🎉 if i celebrate, i want to offer my heartfelt and honest congratulations

[nortonnnn]

Who: Norton Campbell, Nagito Komaeda, and open to anyone who'd be willing to offer Komaeda birthday wishes of their own volition
When: April 28, after class
What: 3rd floor, music room

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Arriving

( so, it's like this: nobody likes komaeda.

well, it seems that way a lot of the time, from what norton's observing, and the unfortunate fact of the matter? no matter how absolutely off-his-rocker insane he's been acting, he... well, real or not, he didn't seem to be a bad guy in those memories norton has of him. try as he might, he can't simply act as though they don't exist either. so instead, with a sigh of defeat and an important date that he'd learned in those strange memories in mind, he'll go about collecting those who seem to be... more tolerant (even if that's a generous way to express it) of komaeda lately.

he's already arranged for the most reliable chef he's yet to meet in this school to help by preparing a birthday cake, (and learned quite a bit in the process, actually,) and he's let the others know where they should gather. so, when norton decides it's about time to drag komaeda to the survival club's meeting room for some kind of survival club-related excuse of a reason, there should hopefully already be at least a couple of people there and waiting for them—including one boy holding a white cat who may or may not look a little out of his element.

his voice is soft, but as the cake and the small collection of people he's managed to gather come into view, norton offers a smile. )

Happy birthday.

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01.) ♡

( so... how will you greet the birthday boy? tag-ins will be assumed to be for komaeda, unless otherwise indicated! )

Comments

[ a slow nod]

[commences]

( why is she asking him for help after what she's done? he's the one who needs help, because you know, he's trying to get through this trying time! it's by the time rika calls out to him that he manages to catch his breath, and once he's fine, he'll turn towards the rat that has interest in her. it doesn't seem to be doing anything bad outside of growling and whatever fat, rat bastards do.

this is the prophesized rat of lore or something, and even as it growls at them with disdain, komaeda looks at it's large size, then back to rika. it could have killed her had it landed properly, but there was some luck here at play, so she should cherish that while it lasts. )

Maybe it wants to play.

( or it wants to eat, they could be on the menu actually, but to prevent that, perhaps rika can do the impossible... and reach out to grab a shard of plate. that's what komaeda's pointing to anyway, and given the fact she's closer to it than him, it should actually be easier for her to do this. ) Toss it, quick! ( anywhere in the room aside from where they are. because the longer they stay right here and wait, the quicker the rat seems to grow in power. his little rat claw feet singing into the floor, leaving behind little scratches.

okhrrrrhomarrr grrroomer shoomrrrrr!!!!

another unique growl, yeah, do something about this rika. )