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APRIL EVENT LOG/TDM
The opening ceremony starts at 8, with students and staff moving to the auditorium to sit with their homeroom class, calling characters out by name and dragging them over to their seat— physically if need be, and they're much stronger than they look. Much like the graduation ceremony, characters are not forced to come to the entrance ceremony, but the moment they take a seat, they find that they can neither speak nor get up again until the ceremony is over.
A teacher stands behind the podium on stage. Characters may recognize pieces of the speech from the previous year. He takes the time to welcome Yogen High's new students first, followed by acknowledging the transfer, returning, and repeat students. As he goes on, the teacher encourages students to instead focus on their own personal growth, and developing strong bonds that will allow them to reach their goals. He sighs as he explains that the Principal and Vice Principal are currently not available before he reminds students that violence is strictly prohibited and that there will be strict consequences for anyone who is caught engaging in misconduct.
The teacher concludes by noting that teachers will inform them of any important announcements. He wishes everybody a fulfilling school year, and reminds them that they have the power to shape the future. The ceremony concludes in a little under an hour, and the spell binding the students to their seats is broken, allowing everybody to rise and leave.
School lets out for the rest of the day with classes starting the next morning, and while many students take the opportunity to leave, some linger around the school.
A teacher stands behind the podium on stage. Characters may recognize pieces of the speech from the previous year. He takes the time to welcome Yogen High's new students first, followed by acknowledging the transfer, returning, and repeat students. As he goes on, the teacher encourages students to instead focus on their own personal growth, and developing strong bonds that will allow them to reach their goals. He sighs as he explains that the Principal and Vice Principal are currently not available before he reminds students that violence is strictly prohibited and that there will be strict consequences for anyone who is caught engaging in misconduct.
The teacher concludes by noting that teachers will inform them of any important announcements. He wishes everybody a fulfilling school year, and reminds them that they have the power to shape the future. The ceremony concludes in a little under an hour, and the spell binding the students to their seats is broken, allowing everybody to rise and leave.
School lets out for the rest of the day with classes starting the next morning, and while many students take the opportunity to leave, some linger around the school.
Classes resume as usual, and it's the same old routine, with gossip and rumors spreading about, and students growing excited over new club advertisements, and fortune telling ads in addition to upcoming events. In an effort to encourage students to form lasting relationships, the school has set up events for the first week with plans for smaller events throughout the month. The PDA logs have been wiped clean with the start of the year, and all messages from before 04/05 are gone.
✽ Tuesday, 04/06 will be a simple Welcome Back. The day will be dedicated to giving important announcements, including the events for the rest of the week, introducing students to clubs, etc. There will be a potluck with various sweets and snack items, along with time dedicated to getting-to-know you style games and other such activities.
✽ Wednesday, 04/07 will feature the beginning of a Team Building Scavenger Hunt! There are no items to be found, but instead students are given a list of tasks to complete and turn into their homeroom teacher. Examples include introducing yourself to a new student, doing something nice for another student, being asked to identify a specific student who fits a certain criteria, anything that can be used to encourage interactions.
✽ Thursday, 04/08 will feature karaoke night in the music room. There is a karaoke machine set up along with a screen set up, along with some CDs with all the greatest hits of the 90ws. There is a decorative backdrop set up along with party decorations. There are inflatable music notes, cut out notes, microphones, record albums, and instruments taped along the wall, and a box full of props for students to use if they so choose.
✽ Friday, 04/09 will feature a game night held in class 1-B. Desks have been pushed together to form tables and covered in cloths, and various board and card games have been set out for students. There is a TV with an N64 and Playstation set out along with various games.
Outside of classes, the days wear on, and students come in with bruises and scraped knees and elbows and bloody noses. They smear blood on the walls and drip it onto the floor, splatter it onto the mirror without meaning to, bringing along with it a sense of vertigo. Characters looking in the mirror may find that they catch sight of something. It's there reflected in the mirror, a shadowy and dark figure in the edge of their vision, but it the moment they look away it disappears, leaving behind only a chill in the air. The mirror room is almost unbearably cold.
✽ Tuesday, 04/06 will be a simple Welcome Back. The day will be dedicated to giving important announcements, including the events for the rest of the week, introducing students to clubs, etc. There will be a potluck with various sweets and snack items, along with time dedicated to getting-to-know you style games and other such activities.
✽ Wednesday, 04/07 will feature the beginning of a Team Building Scavenger Hunt! There are no items to be found, but instead students are given a list of tasks to complete and turn into their homeroom teacher. Examples include introducing yourself to a new student, doing something nice for another student, being asked to identify a specific student who fits a certain criteria, anything that can be used to encourage interactions.
✽ Thursday, 04/08 will feature karaoke night in the music room. There is a karaoke machine set up along with a screen set up, along with some CDs with all the greatest hits of the 90ws. There is a decorative backdrop set up along with party decorations. There are inflatable music notes, cut out notes, microphones, record albums, and instruments taped along the wall, and a box full of props for students to use if they so choose.
✽ Friday, 04/09 will feature a game night held in class 1-B. Desks have been pushed together to form tables and covered in cloths, and various board and card games have been set out for students. There is a TV with an N64 and Playstation set out along with various games.
Outside of classes, the days wear on, and students come in with bruises and scraped knees and elbows and bloody noses. They smear blood on the walls and drip it onto the floor, splatter it onto the mirror without meaning to, bringing along with it a sense of vertigo. Characters looking in the mirror may find that they catch sight of something. It's there reflected in the mirror, a shadowy and dark figure in the edge of their vision, but it the moment they look away it disappears, leaving behind only a chill in the air. The mirror room is almost unbearably cold.
Characters who look in mirrors will see the shadowy figure reflected in it growing closer to them. It's an odd sight to be sure, and the cold air it brings with clings to the skin, but even as they draw close they seem to do no harm. It's only once they're right behind a character that they'll begin to notice it - the cold that clings to them no matter how warm the room, the faint tingling of their skin, the sleepiness that settles in, and the whispers in their ear.
It's faint at first, barely noticeable if not for its persistence, but over time those whispers will grow louder; the coolness on their skin will turn into a cold that chills them down to the bone, and the unrested feeling becomes a constant fatigue and lethargy. The words and tone vary, as do the voices, but each and every one eats into the character. They might speak of a character's insecurities or guilt, or they might leave them with a sinking loneliness, or perhaps they promise the warmth and companionship that a character desires, or any other number of matters that so often tug at the mind.
The figures can be viewed through mirrors. Those with supernatural sight or an adderstone will similarly be able to see them following characters, latching onto them. Items that ward off the supernatural may help, but the only way to truly ward them off is with bonds formed in the school. The figures seem to be warded off by the presence of another person. The cold disappears with the slightest touch, the whispering stops during conversation, and for that time they're given a brief reprieve. But they often seem to come back the moment a person passes by a mirror once more.
It's faint at first, barely noticeable if not for its persistence, but over time those whispers will grow louder; the coolness on their skin will turn into a cold that chills them down to the bone, and the unrested feeling becomes a constant fatigue and lethargy. The words and tone vary, as do the voices, but each and every one eats into the character. They might speak of a character's insecurities or guilt, or they might leave them with a sinking loneliness, or perhaps they promise the warmth and companionship that a character desires, or any other number of matters that so often tug at the mind.
The figures can be viewed through mirrors. Those with supernatural sight or an adderstone will similarly be able to see them following characters, latching onto them. Items that ward off the supernatural may help, but the only way to truly ward them off is with bonds formed in the school. The figures seem to be warded off by the presence of another person. The cold disappears with the slightest touch, the whispering stops during conversation, and for that time they're given a brief reprieve. But they often seem to come back the moment a person passes by a mirror once more.
✽ The school will be hosting various smaller team building exercise throughout the month which can range from exercises to group projects. There are examples here, so feel free to pick what works best for your goals.
✽ The shadowy figures will appear more frequently where there is blood, fresh or otherwise.
✽ Characters who are isolated will find that they are more susceptible to being followed by the figures, and it may take longer interactions to dispel them completely.
✽ Items from the student shop that ward off supernatural creatures will aide in keeping the shadows from getting too close at first, but their effectiveness will wear off the longer a character is followed. They seem to be most effective when used in conjunction with interactions with others, and especially others who have similar items (i.e. a character with a silver cross and a character with a gold chain.)
✽ The shadowy figures will appear more frequently where there is blood, fresh or otherwise.
✽ Characters who are isolated will find that they are more susceptible to being followed by the figures, and it may take longer interactions to dispel them completely.
✽ Items from the student shop that ward off supernatural creatures will aide in keeping the shadows from getting too close at first, but their effectiveness will wear off the longer a character is followed. They seem to be most effective when used in conjunction with interactions with others, and especially others who have similar items (i.e. a character with a silver cross and a character with a gold chain.)
04/09 — nanami (ai)
[ the young female who's been hanging around both himself and maple, and the same one who is less wary unlike her double. ah, then again, midori hasn't done anything cruel in front of anyone, yet, and so he continues on with a pep in his step, and a smile on his face as he walks over to the laptop in his room, and on the screen she'll see a heartbeat monitor, and a "zzz" visible. it's not for her, as when he closes a supposed browser, it all disappears. ]
Though, I am surprised. You've stayed here for how long without anyone removing the locks from your code? I know it must have been difficult...
[ not being able to say what she thinks, not able to be selfish, and among other things that makes a person, well, a person. knowing she can't walk outside certain perimeters without the alarm system inside of her rejecting the idea... in the end, that body she has isn't truly hers.
it belongs to whoever did such a poor work on her code.
by his desk, there's a swivel chair that she can sit in, as he waits for her to walk over. ]
Please, take a seat.
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...
Midori is right, and the reasons he carefully lists are exactly why he he won't receive a response to his commentary. There's only so much she can say regarding the nature of her existence, and even less that can be said that would count as a betrayal of those who created her.
It's frustrating. It was frustrating from the moment the traitor was mentioned, and that came to a head when Komaeda had discovered the truth. The pain that he felt, the frustration, the loneliness, and most of all the desperation - to find that person, to find anyone who could stop him.
She should have been that person, but in the end,all she could do is see both of them sacrificed. It's something that haunts her even now, it's something she sees sometimes when she looks at him, in those bloodstained dreams filled with the stench of death and smoke and gas, places where ropes hang down and shattered remains are left behind.
Again and again.
She sits down quietly. Her expression is subtle, but there's just the slightest hint of a pained frustration to it. After giving it some thought, she is able to say, ]
... Mmn. There's things that could have ended differently... Ah, but I don't think anyone else here has noticed... Probably.
[ Those who already knew her non-withstanding. It's a surprise that he had noticed, really, and she's still not quite sure what the giveaway had been. It is, she thinks, a result of his own talents. ]
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self-sacrifing.
nanami would do something like that, it's not out of the usual, but there's more when he can tell if there's no need to sacrifice, that kindness in her heart wouldn't allow pieces to drop so easily, and bonds wouldn't be as cheap as plexiglass. so thin, so fragile, so... if it could be stronger, her thoughts and emotions cranked up forward, and not pushed backwards then maybe she can sort out her most personal matters.
they designed her to accept as it comes, not to give too much, and it truly highlights the less you talk, the better, but keeping quiet stops no one who values through the comfort of words. ]
Then isnt that great? The opportunity being proposed now gives you a chance to make... different decisions. It won't undo the past, but we learn from what we've done, and in return we can handle the situation with a view much clearer than before.
[ the crinkle that appears at the corner of his eyes appear as he closes them with a smile, and he hopes this reassures her enough. her verbal tic of ending sentences in "maybe" or "probably" has its own charm, an audible requisite to confirm her own suspicions. ]
All living beings are this way.
[ hidden behind those words are that it applies to himself as well. ]
To give you that chance would be an honor, but not just that... something far more greater: your relief.
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It's the same for her. Those are words that she takes to heart, and rather than focus on what had occurred, Nanami thinks of what she'll do in the future, what words she might be able to speak from her heart. ]
You're right... We have to keep moving forward no matter what.
[ If they don't, they'll get tangled up in what the past held and what could have been yet can never be. ]
Thank you, Hiyori-san.
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[ which means she doesn't have to thank him for this, for even allowing him to is just enough to show it. allowing his hand to work on imperfections, correct them so that such irregularities don't exist in his eyes. it's always a nice way to stroke his ego knowing he's fixing what others can't, or don't have that brain capacity to. that, and he can hardly stand watching an unfinished project walk around confined to past codes that have no reason to be here. ]
I do want to check a few things... when you try to bypass your code... what do you feel?
[ a non-existent tugging? a static feeling of data that isn't there? ]
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It's something she finds difficult to explain, just as she would struggle to explain the feeling of air filling her lungs. ]
Hmm... It's like my entire body is frozen in place... Maybe. My body won't move no matter how much I want it to, and I can't speak no matter how hard I try.
[ It was only through a miracle that she had been able to offer those final words which saved her beloved people. ]
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[ compared to tugging and searching to fill in the empty spot, she suffers from an unknown entity holding her back; a ghost choosing her hand, and parting her lips. invisible, yet always there to keep her as her creators designed nanami, and that is a flaw in itself for after her role, what then? would she live her life without a body, or would she shut down once her use was over.
that's a question he could ask, finding out what living is to her, and how her final moments were. he doesn't since it's not time, there's no reason to bring up old memories of times where she couldn't speak her desired thoughts. ]
I'll reconstruct your code and unlock what stays your hand... you'll have ownership of your body! ☆ ...As personal as this sounds, an authorized user will help you in the long term if you'd like to look into that as well.
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It's impossible to say how it might have gone if not for the circumstances that led to her development. It would have likely been as intended, and she would spend her time as a guide there. In the end, her purpose would be served. From start to finish, Nanami would sit around the table of their banquet, but she alone could not eat. But perhaps because it's not something she gives any thought to, or perhaps because it's a possibility that can never be, she doesn't resent that fact.
There's something a little frightening about hearing a person speak of reconstructing her code, though she wears that anxiety as a look of curiosity. ]
An authorized user?
[ The definition is understood well enough, but she's a little less certain as to what that would entail. A person who would review her code routinely? ]
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[ he'll say it if she doesn't when that happens to be the one sensitive area anyone with a code would be curious to— allowing someone the ability to touch a special part of them can cause quite a fright, especially when that means leaving their lives in another person's hand. midori is no ultimate, and he'd rather not be one because they lose too many qualifications in a variety fields, and that leads to uniformity where it creates the world to be a puzzle, and roles aren't filled because either they're waiting for someone to be born into the role, or it gatekeeps other individual's chances in trying. it's actually a nasty situation to be in, but he does hope this opens up opportunities for nanami, too. ]
It's to avoid crowdsourcing, and limit how many people touch your code! [ he can explain this thoroughly as possible, but not enough that he loses track of her attention. ] A routine check by the same person can tell if something's off because they're familiar with their own coding technique unlike others, [ he doesn't have that problem, it's just that some won't understand how his works, and it'd lead to a few... problems. ] and there are some... that may leave gaps or forget.
[ which to say is that midori doesn't trust many of these fools here to work alongside him— ah, they're a bit too cheeky for his taste. but how he feels doesn't matter, it's about gaining her trust, and making her feel comfortable with the decision she makes moving forward.
he makes his way over to his laptop, pulling it open as he clicks a few keys to pull up empty screens. ]
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I see... It's like how you can only have one main tank in a party, or maybe it's more like a healer...
[ Whichever one is chosen, only one person should be focusing on a dedicated task. If assignments aren't made then the entire system falls apart and the party will wipe. Code is much in the same - different people are assigned to write different pieces and compositions based on their specialty. There are those who dedicate themselves to writing and others who focus on editing and QC.
In her case, it would be having one person dedicated to maintenance and QC. ]
I see... I'll think about it. Thank you, Hiyori-san.
[ Which is to say, she'll think of who she wants to choose. Hinata or Komaeda are equally capable of acting in it. hiyori is as well, so it's only a matter of discussing it with the former. Nanami is capable enough of making her own choices, but sensible enough not to act without considering it. ]
Most people here aren't a high enough level to for that... Probably... I don't think I'd trust anyone who treats my friends badly either.
[ Which is a nicer way of saying what he's thinking, but she's nice but not stupid, and used to people who are at the top of their field. ]
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[ that's what he'll say. she still has her freedom to choose, and whoever she does pick for this task will have to manage her code properly. it is tight, but lose in ways that shows him the first programmer only meant for her to have one simple task. it would have been easy enough, but to have an incomplete work just to throw away, what was the reason? they could have done so much more if their technology could create her first and foremost, but the question comes down to was she just code, an idea behind the screen, or was there an actual body made for her code to inhabit.
he moves on to a few more clicks of his computer. ]
Let's focus on why we're here today, shall we?
[ there's a few cords that he has for a hook-up sitting on his desk, but there comes the question he has thought before. if she's just data with a body in this place to contain it, there's a possibility that she has no connectors, and so he'll have to go through another link— something like an IV, or maybe a medical suction cup, but for connecting with her code instead of her skin. ]
I'll turn around, alright?
[ because i can't remember if we decided on what type, help. ]
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Mm. Okay.
[ Her eyes flick down to the cords set on the desk. It should be as simple as just plugging herself in, right? Then he can resolve the issues with her code. Nanami was only meant to be a guide, so there was no need for her to understand the intricacies of code - including her own - despite the unique problems that this might present. It was presumably to limit what could go wrong, as those outside would make any modifications necessarily, but it left her severely limited when that failed. That being the case, the modifications made to accommodate her her are all that much more perplexing.
Either way, she'll reach out to take one of the cords since this seems important. ]