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

n.ebalon

[silentabyss]

how the fuck

[commences]

there's one question left, would you like to join?

[silentabyss]

sure

well the obvious answer would be to say that its the stranger she met at the funeral right

but i dont think thats it

i think the girl did it

[commences]

would the girl do something so profound? there's various elements in this case.

but i'd love to hear your theory.

[silentabyss]

i dunno i just feel like... well. she didnt know the man at all, and he obviously didnt know her, which im basing on anecdotal evidence from the story

and it would be a really weird coincidence if, while she was looking for him, he killed her sister??

alot of murders are done by someone the murderer knows. i read it in a detective novel once

[obviously a detective novel would never lie to him. please don't call noah out for reading detective novels in murder school. the protagonists always remind him of shuichi.]

i mean i guess theres random premediated murder too so maybe thats a moot point. and i guess he couldve met the sister at the funeral and decided to kill her, but why the sister? why not the girl he seduced? thats an obvious trap, if you seduce someone and get their information and lure them away, so why would he target an unrelated party if he was looking to kill?

also who the fuck hits it off at their moms funeral, somethings up with that

so i think the girl did it. shes clearly got something wrong with her head.

[commences]

you're interested in detective novels? i could give you a few of my favorites, but they may be hard to find in the library.
one isn't though... the Ultimate Detective is probably the story i enjoy the most so far.

( yeah, he went there. )

let's go through all your questions, we can start with: it would be odd if he killed her sister while she was looking for him.
imagine bringing up how we met at future dinner parties, that would be... quite the discussion.
that's also true, he couldn't be the murderer if he didn't take the chance at such a perfect set up!

and while those are valid scenarios, i have to say you're halfway there! you're correct, the woman did kill her sister, now can you tell me what her reason was?

[silentabyss]

yeah i like reading and shuichi has the locker right next to mine so its his fault

i just wanted to learn more about what he does!!

[HUFFS DEFENSIVELY]

my first instinct says that she killed her sister because the sister killed the mom but thats not really a good assumption to make and that wasnt brought up in the story at all

let me reread it.

[scrolls back up... hmm... scrolls back down...]

its really kind of weird that no one knew the guy at the funeral too, no one invited him or anything so they couldnt track him down, makes it seem like he just walked in or something, but thats not the point

ive decided that the guy is creepy though

she didnt... kill her own sister because she wanted to meet this creepy funeral-stalker man again, did she??

i mean okay so if no one knew this guy at all but he showed up at a random funeral to flirt with a girl, thats weird already. based on whats in the story he seems like he just goes to random funerals. so i guess her thought was that if she killed someone he would show up at some funeral again

but why her own sister though thats messed up

[commences]

looking up to ultimates is a great thing, as long as you watch from a distance and not get in their way.
considering he's the Ultimate Detective, he can teach you so much! the hope that comes from his talent... he truly is amazing in that aspect.

ahaha, the guy is creepy enough? hm, do you believe in love at first sight? normally that takes precedence in all these scenarios. an unspoken rule as to why anyone does anything.

and yes, she did kill her own sister so that the guy could come back, and she could get his phone number this time. she believed that... if it was someone in her family, he would definitely show up.
the fact that it did happy means she can pursue her relationship...
sighs, to think that he was only interested to coming to her family's funeral... perhaps that was fate.

[silentabyss]

love at first sight is more of a storybook thing i think

either way if i was at someones funeral falling in love at first sight would not even be a thing id be experiencing i think

both people in this story are insane

[nods to himself...]

[commences]

do you believe so? have you ever fallen in love, ebalon-kun?

( komaeda will have to buy him some rocks, but now it's time to embarrass him on the network. clamor isn't here to stop him. :) )

[silentabyss]

i

[like 5 minutes pass]

couple times i guess

IT WASNT AT FIRST SIGHT THOUGH.

[commences]

you have an easy heart to please, huh?

[silentabyss]

i dont consider that true its just ive never been around people this long in my life and i blame that.

[kingofscience]

Sometimes you've just gotta think outside of the box in these instances. Komaeda-san said place a line anywhere. He never said in what position it had to be in!

[silentabyss]

oh i guess so

i mean what you did made sense i just wouldnt have thought of it

thinking "in" the box i guess

oh, but good job though

[kingofscience]

Hehe, thanks!

I can show you a couple other brainteasers and riddles if you want, too! Help the creative gears turn even more outside of the box.

They'll be less math oriented, so no need to worry on that front.

[ for both noahs sake, and my sake as a writer that is. why does senku like math so much i did this to myself ]

[silentabyss]

oh sure

i can do that, it sounds fun

[noah's always curious about the things senku has to say, even if he doesn't get half of it. he's long established that; senku's his buddy who he can bug with questions!]

thanks for sparing me math lol

[kingofscience]

Kehehe, anytime! I'll think up some for later on.

[silentabyss]

[scouring the area for Senku... Senku said "later" but Noah thinks "now" is a good time...]

ok sounds good

[going to appear out of nowhere... like a little goblin..........]

[kingofscience]

[ Little does Senku know, he's going to be visited by a little goblin soon............ ]

[silentabyss]

[noah finds senku... idk where you tell me, but Noah finds him and just kind of... if Senku's sitting down, Noah flops next to him and butts their shoulders together like, friendly camaraderie. he learnt it from childe.]

Hey. I have a riddle for you, actually. What has to be broken before you can use it?

[kingofscience]

Broken before you can use it, huh? Hm...

[ Yeah! He's just poppin a squat on the couch at the moment. He's not used to touch too much, but this camaraderie was nice. Noah's one of the closest friends he's got here too, so it's fine.

Senku puts his hand to his chin in thought. He's sure he's heard this one before... Time to check the ol' mind palace for any hints and- aha! ]

Silence, right? You break the silence in order to speak.

[silentabyss]

Wha—

[This is one of those riddles he heard when he was a kid back on Elrios, and that wasn't the answer he was even thinking of, but Senku's answer is way better. Hello? What the fuck??]

...that was better than what I had. The answer I was thinking was "an egg".

[This is unfair. It's not like Noah was trying to match wits with his roommate, but still!]

[kingofscience]

...Oh right, an egg works too!

[ KFHDFS SORRY NOAH, Senku is wild like that... But honestly, he might chalk this up to overthinking on his part too. ]

Honestly, it could be either! Some riddles tend to be open-ended in a way that causes the teller to pick which answer they're looking for.

But speaking of riddles, I've got one: What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

[silentabyss]

Huh... I guess so, yeah.

[And, well, fuck, he did subject himself to this game. Noah's not a person who's grrrrreat at riddles? But he'll give it a shot, surely.]

...th...uhh... [processing] Dawn breaks but dawn doesn't "fall" right? And... night "falls" but doesn't break.

...right?