(After some consideration i decide to keep the inverted writing rules, since it's set in modern-day Japan instead of Gensokyo. In other words, a universe parallel to Gensokyo. So the writing rules is inverted: English Title:Japanese title)
Introducing:
Ulvio "AnimeOtaku" Lumapas as Raymond Harris
Amethyst Viperacidzx as Amethyst/Shane Kochler
ShaRan Shade as Takazuki Sharan/Ian Sinclair
Paolo Saligumba as Paolo
Widyaning "SaChan Minamino Sari" Chandramitasari/Shari Meyers as Konoha Meyers
Theme song (Yes, we introducing theme songs. But just lyrics for you readers to find (and listen) for yourself. Have fun!
"Endless Story" by Tamura Yukari
dare mo shiru hito no inai machi ni afureru kage no mukou ni anata ga iru [In this town where I don't know a single person,beyond the elongating shadow,you are there.]
onaji bamen no Replay arifureta hibi wo kaete shimau hohoemi no mahou [The magic of your smile is able to change this numerously replayed scene and these ordinary days.]
dou ni mo naranai no nikinou ni mayou tokianata no yasashisa wa hikari wo kureru [When I'm still lost in yesterday not knowing what to do,your gentleness bestows light upon me.]
itsumo itsumo anata no soba deai wo tsuyoku dakishimetai yo meguriai wa tatta hitotsu noowari no nai Story [Always, always, I want to firmly embrace our love by your encounter is our one and only endless story.]
samishigariya no namida wo nugui kirenai yoru no dokoka e hoshi ga sasou [The stars are luring the loners,who are unable to wipe their tears dry,towards some place of in this night.]
yureru kimochi no yukue mo anata to nara dokomademo kitto oikakete yukeru [As long as I'm with you,I'll be able to chase down the whereabouts of my swaying feelings.]
honto no watashi wo imashinjite kureru kara futatsu no tokimeki wa hitotsu ni nareru [Because you believe in the real me,our throbbing hearts will be able to merge into one.]
itsumo itsumo anata no soba de yume wo fukaku dakishimeteru yo [Always, always, I will keep our dream tightly embraced by your side,]
sekaijuu de tatta hitotsu no takaramono ni naru made [until it grows into a treasure that's one and only in this world.]
donna toki mo sou yo tsugi no tobira ga aru donna toki mo sou nejikan wa susunderu mirai wa tsuzuiteku kara [No matter when, there will always be a door leading to the next. No matter when, time will always be flowing future will not stop.]
mune no oto wo akiramenai de futari dake wa mamotte kureru [Don't abandon that beating sound in your bosom,for it will protect us when the two of us are together.]
itsumo itsumo anata no soba de ai wo tsuyoku dakishimetai yo meguriai wa tatta hitotsu no owari no nai Story [Always, always, I want to firmly embrace our love by your encounter is our one and only endless story.]
Chapter 0.5: The Shrine Boy, The Cherry Blossom Weekend, And The Beginning of An Endless Story.
Author's note: I didn't know what they call for a male counterpart of miko (shrine maiden), so i just call it "shrine boy".
As the sky turns from orange to purple then dark blue, we climbed a long stairs with an ornamental red arch.
"Ummm... Is this your friend's house?" Taito asks me.
"The shrine houses some people that is my best friend, and despite i am a ghost now, they can see me." Meyers answered his question.
Oh, one thing. In case you forget, Meyers can solidify his body (turn into a normal person), but only for 8 hours each day. It will be told in later chapters why.
"Evening!" Both of us greet Takazuki, who is having the shift to cleaning shrine grounds with brooms and sweeps.
"Evening too! Nice to meet you both!" Takazuki answered.
"Hey, where's Raymond? I want to introduce our friend here, Kurogane Taito" Meyers asked.
"Oh, Raymond? He's napping, as usual." Takazuki answered once more.
What a lazy person. However almost everyone who knows Raymond Harris closely will know, that he is a briliant, kind, and quite strong person. Taito smiles, looks a little excited when Meyers told all about Raymond Harris that Meyers know.
As both of us enters the house, it turns out that both Raymond and Amethyst (he got the cooking shift now) had prepared for a quite of feast. Not just dinner. There is TUNA SASHIMI (Which everyone always wants a thing), seaweed crackers (perfect with roasted tea), and a boiling pot full of soup (nabe). For drinks, there are some roasted tea, cola, orange juice, and some liquor (sake). Before eating. Raymond introduces himself to Taito.
"Raymond Harris. Nice to meet you, Kurogane Taito. We have been expecting you." Raymond speaks with smile. He usually wearing a red-and-white duster (male costume - get to the ending of Lonesome Road DLC of Fallout New Vegas in case you don't know what kind of clothing is that) that exposes his shoulders (and armpits). But now he's wearing a normal casual wear : black t-shirt and a dark blue pants, also unusually, he also helps to prepare all of this feast. Looks like he's expecting Taito.
We sit and enjoy the feast. We talk each other about our interests, and what games we are planning to play after the feast.
The feast ends at around twenty. Dark blue sky. Still wandering who is the girl from Taito's dream. However important thing is to have fun this weekend with friends! But i have time until two AM before i have to use Taito's body to play games!
So then we play some zombie shooting on Black Ops (the setting of the story is Summer 2011, so they still play Black Ops), several rounds of Team Deathmatch, and other games.
Tomorrow's a Saturday, then Sunday, so Raymond obviously planning something fun for us!
Two AM. As everyone asleep. I play Touhou while possessing Taito's sleeping body (remember, only 8 hours with solid body). Touhou's been likened to a religious rite for our nakama (brotherhood of friendship). But to achieve optimal performance, playing alone is suggested, since one have to concentrate on the danmakus.
After ending Phantasmagoria of Flower View and Mountain of Faith in normal difficulty as Marisa, i still can't sleep. So i decide to watch some Nyan Cat (which is more fun than television and the schedule today has no anime) until the sun rises.
As sun rises, everyone awakes not with an alarm, but the endless sound of NYANNYANNYANNYANNYANNYAN that should be around since three AM, but Meyers pull the headphone plug for everyone to awake. Then we laugh eachother as we take turns to take a morning hot bath, preparing smoked beef rolls and chocolate milk coffee for breakfast, and do shrine stuffs.
But at the afternoon when we nap, someone knock at the door!
It's... Paolo! He's taking a film camera to record this weekend together!
We talked about what kind of weekend recording this time. Then we decide to record a dance video of "Endless Story"!
"itsumo itsumo anata no soba de ai wo tsuyoku dakishimetai yo meguriai wa tatta hitotsu no owari no nai Story" As Meyers sing and dance while drunk. His sound is surprisingly pretty good although can't mask the fact that he's male and has a male tone.
We cheered out together for the rest of the day.
Sunday.
It's 8 AM in the morning. For some reason Raymond tell us not to serve breakfast. Why? because.
We hear a doorbell. There's Meyers' sister, with orange hair and glasses, serving some meat and potato in a pot. Her name is Konoha Meyers.
We sit together and have a breakfast.
"That's right, Meyers-kun and i are both college students. Though we are cursed by being in separate college, we still have to go to college together and study!" Konoha tells everyone about how we are, technically, college students, although i keep secret about my second profession (as a Marine) and my current state of body (as a ghost).
Then we pulling straws together to decide who will go with Konoha (not a date) to walk around the city. The three of us Taito, Raymond, and me (Meyers) stay home. As Raymond is playing a Rubik Cube, I try to convince Taito to watch some television. As we tune on the television...
"All right, let's go together for a NyanNyan today!" A cute girl saying it then spinning, then surrounded by two cat-suit-man and kids, shows up, in a show called "Nyaa Nyaa Paradise Hell"
"Wh...what are these super cute fluffy things?" Meyers' inner child exploded (figuratively) in an instant.
"Owww... come on, why we are watching this? Aren't we should play some games?" Taito snarks with a joke. However, Taito also enjoys the show.
"Now we can watch those cute things to our heart's content!" We both agreed and laugh together, as never before this show is on...
"That's all for today. Next episode will be the super-fun cleaning episode! (showing cleaning equipments) See you tomorrow for more NyanNyan!" The cute girl on TV said. Then a text: See you tomorrow on the bottom right of the screen.
What? What that supposed to mean? That's very short of showing the cute, fluffy things! (ignoring the fact that 30 minutes have passed).
As the evening came, the three (Konoha, Takazuki, Amethyst) goes home. We talk about how fun the weekend goes, and how it all will be ends. As the sun sets, Konoha bid farewell to us, goes to a bus, and return to her dorm.
I decide to teach Taito how to make dinner.
"Grate slowly, so we got more to sprinkle!" Meyers said as he teaches Taito to grate cheese for a beef-and-cheese dinner.
Takazuki and Amethyst prepares the sauce, while Meyers and Taito prepars the beef and cheese sprinkles.
"My, my, your cooking kinda like Haruka's!" Taito admires Meyers.
Haruka Shigure is Taito's childhood friend. A girl, she can cook well and kinda reminds Meyers of his sister Alice.
And then the weekend came to a close after the dinner feast and when we are come to sleep. Who knows what will happen as a new Monday starts...
END OF CHAPTER 0.5
To be continued next chapter...
Open diary
Diary of Carlson Meyers
New updates on Carlson Meyers and Kurogane Taito.
5 New entry!
(The entries are continuations of character entry from previous chapter)
Carlson Meyers Entry#2 Meyers are known to have many friends, both male and female, and had a quite pretty sister. He also can cook pretty well.
Kurogane Taito Entry#2 Taito is revealed to have a childhood friend. Her name is Haruka Shigure, she can cook pretty well, and she reminds Meyers of her sister, which she looks and acts pretty similar!
New entry:
The Shrine Keeper Raymond Harris/Ulvio Lumapas Present Age 20 Nationality:Phillipines (Preffered) VA: Yuuki Kaji (Yachi Haruaki from C Cube or Shu from Guilty Crown - as an sample on how he speaks)
Once just an ordinary boy just like everyone else, Ulvio, along with Carlson Meyers and the other now-resident of the shrine, receives a strange will from a mysterious benefactor called "YY" to inherit a Japanese shrine, an alternative identity (Ulvio as "Raymond Harris"), and some funding to furnish the house and to buy some game systems. Raymond likes videogames, what what he likes most is Touhou and likens himself to be a male version of Reimu Hakurei. Best friend of Carlson Meyers.
Looks quite a lazy person, but everybody who knows him will know that he is, actually, a nice, kind, likeable, and brilliant person. He can shoot exploding ritual cards in rapid-fire and his paper tassel wand are quite painful for the enemy.
Servant of Unwavering Faith Takazuki Sharan/Ian Sinclair Present Age 21 Nationality: Japanese (Preferred) VA: Yuuichi Nakamura
One of the residents of Harris' shrine, Takazuki has an unwavering faith and loyalty to his master. However, he sometimes need a little time on his own. Currently studying Mathematics and his presence in Harris' shrine is because of the scholarship program to Japan. Seems to be quite interested to Konoha, who is Meyers' sister, due to the same interest on Technics and Mathematics, but both cannot express their feelings for now.
Like Taito, he dreamt of (the same) mysterious girl that soon becomes his master, and in the future, Takazuki seems to be determined to protect her.
He is very skilled with any kinds of weapons, but prefer thinking over shooting/punching things. His favourite games are old-school shooters, Touhou, Deus Ex, and The Nameless Mod (a mod for Deus Ex by Off Topic Productions - get it now for Free! Requires Deus Ex the first that can be get on Steam).
Slightly Aloof Sister Konoha "Muramasa" Meyers Present Age 19 Nationality: American, but born in Japan Official VA: Minori Chihara
Meyers' sister, she has a slightly tsundere attitude to Meyers, although she is actually a quite cheerful person. Has a quite noticeable bust.
She seems to be excels on Mathematics, Technics, and cutting things.
The Shrine Boy Next Door Amehyst/Shane Kochler Present Age 20 Nationality: American (Preffered) VA: Kouki Uchiyama (Orimura Ichika from IS:Infinite Stratos incase you don't know)
Actually the shrine keeper next door, but he is quite friendly to everyone in Harris' shrine. Excels in cooking and housekeeping, and also likes videogame (mostly shmups and danmakus in case of Amethyst) like everybody else in the main characters.
He is also received a will and a funding from a mysterious benefactor, called "KY" to keep what now known as the "Morris" Shrine.
He uses a special customized gun with star-shaped muzzle flash, also bestowed upon him by aforementioned mysterious benefactor.
Paolo Present Age 18 Nationality Unknown (Preffered)VA: Unknown
His personalities are unknown for this time, but he came during Saturday to make a film. More will revealed on him.
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