yogen | ( closed-ish ) you cried wolf, so i came running

( jokes on all of us he's giving what all girls want: a bomb, a set of perfume, and ghost tips )

I will when you start acting CUTE. ( can you believe this is still being nice to girls. ) Vipers aren't ugly little creatures anyWAY, and they're dangeROUS, clever little creaTURES. I'd consider it a compliMENT.

( A BOMB?? NATSUME!! )

... pfft— haha! I guess if it's meant to be a compliment, I'll accept it! ( vipers sure can be cute. she thinks about neiru's little, pink snake fondly and then quickly chases the thought away before she gets sad.

anyway!!! now that the hot goss part of this encounter is done: )

Well, I didn't come here to ask you to talk to Maya, though. I came to ask for a fortune telling!

( it's fine it's a dud )

...Then you should've said you were instead of asking me about HER. ( ugh. ) Tell me three things you've learned since our last little group meeTING. They don't have to be world-chanGING, but they're going to pay for your forTUNE.

Hmm... ~ But Natsume's the one who brought up Maya-chin first. So maybe he wanted to talk about her, just a little?

( she smiles, clasping her hands together, and hums. three things... ah. she can tell him about the gardener encounter. )

At the end of last month, I went out with Ran-tan to get snacks. It was like, the middle of the night, but anyway... we saw a weird man stand outside of the main entrance. He said his name's Kazuki, and to not speak your name in the night. Um... he also said something about a boundary between the inside and the outside... but he didn't tell us how to cross it.

I only brought her up because she's one of the only reasons in recent times that people seek me OUT. They're all afraid of her for some reaSON.

( she's intimidating, sure, and she did the whole . deathmatch for stuco thing

but she is NOT GOING TO BE THOUGHT ABOUT RIGHT NOW WE AREN'T EXPLORING THIS he's mentally kicking it aside to focus on rika's Actual good information. when she's done, he hums. )

You could hear HIM?

She doesn't scare me.

( she shrugs, leaning back in her seat. maya seems intimidating, but rika doesn't really care about any of that; if she had a reason to go to her, she would. shuichi told her to wait with any rash actions about that, though — considering they don't actually know much about who organized the deatchmatch and why it happened. )

... yeah, I was with Ran-tan, though I let him do all the talking.

( hmmmm. maybe he should go ahead and hang around the windows at night and see if he can see the gardener too, then. natsume matches her pose a little, crossing his arms. )

If we could figure out how to break that boundaRY, we could get outSIDE... ( musing. though: ) The reverse is also unfortunately TRUE. When you open a doorWAY, you're inviting in whatever might be on the other SIDE... That's why you have to be careful with ouija BOARDS.

( ...anyway, )

I think it'd be prudent to have nicknames to use during the NIGHT, so think of a good ONE, Little Viper. ( yknow, the "dont use names in the night thing" and all, so. ) RegardLESS, I'll accept all this as proper payMENT.

Yeah, I mean... there's always a possibility he's being kept out, right? But then, why are we stuck inside and the normal students aren't? ( they discussed the option of the gardener trying to keep them from seeing something, but... why aren't they allowed to, specifically? and, if he's being kept out, then... shouldn't he be kept away from normal students, too? it's very confusing. ) Oh!! See, this is why I gotta call you something other than Natsume!

( hmmm... hmmmmm... )

Sumesume? Saki-kyun? Sakkun? ( she's thinking really hard, okay.

anyway, regardless if he likes any of these or not, she's gonna find something to call him either way. that said: )

Oh, yay! ... do I have to do anything? Like, open my third eye, or something?!

( HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE NICKNAMED......... all of those have him pulling a face but if she uses it enough he'll have no choice but to acknowledge it. sakkun probably gets the least amount of face-pulling if it helps, he Really just prefers not to be called anything girly )

..Are you stuPID? ( the level of sass he usually reserves for boys, specially delivered to rika this time... he shakes his head and puts on his charm-girls smile, scooping up the crystal ball in his hand; it's one of those palm ball-types, it's not that heavy or big. ) No, nothing like THAT, though if it'd make you feel better you can do SO. Simply ask your question or state what you want to KNOW, and I shall gaze into my crystal ball and tell you what I SEE.

( sakkun it is. she's annoying, but her nicknames are meant to be cute, not traumatic? if he insists on no chans, then fine, no chans it is. )

Hey! ( huffing, she looks into the crystal ball, curious.

hmm... what to ask... clearly, the one question all people stuck in a life-or-death situation want to know: )

Then... will Senpai ask me out on a romantic date soon?!

( oh my god, rika is such a girl.

that's what he's thinking, too, but it's kind of nice to have a normal question posed to him — doing business outside of yumenosaki gets him a fair amount of those types of queries. sometimes inside of yumenosaki too, but he isn't here to expose anyone. )

Let's SEE... ( he lifts the ball to eye-height, gazing into it; his eyes unfocus a little as he looks into it... after a long moment, he sighs and lowers it. ) My apoloGIES, Little Viper.

You'll be asked out by Senpai, but the date won't be as half as romantic as you'd like it to BE... Of COURSE, that can change as long as you're willing to lower your stanDARDS.

( I MEAN, DUH?

anyway, she just stares at natsume like he grew a third leg, because... ROKKUN IS A LITERAL MURDERER? HOW LOW DO HER STANDARDS HAVE TO BE? in the other hand, it's not like this place is ideal for romance... and, to be honest, she doubts he'll even ask her out in the first place, considering how apprehensive he is about human connection. but, you know, a girl can hope that between one kick and another, life will throw her a bone.

she'll take anything, even a walk from one classroom to another. ... wait, would she? isn't that a little too depressing?! just the thought makes her want to tear her hair out?! )

... how low are we talking? ( like this is some sort of a bargain deal... )

( LOWER YOUR STANDARDS FOR THE DATE, NOT FOR THE MAN.......... MAYBE RAISE YOUR STANDARDS A LITTLE ACTUALLY? FIND SOMEONE WHO MIGHT ACTUALLY LIKE PEOPLE? RIKA? )

...HypothicalLY, someone sets off the school's sprinklers to make it "rain" just so they can have a date with YOU, and they kill someone in the proCESS, then attempt to give you celery juice and a sandwich with fries on it as part of your "date FOOD". That level of "romance" you'll have to accept may be what they max out ON.

( :/ not that. that date was. at all romantic, or romantically inclined, but this is the most recent one he's "been on", and i am chucking the timeline out the window just for the exclusive telling of this (it is close enough anyway) )

( absolutely NOT ! )

... that sounds awfully specific, Sakkun. ( she just stares at him like, what the fuck? but also, since it involves murder, well... it wouldn't be too far-fetched for rokkun... ) Celery juice, though... ? Ew, that sounds so disgusting...

( yes, this is what she's stuck on. )

As a replacement for green TEA, Little Viper. As if them being a similar color would make the GRADE...

( a sigh... then pause... ahem. )

In this hypothetical, of COURSE.

( :/ )

... so who did that to you, Sakkun?

( it's okay... you may tell her... )

( ............. )

Forget it as soon as I tell YOU.

My memory is gonna go through a wipe!!!

( not really but tell her anyway — )

( HE'LL KNOW IF SHE TOLD ANYONE but he leans in closely: )

Komaeda-san.

( ...............leaning away, arm thrown over his eyes, ugh- )

He was fulfilling my WISH... The one I wrote purely as a joke and to see if anyone would actually attempt IT, after having an after-school date on a rainy DAY.

... Koma-kyun?!

( SHE GASPS, for real this time, and then laughs, almost mirthful. yeah, that sounds like something stupid-ass komaeda would do... smh. )

Pff— hahaha! Isn't that on Sakkun, for believing Koma-kyun was capable of a normal date?! I'm convinced he's never even had a normal human interaction, much less that...

I didn't think he was seriOUS.

( and his reasoning for why he did it was..... ugh, he hates it. )

He's frustrating and reminds me of an upperclassman I had back HOME, but ten times worse than that one's lowest POINT... My magic doesn't work on either of THEM, but at least I could mold Senpai into some semblance of a human BEING, instead of a pathetic mop-HEAD.

( ....he loves tsumugi i promise he never aishiterus him )

Komaeda-san's hopeLESS. ( funny given his, you know. ) If it weren't for the circumstances we find ourselves IN, I'd just leave him BE.

Oh, when Koma-kyun says he'll do something, that means he'll unfortunately do it, one way or another.

( sighs. komaeda's unlike anyone she knows back at home, so dealing with him is... difficult, at times. most times, she loses her cool and ends up attacking him like a feral animal, but, you know. )

Mmm... well, he pisses me off more often than not! But then, sometimes, he's also bearable and kind of reliable, even... And then he ruins it, and I want to kill him all over again... ( thinking about komaeda gives her a headache, frankly. ) He is hopeless! Which is funny, 'cuz all he talks about is "hope." ... just hearing that word gives me creeps now!!

( rika gets it. )

UnfortunateLY, he'd be happy if anything bad happened to HIM, provided it'd give someone a sense of HOPE... I wonder if he'd be upset if someone "untalented" ( the word sounds like he's spitting acid, he hates that komaeda calls him that when he is, he is— ) did him IN, or if he'd consider it their hope blossomING.

( trust her, komaeda pisses her off enough for like, five people... but she also gets the unique privilege of being unhinged enough to kick him to a pulp, so. )

... he sure likes throwing that word around, too, huh? ( he calls her untalented, too... not that she thinks she particularly is, but, well. it still kinda stings, sometimes? ) It's easy. Just let him know this doesn't contribute to anyone's hope before you beat the hell out of him!!

( SIMPLE SOLUTIONS )

You're either smarter than you LOOK, or so dumb you're brilliANT.

( he isn't sure what it is yet, but he isn't saying it in a mean way..... not that... he often sounds like he is... it's the meaning behind the words that matter, it is!! she is just Impressive in her own way. )

...If you thought you could get away with killing HIM, would YOU? ( moral dilemma. ) I'm asking seriousLY, Little Viper, so think about your anSWER. Even if it is someone as annoying as HIM, it's still a human life you're taKING.

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