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npc contact.2
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npckun looks up at the forehead bump, leaning into it for a moment before reaching over and stealing Komaeda's pencil to write in his notebook in their bubbly handwriting ]
Is it fun?
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...
( you can tell a lot from how people write, and the bubbles... that says so much about npckun's character.
he has to find another pencil because he doesn't know if he can have that one back. )
being smart? it only makes writing the guide easier. are the anglerfish fun?
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And yeah it's their pencil now. ]
Yes!!!!!!
Being smart sounds like it'd be fun, though. You know everything and can do anything.
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is there anything that he didn't?
( let's be honest, his brain eats away everything that could be considered important, yet he has the mind of a dictionary, but plays stupid because he wants to see other people figure things out. having a good memory works in his favor, and other times... so it's up to npckun definition if komaeda is smart. in the end, information like this comes easy to him, especially when it's like... third grade lessons — things are really different in hope's peak academy. )
but... you'd be surprised at what i can't do.
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[ A lot of what npckun knows ends up being self taught anyways, which they believe is something anybody can do: read a book, remember what's in it, move onto the next one. ]
Do you know how to play Slide? The clapping game? Show me.
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( also slide? they are not playing that loud ass game in this not as silent library anymore, and there's even a little frown that appears on komaeda's face. he's... very serious about the library. )
do books bore you that much? i didn't take you for the type...
i'll reward you the game if you finish two pages on anglerfish.
( because by then he should be able to have most of the literature done, to his standards anyway, and then they can go outside the library doors and play slide. )
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I like reading, but writing is hard. I'm not good at reports, because all the information is in the book and I'm just repeating it.
[ what's the point of reports!! just read the book
Persuasive essays, though, they can do. If this were a "Convince me why the anglerfish is the coolest animal in the world" essay then they would've gotten it down pat. ]
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first you start off as to what type of fish is the anglerfish, and why does it live several depths below... how it helps the ecosystem.
( he smiles, looking at what the other has already written on their paper about anglerfish, and he looks npckun in the eyes after. closing his own book and pushing away his own history and literature, he focuses on what npckun has instead. )
tell me about them, and we can make two pages out the first couple of sentences you say.
then we'll be able to play.
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It's very informative. Just not very coherent, written in that "it's like this and then like that and then—-" sort of excitable rambling way of a child talking about their favorite things and moving from topic to topic without finishing their previous thought. ]
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( he's shocked, literally, his voice audible within the library as he reads what npckun has written for him, and it's one sentence after the other that explains the uses of an anglerfish. there's even some stuff he didn't know, which is like a majority, but he files half of this information as he looks back at npckun after skimming. he blinks once, then twice, and dhe sets the paper onto the table as he gives a final grade. )
This is the worst essay I've ever read.
( that's because it's not a very coherent write up, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't work, and have what's needed to be a proper essay. ) We can definitely use this!
( talking in the library because it surprised him that much. )
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It's a rough draft! Don't look at it! I'm just putting ideas down!
[ Stop! don't look at it, don't say it's bad, they're sensitive and can't handle the criticism ]
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( he holds it up, not letting npckun get a hold of it because he's actually charmed by how bad the set up is — it goes one thing into another, and then into another. despite that, everything written inside has to be true, considering how much information the other checked into the book for. )
We can build off this into something better... that's what hope is, too, this is a stepping stone which you can use to make something great from it! With this... we can facilitate an increase in Tsukimi-kun's grades, and you heard his teacher... he's failing.
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Yeah! The next draft will be better, you'll see!
[ It's not going to be any more coherent, they're just going to insert more Fun Fish Facts in between thoughts. ]
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I'll edit it after you, so write anything that you want as long as it's about anglerfish.
( this will come in handy for shin, he'll be surprised how far both him and npckun went into making sure that the other passes his class. who knew that someone who is so involved in computers as much as he is would be failing looking into the books? it's not that bad... is it.
...but then he remembers... he's going to get up. )
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oh ]
Do you have to use the bathroom?
[ Why else would he be leaving? Sit down and watch them write. ]
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( he looks around for them, and hopefully they won't get on them for talking... god, it should be a crime to talk in the library, actually. he slips npckun's paper between his notes on the pillow book so that no one can see it, because if they find out this is extra credit... they'll surely take it, and he can't look npckun's hard work. )
Unless you want to finish... you're doing really well.
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"you're doing really well"
it's that little scrap of praise that wins them over, hand darting out to take the sleeve over Komaeda's elbow to stop him before he gets too far. ]
I want to finish. It's easier to keep going when you're already in the mindset. Give it back.
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You're dedicated to the cause...
( he grabs his own books now, opening it back to the page that he was on as he looks at what he's written so far. he's not satisfied with it, but he can use it as a base as well, but he'll rewrite what he did... mimicking the bubble letters along the way which actually look bad because his writing is so blocky. )
Tsukimi-kun will grovel and thank you for this, your grades would be way better than his.
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They settle back down in their seat, paper in front of them and musing over where they'd left off. Anglerfish recipes. A good lead in to what the fish needs to be healthy, how they're solitary animals, the thing about male anglerfish dissolving, how they're kind of slimy, contrast that with their sharp teeth...
There's so much about anglerfish to write about. ]
Hehe... How much money do you think he'll pay for it? I can't cash out groveling or thank yous.
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( they don't have jobs here, so it's hard to get money, and komaeda luckily stumbles across what he has every time. now he has a locker filled with money, but he doesn't know if shin has the same sort of extraordinary luck, considering this all works in npckun's favor. even though he's not too proud of the money that he has, that vague familiarity that it belongs to him — there's so many lives lost attached to it, but part of him is okay with offering it to a cause like the other. can something good come from it if he gives it all?
maybe he'll set some aside for shin. )
We can leave behind a note at his locker to visit you at the shop, you'll hold his clothes ransom as well.
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Ooh, that's smart. So he'll have to buy the extra credit and the study guide and his clothes back. As a package deal. And we'll close the door after he comes inside.
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( shin will have no choice, and maybe it is sad to give someone money like him, but komaeda will change his mind later down the road, don't worry. )
After we finish, we'll go by the art room... and we can cut out letters to leave him a note.
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[ What's the point of being anonymous if they're directing him to the student store??? ]
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( he's not taking anything else, and his handwriting is ugly so... shin probably can't even read it. )
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[ Presumably they can write normally too. Maybe this is a skill they picked up from Rokkun who forges things. ]
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