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I have friends who just celebrate it on Feb 29th instead. -__- Stop faking coincidences you meanie.

"Uh... Actually, I'm not feeling embarassed by you... it's just that... I'm... kinda like... just...shy...I dunno. WELL, erm... I'm kinda happy you're concerned about... me..... AND UH... I don't really mind so... well if you're alone or something... wanna like... get.. stuck wit- I MEAN wanna just like... WALK TOGETHER for a while...or something? yea.. you know...so........................................................................................................................................................... ...why.. did you run away?" Aster karate chopped Amber's head with a light but quick motion. "Maybe it's just me or maybe you people can't understand it but I do hang out with people for no apparent reason without benefits. But I still think we should stick together with the others unless we want to be attacked." But Amber was hesitant to do so. Aster sighed. "Why did you run away from your home though?" Amber pressed. "I felt like it~" Aster spread his arms and mimicked an aeroplane, getting them looks from other people. "Come on Ms.Amber, let's go for our walk but we'll stick to crowded places. Don't want us to get attacked by whoever broke Tsukiko's leg. I've got a feeling I'm familiar with that name though..." Aster trailed off. "But just to be sure, elders buy youngsters candy don't they?" He pointed to the Twix bar.

Dear Nara-chan, Why you no like me :< ~Broken soup

"Actually I did recognize you earlier. Besides, I talked in Japanese, I could have meant any neechans." Aster deadpanned and the girl hiding behind her pouch froze. 'Oi oi I think I broke her!' He had never been good at jokes but he suspected that Amber giving herself away was the worst punchline he had ever made. Sure, he had spoken fluent English and the girl who had somewhat similar interests with Amber-neechan while pretending to be bad at the language had understood correctly judging by her body language meaning she was hiding something. But nevertheless he had been worried after seeing that blond girl with the broken leg. "I just wanted to check up on you. I saw someone with some serious injuries a while ago. I suppose my concern is unneeded then." Aster sighed and turned to the stalls to pick up some Twix, though his hands slightly crushed the chocolates in frustration. "That being said, am I that much of an embarrassment to be around? My parents always say that too." The boy laughed slightly at some untold joke. "If you're wondering why I'm here I ran away." He said in response to the girls' quizzical look. "And I'm stuck with strangers, though one is really cool with red hair and did I mention she bought me breakfast?" Aster continued to speak. That's what he always did when he was afraid; spoke in sentences he had no idea of just to quell the silence and not think of things. ===== (Hate me if you want but my character is spontaneous because Niichan guilt-tripped me somewhat to joining IRL )

Dear Anonymous, You're hilarious. XD ~Aster

Aster thought it best to leave the two people who spoke in a language he didn't understand to their own devices. He looked at the time. 'Crap, already?' "I have to go somewhere." He said and picked up his bag. "There's a park not far from this place, let's meet up there in an hour." Without another word he ran off. There was a public phone booth in the vicinity, just the one he was looking for. He entered and inserted on his ten 100 yen coins and picked up the receiver, dialling a number. "Check below." A female voice from the other end said and the line dropped. Still holding the receiver in his hand, Aster reached below inconspicuously and pulled out an envelope. "You're getting darn careless..." he muttered before dropping it in his pocket and stepping out. Like he had been told, he could see the hotel he had to stay in from the booth. He headed towards there fast as possible and checked in. His room was small but there was a bathroom at least. He showered quick, barely five minutes and wore changed his clothes. His other pair was the same as the one he had worn before. Aster was quick on his feet and what he needed now was something to ensure his daily supply of sugar. Aster walked into a shop. Half an hour had passed and he'd hope they'd taken the girl to the hospital. Someone familiar was searching about the chocolates. "Mata aita ne, neechan." (We meet again, sis). Her reaction confirmed Aster's suspicions. "The tiny things give you away." He said in English then, knowing she'd understand. =====

"There is a language of words and then there is the language of the universe. While I would enjoy cursing the hell out of people in Greek, it would be quite comedic, just like you. Mark Twain did advise against debating fools because then the onlookers can't tell the difference." 'I know five more people who speak filipino, otherwise I might be ticked at not understanding.' Aster added in his mind. Feeling everyone's gaze on him and not the slightest hint of embarrassment, Aster stood up. "Whoever that person was, they were right. Unity is strength. I have no problems with you people tagging along but she really needs a senzu bean." Just because was he was rude didn't mean he was uncaring about people with broken legs. "Hej. Talar du svenska? Vai puhutaanko suomea?" The blond guy who had shouted about picking fights, introduced himself as Alexander said. "Jag talar svenska, men finska är mina modersmålet. Joten puhutaan suomea vaan." The girl with the broken leg responded in surprise. Alek grinned and said "Tuo siun jalkas turpoaa aika paljon jos stä ei hoida. Vaikkei se olis ees murtunu. Vois olla parempi et sidonsen ja sitte jäillä painais sitä. Nää varmaa antais jäitä." 'I might just run out of my knowledge of languages for once.' Aster sweat dropped. ===== EDIT: Heksu, I didn't ignore you I did respond once and then you also had the chance to make your cool intro when everyone was walking to the ramen place. You know the part before I introduced my character as Hoshi. :<

"That depends. Some might be born in Japan despite what they look. Though if you're going by our race, we're still not. Because all of us are human. And the only country for humanity is Earth. And-" Aster trailed off. "Miss you need a senzu bean." He was clearly worried about the blond girl with the little tyke ===== Note: I won't comment about the fact that Nara's character description states her only wearing jeans. :V

"Of course a skinny kid like you is a vegetarian." "Must you remind me of my mother?" Aster muttered under his breath. She'd better not force him to eat something he didn't want to. "It looks like everybody here could use some grub. Since I guess I'm playing chaperone by the look of ages, guess you guys should follow me and I'll treat. Hey! Get off-" That was it. Aster hugged the angel sent from heaven who would finally get him a decent meal in three days. He let go quickly to avoid the slightly lethal blow that came his way. "Sorry, I became too happy." With that they went on their way. 'Hurray for seniors!' Aster thought slinging his bag over his arm again. The person he had kicked seemed a bit uneasy but Aster grabbed his arm and began to follow the girl with the red hair anyway. "What are all your names?" Aster said with no formality whatsoever. The company gave him weird looks before introducing themselves. Aster coughed. "Actually my name isn't really John Smith..." The person behind him, Warren placed a sympathetic hand on Aster's shoulder and shook his head. "My name is Hoshi." They were lead into a small restaurant. The first thing Aster did was to go into the WC and rinse his mouth. After that he drank two glasses of water before eating the non-instant and nutritious Ramen they were served (He transferred all the flesh into Warren's bowl, not caring about any manners) and ate with a plastic fork he had in his pocket, despite the alienated looks from other people. ===== Yippee, now senpai can pay and lead us to action XD BTW Aster = Hoshi in Japanese :3

I meant more like *any

So my toxic frogs are safe? *phew* But actually no you never taught me how to write a letters and even if you did (I would find your way more desirable) it would get me no marks.

And your good point besides the smiley spam is? EDIT: I was talking about my exams in general though, if you're thinking this matriculation thing is some sort of password to my arsenal of toxic frogs XD or perhaps you're being smug I screwed up my English paper? I must admit I made stupid mistakes.

*has a British accent too* go Haibara XD

^That's what my father does. I googled how to make trading cards =X

^And now I'm sitting for the result knowing I screwed up English.

Dear Anonymous, I now understand the problems faced by common man. The problem of not finding shade for a whole kilometre when walking. ~Scorched.

You died at 95 don't increase it what logic are you using btw?

Aster Lawrence had knocked down one person on impulse and the universe had transpired all foreigners in Japan to stumble upon him. A girl with red hair came up behind him. "Somethin' happenin?" She asked. Her question was quickly followed by a "Hey! Stop it! Fight against someone bigger than you!" wearing down his patience because '1. Obviously! 2. He's taller than me damn it!' And suddenly a newspaper floated out of nowhere and stuck the face of the boy on the ground. "...dai...joubu desu ka...?" A girl popped up soon after. "B-boku wa... gwenchanayo." The boy replied. 'Mianhae- ya chaku man!' (Sorry- wait a moment!) Aster slapped his palm against his forehead, the entire language of his thinking automatically switching to Korean after the last word. "I mean I uh... I'm daijobu." The Korean-speaker-turned-English-Japanese managed a small smile before handing over a loose page of the newspaper to the girl. 'Huh, that much chopper merchandise would make Neechan drool.' He stood up and dusted himself off and faced Aster. "I'm sorry but... could you please tell me why you felt the need to nearly knock me out? Just so we're clear and all." "Pardon my rude behaviour good sir but anyone would be put on high alert if they heard such heavy steps coming from the other corner of the street. I'm not one to shy away from danger; I'd take it head on. And I didn't have time to stop when I had already executed my Spinning Sonic Kick." "Ahhhhhghhhghghghhhhh!!!!!!!!" The girl looked at Aster like she had seen a ghost. Actually she'd seen something much worse but Aster wouldn't tell her. She began mumbling in broken engrish before a "Shitsureshimasu!" and was about to take off when Aster grabbed her shoulder and turned her around. "Doko de... konshyou shima...sshita des..ka?" (Where did you buy that?) Aster pointed to her chopper pouch. Hey for her Engrish it was a fair trade to be able to get away with broken Japanese. But it seemed like the girl was not listening to him, doing her best to hide her face. Aster let go before spinning around her with the same speed he knocked the other stranger down and stood in front of the girl. 'Let's see, less than 160 centimetres with reference to my own body, petite body frame, loaded with chopper chemise. Who does that remind me of?' He seemed to hit a realization and smiled at her like a chesire cat. Blood slightly drained from the girls' face. "I have no idea who you are." He threw his hands up. The girls' frame relaxed slightly and she quickly took the opportunity to brush past him. 'On a scale of one to bananas, today I slayed...' "So boy, what brings you to Japan? And what's with the huge bag? Know how to read Japanese? Buy me something for breakfast though, I can't read and I don't want any meat. Fish is bearable but no meat." Aster began to fire questions and switched the conversation to both the boy who had yelled, the boy he kicked and the girl with the red hair. ===== That is Heksu, Niichan and Rukia respectively in the last sentence.

(Niichan should post before it gets worse xD)

Misery

But I said it's not zero and if you say no to that it would mean it is zero O.O"

"...whispering words of wisdom, let it be~..." Aster hummed. He was thinking of lying down on the footpath with using his bag as the pillow but he became aware of another presence. The footsteps were heavy and laboured. Back to the wall of whatever shop was behind him, Aster moved cautiously until he reached the edge, perpendicular to the other side of the street. The sun still hadn't come up yet but the sky was turning greyer, illuminating by the second. His eyes were weary and he was sweaty and sticky; his clothes clung to his skin and the wind sent chills as it blew past his exposed neck, covered in perspiration. '3...2...1!' Aster dropped his back and spun around the edge, using the momentum from his rotation to land his left foot on the wall, striking it to start another simultaneous spin and increasing his height from the ground, landing a swift kick with the outside of his right foot on whoever-the-hell-it-could-be-a-shinigami. He landed dramatically after having spun full 360 degrees, right leg straight while the left knee bent at an ankle, right hand gripping his waist while the left near his face, clenched into a fist. The kid on the ground on groaned, grabbing his stomach. He was crushed beneath his bag that contained enough provisions for migration and his cap had fallen off. He looked Asian and very young, with a round face despite his startling growth. Maybe a kid running from home, just like Aster? He bent down, feeling sad. "Daijoubou, gaki?" (You all right, brat?)