adsum | npc contact.1

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

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

He does have a point... [honestly that electric fence is looking real good right now.] Very busy...

( they're both acting like children, and rokkun didn't even try to fake it... oh no. )

Stephanie wants to talk to you, so if you could stop being dead for about thirty minutes...

( there's this part of komaeda that wants to throw stephanie in the pool sooooo bad, but he's trying to be normal. )

She even brought a peace offering... ( pats her shoulder, go young one, komaeda will watch and not get in the way of a nice, genuine conversation between two friends. )

[ THIRTY MINUTES he doesn't want to talk to Stephanie for thirty minutes, what conversation lasts that long

But he won't deny the mention of a peace offering gets his attention. ]

Is that why you're here, Nagito?

[ To be the peace offering. ]

[... a brief moment where it's very clear she wants to say something other than what she's going to say but is also aware komaeda might just murder them all right then and there, so.]

It's candy, actually. [don't] Actual candy.

["NOT BOYCANDY," screams the tiny trixie in her mind.]

...

( you know the dvd tape where dvd floats on the tv and never hits the corner, pray that it doesn't hit the corner with this conversation because it's going over his head. )

I've came to watch over the peace, as you know... hope means a lot to me, and I hear both you and Stephanie are at the oddest of ends.

( soft sigh, inhale. ) You should thank her for bringing this to you, because... as you know, I'm not one for sweets.

No, but you're not above bribes. She has no reason to make a peace offering.

[ just talking like Stephanie isn't there

But really, they have no reason to talk, they've gone all this time not crossing paths until he'd sought her out for recruitment, and they can so easily go back to never crossing paths again, no hard feelings. ]

[she isn't immediately raging out over being ignored, but there's a flintiness to her voice already.]

Komaeda is my reason. You're important to him, and he's important to me. He even knew you'd like these [glances down] hot toe-males. He also committed maybe a slight crime to get them! That's the most considerate thing I've ever seen him do for a human! Ever!

( since his hand is still on stephanie's shoulder, he'll lightly squeeze like it's a silent plea not to say something like that. )

...

( he huffs slightly, looking off to the side, because this isn't about him — it's about hope, and maybe he should be more firm about that. )

Tamales... ( ... ) Now, now... if hope here is bothered in any way, that gives room to despair, and since you're both hopeful individuals... I'd rather not have it brew between the group...

[ It's too late, she already said it, and despite himself and all of his willpower, it makes Rokkun smile. It makes him wonder what sort of face Komaeda is making, enough to turn around and float upright, facing them. ]

Hot tamales.

[ You eat something one time and everybody assumes it's your favorite. But he's not wrong and Rokkun holds his hands in front of him, as if to catch a ball, or a box of candy. ]

Alright, toss it here. I'll forgive you.

[she raises an eyebrow, turns her head and glances up at Komaeda for a moment...

when she tosses the candy, it's a gentle underhand.]

( don't look at him because he's already turning his back. )

I figured that since both of you are... interested in running around like dogs on a field that you'd be able to give her tips on her newfound club.

( he can't join it, but he can give some insight. )

Like turning off the electric fence, or anything that could help her prosper... I want you to help her hope, Rokkun, I know you're the only one capable in that department.

( and komaeda's going to walk like eight steps away! don't look at him, don't talk to him, but he'll watch from where he is... look at his finger nails... make sure they're clean, etc. )

[ He catches the box easily, and goes ahead and opens it to pour a couple in his mouth even though you're not supposed to eat in the pool, but it's not like he can shove it in his pocket and not have the candy taste like salt and cardboard later. ]

It's not like I founded my [ ... not his, though ] club, you know? I was [ was... ] captain because of seniority and because of my position. You learn to work with what you have. Play without touching the fence. You don't typically have to, anyways.

[BITCH DON'T JUST FUCKING LEAVE HER HERE. what if he keeps through her. she'll have to drown him and eight steps away is seven more than she needs.]

... It's electric, right? That means it's connected to something. If you break that, it stops, and it's not like they're really great about fixing things. [pause] It's kinda vandalism, but that's okay if you're doing it for good reasons.

[we can't even blame komaeda for that this is one of the other bad influences in her life.]

( he stands danganronpa-ly as they talk with a reassuring smile, you can do it stephanie!! )

[ He wishes this box were full so he can pitch it at Komaeda's forehead. ]

So you came to recruit me into a life of crime?

[ This has nothing to do with him, who would play without touching the fence just as he used to willingly step onto the field to play """soccer""" ]

You don't need to break it; I know how to turn it off. But I don't see a good reason to.

... So that people... don't... die...? Horribly and painfully and for no good reason? You should not actually need any additional reasons???

[it's actually slightly hard to understand a person with a clenched jaw so maybe they don't even catch this.]

Rather, how would you go about turning it off?

( if he's willing to give something helpful, they should take it, and despite rokkun's methods are questionable... )

There could be a reason, Stephanie, Rokkun isn't a horrible person all the time. Perhaps there's something beyond it that we're keeping out, or we're being kept in from tarnishing what's out there.

( imaginative mind. )

Either way, your hope will pave a way towards your success.

[ It's hard not to roll his eyes at "isn't a horrible person all the time" so he doesn't bother resisting. ]

If you don't touch the fence, you won't get burned or die. It's part of the sport, like the ice in ice hockey and metal cleats in soccer.

[...]

If people die, it's not a sport. Sports aren't supposed to kill people. If they die, something went horribly wrong. It's not part of it at all.

( he's going to take a little sit down, yawning softly as a hand muffles the sound. a few tears beading up in the corner of his eyes as he watches. )

You both abide by different sports, but in the end it's about...

( ... what's sports about, he doesn't do sports. )

Anyway, this is her sport she wants to utilize with people that she can share it with, just like you did... so won't you see what comes from her method? Perhaps she can make you proud, and show us different opportunities with her hope.

People dying isn't the sport's fault.

[ Don't blame the sport? Blame you being a bad athlete. ]

This has nothing to do with me, so even if she did manage to create a team to play a non-lethal game, it doesn't matter to me. Why are you two here?

[stomps foot] Because Komaeda thought a cowardly jerk would be the kind of person that would just accept apologies without being a huge cowardly jerk about it!

But, wow, what a shock! He was completely wrong! You're the worst!

...

( he sighs, but he'll get up from where he stands as he walks over. )

I came here because I believed in the strength of both participant's hope. What's the point of arguing when together, a type of happiness could be made...

( don't get depressed komaeda, don't get depressed — yeah, fake it until you make it. )

...Now I feel like an idiot for trying, I should just kill myself... that was the agreement, wasn't it Stephanie?

[ This isn't arguing, Stephanie is just wrong. That's not the important part, though—- ]

You agreed to that?

[ Hello? he sure is addressing Stephanie now. ]

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