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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[adsum]

An idiot is somebody who doesn't understand. You don't understand me, so that makes you an idiot too. Which is fine.

[ Which is not something that matters. Idiots are a more reliable source of income than the shrewd and careful. ]

I know hope is wonderful... That's a given. I guess I'm just pragmatic.

[commences]

I've learned a lot about you, but at least you're honest about what you want.

( komaeda doesn't even see people as humans, nor does he understand anyone, and they don't understand him. he is an idiot, too, but he only understands hope, so it's a miracle that npc-kun got this far with him for... checks watch, almost 200 tags. )

Oh... pragmatic, I would have never guessed. ( just some playful sarcasm. ) You seem, more you know...

( ... whisper whisper so npc-kun can't hear, after, he speaks loud, carrying on: )

Why did you ask me that question from before?

[adsum]

[ LOOK THEY'RE PRAGMATIC OKOK they 1000% believe in everything that they do and knows things will work out for them. Which is why they're going to finish Komaeda's thought with the word "awesome" and leave it at that. ]

What question? I don't remember everything I asked you.

[ also don't talk to me about 200 tags, this thread is like half the entire event post ]

[commences]

( IF ASKED FOR KOMAEDA'S OPINION!!!!!! they want to see how this will work out for them, and he'll keep an eye out!! ...it started with an "a" at least... )

Really? Do you have bad memory... It's fine, I remember!

( oh i'm sick, npc-kun and komaeda had a lot to talk about, it was like a love story, and then a drama, and then some comedy, and whatever else... we put in. heart to heart, idk. )

You asked me why I caught you, I think. ( he knows. ) Why?

[adsum]

[ Amazing. Angelic. Adorable.

npc-kun and Komaeda speedrunning what would otherwise have been 20 threads ]

Why...? I wanted to know, so I asked.

[ ?? ]

[commences]

( cold, cold and colder.

yeah... this thread is just a stepping stone for the others. )

I don't understand why you asked, wouldn't others just accept it as is?

( why ask... do people hate you, npc-kun. what sort of life are you living. )

Are you not used to it?

[adsum]

[ Ambitious. Admirable. Authentic. ]

No. Who would be used to falling and being caught? [ Having somebody there to catch them? This store isn't always so lively. Most of the time, there aren't people around to hate them. ]

I jumped, fully prepared to fall, and get up on my own. You just surprised me, that's all.

[commences]

( hm... close, but no cigar. has two "s" in it! )

Even when people are around?

( that says a lot, paints an image of how people must react around them. )

I was right beside you, and if I didn't... you'd probably fall on top of me.

( he says it like it's one of the two evils. )

[adsum]

[ Assuring. Astonishing. Auspicious. ]

Yeah! Normal people would jump out of the way so they don't get hit! You had time to step away, so if I fell on you, that's your problem, not mine.

[ Not being crushed might be the lesser of two evils, but that doesn't mean he had to catch them. ]

So why did you catch me?

[commences]

( if this was hangman, i think i'd be the winner, and npc-kun would owe komaeda TWO keychains. limit is 7 letters, two "s". )

Isn't it obvious, it's because I...

( he's close to npc-kun, so he's going to lean forward, his voice barely above a whisper as he inches towards their ear. he breathes in first, and then: )

...didn't want you falling on me.

( he leans up properly wearing a :) like he's not doing anything weird. )

[adsum]

[ me going to google like which it then suggested "asshole" to me

...

okay they can breathe again once Komaeda is out of their face and considers next time maybe stepping back to put distance between them while fully knowing they won't. ]

But I fell on you anyways. On your arms that were way too weak and puny to hold me up.

[ What was the point of that!!!! ]

[commences]

( LASLKKL:SDKL:SKL:D:LKSD:LKSF I DID NOT EXPECT TO LOOK IN MY INBOX AND SEE ASS, I'M GOING INSANE.

stop!! he's been good, he's bathed recently... it's called character development when his dementia doesn't make it hard for him. )

I have one good arm... oh, do you sell body parts? That's important.

( ... new subject to pander to komaeda's curiosity because npc-kun is calling him weak! which he is, he's dying, he can't help it. )

[adsum]

[ I'm going to start posting help: ass???? everywhere without context now ]

Body parts... I already told you. I'm a package deal and you can't afford me.

[commences]

( i'm tearing up. time to put it in the yogen folder. )

Hm...

( thinking, isn't rokkun's legs fucked up... looks at npc-kun's legs. hm. hmmm... he's thinking. if he... then they just... if add would... and then... hmmmmmmmmmmmm. )

That's why you wanted my will, right? Are you still interested?

[adsum]

[ stopppppp Rokkun can't play soccer with npc-kun's short little kid legs

a little self-consciously, maybe, npc-kun looks down at their legs too and then shuffles over behind the counter so it's just their cute face showing, no legs to harvest here, no sir. ]

Yes. Give me all your money.

[commences]

( just need to grow them, komaeda heard all about gardens filled with limbs and plants. right up his alley with the symbolism that he likes.

...? not the legs gone, komaeda is sad now. )

...Well, I need something from you.

( ... n... name... )

[adsum]

[ thinking about the people garden in The Magnus Archives... ]

A ring? I'm just going to take it back in your will, though.

[ All his money... and now all his possessions, too, because they're sure he has things they can pawn off for a little extra pocket money ]

[commences]

( npc-kun bone rose... )

Hm? ( excuse him? if npc-kun has enough to buy a ring, they don't need to be taking komaeda's money.

getting his inheritance would mean they'd never have to lift a finger again. he's the only one left in his family... so imagine... stacked as hell. )

Your name.

[adsum]

[ It doesn't have to be a wedding ring... There's ring pops, and those red plastic rings that come with the rice noodle bags, these things whatever they're called ]

My name? It's—-

[ no, no, information is not free ]

Write up the will and I'll sign it and then you'll learn my name!

[ They want official documents in their hot little hands before anything else please thank you ]

[commences]

Now, now... that's not how that works. If I'm asked who you are, and I don't know your name... they'll think I've been forced.

( it is a will, after all. if they find foul play in the making of it, they will do background checks, and things of that matter to the point where they won't be able to go through with it! besides, people die around komaeda, that will is a sign of bad luck... npc-kun, watch out. )

You can play by the rules, can't you?

( now he's waiting, besides, he thinks that if he can't get the death totem, this will be enough compensation. )

[adsum]

[ the moment npc-kun came into creation there was a high possibility of dying, that's just all the npc's lot in life in general. But they're confident they won't be taken out; they're the one with head smashing rocks, after all. ]

Nobody has to see it until you're done writing it... and then I'll write my name and then we can officialize it and it'll all be okay. I can't have you backing out after I give you my name either. I'll give you my name, I promise. But I can't do maybes.

[commences]

( that's true, but npc-kun has a life to live until komaeda ruins it. )

Why so protective over your name?

( it's not even night time, but komaeda doesn't believe it has anything to do with that at all. )

What would you like to be called for the time being, then? Hm... P-san? Kibou-kun? Wanwan-san...

( maybe the ring was a better topic, but can't have something like that around rokkun or he'll lose his mind even though it's just a money transaction. )

[adsum]

[ Rokkun comes back from summer break and sees a ring on Komaeda's hand and decides now is the time for mass murder, I can see it happen. ]

I'm not protective of it. It's just something you want, and something I can capitalize on. You can refer to me as "the shopkeeper" to others— that would mean more to them than a name, anyways.

[ also what does P stand for ]

[commences]

( rokkun reminds me of that one relationship tiktok that's like "even if you're single you're still with me". )

A name shouldn't equal that, as long as you're given money... ( he's going into his jacket pocket, sighs. ) ...you're willing, aren't you?

( ugh, a will, not like he cares, he'll die anyway. where do they even get one. )

You're not just a shopkeeper.

( sighs, don't ask what he means by that. and producer-san... what did you think it was... problematic? )

[adsum]

[ pebble-kun... because rocks, and being a stepping stone, and... whatever

but anyways, hewwo, eyes go to that jacket pocket!!! ]

Depends on how much money.

[ there is nothing in this world that can't be bought. ]

I know I'm much more than just a shopkeeper— I'm a person, with my own story, and my own ambitions. But I'll never be anything more than just a shopkeeper to everybody here. "Side character-kun," like you said.