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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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[ No. He's not going to make them walk down a dark hallway by themselves. And then walk back through the dark hallway to Komaeda. And then down a third time to get back to the store with him and THAT'S BULLSHIT HAVING TWO ARMS DON'T MAKE THE DARK GO AWAY ]

You don't need to see. You have me.

[ To latch onto his arm and pull him forward and pray with all their heart and soul that this one doesn't fall off too. ]

( they'll never know if they don't try, and besides, maybe the arm has a flashlight. yama did say that hinata wouldn't make a second rate arm, so it has to have the universal necessities like the complimentary horror flashlight for in the dark.

... )

Do I? I didn't expect such warmth and kindness after being attacked, but I wouldn't complain... that was a hopeful situation!

( being beat until he bled and had to lick his lips from it spilling, and then god know how his head is going to feel later. )

Up we go! ( he stands up rather well, only because he sat down on purpose just to see if the other would do something. ) Whoo! You did it! So strong!

[ They look confused for a moment, but then breaks out into a grin, because yeah! They did it! They're very strong! Very much immediately latching to Komaeda's arm. ]

Hehe... You should be honored to bask in my warmth and kindness. I'm going to walk you all the way down the hall so you don't get lost.

( they're allowed to have his arm, and he won't try to take it away, instead he waves his nub to make sure that his sleeve doesn't get caught on anything as they walk together. )

Is there anyone else you treat like this, it's almost like you have no faith in me...

( his voice muffled by the gas mask, and he looks around in the smudged darkness that he can't make out. complete darkness, but there's someone else here with him, and he's surprised... normally they wouldn't trust komaeda like this. he's a murderer, so they think negatively enough. )

[ Sometimes people are murderers... The most important thing to them is the knowledge that is that they're cute, and so nobody would ever dare kill them, and therefore they're safe.

Besides, they beat a ghost. Nobody will dare mess with them. ]

Aniki used to let me... But here, I'm a shopkeeper and shopkeepers aren't supposed to do this with their customers.

( and bounded by hinata and amami deathpact, so npc-kun has to stay safe like always.

also, after they beat the ghost up, and they'll see multiple bruises on komaeda as soon they find some good light. )

Is that the person I remind you of... is this why you're comfortable enough despite being a shopkeeper?

[ stopppppppp that was the ghost beating Komaeda up, not them, you can't convince them otherwise ]

Sort of... It was a long long time ago. But he took care of me when Dad wasn't around to, and you sort of feel the same, because you talk to me.

[ The key to npc-kun's heart: give them attention ]

( like how the pages with the math answers is still sitting where the suncatchers are because they don't believe the riddle was that easy? )

Wouldn't that make him more special than that, I don't understand siblings... but I had my own kids, so isn't there a bond greater than what you could share with anyone else?

( anyone could talk to npc-kun, but isn't blood thicker than water, or whatever they say. )

Hm... but you aren't wrong.

[ alsfdkhj they're never going to find it until they sell a suncatcher and a piece of paper flutters down and they pick it up and go ??? and toss it in the trash ]

A bond's not that strong when the other person isn't there. Then, it's just a thread.

( they really said... i can't remember his name and Garry Gilmore comes to mind and i know that's not his name, but they said that mathematician can have rights. )

Many people hang by a thread and still survive, shocking those who didn't think they'd make it... I never said those threads couldn't be tied together... You're strong, you know?

[ Anyways, ]

Is this that friendship thing?

[ Make a bunch of superficial threads instead of finding an older sibling figure and latching on like a leech ]

If that's what you make of it, everyone reads things differently, and make their own opinions despite what anyone else says.

( let him tap his chin in thought which is the arm that they're holding onto, until komaeda realized they're attached. he really needs his other arm back. )

Do you think it's a friendship thing?

[ No chin tapping while npc-kun reflexively pulls back on the arm that tries to lift, just in case he was thinking of shaking them off. ]

Isn't it? It's not a customer thing. A customer gets what they need and then leaves.

( he only has one arm, and he had to talk with his hands and chin tap to seem serious. )

Is there something you want from me specifically that shifts past seller and consumer? Ask and sometimes you'll recieve.

( "does komaeda have to be difficult" well... )

[ Money is a seller and consumer thing, huh... Other than that... attention... maybe. Somebody who would give them the time of day. Somebody they don't need to smile at to keep around.

... ]

Are you any good at drawing?

Define "good".

( stick figures? you like stick figures? anything under that umbrella, but he may be able to dish out something that looks nice since he's lucky... but aside from that, it's a hit or miss. )

Do you want to paint with blood? I wonder if the art room has any left...

Good as in eye-catching! Art that makes people stop and think!

[ The talent they're seeking is the lack of, like Amami's, and Sara's... ]

Blood's not going to cut it.

[ People are too used to it. "Oh, blood splatter on the wall? whatever." They're not going to grab people's attention that way. ]

I guess... I'm not part of the art club, so I can't be as good as them.

( but if he thinks of the monstrosities that chiaki made, then maybe he'll be fine. he pauses, seeing a bit of light at the end of the hallway they signifies the other's shop. it really does take awhile to get through the twilight zone and back. )

Do you have any spare teeth?

[ Can't believe Chiaki is encouraging artists everywhere even after her death ]

I have extras, but none I want to give away.

Let's do tooth art, like noodles... but with teeth.

( wish this was post sciencechan so they have teeth that was grinded, or does komaeda still have his old suitcase that had teeth embedded in it... or did vp want that after he gave the money... crying. he's trying to do what he can for npc-kun in the art range. )

Should have taken Sena-kun's at the time... an arm wasn't enough.

Oh... No, that wouldn't work. I don't have that many extras.

[ It would be eyecatching, but like how little kids pick off the noodles and put it in their mouth, glue and whatever paper got stuck to it and all, what if somebody walks by and steals their teeth?

... ]

Izumi Sena?

Yep, do you know him? He was involved in the semi-disappointing murder... everyone thought he was pretty, so maybe his teeth would have been too.

( his teeth could have sparkles like chip skylark, you never know, but he's leaning towards npc-kun, trying to set his chin on top of their head as they walk. )

[ Hard to walk like this... ]

I know of him.

[ They look up when Komaeda rests his chin on top of their head, tilting their own head back and staring up at him for a moment.

...

Looks back down. ]

We'll use something else. Acrylics.

He was pretty popular to some, but now he's earned his place as a proper stepping stone.

( not them staring, komaeda will now place his cheek on their head... rubbing like a dog... )

Fingernails.

[ Me at Lily... Sometimes you see fluff and you just can't help it. ]

I don't have any extras of those to spare. And they're probably hard to glue.

Please let August be better than July I'm begging

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