1st Broken Illusion

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

[ Action : 840 Hastings Blvd : Housemates (and guests?) ]
[ There are a lot of ways to play pranks on Touma, but this was going too far. He spent the day searching the entire house for hidden cameras, or microphones, or some kind of clues that he was on a game show of some time. You know the sort -- Let's Hide While We Confuse This Poor Sap Into Thinking His Life Has Changed, or something like that. It started with his clothes and his room, then was coupled with the "family" pictures he was greeted by when he went downstairs and checked the shelves. ]

They can't fool me. [ Touma grumbled to himself, locked in "his" room in the strange house. ] I might not remember my family, but I know that's not my mom and dad. [ Do I even have a sister? He recalls the photos from home, tucked away in an album. It was about all he had, since they rarely wrote or called, but it was enough to convince him of this truth. Not to mention all his school records and books had his name written on them, and that was Kamijou Touma not the name that was written on the notebook found in his drawer here.

Hell, he even knows this isn't the kind of homework he should be working on. Where are the theories and practices of precognition? Where is his English work? The sign-up sheet for the festival coming up in a short while?

Everything was wrong and someone was going through a lot of effort to make him believe things were supposed to be like this. Was this a test of some kind? Was he having a weird vivid dream? If so, he should be able to hit himself or wake up or something! ] This is too weird.

[ Giving up for now, he sighs and collapses onto the bed, a hand over his eyes. ] Just my luck...

[ After a few minutes of that, Touma gets up and meanders out into the hall. One thing he knew for sure, whatever was happening, he was hungry, and if it looked like he belonged her, at least that means he should be able to raid th fridge. ]

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[ Action : Outside ]
[ Sticking near the rows of houses, Touma wandered around with his hands in his pockets. Most of the buildings all looked the same, but weren't nearly modern enough to have anything to do with Academy City. If he's lucky (hah!), walking down the road far enough will lead him to some kind of main road or border. Maybe he can figure out where exactly he is and how he can get out of here.

That is, if he watches where he's going and doesn't bump into anyone first. ]

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[1-21jigawatts.livejournal.com]

[Oh, what? SOMEONE IS RUNNING AT YOU ANGRILY.]

Touma!!

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

--huh. [ Touma stops in his tracks. That's funny, he could have sworn that was a familiar voice, so he turns and... ]

[ Oh shit, she looks angry. Angrier. Does she know what's going on? ] Biribiri?

[1-21jigawatts.livejournal.com]

[She lifts up a sparking fist to punch him with but stops herself well short of Touma....still glaring.]

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

H-hold on! [ He brings his right hand up, reflexively, to block the attack--

That doesn't come.

Relaxing a bit. ] Now's not the time to go at it, is it?

[misakanetwork]

[IS THAT WHO MISAKA THINKS IT IS. It looks like it.

Enjoy being clung to by the arm.]

'Misaka missed you for the short while she was stuck here without you,' Misaka says honestly.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

[ He gives up a surprised grunt, and pulls his arm by reflex. It doesn't go far once he realizes who it is, because he'd really rather not risk ticking her off of all people.

Something is off, though... ] Misaka, what are you talking about?

[misakanetwork]

'Misaka has been stuck in this place now for a few days,' Misaka explains.

[insertworstpuns.livejournal.com]

[Guess who you are bumping into, Touma. A more mature version of Mikoto! Well, the crazied smile and the bags under her eyes probably don't make her look any more friendly.]

Hoh? Watch where you're going, Spiky hair!

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

[ And she'll have to pardon his staring because after he spins around, ready to apologize and/or yell at her, that's all she'll get. ] --huh? [ What the hell is this? She never said that she had an older sister.... not that I asked. ]

[insertworstpuns.livejournal.com]

Huh? Is that all you're going to say to Misaka after bumping into her like that?

[outside]

[gandere]

[ A wild tsundere approaches. Do you:

a) pay attention
b) run into her
c) run far far away? ]

Re: [outside]

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

[ A) ]

Hey, excuse me but... [ Putting on his best "lost tourist" face, Touma approaches the stranger, thinking she looks little out of place from the other, cheerful people he's met so far. ] Do you know where this road goes?

[outside]

[gandere]

Eventually leads to the other buildings of uptown Mayfield. Keep going and you're bound to hit downtown. Why?

[ Oh, that look. ]

Did you just wake up here or something?

[tsuntiger.livejournal.com]

[Oh Touma, be glad you don't remember this midget.

But you did just bump into her, and she definitely remembers you. She glares up at Touma, a scowl on her face; but only briefly, because his arrival means she can tease Misaka again.]

You're back?

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

[ Stumbling a bit before straightening up. ] Ack, sorry! I guess I was--

--huh? [ Yeah, he's saying this a lot, lately. ]

[tsuntiger.livejournal.com]

[That smile is potentially even more frightening then the scowl she had one earlier.]

So, Touma... How're you and Misaka doing?

LATEST FATHER EVER

[ominousjoy.livejournal.com]

((Sweden is just. Going to walk in and see that more people have broken into his house while he was gone. I mean really, this guy is never home in the first place, but can't a guy get a break?

So. Talk blonde guy staring at you from the door of the kitchen. He's looking pretty non-nonchalant over there.))

Hej.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

[ Going to stop buttering his toast long enough to look at the guy. ] --can I help you? [ He looks strangely familiar, not that all foreigners don't look the same to Touma, really. ]

...oh, you're the guy from the photos.

[ominousjoy.livejournal.com]

((He nods quietly.)) Y' just arrive?

SO LAAAAAAAAAAAAATE I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED THIS T_T

[telepervtation.livejournal.com]

[Thanks for bumping into her!]

Kindly watch where you're walking next time-

[that moment when someone pours a glass of ice down your back.]

Touma Kamijou.

perfectly okay~

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

[ He was about to respond except it sure got cold out here all of a sudden.

But outside of a brief panicked look, he seems... strangely at ease. A familiar face is exactly that, and he's not about to look a gift horse in the mouth.. ] ...oh, it's you.

<3!

[telepervtation.livejournal.com]

[But the gift horse's mouth is wide open!!!!

In any event, Kuroko does her best not to scowl (with passable results), though she does appear vaguely put out. She crosses her arms.]

At least I had the decency to call you by name.

[ outside ] Later than Kuroko xD

[karakoibutler.livejournal.com]

--Mm?

_{[ Hayate turned to whomever bumped to him, wondering who it was. ]}

Oh hello there, mister, didn't see you there~

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

[ Oof. Well, that just happened. ]

I didn't either. My bad. [ Better than getting yelled at, even if he really needs to be more mindful and stop staring at the creepy drones as he walked. ]

[karakoibutler.livejournal.com]

Not a problem, haha. In a hurry are we? ...Anything I can help with?