first-person log / in progress

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When; Afternoon of March 4
Rating; PG-13-ish?
Characters; Izumi Konata and Hiiragi Jun
Summary; Konata introduces Jun to "visual novels"
Log;

It was another lazy day in Konata's living room.

Actually, it was so lazy that she was starting to nod off. A half-finished can of juice and a couple stray sticks of Strawberry Pocky adorned the end table and Konata herself was stretched out on the couch (though, typically for her, that didn't mean she occupied very much of it). She absent-mindedly pressed the "o" button on her Playstation controller from time to time, but she wasn't really paying attention.

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[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

[knock knock! You have a visitor, Konata. Jun waits patiently outside the door]

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

It's open! [... It was a lazy day.]

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

[He peeps just his head in before fully entering]

Hey, Konata-san.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

[Oh, shoot. He did say something about coming over today, didn't he? Well, whatever. It's just Jun. Kona waves backward sleepily from the couch.]

Hey, come on in. Not that it's very exciting.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

I didn't wake you up or anything, did I?

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

[Finally Kona pops her head over the back of the couch to make herself visible, at least a LITTLE concerned about being so rude.] Nah, I'm just playing Air. It's a boring part.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

Oh. Okay.

[He comes around to the front of the couch and sits down]

So.. uh.. how far are you..?

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

[Even though she's still stretched out, Konata doesn't have to move to make room for Jun at all.] In the middle of the first arc. I started playing from the beginning. [She resumes pressing the "o" button occasionally, and the text starts to scroll with the PS2 voice acting accompaniment.]

Have you ever played this one?

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

... Nope.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

It's just like--

Wait, have you ever played any visual novel before?

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

[He just grins and rubs the back of his head]

Nope! The games I usually played were the music-oriented ones or fighting.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

Huh, I see. Well...

[Kona points at the screen and its slowly advancing wall of text.]

This is... what they're like.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

[He watches for a few moments]

... Lotsa' reading and hardly any action, huh?

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

Yeeeeep. But the cute girls make it worth it.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

[because obviously light novels = porn]

... I never knew you were like that.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

... What's with that smirk. [Konata pokes Jun with her foot.]

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

Oh, nothing~

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

[Poke, poke.] I can comment about cute girls. Cute is cute.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

[just griiiins]

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

Hey. What are you thinking. Spit it out.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

Nothing. Nothing at all.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

[Konata gives him a halfhearted kick and finally sits up.] You're acting weird.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

[ow. ;.;]

... Sorry.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

[A little annoyed, Kona finally saves and leaves the game idle.] What did you come over for, anyway? Did you want to do something?

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

So we could hang out...? You said you were gonna show me some new games.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

Oh, right. Yeah, probably visual novels aren't gonna be very interesting. Just a sec. [She gets off the couch and starts rummaging around the impressive collection of consoles and discs on the floor.] So, what have you been up to? Other than smirking inappropriately.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

Not too much. Still trying to find a job.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

Oh, right. [Konata grimaces.] Sorry, I forgot to ask Lockon about that. Have you talked to him yet?

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't...

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll ask soon. He said he'd teach me how to shoot, so I have to meet him for that. [Finding what she's looking for, Kona loads a disc and hands Jun the second controller.]

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

... How to shoot?

[He takes the controller but just stares at her]

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

[Kona stares back.]

Yeah. You know, with a gun?