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✽ There are several new points of interest at the bulletin board this month, most prominently a wooden box with the slit on the top just large enough to drop a sheet of paper inside. Above is an explanation of Secret Santa and a form to fill out for those interested in participating to write down their name, homeroom, and locker number. Sign-ups close on 12/5, and following assignments, gifts may be given in person or through one of the student council members if anonymous gifting is preferred (contact the mod to hire a stuco elf).
✽ Right next to this box is a poster with a large orange giraffe painted on it. The contents of the poster has nothing to do with giraffes, but rather, is an advertisement for student store commissions featuring quality work with quick turnarounds and a special discount for the month of December if you buy five or more commissions, or bring the shopkeep a warm drink and maybe a snack while they're working.
✽ To the side of the class roster and current ranks is a digital countdown, and scrawled on the bulletin board itself is the message "You're almost there! You can do it! One more push!" but it's unclear whether this message refers to the countdown to the new year, or to the long glass tube situated along the edge of the bulletin board next to it. Maybe both. The tube looks similar to a graduated cylinder, holding a total volume of 5000 ml and currently containing 4850 ml of dark red (presumably) blood, hot to the touch. It can not be broken or removed. The mod will be in contact if any character action this month causes the volume to change.
✽ A neatly typed notice, half buried under all the other announcements, contains a reminder that tuition will be due soon for those students continuing to study at Yogen. If tuition is not paid in full by the end of February, "compensation" will be taken instead.
✽ And finally, there is a notice from the student council that proof of club activity is once again due for submission to the student council by 12/24, otherwise the club will be dissolved and resources taken back. Please submit activity proof to the toplevel below.

12/20 - 12/24 finals week

✽ The week before winter break is finals, with many students cramming as many math formulas and foreign country leaders into their heads as possible without it all spilling over, while other students have decided to chance the practicum instead. Those who have signed up for the practicum are asked to meet inside the auditorium after homeroom at the start of the day while test takers begin their written exams. Students are allowed to change their minds on which to take, up until the end of homeroom on Monday, after the bell rings and the doors close.
✽ For the test takers, finals last for five days, from 8AM until noon each day, after which students are allowed to go home, or have lunch and continue studying in their homerooms or in the library. At the end of finals on Friday, students are asked to remain in their homerooms over lunch break while their exams finish being graded, after which homeroom teachers will return and ask certain students to go with them to the faculty office. These are the failing students. Which the homeroom teachers themselves have the pleasure of executing for their failures. All other students are dismissed and wished a happy winter break.
✽ For those opting for the practicum, finals last for two days, from 8AM until noon on Monday and Tuesday. All students from all grades meet in the auditorium the first day and are told the very simple rules for this semester's practicum: in order to raise your failing grade, all you have to do is kill another student, upon which you take their points for yourself. At the start of both days, students first gather in the auditorium for a headcount and then are given a half hour no-killing grace period during which they are allowed to scatter and find the best sniping/ambushing/hiding spots. The hunt is limited to four hours each day and kills must be done on campus; any kills done outside of these parameters are just for fun and do not count towards their final grade. Points are given for kills involving students in the same grade level of different homerooms (e.g. third years only benefit from killing other third years) and points are revoked for kills involving other grade levels or test takers not participating in the practicum. They studied hard, leave them alone. Most students need only one or two kills to pass, but multiple kills stack and earn them extra credit that will carry over to the next semester. Students who end the second day with a still failing grade will be called to the faculty office. ... All remaining students are dismissed and wished a happy (early!) winter break.
✽ A winter storm starts to whip up around noon on the 24th, raging through the night before settling down come morning, blanketing the entire campus with several feet of snow.

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✽ PC faculty still have finals: they will either take written exams excluding that of their own subject, or they can take the practicum. Players with faculty characters are asked to reply to the toplevel below to indicate the number of failed students per class, but characters do NOT have to ICly be responsible for killing failed students. Unless they're cool with that, and if so, please let me know.
✽ This is a reminder that for any character that murders (again, please let me know), they will experience the same pain the following night and lose powers/abilities for one week. Two weeks after the murder, +1 tally and +100 merit points will be awarded for each kill.
✽ The void in the auditorium continues to grow, and (pending character interaction) by the end of the month will encompass the entire right wing of all floors, including the locker area but not the rooftop. Please mind the void, murderers.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I don't care if you tell him, it's not like it's anything important or interesting! ( he lifts a hand, pushing the door open so that subaru can follow easily, and once he's out, the light is much better outside the library, and he can see the books that he's gained is "joy of cooking" and "betty crocker's cookbook," which subaru will be reading, and komaeda's more to be the adventurous type and cook from memory. )

You keep calling it a gift too, it's nothing like that either!

( come on, subaru, get it together, komaeda's not that considerate. )

Now... tell me your tastes so I can model it correctly, I believe you told me before... ( he wasn't listening. )

If it's not a gift, then what is it?

[answer him that or avoid it whatever and i'll try and figure out which thread he said his tastes in so i don't fuck up]

Food?

( it's food, what more can it be, but it won't take them long to get outside — )

I don't want something normal, I hate basic... and generic things. I want variety, and you're quite the oddball, Akehoshi-kun! That's why I trust you for this!

[????? a food can be a gift cmon komaeda... he'll open one of these books as he walks, the betty crocker one bc that's vaguely familiar, as he follows komaeda.]

Rubber 'n glue sticks back to you. You're pretty weird yourself, y'know~.

[callin him basic taste but an oddball?? ok]

I like more homey foods, the sorta thing you can find anywhere but made with a touch of love 'cause that's how Mom makes it... It doesn't really matter what it is as long as it's been prepared with care, like how she knows I like my eggs a little more fried on the whites.

[small things, little touches, like that... hmmm what else can he give him...]

You enjoy the emotional attachment to the food made by someone's hands, I could try that.

( but what can komaeda make that would be interesting to subaru and hinata's tastes? he closes his eyes, hand raised to cup his chin in thought. a small stroke as he thinks this through, what if it's something sweet? subaru would have to taste the entire time because komaeda wants nothing to do with it. there's all sorts of ingredients he can use which will probably be a food crime, but, someone with an open mind like subaru may be able to handle this. )

Then I'll do that, will you...stick around until the very end?

( he doesn't really ask for help, but subaru knows hinata, and that's more than enough reassurance that komaeda needs. )

[how i had him escape from komaeda's shitty ass food crimes only for him to play a key part in preventing it now]

Sure! You can count on me, Maddy, I won't leave you 'til we're done~.

[... because he was asked, because he Generally enjoys spending time with komaeda, and because he gets to have food probably. hinata better like the food at the end subaru'll hype it up so much and guilt trip him if he doesn't]

I don't like super duper sweet things, they're just okay~. Spicy is good, savory is best, and tomatoes aren't so bad once you bake 'em up~. I mean, they aren't terrible on burgers and stuff, but I knew a guy back in Yumenosaki who could bite into one like an apple... It was seriously something else~.

( that's the type of food he's working with, if he puts his mind to it, it's a bit selective, but he likes one that mixes all together into one flavor ultimately. savory is nice, he can understand the sentiment, and as they pass the wisteria, komaeda will push open the double doors of the dormitory until they're inside properly. he'll even hold the door for him, and once he hears it shut behind him, and he turns around to walk backwards as he watches subaru. )

When you say savory, you want something that sticks to your tongue...

( or would that happen to be playful, whatever it may be, komaeda thinks of something that might work — )

If I can remember Hanamura-kun's way of cooking, I can probably do that, but I want to do something that would... be accepted by my hands.

( time to go to the kitchen, first thing's first. ) Sugar and soy, can you fetch me that?

[stick to the tongue... yeah, that doesn't sound bad taste-wise; something that lingers pleasantly in your mouth after is definitely nice, but he'll still chide komaeda playfully.]

And I tooooold yoooooou~, Hina-chan'll accept anything that's made with care! Especially if it's from the hands of a friend.

[let him set the books down first... but subaru seems excited by this whole thing, happy to help and happy to spend time with the other, and he'll quickly collect the asked-for ingredients and set them down.]

What next, what next?

...Sugar, pepper, lettuce, and a balloon.

( he ignores the part about being friends, and instead focuses on the snack or meal, whatever it is that he wants to make for hinata. )

The balloon is the most important part, and if you can't get me that.. it'll be a bust.

A balloon...? Are you gonna slap the lettuce onto it or something?

[make a... bowl he guesses... or something. balloons are used in rich people presentation. he can at least get the pepper and lettuce, putting it next to the sugar and soy, and lean against the counter.]

I can probably figure something out, but that means I'm not gonna be around to taste-test for you.

( he grabs a frying pan, setting it on the stove as he begins to turn on the heat. )

I'm sure there's a balloon somewhere in here, how about you check the common room? We got a few new things in there, so maybe...

( from a coffin, two tubes, and two pictures of a hotty and his thotty, they're really coming in doubles now. but if subaru goes to search, he'll find what he's looking for by the fireplace, sitting there as if waiting for him. how lucky. )

[... maybe okonomiyaki? the balloon is still an odd factor here, somehow weirder than the new additions to the dorms (the tubes are pushing it), but subaru'll give a casual salute to komaeda--]

You got it, Maddy! No harm in looking. ♪

[-- and leave off.

... why is there a balloon here okay he's not gonna question it too hard. how lucky!!! is it a blown up balloon or not, nms, because if it's the former he'll be bouncing it around between his hands if it isn't he'll just wiggle it around as he comes back.]

Your predictions are so good, Natsume's gonna have to watch his back~. One balloon, just like you asked...♪

( it's not blown up at all, it's a bluelloon that he can blow up along the way, because komaeda has a bowl where he's pouring in sugar, food coloring, and some hot water in one pan, and in the other while subaru was gone seems to have some sort of dough, he might have poured soy sauce into it, can't really tell. )

Hm... I need two, actually, I can only make these two items once. Ah...

( he walks over to the refrigerator, getting down to his knees until he can find some pepperonis, meat, and a few other items in one hand, as he grabs blueberries, mayonnaise, and celery, pickles in the other. )

Sakasaki-kun does that sort of reading for a living, doesn't he? ( he sees how he puts up those little booths to come get a reading, but every time komaeda has went to it, he could never actually bring himself to see it through. that's because knowing his luck, he'll see something good at the end. ) I know of an Ultimate Clairvoyant, he's rather earnest, and his talents are one to instill hope in many people!

( he pauses, thinking before giving a sheepish smile. ) Mine was only a lucky guess.

[..........

that's an assortment of items... but he's blown up the blueloon on the way here, bouncing it in his hand as he tries to figure out the recipe in komaeda's mind and giving up as he sets the balloon to the side.]

Natsume's fortunes are more ground in like, guiding people to happiness and away from misfortune though, not actually reading the future and stuff... He always says I've got poor luck in money whenever I hit him up for fun.

[you make your own fortune... and stuff like that. natsume just makes fun of him with fortunes like that, an old song and dance between them]

Sounds like we oughta call you the Ultimate Luck though, if that was just a guess. ♪ Tell me where the second one is!

Really...

( he walks over to subaru, placing a hand on his back as he guides the other towards the sink. keeping him in place, komaeda grabs the mixture of whatever subaru's favorite color may be because komaeda's lucky, and drizzles it over top of the balloon into the shape of a star. if subaru pays close attention, he can see that the air is making the liquid stiffen, giving it shape around the head of the item that he's holding. )

For someone with such a bad attitude, and before you defend him... there's nothing wrong with such a personality, considering he wants to see a world filled with smiles and endless euphoria.

( because if fame and money didn't bring subaru happiness then, having good luck in that too wouldn't bring him happiness now, is what he's guessing. )

... ( he groans slightly, moving away from subaru as he forces his smile to remain, that's who he is, ultimate luck, but he's never been fond of the talent. ) After you pop that one, sure...

[oh... he's being touched. that's rare, it's usually the other way around-- but nevermind that, subaru watches the orange drizzle turn into a star, drying in the air, and whatever narrative komaeda wants to think natsume has with his fortunes towards someone who doesn't believe in anything but his own actions is fine.]

I wouldn't defend him~, Natsume's got a nasty, shady, ne'er-do-well sort of feel to him... That's why I have to embarrass him as soon as I can so people know he's human just like they are.

[that he's not some standoffish, high horse young man who knows it all -- natsume hates him for it, probably, but subaru has opinions.

he'll get a knife to pop it though, naturally startling at the loud noise even though he's the one that did it!!!!!]

What's a human to you, Akehoshi-kun?

( komaeda waits for the tips to be longer in the star before pulling away to check his work, and he takes a few steps back to open one of the drawers. snagging a knife, he holds it out to the other, and glances at the balloon in hopes that he gets the idea. oh, but subaru's an excited individual who managed to get a knife first, and once the balloon pops, he sets back down his own knife as the star-shaped craft falls into the idol's hands. it's kept its shape into a star, and can break if he's not careful. )

Not everyone is human here, so wouldn't that be rude? Come now, or you must play for one side.

( ultimates are gods, komaeda is trash, there's students here who aren't human and never will be, and then there's some who want to be human. it's a touch considerate, so he molds his words better so that it doesn't seem inconsiderate. things like showing someone is human, who needs that when they can be anything and still accepted among the people? )

It's not about being human, it's about showing he's capable of emotions. ( he brings over a plate for him to sit it down. )

[subaru will be so careful. and are we really getting into philosophy today... he'll keep it light, he doesn't want to fall into komaeda's pace too easily. setting the star down before he replies...]

That's what people think when you say human, normally~. The emotions thing. Feeling stuff. Compared to what they think of as monsters, or gods, or anything else that they don't think can't be hurt. But Natsume can be, and he can laugh and smile and cry and be embarrassed like anyone else.

[nothing more to it, though considering subaru isn't immediately defensive like he has been in the past komaeda's consideration is noted and appreciated]

I don't get why people think that they're the only ones who can feel stuff, though~. It's dumb. ♪

Do you know that some people can't feel, Akehoshi-kun?

( people like komaeda who can't feel properly, from this conversation, he's technically not human because of that. this isn't about him, though, it's about natsume. )

Hm, that said... it must be a job, being the only person that can show his humanity.

( komaeda teases, taking the stare shaped confection to the counter, flipping it upside down so that he can look for something to put on the inside. what did i say he pulled out, well, i'm going to have some fruits, pepperonis with blueberries wrapped inside of them, and he'll proceed to place them against the confection. )

Or do you trust no one else being capable to do so?

[but he does still feel, even if its not proper in social circles...

what a number of interesting queries there though. subaru looks up at the ceiling thoughtfully, leaning against the counter, and shrugs as his gaze returns to the confectionary. pepperoni wrapped blueberries... interesting.]

Natsume... is difficult and dishonest. [he can drawl it out like that, he guesses.] He's really all about appearance. I can get away with stuff 'cause we've known each other for a while, but other people can't.

[... he knows komaeda gets reactions out of natsume, and he's always teased that they seemed close, but subaru still wedges himself firmly into a spot he feels no one else can take. whether it's "keeper of natsume's humanity" or some less stupid title, he just

feels like he's the only one who can do it, safely.]

I know when to stop with him, and he knows that -- it's the same way with me. So it's more like... he wouldn't trust anyone else teasing him the same way? And it's not a job at all~, Natsume's my best friend! I want everyone else to be friends with him too~.

[hmm... some people can't feel...]

( that's no different from listening to ranger talk, about how partners look out for each other, see the world through different eyes by borrowing one of each other's. to see the world in depth, to understand and be understood no matter what, and if one of them were to act stupid, another person would stop them. that's what subaru's explanation reminds him of, but not as deep as it goes for ranger who lived in a murder game, but for idols, all they have is being friends, and yet they make that sort of bond. )

Sakasaki-kun is crude, and horrible, but that doesn't mean we don't like him. Actually, I believe he's kind, he just likes to be in charge, if you give him that... let him seem smart, he's satisfied.

( some people want to be know-it-alls, some others want their egos stroked, and natsume lives off praise. there's nothing horrible in wanting to, and he feels the need to work harder than anyone else, and that's why he seems so inhuman. well, to others. komaeda finds him to be the same pathetic human being, interesting enough. )

You should take care of him, Akehoshi-kun! ( with the little food fixed, he's looking at the other as he picks it up, holding it out to him. )

Taste.

[well, that goes without saying -- of course he'll take care of natsume, just like natsume'll take care of him. the rest is true too, so no protest there.

obediently opens mouth!!!]

( he'll pop it into subaru's mouth, and once he starts chewing... i rolled high on this, so it's the best snack he's ever had. )

Now, you can't fight all of Sakasaki-kun's battles, but you can assist. Remember that if they want to make friends with him, they shouldn't have to make it through you... how will they know the true Sakasaki-kun without meeting him themselves?

( which maybe komaeda would do better if people introduced him, but ymmv. )

[holy shit maybe subaru takes this for himself fuck hinata]

Mm~, mm... [he wants more... hand stretchy.] Natsume's the one who knows everyone before I do, actually~. There's only been a couple of times that's been switched, but he even introduced me to Ukki~ back when we were all in first year together. Reviews were mixed about him, though -- Ukki~ thinks he's strange but a good guy 'cause he helped out the Game Club and invites him to play super hard games, Sally~ doesn't have much of an opinion on him at all even though Natsume seems to hate him for some reason, and Hokke~ has never trusted him a day in his life... He told me once that Natsume was just seeking to use me, 'cause that's what he does, and then he'd drop me.

[but that hadn't happened, and it still hasn't. subaru's gut and eagerness of having a friend, of having who wanted him for him, won out.]

Natsume hates when I do anything for him, though, so even assisting's out of the question.

( he'll give him another, komaeda finds that plucking it into subaru's mouth, and that he's actually eating it seems to... work in favor of what he's doing. so he'll grab a plastic container, and he'll start to make about fifteen to slip inside. once he's done doing so, he'll hand it off to subaru to have. )

I never made a snack like this before, so you keep the first batch. The next one will go to Hinata-kun.

( after he says that, he'll laugh considering natsume must have introduced subaru to the people here, too. only because the other came so late, but even at the start, subaru tried to make friends with komaeda's ultimates. he didn't like that, actually... he hated it, but that's because love won out when it came to saihara.

...

...

he still loves his ultimates, and that's why he permits subaru. )

Does he use people, or do you allow him to use others without batting an eye?

bulletin board updates

12/20 - 12/24 finals week

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