[FFML] [Azumanga/DN] The Notebook

[David McMillan]

DB Sommer wrote:
> The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:
>>> “I’m Ryuk, a shinigami.”
>>>     
>>   
>>> Osaka scratched her head. “I thought shinigami wore black robes with a
>>> white border and wielded zanpakuto.”
>>>     
>>   
>>> Ryuk sighed. “You can’t believe everything you see on television.”
>>>     
>> EPIC. XD
>>   
> 
> % Thanks. I thought that would be a nice touch.

	Irony, thy name is DB.  Or something...

>>   
>>> “It’s a matter of priorities. Right now taking notes in math is more
>>> important than killing anyone.”
>>>     
>> Of course, she'll just end up doodling in it...
>>   
> 
> % Heh. Hadn't thought of that, but you are probably correct.

	Of course, that means that she'll eventually doodle out the names of 
everyone on Earth, as printed in Microsoft Wingdings font, and then it's 
game over, man, GAME OVER!!!

>>   
>>> “They are nothing alike! Why don’t you write my name down so you
>>> remember it?”
>>>     
>>   
>>> “Good idea.” Osaka pulled a notebook out from under her arm and began to
>>> write in it.
>>>     
>> *DIES* God, the irony XD
>>   
> 
> % Yeah. I thought it was a nice, ironic touch. Glad it occurred to me at 
> the last minute.

	I almost didn't like it, since Light wasn't such a jerk pre-DN as I 
recall (I have a sneaking affection for Light -- at least, the Light we 
saw during the amnesia arc, which I contend is the way Light probably 
*would* have been naturally if he hadn't fallen to the temptations of 
the DN).
	But I'm a sucker for hysterical irony, so this worked

> 
>> Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>   
>>> “For the seventh time, yes,” Ryuk answered in a tired voice. “It’s all
>>> in the book. I wrote instructions in it and everything.”
>>>     
>>   
>>> “Like we’re passing English.”
>>>     
>> *SNRK*
>>
>> And the thought of Tomo in possession of a Death Note SCARES me.
>>   
> 
> % Well, she did show enough wit to whack Osaka in order to both possess 
> it and cover her tracks.

	And was defeated by her own essential Tomo-ness.  And thus, the world 
was saved.

>>   
>>
>>> “The heck it’s not. We’ve been calling her that since her first day
>>> here. Why, I remember looking at the class enrollment for the new year
>>> and the name clearly said, ‘Osaka’. If it’s good enough for this
>>> school’s class assignments, then it should be good enough for some
>>> crummy Death Note.”
>>>     
>>   
>>> Osaka nodded her head.
>>>     
>> Heh. Poor Ayumu.
>>
>> Although honestly? It wouldn't surprise me in the least if she HERSELF 
>> forgot her real name by the end of high school...
>>   
> 
> % It's easy to forget, especially since no one ever calls her that after 
> the first 4 strips of her appearance.

	Let's be thankful Ryuk didn't think to offer Tomo the Shinigami Eyes 
deal....

> 
>>   
>>   
>>> “I’m going to use it as a notebook for math,” Osaka said.
>>>     
>>   
>>> “Go ahead and kill those numbers,” Yukari encouraged.

	Opens up all *sorts* of fun and new ideas about Alternative Death Note 
Uses.