Another day at H!P

[Sukoshi]

LOL don't tell me Risa has been passed out on the road for 2 whole days  that's just ouch ! the poor girl is so going to get banned from kana 07!  lol and kameshige just crack me up!  gotta love those two ! (sayu is just too entertaining!)

[YoukaiChica]

I love the cell phone exchange between Takahashi and Tsuji. They didn't seem surprised at all the Risa's phone was in tsuji's pocket! Amazing. That was just amazing.

[erink]

Rehersals for the play were running along rather smoothly. Takahashi and Rika were in the middle of a scene, the other girls were behind them, reading lines, observing. Among them were Yossie and Miki.
Yossie was standing with her arms crossed, script folded in her one hand. The pair continued watching Takahashi and Rika.
"So Miki, that whole thing with Rika.."
"What about it?" Asked Miki in a suprisingly casually tone.
"What were you two talking about?"
"Just stuff."
"Girls." A voice cut in.
"Oh.."
"We were watching a world cup match and it was really late so she just ended up staying."
"Oh.."
"Why? Jealous?"
"don't flatter your self. I was just wondering. You and Rika have never been all hunky-doory"
"Girls."
"Yeah well, it's not like it is going to be some everyday occurance or anything. Just hanging out."
"Come on, what'd you talk about?"
"GIRLS!" The stage directors voice boomed.
Miki looked over at Yossie.
"God, Yossie, I'm trying to pay attention! You're distracting everyone!"
All of the girls turned to stare at Yossie who turned a light shade of red.
"Sorry..."
"Okay, Okay, take it form the top."
Once everyone turned around again Miki started to smile.
"Hmph. Jerk."

[erink]

Some girls were still out and about, but the majority were back at the apartments. Miki was standing infront of the refrigerator contemplating her dinner options when she hear a knock.
"Tan!"
Miki slowly brought her head out of the refrigerator and stood up straight. She gently closed the door of the refrigerator. Several pictures were on the door, Miki caught sight of one of her and Ayaya, and shudered.
The knocking continued. Miki walked over the the edge of the kitchen. She leaned her head across the half wall and looked to the right, directly at the door. If Miki's life were a horror movie, it would be at this point in time that the camera would provide a close up of Miki's face, then pan away. It would then zoom in slowly on the door, which would shake each time it was knocked upon. A ray of light would be coming from the small openings on the sides of the door. The sound men would have added the nice effect of making the thuds echo, sounding similar to a heart beat.
Miki's life was not a horror movie. It would however, suffice as a nice made for t.v movie or perhaps a book.
Miki slowly brought her upper boddy back into the kitchen.
"Oi! Miki!"
She glanced side to side,and then back to her left.
She hastily made her way over to the wall. Gripping on to the bottom, she kicked off with her feet while similtaniously pushing off the wall with her hands. She tumbled her way(rather ungracefully) into Risa's room. Landing with a thud on her carpet.

[erink]

Risa was just taking her dinner out of the microwave when a certain former soloist came flying through the wall.
Risa shrieked. Miki hurriedly jumped up off the ground and made her way over to Risa. She put her one arm on her stomach and took a step behind her putting her hand over her mouth.
When Miki spoke it was a whisper, a whisper that lets the person on the receiving end of the whisper know that it is not the time to anger the person that is doing the whispering.
"Don't do anything."
"mffhum"
"Now I am going to remove my hand, and when I do you will not sceam, you will not speak, you will not do anything. Understand?"
"mffhum"
"Good. Now I am not here, you didn't see anything. Do you understand?"
Risa didn't responded.
"I said do you understand?"
Risa felt her head being violently jerked up and down in an affirmative matter.
"mffhum!"
"Is that chicken?"
"Mffhuu"
"Can I have the chicken?"
Risa didn't respond.
"I said can I have the chicken?"
Miki started shaking Risa's hed again.
"Mffhum! Mffhum!"
Miki's hand was slowly removed from Risa's mouth and then frimly placed on her plate of chicken.
"Hey! Risa!"
"Shit!" Miki hissed, she dropped down onto the floor in one quick motion.
Risa couldn't help but look down at Miki who had suddenly dissapered.
Just then Aya stuck her head in through the hole in the wall.
"Hey, Risa, have you seen Miki?"
"Umm" Risa felt a dull sensation on her ankle. "AaHH! No, I haven't."
She brought her hand up to her face, trying to make it seem cassual she stole a glance down at the floor to look at Miki. She was still holding onto the plate of chicken and made an exagerated chomping sound with her mouth to let Risa know she was willing to bite her again.
"Oh, okay."
"Yeah. haven't seen Miki. No idea where Miki is. If you ask me again I'll just have to tell you that I haven't seen Miki....again."
"Are you, ok? You seem to be acting kind of funny..."
"Who me? Why would I be acting funny I have no reason to be acting FUC-" Risa felt a sharp stabing sensation in her leg and heard the metallic click as the fork was placed back on the plate. "NYYYYY."
Aya shot her an even more confused glance.
"You know, maybe you are right, maybe I am feeling funny. I think " Risa started walking over to her, smiling. "maybe I just will go to bed. Get a good nights rest.So I think I best go be getting my rest now!" Risa grabbed at the sheet hanging over the hole and moved it back into place, covering Aya.
After a few moments, when Risa heard Aya close Miki's door, she threw a glare over at Miki.
"You bit me!"
"Tastes like chicken" Miki quipped, looking at the peice she currently held  up to her face with Risa's fork.
"You bit me!"
"I just lived the fanboy dream."
"Biting me?"
"Yeah, werid huh? I don't get it either. I mean, you? Come on now."
Risa paused for a moment, figuring that last bit out and looked back at Miki with a scowl.

[erink]

"Am I crazy, or are you hiding from Aya?"
"Yes and Yes." Miki finished chewing a peice of chicken, she was still sitting indian style on the floor. She placed the fork in the air, "Actually scrach that. Yes and none of your damn business eyebrows." She kept the fork in the air, paused, and nodded several times.
"Well.."
"Well what?"
"Nothing."
"Damn straight."
Miki continued eating.
"Say Risa,"
"Huh?"
"Shouldn't you umm get changed or something. You've been wearing that for like three days. And you got some stripes on the back."
"Yeah, I meant to get a shower, I just got kinda distracted. Stripes?"
"Yeah, two yellow ones right on your back?"
"Oh, thats form the road."
Miki looked up at her, semi-interested.
"..They were painting them..."
"Oh."
"So, not like you should mistake this for me caring or anything, but where were you for all this time?"
"Not like you should take this as me being in denial or anything, but I definately don't have a drinking problem, I just don't quite remember the past few days quite clearly. And when I say quite clearly I mean, not at all."
"Hmph."
"yeah...."
"I like your shoes..."
"Thanks."
Miki started softly humming the melody aloud.

* just stopped by for a quick update. Thanks to everyone who liked it. I'm a little pressed for time so I can't give individual respones.
Questions, suggestions, comments, get them in. Mikan's question got me thinking and I might even write a bit about the true things that found there way into the story if you guys are interested. I'll try and respond sometime this week.

[rndmnwierd]

LOL, why is Miki hiding from Aya?

The randomness!

[Mikan]

IM INTERSESTING TELL ME!!! THE TRUUUUUTH!!

Quick question whats hunky-doory? I hear it but I dunno what it is!!

I cant beliebe I missed this update. Sometimes I think I like in this weird black hole and days go missing large chunks at a time.

Well!! What I liked about this update? A LOT!! Almost all of it. Im a huge fan of Miki and you write her so well that I love her even more.

Miki jumping through the hole in the wall? Funny as!! I can totally imagine. I also like the little speel about the 'if Miki's life was a horror movie' nicely finished with 'or perhaps a book'. That would be something I would read or watch.

I hadnt forgotten the very beginning of this story but I thought you had. Nice to see you hadnt! Now we get to see more teasing. Also, Miki pushing the blame onto Yossui sounds just like high school. Ahhh the good old days

As soon as Miki landed on the other side of that wall in Risa's room. The hole story just became hell funny. I was trying to hold back the tears of laughter. I had some mega mental images of Miki holding Risa, asking her if she can eat the chicken. Ahhhhhhhh~~~ you have a serious talent for comedy ma girl.I hope you do something great with your life and are able to share this talent with the world. 'Cause I know that I'll be waiting for you to make a movie or whatever so I can say - " you know that movie? Yeah,..I know that girl...I encouraged her so I guess you can say Im indirectly responsible for her sucess"

My favourite quotes that will make me giggle at work for the rest of the month.

[It would however, suffice as a nice made for t.v movie or perhaps a book]

[Is that chicken?"
"Mffhuu"
"Can I have the chicken?"]

[...made an exagerated chomping sound with her mouth to let Risa know she was willing to bite her again.]

[Actually scrach that. Yes and none of your damn business eyebrows]

And last but not least ...

["So, not like you should mistake this for me caring or anything, but where were you for all this time?"]

Haha, Miki...you sarastic cow, you....

[erink]

Hunky-doory= slang for buddy buddy, friendly, things are going good between two people or a group.
"Everything okay with you guys?"
"Oh yeah it's hunky-doory"

Mikan: Ok, out of all the characters in the story you have written (and the way you write them) which one is you?

It's a hard question to answer. I don't think there is one single charecter that I used as a way to write myself into the story. I think each charecter has a part of me in them. Sometimes it gets to the point where you can't really make a distiction between the way one charecter speaks and the way another does. Miki and Yuuko come to mind. They both have the same sort of remarks, some to the point where either one could be saying it. I think that this type of thing really happens. You spend time with people, you can be completely different, but there is this point where you can be similar. I try to keep charecters personalities and quriks intact.

Back to the original question, there is no solid choice for the charecter that is me. I don't have to force myself to write in charecter. It just kinda happens when thinking about a scene or dialouge. There have been only one or two occurances where it was just like 'no she can't say that'.
Maybe it is possibly an indication of myself, but if I had to choose, Miki followed closely by Yuuko are the easiest to write. They can pretty much say anything. They have their funny moments, and they always have sarcastic ones. Yuuko tends to take the more biting ones.

I wanted to have a story that wasn't focused on one person, one event, or conflict. I wanted there to be no main charecter. Instead a group, where everyone had there part to play. The girls, all differnet but still have some common bonds between them in either actions or words.

"Another Day at H!P" It came to me the second I looked at the subject line. I wanted to make a story that followed something like that. Some days would be funny, others just buliding up to tomorrow. A day where nothing went right, or a day when it couldn't get better. Some days there would be arguments, others reconciliation. I wanted a story like that. It is what I have set out to accomplish and I hope I can. I'm glad so many people are following along with me as I try and figure all this out.

[erink]

"Boogie BOAT! yeah!"
Yossie was on her way back from futsal practice when she heard it. The unmistakable voice, echoing off the walls. She took a few steps backwards and glanced in through the window. Miki was in the pool, fully clothed, floating back and forth on a raft with the oar across her stomach. She was singing like there was no tomorrow, replacing words here and there. Yossie walked into the room. She went completely unnoticed by the former soloist who had her eyes closed and was giving one of the most spirted renditons of Boogie Train(Boat in this instance) to date.
"Miki!"
"I won't cry yet
Boogie Boat at a packed port!"
Yossie walked along the edge of the pool until she was as close as she could get to Fujimoto.
"OI! Miki!"
Miki, startled, shook back and forth on the raft, she managed to keep herself dry. She cleared her throat.
"Yesss?
"Why didn't ya show up for practice today?"
"Because it was optional."
"Since when?"
"Since I woke up at ten and decided I didn't want to go."
Yossie sighed and put her hands on her hips.
"What the hell is up with you lately?"
"Me? Nothing at all. Some might even say I am just rowing my boat, merrily going along."
"Something's up with you. It's completely obvious."
"The only thing that is up is the ceiling and Goto's ego."
"This is true. But if you had them..."
"Yeah, well okay."
"You can tell me."
"There is nothing to tell."
"There is so something to tell, and I will just keep asking you till you do. I'm here to listen and help you. It's what friends are for."
"It's what phsyciatrists are for."
"Yeah, but you don't have to pay me. You could lie on a couch if you want though."
"Nah, I'm good thanks." Miki grabbed the edges of the raft and nodded.
Silence. Miki crossed her arms and looked up dreamily at the ceiling.
"I know you're avoiding Aya."
Her eyes imedately shot back down to Yossie.
"Hah! I knew it! Something is bothering you."
"Eyebrows I'm gonna kill you!"
"It's not her fault. There were some underhanded methods of interigation involved. You honestly can't blame the girl."
"Okay, so maybe I don't excactly want to talk to Aya right now, but I'm not avoiding her."
"Miki, you jumped through a wall, damn it."
"God how much did she talk?"
" If it makes you feel any better, we only got the really good stuff after we brought out the Ecomoni session tapes."
Miki shuddered.
"Yeah. Tell me about it. Even imagining it, it's scary."
"Okay, Okay. I could see how that could possibly be misconstrued as me avoiding her, but it's not, no, no actually it is. I am avoiding her."
Yossie raised one eyebrow. Well, she tried anyway. Yossie never possed that particular skill. The attempt however, while it did look like some sort of horrendous twitch showed her peaked interest. Miki took this as her cue.
"It start awhile ago with the whole GAM thing. And then the wall, that was becasue of her too. Well not excactly. It was more about what Tsuji said about her. Or really what Tsuji said about me when I'm with her. So I've been avoiding her since Kana, and just a tad before it."
"Why do I never understand anything that is going on here, with anybody? Ever?"
"To be honest, it's one of the reasons I tell you things. I can be fairly certain you have no idea about what it is I am talking about."
"Yeah, well this one isn't much of an exception."
"So I thought. No problem though. I'm going to take care of it."
"Really?"
"No, no probably not."
A few seconds of silence passed. The pool filter sounded even louder from the lack of other noise.
"But I'll try."
"Good. That's good. Try and show up for practice while you're at it too."
Yossie turned and walked towards the door.
"Oh, and Miki"
"Yeah"
"When did we get the boat?"
"I have no idea."
"Kana?"
"Kana."
"Ugh."
"Yeah."
"Later."
"Bye."
Yossie shut the door just as Miki started singing again.

[Tanachan]

XDDD. BOOGIE BOAT!!!!

And if I had to answer that question, it's be Tsuji. I'm the only one idiotic enough to take a 500m ride on a swivel chair and run into a door opening.



And want to do it again.

[erink]

And if I had to answer that question, it's be Tsuji. I'm the only one idiotic enough to take a 500m ride on a swivel chair and run into a door opening.

haha, Kore was the one that got rocked by the door opening.

[Mikan]

AH! Thank you so much for your explaination! I wish you your best in fufilling your goals I think you are going to do great.

And now, my standard report on the update. Lol@ boogie boat. Boogie train is one of my all time favourite songs. When I saw it I thought "Jee, was Erink that wacked out that she made a typo?"

I would imagine you as a Yuuko mixed with a Miki...lol a Yuuki Fujizawa.

If I were a character from ADH!P (sorry its too long to write the title) I might be Miki. Just a little less sharper wit. Starting Trolley races sounds like something I do and the arguement about starting the race sounds like my friend and I. I get these crazy/stupid ideas like starting fires,making home made fireworks or jumping off high things with some wheeled object.

[rndmnwierd]

I would totally be Makoto, the one who always gets buckets stuck on her head. >~<

Boogie Boat! I actually started singing that.

[erink]

"Right so then we have Erika and Risa followed by the other girls entering from the right."
"Sooooo boring...must. stay. awake." Miki voiced as she stood at the back of the stage, arms crossed next to Yossie.
"Should I say my line before or after she turns?" Risa, one of the girls actually focusing, asked.
"A I U E O A I U E O" Miki broke into an impromptu vocal practice.
Yossie kept her eyes glued to the stage director and other members.
"Wait until she is about to turn, then"
"You wanna say something to me. I can tell."
"you start to speak."
"You've ignored me for four minutes, but any second now you're going to crack and say something."
"Remember halfway through your line to turn toward the audience."
"It is humanly imposible to be that focused on this ssstttuuupid play."
"I face them at 'look'?"
"Oi. Oi. Oi." Miki started to poke Yossie with her left index finger. She kept her arms crossed, and moved in a way that made it nearly undectable to anyone other than Yossie.
"Yes, turn at look and then Erika will start."
Miki had launched herself into her barnyard animal impressions. After the rooster Yossie couldn't take anymore.
"The next scene-"
"Alright! Alright! Fortheloveof GOD!"
"Yoshizawa!" The stage director boomed
"Argh!" Yossie grumbled, upset she let Miki win.
"This is the fourth practice you've done this! Try and stay focused here!"
The stage director turned around and started to adress the girls involved in the scene again.
"Yossie, zero. Miki, four." Miki held up four fingers and plastered a cocky smile on her face.
"Go to hell."
"Okay so lets take it from the top of the scene. Erika and Risa enter follow by the others."
There was a pause.
"Erika enters." The stage director repeated.
The girls looked around.
"Erika enters from the right." The stage director looked around. "Or left. Just enter, Erika."
Pause.
"Erika."
Miki had a revalation at the back of the stage.
"Oh, oh this is AWESOME." Miki exclaimed, suddenly discovering that maybe this practice wouldn't be boring after all.

*this is especially for rndm. :]

[ChiruChaCha]

* depending on what you cut handcuffs off with, it tends to heat the metal up which can cause a bit of discomfort when it is attached to your wrist. It isn't bad, but Rika is pretty girly so I can imagine it would bother her.

Pretty late, but holy crap! you're a wisdom mine!

[erink]

Pretty late, but holy crap! you're a wisdom mine!

haha.
 It's ture. You could go about it different ways. When it happened to me, we just used a handheld grinder, just put it up against the bolt for the hinge and it wore it down until you could just pull it apart. Probably one of the quicker methods, takes about 30 seconds or so depending on the tools and handcuffs.

[ChiruChaCha]

haha.
 It's ture. You could go about it different ways. When it happened to me, we just used a handheld grinder, just put it up against the bolt for the hinge and it wore it down until you could just pull it apart. Probably one of the quicker methods, takes about 30 seconds or so depending on the tools and handcuffs.

You know, that kind of comments seem like a mix between Jackass and a bricolage program xDD Anyways, reaaaaaaaaaaaallly good job with the fic

[erink]

"Oh, oh this is AWESOME." Miki exclaimed, suddenly discovering that maybe this practice wouldn't be boring after all.

Miki glanced over at Yossie. She could see the gears were turning.
"five..four..three...two.."
"No fucking way!" Yossie exlaimed, her eyes widening.
"one." Miki smiled.
"No no no." Yossie turned to face Miki and grabed onto her shoulders.
Miki nodded up and down,smiling.
"Girls!"
"Oooohhhh." Yossie glanced over to the side. She looked like she was going to be sick.
"Yoshizawa!" The grils parted, giving the stage director a clear view of Yossie who was still holding onto Miki's shoulders.
"Oi!" Miki hissed.
"Yeyes?" Yossie's voice cracked.
"Where is Erika?"
She is...uh Sheeee"
Miki started making gestures and lightly coughing. Yossie eventually caught on.
"She's sick!! Yep, that's what she is! She's sick today. And tomorrow. In fact she might just be sick for a really long time. Some might even say she is deathly ill. We just can't tell if she's going to get better or not."
"Alright already" Miki whispered, pinching Yossie.
"Well, okay. I hope she gets better. But as leader you should have let me known beforehand. Alright girls" The stage director turned to face the group. "Let's just work on scene seven for now and we will just have to wait and see about Erika."
"It's gonna be a loonnng wait" Miki remarked.

[Yuuyami]

o__o; Do continue