non-murder December mini-event

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12/01 06:47

briiiiinngg...! briiiiinngg...! briiiiinngg...!
The telephone in the principal's office is ringing.

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✽ The temperature inside the principal's office is still sub-zero, so please take note before sending easily frozen characters inside. I'll have to delete the non- part of the post title, then.
✽ The post may be used to ICly discuss whether to answer the phone in the first place, and if so, who to send. Mod responses will happen if/when the phone is answered.

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[samuraiwomen]

A classic tale! Go! Go!

[ She's not going to go with him to the exit, thats what Sou is for, and Sara would much rather heckle. She leans out the window and points at Herlock. ]

And you! If you want pizza, you come inside too! Don't eat outdoors when its cold!

By the way, pizza guy! What flavor of pizza is it?

[deductivedance]

Of course! I wouldn't dream of eating it in this bitter chill!

[ He calls to Sara before turning his attention back to Riku. ] Now- it's quite a simple answer, really!

[ And he promptly flips down from the tree and begins to stride over towards the poor boy, before picking him up with ease and heading closer to the window. ]

As the old saying goes: When God closes every door, simply find the nearest window!

[ And that's about as much warning as Sara gets before Herlock begins to carefully yeet Riku through the open window. ]

1/2

[goodfaiths]

[ help ]

[goodfaiths]

[ There he goes...soaring into the window...at least it's slightly warmer in here but Herlock's got a good throw, because the journey is swift even if he's screaming a little.

He's flying straight into Sara with the pizza box. Save the food if nothing else. It's the gift that keeps on giving, the touchdown of the game. ]

[samuraiwomen]

ASDKFAHSDGKJSFDHASDKFHASGJKSHFJSGASJVBMFSJGSJKFGH

[ ^ Sound you make when you get a pizza and a guy thrown @ u

Luckily! She! Works! Out! Sara opens her arms, firmly grasping the pizza box and yanking it away from Riku in a sidestep that...let me check lints map yes...that lets Riku go right out the door towards where Komeada and Add are standing.

Touchdown.]

[notsosou]

[WHAT WAS THAT YELL AND CRASH okay he's coming back and poking his head around the corner of the hallway.]

[commences]

Who— What are y— aaacck..!

( ...

turning to the side, he doesn't have time to move until someone comes crashing right into him, causing him to fall down onto the ground with a loud thump. his pda goes flying up, a whole 360 spin that comes barreling down towards the back of riku — this one of those brick pdas so that bitch going to hurt once it connects to one of them.

...

...

with riku on top, komaeda is holding them in place.

yeah, get hit with that for him because komaeda's going to hide under some abs. )

[deductivedance]

[ It was supposed to be a careful yeet....... Herlock looks down at his hands. He doesn't know his own strength apparently. Years of boxing previously have paid off, it seems.

Anyways, he promptly hoists himself through the window as well! No need to stay out there. He'll close it as well just to be safe. ]

Terribly sorry for that throw, dear fellow! It appears that my strength precedes my very own knowledge!

[goodfaiths]

[ So much has happened that the pain from the PDA hitting him takes some time to register?? He hasn't even fully reacted to being yeeted yet, he's just kinda. There. Blinking.

And then the pain starts to settle in; his head starts throbbing, but that's also probably because there's so much to process, but he scrambles his way back onto his feet and frantically waves his hands around towards Komaeda. ]

S-sorry! I'm so sorry --

[ And then he turns towards Herlock: ]

y-you're so strong! That was amazing, even if it hurts!

[ ?????? ]

[samuraiwomen]

[ Eating the pizza while everyone is distracted. ]

[deductivedance]

[ Yeah no, he didn't hear what Riku said- he's eating a slice of pizza now too. ]

[notsosou]

[Gonna just take the other door into the faculty office and- hey!]

Are you two planning to share at all?

[commences]

( sets pda down. )

That's not how you're supposed to apologize, explain yourself.

( what the fuck! )

[goodfaiths]

I was looking for a way in... I woke up outside and the entrances were locked, so, um...

[ He gestures back towards Pizzalock. ]

He was just trying to help! I should have landed my fall properly, so... I'm very sorry!

[ He'll even give Komaeda a bow. A very deep one at that... He is truly very apologetic. ]

[commences]

Get down on your knees, place your forehead on the floor and say "sorry" properly! Allowing yourself to get thrown into someone...

( he scoffs. )

How irresponsible! Is that what they teach you at your... ( squints at his clothes. ) — your fast food chain?

[samuraiwomen]

[ Look, Shin, Herlock. They're bonding.

Goes back to eating pizza. ]

[notsosou]

[Just gonna fucking take a slice before they're all gone I'm wheezing.

He's also internally wincing at that entire thing over there but also he saw Sara punch, pistolwhip and point a gun at a dude once and said nothing so.]

[deductivedance]

If I may...

[ Herlock will just stride over towards the spectacle unfurling before them all, placing himself between Komaeda and Riku. ]

It was my mighty throw that did displace the poor fellow! He has no need to be sorry. If anything, my apologies that I threw with such force to begin with!

[ He nods apologetically before smiling again. ]

So, now that this is all settled- why not partake in a slice of cold pizza?

[rearranger]

[ Ranger drops the received after the call comes to a close. He glances around the room, but deciding that he's waited long enough, goes to step out. There's been enough screaming, clattering, banging, and all other kinds of noises that he's pretty sure the entire damn circus is out there.

He stares at a message left in ROT13 on his PDA for several seconds, though - "you did great."

Several seconds, and he's huffing out another cloudy breath, and then the card's back out and he's back in the hallway. He's able to catch a few words, see a nightmare of a sight.

And do you know what he's going to do?

He's going to take one look at this stupidity and start walking away. ]

[commences]

( the blank stare is one thing, and komaeda's too busy talking down to someone to actually see it, but he can feel it — he did hear the other's sharp footsteps echo from out the room into the hallway.

... )

Hold your thoughts, fast food-kun and Sholmes-san.

( he's going to get up, taking his pda to slip into his pocket as he turns around, dusting himself off as he talks behind ranger. )

Where are you going? ( thoughtful, ) I thought you wouldn't leave me.

[rearranger]

[ That gets him to pause, at least. ]

Well, you guys just seemed like you were having such a great time, I'd hate to interrupt, ahaha! I don't even wanna know what the Hell's going on here.

[ Which is all very true. As an AI, he does want to know everything, but as an emotional creature who has had a very long month, he wants to get away from all these people.

But he turns back around. If it were just Komaeda, he might have just dragged him off, but... He glances to Shin and Sara before looking back to Komaeda and shrugging.

Fine. ]

I got what you asked for.

[commences]

Why not join next time, it was a free invitation, ah... hm.

( he toys with the idea, looking back to check on both riku and herlock, yeah, they're fine. )

I'll tell you about it later, anyway... ( follows ranger's gaze to the pizza duo, and then places his eyes back on him. )

None of us could have done it without you. ( he nods, and he'll stand in place until ranger moves first. ) Are they willing to meet with us?

[subtract]

[Add can't be distracted by pizza when there's still a cool robot in his midst, so instead of figuring out what the hell is going on over in the pizza zone he calmly walks up to Ranger to check on how cool this robot is... aka he is going to just. attempt to grab Ranger's hand, he was standing in a freezer how cool is he right now this is important research—]

Meeting in person... if their plan was to simply walk everyone out then they planned poorly, but it may be worth an attempt on the day of. [but assuming they're still passing out on the border by then,] I may have a method to get Ball Monokuma outdoors. Machine of its size should have no difficulty capturing one of them and carrying them back.

[or y'know the other way around but Add is still on the kidnapping plan]

[commences]

( the gesture replays in his mind, thinking back to when komaeda touched add, and the way he lashed out when doing so, and it's seeing him attempt to touch ranger that causes alarm bells to ring in his head. add's not the only one that thinks that way, komaeda knows well enough what ranger's comfort levels happen to be.

— actions that precede unfortunate events is how this feels. )

Add-kun! ( he's going to drop his hand down in front if add's before he can touch ranger, and then he'll lace their fingers together; smiling widely. )

I didn't know you wanted to hold my hand! ( kirakira, but he glances at ranger before looking back to his roommate. )

...As for the reconnaissance, how would we go about getting Ball Monokuma outside... ( they have him at their disposal, fully trained due to add's work on it as well. ) We should get an idea of how dangerous our idiots were, on what level would you place them, Riokun?

[rearranger]

[ Couldn't have done it without him... His eyes flick down for a moment before they move back up, and he notes Komaeda's actions as he takes a takes a step back and away from the group. It's too busy and too noisy here. He doesn't care for being around strangers at the best of times, but much less in these circumstances. Though he's not showing any signs of being cold, and aside from the fading chill that clings to the exterior of his clothes, he's running at the same temperature as always. It's one of the few noticeable things that distinguish him from a human. ]

Bastards are in way over their heads. Based on how uncoordinated they are, I'd guess that they all have their own personal motivations, but they're stuck together 'cause of a point of common interest. They couldn't designate a speaker or stick with a topic, and none of 'em are very good at intimidation or negotiations.

[ Speaking of things that distinguish him from a human, apparently he's the only one smart enough to notice all the open doors. He had enough sense to shut the door to the principal's office behind him. There's more doors open though, so as he speaks he'll work on shutting those. At the mention of intimidation and negotiations he does pay Sara and Shin a glance at that that suggests that he thinks either one of them would've done better at any of the above. He's looking to them here and there, though his gaze otherwise only moves to Komaeda. ]

I bet one of em's over there screaming at the rest about what idiots they are... [ So, you know, what's happening here. ] Well, that works better for me though, since they probably spit out more than they should have.

[ He gives it a beat for that to process, making sure every single last door is shut before he starts to wander back over to Komaeda, checking to see if he's freezing or not. It's possible that they're just good at faking being dumbasses, but he's about ready to rule that out. ]

I promised 'em we'd meet up soon since we're getting along so well, ahahaha! Ah, I bet they're gonna cry if I don't show up now~ 𝅘𝅥𝅮

[ There's a hint of amusement at the end of that, which should tell the those here who know him exactly how that conversation ended. ]