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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[ ughhhhhhh it's like that whole "remember, God loves you" thing that people are so fond of saying but there never is any proof, no kind words, no smiles, no hugs, it's not enough. ]

It's nice, but I want yours on top of that. I want both.

[commences]

( OH SHUT UP IT ISSSSS SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP. and komaeda's religious i CANT. )

You'll always have my words as long as you remain hopeful. ...If you lose that hope, if you fail, and give up, I won't have anything else to say.

( so don't disappoint him... which he has a feeling npc-kun won't, because they're too goal oriented... focused on one thing, arata's have a tendency to never really give up. that's what makes them insufferable, they don't understand when they've lost.

...

that's not a bad thing. )

These are my genuine feelings, I want to see you prevail. If I believe in you, what will happen...?

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[ Losing hope isn't ever a concern for them, because that's right: they're the best and so they cannot fail, and so long as they're alive they will not give up on their goal.

Which means... Komaeda will talk to them forever! Yes. ]

If you believe in me, I'll be happy! And ensuring my happiness if your utmost priority!

[commences]

...There are better people who can do that which isn't me.

( ensuring their happiness, that's something they can only do if they put their mind to it — interact with others, create bonds. )

To keep you happy, knowing someone like me... I'll disappoint you. People find it difficult to smile when speaking to me, they always seem disappointed, sad, and irritated... ahaha, I'm pretty pathetic, P-kun.

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[ Ensuring their happiness is everybody's priority, so it doesn't matter if Komaeda is bad at it, he still contributes in his own way. Besides, they've never really been disappointed by him, or sad or irritated or anything like that and not immediately bounce back up.

All that aside—- ]

P-kun...?

[ Komaeda had bought their name, and they expressed not wanting him to use it. So it's Pebble-kun... ]

[commences]

NPC-kun seems rude, despite many people do play the side character, I think I can give you more credit than just that.

( p-kun has meaning too, it has pebble-kun, and there can only be one p-kun that matches rock-kun, and so there's harmony. it's quite funny how things add up in a way, the truth lingering around them. )

Unless I should call you something else that you like.

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[ Thinks about it... K-kun from Keigo would make more sense but that's so awkward to say so they strike that out. There's always just Keigo... or their nickname... or the other nickname... ... ... ]

Shopkeep-kun is okay.

[commences]

Keep-kun?

( sounds long, maybe he should go back to p-kun which is easily said, and the p is still at the end which makes it a just as valid nickname. )

P-kun...

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[ Oh so Komaeda just tossed their preferences out the window, why even ask ]

...Sure. What do I call you?

[ asks for Komaeda's name a cumulative 800 comments later ig ]

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As a shopkeeper, my name doesn't do anything for your sales, rather... it would do the opposite!

( so this means komaeda doesn't have to give away his name!! )

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[ ...That's true. Komaeda's kind of weird, so if they mention him being a regular customer maybe people will start avoiding their shop. ]

Okay. I'll just go "hey you" then.

[commences]

...A general you, I may not notice...

( as if he's fishing for something specific, or maybe he wants to see how much his time is valued... or he just likes to see the other make demands, komaeda's always like dealing with bossy people. )

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Not a general you. Yu.

[ Like the name, which they trace 友 in the air with their finger as one of the ways to write it.

"friend" ]

[commences]

( are they renaming komaeda, i am tearing up. but it does catch him off guard, staring in their direction, blinking... )

Really? Am I deserving of something like that?

( his parents didn't give him a nickname, hell, they didn't want to say his name if they could help it. the first time he got a nickname here was because of rika, and he took that pretty well even though it's different, just like this...

it always starts off different with him. )

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Hm? You don't have to deserve things. Just say yes or no.

[ If he likes it, he's Yu-kun. If he doesn't, there's a thousand billion other names npc-kun can go through and they'll find something acceptable, eventually. ]

[commences]

( part of me wants to see what names they go for, just because that's cute. )

...You can call me trash, garbage, waste, cockroach...

( but he mutters "yu" to himself, seeing how the name plays out on his tongue. )

Does it fit me? ( "yu" but they can say trash does too. )

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[ me, opening up my website of generic Japanese names and hitting randomize,

npc-kun hums a little to themselves, because not... really... They don't want to call him any of his suggestions, but it doesn't matter because Komaeda's opinion is now invalid. ]

Mmhm! Yu-kun fits you the best, because I chose it! So that's your name now!

[commences]

( that was the lucky name chosen for him, he'll have to deal. )

Do you think it rings a bell like... scum, I think that's pretty defining of me as well!

( he looks at the burner... he wants to touch it. )

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[ Um.

... ]

Yep, Yu-kun really is the best!

[ Gonna ignore Komaeda's suggestions and start the blender, WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I never remember what they're supposed to be doing unless you bring it up WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ]

[commences]

( they're making a drink for elizabeth's birthday or something, it has to be blue, and have disgusting things in it... but they're trying to make the beverage that's like alcohol, but isn't... with durian (coconot milk) carambola. )

...You ignored me.

( they sure did, but he's going to reach out to touch it with his organic hand, but pull away after tapping it just a bit — his fingers warm to the touch, that quick sting, he wants to do it again. )

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[ If he reaches for the stove again, npc-kun is going to slap his hand away, stop that. They power off the blender and just hands the entire pitcher to Komaeda. ]

Drink, Yu-kun.

[ He has to finish the whole thing. ]

[commences]

( ow...

he'll take it, but what color is it, how much is in the pitcher, because he's going to take it to the table nearby so he can sit it in the middle to stare at. is it better cold... or warm. )

Do we have ice?

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[ I imagine it's an ugly dark green brown, still piping hot and it maybe splashes everywhere when the lid is first unscrewed because of the built up steam inside, I know this by experience.

There's a whole liter to go through. ]

Ice would water it down. Don't insult my drink like that. You have to enjoy the whole thing as is.

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[commences]

( alright, he'll look at npc-kun, and then he'll pick it up, bringing it to his lips as he tilts it up so that he can start swallowing it down... is it chunky, the substance.

it burns his tongue, scorches his throat that he thinks he's going to gain blisters, and other swollen lumps, and the fact that it's thick enough to fill his stomach... it moves, pushes, molds together inside...

hot... )

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[commences]

( he closes his eyes, nodding to himself as he sets down the... extremely bitter beverage, strong on his tongue, and probably another cure to beat a disease that takes your sense of taste tbh...

he sets the pitcher down.

he looks towards npc-kun, leaning to the side... )