yogen | give your friends a surprise

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]

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Um...no this can't be right. You're a way nicer person then me?

[ The values of the universe are shifting beneath Crona's feet. ]

He was nice to me...just like you or Nene or Komeada are. He helped me when I asked...Isn't that enough? To care about someone, I mean.

It can be. [she gives them a wry grin.] You try to care about everyone. That's what you're supposed to do. Caring about remorseless killers is just... harder. I never had to do it before I got here.

[a pause] Honestly, I'm not really sure what "nice" means anymore. Everything seems different than I always thought it was, so that might be different, too.

Don't ask me please... [ They respond to her grin with a shaky smile of their own. ] I'm probably just too dumb to figure it out.

[ They started caring about people like, four months ago? Also they don't really care about if you kill people or not. It doesn't seem very indictive of anyone's kindness as a person in Crona's weird worldveiw. ]

Well, if Mr.Jekyll and Hyde are dead I guess you don't need to worry about them any more... [ Even if they frown saying it, they push forward, because Stephanie is a bit younger then them, so they should probably try to say something nice. ] So maybe its not worth your stress. You don't have to deal with things if they're hard.

... Of course you have to deal with hard things. Why wouldn't you have to deal with hard things?

[youngest person here. also only person with basic emotional maturity.]

Because....they're hard? I'd run away if I could. I don't think thats bad.

[ Don't clown on them like this. ]

I mean yeah...I deal with hard things every day. I'd like to deal with something easy for once. Like corners.

Running is good, but running from your problems is actually pretty bad. The problems are still there, and they're still as bad. You only think they look smaller, but they haven't gone away, and you can only run so far.

That's so scary!!! Never ever??!?! I can't deal with that.

[ They'll have to kill everything if thats the case. It's the only way. ]

[visibly brightening as the conversation continues.]

It only sounds scary at first; once you're used to it, it's not so bad. Nobody's born knowing how to deal with problems! You learn, from experience and from people that know more.

[ Thank goodness for Steph. ]

Um...I don't know how to deal with you being so cheerful at me. Cheerful people are scary. [ They sink deeper into their chair.]

I am getting used to people here. I am. But, you know...I was just saying that if people are really super hard you don't need to deal with them. The people here are all nice, so its fine for me...but if people are mean to you and its hard then you should just make them leave you alone.

Maybe?

Oh, I'm sorry! [but she can't actually do much of anything about it she's just so pleased that she's met someone with manageable normal problems she can reach into her back catalog for.]

You shouldn't let people be mean to you, but if you just avoid them, they'll only be mean to even more people. You need to stand up for yourself and try to make them stop, or at least try.

[ MANAGABLE NORMAL PROBLEMS???? THEY EAT PEOPLE.]

I mean yeah I guess I could kill them a little bit. [ Then the problem would go away forever...but it would be loud and stressful and scary and their blood would get everywhere so they'd go to the void school and they don't like dark places at all. So that would be kind of hard to deal with but if Stephanie says things will get worse without it... ]

I'd need to find a room where I could lock the doors though. I hate running...

[blink]

Actually, that should be your very last option, at best.

[she grades on a scale now]

Okaaaaaay. You’re being confusing. If I can’t run or fight them then I really don’t know what I should do:

[ Crona being normal on the weirdo scale…I can’t believe it. ]

... Talk... to them...?

About what.......

... Your feelings?

[ Trying to escape.... the intense stare of a 10 year old is too much.]

Oh feelings. Yeah. I've heard of those. [ What the hell are they saying. ]

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[...]

And you know you have them, right?

I have one feeling for sure.

... You have many different feelings. Everybody does.

But mostly!!! I'm scared!!!

Being scared isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes, it's really important, and it keeps you safe.

[thoughtful pause] You don't need to be brave all at once. You can just try being brave a little step at a time.

Important? I think I could stand to be scared a little less. It's pretty annoying, isn't it?

[ They tap at the desk. ]

Well, what should I be brave about first then? The very first thing.

If it's something that bothers you, you can work on it. That's what's most important.

[thinks...] Well, what are you least scared of right now?

[ They flash her a smile before they narrow their eyes to try and think. Its a pretty hard question... ]

The thing I'm least afraid of...is rabbits. [ Their reasoning is pretty depressing. It was the first thing they'd ever killed, and something they were fairly sure could never hurt them. And cute things aren't very scary. ]

What are you the least afraid of?

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