yogen | npc contact.2

[ ?? Is that "when you're gone" referring to when Hikaru is inevitably killed off, or does he just mean when they're in class or something and not around. ]

I only know the big squishy green ones, but those were on fruit trees, not in a forest like this. I've seen butterflies there, though, so there's got to be some, somewhere.

Maybe a Blue Morpho caterpillar would be easy to come by...

( why do you use komaeda for evil, obviously when komaeda and hikaru are gone on a field trip!! )

I haven't been to the forest here... what's the best route we can take to get there?

( as for caterpillars, i tried to google the ones that makes the cute fuzzy moths but i can't find them, i hope they find those... they mean so much to me. )

[ stronger than me, I google image searched black fuzzy caterpillar and then tabbed out after two seconds ]

The campus is surrounded by forest, so really, we can go however we want. Just behind the dorms works just fine.

[ And they'll be able to walk straight out into the tree line, turning back around to see if Komaeda's keeping up. He can get as far as that before blacking out. ]

I'll trust you, Goto-kun... we have to get as many caterpillars as we can bring back, okay?

( let me tell you i get so scared, i can't even google spiders, if i see sumn w more than 2 legs i am OUT!

he's listening, because he'll be willing to go with hikaru to the forest, thinking they're a good luck charm until...

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you're telling me he just faints right then and there? well, he's hikaru's problem now... is he still holding the glass jars? he's probably going to stab himself on impact, but you know what...

...

... )

[ He faints right then and there and the last thing he remembers is a stabbing pain in his hand.

Komaeda opens his eyes to find himself lying at the base of the wisteria tree, surrounded by spider lilies with a wet towel placed over his forehead. Hikaru is sitting next to him eating lunch, because there's nothing else for them to do so they're just going to work on this. ]

( not his hand... okay, that hurts... he's not going to move it, rather... he can feel a sharp pain, and what's this... bad luck, he guesses.

komaeda closes his eyes, returning to the darkness just so he can open them again to see if hikaru's one, which they're not, and it's a surprise to him. his vision feels lightly blurry when there's a sea or red wrapped around him, but he'll take a deep breath and just lay there. )

...

( he parts his mouth open to speak, it's like he forgot his words for a moment, and he closes his mouth again trying to register the situation. why is he here, and he even looks up at the wisteria petals... which one is his dead friends... okay, maybe he can say something worth while. )

...Goto-kun?

-—You're awake!

[ They set the food aside and turn to face Komaeda, ready to help him sit up or stare blankly at him if he decides to keep laying down. ]

How are you feeling? I turned around and you were on the ground.

( komaeda will take the help sitting up, but his hand hurts once again, almost like deja vu... aside from that, he smiles softly as he looks at the other. so he just passed out, that seems... like what normally happens. )

We get a little further every month, ah... I'm sorry, Goto-kun... I guess I can't go to the forest with you...

( he clears his throat, shaking his head. )

...I'm feeling disappointed.

No... don't be disappointed. It's still pretty hot in the afternoons, and you're not outside much, right? I mostly see you haunting the school, and a lot of my friends are the same way.

[ aka they'd be dying in their black robes if they stayed too long outside, and Hikaru's own is laid over their shoulders instead of with their arms properly through the sleeves. ]

...Haunting?

( he has a headache at the moment, and he lifts one hand to rub at his temples... he doesn't understand why, but he's never been the type to be in the sun. so that's right because he... burns easily. )

...I always wanted to have darker skin, but the sun is really bad for my complexion. I didn't mean to cause problems for you.

( he feels bad... )

[ ? is that not what he does ]

It's no problem! Really, it's not. It's not quite camping out in the forest, but we have a tree here and a picnic [ sort of, it's partially eaten, but sort of ] and the shade feels nice, doesn't it?

Is that it, are you the type that's able to rest easy under a bunch of dead souls? Hm, they say the cries of them makes one rest even peaceful.

( because they'd take up pieces of the deceased, and that happens to be their so called "peaceful" expression when asleep. now he doesn't know if that's how it works for hikaru, but considering they're part of the cult, and should know about this already makes komaeda wonder. )

It's perfect, though.

Who says that...? I've never heard them crying.

[ It's with a concerned look on their face that they look back up at the canopy of flowers above them, and no matter what, all they can feel while sitting below is peace. That despite the number of people who have come and gone in their life, the thought of them still being here, watching over them, is nothing short of comforting. ]

...I like it here. It makes me feel as if I'm not alone.

It's just my imagination, don't you think it add a little flair?

( spices things up even though it's pushing it, even though it's the people that's died above them, and one of them are saihara, and komaeda frowns slightly. one of them are also rika, and his mouth twitches a bit, and then he wonders who will put up with him now. not that people don't put up with him, but it was a little different... those types of people are rare — reckless where others aren't, a third option when people see one or the other. )

...Isn't this tree dying, what will you do then...?

[ You can't just make up souls screaming for flair? hello? ]

The tree's not going to die... It can't. It's been here as long as I can remember.

( ? why can't komaeda's imagination not! )

...Has it? How long has it been here?

( it's pretty big, and god knows hikaru didn't see it as a sprout... )

Since... forever? I don't know. Maybe since the school was built.

[ They weren't there, they don't know. Maybe if the one guy who knows would tell people. ]

When was it built again?

( since hikaru seems to know everything. ) Oh... we could always ask the gardener, have you met him? He might be able to help us make our own camping area...

[ It was a long time ago, they wouldn't be able to give him an exact year off the top of their head. ]

Oh... No. I've seen him around sometimes, but I haven't talked to him before. He makes me kind of nervous, actually.

He can't see you, so don't worry, you can kick his tree anytime you want, and all he can hear is the thump.

( turning hikaru to a life of crime, yep yep... )

What makes you nervous about him, though?

He eats people.

[ Why are you guys friends with him ]

And? I believe that's quite useful in the right hands.

( alright, now he's going to look hikaru in the eyes, curious. )

If you could kill him, would you?

No.

[ But they do not meet Komaeda's eyes. ]

It's like when you find a spider in your house and are kind of creeped out by it, but you take a sheet of paper and move it outside instead. He lives in the forest, doesn't he? I bet he'll be happier there.

That doesn't mean the spider can't come back to invade, but some people utilize the spider for it's children in order to kill the other creatures within the home...

( i couldn't do it because spiders scare the fuck out of me! that aside, komaeda notices they don't look at him, and he smiles like he's content with the choice they chose. )

I've always seen him here, taking care of this tree... he might not move much, I think he's trapped here... should we set him free?

[ What the fuck, do people let spiders live just to spawn baby spiders to eat bugs, Komaeda's saying it like they'll sneak into bedrooms and kill off a family's kids or something. ]

That would be best, right? Do you know how?

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