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]

[ light............... ]

3-spheres.

[ Was the half of the question Sara was responsible for, but the dots are still scattered. ]

[samuraiwomen]

[ Whacks him again. ]

I won't stand for such a haphazard hint! [ She leans around from behind his legs to glare at him face to face. ] We're all being serious here! If you don't say what you're thinking, we won't get closer to the truth! [ Of math. ]

3-spheres are a fourth dimensional representation of a sphere. That has nothing to do with light. Speak! [ She's jabbing a finger in his face now. ] More clearly! Please!

[commences]

...Hit me again! To jog my memory... I've seen to forgotten.

( me looking up to the lord, begging god to save me from this, but god closes his clouds, and i'm left with the devil. every time he's hit? it ... motivates him to be worse, smiling to himself with his head pressed to the ground as they take their... curiosity out on him.

why is math great!??!?!?

he squirms, rocking npc-kun side to side... )

Use your shoe... and hit me at the back of the head, then maybe my brain will work a little better.

( he wants to be hit, not poked, so he tries to bite her finger... help. )

[adsum]

[ Sara is doing a better job of getting the answer from Komaeda, npc-kun thinks, so when they're rocked, they go ahead and roll themselves over to hug Komaeda's front instead of his back, so Sara has a clear shot at the back of Komaeda's head without them getting in the way. ]

[samuraiwomen]

[ I'm also Crying....thank you for the assist npc-kun...I guess we'll do what we must.]

Ugh... you're so weird. [ But whatever, if this is what he wants. Who is Sara to deny him. She scoots further up with a sigh, pulling off a shoe. She's got a clean shot all lined up, enough that she can pull her hand back and bring it down to-

-tap him lightly on the head with her shoe. ]

We promised we'd behave, Komeada-san. Tenshu-kun is watching, so I'll hit you another time. [ She does tap the shoe on his head again, digging the toe of the shoe into his hair. Be! Normal! ]

Now, come on. There's still time to turn this around! If you pick truth and give us a hint, you can ask us something next.

[commences]

( it's the baby hit that hurts the most...

why...

hurt him.

he clears his throat as npc-kun is latched to him, rolling onto his back so that npc-kun is settled on top, and... he's going to lay the back of his head on sara's lap. :) floor buddies! )

Fine, fine... we're playing truth or dare? So you want the truth about... the manifolds?

( he looks npc-kun in their eyes, then looks up into sara's eyes. )

Confirm on both ends...

[adsum]

[ Ohhhh yes, best of both worlds, they getting to use somebody as a pillow and getting the answer to a lot of $$$ ]

Yes! We want the proof that every simply connected, closed 3-manifold is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere!

[ They've got this phrase memorized by now, even if they don't understand every other word ]

[samuraiwomen]

Yes. We want the proof that every simply connected, closed 3-manifold is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere.

[ She rolls her eyes when Komeada puts her head in her lap but doesn't shove him off, instead leaning over to flick some hair out of his face. Seems like he'd calmed down...she's going to put the shoe away. ]

[commences]

The basic idea of Hamilton's program can be briefly described as follows. For any given compact three-manifold, one endows it with an arbitrary ( and in a very soft, small voice: ) but can be suitably normalized by scaling initial Riemannian metric on the manifold and then studies the behavior of the solution to the Ricci flow...

( from what he remembers, it all starts with the ricci flow, that's how perelman became his breakdown of the manifolds to answer the award winning question, but... that doesn't answer anything, but gives them an idea of where to start. )

If one can prove there are only a finite number of surgeries during any finite time interval, and if one understands how the Ricci flow with surgery behaves over a long time, then they would recognize the topological structure of the initial manifold. That said, does this open an avenue for you two to come to your own conjectures that'll help you full understand the question posed?

( his hand on npc-kun's back, and he follows the same brushing motions as sara does to his his hair. )

[adsum]

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Nice try, but we want the proof down on paper.

[ Komaeda lost them at Hamilton. Please write this down so they can digest it over the next several decades. ]

[samuraiwomen]

[ Ok so Hamilton program, Ricci flow, Riemannian metric, and surgeries over a time interval. If she can just look up these, she can probably background reference Komeada's hint enough to get a slight idea of what he's getting at? So the basic premise of the problem is just that they need to calculate the intial surface area, right...and then move on from there...

She's so lost in thought, she's tapping Komeada's forehead as she tries to think until npc-kun goes first. ]

Oh, huh? Yeah the full proof would also be good...but I'd also like a itemized list of defined terms. You haven't even explained what surgeries is supposed to refer to.

[commences]

Nope, you told me to give you the proof, not to write it on paper... but listen to this P-kun, Chidouin-san is embracing the information I'm giving her.

( so he believes they can do it too, and he guesses he has to explain the surgeries. )

Hamilton initiated such a surgery procedure for the Ricci flow on four-manifolds with positive isotropic curvature and presented a concrete method for performing the geometric surgery, so I hope that's applicable to your question.

...Truth or Dare, both of you, answer together.

[adsum]

[ Oh it was my turn, I think I just got mad at why is there surgery in a math problem and forgot

...tugs Sara's sleeve ]

Truth.

[ It's the safest answer because you can always lie ]

[samuraiwomen]

Dare.

[ She'd rather do any weird thing Komeada asks then actually be truthful. There's plenty of things she'd rather not be truthful about.

Of course it doesn't occur to her she could actually lie. But npc-kun tugs on her sleeve, and she sighs. Well..he said they had to pick together. Maybe she can think up an evasive answer. ]

Er. I mean, I guess its truth then.

[commences]

It's fine, I can cater to you both —

( claps his hands together as he looks towards them both. )

P-kun, for you... Have you ever said something you regret about someone in this room?

( and then he looks up towards sara, nodding. )

I dare you to give a personalized insult to everyone here.

[adsum]

Huh? Yeah.

[ Oh their truth was an easy one, thank you.

Come on, Sara. Do your dare so we can corner Komaeda next turn. ]

1/2

[samuraiwomen]

That's like thirty people? At least pick a reasonable number!?

[ But npc-kun is depending on her...ugh maybe she can just do everyone who doesn't seem busy. If Komeada makes her do more, she'll just actually hit him with her shoe. She points down at Komeada with a huff. ]

You have awful hair, you need to invest in some better product for it.

[ Points to npc-kun. Sorry, they do count as part of everyone. ]

Rock gatcha is stupid. I'm never going to play it in a million years.

[ Now, Excuse me while I go ruin everyones top levels. Sara's going to shove Komeada's head off her lap and walk off to go insult people. ]

2/2

[samuraiwomen]

[ And..she's back! Bow down before her abilities! ]

Alright, Komeada-san, truth or dare?

[commences]

Ah! You're back already!?

( komaeda leans up, looking towards sara before he starts to give her an applause. he bumps shoulders with npc-kun to do the same thing. )

Faster than what I expected, but I doubt you got everyone here! Hmm...

( thinking. )

I'm sure my company isn't needed for this game, so I'll leave you two back at it!

[adsum]

[ What is this betrayal on all sides!!!!!

npc-kun grabs Komaeda's wrist to hold him in place/make it harder for him to leave because he'll have to drag another person with him, and turns to Sara ]

Rock gacha is not stupid!!

[ IT'S VERY STUPID, THEY THINK SO TOO but she can't just say it, it's bad for business ]

[samuraiwomen]

[ Applause...she's not a kid! But its a bit nice. She did work hard (at insulting her friends.) ]

I-its just rocks? From outside? You haven't even painted them! [ A scam, the scammiest scam! A little effort would have gone a long way, npc-kun! ]

Don't run away now. [ She did her work dilgently, so don't abandon them! Sara leans over towards Komeada. ]

One more round, Komeada-san. We need that proof! [ So pick dare. ]

[commences]

Ah, to tell P-kun their rocks are just useless... colorless... pieces of trash on the side of the road is so... so cruel, how could you?

( he looks at his hand, following the lines that cross over one another, stretching to the center of his his palm, and there's a soft sigh. he's almost disappointed in sara for giving him this opportunity to make it worse, and he looks towards npc-kun with a soft expression: )

It's your turn to give Chidouin-san a dare.

( it's meant to be two against one, but he looks up at sara, crossing his arms after with a nod, confirming his thoughts. ) Since it's written in the rules.

[adsum]

[ They're not rocks from outside! They came from inside a drawer!! ]

No way, how could I paint over the natural beauty of these rocks? You have to appreciate them for what they are. I dare you to play gacha and buy a rock, then you'll see.

[ One little rock and they can continue truth or dare ]

[samuraiwomen]

I-its not that cruel is it? Hey...look. I wanted to spend those merit points on jam...

[ She's got a nice stockpile because unlike her roommate she's not a gatcha addict. ]

These aren't even the right rules...Can I just buy a rock from you...

[commences]

You have to play the gacha to fully immerse yourself into the joys of gaining a side of the road rock.

( come on sara, you might even get the skull rock!? or the egg rock that can hatch, don't think you can get away from this. he even leans up against npc-kun, siding with them as if sara's evil for her actions. )

One rock won't be enough to make her learn her lesson, I think 22 rocks would be best!