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endless_june2015-01-17 11:17 am
independent_dollmaker) wrote in endless_june2015-01-17 11:17 am
June 17th - The Woods, Before Sunrise
[As Alice meets up with the others, she can't help but feel that the woods seem even darker than usual.
Maria's dead. What the hell is going on?]
Do you know anything else about what happened? Why are we out here?
Maria's dead. What the hell is going on?]
Do you know anything else about what happened? Why are we out here?
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[Haruhi forces a smirk. It's too bad she isn't already bleeding. That way a drop could dramatically run down her forehead. Her heart is racing - Alice is in a bad spot for sure now, isn't she? But Nui is currently safe, and Shimamoto-san is out of Osaka's attention.
That knife makes things a little tougher though. She shouldn't swipe at her hands. Kicking her would push Osaka away, back to Shimamoto-san. Her eyes dart down only once, when she considers tripping her over a tree branch, but it's too dark, and Haruhi knows the woods inadequately well.]
Come on, tell me just a little 'bout why you did it? What you had against Maria-chan. I get Seta-kun. He wasn't even invited to your ritual either. And I guess most of us are on to you now. But Maria-chan? Did she find Seta-kun or something?
[She keeps gazes locked with Osaka, pacing backwards.]
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If this is some sort of awful joke, I'm going to kill you three myself!
[ As a foresight, she does nab her parasol and a pair of sewing scissors. It was the best she could manage, re: readily available weapons. Stopping in the kitchen to get a knife would take too long.
So off Nui goes, bolting down the street, past the train tracks, and into the woods as fast as humanly possible, screeching out Alice's and Haruhi's names all the way. ]
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Ayumu needed my help. You're holding her back. How is she supposed to get it together when y'all keep babying her?
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[She sounds it out just like Maria did earlier that night, for the same reason, and persists in a haughtier register working off glimpses of school shoe lockers.]
That's slightly harsh for a grade schooler, Katogawa-san.
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Huh? Who are ya talking about?
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[She was wrong. She doesn't like that. But this is an opening, and heroines take advantage of those.
Haruhi reaches for the knife with both hands, not caring if she grabs blade instead of handle. She has a backup plan.]
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She does no such thing. Clenching her fingers - anywhere for traction. Knock the knife onto the ground, or pull Osaka away by the wrists. Something. She has such a chance, her backup plan might not be necessary.]
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YOU. ARE NOT ALLOWED. TO DO THIS.
She growls angrily as she attempt to push forward with the knife again, potential of Haruhi knocking her down or get ahold of the knife be damned.]
STAY AWAY FROM AYUMU!
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[Haruhi will not butt out. She passed the Overstayed Welcome stage several years ago. The knife gets closer, she can solidly hold the thick part of the blade, blood dampens her hands... and even if she digs in her feet, the knife will probably keep coming closer, won't it.]
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And that's why Osaka is all too eager to drive the knife into her.]
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[Here she is! She's doing it! Taking the knife closer into her body - not letting go of the steel, chunks coming out of her fingers - it's happening. This is the plan: rigor mortis, keep the knife in her hands, Osaka can't take it back. Her elbows are shaking a lot more than she thought they would, though, wow. Same goes for her knees. They give out, and she falls to kneel before Osaka, but there's so much momentum in the front of her body... the rest falls flat onto her back.
She can see the sky through the treetops. A few stars, some identifiable. There's only a little winking moon... and no heavenly river. She'll never make a Tanabata wish again, she realizes, or take Maria trick or treating. No asking Alice's help to make chocolates for Seta and Yamane. No graduation party for Shimamoto-san...
These are all object ideas. Tangible. Typical. Traditional. Fun enough for everyone. Without fun things, Haruhi has never really intended to keep on living. What point is there if you don't get your way? It's not possible for the world to revolve around her. Altair and Vega are too far away for her wishes to have been granted yet, and the ritual... Oh, that ritual... Supernatural phenomena are all crazy people.
The only thing that made them significant... spending time with the others, who she never understood. Maybe when she sees them again later, she'll get to know why Mama Ushiromiya is to be avoided, or how Nui lost her eye, or the real legal name of Osaka.
Her lungs are heavy. Fluid everywhere. Blood blossoms on her white school shirt like a tissue in water.]
See... later...
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No, Ayumu did nothing, the brain reminds her carefully. Osaka did that. And Osaka is just looking out for Ayumu. Her friends didn't really care anyway, Osaka tried to explain. They were holding her back. Laughing at her and her adorable quirks. Why help her get it together when it was so much funnier to watch her suffer? They had to be stopped.
So Ayumu hid while Osaka continued to keep things moving, exactly the way they should be. Good. It was safer there. Better for Ayumu to keep her away from these monsters.
Osaka struggled against the knife, attempting to pull it out to no avail. Dammit. Ruining Ayumu's life to the end. Jerk.]
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hahahaha
she probably should have intervened, shouldn't she
but she can't. she can't even move. terror and horror sit like leaden weights in her stomach and she's glued to the spot. she can't even stand up straight -- she's stood with her back pressed to the trunk of a tree and with the way her legs feel, it's more propping her up than anything. her stomach does a nasty flip and bile rises in her throat.
haruhi, dead. alice, probably dead. and osaka. osaka osaka osaka holding a rock a knife osaka screaming at haruhi osaka alone in the woods at night and oh god the pieces are starting to click together and she's shaking and she's scared and she's so sick and
her breath hitches thickly in her throat and she doesn't even bother trying to cover her mouth before she vomits.
she coughs and chokes and splutters and she's making such an awful noise -- but with the purging of her stomach comes a lifting of the weight on her stomach and suddenly her feet are light, too light, like she's already taking flight
she's useless here. useless if she gets caught and killed but if she can find help, if she runs and finds someone--
and it's with that thought that her feet take off without her permission, dodging around the tree and screaming at the top of her lungs. ]
HELP! SOMEONE, ANYONE, WHOEVER CAN HEAR ME, SOMEONE JUST COME AND HELP, GOD DAMMIT!
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That wasn't entirely true, Osaka reflected. She hadn't forgotten Chiyoko's presence. She just hadn't decided what to do with her yet. Chiyoko was better than the rest, only slightly. Demerits, a similar background. All good ways to help Ayumu get better. Show that daydreaming all the time had consequences, punish silly actions, help her get it together. She could be useful.
But she never did enough. Brushed it off, disappeared all the time for reasons no one would explain. And now she was actively interrupting her plans, which she of all people should understand! Wouldn't club activity improve without all these distractions? With a powerful witch at their aid? So why was she running and shouting? The girl was as bad as the rest, in the end. And she had to go too.
Forgetting the knife, she runs (more of a fast walks) after the girl. This screaming... just makes her angrier and angrier!]
Help?! You don't deserve help!
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She's running, tripping, staggering and there's an awful, heart-stopping moment where her foot catches on a stray root and wrenches her ankle in the wrong direction and she hears herself shriek, almost falls -- but she uses the momentum to keep pushing herself forward because if she falls, she won't get up.
Her eyes are streaming and even as she runs, she's limping badly -- but she's not going to stop running and screaming until someone makes her stop. ]
IT'S OSAKA! OSAKA'S IN THE WOODS AN' SHE'S GONE NUTS! IS ANYONE EVEN HEARING ME?!
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Pushing forward with an energy she doesn't really have much of, Osaka keeps pursuing Chiyoko, teeth grinding, eyes fiery, anger at a tipping point. She's practically scratching at the trees in her way as she pursues the kansai buddy, tearing through anything in her path, until she's close enough to almost- yes, she finally manages to push into Chiyoko before immediately collapsing.
And then struggle with the desire to fall asleep jesus christ this body is so weak.]
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she's scrabbling in the dirt, and she can feel herself starting to cry, panic and terror dampening her eyes and she will crawl if she has to and she won't stop screaming ]
WHERE THE HELL IS EVERYONE?! CAN'T ANYONE HEAR ME? I'M HERE, WITH OSAKA AND SHE'S NUTS! WE'RE OVER HERE!
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God this is such a shitty night. Sure, she killed some people so at least she feels like she got something done today. But now there's all these complications and she just wants to go back to her room and sleep. Ugggggggh responsibilites.
She takes a deep breathe before slowly lifting herself up. She's really gotta take care of this. For Ayumu.]
NO WE AREN'T! NOBODY HERE!
[Nailed it.]