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Helen Allegra held her right eye fully open as she lay upon her side on the bed, with her brain still fully attentive and unable to be at rest. Tonight's performance from her parents was the standard routine once it began, and more than likely the dialogue (which she didn't bother to eavesdrop upon this time) was similar as well; her Mom would bring up something about money, like grocery money or the water bill or wanting to get new clothes, to which her Dad would respond that their budget is tight and there's not much money to spend. Then the allegations would come about where the money was being spent instead, with her Mom accusing her Dad of spending it on policy or cards (which he did), and him accusing her of hiding money away regardless (which she did). With the denials would come sporadic spikes of yelling, with its frequency and volume increasing through the night as he drank more. Helen never found an adequate remedy to make it go away. If she hid in the closet, sometimes she would end up sleeping in there, which would leave her body cramped up and feeling listless throughout the day. No kind of layering with pillows and blankets over her head could ever mute their arguments. Confronting her parents was out of the question - she tried it one time and that seemed to make the amount or arguing double for that night. She remembers clinging to a stuffed rabbit and crying while cowering under the sheets when she was younger, but it's been years since she became that emotional in response. Now, her senses became numbed and her body prone, and doing this made the sensation of restlessness more aggravated.

Once again, she was tired and unable to rest. Once again, she was trapped.

This night, she decided to change it.

She got up from the bed and carefully walked over to her dresser, deliberately folding the soles of her feet down with each tip toe step in order to keep her footsteps as quiet as possible. She stripped her nightgown off, then pulled a drawer out and grabbed a dress at random. While putting it on, she thought about shoes and remembered that she had at least one pair under her bed. She knelt by the side of the bed, reached underneath and waved her arms around until she brushed against the shoes. They were thrown out the window once she stood by it, then proceeded to hoist herself over the ledge. She carefully wiggled her feet into the shoes while she looked around the backyard. The garage was before her, and the light from the kitchen illuminated a patch of grass in the small yard that was otherwise dark blue. The yelling in the house continued behind her. Her heart raced with realization that she had broken out, but her apprehension remained. Helen kept her back to the house as she stepped to the side of the yard, then she turned to face the house as she walked backwards towards the garage. Nothing was noticed by her parents. Once she reached the garage, she had enough courage to walk to the fence gate and let her self out. The latch was opened and closed very deliberately, and made no sound as she proceeded to the alleyway.

She was free.

As she walked down the alley, she realized that she had no actual plan as far as where to go or what to do, but she wasn't troubled by this. She figured that no matter where she could find a place to nod off for a while, it couldn't be any worse than where she was.

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Shopping list.

I'm failing to see a good consistency in vowels here. Is the looped letter an "a"? Deodorant, check. Toothbrash, no. Cereal, check. Two out of three. I guess the person is looking for a muse as well. Muse. Is that an H? Huse? Hise? Hiise?

So about today's song session. I think this appears to be the day when I should quit playing, as I have a difficult time imagining having a better run than this. The start with One More Lovely actually required a restart, as my right hand was shifted over and hitting all wrong notes in the first few measures. -7% when it's done. No shock. 真夏の花・真夏の夢 comes next, and I know it to be a difficult chart. I struggle to keep the main melody going but I'm pleased enough with the 50%. Then, one after another, I play each song that comes better than ever recorded before. A streak of six and then a streak of eleven. If I didn't have that tiny dip between that, it would have been eighteen consecutive plays with an increase. I'm pretty sure that if I were to total and average the increase or decrease on record for the day, I would have a net positive. I can't remember the last time when such a circumstance would have been imaginable.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.

Code:

			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
one more lovely @	32.44 E		1390.F	462.466.730.199.701	0103	2142			2013-07-29T00:12:29:722Z
			07.30-		0313-

真夏の花・真夏の夢 @	50.76 C		1452.F	505.442.299.65.269	0103	1430			2013-07-29T00:15:25:762Z
			02.06-		0059-

praludium @		56.89 B		1699.F	637.425.265.53.240	0141	1493	1216	022.77	2013-07-29T00:18:25:273Z
			02.37+		0071+	51+31-34-1+11+		0029+				2013-02-07T02:39:05:996Z

past glow @		41.88 D		2499.F	869.761.701.218.976	0073	2983	1805	065.26	2013-07-29T00:22:36:225Z
			00.25+		0015+	12+9-1+10+90+		0054-				2012-08-21T00:40:08:265Z

distress @		50.33 C		1826.F	660.506.393.80.369	0139	1814	1254	044.65	2013-07-29T00:26:14:073Z
			03.92+		0142+	65+12+23-36-162-	0039+				2013-06-01T00:47:58:467Z

playball @		50.09 C		2048.F	721.606.437.86.357	0079	2044	1073	090.49	2013-07-29T00:30:08:041Z
			05.79+		0237+	92+53+89-27-69-		0008+				2012-05-01T01:13:00:499Z

five rhythm @		46.75 C		2148.F	759.630.488.189.663	0112	2297	1457	057.65	2013-07-29T00:34:26:281Z
			03.20+		0147+	63+21+32-18+34+		0026+				2012-05-31T01:37:35:033Z

ソウキュウスカイスクレイパ@	58.38 B		2117.F	764.589.272.56.304	0094	1813	0880	106.02	2013-07-29T00:38:16:049Z
			02.68+		0097+	3-103+2+64-99-		0068-				2012-05-17T01:31:23:586Z

hyper prism @		38.49 D		1891.F	672.547.616.310.997	0086	2456			2013-07-29T00:42:03:897Z
			00.54-		0027-

love v km @		35.27 D		1538.F	500.538.587.238.871	0073	2180	1150	089.56	2013-07-29T00:44:59:986Z
			01.67+		0073+	0·73+28+60-6-		0017-				2013-06-19T02:10:54:735Z

believe @		75.11 A		1337.P	525.287.60.3.28		0226	0890	0691	028.79	2013-07-29T00:48:18:905Z
			03.49+		0062+	22+18+38-4-1-		0006+				2013-02-11T01:42:56:852Z

5AM @			48.03 C		1829.F	629.571.385.121.497	0128	1904	0770	147.27	2013-07-29T00:51:57:601Z
			00.08+		0003+	19-41+18+2-39-		0090+				2012-11-21T01:05:25:989Z

シンデレラケージ @		63.20 B		1886.F	715.456.189.53.223	0161	1492	0744	100.53	2013-07-29T00:56:08:178Z
			04.32+		0129+	56+17+52-8+6+		0054+				2012-12-02T01:16:13:294Z

checking you out @	67.14 A		0944.P	349.246.81.1.46		0145	0703	0703	0	2013-07-29T01:00:41:242Z
			02.14+		0030+	18+6-18-1+9+		0130-				2012-04-08T23:50:03:863Z

destiny sword @		54.82 C		1694.F	606.482.294.47.243	0173	1545	1254	023.20	2013-07-29T01:04:00:553Z
			02.37+		0073+	27+19+15+11-47-		0074+				2012-06-21T01:52:20:283Z

wise up @		59.67 B		1610.F	589.432.192.46.190	0060	1349	0792	070.32	2013-07-29T01:07:31:657Z
			01.15+		0031+	6+19+35-13+15+		0072-				2012-05-09T00:34:15:882Z

ビューティフル レシート @	40.84 D		1325.F	480.365.373.158.630	0157	1622	1151	040.92	2013-07-29T01:10:51:050Z
			01.33+		0043+	8+27+21-0·6-		0068+				2013-06-19T02:45:51:719Z

tranoid @		45.03 C		1424.F	502.420.349.104.491	0104	1581	1141	038.56	2013-07-29T01:13:57:489Z
			00.06+		0002+	17+32-26+19-18+		0049-				2012-04-12T01:43:42:649Z

enter the death @	45.10 C		2055.F	743.569.577.188.581	0088	2278	0486	368.72	2013-07-29T01:18:16:698Z
			07.53+		0343+	158+27+10+22-125-	0043+				2012-09-01T00:46:10:241Z

raison d'etre @		36.25 C		1883.F	640.603.644.319.1044	0049	2597	1836	041.44	2013-07-29T01:22:13:681Z
			03.68+		0191+	73+45+83-39+44+		0014+				2012-04-20T02:15:24:793Z

R壱万 @			70.18 A		0932.P	344.244.65.3.18		0187	0664			2013-07-29T01:25:58:674Z
			01.95-		0026-