The Alternate Universe Meme

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(I couldn't think of anything else appropriate off the top of my head)

The Alternate Universe Meme

1. Comment with your character.
2. Others will reply with an AU idea.
3. Thread. Profit.

AUs can be any AU of any kind, but if you need ideas, I have this masterlist and this tumblr to get you started.

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[underworldescort]

[He can't really promise anything, but...]

That's always possible. Anything could happen in your next life.

[mopocalypse]

Hey, hey! You should totally listen! I have my phone right here, you know!

[She pulls out her 2007 slide-phone. It has buttons and everything. Haruka plugs in earphones and hands them over to the strange demon at her door, already pulling up some manner of music file.

Should he choose to listen, his ears will be assaulted with a squeaky, cacophonous mash of "experimental instrumental techno" or whatever she's calling it this week.]

[underworldescort]

[He puts the earphones in, curious, and - oh. Well then. He takes them out just as quickly.]

Ah... aha, shouldn't we be going soon?

[mopocalypse]

You didn't want to listen to my masterpiece... [Dramatic sulk. She's half-draping upon him before she springs back up again.]

Okay, okay! Too bad, I was kind of getting used to this being "the haunted dorm".

[underworldescort]

[It really wasn't a masterpiece, take it from the piano wiz.

He smiles a little, and takes her by the arm.]

I'm sure they'll remember you haunting here for quite a long time.

[mopocalypse]

[This is the girl who mistook a weepy enka song for a battle chant because she heard "magnolia" as "Mongolia".

She freezes up and flinches, but after a moment, starts to relax to the touch.]

Maybe they'll blame us for weird things even after we're gone, you know, you know?

[underworldescort]

That happens a lot. You could be held responsible for the disappearance of countless people's left socks.

[Why always one sock, anyway?]

[mopocalypse]

I'd think it would be Anego haunting the washing machine, and she'd just steal people's clothes and replace them with embarrassing ones. Yahaha.

[One last look around... please keep her from writing "Haruka was here" on the walls or spilling marbles in the hallway.]

[underworldescort]

I'll give you another look, but I can't let you cause anymore trouble. No writing on the walls.

[Even if he thinks it might be fun, if he were deceased, too.]

[mopocalypse]

[Dramatic sulk.] Even the messengers of death are no fun, no fun...

[underworldescort]

Sorry. Did you think that we would be?

[That goes against most depictions of them he's seen.]

[mopocalypse]

You never know if you've never seen one! It's really, really boring and lonely being invisible, and that's just for how long I've been here, so you'd think you who are like this all the time would do all kinds of fun things.

[underworldescort]

We do have hobbies, but that's usually when we're off the job. I play the piano, for example.

[Saeki, that's not much fun either.]

[mopocalypse]

So do you just sit around in the afterlife then, or what? Inquiring minds and all that!

[She's following after him, looking a little melancholy at first but quickly covering it up with a smile and some teetering and twirling around.]

[underworldescort]

As much as people normally sit around, I suppose? A few of my colleagues don't know how to relax at all, and Kinoshita likes to go drinking with people.

[Or by himself. Drinking in general.]

[mopocalypse]

Does that mean there are ghost bars or what? Is there ghost everything?

[underworldescort]

More or less. I haven't spent a lot of time in the human world aside from when I'm working, so I don't know.

[mopocalypse]

A mystery of life, truly! You know, now I'm going to wonder that forever. Maybe even into my next life and the one after that!

[underworldescort]

It's good to have some mysteries to wonder about. It keeps you thinking.

[mopocalypse]

Like staircases that change the number of steps or Hanako-san the washroom ghost? Or--

[Or Haruka suddenly starting to fade from view even before they get to their destination. She doesn't seem to notice until she looks at herself, at which point she stumbles over her own feet and marbles drop out of her pocket and onto the floor. Haruka breathes, brings her hands to her face to stare, and slowly breaks out a laugh.]

Eheh... I think something's going on, Escort-kun. I'm not really sure, but it feels kinda nice, you know?

[If his compatriots are indeed escorting the other dead people in the school, they'll all be starting to report the same thing happening to theirs. But time and the world are starting to... not quite reset. Just pull everything that matters into another variation.

(Someone in the office will grumble about "the Hikarizaka Incident" if asked if this has happened before. Best not to press.)

Looks like it wasn't enough after all.]

[underworldescort]

[Saeki is relatively new. He hasn't had this happen to him before.

He reaches for her and finds that he can't touch her at all.]

I'm not sure what's going on either, miss.

[At least he's honest, though his wide eyes would show how startled he is anyway.]

[mopocalypse]

Whoa! But you know, I'm not really worried...

[When she's pulled away, she's smiling and waving at the poor confused demon until she disappears.]