give your friends a surprise

[closewithnewintown]

Who: EVERYONE
What: FAMILY MEETING
When: 8/4, right after school closes.
Where: Student council room
Warnings: Eventually, probably.

["If my friends back home were acting like this, I would've already locked them in a room and forced them to figure out their feelings."

the job puts all of her considerable superspy skills to the test. she knows where every normal kid's locker is; it's easy enough to slip the note into each that morning. if it's someone who she knows would be unable to read the note, she tells them its contents, but keeps her own involvement out of it. lies of omission don't count.

the note reads:]

I have very important information about this place. Please come to the student council room after school ends today.

- Nao Sato

[and if the text looks just a bit girlier than you'd think she'd write, hey, you don't know her. she's got layers.

either way, it's a pretty interesting proposition: the student council room door is, for the first time in seemingly ever, wide open. anyone can walk inside - and, hopefully, most everyone should. because it's only when Stephanie thinks that she's got enough of them inside that she actually enters the room, shutting the door behind her.

click.

it locks. she grins, spins the key on her finger, and slips it into her pocket.

"How are you supposed to do that with grownups?"

the exact same way, she's decided.]

We haven't had any meetings since, um. Well. The last one. But, I'm pretty sure nobody has no more murders to report, so it shouldn't be too bad, and we can all just focus on the most important task: Getting along! All of us are on the same team, but most of us barely even know each other; some of us even hate some of the others! [SHE SAYS, LIKE SHE DOESN'T ACTIVELY DESPISE KOKICHI] So, I figured we could spend the evening fixing that problem. Play some games, talk about stuff we've discovered since the last time...

And, maybe, if everybody does a really good job, I'll unlock the door!

[smiles]

Comments

[closewithnewintown]

Maybe... Or, was it being in a room I couldn't immediately leave? [no it was definitely time.]

[crystallomancy]

That depends, sweet bunNY. Did you lock yourself in a room to think while we were parTED? ( girl )

[closewithnewintown]

The crying was mostly in unlocked rooms! Mostly because I didn't really expect anyone to come in. [unfortunately, as we know, komaeda,] But, none of that was useful. Avoiding you didn't do anything; I only felt better after I accidentally started talking to you at the fundraiser.

[crystallomancy]

( hmm. )

But you wouldn't have felt like talking to me or working things out right after that meeTING, would YOU? ( ... ) I won't deny putting people into a tight situation like this isn't helpFUL, but spending time away from what's frustrating us helps our minds to clear and work through our THOUGHTS. You left the meeting early, BUT...

( he hesitates, just briefly, but continues on, voice gentler. )

When Little Viper heard I'd killed Kudo-chan, she tried to kill ME. Saihara-kun took the blow of his own acCORD, but there was no way she would have wanted to talk to me or sort things out while her emotions were running that HIGH. ( for a while after that, too. ) We worked things out... eventualLY.

( in a way. she won't try to kill him unless he hurt someone again, and he's already ? trying ? to not just go off and do his own thing, so it'll be okay, probably. )

I think she would have killed me if it'd been any time sooner than when we talked properly face-to-face THOUGH, considering how she went after me on the foRUMS.

[closewithnewintown]

[the face journey is brief: from shock, to disgust, settling on open frustration, her arms crossed in front of her chest.]

You're really not convincing me on not locking people in rooms to solve problems, considering how not doing that meant I had no idea my classmate was stabbed until right now!

[songstressedout]

[ Yuzu's just... sitting here not sure what's going on in this argument, something about someone being stabbed?? Still, maybe she should speak up... ]

It might be causing some conflict, though... and if a fight breaks out and nobody can leave...

[closewithnewintown]

[slumped down in her chair]

Good.

[songstressedout]

Good!? It's not good!!

[ If things get stressful, she'd rather they walk out instead of throwing a punch! Is she being unreasonable? Is Yuzu the unreasonable one here!? ]

[closewithnewintown]

I hope we all get sent to the void school and the shadows eat us.

[songstressedout]

NO!!

[closewithnewintown]

Nope, too late, put my hope out there.

[silentabyss]

I have to agree with Stephanie...

[NOAH]

[songstressedout]

[ Yuzu is speechless. ]

I thought we were trying to be positive!?

[silentabyss]

No, I'm depressed. I don't want to be positive anymore.

[Noah's completely giving up on life.]

[songstressedout]

Well, you can be depressed somewhere else!

[ She turns to leave, but... the doors are still locked. Great.

She'll just... sit as far away as possible, which isn't that far because of the crowd. ]

[silentabyss]

[In a moment of petty glory, Noah decides that she's right and he can be depressed somewhere else, so he scoots his chair about a foot to the left. Someone has been spending too much time around Add.]

[commences]

( crouches down next to once he finds him, what's he doing depressed? komaeda has came to save the day. )

...

[crystallomancy]

( noah.........

but hey: )

Wouldn't you say going to the void is simply a type of "leaving this room" to take some time to cool OFF?

[songstressedout]

No, I don't count death as taking time to cool off.

[ She's gone from nervous to exasperated in just a few seconds... ]

[crystallomancy]

That's only if the shadows eat US. TechnicalLY, it'd only happen to those actively in danger of dyING. If you and I were just around when we were pulled to the void SCHOOL, we would be SPARED.

( ? something like that, he paid enough attention to noah when he talked about void school that one time. )

[closewithnewintown]

But then there's being eaten by shadow ghosts.

That's an important part.

[crystallomancy]

( well, yes. )

...Speaking of important PARTS, have you learned anything important from this experience toDAY?

[silentabyss]

Just tell me "when".

[Is Noah okay.]

[crystallomancy]

( noah, )

I'd recommend you see Arata-sensei, but he's not available over BREAK.

[crystallomancy]

Did no one tell YOU.

( DID WE JUST ALL AGREE NOT TO TELL HER.......... )

My apoloGIES. Do you want to know the rest of the stoRY, or is this eNOUGH? There isn't too much after that outside of Liar-kun wondering what they should do with Komaeda-san and I, since Hyde-san was more than happy to try and get everyone's attentions with who he KILLED. ( hyde-san... good try. ) Elizabeth-san healed Saihara-kun with some sort of monster TOO, so it was FINE. Everyone just didn't want anything to do with me for a WHILE, considering we expect the worst out of Komaeda-san but not out of charMING, good-looking young MEN.

( please shut up natsume )

...RegardLESS, I'm sorry for not saying anything sooNER, not that I think it would've HELPED.

( also: he was trying to avoid people who didn't want anything to do with him anyway so okay yknow )