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.]

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[naicha]

<sub>[ Taiwan finally decides to see what this whole library business was about. Surely they didn't have books on just car repair! And they didn't - instead, she was met with a collection of 1950s cookbooks, among others she figured were just as boring. Sorely disappointed, she makes her way out... when she sees Lucas.

She sneaks up from him from behind and watches him work for a moment before speaking. ]</sub>

That's really pretty.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[One of these people may actually be very familiar to Taiwan. The Netherlands is the main subject of at least five of the drawings, in various states of recognizability. Lucas starts at the voice, though, and sends a few papers flying off the desk.]

A-Ah! Oh . . . Hi, Miss Taiwan. Sorry. You surprised me.

3.

[meandalexander.livejournal.com]

[Nina is sitting outside her house, playing with Alexander]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[For the sake of setting, let us say Lucas is walking home on his way to school. He smiles as he passes close by the girl and her dog, waving a little.]

Good afternoon! It's a nice day, isn't it?

2.

[ohlookboobs.livejournal.com]

[Oh hey, it's that kid from before. He sounds like he's talking to someone....or himself?]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Huh? . . . I guess if you show me the next time he comes, I can try to say something about it. Otherwise, you might have to find someplace else. Squirrels aren't very good about sharing . . .

[Lucas does not appear to notice Zidane quite yet.]

[naicha]

Hee hee. Is that supposed to be the Netherlands? He looks a lot like him, you know.

_{[ She starts picking up the papers scattered on the floor. ]}

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Oh. Yeah . . .

[Lucas smiles a little as he slides off his chair to finish picking up the other papers. Miss Taiwan would know because they came from the same world, after all.]

The two of you are good friends at home, right?

[naicha]

A liiiittle. _{[ Once she's done with her share, she squares the papers and hands them to Lucas. ]}

I don't see him that much. He lives really far away. But he's good friends with my brother. Have you met him? Japan.

3 - Noting Azrael has his own account, eagleazrael

[arslansenki.livejournal.com]

[If Lucas happens to be passing the park, he'll find Arslan there with his eagle Azrael probably flying nearby.]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I have! I know him and Mr. Netherlands started to run a cafe the first time they were both here . . . And I saw Mr. Japan in the park again the other day. I didn't know the two of you were related, though.

[He decides, after a few moments of thinking, that being related must mean being right next to each other. Or something.]

Thanks.

[And he takes the papers.]

Thanks for letting me know!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Lucas is constantly in the park. For the purposes of setting, let's say Lucas is heading there with his sketchbook to practice drawing as he does every day or every other day. Arslan is nearby his usual bench . . . ]

Ah, excuse me. . . . Will you be needing that seat?

[arslansenki.livejournal.com]

[Arslan glances over, and shakes his head softly.]

No. Please sit if you like.

[naicha]

_{[ She stands up and takes a seat right next to him. ]}

We lived together for some time, you know! He taught me a lot of things. He said that he's known the Netherlands for more than four hundred years! That's almost as old as I am, so you can tell they're really grandpas.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I looked up his history once, but I got a little lost after the first fifty years or so. I can't imagine how you keep track of things for that long . . .

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[Lucas . . . sits. And because it seems a little rude to ignore this person while he's so close by, he continues to talk.]

It's been a long time since it was this warm. I think spring is probably around the corner . . .

[arslansenki.livejournal.com]

[Arslan doesn't seem to mind, glancing back]

Does it get warmer around here, then? I just know we suddenly got this snow stuff.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . You don't have winter where you're from?

[That's a little bizarre. Lucas, being from a world where there is only one landmass and a tiny one at that, can't really understand this although he's been told about it in school.]

That means . . . you're to the south, right?

[naicha]

Me neither. Japan's, um, two thousand and. And. Something. But he still remembers everything, I think! He can't remember the names of the other nations, though.

_{[ She laughs and takes a look at his drawings again. ]}

So you're friends with the Netherlands...

[arslansenki.livejournal.com]

I don't know actually... I just know it's always warmer where I live. I forget where Miss Susan said the location was for this place.

You get winter, I guess?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Lucas feels the sudden need to cover up his drawings, but refrains from doing so. He nods, a little hesitantly, instead.]

We were . . . close. Back when he was here. [Back when you still remembered.] It's been a few months now, but . . . y-yes. He's still . . . He's still my friend.

[ohlookboobs.livejournal.com]

[Scratches his head, confused - squirrels? Is Lucas all right? He doesn't look like he's talking to anyone..]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

We've got spring, summer, winter, and fall, uh-huh. Spring is coming next, which is why it's getting warmer. The snow should be gone soon.

[Lucas looks up at the sky briefly and notices that there is a rather large shape that isn't usually there. But he doesn't say anything about it.]

The sun is getting stronger . . .

1/2

[arslansenki.livejournal.com]

[Arslan nods] We get rain of course, but snow is different. A few people were rather amused at me not knowing what it was.

[More like one, Gilgamesh.]

Re: 2/2

[eagleazrael.livejournal.com]

[Said shape will now descend, waiting till Arslan holds an arm out to perch. A make-shift band has been settled onto the area Azrael is at to keep Arslan from being cut.]