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]

( not saying no................ )

Hm... I'm surprised that you actually notice people, what are they like?

( npc-kun has... friends... and a spouse... moving up in the world... )

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Super duper rich!!

[ Guess what the sure-fire way is to catch npc-kun's eye ]

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( NOT SUPER DUPER RICH... oh i'm sick.

he's going to touch npc-kun's shoulder, shaking them a bit. )

Oh really? How surprising! ( not really. ) Why haven't you asked them to buy out your merchandise?

( the real question. ) Hm, there's always the chance they're not into totems.

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[ see npc-kun visibly deflating when Komaeda touches their shoulder ]

No, they're not. They spend their money on other stuff that I don't stock, which is stupid. I mean, I have keychains!

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( komaeda blindly ignores that and continues touching, and then lifts a hand to pat their head.

dog-leaning. )

Oh, I get it. Perhaps I've been spending my money incorrectly, I should follow their lead.

( he doesn't even care for it, he's just always been lucky to obtain it. imagine watching your parents die to earn their inheritance, and then being kidnapped to find a winning lotto ticket inside the bag you were stolen in with no one to pay the ransom, so the kidnapper felt bad enough to let you go, and then being deemed "lucky". even after, the countless amount of funds he gained as people died one by one did nothing for him, if only he lived a simple life like npc-kun.

anyway, messing with npc-kun is fun to him. new past time. )

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[ npc-kun puts their hands on top of Komaeda's hand to hold it on top of their head, so he can't pat but it's still there. grrrrr ]

No, you shouldn't! You should spend all your money on me! You don't even have to buy anything— just give me your money!

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( keeping his hand there, npc-kun will find that they're cold... but komaeda doesn't try to pull away (he touched first, so he doesn't feel uncomfortable). he may not be able to pat, but he's scratching the top of their head... dog. )

Huh... Is that what I should do? That's counterproductive to having it.

( maybe npc-kun can have something once a month... komaeda will think about it, like lunch money. )

You must be mistaken, I think you should look for the word... allowance.

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[ npc-kun's hands are soft and warm, maybe they can find an equilibrium here

An allowance, though... installments instead of a lump sum...

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An allowance like... 100,000 yen a day?

[ That's only a keychain a day, that's reasonable, right ]

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( no. )

No.

( quick, to the point. at least there's a smile on his face as he says so that npc-kun doesn't get the wrong idea. )

You know how to be patient, don't you? Although... I don't really get anything out of this, and buying hope is impossible. Maybe you're a lost cause...

( spouses don't give allowances either... )

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Wha- I've been patient for so long! I've been here, doing this, for so long!!

[ npc-kun throws Komaeda's hands off their head, how dare he say no ]

I'm divorcing you and you owe me alimony!

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( been here for awhile, huh? )

...What? You haven't even take me out to dinner or proposed to me properly! Sighs... You weren't serious about this marriage from the start.

( with his hand thrown off, komaeda will cross his arms, looking off to the side like he's been done wrong! which he has, but not like that matters. he understands that the other is just upset about money... smh. )

I'm a student, you know. I can't leave here like you do, but if you're good... I'll see what I can do.

( but "good" has various definitions, and we all know komaeda's dictionary isn't right. anyway, money takes time, and threads!! and bonus ac, cut him some slack, npc-kun. )

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[ Komaeda could always buy 20 keychains on 20 separate days and earn himself a totem and let npc-kun rake in the big bucks...

At hearing and seeing all of this, they lean back on the table and they laugh. ]

What are you talking about, "good"? I'm the best!

[ Look at them!!! ]

[commences]

( are you really going to let komaeda come in here on 20 separate days and do that... )

Are you? After what you've done... sighs, someone would appreciate what I have.

( to be honest, he's not too beat up about it. don't worry, anyway... rokkun would never do this to him, maybe he should pay his college tuition. )

You said you've been doing this for awhile? ( or did they buy their way to a third year, what's the lore. ) Are you a first year too?

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I have no intentions of being a student. I run the store— this is my job, and here is my domain.

[ I should probably move npc-kun under faculty, maybe the library ghost too. Or under other with the cats, idk, they're not a student and don't wear the uniform. ]

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( *posts on the npc contact for 20 days leaving npc-kun a little money* )

Well, that's disappointing! ( but he sounds excited about it, yep. ) Are we only playing house in your domain?

( oh, that would make things easier for you. yeah... and i mean, add could make the cats uniforms... looks @ lavvy. )

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[ also looks at Lavvy... Lily used to pull her collar off at every possible opportunity when I first got it so Add may or may not get scratched up trying to clothe the cats ]

No, we're playing honest shopkeeper and stingy old man. You're doing great.

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( i'm sure add will do a great job, i've passed on the secret of lily's favorite food, i know he can do it... maybe if he adds a little feather to it. )

Are we? Alright, I'll keep all my money to myself. Since that's the role you gave me.

( easy!! moving on. )

If you're not a student, and you've been doing this for a long time... why do you need it? It's not like you're going to leave.

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[ no!!! They extend a leg and sets the bottom of their shoe against his thigh and makes a halfhearted attempt to kick Komaeda off the table ]

Wait wait wait, never mind that. We're playing a new game now: honest shopkeeper and super generous old man.

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( don't worry, komaeda totally understands this game, in which he's going to slide off the table. once his shoes hit the ground, he'll place the palms of his hand against the table while watching the shopkeeper. )

Nope, you already decided. You let our marriage go, so that will is gone... but I'll do better, I'll keep being that stingy old man.

( he taps the table lightly, but hey... come on, don't hold out on him, npc-kun. )

Besides, when you sell me that one totem, it won't matter anymore! All of that money will go down the drain.

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[ Booooooo. They're going to put their shoe on his face now. ]

That's why I'm not selling it to you! I told you already: you're not allowed to die. Not yet.

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( if they do that, he probably has this stupid little grin with the flat of their shoe pressed up against his face... something like. anyway, can komaeda take off their shoe, he's taking it... it's his now. they probably don't even wear the same size, but that's what happens when people put things on his face. )

I've never had someone care about how long I live, you know... tons of people here want me dead, you don't have to be shy.

( yeah, they're spouses here. )

Do any of the other totems do anything life threatening? You know... Someone else might suffer even if I used one. I'm kind of excited at the thought.

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Hey!

[ Oh my god... can't believe Komaeda swipes their shoe. npc-kun sits up and makes a grab for it back, bc they're not about letting things go for free. If Komaeda had wanted to purchase this shoe, that would be a different conversation.

Incidentally, they're wearing these socks. ]

Totems are for personal use only! You can clobber somebody over the head with it after, I don't care, but I hold no liability for actions outside of its intended use!

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( nope!! komaeda will be taking a step back, and if he has to... he'll hold it above his head to use his height against them. sighs, maybe being tall really comes in handy. that said, it's his. )

Oh, what's this... do you like ducks? That's rather childish in taste, but it matches your personality perfectly.

( as if he's proud about learning that! )

Hmm... Maybe I wanted to purchase every totem.

( what then!!! )

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[ Huff!! Komaeda can't hold his arm above his head forever, not with npc-kun standing up on top of the counter and making another swipe at the shoe. ]

They're not childish!

[ but maybe they like ducks, shut up ]

Buy my totems, but I'm not going to sell them to you all at once. So you're just going to have to come here once a month for a totem until you've got them all, and make sure to shop lots in between those times too!

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( come here shopkeep-kun!! come heeere! he's waving it around, making sure to pull his arm back when the other is soooo close to grabbing it. ugh, seeing them struggle, just a little despair.

but yeah, if they're on the table... it is a little hard to keep it away from them, so komaeda will fail sooner or later. )

Whatever you say...~

( duck totem...

oh, once a month... how mean, that's just a loophole in preventing komaeda to get the death one. )

Maybe... hm... if you give me a kiss on the cheek, I'll think about it.