!H8UfLAg.DQ 2012/09/08 (Sat) 22:48 No. 161326 ▼ File 134714453255.jpg - (209.24KB, 750x700 , it's a very tiny school.jpg)
“You're insane.”
“Am I? Am I, Tenshi?”
“Yes! Yes, you are!” she replies, turning her head towards you as the four of you make your way down the street. “Trucks do not just 'disguise' themselves to look like they aren't there!”
“Sure, trucks might not,” you concede, willing to give her at least that much. “On the other hand, a bus-”
“Buses don't do that either!”
“Don't they? Don't they, Ten-”
“And stop that!”
“Um, are you sure there was a bus or truck or whatever?” Medicine asks, looking at you worriedly. “I mean, ah, not that I think there wasn't! I do! I mean, I don't! I-I mean, um, well, where did it go?”
“Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe it was a GHOST bus! WoooOOOOooooOoo~!” Koishi suggests, wiggling her fingers for added effect. “SpooOooooOoooky~!”
“That is almost as stupid as the 'disguise' idea.”
“What? Are you saying buses can't be ghosts?” you ask Tenshi.
“Do you even hear the words that come out of your mouth?”
The conversation continues in this way for much of your walk, with Tenshi shooting down every suggestion you have for why and how a bus could be both capable of disguising itself and being a ghost as 'stupid' or 'insane' or both. Though part of you supposes she has something of a point, the far more rational side of your mind tells you that she could be conspiring with the bus and was simply attempting to discredit you. Hell, for all you knew, she might even be the bus!
That's it!
That's it!
That's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it THAT'S IT!
The bus, seeking to terminate you, takes on the form of those closest to you so that you would lower your guard!
Clever! Very clever!
As expected of soulless killing-machine such as that!
Of course, you could be wrong.
You usually are whenever you're not right about something.
Sure, that's often the case, and at those times you can do little else but reflect upon how wrong you were. Sometimes, you even have help with that.
But what are the odds that's the case now?
Pretty good, you would say.
As you ponder over the ramifications of this revelation, you are only vaguely aware of the large gates you were approaching. Someone who sounds like Tenshi says something that sounds like something Tenshi would say before splitting off from your group. You were not really listening, but she sounded irritated. You can't imagine why.
Perhaps she suspects you suspect that she is not who she appears to be?
That would not do. That would not do at all.
At all.
Shortly after that, you think you hear Medicine say something, as well, before hurriedly rushing off somewhere, as she often does in the mornings. To the chemistry lab, most likely.
Normal behavior from her, then.
Perhaps, almost too normal?
You begin to wonder if Tenshi was not the only one you needed to worry about being a bus in disguise. Those buses could be tricky, you think as someone else begins to say something to you, and if they have infiltrated to the point that-
FWAP!
Your thoughts are interrupted by the sensation of a hand lightly, yet firmly, smacking you on the back of your head. Blinking a couple times, you turn to find Koishi frowning at you.
“Hey! Aren't you listening?” she asks, clearly unhappy about something.
“Oh, um, sorry. I was kinda daydreaming, I guess.” you say, suddenly worried about what you may have missed for her to be looking at you like that. “What is it?”
“I said, WHY are you not hitting that?!” she huffs, her outstretched arm gesturing vaguely in the directions that Tenshi and Medicine left in.
“...um, what? Medicine? Tenshi?” you ask, unsure of who she was talking about.
“Yes!” she says.
...clearly, she was not going to make this any easier for you.
“Koishi, I don't think we really have time to be getting into this, now.”
“Oh? But there's still plenty of time~!” she says, pointing towards the clock tower.
“Huh?”
Following her finger, you look at the massive clock, and see that you have...quite a bit more time before class than you thought you had.
“Wait, we're this early?” you ask, bewildered by how you could have possibly made it here with so much time left to spare. “I thought you said we were going to be late!”
“Tee-hee~!” Koishi giggles, her usual mischievous grin spreading across her face. “I kiiiiiiiinda fibbed~!”
“...you mean, I could still be sleeping right now?”
“Heeeey!” she says, her grin quickly switching back to a displeased frown. “Sis had the idea! She was worried, you know! She said you might have trouble getting up, so I said I would go and get you up, so she said I should go do that, so I did~!”
“Is that so?”
“Yep~! I told her she should go do it, though, since you'd have time for a quickie, but she said that wasn't going to happen, so then I said that maybe we would have time for a quickie, but she also said that wasn't going to happen, and I guess it didn't, but I still think it coulda, but it wouldn't be fair if she didn't get to do it first, so you really need to get in on that, and by that I mean on her and also in he-”
“Thanks, Koishi. I get it. Thanks.”
“I'm saying you should boink my sister, already.”
“Yes, Koishi, I know.” you sigh, fully aware of what she meant.
[ ] Try to gently guide Koishi to the cafeteria. If you're going to be getting 'The List' again, you may as well be doing it on a full stomach.
[ ] Politely disengage yourself from this conversation. It is too early in the day to be having this discussion. Again.
- ( ) Follow after Tenshi. Be on the lookout for any bus-like activity.
- ( ) Follow after Medicine. What is she working on, there, anyway?
- ( ) Head to class. Maybe you'll catch your teacher by surprise!