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August Event
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 storeis 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.
✽ 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
✽ 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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( listen, the people who call komaeda a friend has never really asked for money? well, he's used to people dying and gaining more money so he can see that... npc-kun is into buying friendships.
sighs, what an unhealthy lifestyle. maybe love is the only thing that's free. )
Let's talk about your hope while we go outside.
( yep, he's ignoring them. )
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npc-kun leans back in their seat in a show of "I'm not getting up until you show me the $$$" ]
No can do. I'll be losing money every second I close shop. Pay me and I'll go outside.
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( no one is coming, npc-kun can shirk off on their duties just this once! )
If you take a few of yours wares outside of here, you can find other customers.
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Maybe nobody's come because you're here. The only way I'm coming out is if you pay me, or I clear out all my wares for the day. Every last rock.
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Nope! I'm easily ignored, but you're recently opened, and who has came...
( know anyone else, shopkeep-kun? it's fine, komaeda will be here to shoulder their burden. )
I'm lonely anyway, and I don't have time to kill — ( sad sigh. ) I want to be with you for now, so if you grab a few rocks, we can go sell them to ( some poor, unfortunate fools. ) willing customers.
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If you're lonely, I got just the thing! Fill your heart up with the variety of keychains and posters we have for sale— I've got a couple of mascot plush toys in the back as well, a perfect substitute for friendless losers who don't have any!
[ should've opened shop after summer break; those other students are the real money makers, those who've got real cash to spare or have murderspree'd their way into hundreds of merit points. sighs... ]
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Ah, that's why you have them in the back? So no one else but you can see them... makes sense.
( no wonder komaeda feels so lonely around them... sighs. )
I feel sorry for you.
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If you feel sorry for me, give me money. Toys aren't enough to fill the void of my heart.
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Nope, it's funny watching you ask over and over again, you're a pretty bad salesperson.
( he'll pat npc-kun's hand to show that he's enjoying himself. )
That aside... you aren't boring, so keep up the good work. ( ... ) Here, I'll even give you a tip.
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Doesn't matter if they're a bad salesperson when the good sell themselves!! And if all they have to do is provide some entertainment to earn a tip, they will take that too, they hold their cupped hands out, gimme gimme gimme ]
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Emphasize scarcity. People want what they can't have, or at least what might be running short — use this knowledge to your advantage.
( it's like look both ways before you cross the street, but catered to npc-kun. )
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I know that! That's my secret menu!
[ murder totems!!! ]
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( aw... komaeda wanted to hold their hand more. )
Does it cater to something that I want? If so, I'll purchase it too. Or can I gift it to someone that I know... those are nice, I've heard.
( time for that cold, hard rejection. )
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[ start small... you can do this, npc-kun, just one sale ]
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( simple as that... keychains are cute, and komaeda's not expecting much. )
As long as you choose it, then it'll be special.
( you know? one of a kind from npc-kun because they're a little insane, but they're trying their best. )
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[ A SALE!!! npc-kun fistpumps and hops out from behind the counter to find the keychains and grab one at random from the box and shove it at Komaeda's hands. ]
Just for you, today only, for a super low price of 100,000 yen!
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Alright, I'll buy it.
( not them excited for a sale, oh, they're so cute. )
What's the meaning behind it?
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[ Oh? oh!! a real legitimate sale! how long has it been ]
No takebacks, okay? You won't regret this! It's a super special charm of the eyes of the ceaseless watcher, and it keeps evil at bay!
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( saying he's not going to regret it, and he thinks he's going to regret it... aside from that, npc-kun did say no takebacks, and komaeda's not really a liar... so he's not going to rob them or anything. )
What does the ceaseless watcher consider evil? Everyone's definition is different here in the school, and you must know so much!
( inflate the ego? add some cash? does it check out? ) I trust your knowledge on your wares.
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But they do at least answer the question, as if that would encourage Komaeda to pony up. ]
It's subjective, of course. For some people, it's their fears. For others, it's the darkness in their own hearts. Do you know the "watching-eye effect"?
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let komaeda dig in his pocket to pull out a few pieces of money... he counts one by one into the other's hand, albeit slow... so it'd take awhile to get to the agreed amount. if he counts slow, that means they can talk more. )
People act differently depending on if they feel they're being watched or not... As the name suggests, if they believe that those eyes perceive their every move, perhaps it could keep them out of trouble.
( they do look like eyes as he actually looks at them. )
Am I close?
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That's it! It doesn't work on everybody, especially when they're aware of it, but in general, people are kinder and more generous when they think they're being watched. Then there's people who has the opposite effect happen. The ones that do crimes on purpose.
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And you think a charm like this will benefit me when it can go either way?
( npc-kun... puts another note in their hand. "people are kinder" he remembers when rokkun showed him it, and he was still mean at him... crying. )
Then again, I'm aware of it, so I guess anyone else who happens to notice it.
( guess it makes a neat little cat toy. )
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I dunno. Are you scared of anything? I thought you were going to give it away, since you didn't want anything in my store.
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It must have slipped my mind.
( or he's so used to taking the burdens from others, sighs, sometimes you do anything for hope. )
I guess you can tell there's no helping me, but... how do I tell who needs it the most?
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