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[thecommoner]

There was a crash followed by a sputter and, in a pile of chairs, a girl with long hair and big brown eyes was looking around confused.

She had been walking and reading her study book.

It hadn't been a calculated risk to do so from her livingroom to her bedroom.




This was neither.


[Tiny Tag: Haruhi]

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[guppy_sandhu]

"Are you okay?" Guppy asks, picking up the book as he passes.

[thecommoner]

"Yes. Thank you."

Haruhi smiled (at seeing her book had survived).

She stood back up, setting two of the chairs upright. Being able to see more of the room did not help her. This was not her living room or her bedroom.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy passes the book.

"Did the bar catch you by surprise?"

[thecommoner]

"Mmm."

It was a quiet affirmative as she looked back at him, large brown eyes settling directly on him, inquisitive and confused.

She took her book back with a smile, and clasped it to her chest tightly.

[guppy_sandhu]

"I'm Dr Guppy Sandhu, this is Milliways bar."

[thecommoner]

That was disconcerting.

"Can you give me directions home? I should get back to studying."

Exams were only days away.

That was a much bigger priority than randomly appearing bars or men.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Most likely back through that door there. But you don't need to rush, for most people time doesn't pass at home while they're here."

[thecommoner]

Haruhi looked at the door behind her. It looked like an average ordinary room door.

"Time doesn't pass?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Most likely yes." Guppy says. "I know it's a bit confusing."

[thecommoner]

Haruhi's lips formed into a line more than a frown or pout. It was all disconcerting.

"Mmm."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Is there anything you want to ask?"

[thecommoner]

She looked back up uncertainly.

"Why am I here?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"The landlord, a force none of us understand, brought you here through the portal behind you."

[magic_ferret]

Yunno is walking by with a large sheaf of paper, but it's easy enough to set that aside and lend a helping hand.

This means there's a ten year old boy straightening out chairs in an effort to get towards you.

"Are you alright?"

[thecommoner]

"Yes. Thank you."

Haruhi's looks sheepishly embarrassed. There's a boy helping pull a chair off her and her book has gone somewhere.

"I didn't see the-" She would say chairs, but she's noticed the bar now, too.

[magic_ferret]

"It happens," allows Yunno, "I just stepped through a doorway and the next thing I saw was the wall."

He was walking backwards.

"Welcome to Milliways. My name is Yunno Scrya, with Yunno being my given name. Did you drop anything during your spill?"

Yunno bows, not quite right, but quite close. Especially for someone with blond hair and green eyes."

[thecommoner]

She set the other chair back herself, glancing around on the floor.

"My name is Haruhi. And yes, my study book. I was holding it a minute ago."

Haruhi was squatted down to glance under a table now. Squiggly blue fretting lines had begun to appear at the edge of her face.

It was so very important!

[magic_ferret]

"Just a moment, I think I've got it," says Yunno.

He's got a better angle to look underneath things while standing, the narration thinks. Still, there's a bit of fishing around first.

"Is this it?"

[thecommoner]

She looked up, wide, large brown eyes, suddenly bright and shining as she extended a hand out for it.

"Yes. Thank you."

[magic_ferret]

Far be it from Yunno to stand in the way of an enthusiastic reader. He's not that kind of librarian. The book is handed over at once.

"Is this your first time here?"

[thecommoner]

The book is clutched to her chest, in ways that would seem inhumanly possible. Anime is wonderful like that.

Haruhi simply nodded, looking around again uncertainly.

[magic_ferret]

It is. It really is.

"This is Milliways. It's at a point between worlds. First, can you see the door you came through?"

Yunno gestures towards what, for him, is a blank wall. They'll get to rules later.

[thecommoner]

Haruhi looked over her shoulder, and nodded again.

"Mmhm."

There was an average, ordinary, everyday, looking door over there.

[magic_ferret]

"Alright, that means you can probably leave," that probably wasn't a reassuring as Yunno thinks it should be.

Possibly the last few years have distorted his idea of reassuring. Alas.

"If you'd like I can share a few things. There are a handful of rules and a couple of useful facts that I've picked up here. Are you interested?"

[thecommoner]

The 'probably' does get a shifty look. In one side of calm and confused and out the other.

"I should be studying."

That isn't exactly a yes or a no. She's curious, but wary. Her deadline is so soon.