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natsume sakasaki ([personal profile] crystallomancy) wrote in [community profile] yogen2021-10-01 08:39 am

i'm getting a good grade in yogen lore, which is something normal people definitely try to get

Who: Whoever's in the dormitories
When: Friday, October 1st
What: It's time for a little lecture. And a genuine information meeting. But mostly a lecture.
Warnings: N/A please don't make me change this.

( Early in the morning, a curious text gets posted. )

N.Sakasaki

DRM-STDYHLL
1800HRS



( ...In less coded news, the dormitory's study hall will have a note taped to it:

Yogen and You: A Quick Summary
Held by Natsume Sakasaki

For those who need a summary of events, whether because our meetings rarely get anything done in terms of information sharing or because you're freshly awakened. Come around dinner time for food, enlightenment, and the opportunity to share your troubles with those going through the same thing.


The room will be locked all day until about half an hour before six, at which point it will become unlocked... this is primarily for Natsume to set up a table of food, but people can come sit in early if they like. There's an overhead projector that's been wheeled into the study hall all the way from school, and the curtains are drawn over the windows. It isn't dark though, since he still has the lights turned on...

Several tables have been pushed together to make at least three groups, chairs around them like they've been readied for a dinner party, while a few more are pushed a little further back and have absolutely no chairs whatsoever; those are for the food. There's also a chair by the overhead projector.

Your food and drink for tonight: lemon and rosemary roasted shrimp, white rice, rosemary and thyme chicken, a make-your-own-salad area with all kinds of salad-making ingredients, three types of eggrolls (seafood, vegetable, and pork), and various drinks from the vending machine because some of us can afford to spend a bunch of merit points on things like that.

When a sufficient amount of people have come in, or the clock hits 6:05, Natsume shuts the door, turns off the lights, and moves to the overhead projector. To stand on the chair, so he's the tallest person in here, and claps his hands to get people's attention. )


Save all questions and outbursts until the END, ( he says, and then kneels down on the chair and flicks the projector on.

All of the slides are pre-written on some transparent sheets that project onto a wall without windows, which he reads one by one without rushing! But for ease of reading OOCly, you can find the entire thing here. There's also photocopied handouts for people on all of the tables, stapled of course, so people who aren't blind (sorry Helena) can follow along at home!

He lets the last sheet stay up, his face half-illuminated by the overhead projector, then sits down in the chair and leans forward the back of it like some kind of delinquent. )


Alright, you can speak NOW.


( ooc notes: go ahead and treat this like one of our meetings, aka mingle, jump around, actually get a chance to share information that hasn't been talked about yet, etc. thank you plenty to enh and peace too for reviewing and suggesting things for the presentation \o/ )
closewithnewintown: (but I'm starting to think)

[personal profile] closewithnewintown 2021-10-08 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[her face is streaked with wetness, like she's been crying for much longer than it's been clear in her voice. she's looking anywhere but at her.]

... I'm sorry I don't believe you.
mermaidcursed: (020)

[personal profile] mermaidcursed 2021-10-08 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
( oh- oh. nene's heart breaks almost instantly, and she holds stephanie closer, blinking back tears herself- )

I'm telling the truth, I promise. We'll get through this...
closewithnewintown: (I jam to Paul McCartney)

[personal profile] closewithnewintown 2021-10-08 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[she lowers her head, shutting her eyes. because if that's her reaction to that, she doesn't want to see what "I don't think I believe that, either" does.]
mermaidcursed: (132)

[personal profile] mermaidcursed 2021-10-09 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
... Stephanie? Do you know that I love you, at least? Because I do. I want to be as good a sister as I can to you. A-and I love you so much.

( and if she can at least get a foothold in that, she can lead stephanie out from this train of thought. right? )
closewithnewintown: (while the wheels in my head)

[personal profile] closewithnewintown 2021-10-09 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[a nod]

I know you do... You want me to be better. That's what people who love each other do.

... I love you a whole lot. As much as I'd love a blood sister, I think.
mermaidcursed: (113)

[personal profile] mermaidcursed 2021-10-09 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Good. Because if you thought I hated you too, I'd have cried a whooooole lot. ( she says it with a cadence that says she's joking, but... uh. she's super not actually? ) ... You are a really good girl, you know? You care a lot, and you've got a strong sense of justice. It's just that sometimes, you direct that to the wrong people. I promise that tonight was just a bad night, for everyone.

( tuck the stephanie under your chin for best hugging capacity. )

I'll stay with you until it's time for bed. Okay? But if you want more hugs... orrr a snack, or anything at all, come get me, okay? Me and Noah will look out for you.
closewithnewintown: (I’d be fonder of the body I live in)

[personal profile] closewithnewintown 2021-10-10 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. It's not like I don't know where you live.

[was that a joke? it kinda sounded like it was supposed to be one. she's trying. she really is tired.]

I still go to bed at 8:08. I'll probably even fall asleep then, this time.
mermaidcursed: (035)

[personal profile] mermaidcursed 2021-10-10 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
If you don't... I'll make you something my parents would make for me, warm milk with honey and a liiiittle bit of cinnamon. It used to put me right to sleep.

( but even if stephanie sounds tired, it's not 8:08 yet, so nene stays, holding her close still. )
closewithnewintown: (in if it didn’t feel so much like a test)

[personal profile] closewithnewintown 2021-10-10 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[she rests her head against her, her breathing evening out further.]

My uncle makes me cocoa. It's pretty much the only thing he can cook without burning. [a pause, and a very slight laugh] Most of the time.
mermaidcursed: (035)

[personal profile] mermaidcursed 2021-10-10 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Daddy's the same way, I swear... but when he made that, it was always the best thing in the world. Momma.... Momma was better at cooking but she'd lose track of time. So sometimes we'd have to order delivery...
closewithnewintown: (and then I’ll be surprised)

[personal profile] closewithnewintown 2021-10-10 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[silence. for a moment, it almost appears like she's fallen asleep.]

I haven't seen my parents since I was eight. I went on a train to visit my uncle for the summer. And then there was just never another train.

[but, of all the things she's said tonight, this is the one she sounds the least sad about.]
mermaidcursed: (113)

[personal profile] mermaidcursed 2021-10-10 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
... As I grew older, my parents started working more and more and more. They still loved me, with all their heart. I don't doubt this. But they loved work, more. Once I learned how to cook, they stopped coming home entirely sometimes. They'd be there for holidays, at least, but...

... I won't leave you. And if you go somewhere, I'll wait for you to come back. Okay?
closewithnewintown: (and I can't stop it)

[personal profile] closewithnewintown 2021-10-10 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[she turns her face up at that, looking up at her.]

I'm not leaving. I promise.
mermaidcursed: (114)

[personal profile] mermaidcursed 2021-10-10 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. And I won't, either.

( ... there's more they have to talk about, though, in the near future. but for now, nene's there to hold her little sister, until it's time to go to bed. at which point she'll tuck her in, kiss her forehead and go. )