August Event

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Please let August be better than July I'm begging

✽ Due to 10+ classes raising their ranks last month, ALL characters have access to the courtyard via the door in the locker area and the windows facing the courtyard.
✽ Characters with 1-10 tallies are not able to get any further past the end of the courtyard before they fall unconscious; characters with 10-20 can get halfway to the pool building before the same happens to them; characters with 20+ tallies can reach the pool building but unfortunately, the door is on the other side. There are no windows on the walls, but from the clocktower, characters can see that it has a glass ceiling, though they are unable to see inside.
✽ Outside, there is no breeze, and it occasionally rains ash.
✽ Characters going up to the 4th floor will feel that the door is warm to the touch, and will occasionally open (see: missions)
✽ The student store opens, with the door propped open with a doorstopper. The npc running the store is currently not interested in conversation, but may be available for threading in the future and is available for threading in the toplevel below. Please see the updated bonus activity page for more information.
✽ Posted on the bulletin board and also handed to each club president before break is the notice that proof of club activity is due at the end of break. Please submit these proofs in the toplevel below.
✽ There is another ad on the bulletin board advertising an exchange student program for the month of October. Applications will be taken until the end of August, and there is a 300 merit point fee. Sister cities include Death City, Devildom, Ishigami Village, Lanling, LazyTown, and Maiami City.

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[ oh my god HOW DO YOU REMEMBER THIS

There's a counter between them and something like a back room behind npc-kun that customers cannot get to and npc-kun does not accept tabs, cash up front only. ]

The secret menu is secret! How many rocks would you like to buy today?

[commences]

( STOPPPP IT BE FOR KOMAEDA'S CHARACTER DEMENTIAVELOPMENT HONESTLY.

okay good, forget the back room, komaeda's going to climb on top of the counter so that he can get on the other side of it. this way, he can really be in npc-kun's space, which means he's going to act like a shopkeeper as well — hope they pay well.

who does he look like? rokkun? he don't want no damn r — ... wait. )

What color are they?

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[ npc-kun shoves him off the counter with surprising strength. ]

We have all sorts of colors in stock! Black and brown and grey and white! Spotty ones and stripy ones and shiny ones and scratchy ones! How many dozen would you like to buy?

[commences]

( wow... come from behind the counter, twink... what powers do you hold? komaeda has to check that there's no bruises. )

I'll pass.

( he only wants go stones, the ones that induce both hope and despair... )

You're supposed to be a student store, and I'm a student, can't you accommodate me better... Sighs... Is this bad service?

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[ Are there bruises... I like how that's an icon like "yes I will surely use this in a thread someday"

Anyways, sighs... no point in customer service if Komaeda isn't worth servicing. ]

There are plenty of other students I can take advantage of. You're not special.

[commences]

( and i used it! it's the first time, thank you npc-kun...

and i guess there can be a bruise... he bruises easily, he's like dying. )

Are you sure? If you're having trouble taking advantage of me... I think that makes me pretty special, aside from that...

( he wants to get across the counter so bad, he wants to act up sooo bad!! )

There's tons of easy prey in the group as long as you play your cards right... no one wants *just* rocks.

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You're willing to pay a ridiculous amount for a bag of cat treats.

[ This is taking advantage; getting people to buy rocks just to know about the secret menu is called marketing ]

And you'd be surprised at the number of people who would pay money for rocks.

[commences]

Yep, because I want them... willingly.

( being taken advantage of is when they get a fool to pay, just paying to want them to have them is different! komaeda's life is ruled by lily may, and his ultimates. )

...Yeah, no. I can get them for free. ( the rocks, but he has connections!!! ) Besides, what will they do for me? Some let us see spirits, but I can do that on my own...

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I dunno. You can stack them, I guess? Lob 'em at people. Give them back to me so I can restock them but you don't get a refund.

[ Literally all they want is the money, what Komaeda does with any of these wares after they're paid for is none of their problem. ]

[commences]

So you're basically useless?

( what is he supposed to do with any of that? i mean, he can murder with them sure, but he's a danganronpa, he has to go through hoops and hurdles for some insane investigation — those rocks will not help. )

Wait... a scam artist, basically. ( at least they're honest, komaeda can respect the hustle. ) I know someone who might buy rocks but...

( rokkun kinda stupid, is komaeda about to sell him out... )

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How dare you. I'm an honest businessperson.

[ 1) Nobody can call them a liar, and 2) there's a whole store full of murder weapons here, and figuring out how to use them is the joy in murder. ]

I can't be a scam artist when these are real rocks, you know? Why don't you buy one or two or ten and make sure?

[commences]

( want you to know my dog kicked me in my leg when i got this tag so either npc-kun is lying, or komaeda's wrong... stay tuned. )

I'm not buying rocks. ( ONLY go stones, the only stones he likes. ) Instead, are you into trades?

( then again, this feels like a dead end because it probably looks like this:



which here's a version without komaeda bc i hope they also try and sell other people rocks: x. )

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[ saves this in my Yogen folder, thank you for your contribution ]

Absolutely! I'll take that grimy old cash off your hands and trade you these super awesome no refund rocks!

[commences]

( wait... might need that rock for akki, how big do they come. wait. )

...Depends on the size, but other than that, no.

( he'll tap his chin in thought even though he's not going to change his mind on the matter, but he'll find something else of interest. well, he guesses he could ask about a few of the items since the other wants to get a sell... okay, talk to him about the goods, npc-kun. )

Do you carry fuel for lighters?

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[ why are we killing Akki

Anyways, they're all normal rock sized rocks, and npc-kun is quick to give up a lost cause in favor of a different opportunity. ]

Sure do! And lucky you, mister, 'cause every 4 ounces of lighter fluid comes with a free lighter! Wow! What a deal!

[ There is no separate fuel, but Komaeda can buy 2349803954 normal flame lighters if he wants. ]

[commences]

( who said killing akki, the rock is friend-shaped! )

That so... ( what... a deal... i'm crying, please i cannot stand shopkeep-kun. almost wrote sheep-kun for short, sighs... baize-kun. )

Really? I'm only curious... a peer of mine has a lighter with a blue flame, but it doesn't have enough fuel to burn someone alive.

( he's just making basic conversation, you know, burning people alive, or whatever he should do with blue fire around here. )

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[ Curiosity doesn't pay bills, Komaeda!!!

npc-kun is trying hard... they're undeterred ]

It sounds like you're going to need lots and lots of fuel, then! If you buy out my entire stock today, I can be back with even more tomorrow. Don't you worry, we'll get you enough to burn someone alive!

[commences]

( but one stock of fuel isn't going to burn someone alive!!

also why didn't rokkun leave his WALLET!? imagine putting komaeda on the spot like this. )

Hm... How sad, so you're saying that even what you have here isn't enough...?

( sighs, but there's some cool deaths that can be done with fuel... lower these prices. okay, it's fine, komaeda will just cross his arms with a sigh... a little sad, he's looking at the ground...

sad... )

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[ Why would Rokkun leave behind his wallet??? Komaeda has money, he doesn't have to leech off Rokkun's money. That's his college fund. ]

Yeah, that's right. If you want me to stock more lighters, you're going to have to buy out some of the other stuff to make room.

[ Don't sigh like that. Look, here is an easy solution to all your problems. ]

[commences]

( is komaeda's "fake" parents rich here too??? where is his money at, where!? and besides... komaeda could pay rokkun's college fund...

he doesn't even want lighters, he just wants to know why it's blue! of course, money wins npc-kun's heart, huh? )

...Sigh.

( an even bigger sigh, this is what they call emotional manipulation? )

I really don't want to buy them all... because I can't even use them to make myself happy... I feel depressed.

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Sucks, dude. Have you considered retail therapy? Give it a try.

[ npc-kun cares... about money. The only emotion that Komaeda can manipulate that matters is $$$ ]

[commences]

Hmm... I can try.

( guess that's what komaeda goes to talk about counselor about, sighs, it's hard being rich. )

How much are you paying for your sessions? Depending, there might be good luck that'll come your way.

( like???? maybe some people will drop dead when they come back to school, and then npc-kun has sooo many pockets to pick filled with cash. )

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[ look!!! npc-kun is a good and honest businessperson, looting bodies is fun and all, but they want to get rid of these rocks too ]

Sessions are free! Any and all purchases are final and at the patient's own expense.

[commences]

( stop, who does he look like rokkun?? maybe rokkun really is his tulpa... because these rocks are kind of haunting him. )

Then let's take a seat, and you can give me a therapy session.

( they can go sit down together somewhere, and if worse comes to worse, he can ask for their name to back them into a corner. sounds legit. )

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Sure thing!

[ They maybe have a chair behind the counter, but it doesn't matter when they lean their elbows against the surface— Komaeda can't retail therapy while sitting, and so npc-kun will stand in solidarity too. Mostly for ease of gesturing to what wares they have on display. ]

Since it's your first session, we'll ease you into it! Grab a yogen no tori hoodie off the rack of there, and give me a fat stack of cash.