Mihoshi and Kiyone

[Bean Bandit]

Inside the box was a folded uniform, in very distinctive colours, though blue was predominant. Nested in top of the uniform itself, was a gun that looked vaguely toy-like.

A snub-nosed blaster lay casually on top of the folded uniform, it's metal casing gleaming in the morning light...

[CyMage]

Moving the blaster aside for now, CyMage pulled the uniform out and blinked.

"A Galaxy Police uniform?"

After thinking for a few moments one possible explanation made itself known.

"Nah!  It couldn't be.  I don't know much about Tenchi Muyo.  I don't even write.  There has to be another explanation."

After setting the uniform back down, he took another look at the blaster then slowly made his way to one of the other doors looking for the bathroom.

[calendar]

Calendar stared at the dirty dishes, rubbing her eyes occasionally.  She was in a different body, and yet she felt cheerful.  And very, very hungry.  "I need food!"

Walking to the cupboards, she grabbed a cup of instant ramen, grinning when she was that it was chicken-flavored.  "My favorite!"

"But... there's only a stove."  She couldn't understand how she was supposed to heat it over the stove if it was in a cup.  Then her stomach rumbled.  "I'll just wing it, I guess."

Calendar fumbled with the top for a second, then ripped it off and grabbed a pot.  Filling it halfway with water, she pulled the uncooked noodles and powdery flavoring out and let it drop into the water, giggling as she was lightly splashed down the front of her pajamas.

After trying to figure out how to turn on the heat, she waited for it to come to a boil.  And then she decided to explore the room.  She checked out the little table (so cute, the way it was tiny!), and the messy counter (Mihoshi was messy, wasn't she?  And Kiyone must've been the bundle still asleep...), and finally her eyes reached the calendar.

"It's September here, too!  I guess the time is still the same."  

She took a step toward it, wanting to see if anything was written down...

[Bean Bandit]

As Mihoshi examined the calendar, she could see literally DOZENS of tiny notes scribbled all over the white grid.

Akie's 3:00- 10:00-This one was crossed out, with a furiously penned addition. "FIRED!"
Yakamura Construction 6:00-12:30 This too, had the word fired beside it, in red ink.

The White Dragon, Silky Doll, Gehrin(Janitor) All had the word 'Fired' beside them in angry red letters. Scattered amongst the job notes were rather ordinary reminders.

Mihoshi! Buy more milk, we're out!Remember to pick up butter, too

Drycleaning pick-up, Tues.

WAKE UP ON TIME, MIHOSHI!!!!

Pay bills, Friday

Each of these were scattered amongst the crossed out job notes. However, two jobs remained, apparently.

A business called 'Nekohanten-Okayama branch' was circled, with a big letter 'M' beside it, and another, 'Ucchan's-Okayama branch' with a big letter 'K' beside it.

According to the calendar, They both started tomorrow.
The current day was circled in and highlighted in red ink.

Masaki house-Lunch and Bath!!

Whoever had written this had been apparently pleased. It was surrounded by little hearts and smiley faces.

As Mihoshi finished examining the calendar, the pot on the stove began to bubble and boil...

[Bean Bandit]

As Kiyone investigated the nearest doorway, she found herself staring into a small but neat bathroom, in a japanese style.

The neatness, however, mas marred a small tub of cold water still sitting on the counter, with water droplets splashed liberally in puddles all over the floor.

[CyMage]

Looking around the bathroom for the mirror CyMage cursed loudly as he finally saw the reflection.

"OH, SHIT!  I AM HER!"

Another realisation quickly arrived after that one.

"I'm Mihoshi's partner!"

[calendar]

Calendar let her finger run over the encircled date, she grimaced lightly.  "Masaki House?"

"Oh, great.  I'm going to have to pretend to be her.  This is going to give me a headache."

She walked over to the stove and turned it off, moving the pot to a cool spot.  Rummaging through several cupboards, she found a little bowl and dumped the ramen into it.

All she could find to eat with were chopsticks, but just as she was fumbling around with them, she heard a yell from the back of the apartment.

"OH, SHIT!  I AM HER!"  This was followed closely by, "I'm Mihoshi's partner!"

She dropped the chopsticks with a clatter, going into a run and staring at the empty bedroom.

"Where...?"

She noticed an open door, remembering it as the bathroom from her early morning slap-session in it.  Nudging it open, she stared at the a wealth of green hair.

"Kiyone," she said, really noticing for the first time her voice was Mihoshi's, "but you're not Kiyone, are you?  Just like I'm not really Mihoshi."

[CyMage]

Turning towards the sound of the voice, CyMage stubled back a bit.

"AH!"

The words finaly reaching him, he blinked.

"Not Mihoshi?  So I'm not the only one! Do you know what's going on? Who are you?"

[calendar]

Calendar smiled nervously.  "My real name is Jennifer, but everyone calls me Calendar.  I have no idea what's going on.  All I know is that I woke up in Mihoshi's body, and that somehow I'm an anime character."

And apparently speaking Japanese, she suddenly realized.  How had that happened?  She knew a few key words and phrases, a basic outline of the grammatical system, but not the language.

"Hey... do you know Japanese?  Because we're speaking it."

[CyMage]

"Speak Japanese? What... are... you..." And another realisation hit with a force of a ten pound hammer. Going over it for a moment he finaly spoke again. "You're right.  And no, I don't speak Japanese. Normaly that is."

Sticking a hand out, he continued.  "I'm known as CyMage to a lot of people.  Though I guess I should get used to being called Kiyone for at least a while."

Tilting her head a bit to the side, she mussed a bit. "I know someone called Calendar... You wouldn't happen to..."

[calendar]

She blinked.  "I know someone named CyMage, too.  But that's impossible.."  She grinned suddenly.  "Cy?  You can't be... from Soulriders?"

OOC:  Bwahaha!  I love Yearbook... I can get online and type!

[CyMage]

"Yes, I am."

Rubbing her temples, she continued.  "This is too weird.  I've never expected to be a SI.  Especially into a character I don't know much about."

Droping her hands back to her sides, Kiyone asked.  "Isn't this supposed to only happen to authors?"

[calendar]

Calendar sweatdropped.  Then she blinked.  "H-hey!  I actually sweatdropped!  That's so neat!"

She grinned at Cy/Kiyone, feeling even better than she had before.  "I'm an author... but I don't write SIs, so that doesn't make any sense.  Besides, if I was going to write this, I wouldn't be partners with you.  No offense, but I don't know you well at all."

She looked around the apartment cautiously.  "I wonder what we should do?  On the calendar, it says we're supposed to go the Masaki House today."

[CyMage]

"None taken.  I actually like to be semi-unknown."

Sliping into the main room again, CM noded.  "We probably should go.  There is one person there at least who could help us.  Washuu-chan."

Looking around, he queried his friend.  "Anything to eat around here?"

[calendar]

"F-food?" Calendar said, looking a bit shocked.  "Oh, no!  My ramen!"

She hurried to the kitchen, not paying attention to whether Cy was following her.  She found the dropped chopsticks first, having rolled across the room towards the door.

But when she saw her ramen, steam still coming up from the top, she let out a sigh of relief.  "Thank goodness.  I thought I would have to make more.  Good thing we weren't talking longer."  Rubbing the chopsticks against her shirt to get remove any dirt from the floor, she plopped down to eat.

"Hmm... now how do I hold these things again?" She could never quite get it right...