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As the game progresses, different npc faculty and students will become available for threading. To request a thread, please comment below with the name of the npc and the ic date in the subject header. Threads may be cut short due to mod availability, so please have a reason in mind for the interaction.

AVAILABLE

These NPCs are freely available to thread with at any time.

Students

✽ Yumemi Minazuki: A student in class 1-D. An earnest and straightforward girl who falls in love easily. She seems to attract odd occurrences. Computer Science is one of her electies, and it seems that she was one of the students who was saved by transfer students' efforts after failing her final.

AVAILABLE BY REQUEST

These NPCs are available after contacting a mod for specific interactions. Interactions will be handwaved, but should be discussed on this page.

Faculty

✽ "Kazuki": The gardener is a spirit which appears in the courtyard during the night. He can not normally be seen, unless a character has the ability to see spirits, owns an adderstone through which they can see spirits, or visits the courtyard during nights of the full moon. Those who have spirit sight or see him during the full moon will see him in his human form; through an adderstone or within the "void" version of the school, the gardener appears in his true form as a man-eating monster. The gardener is blind, and only darkness can be seen in the eye holes of his mask. Rumor has it that the gardener has used to be employed as a teacher before becoming the gardener, and has been around almost as long as the counselor. He is patient and understanding, and is fond of the students.
✽ "Mizuki" Arata: The counselor is available during school hours, answering to a knock on the door with permission to enter. While the counselor typically sits on top of his desk, there are a variety of chairs in the office to choose from, and he will always offer to share his snack bowl. All supernatural powers are nullified within his office. Rumor has it that the counselor founded the school and is aware of everything that goes on in the school at any given moment. He can be difficult to talk with, but always seems to be having fun.

Other

✽ "God": "God" can be visited at the shrine accessed from within the forest, and will introduce themselves as Jizo, the deity who guides souls through the afterlife, particularly those of children and travelers. They take on the appearance of a middle school child, and although their power is limited, they may grant a wish for a price, and otherwise seems to enjoy company.

UNAVAILABLE

These NPCs are unavailable for threading, but interactions may be freely handwaved for faculty members and the cats.

Faculty

✽ Principal: There is currently no principal. The principal's office is unlocked, but until the sub-zero temperature condition in the room is dealt with, normal students will quickly freeze to death upon entering. Rumor has it that historically, the principal monitors the school but does not have active involvement.
✽ Vice principal: There is currently no vice principal. The vice principal has a desk in the faculty office with the rest of the staff, and takes on the responsibilities of the principal if the principal is unavailable. Rumor has it that the vice principal's job involves a LOT of paperwork.
✽ Teachers: Teachers hold office hours in the faculty office from 4 PM to 6 PM and supplemental lessons are handwaved. Students of any age can apply for a teaching position, provided competency.
✽ Librarian: The librarian is available during school hours, and can help locate or otherwise order new books on specific topics upon request. Requests for books on specific topics are handwaved, as long as the book is not canon specific. Library materials are not to be removed from the library.
✽ Janitor: The janitor cleans the school at the end of each school day, of everything from trash in the bins to bodies and blood following a murder. They are never seen, but most students assume they exist. The janitor's closet, located between the faculty office and the bathroom, can be freely accessed.

Students

✽ Keigo Arata: The previous shopkeep of the student store. Unlike most students, they committed suicide to purposely arrive at the school, under contract with a "god." Through the efforts and sacrifice of their friends, this contract has since been nullified and they were killed in hopes of becoming an official student in the future.

Other

✽ A fluffy white cat: Very friendly and will come running seemingly out of nowhere when food is being offered. She can otherwise be found seeking out warm sunny spots within the school, and enjoys being kissed and petted but not held. She is called by many many names, including Lily Mayhemnaise, Lucy, Lucifer, Whitey, Yuki, Cygnus, Sweetheart, and Emerald Moon, but does not actually respond to any of them.
✽ A skinny black cat: Wary and skittish, and will occasionally come eat the leftovers after the fluffy white cat has eaten her share. He can otherwise be found perched up on high places out of reach, but will run away if approached. He appears to be small and skinny enough to squeeze through gaps underneath doors and other places, and is occasionally seen in the counselor's office or rooftop. He is called by many many names, including Beverage, Belphegor, Blacky, Yoru, Robbie, Crux, Sweetheart, and Citrine Blizzard, but does not actually respond to any of them.

Comments

february 28th - nao

[dokkans]

[ So, nothing bad's gone down yet, but this is about as close to the end of the month as she's going to wait. After all, she does in fact, want Nao to be the first one who hears it from her. Which is why she left a note for her to meet her after class that day. Any further info was met with her finger to her lips. Shhhh.

So! She'll hang around in 1-E, hopefully Nao will show up? ]

[adsum]

[ She does show up, powerwalking as fast as she can to find Bonnie, just short of shoving people out of the way, because there is only one reason why Bonnie would call her. Anxious... nervous... agitated... it's all the same thing, fists balling and relaxing and clenching again at her sides, wondering if she gets to punch somebody's teeth out today after all. ]

march 1st... counselor-san...

[dereban]

[It's the turn of the month and while February may have been a short month by a few days, given that she didn't attend the field trip, she's... honestly had a lot to think about. And part of that is being a little proactive, especially given that March is the last month before the start of the new semester.

Which is worrying, just a bit, given that she's a third year. Is she going to be okay? Will she even be able to graduate with how she is now...? Especially when one considers that her grades dropped while she was "gone" so to speak - although the staff didn't fault her for that, but it's still definitely a concern.

Not to mention...

...

Well, that's something that she'll concern herself with depending on what she hears. If she even gets anything.

That's future Inaba Himeko's problem.

But for now, there's a light knock on the door, a straightening of the spine, the clearing of her throat before she speaks up, her voice airy, light, and purposely polite.]

...Hello? I was wondering if you're available right now or not to talk.

[Because if he's busy, she can come another time. It's fine.]

[adsum]

[ The counselor is never busy. ]

Hello. Of course, come in.

[ The voice beckons Inaba inside, and she will find the door unlocked when she tries, revealing the usual scene of the counselor sitting atop of his desk, semicircle of chairs in a variety of styles in front of him. By his side is a snack bowl: pretzel sticks today, which he holds out to offer Inaba when she enters. ]

Take a seat, if you wish. What's on your mind today?

3/2 — counselor

[antitoxin]

[ i think midori said the second, i can't remember, but he's here now because of how he was invited for tea. he's come early, like he said so that they could talk for a bit before meeting up with akari. ]

I have so much to tell you about. ♡

[ pushing open the door, he peeks his head inside like a child with a wide smile. it's easy to tell that midori has had a fun two weeks. ]

And I have a gift.

[adsum]

[ The counselor welcomes him inside, and today there is no snack bowl, because Akari would get mad if they filled up with chips and nuts before teatime. ]

Hearing the goings on of the school in your own words is a gift enough.

[ But he won't say no to a gift, never mind doing nothing to deserve such things. What is it... sit down and hand it over ]

counselor | 3/2

[necrophily]

I've got so much to bitch about.

[ yes, he hasn't showed up for a session in a while. he doesn't need help!!

except for when he does, and he's clearly angry over a few things as he unceremoniously slants back into the chair meant for "patients" or whatever. ]

[adsum]

[ It's his favorite sorts of counseling sessions, the ones where people come and unload their thoughts like dirt from a wheelbarrow, worms, roots, flowers and all. The counselor leans forward in his seat as Dito sinks back into his, keeping their distance from each other the same. ]

That's what I'm here for. Let's start with what's bothering you the most.

[ juicy deets first, please ]

god, first week of March

[waitingforplayer2]

[ She goes to the cairn every day, but her heart still aches. (Even when dreams and nightmares begin to eclipse the forest - somehow, every day she finds herself at the cairn, if only for a little while.)

There is something missing from her world, and her understanding of it. It's like playing an old Famicom game where you haven't gotten to see the manual.

Or maybe she's just lonely. That wouldn't be an unfamiliar sensation for her, would it? She should be used to it by now, shouldn't she?

The rumors speak of a shrine within the forest, and as the days go by, the path in its direction becomes clearer, the grass tamped down by repeated footsteps and inviting Nanami towards it.

With coins in her purse, a small boxed lunch, and hope in her heart, Nanami ventures out into the forest. ]

[adsum]

[ Nanami follows the path of flatted grass that snakes through the trees like a stream down a mountainside, the path of least resistance towards one of the boundary stones in the forest: a large stone with string tied around it, out of place but unobtrusively so. Despite the request the stone bids to stay on this side of the boundary, she steps across like so many before her, and like the many before her, she finds the trail ending just beyond the boundary line and scattering in all directions. The location of the torii is often disagreed upon, and she may suspect it doesn't exist in any one location at all, but those who seek out the shrine will always find it no matter where they wander.

A pair of trees soon stand before her, fresh blood coating the bark and soaked dark on the ground. Like the boundary stone, it is also a bid to turn around, but pressing onwards she finds herself on a mountainside on the other side of the torii, climbing steps alongside a stream that flows from the very top of the mountain where she finds the shrine, quiet and still, little other sound than her own footsteps that bring her to the offertory box at the back of the shrine, the thick rope that hangs above it. ]

march 4th, "god"

[miisdealt]

[Immediately after hearing the rumors about the shrine, Rika prepares.

She prepares, not as 'Furude Rika', the human.

Nor does she prepare as 'Frederica Bernkastel', the witch.

But now, she is Furude Rika. The living reincarnation of a kami herself--Oyashiro-sama. A miko for her own kami. And as such a representative, she prepares.

She no longer has to share a room with anybody.

Maybe it's that alone which makes her feel lonelier than ever and yearning to see if she can speak to someone who is closer to her. If she even can.

She makes sure to cleanse herself before heading out. Water removes all impurities, or so it is said. She changes into more appropriate clothes--something light. A light green long dress with a white cardigan over it; something that she had found in her locker.

She finds herself feeling unfortunate that she doesn't have any coins to her name to offer to the god themselves--so she decides to bring the second best thing.

Desserts.

Hanyuu had always loved sweets, and as oyashiro-sama herself, perhaps another god might also like the same. She packs it in a bento and quietly heads out, after classes are all said and done.

She walks, with intent, into the forest.]

[adsum]

[ Monetary value matters less than personal ones, as far as the god cares for what offerings are brought. Coin is just the simplest way to quantify value, but desserts... tea and bento and video games amongst the many other things that have been brought before them, it's these they take great interest to. After all, what's more valuable than people sharing what they love?

The god is already there when Rika makes her way past the boundary stones and through the torii, up the mountain steps to the little shrine set apart from all else, the thick surrounding fog offering nothing for a view even at this altitude. They sit on a corner of the offertory box, silent as she approaches, with the appearance of an ordinary middle school aged child. Back straight, hands loose on their lap, staring, silent. ]

3/06 | Rokuro Arata

[gatetohell]

[ Now that the murders have been """"resolved,""" Joe intends to make good on a promise from awhile back that he made with Komaeda. He's familiar with Rokuro from past encounters with him, and of course the soccer team from the sports day. But there really hasn't been a good time to check it out or really even talk about it until now. And now's a good a time as any, right?

So Komaeda's here with Joe as they agree to meet up after class so that him and Rokuro can properly be introduced. They're waiting together by the gym, and when Joe recognizes the familiar face approaching them, he holds up a hand in greeting and grins. ]

Yo, good to see ya!

[commences]

( the murders have been resolved, it was a meeting where people forgot what hope was, there were divorces, misunderstandings, and lack of empathy so all in all komaeda's tired. luckily for him, he's learned the art to perfectly keep a smile on his face though it never reaches his eyes. he manages a pretty good one as he remains by joe's side while the other calls out to the student, and komaeda lifts one hand to wave. )

You're pretty popular.

( said to rokkun because it's not every day someone's comes to him with that much enthusiasm, its a nice change.

komaeda becomes quiet, swallowing down the saliva in his throat as he thinks of what else to say. it comes to him after a moment, and playfully he continues: )

Guess why we're here!

( can he get it in one? )

3/8 — counselor

[antitoxin]

[ knocks on the door, three and four.

hi! ]

[adsum]

Yes, do come in.

[ What do you want today, Midori? It's a salty snack that the counselor has today, not feeling like catering to Midori's sweet tooth twice in the span of less than a week. ...it's roasted pecans, lightly salted but it's still one of the sweeter nuts compared to others. ]

3/8 — akki

[commences]

Fujioka-kun! ( sits down at his desk!!! ) I think I want to kill myself today, do you want to help?

( okay, komaeda knows that he owns his soul now thanks to rokkun's weird ass romantic gift, and well, he has to see if it's true about it.

...

will akki stop him? will he say do it?

...

other people told him to die, too. )

[adsum]

[ gets up from his desk!!!!!

Don't engage don't engage don't—-

It's an internal battle that he loses, making it all of two steps away from his desk before whipping around to stare at Komaeda and wonder why- how come- it's the same question, and he doesn't understand either, handheld tight in his grip and then stuck into his back pocket so he doesn't press so hard that the buttons get jammed. ]

Absolutely not. You can do that your— ... [ mmmmmmmmm ] J-just don't. Okay? Go... do something better with your time.

counselor, 3/11

[shimashima]

[ Perhaps Alice should have come here sooner, but he'd quickly dismissed the location, all those weeks ago. Today, he's outside the door of his own will, facing it, a certain scrap of paper inside his pocket. A polite knock announces his arrival. ]

Yogen High School Counselor? Have you some time to speak?

[adsum]

Yes, of course. Do come in.

[ He is not so polite a host that he comes to open the door for his guests, but the door does open when Alice turns the knob and steps inside to see the variety of chairs in a crescent before the counselor's desk. There he sits, with a bowl of nori wrapped senbei on the desk beside him. ]

Would you like a rice cracker?

closed, end of april

[waitingforplayer2]

1/7

[waitingforplayer2]

[ Nanami doesn't expect to see the god today. She didn't the first time, either, but... this time, even with the knowledge that Jizo-sama could show their face, she thinks it's going to be a pretty quiet visit.

The brook bubbles quietly as she approaches the little shrine. She washes her hands in the water; places the bento inside the offering box, pulls the rope to ring the bell. Maybe it's a case of self-fulfilling prophecy, but the little god doesn't show up. That's fine.

Nanami leans against the offering box, looking up at the shrine. She wonders what it's like, to be a god of the underworld. To live for so many years and look after so many souls. It's got to be pretty lonely, but also sort of wonderful, with all the friends you got to make. It's not an existence that's for her, but she thinks it's kind of a nice one. ]

Hi. Um... I have some things I've been thinking about, and I wanted to tell you about them. ... I think you'll probably hear this, even if you aren't here. So...

5/10 — alice, worm

[commences]

( it's the energy of not wanting to be stuck in one place that's brought him to do this, pull alice out from his best at 6am where everyone is a tad groggy and not ready for the day. this allows them the chance to get into trouble without anyone questioning their motives, and if someone sees them they can pass it off as that person is just sleepwalking. that's not their biggest concern, and it more or less has to deal with how they're inside of the pool area where they've came into contact with a familiar beast.

komaeda looks to alice, one eye seems a little redder than the other that's a normal sickly green, but komaeda normally passes it off as rubbing his eye too much so that it isn't a topic of conversation. if you see his eye glowing red no you didn't! )

I have these, so I thought...

( he pulls out a small pouch with the ASUNARO logo embroidered into the fabric, and one komaeda pulls it open just a little for alice to see what's inside— he'll see very tiny seeds, lots of them. )

If we take an unsuspecting victim, feed them a seed, and then push them into the monster then it'll take care of everything!

( this is said happily because he trusts his own ideas to be foolproof, also because it's as creative as anything else that goes on in this school. a little murder to become the stepping stone for the entire school? it sounds actually divine, and that thought causes him to bounce on the back of his heels as he closes the bag. )

You know, since it eats dead bodies anyway... Do you have a preference on who?

( alice is allowed to reject the idea. )

[shimashima]

[ It's so early... Prison and adhering to the schedule of Jou Tazuna's morning jog regimen should have trained Alice's endurance to cope with rising at this hour, but he's not fully awake himself when Komaeda's restless energy whisks him off again, out of bed and back to the dreaded pool building. They haven't even had breakfast! However, Alice has insisted on washing his face and brushing his teeth and combing his hair, and of course getting dressed properly — that wakes him up somewhat, enough for the air and the sight of their destination to finish the rest.

It's not the void, and it's not the depths of the forest, at least... Still, if Komaeda really means to confront that centipede, then it won't be long before he sets out for its realm, will it?

What seems to be a lingering eye infection hasn't cleared up, either! Alice meets Komaeda's gaze, but his own lacks Komaeda's enthusiasm, even if it technically isn't a bad thing to see Komaeda no longer subdued, perhaps slowly feeling better. The plan revealed is akin to pushing him into the pool itself without warning; eyes going wide, he stares at the pouch with its familiar logo, not to mention those odd seeds inside.

There are quite a few things that he could ask, as much as he dreads the answers, but the words won't come. Instead, Kanna Kizuchi's final moments surface in his thoughts, forcing him to swallow around the tightness pressing his throat closed to smother his voice.

As if he could name a candidate to suffer that fate and be devoured by the creature...! Even someone like Midori is out of the question, despite all notions of punishment and revenge, if only because of the repercussions. ]

...That can't be the only way, surely...? Where does it obtain the bodies? Do you know...?

[ How are they discussing this as if it's normal?! Now it's honestly a relief that they haven't eaten! ]

end of july, god.

[decrypter]

[it's a summer's Sunday when Helena makes her way to the shrine. slowly, with her legs recovered, she could do more and more - at first, going back up required a lot of breaks, and now she only needs one before she makes it there. putting the coin in the box and putting her hands together, she has a smile on her face, and it's been a while since she felt this light hearted.]

Lord Jizo....I've remembered something very important.

[whether they're there or not, she's come to tell them that.

and to have brought cold drinks, since it's hotter and more humid out.]

[adsum]

[ The days are warm and sunny. There are few who would visit them, and even less now, but Helena has been steadfast in her decision to come see them - enough that they could notice her absence. But the god is here always, even when they're not seen, for their presence is ever needed in this place. ]

Helena Adams.

[ The soft address is followed by the light sound of footsteps as the god slips into view. ]

What is it that you've remembered?

[ They still have some profiteroles that were offered recently, so they can share those in return. They're fine enough to have alone, and they're ever pleased with such offerings, but gods and humans both enjoy such luxuries more when sharing them with another. ]

8/2 ish? mizuki there's a lil guy here to help you

[silentabyss]

[Everyone else is disappearing. The nurse disappeared. The gardener disappeared. So Noah figures that the logical conclusion is that the counsellor will disappear, and that means he can do the normal thing of poking about the guy's office and looking at all of his stuff. Everyone says he's weird, after all.

So, about that little idea... turns out the man hasn't cleared out or moved on or anything.]

Why are you still here?

[Noah continues to be the most eloquent person in the room.]

please throw him out

[adsum]

[ Some days he questions this new open door policy that he's put into place. The black cat is sitting on the desk near a bowel of chocolate-covered potato chips, one of which he was just in the process of biting down on when his door opened. ]

... Hm?

[ He chews slowly, his eyes training on the black cat as it lifts itself up, stretches out, hops down. The black cat isn't quite as affectionate as the white cat, but it will trill in greeting and rub against his leg on its way out the room, having apparently decided it would rather not be trapped in a room with two noisy humans. ]

Why wouldn't I be here?

[ Said like he doesn't know exactly what Noah means. ]

middle of august - counselor

[taketori]

[ Truthfully, this had been a long time coming.

Miyuki had considered speaking to the counselor since the ordeal towards the beginning of the year, but between the relative distrust of anyone that had been deeply associated with the school and much of his own anxieties, he hadn't. He didn't know what would happen, what he'd say or what he'd do.

With the staff slowly fading away however, he felt like he needed to speak to Mizuki, just once. There was a lot weighing on his mind, a monumental task he'd decided to take on, and just in case... he needed to clear everything up.

Leading to him taking advantage of this new open door policy, yet still knocking on the door once he arrived. ]

Hello-- may I take a moment of your time?

[adsum]

Of course. My door is always open.

[ He gestures to the seats about him. ]

Have a seat.