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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/ )
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[personal profile] moraloutrage 2021-10-10 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Dis-disrespecting him?! I am the one who actually was his classmate, and I never heard a thing about him having a title like that! ...Certainly, he was a very optimistic young man and one who was good at keeping us hopeful in dark times, but I have never heard of that being an actual talent... especially not with the criteria you list!

[Every talent in existence? That really seems like pushing it when he thinks of Makoto, who seemed like such an average young man.]

It... it means something because my previous life did mean something! Calling things a 'stepping stone', it just makes me feel like some kind of object! Like my life was just some sort of a play! S-sure, I am glad if my comrades were able to move on without me, but it would have been even better if we all could have been alive to move forward together! I... I do want to give it my all and work hard here. That just does not mean I will accept my death un-under your sick terms!
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[personal profile] commences 2021-10-12 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
I would pity you, but the fact that you were even able to stand side by side to a legend that defeated despair, Enoshima Junko-san...

( ah, perhaps that's where he should help in explaining, the other died too soon to know the truth of anything, and here's komaeda with as much intel as was given to him per monokuma. not only that, he has the days before the simulation, how he was unlucky enough to miss the destruction of despair within the school when it was broadcasted all over the world, and even now he's a little saddened by that fact. he wonders what sort of expression he wore, how did the face of despair appear once the youth that took upon the title of ultimate hope put such an inconsequential pest in their place? )

And not be able to realize the potential they had as Ultimate Hope...

( he has to give naegi the credit where it's due, because they are what he says, and that makes his heart soar a little more. to see that ishimaru won't even acknowledge is a problem, though. )

Oh, you lived as a stepping stone who moved them forward! That's all! You don't have to accept how you died, but you can accept that you did... that's the problem here, no one is able to accept the truth and use it to their hope! It's easier if you do, unless you want to forsake hope that bad...
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[personal profile] moraloutrage 2021-10-14 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[The more Komaeda speaks, the more confused Ishimaru feels - and infuriated! He's particularly baffled when he brings up Junko's name. What about her is a 'defeated despair'? He's also not sure if he understands what this Ultimate Hope stuff means... Could Komaeda be making some of this stuff up? Ishimaru may believe what he's been told about his death, but it's something he's still processing too, coupled with that feeling of dread every time he keeps on being called a stepping stone. So he generally feels very raw right now!]

I am not forsaking hope! I- I have firm grasp on my hope, thank you very much! Furthermore...

[He pauses for a moment, maintaining his intensity as he finds the right words to say.]

You are just making less sense by the moment! All I wanted to know... was one thing, and you answered it! Everything else you're saying... it's only advancing pain and confusion, not anything resembling hope! I've had just about enough of this, Komaeda-kun!
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[personal profile] commences 2021-10-14 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you can hold onto your hope, Ishimaru-kun, I'd hate to think differently.

( because it would hurt him, but perhaps that is too much for him to understand at the moment. he should give him a piece, and then ishimaru can ask for bite-sized morsels if he wishes to indulge. he should have understood that telling him everything would be hard for him to accept, and so he glances off to the side. )

You're welcome! I'm glad I could be of assistance to you...

( he sighs, accepting his scolding while ishimaru talks to him, and quickly he places his hands over his mouth. he's being quiet now, not saying anything else as he waits for what may be ishimaru's next issued order. )
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[personal profile] moraloutrage 2021-10-15 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[He sighs as he tries to simmer down, a bit. At least Komaeda does seem to be holding off for the moment, and Ishimaru supposes he can appreciate that much.]

...You... have assisted me. That much is true, and I... thank you for that. [He admits to that much. He'd rather know the truth than to keep on wondering - and with this, he can see their circumstances in a different light. He does give a confused blink at the hands over Komaeda's mouth. Is he taking his desire to shut him up far too literally? It always ended feeling too helpful or not helpful at all with this guy... Ishimaru figures he should give some sort of direction, before he turns to part from him.]

For now, I feel it would be best for us to... continue observing this meeting. [He has a lot to process, and there's also other things going on at the same time to keep track of.]
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[personal profile] commences 2021-10-17 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
You're allowing trash like me to speak!?

( he's excited once given the a-ok to do so, slightly disappointed that ishimaru isn't willing to learn all the information that komaeda knows, but he'll have to be satisfied with what was said so far. he'll turn from ishimaru though, his arms crossed as he watches the people within the meeting, observing them like requested of him. )

Hm... if you ever need to know the rest, Ishimaru-kun, you can find me easily... ( he pauses, lifting a hand up to wave at the other as he looks back with a gentle smile. ) I'll take over and watch everyone from here, you can count on me, alright?
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[personal profile] moraloutrage 2021-10-18 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[He's not even sure if he can trust everything Komaeda has to say... beyond what has been imparted about his fate. In any case, it's time to focus on everything else going on.]

...I am honestly not sure if I can count on you. But you are free to observe and speak your mind.