logic behind your test...]

There must be something we can do.