7th Joke - At Least Someone Is Laughing [Action | Multi]

[xochipilli_cursed]

[[Aaron has been laying low since the little note incident. Though even that worry was shelved in light of a few new problems.

First his drone sister gave him his Christmas gift. It was a picture of two little kids. Fraternal twins, a brother and sister. Aaron is not pleased with this gift but tucks it away in a journal he bought for himself. He'll spend a day in his room calling out of school sick.

Second issue came after he got a card in the mail. All it said was, "Ha, ha, ha!" Since then Aaron hasn't slept well. That would explain the bags under his eyes and drifting off during the day at least.

Of course third was Percy. He went to visit him and found him acting strange. People had told Aaron about droning but this was his first real experience that hit home.]]

[[You might catch him during one of the following over the next few days.]]

A)
[[Aaron is awake anyways. Before the sun rises he is out delivering gifts. Certain people will find little wrapped presents that say "From: Aaron" on them. Merry Belated X-mas miss_enma_ai, dodo_master, evers_hacker, hungry_monster, generose, and doastheromansdo!]]
((Tag for your gift! If not I'll get you later.))

B)
[[Aaron goes to class. He'll probably fall asleep in several of his classes at some point. Any student feel nice enough to wake him up before the teacher catches him? Any teachers notice?]]

C)
[[He doesn't stick around between classes to hang out like he usually would. He heads straight for his next class and tries to keep conversations short.]]

D)
[[Aaron is at work at the bowling alley. Every now and then he'd find a place to hide and try to just rest his eyes a moment. Not even five minutes later he'll awake with a start and get back to work. He seems far too stressed out for this job.]]

E)
[[Aaron is stalking Percy Jackson. Not approaching him, just watching him and unsure what to do. Just kind of hoping Percy will snap out of this and everything will go back to how it was.]]

F)
[[Aaron is out at night trying to do anything other than stopping and falling asleep. He'll be jogging down the streets, exploring the park, and generally keeping mobile for as long as he can before having to give up and return home.]]

Comments

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Oh. Who makes the rules?"

[[He's curious of course. He jumped on this train without a second thought.]]

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

The Lord of Hell.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Oh. He probably doesn't change his mind often I take it."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Almost never.

[There is a pause but then she decides, if he's going to come back with her, he should probably know.]

The lord of Hell is not to be crossed.

My replacement tried to break the rules. Had I not stepped in, she would be in Hell now.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"You were replaced?"

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry to hear. Why did they replace you?"

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Because I refused to send someone to Hell.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Oh.

That's brave I think."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

It was foolish.

I brought him back. He was feared by his townspeople. They beat me to death.

I am the Hell Girl again because I steeped in to save my replacement.

I will will continue to be the Hell Girl forever.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Well then I guess you'll need good friends to stick with you. Right?"

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

I will.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Good.

You're a tough kid Ai."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

[Doesn't say anything, but looks at the black straw doll in her hand.]

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Which one is that one?"

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Wanyūdō.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Is that... a name?"

[[Making a guess, he didn't know.]

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Yes. He has been my companion the longest. Hone Onna is the red straw doll. Ren Ichimoku is the blue straw doll and Yamawaro is the yellow straw doll.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Oh, and you got these all back over time?

Is it a nice reminder of them?"

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

[She shakes her head.]
I got them all back a few days ago. With the fire.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Oh, all of them at once? That's nice of the town I guess."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Perhaps they wanted to torment me even more.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yeah. I'm sorry."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

...


I'm glad to have them.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Yeah.

Though honestly, don't let the town get to you. You're better than this place.

I'm sure everyone back home thinks that too."