fifteen ❖ the surprise

[extraordinarily]

[Today seemed like an ordinary day. However, when Haruhi saw a certain somebody's cell phone just lying around, she couldn't help herself. She just had to figure out why Kyon was hiding his phone from her. It wasn't like anything important was on it, right? Boy, was she wrong.]


option a: phone

[When Suzumiya Haruhi picks up the phone with the usual drone filter, she sounds very tense (even though she's trying her best to sound normal, excited). Which obviously means that the conversation is dead serious.]

Ahem.

[There's a short, overdramatic pause before she clears her throat and speaks up.]

Anyway! I'm Suzumiya Haruhi, the brigade chief of the SOS Brigade -- at least, if you didn't already know that -- otherwise known as the most important brigade in all of Mayfield, no - the entire multiverse!

[Though there's probably only one brigade to begin with. Not that Haruhi knows that, of course.]

But... I didn't call to answer any of your trivial questions about the brigade, so don't go asking them. If you want to ask any of those questions, just ask Kyon or Yuki! I'm not in the mood to answer any questions, so don't bother asking any.

I'm going to ask a very important question. If you don't have a good answer, then you shouldn't even answer it at all, got it?

[Though she's honestly going to be lenient about this. Probably. Most likely.]

So, hypothetically speaking, if you were to find something... [There's another pause.] ... like a picture, or a message that isn't supposed to exist belonging to somebody you trust, what would you do? Hypothetically speaking, of course! And if any of you give me a lame answer, I'll make sure there's a penalty to go with it, alright?

That is all!

option b: john doe park

[In the afternoon, an uncertain Haruhi lies down next to a tree, opening, closing, and literally just messing around with the screen of a cell phone that obviously doesn't belong to her. At least, until she stares down at the wallpaper, frowning.

After all the talk about "shinjin", or 'Celestials' -- she doesn't know what to believe anymore. If he was telling the truth, then that wasn't a dream. Those blue giants were real. And maybe this picture was real, too.

But it didn't make any sense. Sure, she did enjoy finding the supernatural. But she didn't want it to become the "mundane". Things like this becoming the norm was a no-no.

... Damn it.

The mere fact that this picture existed definitely bothered her. And the big question lingered in her mind. Why?

Do you dare to approach?]

Comments

A

[imoutos]

[ .. that punishment sounds really scary.. and that's what makes her answer, because she doesn't want to get punished lik that maybe for not answering. ]

B-but.. if that's not supposed to exist, then why does it exist..?

[extraordinarily]

It's like the 'family photos' in Mayfield. They exist, even if they're not supposed to.

[imoutos]

I'm not sure if those a-are supposed to exist or not.. after all.. they're just there, right? Mayfield made them..

[extraordinarily]

Well, just because they're there doesn't mean that they're supposed to exist.

[imoutos]

Then.. w-what does 'supposed to exist' mean..?

A

[virtualdiva]

Ah...I don't know. I'd talk to them.

[extraordinarily]

See? This is the kind of dumb answer I didn't want to hear! 'Talking' is the first and most obvious thing. It's too vague, and not a good answer.

[virtualdiva]

Well, it works for me! Or it should, anyway. If talking doesn't work, I'd sing it.

[extraordinarily]

It may work for you, but it doesn't work for me.

[A beat.]

But how exactly would you sing for this kind of thing?

A

[doudemoe]

Ask if they photoshopped it.

[extraordinarily]

I highly doubt the idiot photoshopped it. He can hardly make a webpage!

[doudemoe]

Hmm. Then maybe it came from another dimension.

[...half-joking, but then he has a female AU :V]

[extraordinarily]

Another dimension... huh. That gives me a problem.

[slave_of_suzumiya]

[Kyon has just gotten home from work and...]

Yo, Haruhi.

[extraordinarily]

[And even from home, Haruhi Suzumiya was playing with the phone, scrolling through the images. But when Kyon comes back, she immediately closes it and stuffs the cell into her pocket.]

Kyon.

[Her voice sounds angry, even though she's trying not to be.]

[slave_of_suzumiya]

Hm...? W-what's up?

[extraordinarily]

Nothing.

[An immediate answer as she shifts herself in the seat that she's currently sitting on.]

B)

[begintheoperation]

[Fran can be spotted nearby at the park, performing a checkup on one of the tractor-cows. She looks up and sees Haruhi leaning against the tree. She waves and calls out to her.]

Hello Haruhi~ How are you doing today?

[Social cues are not really Fran's thing]

[extraordinarily]

What do you think?

[She closes the phone, though doesn't put it away.]

[begintheoperation]

[Fran cocks her head, not quite getting it. She pats the cyborg bovine and sends it on its way]

You seem to be in a bad mood~

Phone

[selematpagi]

[ Gosh, what Haruhi just suggested makes Yukko's head hurt. Her voice is a hoarse whine. ]

But Boss, if it ain't supposed to exist then how the heck can it exist? That's an oxymoron isn't it? [ Doesn't know what oxymoron means ]

[ phone ]

[extraordinarily]

It's not an oxymoron.

[Haruhi knows what it means, and even though, yes it's about contradictions, it's about a contradictory word.]

It exists the same way the family photos exist.

| phone |

[cabbagehead]

Just delete it if it bothers you that much. Out of sight, out of mind. Right?

[ phone ]

[extraordinarily]

Deleting it is like ignoring the problem. And that's something I don't want to do.

[cabbagehead]

You must really like punishing yourself, then. I'd totally delete it. But then again, I'm not really the confrontational sort.