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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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What I gave you can only happen when there's more than one person... that piece of hope is important, and very rare.

( and komaeda hasn't offered one in awhile, these bitches are slacking, but that goes to show that hope is cultivated through various means. he just has to teach them, besides... slow and steady wins the race. )

You can't do everything alone, hope is built by majority... that's how everyone takes part, but there are some hope which are stronger than others. Do you sell switchblades?

( yeah he just rambled into that. )

[ "You can't do everything alone"... unfortunately, Komaeda continues to speak truths, seeing as even npc-kun's hope is dependent on having customers and building enough of a relationship to get them to spend their money. ]

No. I'm not allowed to sell anything blatantly dangerous, or I'm going to get shut down.

( are the totems not considered dangerous? one of them actually kills somebody, but the teachers aren't supposed to hear about that... so do they need to hear about the switchblades? he sighs, his cheek pressed against the side of npc-kun's arm, and maybe they can feel the little frown that he wears. )

As soon as you have something... you should stab me.

( you know, it works that he needs to stab himself, but at long as bad things happen, good luck comes in waves for what he wants. )

Let me show you where! In my back so I don't see it coming, or at my heart, oh! Oh... My hand also works. It'll work in your favor, trust me.

[ For all the staff knows, the totems are just cute little animal carvings. They aren't allowed in the back room unless they're loyal customers, and what do they need with backpacks and binders? ]

Hmm... Lower back, maybe? Your heart has too many bones around it, and I might miss your hand.

Lower back... lower back...

( he's thinking about it, lower back isn't that dangerous, but maybe it could work as long as he wants are in order around the time. )

That's fine, I'm kind of excited for what good luck will come from it! If you kill me, that'd be pretty lucky...

( komaeda's coma arc since he's not allowed to die by your orders. ) Also... you wouldn't miss, I'd willingly let you if you had a weapon... you could do it now.

[ why must a person's vital organs be protected ]

I could, but I wouldn't. I told you you aren't allowed to die until I say so. This doesn't benefit me.

( they don't have to be... wink. )

You say it wouldn't benefit you, sighs... I guess dying by your hands would be hopeless if there's nothing gained.

( the opposite of what he wants. he wants a death where when he dies, people will respect his efforts because his life did something for them. npc-kun can make him a wooden statue, not bronze, so he has variety this time around. )

There are some who will die for the success of others. That's what most tallies are for.

[ also Komaeda wanting a bronze statue of himself constantly kills me ]

You mean like a martyr?

[ They glance down at Komaeda's wrist again, thinking over the number of tallies he'd shown them.

... ]

You're going to have to make lots and lots of friends for that death to bring meaning to people.

( he's a simple ultimate with simple wants!! i think there's promotional art of his fucking statue too, i'm sick. )

Being a martyr is a tough job, too many victim complexes run around here. ( he's also one of them, buuut: )

...What's that? Are you doting over me now?

( komaeda's not ready for the big step of making friends, he has like... classmates whose hope he wants to help, isn't that more than enough. )

The people here... they don't like death, they feel as if this school is corrupting us, and it's why we kill. I don't think that's true at all... ( only because he always thinks about killing for hope, but you know... they don't know that. ) I think they want me to be nicer, actually.

[ They don't really think of it as doting, but then again, it's just a word assigned to whatever they're feeling. A bit detached, maybe, not being able to see themselves stab Komaeda for any reason (maybe as a hit... maybe) ]

Nicer? You're okay as you are.

[ He's been plenty nice. Kind of pushy, but npc-kun's long learned that if you keep a smile on your face, there are people who think of it as niceness. ]

I don't get that about the school corrupting people, either... That just sounds like an excuse to me.

Being nice, being mean, it doesn't matter. I'll do what has to be done.

( yes, perfect, how did they get to 300 comments if not for his pushyness... how did we get here. crying. )

They can't accept that they're all expendable when it comes down to it, some sacrifices are needed for the sake of them moving forward, to grow their hope... some of them are foolish, it's why we're still in this predicament.

( he thinks, tapping his chin. ) Sometimes I worry they're returning to their old roots where they accomplish nothing, so they blame others. Between the school, and those with glowing, gold eyes, they're terrified of that. ( and him, apparently. )

[ npc-kun nods along in that personality doesn't really matter— I mean, look at them— as well as how difficult it can be to realize the insignificance of your own life in the grand scheme of things. ]

Terrified... of what, exactly? Maybe I can help; maybe something in here can help.

[ No switchblades, but there are plenty of other fun things, for the sole purpose of arming these students with tools, if they know how to use them. ]

That people with golden eyes will kill them, or that we'd betray one another... though, if only they'd ask... they wouldn't feel like there's secrets kept between them... I wish there was just a way to make them get along even more.

( he sighs, but it's true there's millions of things in the shopkeeper's possession that would work greatly, it's just getting the chance to use it. )

They want to act without harming, they don't want to kill... they want to survive without any consequences. Are you able to help in that way?

[ These people need therapy... npc-kun doesn't say out loud. ]

Maybe... I can help each person individually, sell them things that bring them safety and comfort, but it won't fix anything unless everybody is of the same mind. Which is impossible, with so many people, because it takes only one person...

[ They go back to staring at their hands, so I can break up the monologue ]

It would be easier if they were united under one leader. This school has one, but I heard she wasn't elected. Not by everybody.

( they kinda do, counselor-kun please come back, noah's depressed. )

There's only a few like minded people.

( the murderers who want to kill, but it's just in that aspect, and not others. komaeda only wants to do it if it involves hope, not to trim their numbers, but to bring them all together. he finds no joy in mindless killing, as long as hope can take part... he's very willing. using that as his reason was also rejected by the group, so everyone had their own opinions.

enh said this is them rn. )

And there are others within the group that wants control, but... they'll never be satisfied. I'm curious, the person that you're speaking of... what is her hope like if you feel so strongly? What could she have done for them?

( because obviously komaeda doesn't need help, but he's always excited to act up. )

[ asdflkhj IS THAT WRONG THOUGH look at our cult, they're all doing so well under Lucifer's care ]

I think she's sort of like me: she has a goal. One that involves everybody, but she doesn't let other people get involved. I think already she's doing what she can... but because people don't see it, they don't know.

[ Sort of like npc-kun and their shop ]

( they're actually doing great, i trust them. have the ever done wrong? no, never. )

Hmm? Arisu-san?

( she's working hard, she wasn't elected by everyone, or rather she was forced into the position, but sounds close enough. also that she stays to herself, doesn't want many bothering her... )

I didn't know you were a fan of her actions.

[ good beans doing their best... ]

I didn't say that.

So it *is* Arisu-san, and you *are* a fan...

( let papa komaeda talk about how he killed aiko to get her that spot, you see, back in the day when he was just a wee killer. )

She's always up to something, it's not that I'm against her, she did help Ishimaru-kun, and for that I'm grateful.

( AND! she shared her bento with him... doesn't that mean when girls like you, komaeda's great at this. )

But others hate her, despise her, think she's as evil as they come. She's a young girl, so they're all like that. ( evil (affectionate). )

[ what happened to feminism, Natsume where are you ]

Oh. I guess what I mean is, she has no choice but to act, given the position. It doesn't matter if people like her, or if her actions are supported. She's doing what she needs to do.

( i know, everyone else hates women :/ well, stephanie, liz, komaeda and sara seem like they love women. everyone else? misogynists. )

She does, but does she have to work alone? Even though I helped, she still rejects me...

( sighs, it's the mean ones that catch komaeda's attention. ) I'm surprised. ( rokkun hates the student council, but is he a arisu-san supporter too? learn something new every day. )

You want them all unified under her... It'll be difficult. Too many closed minded people here, some are too afraid, and there are others who can't find their grounding. How should we reign them in, I'm curious of this hope she has in the making.

It doesn't have to be her.

( ... )

If not her, then who?

[ ... ]

Mr. Lucifer? He has a following already.

( komaeda is not listening to lucifer who is anti murder. )

Anyone else?

Please let August be better than July I'm begging

NOT ME SNITCHING HOLD ONN https://imgur.com/a/fjtHTfa PLEASE THIS MAN MUST BE STOPPED

asdflkjh HE'S REALLY TAKING EVERYONE once we're back in school it's all over for him

only if he breaks komaedas arm first then he can do whatever he needs to amami

done

komaeda only has 1 arm so i think thats very thoughtful of him

imagine rokkun going hulk and snapping komaeda's metal arm

SICK I DONT HAVE 2 IMAGINE i bet his ass was gunna break the metal arm for loophole purposes

two arms for the price of one

i hope hes getting komaeda a new one

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