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npc contact.2
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I'm glad it tickles your fancy, Harupyon~. What's your onii-chan like? Does he go here?
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Mmhm! He was a student here! He was very smart and very brave and hid me in the library when the school caught on fire! He told me to wait there for him, so I did.
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[wait right until her death... subaru isn't sure if he's mad at her brother for not doing more to protect her or feels sorry for the guy in thinking she'd be safe there -- he knows there's a sprinkler system in the library, so that's probably why, but...]
Must've been pretty scary... I have a friend who's not good with fire now too, Ama-chan, he seems like he gets pretty uncomfortable around it. [he remembers, he noticed, it might just be the magic sort but subaru's careful regardless.] I know why he is, though.
[... hmmmm. subaru will hold out his arms for a hug, and she will understand why he offers it in a second, tone kind and gentle--]
Harupyon, do you know how the school caught on fire?
[it's hard to talk about the things in the past that are scary, or that hurt. but hugging alway seems to make it a little easier.]
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[ She definitely did not feel brave at the time, but it's still nice to hear it now. Mostly, it was scary in the same way the library catching fire early this school year was scary: she had no idea what was going on, and that confusion fed the fear more than the flames.
A little nervous, Haruka approaches for the hug, slow and careful as she wraps her arms around Subaru's sides because she has to position them just so, so that her arms don't phase right through. A tight squeeze of a hug isn't going to be something Subaru can do, not really, and Haruka lets go quickly because she likes to look up at the person she's talking to. ]
I don't know who it was or why... but I heard it was set on fire by somebody on purpose.
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That's terrible...
[he doesn't know who'd set the school on fire on purpose... maybe they had a vendetta against the place? or everyone in it? enough people. another thought tugs at his mind, probably the first one he should've asked--]
But what were you doing here in the first place? You're definitely nowhere old enough to go to this kinda school.
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[ sometimes it's the last day of school and you're about to graduate and you get bold and smuggle your little sibling to school ]
I met all his friends, and got to touch the piano, and I've never seen so many books in one place like in the library!
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subaru sort of hopes his isn't exciting in the least ☆]
Oooh, exciting~. ♪ It sounds like you had a lotta fun before [everything went up in smoke don't say that] it went sideways.
[oh thank god. but brother seems to be a good topic, a happy one, so subaru doesn't mind talking about him; he hasn't had any of his own, after all, and he's wondering why only haruka is here and he isn't at least in the same form...]
Did he like playing piano? Was he a popular sort of dude? What's your favorite book to be read?
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[ Onii-chan is the Best, essentially. This feels like a familiar sentiment, somehow. ]
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He sounded like a stand-up guy~. To be honest, I'm an only child, so... hearing about others makes me kinda happy, and kinda jealous at the same time. I had some friends who were like brothers to me though, even if it's not the same.
[...
he misses them.]
Harupyon~, how about we put his name on a little plaque too? We'll stick it in right beside yours, so that way people'll remember him like they will you. ♪
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[ He's probably dead. She wouldn't know. ]
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Then why hasn't he visited you?
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Why hasn't he visited me...? If he's dead, he'd be a ghost and he'd be able to see me... But I haven't seen him at all either.
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... Maybe he feels so guilty that he can't face you.
[that's possibly the kindest option he can offer her, and even then it isn't great; the others pick at the back of his brain and he quietly sets them aside.]
Or maybe, [and maybe this is the kindest one, tone brightening up,] he thought you were good and safe and he's already passed on ahead, waiting for you to be ready to join him! It was a pretty bad fire, Harupyon, or so I've heard, so I'm sure he was thinking of the sprinklers when he brought you here during it.
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...oh...
[ if an older kid says it, that must be the truth ]
It was smoky, and my eyes hurt and I couldn't breathe, but the sprinklers never went off... [ would've been nice if it did, despite not wanting to get the books wet, because dying of thirst is a miserable experience, actually ] Do you really think he's not here anymore? I want to go find him...
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... ... ...
he remembers what it was like, at her age, losing someone he looked up to. but the difference here is that he knew exactly where his father went, and what happened afterwards. whether he wanted to or not. it's a blessing and a curse, so he'll crouch more to her height hesitantly, wishing he could do more.]
Well... I mean, this place is pretty weird at times. Someone I was told was dead came right through those front doors not too long ago, see, but she doesn't recognize me at all -- we'd only met once, but it was a pretty big first impression for us both, I think.
[nothing like waking the dead and being the bff of their murderer,]
So... He might be, even if he doesn't remember you, even if you don't recognize each other. The heart knows best.
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Mm... There are lots of kind onii-chans, so I hope he's still here.
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[... he wishes he could do more...]
Harupyon, your shrine'll be here long after you go. He'll know to continue on too, because... no matter how far away someone is, they'll always, always remember somehow. I'll even bet he likes strawberry pocky because he loves you. So please, don't look so sad. I promise, [and he really shouldn't promise, because he doesn't know and he's only projecting his own hopes in the end,] you two'll reunite again someday.
[she can choose when to go. but it's clear from subaru's words that he thinks she should, that the shrine'll be beacon enough -- a physical piece of her in the world, that anyone can look at and remember.]
Give 'im til the end of the school year. How about that?
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[ Strawberry pocky is delicious, of course onii-chan likes it. But she does look comforted by the promise, holding onto it and believing in it because Subaru promised, so it's going to come true. ]
Okay. I can wait.
[ There's only a couple months until the end of the school year. She can wait that long; she's already waited dozens. ]
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natsume doesn't need to know.]
You're a good kid, Harupyon~. Now, let's go put your shrine in the sunniest spot!
[... and in november it can have some proper potting stuff when he mentions off handed to natsume that it's supposed to grow plants...
he can't carry her this time since he'll have his arms full with the careful carry down of the shrine but. he's going to want to use the elevator. he's going to stand by the elevator. haruka please.]
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[ She follows after him and stands in front of the stairs. Subaru, please. ]
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Harupyon, I don't wanna risk dropping your shrine, so let's take the elevator! You can hold onto me, okay?
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I believe in you... you won't drop it...
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he knows he won't drop it, honestly, but it'd be so much easier like this... but seeing haruka like that.... subaru has a soft spot for people like her, so after a moment of staring at the elevator he'll go to the stairs.]
Then I'll go down the stairs~. A little girl's belief is the strongest force in the universe, after all. ♪
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[ Yesss she wins! She even does her best to hold the door open for him, even though it's heavy and it sort of wavers in place like it's liable to slam shut on his face at any given moment, but her belief will pull through and spare him a bloody nose, bringing them down the stairs without incident and down the hall back to the library where Haruka leads the way to that corner window. ]
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