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Sonozaki Renju [園崎蓮珠] (lotus_beyond) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2009-08-02 00:05:00

Entry tags:

kozue, renju, tom

WHO: Renju, Tom, Kozue, and any others who choose to drop in.
WHAT: Research.
WHERE: Nanakamado library.
WHEN: Saturday after school.
WHY: Because Renju needs to stay sane somehow.

Work was Renju's usual coping mechanism when things went outside the ordinary. Denied it, she'd go crazy. She knew this from experience--leaving school last term was probably the worst thing she could have done. Lack of work led to boredom led to dwelling on things best not dwelled on.

But today she couldn't concentrate... or rather, she could only concentrate on all the wrong things. The other world--or whatever "Paradise" was--and the strange behavior of the others who apparently knew about it had crowded everything else from her head. And as if that weren't bad enough, even she couldn't help but notice all the gossip surrounding the abrupt end to the school trip. Too many fragments, and nothing she could get from them.

She retreated deeper into her pile of books, trying to shut it out. The book on Western mythology she was flipping through right now wasn't really much help in finding the... whatever it was that had emerged back at the museum, but damned if she wasn't going to try anyway.

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anthesphoria
2009-08-04 05:57 am UTC (link)

Kozue sat down, pulling books from her bag, and smiling gratefully at Renju; that was nice of her, a quality that maybe her table-mate could pick up, if he were to focus extra, extra hard. "What year are you in?" She asked curiously, looking at the other girl. "First, or second?" After all, Renju was about her height, and if there were any third years that were as short as she was, she'd eat her foot.

"Oh, that's okay, sempai," she said, looking back at Tom as she opened her notebook. "Perhaps you can help me out the next time you need someone to question for your research, though." She kept up her smile, and though it lost a little warmth around her eyes, it only lost a little; she was awfully good at faking smiles.

	ofmanydevices 2009-08-05 02:47 am UTC (link)
	Kozue's comments seemed to strike Tom dumb. He hung his head slightly. Humanity, as Tom understood it, operated on a payment system. Kozue had helped him understand the whole physical situation, and now he owed her. "I can teach you to speak English." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ofmanydevices 2009-08-05 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	Tom raised an eyebrow. He lifted the book from the table, and put it int he middle of Renju's pile, so that no one else might make certain connections. "Well that is as good an argument for fate as I have ever heard. So you'll be joining the club then." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lotus_beyond 2009-08-06 01:09 am UTC (link)
	"If that's what you want to call it." There was a bit of flintiness in Renju's tone; she hadn't forgotten the story Tom had chased her off with in the woods. It was understandable at the time, but it didn't make her any less annoyed. Well, not much less annoyed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anthesphoria 2009-08-07 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Kozue nodded. "It's one of many problems." Actually, Renju had seen, firsthand, most of the problems. Arguing, insults, violence, suspicion, the whole nine yards. And eavesdroppers, too, but Kozue wasn't going to point that bit out. "And - come on, Sagaki-sempai, let's try and be positive when we can." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)