adsum | npc contact.1

( Ordinarily he'd celebrate people who do the same as him, but he gets the feeling that maybe, they're really doing it for the same reason as him.

It isn't anyone's business.

He almost looks when she commands him like that, but he doesn't; he waits for his heart to return to normal pace and looks back up, expression schooled neutral but wariness plain in his eyes. )

I think we're already DEAD, every last one of US, and that this is simply some sort of purgatoRY. To graduate is to simply reincarNATE, to be given the chance to try aGAIN. Eventually all return to these halls and go through the cycle aGAIN. And to die here ( or to be killed here ) means you lose your CHANCE.

( But maybe not permanently. Nao's alive, but had she ever really been dead? Well and truly dead, or just put into a stasis—the only way someone could save her after something so terrible had been committed against her? Maybe he should have asked her how long she's had her tally. )

[ Soon he’ll know what Cain felt with that mfin rock.

Akira stares at him, cocking a brow with some confusion. ]

Did that already take you out? [ Weak. ]

( it's not like komaeda knows npc-kun is talking to him, he works more directly, but how the scene looks before him — he could obviously be talking to amami. )

You heard the child, don't go anywhere, Amami-kun...

( how bold, and yet komaeda doesn't correct it at all, it's a very sensitive place he has with amami — ultimates who don't know their talents think of themselves differently from those that do. arguing would serve no purpose, and it's only them that can hear this conversation, so he'd rather not spoil this anymore than he already has. eyes glance towards the dormitories, wondering if hikaru will let him in if he knocks lightly enough. )

To be in the embrace of an Ultimate, it must be reassuring — ah, when you both return, tell me how it is.

( for amami, at least, it seems pretty clear. then again, even in the dark, he's in a position where he's close enough to tell the way their head turns to acknowledge the other, and he grimaces when komaeda tries to brush off such a simple request. just in case he tries to go anywhere, amami will reach out with the hand that's closer to take komaeda's wrist so he can't wander off anywhere. )

Don't be difficult. You can stay a bit longer.

( jeez, it's like trying to herd a cat or something, always running in the opposite direction of where you want it to go. and as for the matter at hand: )

Are you sure, Kamo-kun? We can go back to the dorms instead, you know. I'm pretty sure we have hot chocolate there, maybe someone's picked up some wood for the fireplace.

( if not, he's adding that to his list now. )

( npc students no the school is ours for the summer classes ain't back yet this is time travel??

anyways, the elevator ride is simple and not a trip to hell which is great, so they can go find clamor! when sidney exits, he keeps his arm between the doors until he knows haruka's out so they don't close on her, and then leads the way to 1-C... is clamor there... lets ask lavvy. )

[ Wonder if Rokkun can pull off a couple of murders before the month's family meeting so nobody can talk about something that's none of their business. ]

At least it matches.

[ He looks down at the ground in thought, and then frowns, because the conclusion isn't great. ]

Is there any chance the other three will go "Wow, that was weird." and just forget about it and move on?

( if he takes komaeda with him hell yeah, let them murder together for hope, not to murder because someone's pissy right now. )

You know just as well as me, with the names I've given you... they won't let it go. Hinata-kun and Adams-san are adamant about doing what they can to help you and everyone else involved. ( he sighs, breathy, and he looks towards rokkun to watch him look at the floor. )

Sakasaki-kun is a glutton for information, but he was willing to help the cause...

( though him and komaeda can be on odd ends from time to time, but he doesn't know if they see it a sensitive subject as rokkun does. it's true, they invaded a personal space despite it wasn't what they wanted to do; they just happened to stumble across his memory. )

Can we talk about them later, I want... to discuss us. ( because it's both him and rokkun having this conversation... ) There's a comment you made, and I want to approach it.

Oh.

[ npc-kun looks genuinely surprised at all that Subaru has to offer, it's so much more than they'd ever expect, and npc-kun isn't even giving him anything in return that doesn't have a price tag on it. ]

Advertising would help me out lots! Maybe you can put in a good word for the rocks? [ 'cause, like, selling autographs and stuff will rake in big bucks and all, but also they have so many rocks ]

I feel kind of bad I can't do anything you need. I'm a salesperson, not a curse breaker.

[grins... then, gets a briefly thoughtful look.]

... Y'know, there is something kinda cool I can show you. I was gonna show... [natsume. once.] It doesn't matter. It's not gross or anything, I promise. Wanna see?

[ Maya is quiet, watching Natsume more than she is paying close attention to his words, although she is listening. There's no change in her expression through all of it, nothing to indicate agreement or disagreement, no confirmation of whether he's right or wrong.

She's silent for a moment longer after he stops speaking, before she starts to. ]

And what part are you so frightened of? The possibility of being dead? Reincarnation? Or not being able to?

previously...

Yeah, it could probably devour us while we sleep, but I haven't gotten a proper reading if it's a singular entity or the entirety...

( so while they're chit-chatting about being in the belly of the beast, komaeda and stephanie are here looking for rokkun, they'll check the classroom, art room, courtyard, where is he... on fine day. )

[ Why is he being MURDERED ]

I don't [ huff puff ] do a lot of [ escaping ] powerwalking... You're not even winded.

[so so many rocks.]

I will! And don't worry that, okay? We're friends, so I wanna help you out -- even if you can't help me with my selfish problem! Natsume made his choice, and... even if I don't like it, you're right that all I can do is be there for him anyway.

[as if he ever had any thought, but... he can admit the other party's right, so.]

I'm not a child...

[ But they are, not only in age but the fact that they take so much comfort in hugs, in having somebody physically and undoubtedly there. If they're embarrassed about it, though, it's not enough to make them let go.

npc-kun wipes their tears on Amami's shirt (sorry. they distinctly remember doing this more than once before.) before lifting their head— still not letting go— and turning to look at Komaeda.

...

tilts their head up to look at Amami. ]

What were we going to do?

[ This is the most interested icon he has, but yes, he nods his head and will trust Steph in it not being gross, it'd better not be. ]

( his eyes dart down to where amami holds, and he even tugs just a little bit like he's silently requesting for him to let go — besides, an ultimate shouldn't touch trash like him. komaeda isn't stressed out, but his heart is skipping a beat, and there's only so much he can take before he wedges himself out of the male's grasp. )

...

( don't expect much out of komaeda when he's almost made an ultimate out to look like a fool, and he guesses as long as npc-kun doesn't look at amami differently... it's fine. but then he wonders if he looks bad now.

...

it's his fault, again.

...

he takes a few steps away, but he doesn't leave, exactly, no he stands off in the darkness with the light from his tail signaling his location. with his arms crossed, komaeda glances off to the side trying to recalibrate his feelings on the matter... he should have expected he would mess this up. )

( There's only one thing he's been working towards this whole time: returning to whence he came, resuming his work, being with his unit—because it's where he belongs. Even if now he isn't going to be exactly the same, him without being him.

The answer is obvious. It's simple. People here cull the herd to graduate, but for him, all he wanted was to live, and so— )

Being DEAD.

( Is that stupid? He can't accept it, not when Chiaki Kudo is dead because he didn't want to be. )

[ Imagine if they check everywhere for him and it turns out he went home already. But if they ask the art club members in the room, they'll point Komaeda and Stephanie to the pool building where they can find him floating on his back in the deep end, shoes and socks off but it looks like he'd just jumped in in his uniform shirt and pants. ]

[so she'd just been hanging off komaeda like a baby capuchin and going into a disassociative episode over the thought of Ghost Buildings, but, hey, now they're here and she can go and just. stand at the edge of the pool.]

... Oh, he's already dead. [THAT SURE SOLVES A BUNCH OF PROBLEMS]

Great! It'll have to wait until lunch, though, okay? Just follow me.

[and she will otherwise just. add nothing else until lunchtime arrives.]

[Clamor is doing his summer homework like a good student, so yeah he's just chillin' in 1-C today with about three open textbooks and a coffee. He turns in his seat when he hears the door open, though.]

Oh, Sidney... I see you've brought a friend!

[ghost daughter........]

[ Yeah, that's what he was afraid of. People being nosy is bad enough, but when somebody is adamant about helping? He can't stand it... ]

...Us?

[ Terrible the way his heart thuds in his chest. "I want to talk about us" are break up words, he's heard them in movies before. ]

What did I say?

You know if he's dead, I go back to the wire and kill myself, don't you?

( because him and stephanie has this psychotic agreement going on right now. anyway, he claps his hands together. )

Rokkun... ( he sighs. ) She wanted to have a hopeful conversation with you.

[ Ghost daughter brightens up immediately when she sees Clamor, and Sidney can see the paper move faster than it had ever before, tap tap tap over to Clamor's desk and the paper gets held up to his face.

It's a drawing of a flower! Surrounded by... imagine half a dozen Theta symbols that are supposed to be bees. ]

Can't. I'm too busy being dead.

[ Because he recognizes that younger voice and dead people can't have conversations. ]

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rokkun would be a hissy cat more than a meowy one

hes hissy to everyone else and also hissy to komaeda when he doesnt get acknowledged THEN meowy

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komaeda / steph + rokkun | time for the fight...

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like lily yowling for pets but she shuts up after you kiss her on the head

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