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[atlasia]

A. 1664 Nelson Street

[ It was somewhat early in the morning, Sion was downstairs in the basement finishing up some notes she had gathered from before. Sadly no one was willing to give a blood sample, and in the end she was the one giving blood. Or at least agreeing to give a blood sample to Marisa sometime soon.

The house had been quiet since Naze left, but it was just the nature of this place. Even if it was a bit sad, there was valuable research and data that came out of the “family” like relationship. After a placing the paper with the notes on it on the table Sion walked back upstairs to gather her items for school.]

B. Mayfield high

[ Sion had gotten in to the habit of skipping class every few days after the first few periods of the day. It was enough to fool the drone teachers in to thinking she had gone to school for the day. The only real problem was getting home and not being seen in till school let out for the day. If you happen to be in the hall you might notice her sneaking out.]

C. Downtown

[ It was late afternoon already so there wouldn't be any problems going out after skipping afternoon classes, or at least no risk of any problems with the drones. What exactly was Sion doing downtown? Looking at a few of the clothing stores. She knew there was a chance of someone trying to drag her along to the upcoming prom so it would be better to get things ready ahead of time. ]

Comments

[1st_superhero]

Hey, neighbor!

[And here comes Gilgamesh in an even better mood than usual. He remembers Sion, of course. After all, he rarely sees people with purple hair.

[atlasia]

[ It's the vampire she talked to before, it's kinda hard to forget someone who said they had super human strength and a robotic arm. ]

It's surprising to see other people out so early.

[1st_superhero]

Well, I've got nothing better to do. Might as well as get up way early and see if there's anything cool around.

[atlasia]

You're out of luck in that department then, the only things that happen early in the morning are people trying to get up for work or school.

[1st_superhero]

You never know. Maybe it'll be like the time when everyone switched bodies.

[atlasia]

If that were the case then the town would be in a state of panic right now instead of how it is right now.

[1st_superhero]

Hm...if that's the case, then I guess I have to make my own fun then.

[He points at her.]

Wanna go and have an adventure? See what we run into?

[atlasia]

I rather not, the chances of anything happening on an "adventure" while the town is quiet and slightly "normal" are very low. I have better things to do with my time then goof off.

[1st_superhero]

Oh? Like what?

[atlasia]

For starters I'm busy with my research, along with recording other events that happen in the town. It's important to find a pattern or at least some relative data that might be helpful in solving things.

[1st_superhero]

Pattern...like how those evil guys always call after the events and taunt us?

[atlasia]

Yes, things along those lines. This place seems to hold events around the same time year to year, and they're always done in almost the same way with a few things changed.

[1st_superhero]

What times?

[atlasia]

If there's important holiday there's some sort of event that follows. Like with fourth of July or New Years. If it's important enough for people to celebrate it then something will happen.

[1st_superhero]

Uh-huh. And do the holiday events follow any specific theme?

[atlasia]

I haven't found a central theme because I've only been here for a year.

[1st_superhero]

Maybe we should just list down the traits of every holiday and see if they come up with variations based on that.

[atlasia]

My main objective wasn't to look at the different events the down throws at us so I haven't even thought of doing something like that.

I'm sure someone has done that in the past and has data we can use.

[1st_superhero]

Maybe you should ask around on the phone or something. All I know is that you can't order pizza on that thing.

[atlasia]

The amount of data I can get from asking people over the phone is quite low, the last attempt I made should be a good example.

Only you and a few other people even cared enough to reply.

[1st_superhero]

You want me to do a house to house survey then?

[atlasia]

I can handle doing something like that my self, but people are unwilling to give out information when it comes to asking questions.

[1st_superhero]

Spike their water with truth serum? If you don't have that, a copious amount of beer works too.

[atlasia]

I rather avoid using much methods. Even if I could produce truth serum people would catch on quickly.

[1st_superhero]

Then what do you plan to do?

[atlasia]

Wait in till there is a reasonable time to ask people I know to ask others they're close to for me.

[1st_superhero]

Sounds really convoluted.

Downtown

[tsukihime]

[Oh, Arcueid has found herself behind Sion as she window shops. She stops and watches her for a moment before finally speaking up.]

What are you doing?

Downtown

[atlasia]

I'm not doing anything.

[ She so wasn't looking at clothes and things of that nature. Also Arcueid really needs to stop sneaking up on her. ]

[tsukihime]

[Arcueid just smiles, but doesn't move.]

Looked like you were window shopping.

[atlasia]

I wasn't window shopping, I was merely cutting though the area in order to get back to my house.

[tsukihime]

I dunno, it seemed like you were looking pretty hard at that.

Were you gonna buy a dress?

[atlasia]

I received a dress in the mail a little while ago from trying to prank people on April fool's. It shows to much skin though...

[tsukihime]

Really? I got one too!

I'm going to wear it to the prom.

[atlasia]

You can have fun with that, but I have no plans to go to prom.

[tsukihime]

Oh? Why not? You're actually in school and stuff, right?

[atlasia]

I'm in school but I don't see the need to go to a social gathering like prom. Getting dressed up would eat up time that I could be using for something else.

[tsukihime]

Since you got a nice dress in the mail you should wear it to the prom! That's what I'm doing.

Or are you just mad because nobody asked you?

[atlasia]

That's not the case at all, and you can go with friends instead to these things so a date wouldn't matter.

[tsukihime]

So then why don't you go?

[atlasia]

It's a big hassle, and I could be doing something better with my time.

[tsukihime]

You should just have fun every once in a while, jeeze. You're always uptight and weird.

You're going to go, even if I have to drag you. You got a new dress so you should use it.

It's the only logical thing to do.

[atlasia]

I'm not uptight or weird. There's a difference between calculating how things play out and acting on it then being "uptight".

I would like to see you try and drag me. The chances of you winning and forcing me to go might be high but that can change.

[tsukihime]

[Arcueid just shrugs.]

I think you're just being obstinate for the sake of it. I bet you secretly wanna go.

Still, if you wanna put it to a challenge I guess we can do that too.