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[adsum]

Oh! Are you good at them?

[ Okokok, ignoring the exchange, it's request time ]

I want to try the kind with nagaimo and shiitake mushrooms! Do you have nagaimo in the classroom? Do you need me to get you one?

[closewithnewintown]

[...

fistbumps]

[adsum]

[ ...

You know what? This is good enough. ]

[starrypoint]

Boss~, come oooon, it's sort of business related! You could probably get business out of it! And I'll make whatever you want, but I totally need to you get the nagaimo 'cause we don't have it!

[yes he's resorted to whining.]

I just wanna know about one of your wares. A friend of mine bought something from here, see, and it caught my eye.

[subaru knows he's seen the totem here. he hasn't asked after it, because it's not something he's interested in buying, but he's probably commented that they're all pretty neat. he regrets not asking earlier.]

i already forgot what it was and had to look in my plurk, help

[adsum]

[ Ignoring the existence of the elevator and the fact that it's just two sets of stairs, he thinks he can probably make it up by himself with the help of the handrail to support his weight, but... ]

...It'll be slow. I'll have to hold on a long time.

[ But he's getting up— first to grab a sheet of wax paper to lay over the sketch and weigh it down so the pencil doesn't smear and he'll be able to come back and finish his work— but he can walk well enough. The deep ache, the focus on putting one foot before the next, it feels like something he's done time and time and time again.

He's never had somebody at his side, though, opening the door for him. And when he steps through, he turns around and holds his hand out. ]

[adsum]

[ Boo... It's always worth a try, but sometimes people are persistent, and they don't hate that. ]

Yeah? Which one? Was it one of the rocks? They've been very popular lately! You've seen the gacha machine outside, right?

[starrypoint]

[success...!!!]

Yeah, yeah! I think it's suuuuper cool, one of my roomies got a really pretty rock out of it too! But it's not one of those, or the ones you sell.

[it's not sunday so they're not out, which is poor planning on subaru's part, but!!!! this is the necessary build up he won't let shopkeep distract him]

It's one of those neat little wooden things you have sometimes? The animals. He has an owl, so I wanna know if it's special the way the suncatchers are special.

[adsum]

Everything in my store is special.

[ npc-kun starts eating the bento.

... ]

Did you want to buy one? They're cursed.

[starrypoint]

[... he'll eat his, too.]

Cursed? Like how?

[adsum]

Mm... [ sips their juice ] Sort of like "an eye for an eye" thing? Everything has a price. If somebody thinks it's worth it, they'd see it as a blessing.

[ But for npc-kun who likes their senses, thank you very much, they're more akin to curses. ]

June 6th Novembertenth 20'06? rokkun got bday dementia

[commences]

( when was the last time he looked at the sunset free of any concerns or worries... it was probably on the island, staring out from the cottage with his eyes turned towards the sun — the sphere slowly sinking beneath the ocean. the surface sparkling from the leftover rays... watching it was the group always held with him concerns, if he deserved to be by them...

there's only a few people he feels comfortable around to think he can enjoy something so simple, so mundane... so boring. )

It'll be like therapy, but at school... I'll have to visit the counselor soon for my session...

( he sighs, like it's no known secret, he does have to talk about his new and improved marks. he's staring at the palm of his hand, grinning to himself like he's excited until he notices something in his peripherals. )

...So you really do need my help to achieve greater heights. Ask for it, ask for it...

( ask for it because he sees the hand, but he's not giving it up. )

[starrypoint]

Oh, so that's what he meant.

[...]

Is there a way to break the curse?

[clearly hopeful. shouldn't be in this school, given. but he's hopeful.]

[adsum]

He already paid the price. There's no refunds with this sort of thing...

[ Like getting to see ghosts for a week and then deciding never mind, it doesn't work like that. Even giving up that sight and stopping the progression of sight lost in his remaining eye. ]

I told him what it was. He knew exactly what the cost would be. He decided it was worth it.

[starrypoint]

[but it's not fair. subaru won't call it selflessness at least, because if he considered natsume's feelings and respected them he wouldn't be sitting here trading croquettes for info... but it's still not fair]

... He'd get mad at me for even asking you about this stuff, Boss. But Natsume's my very best friend here, and there's a lot of people who'd be upset at him for this. He doesn't get it, and even if he does he's just ignoring it.

[it doesn't matter if he can still tell fortunes or perform. natsume's focusing on that so he doesn't have to think about the people he won't be able to see anymore, the sights he'll miss while everyone him sits in awe. won't have to fully confront the fear of the unknown until it happens.]

I know he made his choice, and I know why he thought it was worth it. But I just wanna know if there's something, anything I can do to help him later on, once... we're graduated, I guess?

2006 he's from the future

[adsum]

[ There's things he wants to say about therapy that he'll keep to himself, just as there's choice words he has about the counselor that he bites his tongue at. Like he has to try real hard not to roll his eyes. ]

May I have your hand, Nagito?

[ Hm. Feels weird asking. Next time he's just going to take. ]

[adsum]

[ They get it, they do, it's why these are the only thing they're upfront about, unlike them making their rocks out to be more than they are. ]

...He's going to go blind in a year from now. And he's not a third year, so he won't be able to graduate. I think the best way to help him is to support him. You don't have to agree with his reasoning, but you can accept his decision, and do what you can do make it easier for him.

well yamas timejumper theory makes a comeback in saransk

[commences]

...Hm.

( he's thinking about it, and as he looks between his two hands, he'll hold out his mechanical one instead. )

Do you want to hold this one?

( he doesn't give rokkun a choice as he reaches out with cold, metal fingers wrapping around the other's hand. it's easier when he has control of little things like this, so he doesn't get embarrassed... whew.

now... ) I've had your therapy before, I think it's better than having your brain picked apart.

[starrypoint]

I'm already gonna do that, I just—

[he huffs, resolutely choosing to chew his on his frustration. and his pork cutlet. subaru's not good with working through his less positive emotions, which is why he's headstrong and defiant this way, but he's trying.]

What if I break the totem? What'll happen to him?

if it fits the narrative it must be right

[adsum]

[ Yeah, next time he's just going to take what he wants. But he takes that cold hard metal hand and turns down the hall to the stairwell. ]

Was it when you lost this?

[ He lifts that mechanical hand somewhat, never having considered how much work it must have been to even be able to hold somebody else's hand like he's doing now. The arm looks so much more complicated than how he imagined 1999 prosthetics would look.

but also, yeah, he thinks he'd rather lose his entire leg than to have people walking around in his memories ever again. ]

[adsum]

[ ... ]

Nothing. You can take your anger out on it, if you want, but the exchange has been made, so there's nothing left inside. It's part of him now, and he's a part of it. You'll have to take him somewhere it can't follow, I guess, before the year is up. But the damage will still be there.

[crystallomancy]

( It doesn't make him smile when she has a reaction—not a happy one, anyway, more like an ah-ha type of one. It fades as quickly as it comes, his gaze holding hers steadily. )

I wanted to ask you if you had any strange experiences on the fourth FLOOR, and I wanted to talk about MINE.

( If she has answers, if she has any relations... neither of those really matter; they're nice to have, but they don't really matter. Sometimes he needs a soundboard who's closer to the same level as him who isn't fucking Nagito Komaeda. )

...At the end of that memory I was talking aBOUT, we met a young man and his younger sibLING. ( Ah. ) It wasn't just me there; I had three compaNIONS. That isn't that important though—what's important is that young MAN.

His name was Rokuro, and one of my companions recognized him clearly as Rokuro Arata—one of our senPAI. He died when he was in middle SCHOOL, in the COLD, not that far from his home where he had a younger sibling waiting for him or for someone ELSE. ( ... ) If he died back THEN, how is he here NOW?

( It doesn't really sound like a question to answer, or one that he thinks she can, but—one that's been in his thoughts lately. )

what cant rokkun not do, hes a timejumper, a murderer, what else is he. the cat? is HE bev?

[commences]

( lost is an understatement, which komaeda looks down at their fingers hands, and he thinks back to what came from that. it was... a process to get used to, but it worked like a normal arm when given to him — the ultimate hope, and ultimate mechanic's work doesn't need much therapy to use. )

Hm? This one came years after I cut it off myself, as for therapy, that was... when I turned 14... or was it 15...

( he was diagnosed with his own problems before being accepted into hope's peak, and that's where his life started to spiral. he's familiar with wearing a white gown, having doctors run tests on him, and lacking the strength to move when his body really wanted to work against him. those days were nice, it felt like dying.

nah give them another memory rokkun, feed him. )

What sort of drugs do they give you at yours?

[starrypoint]

That's about as good as it gets, huh.

[he puffs his cheeks out, then sighs and slouches against the counter. the only way is to get back to yumenosaki before his eyesight worsens too much, but subaru doesn't know the first step to that himself...]

Maaaaan, this blows. Why do you sell 'em in the first place, anyway? I mean, I get they might be a blessing to some people and all, but they just seem like a lot of trouble...

[sisters]

Sounds like your class must've had a pretty amazing trip.

( because that's... the natural conclusion, right? )

But you're not wrong, sights like that really are special. Is that why you wanted to go so badly?

( to the pool! which it will soon be clear they are headed to through process of elimination as they walk past everything else. all the way up to the front doors, to a building that's probably pitch-black inside. it's fine. they have two flashlights and a glowing cat tail, they'll be fine. )

[adsum]

[ It sounds pretty, they suppose, if you're seeing it in a photograph or in a movie, outside maybe if it's by a campfire. Maybe they're going to see a movie in the dor—

NO no no no no nonono ]

I can't—-

[ nope, they're turning around. At least on the rooftop there's some moonlight; in that building, they can't even see past the door unless a light's shining straight down it. ]