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july event
06/01 - 06/30
Memories
Toward the end of June and throughout early July, rumors will begin to diminish as students move on from the excitement of the new school year and the rapid changes seen within the school, events ending, and teachers starting to shut them down, but there will be lingering effects. In particular, memories, mirrors, and the stairs seems to be points of interest. Students remain fearful of the forest as well, speaking of how those who enter it never return.
The sense of deja vu will considerably worsen as the month goes on. The more one thinks, the more they'll find themselves wondering if they're not forgetting something important. By the middle of the month, they'll be certain that they've done certain actions or had conversations before. It's like pulling at a thread and unraveling as an entire sweater as reminders of the past begin to flood them.
Sometimes it's their school memories that they arrived, with, but it's often different versions of their present situation. It might be as simple as a conversation over tea going differently, or as dramatic as murdering one's friend. Perhaps they'll even remember their own deaths. They might remember characters harboring different behaviors, perhaps being more distant and gruff, or perhaps more hopeful and friendly. Whatever they might be, they're memories that characters could easily see as an alternative to their present selves. That is, they're always true to the core of the character.
Incidentally, throughout their scattered memories those with multiple tallies will find that the number of tallies on their wrist changes as they pass through different memories with different versions of themselves. For those who see dates in their memories, they will find that the year often varies. Those with few tallies tend to have the least variation, while those with the fewest tend to see the least.
Unfortunately, these memories have physical side effects. Characters will find that they come with headaches, nausea, vertigo, and other forms of sickness. Those who remember strong pains or emotions will find that those feelings linger for a time after the memory passes. Those who go through an exceptional heartbreak might find themselves sobbing their eyes out, while those who suffer a stab wound might have lingering ghost pains.
The sense of deja vu will considerably worsen as the month goes on. The more one thinks, the more they'll find themselves wondering if they're not forgetting something important. By the middle of the month, they'll be certain that they've done certain actions or had conversations before. It's like pulling at a thread and unraveling as an entire sweater as reminders of the past begin to flood them.
Sometimes it's their school memories that they arrived, with, but it's often different versions of their present situation. It might be as simple as a conversation over tea going differently, or as dramatic as murdering one's friend. Perhaps they'll even remember their own deaths. They might remember characters harboring different behaviors, perhaps being more distant and gruff, or perhaps more hopeful and friendly. Whatever they might be, they're memories that characters could easily see as an alternative to their present selves. That is, they're always true to the core of the character.
Incidentally, throughout their scattered memories those with multiple tallies will find that the number of tallies on their wrist changes as they pass through different memories with different versions of themselves. For those who see dates in their memories, they will find that the year often varies. Those with few tallies tend to have the least variation, while those with the fewest tend to see the least.
Unfortunately, these memories have physical side effects. Characters will find that they come with headaches, nausea, vertigo, and other forms of sickness. Those who remember strong pains or emotions will find that those feelings linger for a time after the memory passes. Those who go through an exceptional heartbreak might find themselves sobbing their eyes out, while those who suffer a stab wound might have lingering ghost pains.
Mini Event: Despair Diseases
"A reaaaally annoying disease where you get a high fever, along with various other symptoms that are full of despair!"
On July 10th, Nagito Komaeda's bad luck will proc and he will set lose a bottle full of tiny insects that carry diseases. They scatter about and disappear before promptly disappearing, only to reappear later to bite people and infect them. Whoops!
Those bitten once will be infected. Those who are bitten twice will be cured. Those who aren't bitten a second time will just have to wait it out. The symptoms take about a week to recover from. For the most part, the symptoms are similar to those of the flu. Characters will find themselves with a high fever, weakness, nausea, amongst other symptoms... More problematic, however, is the way that it tends to effect their personality.
The diseases can cause anything from character to character, but they tend to be related to a character's personality in some way. For example, a confident character might suddenly be cowardly, or a truthful character might only be able to tell lies. Other examples include a character suddenly becoming gullible, and they can even cause a character to be consumed by despair itself. Please feel free to use any of the above examples or make up your own.
On July 10th, Nagito Komaeda's bad luck will proc and he will set lose a bottle full of tiny insects that carry diseases. They scatter about and disappear before promptly disappearing, only to reappear later to bite people and infect them. Whoops!
Those bitten once will be infected. Those who are bitten twice will be cured. Those who aren't bitten a second time will just have to wait it out. The symptoms take about a week to recover from. For the most part, the symptoms are similar to those of the flu. Characters will find themselves with a high fever, weakness, nausea, amongst other symptoms... More problematic, however, is the way that it tends to effect their personality.
The diseases can cause anything from character to character, but they tend to be related to a character's personality in some way. For example, a confident character might suddenly be cowardly, or a truthful character might only be able to tell lies. Other examples include a character suddenly becoming gullible, and they can even cause a character to be consumed by despair itself. Please feel free to use any of the above examples or make up your own.
Student Council & Faculty
The new student council members will be given a warm welcome at the beginning of the month as they are accepted into the student council. Perhaps it's because transfer students have gone out of their way to assist this newest set of students, but while some of them still look coldly at the transfer students, they seem more welcoming than before. They're happy to work with them, even, and will happily discuss ideas and how to best implement them.
Ishimaru will receive a delivery shortly after, specifically a small key with no label on it. The student who delivers it will explain that it was intended to be given to the new student council president once they had enough members, and with their new recruits they have just enough. If experiment with it, they'll find that it opens the cabinets in the room.
The cabinets contain records of the past years dating all the way back to when the new building was created. They'll be able to find student records, though none of them have names of past, present or future player characters, which contain information such as tuition, the date of their arrival, graduation dates, and so on and so forth. The dates range from months to hundreds of years. They reports maintain a record of their wishes and desire listed, and common ones are to satisfy their regrets, to undo errors, second chances, and for moments and relationships to last forever. There's also a page for the first student council president. It seems that they were a transfer student who wanted to lead others to graduation. It's also the only one with a picture, but whether or not it's real is anyone's guess.
There are also contracts and graduations. There are many gaps in these, and the majority have been torn out, but the remainder is enough to show that graduation requirements vary, with some being bloodier than others, and as with everything else in the school they become harsher and bloodier in the years after the fire. The contracts vary as well, from Aiko's tying her fate to the school to Maya's similar yet less risky all students can graduate if she lives until the end of the year, a desire to end the school if they survive, and other contracts along those lines. They all seem to be aimed at changing the school or effecting graduation in some way.
Incidentally, faculty members will find that they have access to the same student records via the principal's computer. It seems that it had once been in his office, but was removed shortly before the events that led to his freezing. While there is no access to information about contracts, they will find intermediate progress reports that seem to span their entire time in Yogen, measuring how much progress they've made every year or so. Some grow, some backslide, and it doesn't seem to take into account memory loss or death.
Ishimaru will receive a delivery shortly after, specifically a small key with no label on it. The student who delivers it will explain that it was intended to be given to the new student council president once they had enough members, and with their new recruits they have just enough. If experiment with it, they'll find that it opens the cabinets in the room.
The cabinets contain records of the past years dating all the way back to when the new building was created. They'll be able to find student records, though none of them have names of past, present or future player characters, which contain information such as tuition, the date of their arrival, graduation dates, and so on and so forth. The dates range from months to hundreds of years. They reports maintain a record of their wishes and desire listed, and common ones are to satisfy their regrets, to undo errors, second chances, and for moments and relationships to last forever. There's also a page for the first student council president. It seems that they were a transfer student who wanted to lead others to graduation. It's also the only one with a picture, but whether or not it's real is anyone's guess.
There are also contracts and graduations. There are many gaps in these, and the majority have been torn out, but the remainder is enough to show that graduation requirements vary, with some being bloodier than others, and as with everything else in the school they become harsher and bloodier in the years after the fire. The contracts vary as well, from Aiko's tying her fate to the school to Maya's similar yet less risky all students can graduate if she lives until the end of the year, a desire to end the school if they survive, and other contracts along those lines. They all seem to be aimed at changing the school or effecting graduation in some way.
Incidentally, faculty members will find that they have access to the same student records via the principal's computer. It seems that it had once been in his office, but was removed shortly before the events that led to his freezing. While there is no access to information about contracts, they will find intermediate progress reports that seem to span their entire time in Yogen, measuring how much progress they've made every year or so. Some grow, some backslide, and it doesn't seem to take into account memory loss or death.
The Forest
As a result of player exploration, more of the forest is available. The deeper one goes into the forest, the more dangerous and stranger it gets. The staircases in the deeper portions will return one to the mirror room. However, as they go along they'll be able to find various personal belongings - everything from scraps of cloth to game counsels to notebooks. The papers are yellows, and all of the times seem to be weather worn and damaged. One can assume that they've been there for quite some time.
The more they move in, the closer they get to their goal. There's a place that always seems to be on the horizon, the feeling that they're close to some threshold, but they're never quite able to reach it... But they know that they should know what they're searching for, and if they could just determine what it is, then they would be able to find it... After all, there must be something at play for students to so often fail to return, right?
The more they move in, the closer they get to their goal. There's a place that always seems to be on the horizon, the feeling that they're close to some threshold, but they're never quite able to reach it... But they know that they should know what they're searching for, and if they could just determine what it is, then they would be able to find it... After all, there must be something at play for students to so often fail to return, right?
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There will be a comment below for characters to receive plot-relevant memories. Please comment in the appropriate subthread. One memory per character please.
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For those who would try to investigate the mystery of the forest or the door in the room behind the mirror room, either throughout the school or within the forest itself, please comment in the investigation thread below.
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Aside from this month's updates and event, those who need a starting point might consider the January and February events to assist.
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That aside, if your character would spent at least three weeks moving deeper into the forest, please let me know below. This is flexible on when it started and can expand into the next month and may be retroactive (i.e. there could be two weeks in July and one in August, or if a character spent the last week or two of June moving deeper in.)
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with his own handy dandy key to the student council room, he'll still give the other a moment before stepping inside, instead opting to lean against the doorframe and raise one hand in a haphazard wave. as always, there's an easy smile across his face, but it's only polite to make sure he's actually welcome here before he enters. he happens to know that he's caused no small amount of trouble for this one after all. so, testing the waters... )
Sounded like you could use a hand over here. You don't mind, do you?
( it's a bit of an excuse, and he can acknowledge that, but hey... what better way to break the ice a little than to offer to make himself useful? )
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There's been plenty of time for him to brace himself for this inevitability, something he was looking forward to even less than having a chat with Inaba after everything that happened in June. Here, in front of him, was someone who had killed multiple people for a reason he still didn't fully understand.
Not to mention, the trouble that did come out of it. His stomach aches at the thought.
Still, he's fully capable of acting in a professional sense, as much as he doesn't necessarily trust him. Or, really, want to be alone with him. So, he shakes his head. ]
I don't mind at all. We'll consider this your first task as a member of Yogen's student council.
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My first task, huh. Alright.
( there's a raised brow to go along with the comment, but he'll hardly speak against it. technical upperclassman and all, and amami knows better than to talk back just for the sake of it, so instead he steps inside, shutting the door behind him with a click and taking a glance around the room. )
Sounded like you had a pretty ambitious cleanup planned. Where should we start?
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[ The specifics he's still not entirely sure on, but that's because he hasn't been speaking to the right people. Or rather, he can't stand talking to the right people. ]
There's a lot I'd still like to know, and if we can have a primer for any eventual new transfers, it'd help speed up having to explain everything going on.
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( he's giving it some serious thought at least, strolling on over to the cabinets to see if they're unlocked or not. )
I mean, Mizuki pretty much runs this place, right? I'd say the student council contract probably has something to do with it considering what Ishimaru-kun had to say before, ( he thinks, ) but otherwise it just seems like he decides if you're "ready" or not on his own.
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In that case, wouldn't it be better to get a good idea of what his criteria might be. What does he consider growth, what does he consider changing?
Now that you mention it, I'd also like to look into how often the contracts were actually honored.
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( it's the one thing amami himself can say he has experience with, pulling out one of the nearer files in the cabinet so that he can begin to flip through the pages. )
Not that I want to base it all off of his criteria — we can see where that's gotten the school so far. I think you're on the right track with making them more transparent though.
( knowing is half the battle and all, right? )
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[ Although he's gotten pretty complicated feelings about graduating at this point. That doesn't mean that the rest of the student body should have to feel that pressure. ]
Transparency, consistency, I'd just like to make sure all of us can be on the same page going forward.
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( there are standards and, sure, they're arbitrary, but they have the general idea of who's deciding them. they understand the idea of the school, what it is, why they're here, and have a loose idea of how to get out. they understand what graduation has to offer. more is always welcome, but there's no reason to go all-in on whatever information may remain, only to risk losing what they've built so far. )
So what are we gonna do with that info to make sure that sticks, and others don't end up in the same position we were in last year?
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So then, what indeed? ]
I don't suppose you have any ideas yourself, do you?
[ Not... meant to be as antagonistic as it may sound, but it'd be easy to read it as such. ]
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( he can be honest for that. though, it is enough food for thought that he sets down the files he'd been peeking at — more student records, nothing too useful for their purposes. )
It'd be good if we could ingrain it into the system somehow. Set up another contract, or incorporate it into a school tradition. Something that they have to acknowledge, even after we're gone, y'know?
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It'd be adding more work onto it, but... ]
A class representative system, maybe? One thing I don't like about our student council set up is that it's entirely too insular. At least, when it was just Ishimaru and I, it felt like Ishimaru was the first one to suggest taking the words of everyone else under consideration.
If we can get even a couple of the awakened students to acknowledge the contract, then we can have a little more accountability.
[ Granted. He already feels accountability, but if he were to bring that up to Amami, that probably wouldn't be good. Right? ]
Failing that, even if it may exclude some of the others... perhaps the five of us should meet regularly. That way we can figure this out as a group.
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( the meetings, he means, but the class reps don't sound too bad either. he could go on about why it works for him, but he's sure miyuki doesn't need to be told, so what's important right now is probably how to action something like that. a contract, a vote, and then there's the possibility that— )
You know, with Ranger-kun more or less taking over the principal's spot, I wonder if we could arrange something with him. Restructure the student council — older members can be grandfathered in, but working towards building up a class representative system like you said. Maybe if we can get some staff onboard, or convince a few members of the council now, we can make it official.
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It shouldn't be too hard to come to a general consensus. One thing that a student body appreciates is feeling like they have a voice in school matters. If we can get others who have experience in schools that had representatives and can display the benefits to Yogen High as a whole, ask for any suggestions and ways to tweak what we have, it goes a long way towards getting everyone's interest.
Really, taking some of the faculty positions is a good start. [ Part of him's going to hate asking this, but honestly? This is getting good. ] Can I ask for your help in convincing Ranger and any of the other faculty members that may need it?
[ Read: I don't know how to talk to Komaeda and some of the others terrify the hell out of me. ]
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( he has all the faith in the world in miyuki. or, well, at the very least, he's honest. )
You sound like you've got a pretty solid idea of what to do to get the ball rolling and what makes it work. Ranger-kun's the logical type, and if he didn't want change then he wouldn't have signed up for the spot, right? So it shouldn't be too hard to convince him. With any luck, it's all dominoes from there.
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[ amami!!!! don't shirk your responsibility....!! ]
As long as we can make that change and allow anyone who wishes to graduate the ability to do so, then I'll be content with that. One that isn't a matter of life or death.
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I think we're off to a good start. It might've taken some time to wear them down, but our efforts are being recognized.
( baby steps, right? though there's a sense of urgency to the way miyuki seems to approach it; a contrast against amami's own step-by-step approach to the problems he's addressing. )
Though, even if Ishimaru-kun's contract already gave us a look into the graduation requirements, I'll be honest, I'm at a bit of a loss on that one. Did you have something you were working on already?
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If there is urgency, it's mainly to see the school become less of a terrifying place to live. The threat of getting shanked for "no reason" gets old, honestly. ]
Hmmm... well, not particularly.
[ Sure, he may have ideas kicking around in his head, but given that he didn't necessarily have too much to think about in that respect at the moment... ]
I was thinking about it in terms of, how would it be the easiest for others to graduate outside of the usual three-year system before. That said, if all that's going to happen is this process repeating constantly... well, I've figured for now, I should put graduation on hold. For myself, anyway.
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( he gets it, don't get him wrong — the desperation, the need to get back to where you were, and the fear that would motivate escape from this place, but... it kind of defeats the point that way, doesn't it? a place for souls to grow and heal and move on when they're ready, that sounds much better. and for someone with nowhere else to go after this is all over...
well, amami himself doesn't plan on going anywhere until keigo does — at the very least, not until he knows that this is a place that will be safe for them. )
So we want to get it back to something like how it was before, yeah? If we want to know how to change the requirements that way, we could always try talking to the guy who changed them. Mizuki is... kind of difficult, I'll admit, but if those mirrors were anything to go by, there's no harm in asking about it.
( his intentions were (are?) good, even if his execution is... well... )
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Plus, if he were given the opportunity a couple times, then he had to make the most of it. He was put in this position, put on the student council, put into the school in general for a reason, and he had to see it through to the end. ]
I'd say getting it back there would be the best option. Honestly, from what I've read and experienced, anything to cut down on the amount of souls still lingering around would be good.
I wasn't really knowledgable about samsara when I was alive, but if the cycle of reincarnation is stalled, so to speak, we should do what we can to get it going again.
[ Keep the flow of souls going, death and rebirth... once that happens, would he even have a choice in the matter?
Well, that's probably a question better suited to someone else. Right now, he has to focus on the task at hand. Which... he's shifting a bit. Maybe it was just the way Amami presented himself, that really... holding a grudge seemed counterproductive. ]
Whatever you find out from Mizuki, please keep us in the loop. [ A brief pause. ] We're in this together, Amami.
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( amami can't help but laugh a bit, expression bright even as he's obviously teasing. well, not that he wants to brush off the weight of those words either — and from miyuki, no less. he opens his mouth as if to say something, but while the words linger on the tip of his tongue, the only thing that leaves his lips is a bit of a sigh, shoulders falling more slack. )
I don't mind, but I do think it might sound better if it comes from you.
( seniority on the student council and all that. also, amami's already shown he'll sell any one of you people for one (1) keigo, so he might not be considered the ideal representative for everyone's best interest. he'll go if he has to, but the grin on his face is pretty sheepish for the fact. )
I've got some other things I'm working on to help out. I mean, it's one thing to get things moving, but I don't think a place like this just existing is inherently a bad thing, y'know? So for as long as we do have this many souls here, I figure we should probably try to make more room for them too.
( honestly, it being a school here at all is kind of grim — an inherent limitation on how much they can do, how far they can go, how much they can expand. within those limitations though, he can at least work with what they do have. )