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[silentabyss]

hey

what do you guys do when you're sad or upset or depressed?

i guess i'm asking for advice

no i am not going to go see the counselor.

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a.yabusame

[shimashima]

[ Ugh, the counselor... The remark makes Alice wonder all over again what possessed him to go there in the first place, but there's no traveling back in time. ]

Advice, you say?

Well, do you like music?

[ Though that's only a distraction, at best, he supposes, and his own success is debatable... ]

[silentabyss]

yeah i like music

but i dont have one of those music playing... technology... thingies that some people have

[a phone, an MP3 player, an iPod, take your pick, Noah barely knows what those are or what they even do.]

ive never really tried to play it either

[shimashima]

That simply means that you have a few options. For example, you could borrow the necessary equipment and available CDs to listen to it with others. Or you could learn to play with them, or even sing. Music is the door to endless possibilities!

By the way, it seems we should thank you.

[silentabyss]

huh... ive never thought of it like that. ill try it some time. kaede-noona is good at the piano so maybe ill ask her to play something for me

why are you thanking me?? :O

[shimashima]

Kaede Akamatsu, yes? I hear her playing soothes the mind. Her musical talents were recommended to me as well.

[ By none other than Komaeda... As for the gratitude— ]

Shouldn't I? You came to Nagito Komaeda's aid, out there.

[silentabyss]

oh

yeah i guess i did

komaeda is important to me. he's like a big brother in some ways... i wouldnt have let him die so easily. i always told him that as long as i was here that i'd never let that happen to him

i wish he'd wake up though :(

[shimashima]

[ Did Komaeda realize that people genuinely care for him? All too often, he was so quick to call himself trash, yet here there's someone who has high praise for him indeed, describing him as a big brother figure, a treasured person to protect... ]

So you've kept your promise. Since you healed him, perhaps he only needs more time to recover fully now. Because of that tea, I mean.

[silentabyss]

[Perhaps not; Noah himself always finds self-worth to be difficult to hold onto. There are times, too, when he's mad at Komaeda — where the things he says and does are a little too fucked up at the time. That probably doesn't help. Still, Noah's love is boundless and unconditional.]

maybe. i hope so.

maybe we should have a party for him when he gets back? just a small one between people he's close to, i think he doesn't like huge parties. if i'm remembering christmas right anyway, he spent the whole time in his room and i kept trying to tempt him out with cookies...

[shimashima]

[ This is rather touching, and Alice can only hope that planning a (quiet!) party is something for Noah himself to look forward to — something that will ease the pain of those sad thoughts on his mind. ]

A suitable welcome back party is surely a good idea. It would express many things that might be difficult to say aloud, or perhaps things that he wouldn't believe easily otherwise.

[silentabyss]

yeah it would be nice to drill it into his head that people care about him

(komaeda if you wake up and read this, it's not a joke)

we could play small games i guess. last year, all of us played a game that i think nene started called "honey i love you" and he played with us then. and if i'm remembering right he was really good at it :| i couldnt get him to smile at ALL

[shimashima]

Precisely! If the drill of our combined words has failed to persuade him to accept them, we shall turn to other methods!

Oh? I don't recognize the game myself, but he really must be quite skilled. I'm sure we could make a list of suggestions in preparation.