Thirty-First PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

[voice, private to Rin Kagamine, Shiraasan, Tavros, and Nanashi]
I  . . . I'm not sure what came over me.  I guess it must have been the town playing tricks again, but I was feeling really strange last week.  I'm really sorry.  Especially to you, Tavros.  We only just met and, um.  You're not even a girl I don't think.  I-I promise I don't actually like any of you, so please don't worry about that kind of thing. 

I mean! Wait!   I do like you, all of you, a lot!  Just  Not.  Um.   You know.  Ah.  Not like...... N-Not ............... I'm just going to apologize and hang up now.

[action]
1.  [It is early Saturday morning and Lucas is walking a dog down the street.  This is standard fare for Lucas's weekends, but Lucas appears significantly more animated than usual as he talks aloud, seemingly to himself.  But actually . . . It's pretty clear he seems to think he's holding a conversation with someone.  The dog is, of course, welcome to tag as well.]

2. [It is early Monday morning on the way to school and there are a few birds sitting on top of Lucas's head and shoulders, tweeting merrily away.  Once again, he appears engrossed in a conversation.]

3. [I'm just going to outright say it.  If you are an animal or own an animal, Lucas wants to talk to you/it.]

4. [In the Mayfield Library, Lucas has a table all to himself and is frowning a little as he concentrates on the task before him.  There are photographs and hand-drawn pictures of people scattered all across -- much more of the latter.  There are at least 30 different drawings, each of probably unfamiliar people.  A blond man with a scarf and a cigarette and a dark-haired young woman feature prominently among them.  ....What Lucas appears to be doing is fitting these pictures into an elegant notebook of some sort.]

Comments

[naicha]

Ooh. _{[ She doesn't say anything for a while, she just looks at the drawings. ]} You're pretty good!

_{[ regardless of skill level, she'd still same the same! ]}

Can I see? _{[ The rest, she means. ]}

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I-I'm not really, but thanks . . . You can go ahead. You're right, though - I was seeing how well they fit into a notebook . . .

[The pictures are probably all of people Taiwan doesn't know. However, Taiwan herself is in a few.]

[naicha]

_{[ It's true, she doesn't know any of them at all. Actually, ]} I've seen some of these people before, but they were already...

_{[ She slowly flips through the pictures, going "ooh" and "aah" at each one. When she sees someone familiar, she stops. ]}

Wah! _{[ She points at one drawing of her and looks at Lucas. ]} Is this me?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Lucas nods a little at her first statement, then nods more emphatically at her question.]

It is!

[And he searches a little before taking another one out. This one is of three people.]

You, the Netherlands, and a girl named Mindy used to be a family. Mindy's still here . . .

[naicha]

_{[ She looks at the picture for a while, in thought. ]}

... Is she alone?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

There was another girl, Saki. But she was so quiet and she kept to herself so much, I didn't even know she lived there until after both you and the Netherlands left . . . I think she's gone now, too.

Mindy has a new dad now, though. I go to see her still. I think she's doing alright.

1/2

[naicha]

Saki's gone? ... _{[ Just when she was starting to get to know her, too. ]}

[naicha]

That's good. For Mindy, I mean. Having a new dad.

Haha, maybe her new dad doesn't frown as much!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

We haven't spoken, really, but he seems nice enough. Did the Netherlands frown a lot, really?

[He always smiled around Lucas . . . ]

[naicha]

Uh huh. I could count the number of times I've seen him smile on my hands. <sub>[ Shows him both hands!

... puts one down. ]</sub> Maybe just one.

Even Japan doesn't see him smile that much, you know!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

In hundreds and hundreds of years, really? Gosh. ... Maybe being in Mayfield was good for him, somehow.

[naicha]

Somehow... But in the end, we all have to go home, don't we?

Was being in Mayfield good for you?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[He turns to Taiwan with a surprised expression on his face before shifting his gaze downwards to the table. After a little while, he shakes his head a half inch.]

I've loved so many people here. But . . . my world needs me at home right now. And it's been hard . . . I wouldn't trade my time with Mr. Netherlands or with Miss Margot or with you for anything, but. It's more bad than it's good.

1/?

[naicha]

Hey.

Sometimes we have to go and we feel sad, not because we weren't ready, but because we're afraid we won't get used to it. That's just something everyone's gotta go through, you know? I'm not saying it's wrong to look back. But we gotta learn how to move on, too.

[naicha]

You're still young. This isn't gonna be your first time, you know.

[naicha]

Teacher always complains about the past. My younger brother's a little anxious about the future. That's why I tell myself to live in the present. Don't think about what's happened, don't even think about what's gonna happen. Just... I don't know, act. Make things happen!

After we get out of here, we might not see each other anymore-

done

[naicha]

... we might not see each other anymore, so we have to live out each day to the fullest. So that even if we leave, we won't regret anything!

We won't dwell on anything.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

((A-Ah.... I have read this a lot but I am not sure what it means because I fail at reading comprehension. So please forgive me if Lucas is misunderstanding?))

. . . Oh. I . . . know what you mean. It's something I've learned, too. Many times. To let go of the past and to look forward. I don't know if I can agree about not planning, but . . . It's true that you have to live without regrets.

[naicha]

_{((...I think I should be the one who should apologize - clearly the lesson here is I should not make tags at 4 in the morning lmfao. Though I'm just I read through it four times BUT YES l-let's go on.))}

Yeah. That's why... <sub>[ Takes both of his hands in hers.

A smile. ]</sub>

You should come with me! _{[ She suddenly stands up and pulls him out of his chair, gathers up his things for him, and when she thinks she's got everything, she takes Lucas' wrist and starts dragging him out the library. ]}

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

((N-No not at all it sounds really deep and intelligent I just ... did not quite make the logical leap I am kinda dumb sorry. =( ))

[Lucas, understandably, is completely caught unaware and only blinks in surprise for a few seconds as he is rolling out the library on his butt.]

W-Wait, what . . . ?! Where are we going?

[naicha]

_{((It's fine really. ;u; No one is dumb here okay!!))}

To have fun before something else happens!

_{[ Stops to help him up with one hand. ]} Come on, get up, get up. I can't play with you if you're on your butt!

_{[ Taiwan, you're like, eighteen... Well, she starts dragging Lucas out again. They're out the door and about to go down the stairs. ]}

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Help I'm being kidnapped by a crazy country..... Lucas eventually manages to get on his feet and follows after.]

W-What kind of fun? Is it like milkshakes-fun? I liked that kind of fun....

[naicha]

I don't really have a plan... Milkshakes-fun?

_{[ she keeps talking as they slow down to a walk. she glances over shoulder. ]}

Oh, you wanna go to the malt shop? I love that place! My friend Taiga works there...

She's not, um, herself, though. Lately.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Lucas manages to steady himself enough to walk normally after that, and reaches out for his notebooks and drawings. He'd watched very carefully to make sure she hadn't dropped any.]

I was joking, a little, but I don't mind a trip there. I haven't gone since . . . um. Miss Margot and Miss Jessica left.

Do you mean . . . ?

[naicha]

Ah- _{[ What's he doing? Oh! Taiwan hands over the notebooks and drawings to Lucas. ]} yeah.

She stopped putting sparkles on my ice cream, _{[ she means sprinkles ]} and she suddenly got better at roller skating. Some days ago, she was really mad about something... _{[ a murder, but he doesn't need to know that ] I wonder if that has anything to do with her state now?}

Well, I don't mind going to the malt shop, either. I'm sure she'll come back in a few days.