i don't want to survive, i want to live

[mermaidcursed]

Who: Yes
What: Movie Night + Slumber Party 
When: 9/11, Saturday Evening
Where: Dorm Common Room 
Warnings: A ridiculous amount of Fluff, probably

( it starts out small. a need for comfort food, and a need for something heartfelt but silly and fun, something genuine and kind. ... and, well, she did find a weird. bootleg vhs set of her favorite movie series, hamster space wars. but the dorm is only barely furnished- and it's not like they can just go out and buy a tv or anything. honestly she completely doubts there's even anything beyond the woods. but she remembers a teacher playing the thing and other stuff in the first month of all of this. 

it's so long ago...

but there's a television and a vhs player in the school. and nene... nene's tired and sad and is currently out of fucks to give, so at some point in the day, after everyone else has left, nene has returned to the school and, uh. "borrowed" both things. it's fine. they just have to get it back in by sunday evening. don't worry about it. like, it's definitely heavy but she's a tough cookie who tills soil and everything, and also sara and noah both witnessed everything and are accomplices by default, so they had to help carry things too. 

(they were completely happy to help on both accounts, she asked very nicely.) 

so the "borrowed" television is set up across from one of the larger couches, and the vhs on top of it. she had cookies in the oven, donuts and hot chocolate made and popcorn popped. the common room paintings are covered with sheets of cloth. all that was left was something cozy- but at this point, nene's made so many little cushions and blankets and even cozy pjs that that's super easy. all that was left was letting anyone who wanted to come know too. so at some point in the halls, nene walks down calling out: )

Cartoons in the common room! Bring blankets and stuff! 

( and, so everyone knows what their characters are getting into: hamster space wars is a movie series about different factions of hamsters that have been trying for cross planetary peace for ages now, with a villainous faction having sabotaged the final negotiations so they can control the war from the shadows to make the most money and also get the most seeds (Very Decadent). the first movie follows the main hamster and his little group trying to escape the villains after having witnessed the sabotage, and are trying to avoid assassination and end the war for good. the sequels follow allied factions, with hamster galactic wars being the Thrilling Conclusion. 

it's heartfelt. it's silly. it's very cute. nene loves it. )

Comments

[adsum]

All one hundred, tonight, and if you don't have funds, you can borrow from somebody else or pawn something to me!

[crystallomancy]

( ...hmmm. "borrow" from someone else. okay. )

I'll be right BACK.

( subaru has no problems lending natsume his pda, so he'll take that... and he'll go grab the bag of mermaid scales he got from nene months ago too.

presenting both to npckun, hello! )

The bag has rare mermaid scales in IT, and the owner of this PDA graciously agreed to let me use their points for your ROCKS.

( he can cover the difference if it's not too much he guesses but. )

[adsum]

[ Hello... npc-kun peers at the scales, never having seen anything like them before. ]

...What's the resell value on these scales?

[ rock price or charm price? what are they supposed to charge ]

[mermaidcursed]

[crystallomancy]

( good question... nene just told him they could be bartered with, and that she did it at a spirit festival. )

Fairly WELL, particularly to those who know exactly what they're looking FOR... Or Baru-kun, since he likes shiny THINGS. You could probably charge almost anything for them considering their scarcity and their ability to be used as bargaining chips with the supernatuRAL.

[adsum]

[ If only npc-kun knew... they might follow her around flicking water at her just to get more scales ]

Oh. Do you think it'll be enough to keep the ghost haunting the ground floor away?

[crystallomancy]

( good thing he'll never know natsume's supplier )

...Do you mean the one that takes fingernails for stolen BOOKS?

[adsum]

It does that too??

[ oh my god they are never leaving their store after dark ever again ]

The one I met tore off Komaeda's arm and beat him up! I just barely managed to save him!

[crystallomancy]

( ???????? KOMAEDA? )

You should've left him to DIE. ( oh my god.................. ) But NO, that doesn't sound like the ghost I know at ALL... Haruka-chan is a very sweet GIRL.

( ...

so is it scarier that two ghosts are lurking around or— )

I'll throw in some protection charms for YOU. ( please let him spend his mermaid scales on the rock gacha. )

[adsum]

I can't do that...

[ Leave Komaeda to die, they mean, looking uncertainly at the idea of a sweet ghost girl. Two ghosts... ]

And I've got lots and lots of protection charms in my shop! [ Not that they did any good, since they were outside of it.

... ]

What's the resale value for your charms?

[crystallomancy]

They were extremely popular during the fundraiser event we put on for the dormitories the other MONTH.

( ...So, good? )

But I meant for you to keep on your person as a ward against that which would harm YOU, not as a selling opTION. ( a small poke on their shoulder. ) Consider it and the offer of a séance to commune with this harmful spirit a gift for accepting my mermaid scales and these points in exchange for one hundred gacha ROCKS.




( so a bribe. )

[adsum]

Huh? Oh...

[ Gifts that they can't resell... okay. ]

I'll trade you the scales and points for a hundred gacha rocks but you have to do the séance yourself. Tell the ghost to go away and leave me alone.

[ they don't want to commune with the spirit... please... ]

[crystallomancy]

You have a DEAL.

( subaru'll be fine without points and natsume's finally found a use for these scales... and now he can go look for another ghost. the séance probably won't be too necessary except to call its attention, but...

anyway he holds out his hand for a handshake, c'mon little buddy. )

[adsum]

You'd better tell it, okay...

[ npc-kun takes Natsume's hand. It's soft and warm and, like their hugs, they don't let go until Natsume pulls away first. ]

[crystallomancy]

( well............ too bad natsume isn't tarou-nii or subaru and doesn't appreciate it as much, and anyway it's his turn once he's pulled away soo )

Truth or... Are you just going to pick truth aGAIN?

( just asking if he can skip the formalities. )

[adsum]

Is that your truth question?

[ Because yes... there is only one option for them in this game. ]

[crystallomancy]

It's NOT.

( :/a )

Why don't you ever pick DARE? ...I suppose that's my quesTION.

( it's a waste of one but dammit let him dare you. he has nice dares. )

[adsum]

Because I have trust issues. Truth or dare?

[ yeah it was a waste of a question, however honestly it was answered ]

[crystallomancy]

( oh mood. also i was updating natsume's thread tracker/cr chart and decided natsume calls npckun Mr. Shopkeeper, because he canonically just kind of sometimes nicknames/refers to people as to what they are, like leo is "Sir Knight". congratulations )

...TRUTH.

[adsum]

[ They'll be so relieved they're just some variation of shopkeep-kun in people's eyes ]

How do you make friends?

[crystallomancy]

( ...oh. natsume glances around at the number of people who've talked with them recently and... )

You don't seem like you're having that much trouBLE. Why do you want to KNOW?

[adsum]

[ Talking doesn't make them friends, they think. It's part of the salesperson personality. ]

I was told it'd be good for me to make friends. I want to hear your answer.

[crystallomancy]

( If Natsume can earn friends by talking so can Mr. Shopkeeper. )

Hmmm... ( ... ) Be sincere with people and offer empaTHY. Listen to them when they TALK, and let them get to know you TOO. That last one's particularly imporTANT... You can't make people be friends with YOU, but you can do your best to show them why they should at least consider being SO.

[adsum]

Hmm.

[ Sincerity... empathy... listening... letting people know them...

They think maybe three or four of those things they can passably fake, but wow is making friends tough. ]

Why should people be your friend?

[crystallomancy]

Because they like you and find your presence worth something in their LIFE, be it because you make them happy or feel SAFE, because you're someone they can talk TO, or... because they just like YOU. Humans aren't logical creatures; they yearn for company as any other social aniMAL. Sometimes it isn't terribly deep why they befriend people aside from "it felt RIGHT".

( don't think so hard about it, bud. )