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[losthersheep]

[ voice post ]

Hello there, my name is Mami Tomoe. I'm a third year middle school student, and it looks like tomorrow will be my first day in class here.

I suppose I'll need to go and find some supplies for my first day at school? I never would have guessed I would need to looking for a notebook again after I died. Does anyone have any recommendations?

[ Mami's voice sounds a little cheery, though she's always been so very great at putting on a facade that hid her true feelings. ]

I hope I won't be too far behind the lessons, if I am I might have to ask someone to help tutor me so I can catch up.

Well, thank you for your time.

[ action ]

[ On her first day Mami will be trying her best to find her classes, but she might need some helping making sure to go to the right room. Or perhaps she just looks lonely, sitting by herself as she eats, unable to convince herself to try and find someone to share lunch with. It might be obvious that there's something bothering her, perhaps the normalness of all she is suddenly hit with, after preparing herself for her own death.

In general though, she seems approachable, as she always has wanted to be, and wouldn't say no to a friendly face. ]

Comments

[extraordinarily]

Hmm. I'll have to talk to the others about that!

[ Haruhi nods triumphantly, placing her hands on her hips with a huge grin on her lips. As the band leader, it's obvious that she'll force her band members to come with the best name ever. ]

Well, I don't know Italian, but I guess I could learn. But I always thought the language of love was French! Hmmmm... this is complicated. I could always make the band name in English if I really have to.

[ And then she nods at her question, smiling wide. ]

Yeah, that's right. Ichigo-chan's the best baker in this place! Well, probably besides me.

[losthersheep]

If you ever need some help with Italian, I have a little knowledge of the language. I would love to give a hand.

[ Naming her attacks might be hard to explain, but at least it was a good use for her foreign language skills. ]

You can cook as well, Suzumiya-san? I hope we can bake something together sometime. It's always more fun to help a friend when it comes to cooking.

[extraordinarily]

Well, I'll think about it.

[ Haruhi nods yet again, her grin widening before a light laugh escapes her. ]

Yeah, that's right! My mother can't cook, so I had to learn how to. Maybe we could just have a cooking party with everyone!

[losthersheep]

[ Oh, talking about parents...something Mami isn't exactly keen on talking about. Instead, she'll just focus on the cooking party part. ]

I'd like that. I'd like to meet new friends, if I could. It must be easier to get through all of this, having friends you can trust around..

[extraordinarily]

Well, the next party's probably going to happen next month if nothing crazy happens.

[losthersheep]

Nothing crazy? Do strange things happen here? [ Mami has some idea that this isn't all as peaceful as it seems, but then that's how she's been forced to think about things lately.. ]

[extraordinarily]

Well, yeah. Since next month's Valentine's Day, something weird might happen. But as long as it's not shadows, I'm okay with anything, really.

[ Spoken like a true nonchalant master.. ]

[losthersheep]

..It's February next month?

[ The time change is going to be strange, but more worrisome, is that Mami will be alone..again, on Valentine's Day. ]

Shadows?

[extraordinarily]

Yeah. It's January right now.

[ It's okay, Mami: you can join the Forever Alone Hearts club.. ]

Yeah, shadows. They're literal shadows that eat people up and take a person's soul.

[losthersheep]

[ Well, it's not like she's not used to getting candy from her underclassmen, but she's just never been able to connect with them, since becoming a magical girl. ]

..What? [ Mami is stunned, rightfully so. ] That's terrible... How do you stop them? My Gem isn't... [ She wants to explain, but holds herself back, unable to tell Haruhi about the whole magical girl thing. ]

[extraordinarily]

.. Gem?

[ She's curious, but she'll let it slide for the time being; that's not important. ]

You can get rid of them by using weapons of any kind as long as you don't touch them for long periods of time.

[losthersheep]

[ Suddenly, it all makes so much sense why Homura didn't resent having her Soul Gem before...but now Mami is worried what the girl is doing to cleanse her gem. ]

Weapons? Are there weapons here?

[extraordinarily]

I always have one on me at all times.

[ There's a holster under her skirt with a gun, just in case. She can never be careful, after all. ]

People usually make their weapons with atomic restructuring. If you want me to teach you, I don't mind teaching you!

[losthersheep]

[ A gun. It reminds her a little of Homura's choices in weaponry, which makes her grimace just a little. ]

You know how to do something like that? I think..I might already know how to do that.

[ Well, how different could it be than creating weapons as she already did, or so she thinks. ]

Suzumiya-chan...you aren't a magical girl are you? [ And boom, dropped that bomb of a question already. ]

[extraordinarily]

[ Haruhi blinks once, then twice. She's never actually seen anyone who knew how to do atomic restructuring before they were taught by someone- ]

Ah, really...? [ She'll just laugh awkwardly at that, uncertain. ] But no, I'm not a magical girl of any sort! Are you?

[losthersheep]

M-Me? [ She gets caught a little at that, having the question thrown back at her. It takes her a moment to decide what she should even say, imaging that Haruhi isn't lying to her. ]

No...I'm just a regular middle school girl. [ She smiles, trying her best not to sound like she's lying. ]

[extraordinarily]

... Oh, is that so.

[ She won't ask, even though Haruhi has the slight feeling that she's lying. Oh, well. ]

Man, and I thought I was going to meet someone with super-cool powers! I mean, I've met aliens, time travelers, and espers... a magical girl to top it all off would be amazing, you know?

[losthersheep]

You've met those type of people?

[ All those things are things Mami's met with, and knows exists. But she's surprised that Haruhi has seen them, despite not being a magical girl. The whole alternate world thing is still not something she understands. ]

You've must have had an interesting life then. [ Even though she had seen similar things, she would never say her life was interesting. Not after she found out the truth.. but at least she can fake enthusiasm to cheer up Haruhi. ]

[extraordinarily]

That was here.

[ Haruhi swallows nervously, shaking her head, a melancholic smile on her lips. ]

My life wasn't all that interesting, really...

[losthersheep]

I think it's good though, to have an ordinary life. I wish sometimes my life had been a lot more ordinary..

[ There's definitely a sound of loneliness to her own words. ]

[extraordinarily]

Nooooo way!

[ Haruhi folds her arms over her chest, narrowing her amber brown eyes in an annoyed state, spinning on her heel as she speaks up in a slightly, authoritative, yet slightly annoyed tone. ]

Ordinary life like that… [ Her voice is as low as a growl as she says this, clenching her hands into tight, balled fists, gritting her teeth. ] I didn’t want a life like that. That kind of life-- there’s no way I would accept a life like that.

[ Of course, she’s speaking more to herself than to Mami at this point; she doesn’t mind ordinary days at times, but having it for so long was something that she despised so much. It made her feel insignificant. ]

[losthersheep]

[ Mami is surprised to see Haruhi react like that, but she doesn't budge an inch, despite the pain in her that she is slowly starting to feel. ]

There are worse lives you could have had. You could have been a slave, or been forced to see your friends die in front of you. Isn't ordinary better than that?

[ Her voice is quiet, but sure, for the first time in a long time, trying to let how she feels out. ]

[extraordinarily]

... Even so, I didn't want to be seen as the same as everyone else. Everyone, everyday simply did the same thing. Wake up, go to school, do homework-- I lived a dull life. I didn't want that.