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]

He's a master woodcarver! One of the best!

[ sighs at their lost chance of getting Sara to buy rocks ]

Hmm... How's the 3-sphere research coming along?

[samuraiwomen]

[ Sighs...she's a local hater of rock gatcha. She doesn't want a bunch of ugly rocks in her room. She'd just dump them right back out into the yard for npc-kun to pick up again, in a total circle of wasted merit points. ]

Terribly... I think these problems are from some sort of famous proof? But I can only use books from the library to look things up and they're...not great at specifics like that.

...Are we allowed to extort Komeada for hints? [ Normally, she's the type of person who would never abide cheating! But this is a special case, and she has a gun. ]

[adsum]

[ LMFAO PLEASE npc-kun finds a pile of rocks outside Sara's window and goes "my rocks now" ]

Same here... There are no rules against extortion, though. What do you have in mind?

[samuraiwomen]

I was thinking we'd just beat him up until he told us, but he'd probably enjoy that.

[ Ugh...what an annoying guy. Sara wants to threaten people with a gun who will treat her right. ]

Maybe we can lock him in a room and tell him weird gossip about the ultimate students until he gives us a hint?

[adsum]

Oh...

[ Yeah, Komaeda was weird about Ultimates, they remember. ]

Do you know a lot about the Ulimates? Like... the Ultimate Detective's birthday?

[samuraiwomen]

I mean, unless you have any better ideas?

[ Maybe they could agree to sit through a lesson about hope but ugh...last resort. ]

Urk... No, Saihara-san and I only spoke once. I don't even know any weird gossip about him... [ He just seems like a nice guy! ]

[adsum]

[ Would Komaeda trade math answers for the opportunity to give a lecture on hope... No, he goes ahead and does that already anyways. ]

Oh. That's too bad... [ maybe they'll keep this question as one of their truth or dares ]

I don't really know what he wants. He always comes to me and gives me what I want.

[samuraiwomen]

[ Yes but Sara will be attentive and take notes and keep all her nasty comments to herself. ]

... [ Vague sisterly disapproval here but, whatever! Fine! If he's nice, he's nice! She can't be paranoid every hour of the day! ]

I don't either. I suppose...in the end we could just ask...

[adsum]

[ They could, or... ]

If we get him to play "truth or dare" and to choose truth, we can get the answer out of him.

[samuraiwomen]

[ ..................................... ]

Perfect! You're so smart! He can't possibly refuse that!!

[ Where is Komeada, she's going to grab npc-kuns hand and go looking! ]

[commences]

( he's trying to get lily may's attention, which is him not too far away, smacking his hand on the floor like he wants her to come to him.

he doesn't want to use treats for this!!! )

[samuraiwomen]

Komeada-san!!!!

[ She's going to scare the cat away, because she's skidding to a stop in front of him with a flourish, raising npc-kuns hand with her own into a cool double point. Come on kiddo, pose with her. ]

Truth! Or Dare! Make your choice! [ If he picks dare they're screwed. ]

[commences]

( did she come to shoot him again, and she has npc-kun with her as well? )

Hm...

( they scared away lily may... he's not too happy about it, a bored expression resting on his face. )

Or.

[adsum]

[ pew pew with their pointer fingers ]

That's not how you play! Pick one or the other!

[ Come on, Sara, we're going to crowd him, his profile says he hates noise ]

[samuraiwomen]

[ What an effortless double pose! Sara feels like a cool anime character. ]

Yup, yup. You have to pick, those are the rules.

[ They are here, and they are loud. ]

[commences]

The!?

( one or "the" other... he's listening, and he looks towards sara... there was "the" in those are the rules too...

...

...

...

why are they close to him... )

[adsum]

Wrong answer. If you fail one more time, you get

[ tugs Sara's hand so they can both lean in menacingly ]

The Penalty.

[samuraiwomen]

We don't want that...Komeada-san, we're all friends right? Lets get along...

[ This is the best thing thats happened to her all month. She's looming. If you need Sara to lift you for more height npc-kun just ask. ]

1/

[commences]

( not... the PENALTY which he's looking at both of them come close, their voices loud... and it actually hurts his head, this is one reason he didn't want to be here...

...

it's such a pain.

showing discomfort will only make them work harder, he thinks, and so he sits on his hands and knees... looking towards npc-kun... looking towards sara.

...

... )

Mm, we can all get along, I understand.

2/2

[commences]

( he's booking it underneath sara's legs, like a cat that's ready to go. he's doing his best to get to his feet so that he can run to the other side of the room...

leave him alone! )

[adsum]

[ no!! if he's crouched, npc-kun's going to leap onto his back with the advantage of the extra height Sara provides and latches on tight ]

So you've chosen penalty!!

[ Sara, you dogpile too ]

[samuraiwomen]

[ Of course a girl like Sara is naturally too dignified to every sink to such lows and will of course...who am I kidding. She helps throw npc-kun onto Komeada's back like they're a little cannonball and then turns around to step on the back of his jacket, sinking to her own knees so she can grab his legs. ]

How dare you go under a girls skirt. [ Let her judo flip you. ] We just wanted to play a game as friends...but now we have no choice but to use the penalty!

[ You know, for math. ]

[commences]

( she can judo flip him if she manages to get npc-kun off just to throw him around, it'll be fine, not for his back, but it's not like he has any choice when they're both sitting on him. he reaches out, the room blurry, and he closes his eyes as he tries to adjust to the weight on him.

...

it's hard to breathe, oh lily may... why did you leave him when he needed you most. )

Ahaha... you got me... ( wish they didn't. ) You're both pretty heavy... w- will you get up...

( cough, cough... )

[adsum]

[ Settles down on Komaeda's back. I know from Lily that this is more bearable than all the weight condensed into four paws ]

Not until you prove to us that every simply connected, closed 3-manifold is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere.

[samuraiwomen]

What did you just say? [ She's...heavy? She's going to whack the back of his shoe. ]

Try again! It's light! I'm light!

[ Oh yeah also answer that math problem at some point ig. ]