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[skaterbrain]

AIGHT, so it sounds like a lotta you guys got feelin's or somethin' to work out 'cause of what happened. Not 'cause of the stupid Culturists comin' in, but you know, the other thing.

WELL, IT AIN'T GETTIN' WORKED OUT BY ITSELF.

An' since I ain't so good at talkin' and I know some people here ain't so good at it neither 'cause you got emotion Legos or somethin', I've got some pads up on the trees and I'm gonna go punch stuff. If you ain't good at talkin' neither, but you wanna blow off some steam? The name's Beat. Come punch trees wit' me behind House 10. It's good for you, yo.

Action
[And if he's not found behind House 10 punching trees with boxing pads duct-taped to them, he's inside helping around the house for once. Mainly, he's trying to clean; trying being the operative word. He does pretty well at sweeping up and vacuuming, but dusting is not his forte. It takes too much concentration and finesse and he spends most of his time catching all the things he knocked off the shelves.

Later, in the evening, he's on the porch of House 10 or out in the plaza and practicing his reading with a flashlight. It's slow going since Shiki left, but he figures she'll come back one day and then he's got to show that he improved or she'll probably slug him in the face.]

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[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Not that well. It's more like I know of her, since she's been around almost as long as I have. Well... she did make me wear a dress that one time...

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

You should come meet 'er. She's pretty cool. Kinda bossy sometimes, but she ain't bad. She helps take care a' me n' Rhyme now that Shiki an' Phones're gone.

[Wait.]

A dress?!

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

N-nothing! It's nothing at all! Just forget I said that!

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

No way, Scarves! Spill it!

If she's putting dudes in dresses, then I gotta know how to stay the hell outta 'em!

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

It was a long time ago during an experiment! The experiment made it so that everyone had to do what someone else told them to do, so Haruhi - well, she was Haruki back then - made a whole bunch of people sign up for a beauty pageant. That's all.

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

...Who's Haruki?

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

... wait, you don't know?

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Uh.....no? I ain't been here but for two years or something? I dunno. I forget to count.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Oh...

... um, I'm not really sure it's my place to be telling you about this. You should probably ask Haruhi yourself if you want to know...

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Aw, come on! How'm I supposed to ask her 'bout stuff? She could kick me outta the house and then I'd be homeless!

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Even if she did, you could always just go get another apartment.

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

I guess...but all my stuff's here. An' Rhyme's here.

[And then Haruhi would be alone with a chicken kid as her only companion and that would be sad.]

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

... anyway, something tells me that kicking you out would be a lot more trouble for her than it's worth. I don't think it's something you have to worry too much about.

[Yet another conversation where Emil wonders how it went down this road...]

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

You think so? Man, I hope you right, Scarves. 'Cause I really don't wanna cook for myself again.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

And if she did kick you out, you could always come stay with me. I don't mind cooking for other people at all. Just as long as you didn't set anything on fire here either.

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

...Whoa, really? Bro, that's real cool of you. Thanks.

A-And I promise not to set your house on fire!

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Don't mention it-- I'm always happy to help out. But, um, let's just hope that it doesn't come to that.

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Yeah. I'm gonna try n' stay on her good side much as possible.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Yeah, that's probably the best idea for now.

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Yo, Scarves, you live with any girls?

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Huh?

[This catches him off-guard.]

No... why do you ask?

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Jus' wonderin'. 'Cause I don't really know how to stay on her good side.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Yeah, girls can be pretty scary sometimes. I think the best thing you can do then is just nod and agree with them.

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

But what if they're wrong? Even then?

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Especially if they're wrong.