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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[ 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. )

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[ 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. )

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[ 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? )

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[ 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.

[commences]

( NO, there!!! yes. p-kun it is, because you're right. you're so right.

please stop looking at his jacket pocket, that's where the insanity is stored. )

You're a stepping stone too, P-kun, but don't feel bad, it's a wonderful position to be in. They can do amazing things.

( sighs, he's pulling out the notes that he has. he thinks he could count to more than what the keychain ran him, but you know... )

11,000 yen for every letter, in order.

( isn't that cute and fun? )

[adsum]

[ Nobody's going to know who he's referring to if he goes on about "stepping stone-kun"?? But never mind that, oh shit, they were originally only going to give their first name but if he's paying per letter, cageyness gets tossed out the window. ]

Deal! 110,000 yen, please!

[commences]

( pebble-kun is so cute, considering they're selling rocks. or they seem to like selling those more, either way, p-kun!! not how they added it all up, and you know... komaeda isn't even bothered.

rich people just do whatever they want, so he's pulling out the cash... he places the first 11,000 yen down onto the counter in front of p-kun. this has sugar ultimate energy. )

First letter, and when you give me the second... I'll place the next amount down.

( it's like guaranteed hangman. )

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K!

[ "'kay" but also the letter. The money gets snatched up immediately. ]

And then E!

[commences]

( as komaeda sets down the next amount, he puts more than the agreed set for the letter. is it carelessness or does he just not care, it's pretty easy to tell considering he didn't count, but it seems a little thicker. )

Mhm! What's next?

[adsum]

[ Npc-kun has no reason to correct him, their money now ]

I.

[commences]

( it's their money, call it a little luck... now if it's bad or good, who knows. )

Here you go!

( the next few notes are the proper amount, he even sets them in npc-kun's grabby, little hands. )

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[ They will make smart informed purchases with this money don't worry

G... O... A... R... A...

grabby hands at the money each time ]

[commences]

( he places the money in their hand for every letter. their name is better than komaeda's, and as he continues to hand it to them...

he doesn't mind the a... or the r... but the second a...

his eyes lift up from the money, and he starts distributing it slower. )

...Ara?

( ... he's making sure, but he doesn't put the money in for the last few. )

...ta?

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[ How can he think their name is better when Komaeda's is longer? Why couldn't their parents have named them Fusanosuke or something.

... ]

T.

[ looks at Komaeda expectantly for the promised payment. ]

[commences]

( komaeda's name is ugly. no wonder npc-kun wants to marry him, and get their last name changed. commendable, respectable. )

I guessed right. ( ... ) Pretty lucky.

( doesn't sound like it.

he offers the money for the "t", but he'll watch the other, and he'll offer the rest for the premature "a" that he believes will come next. )

[adsum]

[ ? Komaeda is going to become an Arata

But yeah, they take the money for the T, and reaches for the rest right after. ]

A.

[commences]

( ? rather his money is just going to become an arata. )

Keigo Arata-kun... I'll commit it to memory.

( as they reach, komaeda will quickly raise the hand with the cash to his chin, rubbing thoughtfully. it's one of those scenarios where the other almost got it, but not close enough. will probably have to reach again to secure the bag.

that's... hm. saying their last name is... )

P-kun. ( thinking how savage it was for npc-kun to say that rokkun wasn't going to graduate. damn... ) Will you be here tomorrow? And the day after that?

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[ That's true, once they have his money he's getting disowned. Also, look, who knows a person better than siblings. ]

Yes, and yes! I'll be here every day—- [ lunges for that hand, GIVE IT HERE ] -—until the end of the school year!

[commences]

(the arata's wont be robbing komaeda blind, no wonder he feels some familiarity. he hasn't even gave rokkun money, HOW IS HIS SIBLING HUSTLING HARDER THAN HIMMMMM. oh im sick. almost gave his will to rokkun's sibling, this is quite the position to be in. )

You'll be here when the other students come back from break...

( also, he never told komaeda that they worked here... imagine keeping secrets... :/ )

Make sure to take a few days out — ( they can catch komaeda's wrist, and he's not even trying to pull it away, he allows himself to be tugged close so that npc-kun can get the money if they want. ) And remember, names have power, you shouldn't tell anyone information like that.

( ... )

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[ Rokkun? keeping secrets?? vile accusations. Anyways Rokkun is working hard at graduating but that's behind the scenes, that's not important yet.

But yes, npc-kun pulls Komaeda's hand down towards them and pries his fingers apart one by one to get at the money, though they frown a little listening to his words. ]

Take a few days out to do what? I can't afford to take a vacation.

[ Also now that they've learned they can make big bucks spelling their name for people, they're not going to offer it so openly, don't worry, only the rich get to have power over them. ]

[commences]

( well he did say who all lived in the house... so i guess it wasn't a secret, just didn't explain that one worked at the school. "yet" bout to make komaeda kill himself at this rate.

they may pry his fingers away, but this money is less than the others because he put extra in one from a few tags ago, so in the end it equals out to the set amount they agreed. he laughs a little from that, did npc-kun think they were going to get over on komaeda...? )

Everyone needs a break, to do whatever... things you do when you're on break.

( ... )

What *do* people do...?

( komaeda's rich, never worked a day in his life, and kills people for a living. )

[adsum]

[ Can't kill himself until he writes that will, come on

Also, boooo... there's a little pout at seeing the last bit fall short, but in never expecting to get this much in the first place, they don't push the subject. ]

They... take walks, I guess. Lie down and stare at the sky.

[ What do people do on break, seriously ]