let out a sigh for another day ( OPEN TO ALL )

[mermaidcursed]

WHO: Nene and You !
WHAT: Nene Yashiro explores a bit !
WHEN: Over Spring Break

[ This isn't the first time Nene has found herself in a strange place. But even that had been at Kamome, with school grounds she was familiar with, knew all too well even before she met Hanako-kun... and she had everyone she knew and loved at hand. Things were strange, yes, but she wasn't alone in unfamiliar territory. She didn't know anything about this school, save for scraps that made almost no sense.

But she's here. She's here, and she can't call on Hanako-kun to save her. ... She never did like being the princess in the tower, though. So throughout the break you may find her various places.

You might find her at Class 1-B, examining her own desk- or what she remembers to be her desk?- or other things. Maybe the teacher left something at their own desk! Or maybe she's glaring at spring break homework that has the audacity to exist. She's been working on it, she just is mad that it's there.

You may find her in the home economics room... or rather, rooms. If she's not going over sewing supplies- and stumbling over an odd coin hidden in a pin cushion?- then she's in the cooking room, looking over leftover ingredients and recipes. ]

Oh- I thought that I might be able to make something for us to eat... we can't just live on vending machine snacks.

[ There's only basic ingredients... but it's definitely workable!

Other times, you may find her in the Clock Tower. Admittedly, there's nothing to do there, not really. But she can see the outside. The sky feels wistfully far away, and the boarded up building and broken fencing are... suspicious. But there's not much she can do about it. All she can do is watch the outside world go by.

Between any of these moments, Nene is exploring less conventional places. Maybe it looks like she's just looking around... and technically, she is! But in her defense, she's been watching the hidden supernatural world for months now. The fact that it's suddenly gone... it can't be, right? The mokke have to just be hiding. They're probably scared too. Right? ]

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( with students comfortably settling into their homerooms, komaeda takes this as a chance to look around. he's not one to stay in place because he's of the curious sort — he's used to investigating by himself or using his luck in hopes to find something interesting, though there's another predicament for him to handle. he wants to be prepared for the future, and so he thinks gathering a few supplies will come in handy for the mechanical device attached to his left arm.

you never know when something unfortunate might happen and that's the reason why he finds himself in home economics. give him a bit to find the correct room and as soon as it's found, he enters with wide eyes — excited to obtain what he's looking for.

he notices that he's not the only one in the room, so he doesn't speak at first figuring this is where he needs to be. he's too busy staring at what's on the counter, taking in the various color strings and threads hung up on the wall, but none of that is what he needs. going to the other side of the room doesn't work out in his favor either as he begins to open the drawers — sewing kits! exactly what he doesn't need.

every drawer that he opens doesn't have the specific tools that he needs which makes him hum in thought — now that he thinks about it, maybe this isn't the room he needs. with a hand raised, he sheepishly begins to scratch at his cheek slightly embarrassed as he attempts to laugh it off. he then speaks to himself, sighing... )

How unlucky...

( he looks towards the female in the room, waving his free, metal hand in her direction. )

Excuse me, would you happen to know where the workshop is?

[trialbyliar]

[Kokichi's not sure what to make of this whole situation. The vague "memories" are unsettling, but not completely baffling. He'd had doubts about the validity of his memories in the last place too, right? The setup now is just a little different. If this is all set up by the same people somehow (what are the chances this is entirely unrelated? How could be go from his last moments at the Ultimate Academy to this without there being some crossover?) then it only adds evidence to his existing theories.

But setting that aside for now, said memories mean he isn't wandering around lost, at least. There's an unusual sense of familiarity as he lets his feet guide him to the home ec room. He hasn't been there before in his conscious memory, but he still knows regardless. So which memories are the fakes? Is any of it real? He can't get complacent here, it took him too long to figure things out last time, so–

That train of thought pauses as he opens the door and finds the room already occupied. Ah, damn. He quickly plasters a look of surprise on over his blank thinking face, leaning in the doorway and making a show of looking around.]

Wowww, we even had a classroom like this here? So cool!!

[silentabyss]

[Noah can't cook, so anything Nene wants to make goes. That's what he tells himself when he pokes into the kitchen anyway, looking for snacks that aren't vending machine foods (because he ate all the candy bars he managed to get, which was like, two of them).

To be frank, he hadn't been expecting someone else to be in here. He's done a good job at staying clear of most of the other students out of nothing more than anxiety and paranoia. He definitely does a double-take when he's spoken to, freezes up, and then sort of... slides into the room some few feet away.

If she can cook, that's good. Honestly, even if she can't, it's probably better than candy bars for lunch.]

Y...yeah. That's true. U-uh. [The social anxiety is strong with this one.] What... what are you planning on making?

clock tower but also show me coin... maybe

[unsurely]

[ Why... are there... so many... stairs... in this tower?? Please excuse Shuichi while he weakly makes his way up the last bunch of them, holding on to the wall to the best of his ability while his steps have long since started to drag. Sure, he's been training with Momota-kun lately (in some... memories that aren't even from this place so how long ago are they even??) and he's gotten a little bit better, but he's... far from exactly athletic. And of course, he had to use the second-floor entrance instead of the fourth, since he wanted to inspect the entirety of the stairwell. ]

Ugh...

[ And so he arrives, with a series of somewhat quieted wheezes and huffs, sinking weakly forward as soon as he's made it. His hands rest themselves at his knees and he just stands there, slouched like that for a few seconds. Though as he glances up, he notices at last that there's someone there, and lifts his head a little in response. ]

Ah...! I-I'm sorry.

[ Why is that his first reflex? It's not like anyone owns the tower, or any of the common areas... but he still feels as if he interrupted her. Cue his gaze shifting out the window-equivalent clock panes instead of being able to face her. ]

I didn't realize... anyone was already up here. Do you mind if I look around for a bit...?

keywords... relevant? wow,

[expio]

[ he really doesn't make for the picture of a typical 'student,' but then again... Abel is far from the only one, right? a 6'4, tall, lanky, silver-haired idiot man dressed in a slightly rumpled uniform is passing by the cooking room door, before he does something of a double take. --did he catch a glimpse of someone, just now...?

--ah! he did; he's leaning upon the doorframe and giving a jovial wave, face breaking out into a too-bright, dreamy, far-away smile for someone who is about to utter these words: ]

O-oh, wonderful~! So there is an angel here to shepherd my weary soul off to the afterlife once I die of starvation in this wretched place...! I had almost given up hope...!

[ well, now that his target has been spotted, he's inviting himself inside... he doesn't need any invitation, right? right, right, of course. his "angel" here won't mind the company, surely...!! ]

Please, Miss Angel-- will you promise to whisk me off to heaven and deliver me from this cruel, harrowing world...? Will you bury me on a hilltop beside the ocean and lay red poppies on my grave? --Oh! Oh, make sure you cry against the wind so it carries your teardrops away, dramatically? Like in one of those romantic movies~! A-ah, doesn't that sound beautiful...?

[crystallomancy]

( Less conventional places, you say!!

Well, Natsume's not a conventional person by far, so it's not surprising to see him somewhere odd -- though right now that's because he's been following Nene to see what the fuck she's up to. Before she gets into, I don't know, a vent or something, he's going to... stop her?? Maybe??? )

—There might be spiders in THERE. Or RATS. ( things normal girls are scared of he guesses, they're ok. don't mind his weird voice intonation. it's like a song just out of key. just enough to make you pause. ) Just what are you up to, anyWAY? This isn't how I expected a student to spend their spring BREAK, though while the cats are away the mice shall PLAY... Rather, there's no better time to infiltrate the nooks and crannies of the school than when the teachers are GONE.