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[ There's a little smile on Rokkun's face, but it's at Crona's reaction and is more out of amusement than kindness; he does spare them, though, stepping aside to watch Komaeda walk away. ]

...That's why you're comfortable around him, huh, Crona? Nagito looks at you, but he doesn't see you.

[ The two of them are kind of opposites in that respect, but it works out for Rokuro who doesn't want to be seen in the first place. ]

It looks like he's at the vending machines. Trying to see if cat food is in stock, maybe... Did you want anything? I have plenty of points.

[ She glances back, giving Subaru that Look she gives people when they're being intentionally vague in hopes of fishing for information, but she is not so generous as to talk without context. ]

Contracts in general? How to write one? Be more specific.

[NOOOO NOT HOW HIS WORDING REALLY MADE IT SOUND LIKE THAT, KEIGO'S GONNA BE DISAPPOINTED WHEN HE JUST SLAPS TOGETHER SOME PAPER AND MAKES AN OPEN BOX actually maybe they'll be relieved it's not a house made of tape... subaru'll let go of One hand so the two of them can work on building a paper box made of paper and tape and not a tape box made of tape for their can-dle. black paper will be best but anything dark is acceptable]

Scotch'll do, we're not gonna need a lot of it! Just enough to hold it all together~.

[ you make me read this with my own two eyes ]

Is it something you would promise?

[ Nagito "deaths are stepping stones towards a more hopeful future" Komaeda ]

...They'll go wherever they go. That's not my problem. But anywhere they go will be better than here, stuck without being able to go anywhere or do anything or be anyone.

[ LOOK they're imagining at least some cardboard to make something like... a bird house, or something, but at least there's plenty of construction paper for how little it's used outside of drawing on with white crayon.

Scotch tape. Okay.

Being given one single simple task to focus on is good, it's doable, much less daunting than "go outside and be normal" that's hanging over their head, but it's a task that's too easily done and once the roll of tape is in their hands they look back to Subaru for the next set of instructions. ]

Oh, let's see.

[ It's less notes than it is a guideline of what the students are learning, certain subjects they're going to be focusing on for the first month back from break, the specific chapters in the books they need to read and what questions in the workbooks they need to answer.

There's a lot of material, and there are a lot of classes, and so much of it is new for npckun who hasn't gone through senior level textbooks.

... ]

It'll work! I'll write the anglerfish report, while you put together the study guides! Yeah! Let's both do our best!

Jeez~, it's just hard to figure out how to ask you it in a way you'll get.

[ummm. mm. maya's a smart girl, it's not that... it's more that, unlike other people who know her well, subaru isn't entirely sure how much she knows about their situation or this. nor does he really want to get people outside involved, but... some things are necessary]

It's a contract that has to do with third years like me, which is why I'm asking. Apparently, the Prez -- like you, Stuco stuff -- has a contract that details some things, and one of those is about if third years can "repeat".

[there's a certain emphasis on repeat]

( it's okay, he can hear crona calling out for him as he leaves, and then he doesn't anymore. tough hurdles like that are better off handled alone, and once crona overcomes the conversation, as soon as they turn the corner they will be rewarded to see komaeda again! simple as that.

who is kneeling down at the vending machine, his hand pressed against the glass as he points at what he actually want. he reaches behind him to pull out his hacking gun rather than his pda, and after choosing a bullet...

...
...

looks left.

...
...

looks right.

...
...

he'll click the button, shooting an electromagnetic wave at the machine that causes it to shake a little, and then it stops after. he looks at the buttons on the side, now trying to decide what he wants since it'll drop whatever freely now.

there's never any catfood in stock, which saddens him every time... who would be the idiot to eat it? a roll of his eyes and a huff, he looks for... actual food, hm. )

[so true keigo he knows how they feel.

he'll give them some black construction paper... the end goal is a little smile but if they just like looking at it that'll be good enough.

... subaru has something to ask them too, but he's been pussyfooting in it]

Okay, okay, now make a box, but leave a side off!

[ A small smile appears on their face, spreading wide, warm, happy. Even if it isn't exactly word for word what they asked for, words are just words in the end, but being shown it, them believing in it...

They really do love him. Want to be near him as much as they can, want to make him as happy as he makes them, would do anything he asks if it's in their power to do so. ]

Me too.

[ ... ]

Aniki.

[ Rokuro is dead, he doesn't need this title anymore ]

( did it do what it needed to do... there was a reason i hunted it down. )

To you, them, or myself? ...I want to help their hopes, that's all I can do for them.

( they sure are rokuro "i tried to die and not even achieve the goal" arata. hm... )

...What are their options if you get them out of here? ( what are the places other than here? they have been locked up for so long. ) Heaven? Hell? Do they turn into butterflies and watch after their loved ones?

Time passed. Things change. That is the way of the world, lass: cycles of peace and war should not be unfamiliar to your own experiences.

[ There are dark spots of humanity just as much as there are bright ones, but that's just how people are, especially in the microcosm of a school. ]

I'll assist you, this is... basic knowledge back home.

( ultimates and rezerve course learns differently, but they're the advanced classes who take college courses in their first year, and just keep going forward. whatever npckun has in hand will be enough, and hopefully it'll help the hopes of a few third years. )

Hm... do they have a subject of learning different languages. I'm well-versed in a few, but English would be fun to teach.

( he might have to forgo a few hope classes with crona, or no, he can do it all at one time. it's not that hard, but he takes a few sheets of paper in npckun's hands. )

We need the roster of third years, then you can decide who to ro —- help! Ahaha!

Fond in their own way, perhaps. There will be those who think leaving such things alone will make them stronger, their leaves waxier, their taproots searching deeper... but nurturing something does not make it weak.

[ The same can be said of students, really. The ones here, left to their own devices, may be strong on the outside, but they are brittle within, and for all that they were elementary and middle schoolers, the first class Kazuki ever taught had souls that far outshines them. ]

They help me as much as I help them. It is why I garden.

[ Why he taught. ]

Yes.

[ ... Anyways, she offers no other detail about said contract and what it entails, because a contract is between the two parties involved and is nobody else's business. ]

Is repeating what you want to do? It should not be your goal.

[ ...

Okay. The tape they use to tape together the sheets of construction paper to start, into one large square roughly four times the size of the candle, and then they're going to go ahead and origami this box, using the tape to reinforce folds that are harder to keep down due to the thickness of the paper...

What size box is Subaru even looking for, because something like this is going to fit snug around the can with the guesstimated measurements they're doing. ]

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[ it made me go

that's what it did ]

I don't know. It depends on what you believe in, I guess. [ maybe heaven, maybe hell, maybe the oblivion of nothing at all ]

What do you think? ...Or want to think?

[ Basic knowledge... npckun makes a mental note to study harder so they can be able to say that someday, maybe learn a new language on top of Braille. Russian, maybe. ]

There's the class listing on the bulletin board! You'll have to lift me up so I can see it!

[ Or they can step back and look up and squint, but that's not as fun ]

[...... okay he gets the lack of details but--]

It's not! I promise, I wanna graduate as much as anyone else... but the way it led up made me wonder that if some of my friends "can't" graduate this year, would they have another shot or would they just disappear forever? That's why I wanted to ask you about it.

( stop... lily loved it i know she did because she's also our little meow meow. )

...It doesn't matter where trash like me ends up, I'm just debris scattered in the ocean going wherever the currents decide.

( and that makes him sigh slightly sad. )

As for them... They don't want heaven, or hell, then again some of them were dead before coming here...

( ishimaru-kun, this causes a small frown... ugh his ultimate, but he looks up at the sky darkening. he takes a deep breath as he enjoys the peace. ) ...They'd want what you want: to go back home, to carry on what they couldn't.

( not them becoming an ultimate so they know the basic knowledge college courses... aw.

with that idea said, he knows he's going to regret this down the line, but he'll get down on his knees. with his back facing towards npckun, he waits for them to hop on. )

Let's go, it's not that far away...

( he remembers it like the back of his hand, so at least dementia didn't eat that little bit away. )

Don't give up on your friends so easily, Akehoshi. Graduation is possible for all the third years; they should focus on that, instead of the possibility they do not graduate.

[ Would they disappear? repeat? doesn't matter, when it isn't something a student should typically worry about. ]

( he'd stay in place if it wasn't for what he feels to be... this aura of what? hopefulness, just a feeling that makes his own chest tight as he stands properly to look down at them, catch the warm smile on their face. does something like that make them happy?

he watches them for a moment, waiting, and the title that slips from their mouth makes him chuckle a bit. he's never been called it to his face, but he doesn't even know that monaca does it as well. he pauses.

thoughtful.

he can't be someone like that, and considering who that person is... who komaeda is aware is looking for their sibling every day. )

Call me otousan... ah, papa works too! Dad works too... Origin is also a proper synonym...

( he'll smile himself, not one he's capable of often, but a smile that'll stay here between them, and no one else. lost in time in the room that they reside in, and directed at npckun only. )

Because you're going to be with Aniki again one day... and I'll be there to see it.

Prez... Maya-san, [which he never uses,] please? It's important! Whether we oughta focus on it or not, don't we have the right to know what'll happen if we can't?

[because of grades, absences, or--]

Like if someone kills us before we get to that day.

...It's not impossible.

[ Not likely, either, but not impossible— it's what he holds onto, anyways, going back, slotting himself in a time and place where he went the other way, where he had won the coin toss. ]

That's not my role in all of this, though, so all of this is just speculation and nothing else.

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