[Voice]

[collagehero]

[Hajime's voice is loud, exuberant and, honestly, pretty obnoxious.]

Hi, everyone!! I met a lot of you today, but to everyone I haven't met, I'm Hajime Ichinose and I was pulled here just like the rest of you by that giant grumpy ghost pirate guy! I wanna go out and find treasure like he told us to, but I don't know much about the ocean or sailing or treasure hunting. I am really good at interior decorating and papercraft, though, so if anyone has a ship that needs a makeover, you can totally call--well, write, I guess--me and let me know! Oh, and I'm a superhero, so I guess that's important to say too!

Let's all work together to find the treasure! I look forward to meeting more of you!

Hajime out!

Comments

[Voice]

[collagehero]

Hi, Makoto!! I'm glad he found you! He didn't really know where to look at first, but we figured it out together! Were you worried about him?

[Voice]

[notsokillerwhale]

Not really. Haru can take care of himself and I'd know a few places to look for him. He wanders off sometimes but always seems to turn up.

[ Yes, he was worried. But he was optimistically worried. ]

[collagehero]

Mmhm, mmhm. Like a cat! Does he show up if you put out food for him? [She bets he does.]

[notsokillerwhale]

Like a...cat?

[ Makoto thought about that one a minute and then laughed a bit. Haru is kind of like a cat, honestly. ]

He'd be more likely to show up to a dish of water. But he does eat a lot of fish.

[collagehero]

[She giggles.] I was gonna say "but cats don't like water!" except this one girl in my class had a cat that loved to sit in the sink and have the water run on his head! So Harukitty is like that kitty!

[notsokillerwhale]

...oh, Harukitty?

[ He doubts that nickname is going to last long. ]

[collagehero]

Suuuper cute, huh? It suits him!!! Harukitty Harukittyyyy [This degenerates into a strange little song consisting of "Harukitty" and various cat noises.]

[onlyswimfree]

[no comment, but he is hearing this by virtue of being next to Makoto, and he is MAKING A FACE]

[collagehero]

Meow meow Harukitty! [He's kind of lucky he's not there, because if she could see the Face, it would probably only make it worse.]

[notsokillerwhale]

[ Hehe. Sorry about that, Haru. He laughs a bit.

He'll say something to her. ]

[notsokillerwhale]

[ WAIT IS SHE CALLING HIM CUTE?????

...nah.

Anyway. ]

I think just Haru should be fine, Hajime.

[collagehero]

But that's not as much fun! Harukitty is so much cuter. [Harukitty needs a cute name! He sort of reminds her of Utsutsu (whose name is already cute enough), and she's about the cutest thing ever.]

[notsokillerwhale]

Yes, but I think he'd rather just be called by his name.

[ He tried! ]

[collagehero]

Huuuuuh? He wants to be called by his name, so I should call him by the nickname Makoto uses? [Makoto, she's trollin' you now, bro.]

[notsokillerwhale]

[ ...whaaaat does she even mean?

Haru-chan? ]

Nickname? He doesn't let me call him that either!

[collagehero]

So you should call him Haruka and I should call him Haruka and everyone should call him Haruka because Haruka doesn't like nicknames! [It might sound accusatory if it weren't for the fact that she's singing it like it's a song for preschool children.]

[notsokillerwhale]

[ ...what is this even? Did Haru make friends with this girl? ]

I think I've earned the right to call him Haru...

[collagehero]

Really? Are you super good friends? Or was it a contest? [This is it! The protective older sister type friend she knew Haruka had to have! Only he's not a sister at all!]

1/2

[notsokillerwhale]

[notsokillerwhale]

...y-yes. We're pretty good friends.

[collagehero]

That's great! He doesn't seem very outgoing, so it's a good thing Harukitty has good friends!

[notsokillerwhale]

[ Well, he's not going to say anything about the Harukitty this time, he tried his best. ]

I think he might prefer it that way most of the time.

[collagehero]

Mmhm. He reminds me of one of my friends back home a whole lot! She's really quiet and gloomy, too, but super cute! Especially when she wears her bathing suit! Harukitty says he likes to swim, so I bet he wears his a lot, too!

[notsokillerwhale]

....................

Yes, he wears his bathing suit a lot.

He's probably wearing it now.

[collagehero]

What, really?! He's totally prepared! I don't even have a change of clothes!