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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/ )
sisters: (pic♯15031777)

[personal profile] sisters 2021-10-12 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I get it. With the situation being what it is, it makes sense even if it's not ideal.

( like he'd said before, but he can't give any agreement beyond that. doesn't want to give her the wrong idea either, like he disapproves of the choices she's made with her own priorities. his are just... different, y'know? as she turns her attention up, amami follows her gaze, counts the pinpricks through the glass. )

We don't know for sure right now, what graduation's all about, but... If it's something good, I'll do what I can — to make sure you can get there.

( he might be hopeless no matter the outcome, but for some of the people here — for rika, for meng yao, for helena — it doesn't have to be the same for them.

if it's the end of the line for him no matter what he does, he can at least chase after the best outcome for the rest. )
decrypter: (prayer.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2021-10-12 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
...If it's good, I don't want to graduate without you.

[she says it softly, and the hand she knows is closest to him reaches over, trailing on the blanket until she can find his hand to touch it. to connect, to remind herself that he's right here.]

We might not agree on what makes the self, but those things that are important to you...I don't want you to lose those. And we don't know that there isn't a way that you could keep them, that you could live again and be Rantarou as you are now. So until we know for certain there is no way, I want to keep faith that there is one, and we just haven't found it yet. I want that for you, with all my heart.
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[personal profile] sisters 2021-10-13 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
...

( it's... not quite an answer he can say he's looking for. amami, he's still getting a feel for this place — has been here too long to know so little, but still needs more to make any hard and fast decisions about something like graduation. as it stands now? no matter how good it may be for helena, there's little and less reason for him to believe it would be the same for him. at the same time, to say as much aloud would look pretty bad; even he can understand that.

not that he's giving up, it's just... well, he doesn't want to get into it right now. so he does what he always does when he doesn't want to talk about himself anymore. he changes the topic. )


You feel any better, now that you've got that off your chest?
decrypter: (hope.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2021-10-13 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
...yes. Thank you, for hearing me.

[for letting her speak, when she had offered him chances to shy away and take the out. he listened to her, and she's grateful for it beyond mere words can say. she should apologize, for making him bear up her secret like this, for taking time - but the gratitude overrides it, and she smiles a little.]

Don't worry. I won't tell anyone about you - that's yours to give to someone, if and when you choose. It's nothing to say lightly.
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[personal profile] sisters 2021-10-17 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, Helena. I appreciate that.

( it's not that he means for it to be a secret, or that he's ashamed of it — but all that's going on, he doesn't need to act like something like that makes him any different from anyone else. he got to deal with the people who'd seen the fallout, is all, but in the end, every one of them is in the same boat when it comes to this place. for now he'll exhale, pull himself back up to his feet and glance back to helena. )

We can chat more later if you want — for now, why don't we get back? It'd be a shame if we missed something important while we're here.
decrypter: (nightmare.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2021-10-19 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. You're quite right.

[she pauses, taking a deep breath before she gets back up and retrieves her cane. once they leave this room, it'll all be buried again, collected into her mind.

if this comes up again, next time, she won't cry. she promises.]