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[ She just shrugs, because she isn't going to police who goes and who stays behind— can't, anyways, because that sort of thing is up to the individual and their circumstances, monetary or otherwise. ]

That's a given, not something that needed to be said.

[ She doesn't want him to join. Never mind student council, she doesn't want to have to sit in the same room with him for an hour forty five twice a week. ]

Do you care about the hope of the students here?

( remember last time he didn't like something a school did so he tried to blow them up? yeah, he's thinking like that yet again. he doesn't look like he'd do anything, especially with the cat ears and tail on, but he he's kind of insane... or so, that's what everyone thinks. :/ )

Because I want to help you with that, seeing them prosper in a school like this would be the greatest achievement! ...I don't want to see any of them fail.

( so that means they really need their beach episode. )

...You can't save everybody, Komaeda. For some to prosper, others must fail.

[ Fact of life. She cares but... she can't care about everyone— her role as the student council president isn't to care, it's to lead and if people don't follow then that's their own business. ]

That said, if everybody gives up, that would be the worst case scenario. I absolutely will not let that happen. When it comes to hope, leave it alone, let it flourish naturally and it will. You don't have to provide something like that.

They'll all prosper, Arisu-san.

( that's true, even the ones that fail are doing their job, they're enabling the other students to become stronger in their own way. the thought brings a smile to his face, chuckling softly as he looks at the expression the female wears. )

The students who become the fertilizer for the soil will help hope's roots dig deeper into the earth, and there's nothing wrong with that. ( no matter who they lose, they'll always be remembered by the others who manage to move forward, and that's why he's happy enough to say this. for someone who loves hope the way he does, who would he be to forget their sacrifice. there's no worry in his voice as he says this, not even a speck of concern about what would happen if certain people failed. )

Even if you have to pluck off a few dead leaves... they served their purpose.

[ Komaeda is really out there calling people literal shit, huh? Well. She doesn't exactly argue, but she does stare at him and hold his gaze while she thinks something over. ]

Interesting.

[ She pushes away from the table and motions for Komaeda to get up too. ]

I will give you an audience, a platform, and five minutes at the assembly at the end of the month. The entire student body will be there. I want you to tell them what you told me.

( what's interesting about his logic? hello, she can call him insane because that's literally what he is. )

Telling them something they should already know won't mean much.

( besides, what does she get out of him going up there and acknowledging half of them? their hope is one thing, but komaeda's time is another. if she gets anything out of this, it's the unanimous decision of komaeda being hated by his peers, but he's pretty used to that already so it's not like he'll be upset. )

Their hope needs more than five minutes, there are other ways to encourage them... how are they taking her death?

( you know... you're so lucky he doesn't have poison, that's the best way to deal with a whole room filled with people. )

[ It's insane which makes it interesting. Komaeda is a train wreck. ]

You'd be surprised how much people know but don't realize, or perhaps subconsciously refuse to acknowledge.

[ Maya, constantly: open your damn eyeeeeeeess

Anyways, he's rejected her request and so she has no further reason to entertain him, heading for the door so she can go home and get out of here, make one of the teachers lock up before the school empties out. ]

If you want to bring up that death, ask them yourself.

( when she says that, even komaeda's a little... off-put, because isn't he the one who subconsciously ignores what he really wants — happiness, friends, a life without talent and hope. though, he'll never say something like that aloud because he knows that it isn't true, and it's even embarrassing to think about. for others though, that does make him curious. )

Arisu-san, you make me out to be a lot of trouble, and you'd really let me go on stage to speak with our peers?

( maybe he'll take it, maybe... besides, he looks like he's willing to go along with it. )

...What about you? I want to hear it from you, yourself.

( besides, only maya can tell him whether she's happy with what happened. )

[ She nods, because yes she would let him speak. Insane. ]

My thoughts on Okane's death? I'll tell you after you exit this room.

[ People overhearing in the halls is ...bad... but even more frustrating would be having to fight Komaeda to get out of the room so she can put this place behind her. It's almost impossible to bodily move a person when they don't want to move; she knows that by experience aka she has a brother who doesn't want to get out of bed most mornings ]

( what's wrong about having a discussion in this room? they can lock it, unless she's worried someone will listen from the other side. is the conversations that happen within the council room that important? with his tail moving from side to side — i guess the ghost cat has a mind of its own — he slowly gets to his feet as he stares at her. )

Is it bad to have a conversation here? I know how to keep an inside voice.

( he proves that too, speaking low with a small smile to reassure her. ) It'll be like a council meeting... just between us.

[ It's like working overtime when she's not even getting paid, why would she want to stay another second in this room. Especially one that's haunted by ghost cats. ]

By the nature of this room, yes it's bad. Now get out.

( sighs, you can't just as a furry to leave their domain. he's going to walk out as she requests, shutting the door behind them as he leans his back against it. )

I'll follow your lead.

( where are they going? )

You must have strong feelings if you can't say it in there... ( he inhales right after, glancing down the hall. ) Is it that negative you think her ghost will come back?

[ She locks the door behind her, and they're going down stairs to pick her brother up from counseling, maybe. ]

...it's too soon for her to come back. And maybe that's just as well, because surely she would haunt the person who killed her.

( not komaeda attending the family trip, it's been so long since he's done something like this. kind of embarrassing since he's dressed up in cat ears and a tail, but what's the worst that can happen? maybe hiro's also a cat person. )

Too soon... ah, that's a way to phrase her return. ( as if they're able to come back within a set period, but that's not right, is it? ) That makes me wonder... she must have been the type to have a lot of bad things happen in her life if she'd become a vengeful spirit.

( sounds like a horror story thing, which komaeda finds just a little interesting, but with how odd this school is, he's surprised that it hasn't happened already. seeing ghosts should be a given when you're living in a simulation, he thinks. )

[ Hiro's going to take one look at them and close the door. ]

Hm? Yeah, she had a pretty shitty life. That's the nature of being in student council, though.

[ Want to see ghosts? I'm still waiting for your fingernails. ]

( why does hiro hate them, but most importantly his sister who came to check on him? )

What about you, if you happen to follow in her footsteps... She could have also wanted to die? ( no one is like you komaeda, but it's a good thing that no one is. ) Then again, there's no hope in sacrificing without a cause...

( i wanted to take like 14 books, but clamor was against it. )

[ Clamor isn't here to tell him what to do. ]

Maybe.

[ Who is that "also" referring to? Either way, Maya doesn't know enough to offer a more solid answer than maybe. ]

I have no intention of dying, though. It's not my year, so it'd be pointless.

( clamor ISN'T here, but it seems like you want me to play with the devil... i toyed with the idea... for the sake of letting It hear me... )

That's too vague, Arisu-san! Tell me, do you mean the class year...? Is that was graduation is, dying on the spot because it's our time?

( he asks, raising a hand so his index finger taps against his chin in thought. )

I'm guessing your life isn't deemed bad enough to die just yet, but that doesn't answer if you're happy if she's dead or not...

I'm not happy.

[ Has she ever been happy in her life? look at her. ]

I'm not upset, either. She got what was coming for her, even if it's a lot sooner that she might have wanted.

( ??? what do you mean maya's not happy??? komaeda thinks she is. )

Why is that, Arisu-san?

( he stands by her, glancing down because his 5'11" ass does not deserve to be doing this, but he's doing it. )

Her hope... sounds pathetic when you say it that way... ( he nods to himself, though the expression he wears is a bit sullen. ) ...But her death gave you room to grow.

It did. I was able to become president, and now I have more power than I've ever had.

[ She looks up at him in her full... 5'3" ig height, and doesn't back down. ]

It was still premature. The ones who were most affected... I guess you could say are the third years who knew her, the second years who looked up to her. But it was too early. Now, all they will remember is me.

( power, is that what she wanted? )

That's not bad at all, if you're all they remember, if your hope is stronger than hers, I can't imagine allowing someone weak to rule over others.

( now togami byakuya is a different breed, now he could govern everything if he willed it, and even that sort of leadership was outstanding. as he watches maya, even komaeda's curious about whether she has that ability just as well, she may not have the talent, but someone thrown into this — she's doing pretty well. )

Their soil was running dry, before her death, and now that her corpse is feeding their very floor. She had her use, even though premature... Now, you have to nurture each and every one of these students with your hope, but... what will you do differently from her?

[ Why else would anybody take on the thankless job of student council president? ]

I do not need to explain myself to you, Komaeda.

[ Her methods, her plans, the scope of everything that she controls, it is frankly none of his business and she does not say any more than necessary. ]

Nor do I have to explain myself to anybody. Our conversation is over.

I'd help you, if you allowed me.

( it's stated simple as that, and he doesn't really care how this look — it's about whose hope is stronger than whose, and komaeda falls towards that. he's not saying maya's is stronger than the collective one of the transfers, but it was stronger than the previous council president. so he'd be interested in the things she do, how she'd do them. )

Between her power and your power, if you won't tell me yours. ( he gives it a moment, nodding to himself. ) What made her weak, what did she do wrong...?

I do not need help.

[ She refuses the offer, as she's done many many times in the past, from Komaeda or otherwise. Her strength is... knowledge, willingness, opportunity.

Whereas Komaeda... ]

How do you live with yourself...?

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