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]

( no... soft. pull, pull. komaeda's fascinated that they're warm and soft, and it gives him something to do. )

If you don't know, and if your father doesn't know... how can you say he's actually dead? It does sound like he left him to die!

( if that was their hope, if they thought his hope was weak, but... he sighs, almost like he's disappointed in what's been said to him. komaeda doesn't blame npc-kun though, they were three, so what could they do about it. wander out in the wilderness clinging onto some shred of hope that their brother was alive? yeah, it sounds right, and komaeda would encourage the behavior, but those that lack talent can only be expected of so much. )

...Why would you say that? If he was alive — ( he's on fucking breaaaaaaaaaaaakAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH going insane ) why wouldn't he be here for you? Because you casted him away? ( pulls at cheeks. ) Or are you afraid since you couldn't save him?

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[ watch me not bring him back after break ]

Dad wouldn't lie to me! And my brother— he wouldn't just... run away from home!

[ Going off their 3-year-old memory, anyways. They could probably only barely reach the door handle to run outside to find their brother.

stop stop whiiiiiiine, they tug at Komaeda's hands that tug at their cheeks and it's only making things worse ]

And I didn't cast him away! I went after him!

[commences]

( puts his gifts in his locker, along with the marriage notice can't believe he can't see komaeda become an arata. sighs. ​)

Ahaha, is that so. I would have never guessed.

( interesting, but he allows his hands to be ripped off their cheek, but he doesn't fight if they're hold onto, or thrown to the side. instead, he's watching the other's expression as he tries to read their feelings on the matter, npc-kun appears to be quite expressive when things don't go their way. )

You shouldn't be so worried because good luck will follow after, ah... forgive me, prying in something I don't understand.

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[ npc-kun brings Komaeda's hands down to his lap, to rest over the drying snot and tears.

... ]

I forgive you. And I'm not worried. I have nothing to worry about.

[commences]

( npc-kun please, he doesn't feel sorry at all, and if he does, it's more for them than himself as he thinks about it. his peer died when npc-kun was three, but they didn't find his bones or anything saying that he was dead... he recalls being told the household was already fill with a select few people. )

Good! So we can keep going. ( yaaay, he's forgiven! ) You said if he came back, he wouldn't be here for you...

( that's saying they can come back, or have the ability to do so. )

Do the dead come back? ( did he not die, is that when komaeda in rokkun's au found him or sumn. wtf is rokkun's delusions, npc-kun, your brother is full of (god voice) CAP! ) You were three... I'm sure he'd remember how cute you were at that age.

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[ ? Rokkun doesn't even remember his siblings' names or faces, there's no helping him.

... ]

The dead don't come back. Not as they are. But they can be reborn into something else... find their way back to their loved ones. Whenever a butterfly came to visit our garden, dad would point it out to me and say, "He's come to check up on you." I would pretend to be happy, so he doesn't worry.

[commences]

( komaeda doesn't even know that, rika and stephanie knows the lore, the only lore he knows is *goes to check* who lives in the house. )

...Pfft.

( rokkun a butterfly, god, that's got komaeda downbad, and he's trying not to laugh, instead he acts like... he's gasping for air as he takes this in. )

Him... a butterfly, I don't understand it. ( it's a shame komaeda can't fix this, only standby and mind his business, learn the knowledge and wonder... ) You carve wood, don't you? Make me a butterfly out of something.

( does komaeda still have his log, this is good use! )

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[ who lives in the house, I didn't write this down ]

Huh? No, I can't. Butterflies are all spindly and thin and flat.

[ Butterflies are too hard? They can maybe manage a friend shaped bear, maybe. ]

[commences]

( NOT MY OUTDATED ROKKUN LORE imma be sick. this all i got. )

Excuses, make it flippy, thick, and uneven.

( see what he did there, but what he means is that he'll grab npc-kun's hand, and they're going to get off the counter since they seem better. they're going on a little trip. )

[adsum]

[ I feel like there was a specific reason why I gave him grandparents but I can't remember anymore, I'll jot this down anyways ]

I don't— [ okay being dragged off now ]

Where are we going? I have to... stay here. What if I miss customers while I'm gone?

[commences]

( bc they would have loved komaeda. )

To my locker, don't worry, it's not that far away.

( not them worried about their customers, let's see... thinking, thinking... )

They'll die if you're not here, so it's lucky if no one comes by. ( now to the lockers they go!!! )

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[ Grampa and Gramma Arata feeling kinship with Komaeda and his dementia ]

Wait, they can't die! That's more of a reason why I shouldn't leave— if somebody kicks the bucket in front of my door, that's going to tank my business!

[commences]

( they'd understand, think he was good for the family and everything. )

You worry too much. No one will come, okay? That'll be good luck for me... and I'll suffer the consequences later...! I'm almost excited what they could be!

( speak it into existence, or well, he's trying. he's going to pull npc-kun out of their little shop since they're not that far away from the lockers. )

Come on, come on, come on...

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[ "No one will come" crying, how is that supposed to convince them? npc-kun holds onto the table leg or doorframe or wherever they're standing but if Komaeda can lug Natsume around he can tug npc-kun away from the shop. ]

I get paid leave for this...

[ Compensate them for the possible sales they're missing out on ]

[commences]

Paid leave?

( stop natsume's a twink, is npc-kun a twink... well they have twink energy, okay, komaeda will try and scoop them up bridal style if they're holding onto the doorframe. come with him. sometimes you put majority weight on the mechanical arm — )

If you say that, you have to stay with me for as long as I pay you for...

( this marriage doesn't seem right, but you know what... if he's allowed to regain money again, npc-kun has a deal. ) Wouldn't it be your lucky day? ( think of the possibilities... ) Now come on...

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[ NO at least potato sack them, that has more dignity than bridal style that npc-kun tries to wriggle out of. ]

Show me the money first and I'll tell you how long you can afford me.

[ But yes... they will stay with him for as long as he pays them for... He can absolutely regain money to fund basically all npc-kun's customer threads ]

[commences]

( no, this is what they deserve for putting komaeda through hell. it's okay, there's no students to see them being bridal carried. sighs, if only school was in session... )

If you move so much, I'll drop you...

( he'll drop them without even needing them to flail out properly. )

You'll get a surprise if you stay with me, I can promise you that I don't lie... so don't think negatively, okay?

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[ Can't drop them if they throw their arms around Komaeda's neck and hugs him close. ]

Is it a good surprise?

[commences]

( hey! they don't have to do that, komaeda is not allowing this. bridal carry is the ultimate attack, but if they do this... what is komaeda supposed to do? it's kind of embarrassing. )

...

( window hp "an unknown error has occured" sound is what's playing in his mind. )

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[ not letting go, but

... ]

So it's a bad surprise.

[ Why else would Komaeda stop talking if this were actually a terrible idea and npc-kun is a fool for going along with it. ]

[commences]

Hm?

( he seems to have forgotten, dementia does something when conflicted with embarrassment. )

Whatever you're talking about, you really must hate me... I would never, as long as it's for hope, it's always good.

( okay, but komaeda's locker isn't too far off, so once they're close enough he's going to try and set them down...

will they unlatch? )

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I don't hate you.

[ And they do let go, once Komaeda's arms are no longer supporting their weight and they've got no choice unless they want to snap his neck. ]

What is it? I want to see.

[ Present? present for npc-kun? ]

[commences]

Why not? Are you incapable of hating someone?

( what's this... how can it be? usually someone will say it by now, sighs...

okay, but he's going to open his locker and inside is various things: leash, extra clothes with a metal collar on top, a jacket because i think rokkun gave that back to him...punk, hacking gun, nene's blanket, and a log!

oh, right, the log. which he's going to take out, idk how long these lives, but komaeda's lucky so maybe it's living long. he'll hand it over to npc-kun for them to use... )

Here. ( take care of it, it's not a prized possession or anything... and the mushrooms are edible. )

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No.

[ They can't say they hate a lot of people, but there's little opportunity to hate when you interact mostly with customers and if they're rude you kick them out.

...

They stare at the log. glances inside the locker. ]

What a mess... What do I do with this? Set it on fire?

[commences]

Carve.

( that's right! they carve, so komaeda wants them to carve. )

And no, if you carve, and keep it, something good may happen.

( is that what komaeda was told, rokkun said some bs like that... )

I'll share... ( the money is not falling out this locker this trip!! ) half of it with you, how's that?