June 13, 1999 -- Town Square

[kouyouensei]

[The sky looks like Dorothy's dress in the Wizard of Oz; a relentless blue, but patched regularly with thick white clouds. Haruhi is clad in short clothes of similar hues, though her small purse doesn't match so well. She's got a clapperboard tucked under her arm. Do you know what Haruhi is not carrying? A CAMERA, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HIROSHI AND HINATA ARE FOR. Hey, be thankful she didn't bring a megaphone either. That's the great thing about rural filming: Everyone's voice carries really well, much less ambient noise. She describes the itinerary in a clear voice without outright shouting.]

Alright, everyone! It might rain later today so we've got to make the most of the time we have. Remember, we're shooting out of sequence, but all the non-school stuff is today. That includes the rooftop fight scene, the sleepover, the police station, and the Kasuga house scenes.

[A little more animated as she gestures expansively at the fine establishment behind her, well positioned so her arm underlines the sign.] But if there are no requests to do something else first, I think the best test of the equipment would be the group photo and the survivors eating ice cream. We can always make the video choppy like a purikura or layer sentimental music over the bad parts of the audio!

First things first: roll call, roll call. [She claps the clapperboard for emphasis.] Suzumiya Haruhi, ultra director, present.

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[happyhalloween]

Maria! Maria is the junior witch vice president!

[Maria... that's not your role in the movie.]

[kouyouensei]

Yes.

[You know how the google doc presented was supposed to be a summary and there's an actual script with "Kaneko: I won't forgive you! Elizabeth: I'd like to see you try!" instead of [THEY HAVE AN EPIC FIGHT] and all? Yeah, that's true, but there are also several sections of this script where [THE CHARACTER KAREN SAYS STUFF ABOUT WITCHES THAT'S TRUE] with no regard to how this will contradict the incredibly flimsy plot about Nui getting possessed or something.]

Let me know if you need any other props for your spells and stuff, okay, Maria-chan?

[happyhalloween]

Okay! When the President comes, she can help too. She's the president of witches too!

[hopedout]

[ As much as Hinata himself would want to interject and say that... isn't her role in the movie, he can't bring himself to do it. Maybe it's because she's just a child, or maybe it's something else entirely different, it is a mystery. ]

So if you're the junior witch vice president, is there a junior witch president, secretary and treasurer? [ He's... curious, although he might not get an answer. ]

[happyhalloween]

The President is the president of witches. She's not a junior witch because she's older.

OSAKA can be the secretary. SOUJI can be the treasurer, even though he's really a sorcerer.

[hopedout]

The president-- oh, you mean Shimamoto, right? Where is she, anyway?

[ Isn't it weird that the president isn't even here for a group gathering... ]

[kouyouensei]

Nobody's heard from her or Seta-kun either.

[Enough time has passed for this to bother Haruhi, but she smiles again soon enough.]

Without the president around, I guess that makes vice president Maria-chan the acting president!

[hopedout]

That's... [ Not strange at all! It definitely bothers him a little, but he tries not to show too much of it in his expression. ]

If they don't show up, maybe we should try checking up on them later.