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scene xxv

ACTION;
A) [In the morning, Charles can be found living up to his actual age, being an old man and setting up a chessboard in the park! ~~Someone save him before he starts feeding pigeons and wearing sweater vests~~. He doesn't seem to have a partner to play with. Not until you walk by, that is, at which point he smiles and gestures to the other side of the table.]

Why don't you take a seat? Let's have a match. [SUSPICIOUS... No, he's just that bored and in a rare social mood.]

B) [Or maybe you catch him a little later on, after he's packed away his chess set and is out walking his, uh... Horace. The giant beast actually seems pretty tame, all things considered, only stopping to sniff moving things (like you, whoops!) and occasionally making gross growling noises and drooling on the ground. So majestic.

For the unfortunate citizens, these two losers can also be found in much less docile situations - Charles trying to shoo his droolbeast away from a drone it's attempting to gnaw on, or perhaps Horace lolloping down the road with a few geese in its mouth.]

PHONE;
[And carrying on with the trend of being utterly unruffled by everything that happened over the weekend, Charles will pick up his phone in the early evening with a question for the masses.]

I'd like to know your opinion on concerts. Proper orchestral performances, I mean. Who here enjoys them? If something with that sort of music happened to be available in the city, would you attend? [His little fancy cultured self is starting to feel more deprived than usual okay... Having at least one other star performer now, all that's left is to gauge the interest of a potential audience.]

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It's a mouse?

[Doesn't look like a mouse to her. Or one that she's ever been.]

Was it mutated or something...?

[a laboratory mouse, but he'll just keep that little detail to himself for the time being.]

Mutated quite hideously, yes. [pats poor Horace...] Well, I suppose it could have turned out worse, but it isn't the most attractive thing.

That's too bad... I kind of feel sorry for it.

[Even if seeing a mutated mouse is actually quite exciting, the fact that it was experimented on is wrong. If only it were naturally born like that... Now that would be cool.]

Well, at least this isn't the worst way it could have turned out! Oh, right. Does it have a name?

Do you? [arches a brow] You would be the first, believe it or not. Most people are frightened by its appearance.

Other people have taken to calling it Horace, so I suppose that name is as good as any. [a shrug! droolbeast, in the meanwhile, has shifted its attention and is now sniffing around some nearby bushes.]

Really? That's weird, I thought that there'd be more people who would be enthusiastic about it... but oh, well.

[Haruhi smiles, feeling like she just achieved something big, or something important.]

Anyway, Horace, is it? It seems pretty nice!

[he almost laughs at that.] Enthusiastic? My, I don't know what sort of world you come from, but most would consider this too monstrous to be anything that merits enthusiasm.

But yes, this mouse is tame enough. It just fed, so it should be in a good enough mood for company. [he taps the back heel of horace with his boot toe, which earns a bizarre snuffly growl from where its head is in the shrubbery.]

Really? That's so mean!

[Haruhi frowns, disappointed. Especially since it's pretty harmless.]

But... at least it's a good mouse, and not some rude jerk.

You have quite an unusual outlook on what falls into the 'abnormal' category, don't you? Ah, or perhaps you've been in this town for some time? [because then her lack of fear would totally make sense, considering how much it takes to phase the older citizens...

at 'rude jerk', he glances toward the bush Horace is now halfway buried in]

...Hm. It could be a worse mouse, I suppose, but it isn't the most well-behaved thing.

Even if I haven't been in this town for over half a year, I still wouldn't be scared!

[She's enthusiastic about this -- especially since her grin isn't fading away anytime soon.]

So? People are the same, too.

[arching a brow] That isn't terribly long at all, I'm a little impressed. Are you human, then? [since humans couldn't possibly be this interesting, clearly!]

That's true, very true. But even the messiest of people couldn't truly give this mouse a challenge. Its diet makes it common for meals to end in spectacular displays, you know?

[as if on cue, the dying sounds of a goose come from the bushes....]

That's right, I'm human!

[And she's totally not phased at all about the question. After all, everyone's from different worlds!]

And a challenge, huh? Sounds interesting!

Strange. You're certainly not like any of the humans from my own world.

[which is totally a compliment in disguise since the humans in his world are tasty but otherwise beyond lame]

Interesting for some, I suppose. I've been informed that there are people here who can't handle something as trivial as the sight of blood, so not everyone would be up to the challenge.

Well, that's because I'm unique!

[She gives a small laugh before redoubling her grin.]

Huh, seriously? Blood's no problem for me! Not even a dead body would scare the great Suzumiya Haruhi...!

[AND OF COURSE she's lying.]

Unique humans still fall into the same category as their plain counterparts, more often than not.

[he seems pretty amused by the claim, though, and looks even more entertained by the idea that she can handle bodies. he'll give her the benefit of the doubt here!] That's good, that's good. Being unruffled by bodies certainly comes in handy in a place like this.

But that doesn't mean that they're all the same!

[Which is rude, honestly. But then again, she's rude sometimes too. But she's definitely not plain! In fact, she's quite the opposite.]

And yeah, of course it's handy! After all... people die here all the time!

[Though they do come back to life.]

[they can be rude together then, because he is pretty terrible when it comes to rudeness...]

Well, no, there are a few exceptions. Especially in a place like this, you know? It seems to harbour more interesting people than most other worlds do on their own. [the sagest of sage nods]

Very true. You've been here for a few of the town's antics, I take it? [with 'antics' meaning 'those times that half the population gets wiped out through various means']

[They'll be known as the rude duo!]

Exactly. They wouldn't bring anyone who's as boring and dull as the drones here, after all.

[But then again, she knows some people who can be considered those two terms. Guess the one who's pulling the strings just seems to like everyone who's brought here.]

And of course I've been here for Mayfield's... antics. After all, I've been here long enough!

[if Mayfield is ever in dire need of more rudeness, they can step up and fill the gap like some sort of rude superheroes...]

It would be miserable if we had boring personalities on top of the drones, isn't that so? I don't think I could bear staying in a city like that. [because apparently all the strife on its own isn't bad enough...]

Yes, yes. I was simply curious since things have been a little quiet recently. It's suspicious, you know?

[PRETTY MUCH]

Of course it would! That would be the worst!

[Haruhi pretty much cringes at the mere idea of a town full of boring people.]

Yeah - it's been too quiet. The stuff that's been happening lately haven't even been half as bad as the stuff before it! Makes you wonder, huh.

[they both have their priorities in order too, it seems!] Wouldn't it just? The drone to non-drone ratio was in the favor of drones when I first arrived as well, so I've experienced how frightfully dull it can be.

But there isn't much to wonder about. When they're quiet for this long, it usually only means that they're gearing up for something particularly gruesome.

[Priorities? They don't seem to exist.]

Huh, really...

[But then again, her whole house sans her "husband" is full of drones. And she also knows that one of her previous incarnations was here when everything 'began'.]

That sounds boring! But it does seem like the calm before a huge storm. So that pretty much means that something big's going to happen pretty soon. Though we don't know when that 'pretty soon' will be.

[clearly not!!

the question is met with a solemn nod. it was so boring he only survived because he's a hermit.]

It wasn't near as lively as a half-year or so after my arrival, and the population has only grown since then. As much as I dislike some of the morons here, it's infinitely better than the way it was before.

That does appear to be the case, yes. Remaining on one's guard is usually the best way to handle the possibility of things going sour here.

But if you keep on guard all the time, you'll become paranoid.

[Which is pretty much read as: don't think too much about what's going to happen. It'll only give you a headache.]

It isn't truly paranoia unless it's unjustified, you know? [no it is still definitely paranoia... he would do well to take Haruhi's advice this time around, really.]

Either way, the saying 'better safe than sorry' exists for a reason.

[

What, Charles? How does that even make sense? But whatever, Haruhi's not going to care.]

Exactly! Though it's best not to worry about it too much.

[Since these things always catch everyone off guard to begin with.]

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