yogen | npc contact.2

[ Muffled, with their mouth full of egg and bread: ]

I'll be mad.

[ They need the money!!! Can't see the stars during the day, anyways, even if they'll always be aware from now on that they exist, and will think about it every time they look up at the sky regardless of the time. ]

( okay so this is the visual that i'm being told is happening. alright, komaeda has stole all of shin's stuff, including the beanie so that he can cover his hair... it really be like that.

it's fine, it's fine... they're undercover. )

...

( he thinks about it, and there's a bit of hesitance in his voice as he attempts: )

I'm Sou Hiyori. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Yashiro.

( if only he could say nenoah, if only. )

Aha, well... We should get this done while we still have the chance.

[hmmmmmmmmm]

But now I kinda wanna see you mad, so maybe I'll do it just once. ♪

[he wants to see all sides of keigo... the good and the bad... the glad and the mad... the sad he's seeing really soon so he'll figure his feelings on that after the fact...

and for the record he'll have them come back down the hallway the same way they went up, just like subaru closed his eyes on the way back to the student shop that day, but hopefully keigo's a little less wary this time]

[ DON'T EVER MAKE ME LOOK AT THAT AGAIN crying, this is terrible, sorry nene and also shin ig

npckun isn't so sure about impersonating Nene's voice, but I have lots of experience playing mute guys so it's all good, they nod and ...wait for Komaeda to go first and they'll trail out after him.

also I like that it's decided that they should be Nene, a first year, instead of Noah, a third year. ]

( STOPPP YOU MADE ME LOOK AT IT FIRT even the heights were right.

also you're right, did clamor die yet, npc-noah can be in mourning and not have anything to say. )

...Come on, you can play with me! Ebalon-kun and Yashiro-san will never know!

( alright, now they have to try and get out... so he's going to walk down the hall, and peek towards the door to see if anyone's there.

...

...

he flicks his hand forward to tell npc-kun the coast is clear. )

[ He can hear it in her voice, the fear, the disbelief, and his heart hurts for her, voice gentle as he lowers his hands and sets the packed soil down onto Nene's hands. ]

That is right. I have always been here. An eddy at the side of a river, due to overflow.

[ Patting his hands together to clean them of dirt, he tilts his head up towards the tree they sit beneath. ]

Are you afraid, lass? This may be of no comfort to you, but in being reborn, you will not remember any of this life, or the lives past. But your soul will grow stronger; your feelings and experiences will be imprinted upon it, and it will bring that much of you unto the next life.

Have you ever wanted to? ... There's flowers that grow unlike the ones here, like tropical flowers... or ones in rain forests... I bet you'd like them all a lot, too.

( talking about that sort of thing- flights of fancy and childish whims of getting to be more than you are, a spark of want to lead to something more-- and for him, not her, because that means reliving a conversation in the clouds that she's not ready to think of yet and it keeps slipping into mind no matter how much she tries otherwise- )

... I think... I'm more sad than anything. ... Before I woke up here, I learned I only had a little bit left to live. And I was trying so hard to change that, because I wanted to grow up... and find love... and be with those precious people. A-and now... I don't want it all to be over. I had so much more I wanted to do. I don't even know how it happened- will I ever?

( should she? ... that remains to be seen but like, i want to know so. )

Not lonely.

[ stop!! ]

I don't really need the extra lessons, but... sure. Alright. What were you needing help with, Crona?

[ So he can decide whether it's worth listening in or if he can just sit and listen to the buzz of electricity and zone out. Either way, since he's been volunteered into taking them to the courts, he'll walk up ahead. ]

[ asdflkjh the counselor is... something... very excited about him but rokkun does not need to be more like him, thank you ]

...We promised to find a way out of this place together. You were good at stirring people up— still are. I worked behind the scenes— still do. You asked me before why I'm here, insisting to be with you... It's because I need that talent of yours.

I can't yearn for something I know nothing about.

[ Tropical flowers, flowers from different worlds, the sort that can only be imagined of... He's never been good at imagination, and it's a flaw he recognizes, especially when listening to Nene talk about a possible future filled with love. ]

Are they not things you can do here? [ maybe no growing up in terms of linear time, but, ] Finding love, being with precious people, being able to take your time here to nurture what you need to before you graduate.

[ Look, you can never be too careful. What if Amami falls asleep and npckun falls overboard, who would save them then? Their hundreds of floaties, that's what.

They're big plans, but... they think of how much time they have left, and know it will be impossible. ]

...Yeah. Once I reach my goal, and you reach yours, let's go together.

( not komaeda invested in whatever crona and rokkun have going on —

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...
...
he's trying really hard to laugh, but he chuckles anyway. )

Of course you aren't, I wasn't aware you had a friend in Crona-san, is all!

( he's going to walk next to crona to make sure they follow without getting lost, but then i remembered rokkun crippled so he can only go so fast. )

...

( ok he asked a question so komaeda is just going to stay quiet, but i won't stay quiet where is the food? where's his snack? )

( thinking how miss kudo has good taste...

honestly? honestly... komaeda's sitting here like when did he ever talk about his talent, and then... he remembers rokkun knows he's sick x2 so it's... )

...You want that?

( his talent? why can't he ask for like komaeda's appendage or something, but he stares at rokkun trying to find some hidden meaning to his words.

...

...

... )

...How are you intending to use a mediocre talent like mine?

( komaeda brain is like rokkun only talks to you for your talent.wav )

[ His fingers unravel, that emptiness in his palms immediately filled with the warmth of Akki's arms as Akira grabs him. He does his best to remain conscious, to not accidentally squeeze too hard. ]

I won't let you die, okay? [ For... dumb gay reasons. But honestly? If Akki is going to be his constant -- his anchor -- then he's going to cling to him. That familiarity of friendship, blurred by his sudden awakened state in this world, gives him all the reason why. And like all his friends he has back home, he wants to treat Akki with the same unhealthy amount of protectiveness. ]

So don't do anything stupid. I still don't get whatever the hell is going on here, but we're getting out of here one way or another.

Is it the same thing, here? I- If I were to fall in love, I couldn't introduce them to my parents. I can't tell my friends back home about the people here, o-or go to college and grow older as me- I...

I didn't want it to be over...

( she doesn't mean to cry, but perhaps this has been a long time coming. since shin asked her all those weeks ago, when she herself realized that 'alive' might not mean anything here- but she does. and it stings, because it always stings, and she doesn't know what to do because there's so much hurt and sorrow and grief and rage inside of her and no where to point it but through tears.

what a miserable afterlife. )

Yes.

[ If they say it confidently, it must be true. ]

...

( if that's so. )

If you have it, why are you afraid of telling me what it is... to have hope is to go against anything that stands in your way, every hurdle! ...To act like this really shows how fragile your foundation is.

( which means he's waiting. )

[ stoppppp let them have their secrets ]

What about your hope, huh? Is it going to crumble just because you don't know everything? Have some patience.

I don't have hope, scum like me is only used to establish other's hope, and see it through until the end.

( the way komaeda says he has no hope, and then says he does, idk what's going on his mind, but iirc he said trash like him doesn't have it... bc his talent also sucks, so he's basically a peon like every other untalented individual. )

If your hope is enough to anger me, don't you think I should know before that time comes? Unless... you want to see how I react at that moment, how cruel... ( he sighs. )

[ He can hear her voice grow thick with tears, smell them as they roll down her face and fall onto dry dirt. Hands remain on his lap, careful not to lift them and touch her, but he does lean in slightly, to bring her eyes back up to him without demanding it. ]

It is not the same. But as long as you're here, it's not over. Grieve for your old life but do not scorn what you have here, lass. The love you feel here is still love. The friends you make, experiences you have, the knowledge you gain... they are all still things to be proud of.

[ noooo npckun yells and punches when they're mad, they don't want to be mad at Subaru— but this is also a sentiment they had with Amami and Komaeda and the two of them have made them plenty mad, so, maybe.

But also, yeah, they'll obediently close their eyes and let Subaru lead them again, but they stick a little bit closer to him this time, trying to fall in step beside him instead of lingering like last time, letting their hands swing a little between them and holding on long after they're good to open their eyes again. ]

[ If it's playing, then...

Yeah, this will be fine, then. Nobody's going to notice their face with everything else going on, and being called Miss Yashiro makes things easier. Not being themselves? Easy. They've got lots of practice. ]

Hiyori-san, hurry up!

[ Stepping out, they wave to Komaeda and bound out before him, because getting to play when your actions have zero consequence is the best. ]

We have to get to the faculty office before the teachers leave!

( nene looks up at him, but she can't stop the tears from falling- can't stop the waver of her voice... )

But people die. H-horribly. It's- is it even death? What's the point of- of all of that, why are we in constant danger? Is that supposed to make us grow stronger?

( she doesn't want to be stronger. she's growing toxic flowers, learning to brew poisons, lucifer is teaching her hexes because he knows he can't be there for everyone. she never wanted to be hard and venomous and strong. she was never meant to be this way- )

I... I have a hamster back home. And vegetables I was growing... I wanted to show my friends here my school. I wanted to take the best of this place back home with me.

Edited (WOOPSIES) 2021-09-23 00:32 (UTC)

( fidget, act like nothing is normal, and that things are a struggle — shin has difficulties, and komaeda will try to profit off of it as he follows about miss yashiro.

a hand clutches onto the red scarf around his neck, nails digging into the fabric to calm himself down as he turns the corner while watching the other make it towards the exit of the dormitory. despite how he acts outside, inside is a different story as he finds this enjoyable, watching the other take this in stride after a little encouragement.

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...

he rushes out of the doors so that the breeze blows against their clothes, and he points in one direction. )

C'mon now... I'm the third year, wait up!

( let them trot trot trot back to the main school in their new clothes. hopefully no first years of second years notices them and wonder why shin and nene are out and about!!! )

[ chiaki the only valid arata... ]

Yeah. For better or for worse, you affect the people around you. I just need you to keep being as you are.

[ He is on the side of not-normal Komaeda ]

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