ｆｏｕｒｔｈ。 ａｃｔｉｏｎ / ａｕｄｉｏ。

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( action; for keiichi (backdated to yesterday) )

[ Okay, so apparently nobody is entirely sure what happened to yesterday, but.. that only makes her feel worse about it. Regardless of whether they did or didn't celebrate Keiichi's birthday, it's still no fair if none of them can even remember it, right?

So have a knock on the door to your bedroom early in the morning, Keiichi. ]

( voice )

[ By the following day even Ange can realise something is.. well, slightly off. Aside from the fact that nobody seems to remember the 1st, there's also the fact that a lot of people are moving around and.. well, she has no clue what's going on. ]

Is this some sort of huge weird April Fool's joke tradition here in Luceti?

First off there's that day that nobody seems to remember, although those seem to at least be more common, and now there's also a lot of lost people or something like that? A lot of people moving around, at least.. [ sigh. ] Apparently spring fever really does exist if it affects so many of you, huh?

... Oh, Atsuro, Kouki, I'm coming over to check up on the two of you with all of this going on, okay? Let me join in for dinner or something like that too for once.

( action; everywhere )

[ After that message Ange will leave the house for the afternoon and go out into the village - although housemates are free to hit her up before she leaves, of course.

There's something slightly off about her though. For once she's not wearing the hairbobbles she usually always wears, and any sign of the Ushiromiya one-winged eagle on her clothes is gone as well - the band missing from her sleeve, the ring on her finger gone too. Aside from that, it does really mostly seem like it's Ange, though, if not just a little more social. Still not by a whole lot, though.

Feel free to encounter her anywhere in the village on her way to community building 7 where Atsuro and Kouki are staying, or in the community building itself. Eventually she'll definitely end up at the apartment though, knocking on the door. ]

Comments

[emp3thy]

Hey, Ange.

[Nope, he's completely normal. It's everyone else that's weird. Right now, he's washing dishes like nothing is up, though.]

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[ It's almost comforting to see a scene that normal right now, really - so she can't help but let out a slight sigh of relief. ]

.. It's good to see something normal right now. [ You know, something that's.. not a pony.. or talking teacups on the journals. She twirls a lock of her hair around her finger, thinking. ]

[emp3thy]

...Yeah.

[and now he turns to face her, drying his hands on a dishcloth.] You've noticed?

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Everyone's acting strangely, if that's what you're aiming at about me noticing.

[ and, assuming this is after her thread below with Ponyji.. ] And Mochizuki-san is a pony.

[emp3thy]

Yeah.

[that's.... kind of the most obvious thing.]

[repudiate]

[ only 'kind of'?! ]

I'm not sure if 'yeah' is the right response for one of your friends becoming a pony and who is acting like being a pony is normal for them.

... Then again, I don't think there is a right response in general for that.

[emp3thy]

I can't figure this experiment out.

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[ ... yeah, it has to be an experiment, huh? At first she just thought it was a little weird, but.. if people are changing into ponies.. ]

Well, I haven't seen any other pony people yet. I think.

[emp3thy]

Neither have I. [which is good. He's not sure how he'd take a pony-Haruhi, for instance.]

[repudiate]

I think if it really was that straightforward, we'd see more pony people around, so.. maybe it's something else? But I don't know how to work people becoming ponies into that.

[emp3thy]

[well..] Other people are forgetting things.

[repudiate]

... Forgetting things like.. what?

[emp3thy]

Like that Takuma-kun lives here. [For one. Though he'd just questioned Ryoji on it so far, and his ponyness might make his thoughts questionable.]

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[ It's not just the ponyness, Minato. Ange's expression is slowly going to confusion here too at that name. ]

"Takuma-kun"? Who are you talking about?

[emp3thy]

...Leon-kun?

[Why does no one seem recognize anything except the nickname? But Ange gets just as weird a look as Ryoji got earlier... and then he notices.]

Where's your hair ties, Ange? [seeing her without them occasionally isn't strange, since she doesn't wear them to sleep, but she looks fully dressed now. Actually, there's something else odd about her clothes...]

[repudiate]

[ She's actually still repeating the name to herself, as if she's trying to remember who that person is, but.. nope, nothing appears in her mind no matter how much she tries to remember. And this person is supposed to be living with them? But now Loki is gone it's just Minato, Minako, Ryoji, Keiichi and her, right..?

But then there's the question and she snaps out of her thoughts, giving him the same look again. ]

Hair ties? What do you mean, I usually never wear anything like that, right? [ She sounds convinced of herself. ]

[emp3thy]

Yes... up here. [he gestures on his head where she usually keeps the silly bobbles.]

[repudiate]

... [ just.. staring at him.. ]

Are you sure you're feeling okay, Minato? First talking about some person living in our house, and now you're saying that while I never wear hair decorations?

[emp3thy]

[Yeah... no. Something is definitely up here. Does he need to pull out the pictures for you, too?]

You wear them every day.

[and he's figured out the other problem.] The eagle, too. [he even made you a bag with the design for Christmas!]

[repudiate]

[ Probably, because she's just staring at him as if he's saying the weirdest things ever. ]

Is this some sort of joke you're trying to make about me having a pet eagle? Because I'll have to tell you in advance that's pretty far-fetched.

[emp3thy]

[Uh. No.]

The one-winged eagle. Isn't it your family crest?

[repudiate]

'Family crest'? [ That would be a pretty tasteless joke.. but she knows Minato isn't the type for those so.. gah, what's going on here. ]

First Mochizuki-san turns into a pony, and now you're not making any sense.. Am I just the one going crazy here?

[emp3thy]

I don't know. [...Now he's the one confused. He sees her and Battler wear that eagle all the time.

Speaking of Battler. Maybe he should consult.]

Have you talked to Battler-kun today?

[repudiate]

Battler..? No, I haven't talked to him.

[ She just blinks at him idly, why are you bringing this up.. ]

[emp3thy]

[.....Just Battler. No 'onii-chan.' Minato's eyes narrow slightly.]

Do you remember him wearing the eagle?