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]

"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."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

[Just....looks at him.]

.....Perhaps my companions.

[She knows they care about her...]

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure of it.

So, what's Japan like? I've never been there."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Busy.

Filled with people.

Culture is highly important to them. And they have forgotten that if they do bad things, they will go to Hell.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Oh, my aunt was a strict Christin so I heard that all the time until I moved."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Good.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Though she seemed to think I was more likely to go to hell because of my dad."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Why would your fathers actions affect this?

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"I never met him. My mom got pregnant and he left before I was born. My aunt wasn't too happy about that."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

People do not get sent to Hell for that.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I didn't really think so either. But it gets to you when you get warned as a kid."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Yes...

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Though not like she was actually looking out for me, she got rid of me right after the accident.

Enough about that though. I know I promised to be your companion when we get out of here, but until then I'm going to see what I can do while I'm here to help you out.

I mean I can't teleport or anything but I plan to try and figure something out."

[[Yeah, Aaron was pretty mundane at the moment.]]

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

[There is a pause. Then she nods.]

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"I've been thinking of trying to visit the Smiths. I am sure others have tried it already but maybe I can talk to the kids there and maybe learn a thing or two?"

[[Bad idea, or worse idea?]]