三十二 (Text/Voice Post, Japanese)

[onikui_tengu]

[BBBZZAP! Haruka lets out a angry growl, tossing the communicator to one side. It clatters noisily onto the floor.]

Dammit, it wasn't supposed to-- [Stomping around] Aaah! I hate how messed-up this place is! I can remember pouring that tea with enough leaves in it to give it taste, but it ended up just hot water that day when I could finally go back to work!

[Muttering, he goes to pick his communicator back up. The audio mode is switched off with an audible click.]

I'm fine. I just thought that would have more time. Geh. Usually that sensation isn't so unpleasant.

Of course as soon as I am free to go out, another murder makes the city unsafe to travel alone in. If I had them back, I wouldn't give a damn.

[[ooc Aack! I didn't realize that so much time had passed! orz]]

Comments

[skybound-love.livejournal.com]

No need to be testy, Haruka.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Well, sorry if I don't like getting shocked.

[kan_chyan]

We missed three whole day of our lives.

Three days out of our life were stolen and will never be returned.

[nunsensebridget.livejournal.com]

...

[d-dreiberg.livejournal.com]

Are you all right?

[shimbo-hiromu.livejournal.com]

Yikes, I half thought you weren't even here anymore, man!

[boy-fatality.livejournal.com]

...

Are you alright?

[voice | Japanese]

[cinnagami.livejournal.com]

--erk!

...Uh, hi there. You're okay, right?

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Again?!

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Most of the doors and windows of the school could not be opened for a few days.

As for the ones that could... It was strange.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

...I'm fine. The shock just surprised me.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

You were listening...?

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

It's just a mild shock to the hands, Tachibana-san.

[voice | Japanese]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

...?

Fine. ...Who are you?

[text]

[eyes-fearing.livejournal.com]

did you drink the hot water?

[text]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

A little.

That's how I realized what happened.

[text]

[eyes-fearing.livejournal.com]

don't worry

water is safe to drink.

[text]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

I wasn't worried to begin with.

[text]

[eyes-fearing.livejournal.com]

really? I would be.

if your tea leaves disappear then who knows what could replace them.

[text]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

The tea leaves disappeared because they kept being used up. Over and over, while I was caught up in that woman's power.

...Who are you?

[text]

[eyes-fearing.livejournal.com]

that woman's power? who?

[text]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

I do not know her name. The only reason I even know that it was a woman was from hearing others talk about her after everything started to go back to normal.

Apparently, the school was stuck in a time loop. Everyone here experienced April 1^st repeatedly for three days.

...You still haven't told me who you are.

[text]

[eyes-fearing.livejournal.com]

the power to change time... that kind of thing is terrifying, don't you think?

where's the school?

[text]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

If there is nothing that can be done, then I'd rather use that time worrying about more important things.

Near the old hospital.

...You must not have been here long.

[d-dreiberg.livejournal.com]

I don't believe we've met. I'm Daniel.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Not under better circumstances, in any case. Haruka.

[text]

[eyes-fearing.livejournal.com]

there's always something that can be done.

thank you.

no. I only arrived a few days ago. why am I here?

[voice | Japanese]

[cinnagami.livejournal.com]

Sorry! That just startled me. I'm Tsuzuki Asato, and you?

[text]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Hm.

I see. ...and I wish I knew that answer myself.

[voice | Japanese]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

You weren't alone then. My name is Haruka.

[text]

[eyes-fearing.livejournal.com]

i don't want things to be scary here.

why are you here?

[voice | Japanese]

[cinnagami.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you, Haruka - hey, are you the same Haruka who knows Ichinomiya-san?

[voice | Japanese]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Likewise.

Yes. We are both from the same world.

[voice | Japanese]

[cinnagami.livejournal.com]

I'm a friend of Watari's.

[text]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Do you really think that you'll have that kind of choice in this world?

I do not know, and I don't care.

All I want is to find a way to return to the place where I belong.

[voice | Japanese]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

...

You're not a freak like him, are you?

[voice | Japanese]

[cinnagami.livejournal.com]

Isn't that a little rude? ...but you know, I've worked with him for decades, so I kind of know what you mean. If what you mean is the yelling and the weird jokes and the potions. And the answer's no!

[voice | Japanese]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Do you have a better way of phrasing it? Good.

I don't think I could handle another one like him.

[voice | Japanese]

[cinnagami.livejournal.com]

Oh, you get used to it eventually! You probably ought to be careful of any free food he gives you, though.

[text]

[eyes-fearing.livejournal.com]

the only choice is how to deal with the fear.

you want to go home ...

[voice | Japanese]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

I'll make a note of it, but why...?

[text]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Then hide away. Just don't involve me. I won't be there to do the same.

Yes.

[voice | Japanese]

[cinnagami.livejournal.com]

...He makes these weird chemical things.

[voice | Japanese]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

...

[voice | Japanese]

[cinnagami.livejournal.com]

Uh, though I don't think he does here! Anyway, I haven't seen any beakers lying around. We're bound to be safe.

[d-dreiberg.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you.

[shimbo-hiromu.livejournal.com]

Should I not have been?

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

No... I was just surprised.