cotton candy skies, why can't you be mine?

[mermaidcursed]

WHO: nene yashiro and you!
WHAT: non-event posts and private starters!
WHEN: the month of december!
WHERE: all around yogen!
WARNINGS: depression, more added as needed

december catch-all for non-event or mingle related opens and closed threads!
feel free to toss anyone in here, and if there's something you'd like to do,
feel free to throw a dm my way or hit me up on plurk at Amity_Rose!!

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11/18-11/21, Room Star 5

[mermaidcursed]

( sometimes you go to the roof to finish the final harvest of the season before snow comes and kills everything, and then your big brother roommate gets you to take a nap with him four stories up in the cold late-autumn-early-winter air instead. this is stupid. it's sweet, but it's stupid. because a few days later, nene is curled up beneath her blankets, holding a large hamster plushie like a lifeline and coughing hard.

yep.

nene got herself sick. perhaps it's the first time she looks up as the curtains of her bunk part, or maybe it's one of several, but she manages to with small wince, blinking away a few tears. it's fine, she's fine! but she looks expectantly at the visitor. she does need rest after all... )

happy november 18th

[carpevinum]

[You thought I was coming here on Noah but JUST KIDDING it's LUCIFER! Anyway, he shows up with soup he made for Nene, and also Sheep MC is tucked under his free arm. Sheep MC soon after finds themself tucked against Nene, though, to provide comfort. And Largeness.]

I made you some soup. Do you have the energy to eat, perchance?

[mermaidcursed]

( nene lays there, staring in unmasked surprise before she manages to push herself up ever so slightly, nodding. eating... would be nice. and the sheep plush is just as soft and comforting as always. where's her phone... to talk... give her a moment, sorry, there are so many stuffed animals she's been buried in-- THERE IT IS, underneath the knit demon. give her a sec. )

i do
thank you
what kind is it?

11/19 Soup Day

[emptyembers]

[There's a little knock on the door before Yukio is peaking his head inside the room. He's carrying a tray of hot soup, some crackers, and a bottle of water to keep her hydrated. There's also a little paper crane origami next to the bowl.

He would have come yesterday, but between getting caught up with paperwork and nerves that he had chickened out. But now he's here.]

Nene? I hope I'm not bothering you, but I brought you some food.

[mermaidcursed]

( oh... oh no the crane? is so cute? she's gonna cry.... okay not really but she's really emotional right now honestly. sitting up properly, nene smiles a bit before- ah, yep, there's more coughing. ... is it just her or has her constitution tanked since her curse? anyways. phone... )

thank you! youre not dont worr y

( ah- )

Sick Roommates, Sick Roommates

[redoutlaw]

[This was most certainly his fault and he knew it. Did he feel bad?

100%

Did that change the fact that now he and Nene were sick?

Nope.

Maybe he should really stop taking naps outside when the weather was changing. It did make him miss Alfred’s cooking— warm soup and homemade bread could cure any cold. Unfortunately— or rather, fortunately, all things considered— Alfred wasn’t here and there would be no soup and bread for him to get better with.

But that didn’t mean Nene gets to suffer.

No.

Do not ask him where he got this stuffed axolotl, but he was poking the fat little head in through the doorway, and when he spoke his voice sounded a lot lower and rougher than it usually did.]

Hello, Princess. May I come in?

[mermaidcursed]

( nene glances up- ohmygod that thing is so fat and its got shiny antenna thingies, what the heck. that's amazing. she loves it already. she nods, and jason's going to have to assume the silence is a yes. curled up in her blankets and laying on her side, she watches with big eyes... what he doin... )

12/5

[adsum]

[ It's somehow very hard to catch people on their own in a school, they've found, but that's what they're going to try to do, just sort of hanging around in the hallways and keeping track of when it's only Nene in her room and nobody else— maybe Noah had to go to the bathroom or something, idk, he seems to be the one they're watching out for the most on the account of always being around, but they only need a couple of minutes, nothing more.

knock knock knock

on her door, hello... ]

[mermaidcursed]

( oh- now who could that be? nene sits for a moment on her bed, before closing the notebook hinata gave her and... hm. ... shoves it under a pillow, before adjusting a particularly large dinosaur plushie over said pillow, like it fell over. there. at which point, she gets up and walks over to the room, peeking out as she opens it. ... oh!!

the shopkeeper!

nene smiles a bit, opening it further and stepping aside. come on in! )

[adsum]

[ There's some nervous shuffles while Nene peeks out the door, but she can see the way they visibly relax when she opens the door for them, like a vampire needing permission to enter a room but even after they do so they still linger close to the door. ]

Special delivery! Your commission is ready! Here—

[ They hold out a box to her, plain black tied up with pink ribbon. ]

12/01 - Lockers

[mermaidcursed]

( it's a pretty average day all things considered- or at least, aside from the chaos party in the faculty that morning, anyways- and she doesn't think it's really anything special... so why does she see something red poking out of the slots in her locker?

it turns out a locker full of school supplies is a bad place to stuff a santa outfit, because the cloth hits her right in the face immediately upon opening it- the hat,cape and boots tumble out while the dress remains in her arms, and nene is just left confused, because she super does not remember having a santa outfit...

ugh. she's gotta take this all to the dorms alongside everything else, doesn't she? )

[rebirths]

[ Whatever the hell happened in the faculty party isn't his business, though he is pretty curious about that fiasco. That aside, Ramuda's walking down the hall when he sees a familiar face with...a Santa outfit?

How curious. He peeks over? ]

Eh? Is Nene-chan turning into Santa Claus this year?

[ He grins at her playfully. ]

How fun~! Looks like you need help carrying stuff, though. I'll be Santa's helper!

[mermaidcursed]

( oh! nene perks up a bit and tries her best to wave, before nodding. phone, phone... there it is. draping the dress over one arm, she types and hits 'speak'. )

sometimes things just show up for us
around october i got a halloween costume, even? and then before it started snowing my winter coat and stuff showed up too
even my brooch and some movies i like have... it doesn't really make sense, but it's nice!

( she says, unaware of others getting traumatizing things, be it their own or others'-- )

though, i don't remember having a santa dress... its cute though!

( which is the real important thing here, isn't it? )

12/06

[rearranger]

[ It's been a fairly productive week or so. He managed to set up a date with a group of idiots, remove that eyesore of a coffin, finish up his projects, and gifted one of said projects. Now there was just one more that he needed to take care of before he could fully dedicate himself to preparing for said date.

Ranger doesn't always visit his dorm room, though he's been doing so more often as of late as a consequence of staying around a human who has the need for things such as sleep. Left to his own devices, he would wander about all night looking for anything out of the ordinary, or otherwise find projects to work on in an out of the way area. The doll doesn't like to be alone, but he can't stand being around people for too long either.

Today is a day when he comes back to the room alone. He has a purpose for his visit, after all - he's been hoping to catch the other person he'd been working on a project for. He opens the door and takes a step in, taking a look around - was she here? ]

[mermaidcursed]

( she is, sitting on her bed with the curtains of her bunk open and a pillow supporting her back against the wall. the music box is plucking away again as she frowns at the notebook against her legs, a text book open beside her. homework...

sucks.

a lot. especially with some lingering makeup work...

but she's doing her best!! ... ranger's presence is still a welcome distraction though, and she sits up a bit straighter with a small wave. what's up, roomie? )

[rearranger]

[ He notes the sound of the music box. It's a pleasant melody, and he wonders when she'd gotten it. He doesn't remember it the last time he was here, albeit it's possible that it had just been in a different spot.

Ranger tilts his head as he watches her, cheerful expression card hiding half his face. ]

Hey there.

[ She looks busy... Hm, exams were coming up too, weren't they? It seems like a lot of students were starting to stress. He came in here for a specific purpose, but decides to put that off for a moment. He steps closer to her bunk. ]

Need help with that?

12/17, closed to @ebalons

[mermaidcursed]

( at one point, because nene and noah still don't separate often, it's probably a little weird when she tells him to wait in his room for a bit. but after a half hour, she comes back with two mugs of hot chocolate on a makeshift tray, and a bundled up package... what is it? well, it's a few things, actually.

one is a new friend! soft but firm, and the bell jingles gently. the other is a leather-bound book, dark brown with gold painted engravings, full of different stories- all kind, with happy, gentle endings. after he takes both, nene just beams brightly before managing to sign out slowly, "happy birthday". ... and then, to be safe, she repeats it over text. )

[silentabyss]

[It's really weird and Noah thinks he's in trouble and that he's on house arrest even though this is set before the point where he should be on house arrest, legally-speaking. Anyway.

Noah is Noah so he cries when he gets gifts, thanks for playing! But he's also amazed anyone knows his birthday because he doesn't know if he said it (he might have, on one of those nights he spent venting about how his parents never remembered it) and also he's amazed she remembered on account of the whole... no one ever did, thing.

When he's done crying over gifts, he just kind of... you know, wipes his tears off on his hands and then looks really hard at the sign language before attempting to mimic it. It's probably important to know, and also—]

Th... thank you. It means a lot to me.

[If that's not obvious because he was, you know, bawling.]

[mermaidcursed]

( she doesn't say anything when tears form in his eyes, instead holding him a bit closer and petting his hair until he's ready.

and then- oh- he's trying to mimic... nene repeats the words, slower this time, before pointing to each written word for correspondence. there's a warmth in her chest that he even tried, really. )

i hope you like them

liam you need to eat something!

[mermaidcursed]

( at some point during the month, nene's going to come to realize something- when william is absorbed in something, he lets it consume all of his attention- even if it means neglecting himself. so today she is once again taking it into her own hands! while he's busy, she lets herself into the office quietly and sets a dish down beside him- a nice curry with rice, and she's been enjoying making things cute so. he gets to have that, too. and if he doesn't seem to notice right away, she'll reach over and tap his shoulder. )

pls feed and water the houseplant

[mathodical]

[ if there's anything that william takes seriously, it's his duty to teaching.

(that, and his ability to multitask.)

with finals week ominously looming over their heads (metaphorically and also literally), when nene walks into the area that he's claimed as his office, she'll find him poring over a stack of quizzes and mock tests that he's been giving to the first year students in a desperate attempt at trying to get them to at least pass basic math, so all she gets is a fleeting glance and a small smile of acknowledgment before he dives back into correcting said stack of quizzes. there's a half solved rubik's cube next to where nene's set down the dish, which also explains what he's been doing when he needs a break.

she'll probably still have to tap his shoulder, regardless, and that will cause liam to do a slight double-take, blinking once, twice (or well, blinking as well as he can, with one eye under an eyepatch) - before he seems to notice that

one, there's food.

two, he's actually feeling hungry.

well then. ]

... Is it sleeping?

[ liam. maybe thank nene for bringing you food, first? ]

[mermaidcursed]

( pfffft-- she doesn't mean to giggle so obviously, but. well. it's hard not to. it's such an innocent reaction for a man like him- like when lucifer was impressed with the idea of fruit being used to make flowers in cream sandwiches. but nene nods- yes, it's sleeping. that doesn't make it any less delicious. pulling a chair over, she hops into it.

why stick around? ... why not? besides, there's a chance he'll forget to eat even with a meal right in front of him if he goes unsupervised- she knows his type. kicking her legs back and forth, nene types onto her phone, and hits read out loud. )

yes! and the curry has potatoes, chicken and carrots.

Early-Mid December | closed to carpevinum

[mermaidcursed]

( the gardening club's sort of whittled down a bit... tragic. but nene is determined to keep a hold on their resource making abilities, so! after class, she's going to tug on lucifer's sleeve and tug him to the club room. which isn't really too impressive, anymore, but that will change come spring. there's supplies to take log of and things to plan for, anyways. )

we have the winter crops planted on the roof for spring, right? i wasn't available that month

( a pause, and then the digital voice reads out while she looks on sheepishly, )

sorry

[carpevinum]

We do. Don't worry about it.

[Just... pets her head, ruffles her hair a bit even though it's long, fuck your hairstyling clearly.]

We should be fine. There's hardly a need to apologise.

[mermaidcursed]

( what the fuck that icon's so cute- also bweh, nOOOO HER HAIR... IT'S ALREADY SO UNRULY? now it's everywhere, thanks dad. nene gives a huffy sigh, crossing her arms, before returning her attention to the tool box. ... they've been using more meal for the rooftop crops, so that's been going down a bit more now, and there's add's own plant food too... were there any remaining seeds from any of their planting sessions? so much to do... )

do you have a record of what was planted and in which plot? i think that sort of thing will help. also, do you think theres any more supplies we'll need?

( the club president's been out... but from the very start she's considered lucifer, as the oldest, to be her second in command alongside natsume. so... yeah. )