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[all_onis_are_true]

[The phrase, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink" is currently running through Hiroshi's head. Likewise, they may think they can force him to acknowledge that supernatural beings are, in fact, much more commonplace than they let on, but that does not mean he has to play along.

So he sits in an out of the way part of the campus, reading his SCIENCE book as if he is trying to shut out the entire world, and hoping that eventually all the really strange looking people will stop looking so strange, and he can just forget the supernatural even exists.

Just

yeah, this will work. Surely.]

Comments

[worldcup]

What are you reading, onii-chan? [ That's totally a little girl asking him what he's doing with curiosity. ]

[all_onis_are_true]

[He eyes her, slightly suspiciously. She LOOKS normal, but...]

A book on science. I feel that I should be as well-prepared as I can be for school.

[Especially THIS school.]

[worldcup]

I see... but why just science?

[all_onis_are_true]

Because I like science, and because it is the fundamental pillar on which the world functions.

[La la la WHAT IS THAT SUPERNATURAL HE CAN'T HEAR YOU.]

[worldcup]

Soooo... you're saying you can explain everything with science, onii-chan? [ Totally taunting you Hiroshi. ]

[all_onis_are_true]

With enough time and dedication, yes.

[Ugggh he bets he knows where she's trying to go with this and he's not biting, damnit.]

[worldcup]

Enough time and dedication? So basically you don't know anything.

[all_onis_are_true]

I know PLENTY. It just means there's still room for science to FIND things.

[Oh, just go away will you?]

[worldcup]

[ Illya, going away? HAHA NOPE.... ]

Then I'd like to hear your theories sometime.

[all_onis_are_true]

I am glad you think so highly of my skills. Believe me, I am studying every day to create new hypotheses.

[Ugh, she's mocking him and he knows it.]

[worldcup]

[ Illya's actually being half-serious, if only because she's curious as to what Hiroshi can come up with. ]

Well, good luck then.

[all_onis_are_true]

Thank you. I shall do my best.

[Yeah, that's right. All of you. He'll figure out ways to explain it.]

[losingherhead]

[Time to cart back the old motorcycle back to wherever she keeps it. Celty saw a few people in this direction occasionally, but never one who looked, well, like he wasn't trying to smoke a joint.

Unless he's hiding it in one of those books. Or he could be genuinely reading those books for school or something.

Out of vague curiosity, she finds herself unconsciously walking closer to the student. Part of her doesn't even realize she's doing it.]

[all_onis_are_true]

[A little of column A, a little of column B. They think they can just make him accept the supernatural? Heck with it. He's going to find a way to incorporate it INTO science... er. Is someone hovering around him?]

May I... help you?

[losingherhead]

[She pauses at the question, just realizing she'd been staring. And getting close to a stranger. That's pretty rude.

She quickly starts typing into her PDA.]

Sorry. I don't usually see people reading in this area of the school is all.

[all_onis_are_true]

[...Is she mute?]

It seemed like a sufficiently quiet space. I felt it might be nice.

[losingherhead]

[She glances around at her surroundings thoughtfully. Her helmet nods a little.]

I see what you mean. It's very relaxing.

[all_onis_are_true]

Indeed. And it almost feels like you are far away from everything in a place like this.

[Which is frankly appreciated]

[losingherhead]

I think everyone wants to feel like that at some point or another.

[She thinks. You could never really tell with humans. So diverse and complicated.]

[all_onis_are_true]

Yes. I suppose right now, more than anytime else. This is my first time so far from home for so long, after all.

[Among people who may or may not desire the taste of human flesh but IT DOESN'T MATTER THEY DON'T EXIST LA LA LA.]

[losingherhead]

[Hmm... She doesn't want to seem like she's prying into his business or get too personal or anything. But she also doesn't want to brush him off or seem like a jerk.]

Maybe you can find another home here.

[Hopefully without becoming assimilated into blue monsters and whatnot.]

[cant_breathe_no_heir]

...Ah. You are also a fan of scientific methods, I am guessing?

[The sweaty "Human" asks, peering down at Hiroshi's book with a quizzical expression.]

[all_onis_are_true]

[HUMAN HIS ASS. Vaguely blueish, humanoid, large people kind of throw his mental gears out of whack, so forgive him if he seems REALLY startled for a moment.]

Oh, uh... er, you surprised me. Ah, yes, I am certainly enamored by, ah, science and its myriad of explanatory possibilities.

[Not the Oni. Not the Oni. NOT.]

[cant_breathe_no_heir]

[He is TOTES a human, what are you even talking about. It's obviously a rare skin condition. Yes, the horns too.]

Yes... Science does offer an explanation to many things that would seem ludicrous otherwise.

[Like magic. He feels you there, Hiroshi.] Still, a strange thing to be learning at a school such as this.

[all_onis_are_true]

[YOU SHOULD TALK.]

What makes it any stranger than anything else about this school... that might be taught here?

[Great save, loser.]