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( So ask her out properly?

...Okay. )

I'll remember THAT. ( ... ) Final question: which dish was your favoRITE?

( it doesn't take long to hear when the infamous rokkun makes his grand return — honestly, it's a bit of a relief when amami finally does. and while it might not be the ideal trade-off, he also has something for him now that he's back. not really looking to wait too long to hand it over either, considering the fact that regardless of whatever the hell komaeda was doing, he's not all that interested in keeping this thing in his locker to grow more fungus... mushrooms... whatever.

so the point is that amami's gonna take some time over lunch to find him, folded jacket in tow, because he still does want that rock. )

[ I felt that in my heart and the counselor looks a little delighted too but he's not supposed to take sides. The 10-year-old won... he can believe it, actually. ]

She has purpose, Hyde. Look at her smile.

[ Control. Confidence. ]

I've seen that in you before, too, though.

[ That slasher smile of his. ]

[ Yes but not with those words. ]

...Chawanmushi. What's yours?

[ Not because she's curious or anything. It's because this has to be an exchange. ]

( he's letting go because he doesn't need to keep him in place, what he wants is the light of the pda, and voila — he thinks he sees something. )

There... aren't we lucky!

( he says that happily, clapping his hands together as he sees where the light is pointing at. he walks forward, kneeling down towards the floor as he tries to check this little cabinet space that he thinks might have a few books. keep the light steady, or rather, hiro can turn on the big light because komaeda thinks he's found what he was looking for.

unless this is a notebook with chiaki's... artistic pieces, then they're back to the drawing board and have to start all over again. )

( rokkun is... surprisingly knowledgeable about keeping little rats alive... but maybe it's because he's a Nature Guy, she realizes. maybe he's seen some small animals struggle in the wild, who knows.

at any rate, she reluctantly sets wilbur jr. down on the cloth and takes another piece from rokkun, nodding. )

Won't soaking this in boiling water be too hot? ( she glances down at the cloth, then back up to rokkun, then to rantarou, who returns with q-tips. what are these for, anyway... )

[ Grand return more like he's drags himself through the doors with a clear limp and is glad for the third year classes being up only one flight of stairs, and the elevator being implemented soon. He doesn't leave his classroom during lunch, but he's also not eating, instead taking the time to fold his arms over his desk and zzzz.

Or pretend to, at least. ]

I'm gonna tell the others you're responsible if I ever use bad words. [that way noah is off the hook.

she looks back at the counselor, as if she'd forgotten he was there. because she kinda had. sometimes the caretaking tendency takes over and nobody else in the room matters for a bit.]

... I do have a purpose. It's keeping all these... loonies from murdering each other. So we can work together to free ourselves, and go home. All of us.

[and maybe that's her hope.]

If that's something you don't think will really happen, you're wrong. And if it's something you don't want to happen? You should be scared. Because this game isn't gonna survive us. Your game ended the day you put me in it.

Edited 2021-07-01 06:08 (UTC)

[ Hes just laying on the floor, back against it. Annoyed. ]

Whatever bubblegum princess. You aint saving anyone in a school that loves murder.

[ Something, something. ]

He saved my life.

[ He doesn't want Rika to get the wrong idea, far from it. But, still, ]

But he's... a dangerous person to be around, because of the company that he keeps. He's important to me. So I don't like people getting involved with him. Sorry, that probably doesn't make sense.

[ There's the urge to sit on Hyde's stomach if he didn't know that wound come back to bite him in the ass. ]

There's no reason for me to be scared. Our goals align, miss Stephanie. I want you to go home.

( it's grand because it means rika getting better. most likely. he hopes.

anyway, amami's fine with coming on in if it's just 3-A — pretty fond of some of rokkun's classmates anyway, so it's not like it's the first time he has. he'll make his way through the desks to one that's unoccupied next to rokkun, taking a seat and making himself comfortable with one arm slung over the backrest of the chair so he can face him properly. )

Welcome back, Arata-kun.

He... !

( her face lights up, a little. akki did... ! )

Huh? ( okay, yeah, that makes no sense. she had a feeling there was some connection between them, considering akira's agreement to fulfill requests related to rokkun, but, still. ) Aren't you the company he keeps?

( she tips her head to the side, staring at him, puzzled. )

Hey, are you trying to keep Akki all to yourself? ( GASP. is it another one of your man crushes, rocchi... ) Are you guys dating?!

( not them agreeing for him to use the masterball which he reads the description of first: A Ball that captures any wild Pokémon without fail. so, this is like a guarantee if he uses it. there's no need to fight the creature to whittle down it's health, so he'll do what they're both expecting.

when he chooses to use that specific ball... komaeda closes his eyes because he's ready for the worst... like it's going to pop out or something, so he doesn't watch. it's thrown out with the ball coming undone from the top and bottom to capture the shiny mareep, after, it falls to the ground to bounce a few times and then...

Gotcha! MAREEP was caught!
Give a nickname to MAREEP?
YES
▶ NO

he's just clicking to get through it, so if someone wants to stop him before he defaults to no because he's not looking... )

One step at a time, Hyde. [punctuated by nudging his head with the tip of her shoe.] I already cut them off on one source, right? And I didn't even have to try hard.

[she gives the counselor a long, blank stare. she'd never been very good at telling when people were lying.]

Did you tell the others that? Before or after you took their memories of everything they loved best? Before or after you marked up their arms?

( What if he doesn't have a favorite food SIKE

No, she deserves something of an answer; she actually gave him one. )

Foods with two different flaVORS, particularly if they're oppoSING. I'm not the biggest fan of sweets THOUGH, so you can skip on anything too sugaRY.

There we go...

( success, their tuna, which he's going to carry both lily may and himself to the room where everyone is stationed, and he'll make sure that lily may does NOT see the baby rat. he leaves those three to managing wilbur downy jr. since he believes they don't need him in that front — holding lily may down is already a job. he's moving to the cabinets to see if he can find a bowl so that he can pour the tuna he got inside. now he doesn't want her to lose interest in him or the food, so komaeda's going to rip open one of the packs so he can give her a little whiff.

i know baby rat probably smells better, but this is the good tuna... hopefully. )

[ The moment Komaeda lets go, he finds Hiro has reattached himself to Komaeda's shirt sleeve, letting his arms be lifted as Komaeda claps and walks around and kneels and god why does he have to move around so much.

The PDA light shines down on the open notebook.

Hiro takes one look at it, lets go of Komaeda's arm, and blindly stumbles for the door himself GOODBYE HE'S OUTTIE. ]

[ He has nothing to say hes just gunna lay here and listen. Maybe act out again if it is in his interest. ]

... Ne ne Komaeda! Since you catch it name it.

[ Nanami tugs on their sleeve from across Akira, the two of them squishing him between one another. ]

This is... ugly.

( that's all he has to say about that open notebook, he doesn't want to deal with it, it's probably cursed. that said, he's going to follow hiro out of the art room as well. )

Where do they keep all the fresh notebooks, I'll never be able to see Arisu-kun's great artwork like this...

( manipulative sigh... ok where did he go, komaeda's not going back in there alone. )

[Steph and Hiro are sleeping through class twins now. but, she does manage to wake up enough to scribble out a quick note and pass it behind her.

lunch, auditorium?

except she. disappears, about 45 minutes before lunch. asks to go to the restroom and then just doesn't come back. but, should he choose to go the auditorium, he will find her there, curled up in the corner, her head resting on her knees, sound asleep.]

[ He looks at Hyde and then at Stephanie like "can you put him back?"

He goes ahead and scatters the rest of his pistachio shells on top of Hyde's stomach so he can snack on them, though, before returning to his seat on the desk. ]

Unfortunately, talking about the others would be a breach of patient confidentiality. That doesn't stop you from talking to them, though.

Yes. No. STOP.

[ This is why he doesn't like talking about things, because people ask follow-up questions. ]

He's my—-

[ ...you know what? no. he's not going to talk about it. ]

We're not romantically involved.

[ She's not as "stares into the far distance" at least

Rokkun lifts his head far quicker than one would if they were truly fast asleep, but he looks... alive. Tired, but okay. With a little sigh, he pushes away from the desk to prop himself up on his arms. ]

...Thanks. And again, being there back then.

[ He assumes so, anyways. Amami didn't do the finishing blow or anything while he was down, so he has to assume there were good intentions somewhere. ]

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