npc contact.1

[adsum]

full navigation

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.

✽ index
✽ post 1
✽ post 2
✽ post 3
✽ post 4

Comments

[adsum]

[ He won't fight her too much, letting their hands fall around either side of his neck, wrapped in bandages underneath his collar. ]

An ultimatum. It's my last year. One way or another, I'm going to leave. Either I graduate, or I disappear— I won't ever have existed, and you won't even remember me to be sad about it.

[adsum]

[ He can pull out that switchblade but the counselor's going to reach down and confiscate this. Whose switchblade is this? Is this the one he picked up from Kouji's corpse? There are so many knives floating around it's hard to keep track of. ]

I know who she is. I was asked if I would be a grief counselor for her. She doesn't need me.

[adsum]

Whose else is there?

[ He lifts the hose up to the sky, letting the spray fall directly overhead and if Komaeda's going to use his jacket as an umbrella, we'll see how long his arm strength will last. ]

[adsum]

If you didn't mean to do something, it's not your fault. If you don't remember doing something, you can't be held accountable. What do you think?

[commences]

( STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP, omg i'm crying, first the gun, now his switchblade. he hasn't even hurt anyone with it... his only line of defense.

and it is the one he got from kouji's corpse, he kept it safe! )

...You must be bad with girls, there's a lot you could say about her.

( it doesn't take long for komaeda to get off the floor, almost like he's waiting for the switchblade back so he can return to what he was doing. )

As a stepping stone, you have to be able to do something for their hope... because if not, what good are you?

[adsum]

[ Oh that reminds me I need to do bonuses so Dito can have his spear back to stab people with

The switchblade goes inside his pants pocket. ]

No good, unless the other person seeks me out. A person must want to be helped, in order to gain anything from counseling. I am a stepping stone, not a magic carpet; I will not sweep people off their feet.

[contrarily]

... what?

( her eyes widen, surprised. this is... not what she'd expected to hear. something about finally being ready, maybe, to do whatever it takes, but — )

Oh... ( well, she understands now, why he's so determined. but...

her hands fall on his shoulders, and she presses her forehead against his chest, exhaling slowly. ) It's fine, because we'll make sure you graduate. I... I'd never want to disappear in a place like this. And I won't let you disappear here, either.

( her lips curve into a frown, and she glances up, to look at his face again. this kind of fate... yeah, she wouldn't wish that upon anyone, much less people she cares about. is it all third years? if it is... )

I promise.

[commences]

...

( as he's using it as an umbrella, he stares at his prosthetic — the one rokkun held, the one komaeda gained for his sins... for cutting off a piece of himself to accept despair. that's what the prosthetic is a reminder of, but had he held komaeda's other... the one that's been through everything, and not lost to that. who knows, maybe it doesn't matter. but rokkun makes it a "whose" and not the other hand that's different from the prosthetic, so komaeda will go along with it. )

Was there someone else you wanted at the time? ( he still has it up :/ he's not that weak... i say as i already know when he's giving up. ) Another hand that you wanted to hold... Amami-kun was there, to want the hand of an Ultimate... ( don't even mention komaeda. ) I never knew.

[crystallomancy]

Neither of those would hold up in a court of law as a legitimate deFENSE. Even if you didn't mean IT, it still happened - actions have consequenCES. Even if you don't remember IT... It's not FAIR, but the law rarely recognizes it as a legitimate defense against a defendant's CRIMES.

( people are a little different; some people are willing to be a little more forgiving. )

[adsum]

[ When she looks up at him he's smiling, but not the happy kind of smile, it's a forced one, one he doesn't believe in but tries anyways. ]

The only person who can help me graduate is me. If there's anything you can do... You have to survive. No matter what, survive and see me graduate.

[adsum]

There wasn't. In my eyes, at that time, the only other person who existed was you.

[ Which is the point he was trying to make, walking closer and having to point the hose up higher and higher so the water will continue to fall over Komaeda's head like a little spot of rain. Amami didn't even register until he was on the floor, and Akira until he opened his eyes and saw red. ]

I did not hold the wrong hand.

[adsum]

You are not a court of law. What is your opinion, if this had happened to somebody else?

[ Would he be just as harsh? more forgiving? ]

[contrarily]

( the idea of disappearing without a trace — without anyone to mourn you, remember you, grieve for you... it's terrifying. peaceful, but terrifying all the same. she can't stand the thought of watching him fail — watching the rest of them fail, and then simply cease to exist, just like that.

no... there must be something she can do. they... can do. )

I'll watch you succeed, and I'll join you on the outside, once I'm out of here. ( she nods. when his smile falters, her widens, as if to make up for it. ) So don't get married, 'kay? Hold off until I'm there!!

[crystallomancy]

( ... )

Does it matTER?

( does it? this could happen again, maybe, so maybe it does. )

I wouldn't forgive THEM, but I'd keep it in MIND.

[mermaidcursed]

Yeah!

( oh, but it looks like class is starting soon- reluctantly, nene stands back up and some of that energy's starting to leave her. )

... You can have the rest of the peach gummies. I'll see you after school?

[adsum]

[ Sighs... class... ]

Yep! Let's go together as soon as class is over!

[commences]

( he remains in place, placing rokkun's jacket around his shoulders so that he can drizzle as much water as he wants on komaeda's head. his white, fluffy locks of hair now stick to his face, making him seem a little normal than usual. he's drenched, but he looks up at rokkun before his eyes fall upon the hose, and leans back to catch some water in his mouth to drink.

as he listens, he hums in thought as his head cants to the side... does he really think he held the right hand? to test him again, he holds up both his hands to see which one the other will take to lift him up. )

When can we go to the woods?

( ... changing the topic so he can't confirm or deny rokkun's claim? yes he is. )

[adsum]

[ The smile twists in spite of himself, parting to release a breath of a laugh. ]

A marriage proposal? Rika...

[ Don't do this to him... ]

[commences]

( YESSSSSSSSSS FINALLY SOME STABBING IS GETTING DONE!!

komaeda's not against sticking his hand in his pant's pocket... he needs that to stab himself again, you know it worked out last time for saihara! )

...Saihara-kun, Amami-kun, Sakasaki-kun, and Rokkun... I wanted to choose Kawaii-san too, but I guess she doesn't work for differences...

( also why do they need to seek him, why can't he just do like komaeda does? )

yayyyy thank you!! as long as they don't go gallivanting off into the night it should be fine asdfgh

[futurebullets]

[Hinata shakes his head, biting his lip a little. He's worried, but if Akira says he's okay, then maybe...

He should still check, though.]

I haven't seen him since then. We share club together, but I... don't go there very often these days. [His eyes only dart away for a second, and Hinata feels just a little proud of himself. He's getting better, he thinks.] It doesn't seem like him, though, to be so...

[Panicked.]

...desperate. [It seems like a safe enough word to settle on.] If he isn't hurt that's good, it just... had me worried.

idk how the fuck my reply got ate up bUT OKAY

[bloodmetries]

[ This is the best lore ever, thanks! ]

... [ Akira looks at him, his expression not hiding the fact that what he sees is someone akin to a puppy. A little more pathetic, though, since he's sure a dog would at least bite back if someone came to just... steal their food. ] Who did it?

[contrarily]

( oh... it sure did sound that way, huh? she laughs, and shakes her head. )

It'd be a pretty shitty one, if it was, huh? I'm just telling you to wait — 'cause it's not like you can find anyone cuter, anyway.

( she's close enough to kick him in a few sensitive areas if he doesn't agree, just so you know!!!! )

[adsum]

It doesn't matter in the sense that there's no specific situation to apply it to at the moment, but they're good thoughts to keep in mind. When the time comes, you'll be sure of yourself, and won't act in the heat of the moment.

[ But Natsume wouldn't forgive either, huh? Makes sense. Murder is murder. ]

[crystallomancy]

What about YOU? Same questions that you asked ME.

( could he forgive, or? )

[adsum]

[ Close enough, he lets the hose drop at the base of the tree and if it drowns it drowns, he takes both Komaeda's hands because he can afford to be selfish. ]

We can elope now?