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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[commences]

Secret menu?

( 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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I dunno if you'd like any of it. Buy it and find out— but you gotta put forth money, first. At least buy a keychain?

[ start small... you can do this, npc-kun, just one sale ]

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...Okay.

( 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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Yesssssss! Okay, okay, okay—-

[ 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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( komaeda will pluck the little item from their hand to hold it up to the light... and he's seen this charm... many times while here. he recalled one of his peers obtaining one from another student, and they explained to komaeda like it was something important. hm... )

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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Huh? Really?

[ 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!

[commences]

Yeah, really.

( 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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[ npc-kun holds their hands out... give money... please...

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"?

[commences]

( wanted to use a diff icon, but also... wanted to tilt with npc-kun.

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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[ Can't believe they're getting a hundred 1000 yen notes one at a time. ]

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.

[commences]

( i know, i'm crying. one note, after the other. )

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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[ Maybe Rokkun's getting meaner bc he gave one of the eyes away to Nanami. ]

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.

[commences]

( he seemed sad to me, gay & sad. it's okay... now komaeda can replace the one he lost... i guess. )

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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[ Whose fault is it that he's gay & sad ]

Yeah, there's no helping you. Give it to somebody who thinks things are hopeless. A charm that may or may not work is still something for them to latch onto, when they have nothing else.

[commences]

( i wonder... probably sports. it's okay, will be turning that frown upside down at the end of break. )

Thank you for the compliment! I do find myself to be... so filled with hope... ah, you made my heart skip a beat, thank you, thank you.

( there's a soft smile from that, who knew npc-kun was capable of encouraging words? their untalented worth can bask in komaeda's rays of light, it's the least he can do. well there are a few hopeless individuals here... whether komaeda likes it or not. was nanami hopeless too, is that why rokkun offered her one. )

Do I offer them one by one, or just the whole charm... I've seen just the beads floating around.

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[ I've read enough sports manga to know that sports make people gay and sad, yeah

That's really too many thank-yous, but npc-kun doesn't accept or reject or react to them at all until he asks the question and, unsurprisingly, they brighten up again. ]

The entire charm works best!

[ BUY MORE ]

Just the beads themselves are going to be symbolic when removed from one another. You're going to want to keep them all together for its full power!

[commences]

( yeah see, komaeda helped him, now he can focus on art... like blue period.

noooo, that was komaeda being a freak. ugh, his hope, but back to important matters. )

You're a pretty interesting character in the string of their stories, to focus so much on symbolism... I'm glad that you're a new addition to their ranks.

( i promise you he talks like this, i'm crying... )

If there aren't results, I'll make sure the person I give it to comes and sees you, how about that? ( so npc-kun can get money out of them. teamwork! )

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[ claps their hands together ]

Yes, please do so! Some people are just so hopeless, they need more than just a single charm! I've got all sorts of things here that can help people like that, so send them all my way!

[ Interesting character, ranks of whoever Komaeda is talking about, blah blah blah whatever. This is a tried and true retail worker skill: the ability to nod and go "mmhm" and "yeah" while listening to absolutely nothing, I've gotten so many comments on how engaging I am while my brain is shut off ]

[commences]

( STOPPP THIS IS LIT WHAT WORKING RETAIL IS LIKEEE and no one cares one bit about our efforts, i think komaeda valuing npc-kun's work ethic is good, need more of that. "you're so great at not really listening to what i say" thank you. )

And about your secret menu? Do I tell them about that as well?

( the GOODS. the GOODS. )

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[ Retail workers are the world's heroes for all they put up with

But, hmm, should their secret menu be spread around like that? Advertisement is advertisement, but at the same time... ]

...Yes, but not anywhere a teacher or other staff can hear.

[ The things they keep in the back are maybe not altogether legal, so best keep this on the down low ]

Other than that, yes, please do! Tell them I sell hope!

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( they are, sighs... they are. when people be like "working hard?" stfu. )

If it's true hope — ( charm aside, he'll wrap his arms around npc-kun's waist (to be annoying) because i remember they came out from behind the counter for that sell of theirs. the ultimate will brush his cheek against their shoulder. )

I want to see, you can say I'm a connoisseur! I just want my more hopeless peers to become hopeful, and if I understand what you're selling... I can help you a little more.

( because this is npc-kun's "hope," so in a way, it's understandable that they say they sell hope. )

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Whoa!

[ npc-kun places their hand on Komaeda's face and pushes him back, not even with the decency to push his face aside, it's more like they're trying to flatten his nose into his face.

Incidentally, npc-kun smells of pine. ]

...I guess you did pay 100,000 yen for a keychain. Let go and I'll show you.

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( stopppp, he won't get off that easily, especially with npc-kun's hand in his face, komaeda will lick it first, and then bite (playfully), but annoying enough.

deep breath, a very fresh smell, komaeda's fine with latching on. )

...

( he let's go after, stuffing his hands into his pocket along with the charm so that they don't go roaming again. )

I'll follow your lead.

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[ Grooooooooss, npc-kun wipes their hand on Komaeda's face at the first opportunity. The things they have to suffer for money...

They go around the counter to the room behind them and places their hand on the handle—- ]

Oh yeah, I should warn you. Don't touch anything inside, or the security system's going to kick in.

[ They turn the handle and open the door to what looks more like a closet than part of the store. It is, in fact, a closet. They weren't given much space to set up shop in the first place. Anyways, everything here is displayed on the shelves, with a tag under each to identify the object and give its price. ]

[commences]

( why doesn't npc-kun appreciate komaeda's spit? sighs, only a few understand the Luxury. )

Don't worry, can't you see...? I'm prepared.

( he flips his jacket like... wings, or whatever that gesture is people do when they have their hands in their pockets, but he's not going to touch anything. once he's let in, he's darting past npc-kun to look at what this place has to offer, and it's a variety of things which he didn't think of seeing. his eyes looking at the tags and prices, and everything must be so high back here — what does "threads" mean (jk, or am i...) hm, mysterious, everything is as high as the outside. )

Yep, you'd really get in trouble for half of this...

( he stops in front of a few totems, staring... are they made of wood... pine specifically...? :) he knows that he's not allowed to touch, but that doesn't stop him from asking: )

Are these charms, too?