It's time for another FAMILY MEETING!!

[carpevinum]

[There's a sign posted on 3-C on the 27th the future is now indicating that it's that time of month! That's right, it's time for the family meeting!

Lucifer is in charge this time and he is holding a whip, so please behave yourselves or you might get a warning crack near your head. Or don't behave yourselves. He's not your dad. He will, however, try his hardest to keep you all on track.

As Lucifer is also one of the Team Moms Dads, he's also made everybody lunch as he is wont to do. The rather fancy-looking food is set up on a couple of desks at the front of the classroom to peruse at your leisure. There are cookies and muffins as well, but please try to eat a real lunch instead of subsisting off of sweets entirely.

On the whiteboard, Lucifer has written the following topics & talking points that he'd like to discuss with everybody, and has requested that you all raise your hands so that this can be done in an orderly fashion... Good luck, Luci.

• Who is missing? Who is confirmed deceased?
• The gladiatorial battle — is it possible that those who died previously may come back to inflict further harm? Any guesses?
• What the Hell was going on last weekend?
• The void in the auditorium is infinite
• Results of last month's investigations that we agreed on doing
• The imps plaguing the school have been removed (thank you to Clamor for his assistance)
• Have we discovered anything new?

Last but not least, the final bullet is one hundred percent something that Lucifer clearly wants to do, and it reads simply:

• Instating a chore chart

So that's... fun.]

Let's try to keep this more orderly than the last one, shall we?

[And yes, the cardboard baby jail is set up in the back of the classroom! Naughty children go to cardboard baby jail. Naughtier children get a whip cracked at them. Have fun, everyone!]



[[OOC: The usual rules of the family meeting posts apply, which means threadjacking/general mingling is allowed and encouraged! Please remember to only share information your character discovered ICly to avoid metagaming. Also no Lucifer will not actually cause physical harm to anyone's characters with the whip unless player permission is granted, I'm not as psychotic as he is, don't worry about it.]]

Comments

[closewithnewintown]

[sighs] Don't apologize for stuff that isn't your fault. It's my choice to defend my friends.

Just... tell her your reason, okay? [she gives him a little smile.] I know you have one. Even if it's weird, we'll just go from there.

[commences]

There's no need to protect trash like me, that's the last thing anyone wants to do...

( big sigh... listen, he just doesn't want his luck to get her! there's some dread in his mind, but as long as he doesn't think of the positive outcome of someone being nice, or trying to be a friend... it can be avoidable. maybe he deserves his ass beat by shinobu. )

I don't want to point fingers, but Ouma-kun would know...

( the whereabouts of the finger because komaeda put it in his locker for his birthday, now where it went from there... he's not too sure. this probably isn't the information that stephanie is looking for, but it answers a few future questions if they have them. )

[closewithnewintown]

[it's enough information for her to put two and two together and get five.]

... You gave Kokichi Izumi's finger as a birthday present, didn't you.

[commences]

...

[closewithnewintown]

[siiiiiiiiiiiighs pinches the bridge of her nose. she's ten and already getting tension headaches.]

Komaedaaaaaaa! That's a terrible present! What's a person supposed to do with a gross dead person finger? Nobody wants that!

[commences]

It's best not to be near someone so deplorable who gives terrible, gross presents, right?

( yes, let him pick at her words and use them to his advantage. )

...

[closewithnewintown]

Why are you being such a dummy today... [clearly he's overdue for his daily hug. she will now close the gap between them and deliver it.]

[commences]

( there's this budding hesitance from him, not too sure what to do, or how he should react. komaeda takes things in stride, but he's never been good at affection, and stephanie is aware of this. the concerns he has over watching someone being ripped to shreds before him is fresh in his mind, and it makes him wonder if she'll be next. akira isn't here to fix the problem if things go overboard, and he doesn't trust anyone here to actually make sure she's completely taken care of if she's harmed.

what can they do? what are they capable of? ah, he shouldn't downplay the hope of others, but stephanie's has been blossoming unlike a few. she's managed to keep a positive outlook despite the things that have happened. )

...

( he doesn't hug back because it's no good to have lingering attachments, so he lifts his arm slow to settle on her shoulder to squeeze gently. )

I'm making a smart choice for you, Meanswell-san.

[closewithnewintown]

Well, nobody makes choices for me but me, so I guess I'll just have to make a dumb one.

[looks up at him, a bit visibly confused at not getting a hug back, but smiling through it.] It's all gonna be okay, okay? Don't forget that.

[commences]

You're very strong, and I don't want to be why you're not able to demonstrate your hope to the peers who need it most.

( if he wasn't worried, he'd hug her now just to make sure she's actually there. he can't bring himself to do so, but hearing her words makes him silent. )

You should promise yourself those same words, that... you'll be okay no matter what.

( his concerns? are basically that? will she be safe? )

[closewithnewintown]

[she cocks her head to the side.]

I'll be okay. No matter what. Promise.

[because she actually hasn't learned about not making promises you can't keep yet.]

[commences]

( i can't believe you're doing this to her... )

...

( he's going to hold out his nubless sleeve for her to take. )

...You can seal the promise with a shake, a promise meant for you.

[closewithnewintown]

[:)

she stares for a moment, then takes his sleeve and gives it a firm shake.]

Feel better now?

[commences]

Always have!

( no, he doesn't seem better at all, but it's stephanie, she'll stay positive no matter what. )

So you don't have to worry about me.