02nd beat; written > voice

[coffeejunkie]

House 40 Rules
Version 2
[Some of you might remember a certain set of house rules going up prior to Yuri's disappearance. Otonashi isn't exactly second-in-command, but Hinata is emotionally out of commission, Naoi had already taken the burden of announcing her departure, and Noda is MIA.

Oh, and Yotsuba is too young to be making rules.. even though the potential for comedy is there.]

1. No loud music, shouting, or being loud after 11pm. There’s a little girl trying to sleep! It doesn’t matter if you stay up late, but keep the noise down.

2. Keep your eroge and other 18+ fare safely put away! If it’s left out in the living room, I’ll confiscate it. Yotsuba shouldn’t have to see that and neither should any visitors!

3. Everyone follows the rules. Even you, Noda..!

4. Please?

5. Try to keep your rooms clean.

6. Clean up after yourself in the kitchen.

7. Don’t leave your underwear in the bathroom… Keep that clean too.

8. The house is everyone’s responsibility, not just one person’s! Especially not just mine.

9. DON’T KILL EACH OTHER. I don’t care that it “didn’t matter” in the afterlife, it always matters!

10. Don’t make medieval traps! This includes BUT ISN'T LIMITED TO hammer traps, falling ceilings, collapsing floors, and spike pits! If you saw it in a JRPG dungeon, you can't make it in the house! (We can play an RPG instead.)

11. Don’t train in the living room! Keep it to your own room if you insist on doing it in the house…

12. Yotsuba: Make sure you go to school and do well. If you do, I’ll make sure to pick you up a gift at the end of each week. Oh, and find an adult that isn’t Noda if someone is bothering you!

13. Continue respecting Hayate.

14. If you want to set up an in-house visit, mark it either on the white board that Yuri set up or somewhere we can see it. It's better to let everyone know.

15. Don’t measure yourselves in the living room… Why is this even a problem..?! I won’t tell you that you can’t do it privately, because I know that’ll make you just want to do it more.
Noda, this means you… I've heard about your "competitions" and I'm telling now, I don't care..!

16. House meetings are still held on Sunday.

17. RESPECT EVERYONE'S PRIVACY. Knock before entering rooms unless it is an emergency! If I see you barging in, I'll... yell at you!

18. No throwing furniture, halberds, weapons, people, or… goldfish…

19. Why is there a goldfish named after me again..?

20. Okay! Please follow the rules. They aren’t even that hard to follow, you guys…

21. Don't discount me because I'm not Yuri! I don't think I should have to put on a bow and thigh-highs to enforce a rule around here...

-- voice;

[Well, there is a distinct lack of Yuri-specific rules. Like it or not, Yuri Nakamura is no longer in Luceti. He's in no rush to replace her, but the acceptance and healing process has to start somewhere. So, he might as well be the one to take initiative.]

I think that should do for now, unless I missed something... Any, uh... suggestions? [No punishment games though! Otonashi isn't much of a disciplinarian.]

Comments

[trainwrecking]

Much better, huh... [He can believe that, honestly. She's awfully cavalier about all of this, much like the SSS can be about death.]

You must be strong, then... Much stronger than me. You actually remind me a little bit of Yuri. [It's a good thing, really! Even if Yuri can be a little hard to take sometimes...]

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[trainwrecking]

Ah, I'd like to see that. [It's very cool, and Twilight is the sweetest. He could use more sane friends!]

I'll stop by sometime, when it's good for you..! Should I... bring anything? Tea is always polite, but that's usually when someone comes over to your house... [And he doubts anyone wants to come to House 40.]

He would prrrrobably feel compelled to check up on her later, if that's okay?

[trainwrecking]

[Okay. He expected that. Maybe he even deserved that.

It is right then that he reaffirms the notion that this house is going to kill him. Can't they all just get along and not kill each other? No, apparently that's too much to ask. No nice things. NONE.

Note to self: Confront Naoi. What the hell did you do?
And call Haruhi back after some time has passed. Maybe after she cools off.]

[trainwrecking]

That's, uh... that's not something I would be proud of.

[There's no easy way to say it, is there? Idiots. ALL OF THEM.]

[entreats]

... [ She's quiet for a moment, as if she's not sure what to say. In the end it just ends up turning deadpan though. ]

I do hope it stays at "just a little". I wouldn't want to be compared to a girl who sneaks into people's bedrooms at night.

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[fourthgenerationprincess]

If you like! We've got plenty of refreshments here. Most of it is apple-based, though. And we don't eat any meat.

I could come over and help you defuse the death traps, so that you can get around the house more easily.

that's cool yeah!!

[godbent]

[Hey she'll answer calls. Or you can go by her HQ later or her house if you want to figure out where she lives and be weird. ]

[hatesguns]

[Well this is going nowhere and even Noda's realizing this finally.]

Tch, why am I still bothering to talk to you. When you get Yurippe's note from that shrimp who pretends to be a God, let me know.

[And with that he gets up from the couch and stomps off to his room, carrying his halberd with him.]

[trainwrecking]

[He watches Noda walk away, his glare seeming to burn into the back of Noda's head. He should just let him go, let him be upset and angry, and let him work out those negative emotions by himself.

But instead, he steps forward.]

Noda. [Wait a second, he almost seems to say without ever speaking the words.]

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[nothisbrother]

No, not at all! I don't exactly remember the reason why it was named after you, Yuri's the one who did it. [HE'S ACTUALLY INNOCENT ON THIS ONE OKAY]

Well they are idiots. [It's a proven fact] But so long as they don't disturb God, then I will try not to.

[trainwrecking]

Uhhhh... N-no, it's not like that! Why, did she do that here too?! That's such an invasion of privacy, I always hated that...

[For the record, he's anti-panty raid, anti-bikini raid, anti-breaking into rooms in general...]

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[trainwrecking]

Ahh, no, no meat! I wouldn't... What about tofu? [Help with death traps?]

T-there's none up yet, but that's only because Noda was lost for a while. Noda, that's... the guy who makes the hammer traps. [And other, lesser traps like flowerpots on the door or tripwires.] Are you sure you'd be okay with coming in here, though..? He's, ah... kinda rude.

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[trainwrecking]

Yuri named it?!

[Oh..

goddamn it, Yuri. You may not be able to see it, but anyone in a 50-mile-radius should be able to feel the facepalming.]

Yeah, that... I'd buy that.

I'll try to make sure they don't invade your privacy, but you have to give them the same. [Otonashi = the good cop/mom/bro/forever newbie/halberd-target/meatbag/WHATEVER.]

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[fourthgenerationprincess]

I don't know what tofu is, but we have lots of plants! And I'd be happy to help a friend!

[entreats]

[ Such a good guy, Otonashi. ]

Yeah, it's how we met. She snuck into my bedroom at night and then we ended up in bed together. [ AMBIGIOUS WORDING.. on purpose, though. ]

[hatesguns]

[At this point, the conversation is done on Noda's side. Without turning around, he opens the door to his room and disappears into it, slamming the door behind him as he does.]

[trainwrecking]

[WOW.

On a scale of one to rude, Noda is OFF THE CHARTS.

UNFORGIVABLY RUDE.

THE WORST EVER!!!]