Post by: Karnewarrior on January 28, 2013, 08:55:22 pm
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: javierpwn on January 28, 2013, 09:01:41 pm
Gain Glow in the Dark properties
Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 28, 2013, 09:20:08 pm
Post by: TCM on January 28, 2013, 09:51:06 pm
Post by: Zanzetkuken The Great on January 28, 2013, 09:52:44 pm
Light a match. Don't eat the lit match.
Support
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 28, 2013, 10:29:39 pm
You strike again. The bright sparks flare, but don't catch. In the flash, you think you see something move.
You strike again. The match catches this time.
The light of the match doesn not extend far enough to light the walls, if there are any. It seems to pool around your feet, lethargic and slow. You take care to avoid looking at the flame and wrecking your night vision. You can't see anything.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 28, 2013, 10:30:36 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 28, 2013, 10:40:00 pm
((I bet it's a rabbit.))
Post by: Rolepgeek on January 28, 2013, 10:40:14 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 28, 2013, 11:04:17 pm
The paper is blank.
You examine the Ruby Doll.
A small, fuzzy stuffed rabbit. The arms are made of a single thread and end in small, woven hands. The feet are large. The doll is stuffed with cotton. The doll is based off of a bestselling horror series, RUBYQUEST. It's small, beady eyes reflect the eerie matchlight. The doll is slightly unsettling in the dark. You suppose it should be.
You move forward slightly.
The SUICIDE MAN is there. The SUICIDE MAN moves away from the match. All that can be seen of the SUICIDE MAN is the blank white MASK he is wearing. The MASK has two slits for eyes and a small hole in the shape of a smile. One eye is crying.
The SUICIDE MAN is singing.
"Daisy, Daisy, Flowergirl,~
"watch her drop and watch her whirl,~
"On the lake the Daisy floats,~
"Swallowed by the tide.~"
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 28, 2013, 11:09:45 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 28, 2013, 11:11:45 pm
You also have a bad feeling about attacking him at this junction.
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 28, 2013, 11:12:23 pm
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on January 29, 2013, 02:00:12 am
Post by: Gentlefish on January 29, 2013, 02:11:00 am
Post by: Corruptor on January 29, 2013, 03:54:56 am
-Show paper to Suicide Man
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 29, 2013, 10:54:32 am
The SUICIDE MAN does not respond. He seems more interested in your match.
You attempt to kill him with latent telekinesis.
You do not have any latent telekinesis. Why did you think you did?
Your match has gone out.
There is a deep, rattling breath behind you. The singing has stopped. There is another breath behind you. Something warm drips down the side of your neck. Something reaches around and grips your mouth.
You attempt to scream.
You fail.
You awaken in your room. Your heart is pounding and you're covered in sweat. You have just had a sudden nightmare. Judging from the light lancing through the window, it is almost time for school.
Act 1: Reverie
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Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 29, 2013, 11:45:07 am
Post by: scapheap on January 29, 2013, 12:33:34 pm
it is almost time for school.(http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/385/912/a51.jpg)
Old meme aside let go to school
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on January 29, 2013, 12:59:14 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 29, 2013, 01:52:10 pm
Your room is simple and relatively unadorned. You don't have any favorite bands, nor Television shows you particularly like. In fact, you rarely if ever watch television. The last time you watched anything but the news, it was a HELLO MORNING episode. It struck you as childish and silly.
Instead, your room is filled with books. Books under the bed, in the closet, and on shelves lining the walls. There are simply lots of books. You've already read your whole collection though, so usually you go to the library. It's quiet there, and you don't feel as out-of-place as you do in the loud confines of your classroom.
The Ruby Doll is sitting on a shelf. It stares at you with the blank gaze all dolls have.
There's a textbook on your desk. Lately you've been learning American Sign Language. For some reason, the only Sign Language at this school is American. JSL isn't understood here.
Get ready for school.
You shake yourself from your reverie. School is about to start!
You almost run out of the door with a piece of toast in your mouth before you realize class is only in the next building. You force yourself to slow down and eat your toast before rushing down the hall.
You have stubed your toe! You fume silently for a minute before continuing.
You open your door.
The hallway outside is painted a warm, rusty color. Random pieces of artwork, likely painted by students such as yourself, are scattered about. Many are modernist or abstract works. It can be difficult to paint detailed works for the kind of people who go here.
Miyu-san is there. She says hello.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on January 29, 2013, 01:54:03 pm
Post by: rabidgam3r on January 29, 2013, 02:00:54 pm
Post by: scapheap on January 29, 2013, 02:05:09 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 29, 2013, 02:11:14 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 29, 2013, 02:23:10 pm
You are already awake!
>Beat self. Ride anyone who tries to help like a pony and yell "Hya! Hya!"
Invalid command. Please try again.
>Hug Miyu.
You give Miyu a hug. She seems surprised, but accepts as best she can, putting her good arm over your shoulder.
>Examine self.
You are a perfectly normal 16 year old girl. You are wearing your SCHOOL UNIFORM.
Post by: Remuthra on January 29, 2013, 02:49:37 pm
Post by: scapheap on January 29, 2013, 02:51:53 pm
Post by: wer6 on January 29, 2013, 03:14:28 pm
And magic class.(or chem if you're boring)
Attend firearms trainingWHICH ONE DO I SUPPORT?!
Post by: scapheap on January 29, 2013, 03:15:13 pm
BOTH!And magic class.(or chem if you're boring)Attend firearms trainingWHICH ONE DO I SUPPORT?!
Post by: wer6 on January 29, 2013, 03:21:18 pm
Post by: LordSlowpoke on January 29, 2013, 03:27:03 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 29, 2013, 03:38:43 pm
You walk with Miyu-chan to the main school building, chatting amiably about nothing. You decide to not mention your nightmare.
Your first period is chemistry. The class is taught by the general Science Teacher, Mr. Mutou. You hate this class. The only two people there who you can speak to aren't your cup of tea. The deaf girl is hyper-competitive, not to mention sesquipaedlian (or whatever she said), and you're not very good with Sign Language yet.
Her translator's been helping you, which is nice. She'd be a nice friend if her voice didn't grate against your ears. You don't know what's wrong with her, but something is up with that girl. Normal people don't shout. Her laugh grates on you as well.
No-body else there can speak to you. Or at least, hold a conversation. You can listen and eavesdrop but you can't reply save with nods and shakes of the head.
You take a seat and grab a slip of paper. Today's lesson is all about valence electrons in the higher elements reacting with...
************************************************************************************************************************
Class is over quickly. You were very quiet today (big surprise there!), but did answer one or two questions. Mutou treats you well enough.
The Deaf girl and her Translator are still there, as well as the new transfer student (who doesn't intrest you and doesn't know Sign anyway). There are a few other students too, a burn victim and a overweight gentleman with very bad cerebal palsy. As you watch a bit of spittle drips down his chin. You try to draw his attention to it but it only makes you sad as he struggles just to wipe his face. The poor boy.
You have a good half-hour before the next class, giving you time to wander. And after this it's an early lunch.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on January 29, 2013, 03:39:58 pm
Post by: LordSlowpoke on January 29, 2013, 03:42:23 pm
i'm just hoping you'll pull this off as well as i'd normally expect you to :3 can be a hard material to work with, i hear.
e: might as well drop the ptw
Do we have any books rented at the moment? Perhaps we could get one.
Post by: Remuthra on January 29, 2013, 03:46:21 pm
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on January 29, 2013, 03:46:57 pm
Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 29, 2013, 04:06:17 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 29, 2013, 04:12:10 pm
You're mute. The doctors aren't sure why, but three years ago you suddenly lost the ability to speak. Actually, now that you think about it the nightmares started around then...
In the dream, you're strapped to a steel table by thick leather straps. Your struggling comes to nothing, as the SUICIDE MAN hovers over you with a needle and thread. He presses a long, claw-like hand to your forehead to hold you still. A girl in another mask with deep black hair, almost purple, presses your lips together. The SUICIDE MAN threads the needle and pushes it through your lips, before flipping it around and repeating the process. Slowly, slowly, he sews your lips shut.
You blink the memory from your head. It's no good to dwell on the NIGHTMARES.
>Go to the library.
You decide to use your time by going to the library.
Oddly, the burn victim seems to have a similar idea. As she brushes by you you hear her murmur ever so softly, "Nice doll."
You are now at the library.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Remuthra on January 29, 2013, 04:14:01 pm
Post by: Nosaneinme on January 29, 2013, 04:14:28 pm
Post by: Remuthra on January 29, 2013, 04:16:03 pm
Command:What's a paladinYou aren't entirely sure. What do you do?
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on January 29, 2013, 04:16:13 pm
Post by: rabidgam3r on January 29, 2013, 04:21:09 pm
Post by: Remuthra on January 29, 2013, 04:21:51 pm
I have a strange feeling where this is going, and I want no part of it.I'm pretty sure this is a Slenderman game.
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 29, 2013, 04:22:42 pm
Invalid command. Please try again.
>Unlock giant dragon and defeat SUICIDE MAN with the power of FRIENDSHIP.
You wish you could, but dragons don't exist! You're quite sure the SUICIDE MAN also does not exist.
>Count matches
You're sure you had ten when you went to bed last night. You must have woken up and used one to get to the bathroom.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: rabidgam3r on January 29, 2013, 04:25:13 pm
I have a strange feeling where this is going, and I want no part of it.I'm pretty sure this is a Slenderman game.
I had a bad feeling at the moment I realized that you were a 16-year-old school-girl in Japan.
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on January 29, 2013, 04:25:44 pm
Post by: Nosaneinme on January 29, 2013, 04:28:38 pm
Post by: scapheap on January 29, 2013, 04:35:39 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 29, 2013, 04:50:57 pm
Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 29, 2013, 05:18:29 pm
Why did we lose a match if it was a dream?Maybe we only had 9 to begin with?
You must have woken up and used one to get to the bathroom.Who uses matches to get to the bathroom? Is this 1813 and not 2013? If so, let's avoid those colonies, the Brittish are going to take them back any month now and we don't want to be around when that happens.
> Acknowledge compliment from burn victim.+1
Post by: Remuthra on January 29, 2013, 05:20:40 pm
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Quote from: Karnewarrior on Today at 04:22:42 pm
You must have woken up and used one to get to the bathroom.
Who uses matches to get to the bathroom? Is this 1813 and not 2013? If so, let's avoid those colonies, the Brittish are going to take them back any month now and we don't want to be around when that happens
What event are you referring to?
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 29, 2013, 05:28:50 pm
You would, but she's gone... Well, at least you won't have to puzzle out how to get your point across without any significant signing.
>Enter Mythology section.
You nod to Yuuko, who greets you back.
The mythology section is large and filled with Youkai and western myths alike. You'd need a specific subject to learn anything useful here.
>why use a match to go to the bathroom?
Besides being half asleep, the switch for your room light is on the other side of the room from the bathroom, near the door. You're grumpy if you haven't had enough sleep and probably didn't want to bother with walking across the room twice. There's almost no way it was a significant event.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Remuthra on January 29, 2013, 05:32:34 pm
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Besides being half asleep, the switch for your room light is on the other side of the room from the bathroom, near the door. You're grumpy if you haven't had enough sleep and probably didn't want to bother with walking across the room twice. There's almost no way it was a significant event.Well now we know the plot revolves around the bathroom lightswitch! Go examine your house's fusebox!
Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 29, 2013, 05:33:33 pm
Which, the part where we lost a match or how it's kinda dumb to carry around lit matches to light your way?QuoteQuote from: Karnewarrior on Today at 04:22:42 pmWhat event are you referring to?
You must have woken up and used one to get to the bathroom.
Who uses matches to get to the bathroom? Is this 1813 and not 2013? If so, let's avoid those colonies, the Brittish are going to take them back any month now and we don't want to be around when that happens
There's almost no way it was a significant event.Spoiler alert: It is a significant event.
Um...Japanese mythology.
Post by: Remuthra on January 29, 2013, 05:38:12 pm
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Which, the part where we lost a match or how it's kinda dumb to carry around lit matches to light your way?No, which historical event?
Post by: scapheap on January 29, 2013, 05:39:00 pm
Um...Japanese mythology.Sure this.
Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 29, 2013, 05:46:32 pm
The War of 1812.QuoteWhich, the part where we lost a match or how it's kinda dumb to carry around lit matches to light your way?No, which historical event?
Post by: anailater on January 29, 2013, 05:47:12 pm
Post by: Furtuka on January 29, 2013, 05:50:08 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 29, 2013, 05:57:37 pm
Yuuko's bookkeeping habits are someone odd, organizing the books via subject rather than their... truthiness. Non-fiction and religious texts about local and national gods are interspersed with supposedly truthful accounts of encouters with Youkai, and obviously fictional accounts of magical girls. Even one or two manga have been shoved into this section. When Yuuko is librarian, the Dewey decimal system weeps openly.
Needless to say, this is your favorite library in the world.
>Look for book on the SUICIDE MAN.
None of the books seem to have the Suicide man as a subject. You suppose you could ask Yuuko.
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Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: anailater on January 29, 2013, 06:01:37 pm
Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 29, 2013, 06:13:42 pm
1813 is exactly 200 years ago, and the War of 1812 ran a couple years over schedule.Why did you say 1813 if you were thinking about the war of 1812?The War of 1812.QuoteWhich, the part where we lost a match or how it's kinda dumb to carry around lit matches to light your way?No, which historical event?
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 29, 2013, 06:31:26 pm
You flip through the pages of a book on Youkai represented by wearing Noh Masks. There actually seem to be lots of such Youkai, but none are labeled as the SUICIDE MAN. His mask was too smooth as well; when he turned his head, the expression didn't change like it should have on a real Noh mask. It kept smiling, with that single cut still looking like a single tear.
You also fail to turn up any information on the DARK HAIRED GIRL. She's not in the book either.
You need to get to class soon. By this point you've almost wandered out of the mythology section and into self-help books. You could get one. Even if you're late, it's only art class. One or two minutes won't make much of a difference.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 29, 2013, 06:33:18 pm
Post by: Remuthra on January 29, 2013, 06:34:58 pm
>Examine book on Noh Masks.Get a self help book on something useful, like firearms. The suggestion will never die!
You flip through the pages of a book on Youkai represented by wearing Noh Masks. There actually seem to be lots of such Youkai, but none are labeled as the SUICIDE MAN. His mask was too smooth as well; when he turned his head, the expression didn't change like it should have on a real Noh mask. It kept smiling, with that single cut still looking like a single tear.
You also fail to turn up any information on the DARK HAIRED GIRL. She's not in the book either.
You need to get to class soon. By this point you've almost wandered out of the mythology section and into self-help books. You could get one. Even if you're late, it's only art class. One or two minutes won't make much of a difference.
Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 29, 2013, 06:52:49 pm
> Skip the books, go right to class.+1
And most self-help books on firearms would be advising you not to use them on yourself. Instruction manuals relating to them would be somewhere else.
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 29, 2013, 08:46:02 pm
You decide to skip getting a book for now. Yuuko looks of two minds about the whole affair, happy not to have a chance to screw up, but sad she won't get company. Sorry Yuuko, you've got to get to class!
Art is fun, though again you don't have many friends there. Most of the kids involved skip class every once in a while, so no two classes have the same set of students. The only permanent fixtures in the room are the Teacher, Nomiya-sensei, and quite possibly the only type of person you could never really talk to, an armless girl named Rin.
Regardless, painting is a quick and easy way for you to get thoughts off your chest, and less labor intensive per idea than signing, if that's a thing. You sit down next to Rin, who's busily scrabbling at a canvas with a brush held between her toes. She's completely enveloped in a... Whatever that thing is. It looks almost like a raptor. You know better than to bother her at a time like this.
The teacher is introducing a new student. The boy looks to be a first-year, a new transfer into the school. He's sporting hilariously large sunglasses, of the type that wrap around his face, but what really strikes your attention is his smile. It's difficult to describe... almost fox-like. It's confident, almost mocking, and it fails to extend to his eyes. He's holding a cane, or rather swinging it languidly. Nomiya-sensei tells you he's blind.
Rin's attention is caught on the final statement, finally getting her to look up and around the room. "Who's blind?" She asks, blinking.
Fox-smile waves at Rin (well, more at you, but you and Rin are close enough you can understand.). "That would be me. My name is Itoshiki Nozomu, but I would prefer to be called Hiki."
"Hello, Hiki-san." the class echos in a deadpan; save for Rin, who simply smiles.
"Whatever you say, Pink Supervisor."
You could hear a pin drop in that room. Nobody moved an inch. Somewhere from behind you you can hear a soft "Eh?"
"I can tell this will be a very interesting class." Says Hiki, his smile never dropping. The whole room breathes a sigh of relief.
Hiki, surprisingly, walks over and almost sits in your lap. "Don't. There's someone there." Says Rin airily. Looking surprised behind his thick lenses, Hiki extends a hand.
"I'm sorry, you were so quiet I didn't notice." You reach out, first with the intention to shake his hand, but then with something else in mind. You press your hand into his and start signing.
[Hello. My name is Daisy]
To your slight surprise, he signs you back. [Hello Daisy. Pardon my earlier intrusion. I truely did not know you were there.]
[It's quite alright.]
[If you'll pardon another intrusion, are you deaf? I ask because of the signing.]
[No more than you. I have no voice though. I had to learn to sign because I can't even scream.]
[An odd way of saying it, but to each their own. Will you direct me to a empty seat then?] You do so, and he sits down.
[The odd girl who asked about my blindness, what is her name?]
[Rin Tezuka.]
[She has a beautiful voice.]
[She does.] Something about the way he "said" it makes you want to hurt him. You supress the unwanted feelings. [So you got to ask about my problem, so now I get to ask about yours, right?]
[What do you want to know?]
You decide to come right out and say it. [How are you going to paint if you can't see?]
Hiki chickles softly. You find you like his laugh. [I'm not. I'm going to sculpt. I can feel that, and I can get the shape right. Plus, people don't usually ask you to color statues!]
He seems to be anxious to get to work, but he's patiently waiting for you to end the contact. You suppose you could talk a bit more with him... And keep him away from Rin.... No, bad Daisy. Bad!
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: mcclay on January 29, 2013, 09:36:53 pm
>Tell him about the school and shit.
Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 29, 2013, 10:09:31 pm
Post by: mcclay on January 29, 2013, 10:12:50 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 29, 2013, 10:32:49 pm
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Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 29, 2013, 10:45:26 pm
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Post by: mcclay on January 29, 2013, 11:31:38 pm
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Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 30, 2013, 12:05:11 am
Anything he feels like. Star Wars, perhaps.Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 30, 2013, 12:27:33 am
You spend a few minutes idly chatting about nothing, before letting Hiki go to find the clay.
You should really get to work on your own art. Picking up your paintbrush and tapping it idly against your lower lip, you wonder... What should you draw?
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Not Canon (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gentlefish on January 30, 2013, 01:06:21 am
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on January 30, 2013, 02:03:21 am
Post by: scapheap on January 30, 2013, 10:38:12 am
Post by: mcclay on January 30, 2013, 11:10:14 am
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 30, 2013, 02:30:26 pm
Last night's nightmare. let's capture SUICIDE MAN on paper.> Paint the Suicide Man.
Post by: anailater on January 30, 2013, 02:38:29 pm
Hovering over your RUBY doll menacingly.Last night's nightmare. let's capture SUICIDE MAN on paper.> Paint the Suicide Man.
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 30, 2013, 02:52:59 pm
(http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu246/karnewarrior/DaisySuicideMan.png?t=1359575145)
...Shut up. It's beautiful.
You can't remember much about the SUICIDE MAN but his mask. So you go off impressions instead. Somehow, you could feel how he looked in the dark, feel the fluididy. So you broke the rules a bit and drew him without a skeleton. A long arching neck is next, followed by a tapering body like a serpent, but not... He felt amphibiany to you. His hands end in thin, long claws like knives. The hardest part are his feet. You can't tell if he had four or two. Both, somehow. What sort of monster is this? You completely fail to render him properly on paper.
You never drew the RUBY DOLL.
You guess you could check on your friends... Or aquantainces. Whatever. Who first, though?
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on January 30, 2013, 02:59:22 pm
If possible, form Social Link to get mind dragon to kill Suicide Man. If not, have a leisurely chat with them. Somehow.
Post by: scapheap on January 30, 2013, 03:06:57 pm
Post by: anailater on January 30, 2013, 03:09:21 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 30, 2013, 03:45:11 pm
Check on your friends.
Rin> Check on Rin.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on January 30, 2013, 04:15:05 pm
then go back to the library and talk to
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 30, 2013, 04:15:33 pm
Rin's... creature is frighteningly similar to yours. The body is almost exactly the same, but it's hands end in snake-like protrusions that seem to bite and writhe unnaturally on the paper. Rin's a far better artist than you are, and you can almost see the spines waving softly, sniffing the air like antennae.
But it's head is different. Instead of a white mask, it's simply a hole, a vortex of soft gums. There are no sharp teeth like a shark, or crushing molars. No cilia, no mandibles, just a gaping maw designed to swallow things whole. The only abnormality is a plethora of small eyes, different in size and shape as if stolen from men, women and children alike. They're crying.
You don't want to look at Rin's painting any more. Especially when it winks at you.
Hiki's sculpture hasn't come very far, but at least you can tell it's human.
Class is almost over. You guess you can work on your painting tomorrow. Even Rin has begun putting her things away.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on January 30, 2013, 04:17:57 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on January 30, 2013, 04:18:38 pm
((Edit: I just remembered that we are mute. And she can't communicate in sign.
Fuck.))
Post by: Zanzetkuken The Great on January 30, 2013, 04:26:03 pm
Ask Rin about her painting and try to smoothly glean information. Maybe she has the same dreams?
((Edit: I just remembered that we are mute. And she can't communicate in sign.
Fuck.))
Isn't there a translator?
Post by: scapheap on January 30, 2013, 04:31:51 pm
Post by: anailater on January 30, 2013, 04:44:48 pm
Post by: mcclay on January 30, 2013, 05:29:27 pm
Talk to Rin about horrofic,dream-eating monsters and shit.
Post by: Remuthra on January 30, 2013, 05:42:32 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 30, 2013, 06:03:08 pm
You would but the loudest noise you can make is quiet even by mouse standards. You try jabbing at her painting but Rin is too involved in adding color to notice.
>Attempt to spell out SUICIDE MAN in the air
You would but the Kanji is way to complex for that sort of thing!
>To the library!
Sure why not.
You head down to the library. Yuuko is under the desk again, doing whatever it is she does down there. You heard she works two jobs, maybe she's sleeping?
>Examine piece of paper.
You don't know why you carry this around with you. You're sure it's-
It's not blank any more.
Meet me on the roof at 9 PM tonight. I have something to show you.
P.S. The Doll needs to stay in your room.
The handwriting is proper and fluid, almost like a old manuscript written by a Samurai. The ink is still somewhat wet as well; the paper was taken and replaced in your pack without your knowing.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 30, 2013, 06:34:01 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on January 30, 2013, 09:32:18 pm
Also, go to the meeting place later, but bring the doll. It might be a trick, and the doll might have something to do with it.
Post by: Gentlefish on January 30, 2013, 10:19:39 pm
^ This, but on a more specific topic, search for common japanese folklore, such as monsters or ghosts and spirits. Maybe we might be able to find what the suicide man REALLY is, as I'm sure "Suicide man" is a personal term of ours?
Also, go to the meeting place later, but bring the doll. It might be a trick, and the doll might have something to do with it.
+1 and put the doll down just out of sight before you make it on the roof.
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 30, 2013, 10:57:56 pm
You've already done that, nothing turned up. Whatever he... it is, it's not any Youkai you've ever read about. No Oni, no western demon or Arabic monster.
> Follow the Note. Take the doll.
It's 9:00. You took the RUBY DOLL. Whatever it's connection to this is, you don't feel comfortable letting it out of your sight just because some stranger said so in a note he slipped into your pocket. Still, if he bothered to mention it it must be important to him. You move to set it down behind a corner, but a strange noise stops you. Turning, you find a fox sitting on a bench.
It's a cold spring, and small piles of snow are still scattered about, melting. A frosty wind blows from the north, ruffling the foxes fur regally. It seems to bask in the cold.
Hello, you want to say. What are you doing here?
You hide the RUBY DOLL and return to the fox. It's only when your foot slushes into a half-melted pile of snow that it's ears prick up. It still doesn't turn to look at you. As you sit down next to it it seems to smile, and then make it's strange cry again.
You've never really heard a fox before. You lived most of your old life in the city, and there aren't many foxes around the school. It sounds like a dog on helium, and you can't help but laugh, an almost silent wheezing that goes missing in the chill wind almost before it can even reach your own ears.
Something about the fox makes you introspective, and your thoughts turn to your own life, before the NIGHTMARES began...
You can still hear your own voice, the laughter and quick speech of a little girl. You're running right now, playing and laughing with old friends on a playground. The rusty swingset creaks and moans, but it holds together. Your friends and you spin around and around on a merry-go-round.
Mother watches from a bench, eyes closed but still smiling. Her hair is growing tinged with grey already; what a handful you've been to her! You're always so active, bright-eyed and full of energy. You're constantly getting cuts and scrapes and bruises and bites, but you never come home crying. Every new wound is a miracle to you, a sign that you're alive, that you're still here. Your mother couldn't ask for a better burden.
You breath into the cold air. It's not quite cold enough for your breath to form mist anymore, but you rub your hands together anyway. The onset of summer is good; the students at Yamaku rarely get a chance to play outside, the festival will do you some good. There's a small crack as a pile of ice topples over. The ice on the roof is turning into puddles. You'll welcome summer, but you'll miss the snow.
"Okāsan, why is the snow white?"
You mother looks at you, a smile crinkling her face. "I don't know Daisy. I guess it's just the color ice turns when there's air in it."
"Snow is ice?" You ask, amazed. You'd always thought of Snow and Ice as two similar but different things. They seemed so different before... But now, they seem so alike.
"Yes it is!" Your mother chuckles. You gather up some of the Snow-ice into a ball and toss it at your mom. It doesn't connect, but she falls over anyway. You laugh, and she laughs with you, gathering up more snow into a ball. She makes sure to miss too.
You played in the snow for hours that day, and when you got inside both your fingers and both your lips had turned blue. But Okāsan made some microwavable hot chocolate, and everything was right.
"Okāsan..." you murmur. But as always, the slight, breathy whisper you can make has no voice, no texture, and no power. You couldn't be heard by someone right next to you in this silence, much less in a normal environment like a school classroom. The doctors don't know why, but your voicebox is almost completely dead. It should work, but it just doesn't, and you can't project much more than a whisper.
And on a windy day like this, your breath is lost, blown away without any more than a rustle.
You realize the fox is gone. It must have slipped away without you noticing. Ah, well.
There is a noise at the door to the roof. Someone is coming.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gentlefish on January 30, 2013, 11:07:54 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 31, 2013, 01:17:49 am
Post by: Gentlefish on January 31, 2013, 01:47:30 am
> Notice that your DOLL is missing.
It's missing because it's not in our inventory and hiding.
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 31, 2013, 01:53:28 am
You're already sitting where the fox was. There's even a warm spot on the bench where his body heated the metal.
>Notice the RUBY DOLL is missing
No it's not, you hid it, remember? You can actually see it from here.
There's another noise at the door. It's strange it almost sounds like-
"FUCK OFF KENJI!"
Almost sounds like Hiki. But you are quite sure Hiki isn't the type to use that sort of language.
Post by: anailater on January 31, 2013, 03:06:59 am
Post by: kahn1234 on January 31, 2013, 06:27:10 am
> Just wait for them.> and do a little jig.
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 31, 2013, 12:58:54 pm
As it turns out, it was Hiki. And one of his classmates, who was very obviously not welcome.
"Hey, man, just let me through you don't have sole access to the roof."
"Kenji I'm busy up here go hang out somewhere else!"
"Don't be an ass bro, you can join the picnic too."
Kenji's a scrawny, pale kid, with thick glasses that are more like giant telescopes attached to his face than any really helpful eyewear. He's wearing a gold and scarlet scarf, and you even think you see "gryffindor" on the tag once or twice as it flashes through the frayed edges.
"YOU WHO'S SHE?!" He screams, suddenly orienting himself on your location. As quickly as you could say so, he's next to you, thick glasses lenses filling your vision. "I never pegged you as one of them man. The clues were all there but I was blind to them, man, I should have known!" You struggle to stop simultaniously snorting and lashing out. What is this?
Kenji's at the door already. "I coulda sworn, man... You were one of us." Hiki is just standing there, shaking his head, sunglasses pushed up on his hair and the heel of his palm applying pressure to his eyes. "I never would of thought you'd be friends with a Norwegian. The picnic is off." Kenji slams the door shut, leaving you and Hiki standing on the rooftop, utterly confused.
[Norwegian?] You sign to no-one in particular.
"Norwegian?" Hiki asks the air.
Several moments pass as the both of you unfuck your brains. Then, shaking his head, Hiki turns around. "Are you there Daisy? I'm sorry if Kenji killed the mood."
In response, you rap the bench sharply. Hiki flicks out his cane and wanders over to where you are. Tapping you lightly on the shin, he seems hesitant to sit down, but manages to do so without problems. You wonder if he's ever fallen over trying to sit on a chair that wasn't there.
He holds out his hand for you to take.
[Hello Hiki.]
[Hello. I'm glad you came.]
[Not so glad about Kenji though...] You smile, even though he can't see it. [He always seems to show up in the most unfortunate places. I heard they had to replace his dorm mate six times last year.]
[Funny how the rumor mill keeps turning, even when people simply cannot talk.] Hiki chuckles lightly. [It was seven, by the way.]
[I have him in my last class. Every other day it's some new conspiracy.]
[And the rest of the days?]
[Feminism.]
Hiki laughs, but pulls his hand from yours. You sit in silence for a while, watching the snow melt... Or listening to it. Finally he puts his hand back in yours.
[I wanted to talk about something important. You brought the doll, didn't you?]
Post by: anailater on January 31, 2013, 01:10:35 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on January 31, 2013, 01:22:58 pm
"I thought you wrote in the note that I had to leave it."
Something like that.
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 31, 2013, 02:08:15 pm
Some supernatural shit is going down, and rule number one of dealing with supernatural shit is don't lie to it.
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on January 31, 2013, 02:16:35 pm
Post by: Gentlefish on January 31, 2013, 03:53:35 pm
Don't give any indication as to whether or not we DID bring the doll.
"I thought you wrote in the note that I had to leave it."
Something like that.
This works. We don't say either way whether or not we brought it.
Post by: GreatWyrmGold on January 31, 2013, 04:43:36 pm
+1Don't give any indication as to whether or not we DID bring the doll.This works. We don't say either way whether or not we brought it.
"I thought you wrote in the note that I had to leave it."
Something like that.
Also works as a crude IQ test.
Post by: Nosaneinme on January 31, 2013, 05:00:07 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on January 31, 2013, 05:33:09 pm
Are we Princess Woona,Cause I think on moon and We have Underwaterbasket Weaver skills
U wot m8?
Post by: Nosaneinme on January 31, 2013, 05:51:22 pm
U wot m8?
(English translation: You want me?)
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 31, 2013, 06:55:58 pm
[Didn't the note say to leave it?]
[It did.]
[So why so distrustful?]
[Why so evasive?] Oh. Snap.
>think on moon and gain Underwater Basket-weaving Skills
You are now Rin Tezuka, and this painting looks like utter shit.
You slam you head against the wall (dry plaster, greyish white, terrible canvas and not calming enough for your emotions right now. Underneath is wood. You hate wood. It's brown and yucky and dry. Sometimes it gives you splinters. You hate wood. And wooden paintbrushes. Getting a splinter in your toe if you don't have arms hurts.).
"I hate wood." you say aloud. Emi looks up from her magazine, concern in her face.
"Why?"
"I just... I hate wood." You smash your head against the wall again. (you see yellow serpents and a face. You can smell jazz music in the air, and taste lemons.) "The painting isn't... I don't like it."
You can see the gears turning in Emi's head. (They aren't real gears of course that would cause irreparable damage to Emi's brain which would sort of be overkill in your opinion since she's already missing her feet. You wonder what the metal they're made out of is made out of. It's springy. Like a kangaroo.)
You sit down and start painting a kangaroo with pigtails. You're not sure if you want Emi to notice it's based of her or not; not that she's likely to anyway. If Emi is a kangaroo you wonder what you would be. A bird maybe. Birds don't have arms. But you can't fly. So maybe a fish. But you have legs and fish don't so-
Halfway through your kangaroo you realize you're painting a fish. Damn. Now you'll need a new canvas. New canvasses are kind of expensive, especially since you don't have a real income. You have to pay for the wood and the steel and the labor and the cloth that's special for making paint shine good and then men to put it together and men to ship it to you.
Some people would have their brain hurt from thinking as much as you do, you think. But for you it hurts when you don't think. Are you a monster? maybe that's your animal. A monster. A monster with snake skin and eyes and spines like those aliens from Halo. And you're you but they call you Rin, which is weird because you are you. It's weird because you should only need one word to show who you're talking about but instead there are hundreds. Language is weird. So you are You but wearing a mask that says Rin so people say you're Rin and you believe them because you have always been the You called Rin. So you are Rin.
You've painted the Thing again. It's mask is creepy. You've been painting the Thing a lot lately, ever since the silent girl with the DOLL showed up. She's weird. But then You are too, or Rin is. Both are weird. You're pretty sure normal people don't think the way you do. They think in right ways. But you and the Quiet Girl spend time together. You think you are friends. You hope she thinks you are friends too. You don't have enough Friends. Emi is your friend though.
You try to draw another kangaroo, but you slip and your leg skitters down the page. Now the Kangaroo has a wonky leg.
You move forward, thinking about how appropriate it is. Emi is reading her magazine again, content in knowing Rin without knowing You. You are fine with letting her know Rin. You wish she could understand You. But no need to force things. You'll just keep painting, and everything will be alright.
>Tell the truth
[Alright, fine, I did bring it. It was given to me by... a Friend. I don't want to let it out of my sight.]
[It needs to stay in one place until I can be certain it's safe.]
[What do you mean?]
[I mean that thing gives me bad vibes. I can tell where it is. I can't see it, but I... can. That's not right.]
Hiki stand up, breaking contact, and almost unerringly homes in on the DOLL. Hesitantly, he picks it up.
Then, in a flurry of slush and snow, he hurls it off the rooftop.
Post by: scapheap on January 31, 2013, 07:12:40 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on January 31, 2013, 07:18:41 pm
Insist to know the true purpose of throwing our doll off the roof.
Post by: borno on January 31, 2013, 07:25:13 pm
Post by: Talvara on January 31, 2013, 07:27:31 pm
edit2: and run off to get your doll.
edit: this would also be my ptw ;)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on January 31, 2013, 07:35:13 pm
But I'm not past going and running to get the doll. It holds some importance, and it's necessary for something.
Post by: Talvara on January 31, 2013, 07:41:53 pm
No no, don't punch him, the guy's blind for god sakes. It's a dick move, yes, but we're above that.
But I'm not past going and running to get the doll. It holds some importance, and it's necessary for something.
we're a mute girl, how hard could we possibly hit him? and I cant think of another way to tell him that wasn't okay that doesn't involve grabbing his hand and signing it to him.
edit: a slap maybe? too romantic for me (yes slaps are romantic damnit!)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on January 31, 2013, 07:53:06 pm
No no, don't punch him, the guy's blind for god sakes. It's a dick move, yes, but we're above that.
But I'm not past going and running to get the doll. It holds some importance, and it's necessary for something.
we're a mute girl, how hard could we possibly hit him? and I cant think of another way to tell him that wasn't okay that doesn't involve grabbing his hand and signing it to him.
edit: a slap maybe? too romantic for me (yes slaps are romantic damnit!)
What does being mute, and being a girl have to do with it? That's no excuse to punch a guy who can't SEE IT COMING.
He's not some blind samurai
Not a slap, we civilly ask him, or we do something worse: We give him the cold shoulder to let him know that shit ain't acceptable. He'd be able to see that at least.
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 31, 2013, 09:19:59 pm
You snag his hand and press yours violently into it. [What part of given to me by a friend don't you understand?]
[I told you not to bring it. What did you expect was going to happen?]
[I expected you to be civil, dammit!]
[I want to tell you, Daisy, I do-]
[Shut up. Shut up shut up shut up. Do you know how I got that doll? Do you know what it means to me? That's the last thing I have left of Hana-chan.] You're crying now, spilling your guts. [That doll is the last thing I have to remind me of home. My parents don't visit anymore. My friends can't make it up here. Hana-chan is...]
>Go home
You give in, taking the doll from Hanako. The sun is blazing in the sky, and soft brown leaves fall from summer trees. You never see that in anime, trees in summer dropping dead leaves. It's always a fall thing, always on the onset of winter. But it happens in real life.
The doll is a pristine white, and filled with the soft downy fluff of a pillow. You want to give it back to Hanako, she seems so sad nowadays, but today she seems oddly uplifted.
"Daisy, I want you to take it and give her a good home, O.K?" There are bags under the girls eyes, worry lines more suited to a old matron than someone barely hitting puberty. "Take her from me. I'm bad luck."
"Hana-chan," you mumble. But Hanako is already leaving, and you're alone in the playground, among the rustle of summer winds in vibrant trees. It's a bright, happy day, not a cloud in the sky, but somehow it feels dark. And it only got darker when you took the DOLL. You could swear it.
>Go home?
>Follow Hanako
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Talvara on January 31, 2013, 09:37:31 pm
(also violently signing sounds like the perfect compromise to me, nice :D)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on January 31, 2013, 09:50:58 pm
Are we talking about THE Hanako from the setting you are using, or a different one?
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 31, 2013, 09:55:57 pm
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on January 31, 2013, 09:58:11 pm
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Damn you, it sounds like little Bacon isn't going to make an appearance.
Because I'm sure it would get confusing for non KS-players to have 2 Hanako's in the story.
Did you have the idea of using KS as a setting all along, or did it just sort of happen?
Anyway, I really do like the direction this is heading. Keep on with it.
Post by: Gentlefish on January 31, 2013, 10:01:05 pm
> Follow Hanako, (to witness a horrible murder and or suicide? a memory so painful it has been repressed until this very moment )
(also violently signing sounds like the perfect compromise to me, nice :D)
Plus one.
Post by: Karnewarrior on January 31, 2013, 10:34:03 pm
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Damn you, it sounds like little Bacon isn't going to make an appearance.
Because I'm sure it would get confusing for non KS-players to have 2 Hanako's in the story.
Did you have the idea of using KS as a setting all along, or did it just sort of happen?
Anyway, I really do like the direction this is heading. Keep on with it.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: IamanElfCollaborator on February 01, 2013, 01:47:42 am
Anyway.
>Follow Hanako +1
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 01, 2013, 08:50:37 am
The path to Hanako's house is littered with falling summer leaves. It's not far away, but to you it feels like a lifetime.
But your parents catch you, and drag you home to eat dinner sullenly. A dry, suddenly tasteless meal filling your stomach, you head back over to Hanako's house. You ask her mother, a kind woman, with long, flowing hair and big, claming brown eyes, where Hanako is. She smiles and said Hanako is in her room, crying. She asks if you were sent here to apologize. You shake your head no and tell her that you just want to give her DOLL back.
Hanako's door is bright pink. Trying the knob doesn't work; she's locked it. There's no response when you knock.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Talvara on February 01, 2013, 08:56:50 am
Post by: Gentlefish on February 01, 2013, 12:50:04 pm
or
>Leave the doll outside her room.
You know, whatever's easier for a little girl.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 01, 2013, 04:04:35 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 01, 2013, 05:36:38 pm
You can't think of a way to do that right now.
>Leave DOLL by the door
That's... not really why you're here. You're frightened for your friend. She's always been so happy before, but lately she's been so tired and sad. The last time you can remember her smiling legitimately is last week.
>Knock
There's no answer.
>Get her mother
Her mother knocks on the door. "Hana-chan, open the door, sweety. Let us in, we want to know why you're so sad!"
You finally get a reply. "Go away." Her voice sounds scared.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 01, 2013, 07:35:52 pm
I've got a bad feeling about this.
>
>Try to sneak in through another way, maybe the window? We need to make sure she isn't going to do something stupid.
Edit: Before that, try and talk her down and convince her to let us in. THEN we sneak in.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 01, 2013, 07:58:29 pm
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 01, 2013, 08:20:41 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 02, 2013, 01:32:05 pm
"Hana-chan, did I do something wrong? I'm sorry! I don't know what I did but I'm sorry!" You cry. "I'm sorry!"
There is no response from inside the room. Hanako's mother has gone to get her father from downstairs, but you have a different plan.
>Try the window
Hanako's window is on the second story, but a cherry tree stands a small distance away. You've used this tree to get into Hanako's room before, when your parents wouldn't let you play with her. Your little skilled hands find small handholds, and you clamber up the tree.
Hanako's room is too dark to see much. Her back is turned to you. She's making something out of rope.
There is a noh mask on the wall.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: anailater on February 02, 2013, 01:34:26 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 02, 2013, 04:19:36 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 02, 2013, 04:51:18 pm
ITS A NOOSE! LEAP TACKLE!
+1!+1!+1!+1!+1!+1!+1!
Don't let her hang herself!!
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 02, 2013, 05:35:42 pm
Also, ptw
Post by: Gentlefish on February 02, 2013, 05:59:28 pm
((it's a The Past sequence guys. We're being haunted by her.))
Post by: anailater on February 02, 2013, 06:59:17 pm
watch silently in horror.Fuck Fate! WE WILL STOP THIS!
((it's a The Past sequence guys. We're being haunted by her.))
Post by: Remuthra on February 02, 2013, 07:02:00 pm
How do we know this is the past and not a dream sequence?watch silently in horror.Fuck Fate! WE WILL STOP THIS!
((it's a The Past sequence guys. We're being haunted by her.))
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 02, 2013, 11:39:07 pm
You try to tackle her through the window, knowing there would be shattered glass and accepting the risk. But before you can position yourself, there's a creaking, and the branch shatters, dropping you a story and a half to the ground.
You were knocked out cold for five seconds. As soon as you became aware, though, you woke up. As you try to stand up, you let out a sob, your little ankle twisting in an unnatural way; it's broken.
"Hana-chan," you murmur, and force yourself up. You don't know what happens if you walk on a broken ankle, but you know it'll hurt. You have to save Hanako. You HAVE TO save Hanako. You don't know what from, but you have to save her. From herself, from others, from someone, from anything. You have to save Hanako.
It hurts worse than anything you've ever felt before. Most eleven year-olds would have given up by now. Most would be on the ground crying. Most would still be knocked out, just another problem. But you have to save Hanako. You have to save her.
You reenter the house, climbing the stairs through choked off sobs. You feel your own bones cutting into your leg. But you have to save Hanako.
The hallway seems so much longer now that every step feels like a knife is living in your ankle. Your foot hurts. Your hands hurt. Your head hurts. But you have to save Hanako.
The adults are trying to bust the door down. There's more now, larger ones in police uniforms. But they can't get the door down. Hanako's father is there, bigger than anyone, and he's screaming, throwing his body full slam into the door. Your head throbs with each hit, but you join in, throwing your shoulder into the door to. Now your shoulder hurts. But you have to save Hanako.
You have to save Hanako.
You have to save Hanako.
You have to...
You have to...
The door has come down.
>Watch
You watch Hanako, little Hanako, rotate in the air in the center of her room. The horrified screams of her parents don't reach you. The curses of the police don't reach you, their hurried words as they call paramedics don't reach you.
What does reach you is the doll. You hold it close to you, snuggle into it's fur. You don't want to look. You don't want to watch.
Why does she look so peaceful?
>Snow
You pull the RUBY DOLL out of the snowdrift. Hiki is gone, you couldn't... wouldn't let him near you after what he did. That was out of line.
The DOLL is so cold now. It's probably been a couple hours, not to mention it's past curfew. Luckily the guards here aren't very good, doing very little to discourage visits both platonic and... not, among the student body.
The RUBY DOLL is soaked with melted snow. You try to dry it with your sleeve, with only marginal amounts of success. You hope it doesn't mold. You couldn't stand throwing it out.
Later they would find a note adressed to you in her room. It was accompanied by another note telling them not to read it, and they respected her last wishes.
It lay open on your table for a moment. You're reading it over and over again, trying desprately to hang onto any bit of Hanako you could find. The memory of her voice is good. You like voices. You like to sing. So did Hanako. She was always teasing you about how much better you were than her.
The ink is blotchy with wet tears.
Take care of it. For me.
~Hanako
[/font][/i]The last thing you ever heard from Hanako was to take care of the doll. You will not let her down.
You couldn't live with yourself if you did.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gentlefish on February 03, 2013, 12:32:58 am
Now I'm sad...
>Sleep. Then accost Hiki tomorrow about what the hell just happened. After slapping his shit. Keep the doll in your room though. It's gotta air out, so you can't keep it in your backpack.
Post by: Nosaneinme on February 03, 2013, 12:39:37 am
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 03, 2013, 01:14:21 am
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Post by: Remuthra on February 03, 2013, 01:20:43 am
It is all truths!Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Talvara on February 03, 2013, 05:22:00 am
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 03, 2013, 08:48:22 am
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 03, 2013, 11:28:27 am
Hana killed herself, something that really fucked us up. We're a girl in her teens holding onto a doll, for gods sake. (As Yamaku is a highschool, and since all of the main characters are in their senior year, that means our protagonist is as well.) So she's traumatized by that, clearly.
Who ELSE is traumatizing us? THE SUICIDE MAN
Also, Karne posted earlier that "Sometimes the trick to fixing the past is to let it go."
So we need to try and get Daisy to accept the fact that Hanako's death was not her fault, as she clearly feels guilt for it, so we need to get a friend to help us out with this, either Hiki or Rin, possibly. Rin might be a bad choice, though. She's not the most sensitive person.
Post by: anailater on February 03, 2013, 11:34:13 am
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 04, 2013, 12:03:17 am
It's a perfectly normal foot. Both of your feet are perfectly normal feet. Despite walking on a broken ankle once during you childhood, nothing bad has happened to your feet. You'd say it was a miracle of medicine considering how far you walked with it, but it was really just you being smarter than most kids (most adults even) about where you put your weight and the bone breaking relatively clean.
So yeah, normal feet. Guess you can't join the track team!
>Go to sleep
It's almost curfew, so yeah. You return to the girls dormitory and chat idly for a minute with Miyu. You like the girl, but you're not sure you'd call her a friend. She just... lives across the hall from you. And it's probably the only hall in the school with more than two people living in it. Burn victim and her blind friend live next door.
You say goodbye (Miyu asks for another hug, obviously starved for attention. The girl knows how to pull heartstrings.) and head into your room.
You shrug off your clothes, mumble silently about how your ribs poke out slightly under your breast, and pull on a nightgown.
Time for bed...
You have some difficulty falling asleep as the room next to yours starts a rythmic thumping. What was the name of the girl... Millie? Lilly? Something western. Either way it sounds like she has a... a... a healthy adolescent sex drive.
Yeah that's one way to put it. You throw your pillow over your head and try to drown out the thumping and the moans.
>Dream
You are in a clearing in the woods. The light is golden, the trees are bronze, and everything shimmers slightly.
There is a brazier ahead, filled with dry moss. A Shisa stands guard over it, watching the bronze forest sway in a most forest-like manner. The Shisa is made of solid, grey stone.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 12:06:48 am
After brazier lit, use match to write "Used match to light brazier" on our sheet of paper.
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 04, 2013, 02:42:34 am
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 04:03:18 pm
> Examine Shisa.
+1
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 04, 2013, 04:07:28 pm
There is nothing remarkable about the Shisa.
>Light Brazier
You light a match and toss it into the dry moss in the brazier. The spark catches quickly, turning into a roaring inferno briefly before burning to embers. All this happens within a minute. How disappointing. You turn around.
Hiki is there.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gentlefish on February 04, 2013, 04:21:01 pm
Post by: anailater on February 04, 2013, 04:21:09 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 04:29:22 pm
Post by: scapheap on February 04, 2013, 04:42:02 pm
>Say hello. This is a dream, we can actually say it here. Ask why he's here.Why not +1
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 04:59:21 pm
+2>Say hello. This is a dream, we can actually say it here. Ask why he's here.Why not +1
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 04, 2013, 05:31:01 pm
You would, but your mouth has been sewn shut. You wave uselessly at your blind friend.
>Feel pain in your foot
Why would you do that?
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gentlefish on February 04, 2013, 05:44:39 pm
>Hug Hiki. Point at mouth.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 05:50:38 pm
Inventory:
9 matches
note
Ruby Doll
No, No, Don't hug Hiki. Turn around and check the brazier. We have 1 more match than we should have, so there's something odd going on.
We need to establish he isn't the suicide man in disguise or something.
Post by: Talvara on February 04, 2013, 05:54:05 pm
Inventory:
9 matches
note
Ruby Doll
No, No, Don't hug Hiki. Turn around and check the brazier. We have 1 more match than we should have, so there's something odd going on.
We need to establish he isn't the suicide man in disguise or something.
+1
Suicide men can be crafty asses. lets keep an eye on Hiki but keep our distance (hes still the ass that threw our doll of a roof and Im still sorta mad about that)
lets also read the note again. dream notes may or may nog be subject to changes?
edit : also
Wait, sewn shut? I see a theme in our dreams.if Hiki really is Hiki and for some reason we werent mad at him and felt romantically inclined. pointing at the lips of a blind guy wont do much, you'd have to touch him on the lips or something.
>Hug Hiki. Point at mouth.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 05:58:52 pm
Hiki and Daisy have only known eachother for like, a day.
Also, Hisao totally got laid.
Gotta love the healthy adolescent sex drive.
Post by: Talvara on February 04, 2013, 06:01:34 pm
Oh come on, don't make this romantic already.
Hiki and Daisy have only known eachother for like, a day.
Also, Hisao totally got laid.
Gotta love the healthy adolescent sex drive.
I'm with you here, I'm still in the 'punch Hiki' mindset, I was just pointing out that just pointing at the lips of a blind jerk wont really get the point across.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 04, 2013, 06:06:08 pm
Post by: scapheap on February 04, 2013, 06:09:01 pm
Oh come on, don't make this romantic already.Or it could just be a date with Rosie palms.
Hiki and Daisy have only known eachother for like, a day.
Also, Hisao totally got laid.
Gotta love the healthy adolescent sex drive.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 06:15:55 pm
Oh come on, don't make this romantic already.Or it could just be a date with Rosie palms.
Hiki and Daisy have only known eachother for like, a day.
Also, Hisao totally got laid.
Gotta love the healthy adolescent sex drive.
T'was Lilly's room.
Post by: scapheap on February 04, 2013, 06:24:51 pm
Doesn't mean they banging each other.Oh come on, don't make this romantic already.Or it could just be a date with Rosie palms.
Hiki and Daisy have only known eachother for like, a day.
Also, Hisao totally got laid.
Gotta love the healthy adolescent sex drive.
T'was Lilly's room.
Post by: Talvara on February 04, 2013, 06:25:05 pm
It'll get the point across if her lips are sewn shut. We can also just tug on his sleeve if he isn't paying attention to us.
that actually makes more sense than the romance I thought I read. I'm sorry for misunderstanding and misquoting you.
there is still the problem of trying to visually show something to a blind guy but meh. if you'd want to tell him your mouth is sewn shut. doing the sign language in palm thing is probably your best bet.
for now though. I think we should just observe Hiki and be a little on guard.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 06:27:57 pm
It'll get the point across if her lips are sewn shut. We can also just tug on his sleeve if he isn't paying attention to us.
that actually makes more sense than the romance I thought I read. I'm sorry for misunderstanding and misquoting you.
there is still the problem of trying to visually show something to a blind guy but meh. if you'd want to tell him your mouth is sewn shut. doing the sign language in palm thing is probably your best bet.
for now though. I think we should just observe Hiki and be a little on guard.
Don't give OP the idea, stop saying Romance plox.
But I say we tug, and be ready to split if he goes all Slenderman on us
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 04, 2013, 06:31:11 pm
Inventory:
9 matches
note
Ruby Doll
No, No, Don't hug Hiki. Turn around and check the brazier. We have 1 more match than we should have, so there's something odd going on.
We need to establish he isn't the suicide man in disguise or something.
+1
Suicide men can be crafty asses. lets keep an eye on Hiki but keep our distance (hes still the ass that threw our doll of a roof and Im still sorta mad about that)
:X
oops
I meant 8 matches that was a accident...
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 08:18:34 pm
Inventory:
9 matches
note
Ruby Doll
No, No, Don't hug Hiki. Turn around and check the brazier. We have 1 more match than we should have, so there's something odd going on.
We need to establish he isn't the suicide man in disguise or something.
+1
Suicide men can be crafty asses. lets keep an eye on Hiki but keep our distance (hes still the ass that threw our doll of a roof and Im still sorta mad about that)
:X
oops
I meant 8 matches that was a accident...
NINE MATCHES
IT MUST BE A SIGNNNNN
Post by: Remuthra on February 04, 2013, 08:19:47 pm
Suicide Man, Giver of Light Sources.
Inventory:
9 matches
note
Ruby Doll
No, No, Don't hug Hiki. Turn around and check the brazier. We have 1 more match than we should have, so there's something odd going on.
We need to establish he isn't the suicide man in disguise or something.
+1
Suicide men can be crafty asses. lets keep an eye on Hiki but keep our distance (hes still the ass that threw our doll of a roof and Im still sorta mad about that)
:X
oops
I meant 8 matches that was a accident...
NINE MATCHES
IT MUST BE A SIGNNNNN
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 08:55:47 pm
And on the second dream he said "Let there be matches!and creepy fucking friends"Suicide Man, Giver of Light Sources.
Inventory:
9 matches
note
Ruby Doll
No, No, Don't hug Hiki. Turn around and check the brazier. We have 1 more match than we should have, so there's something odd going on.
We need to establish he isn't the suicide man in disguise or something.
+1
Suicide men can be crafty asses. lets keep an eye on Hiki but keep our distance (hes still the ass that threw our doll of a roof and Im still sorta mad about that)
:X
oops
I meant 8 matches that was a accident...
NINE MATCHES
IT MUST BE A SIGNNNNN
Throw a stone at our friend, if we don't have one, wave the doll in a come here gesture, since he can 'see' it after all
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 04, 2013, 09:20:07 pm
You wave your doll in a come here guesture. Hiki completely fails to respond, being blind. You're unsure why you thought he wouldn't be.
>throw a rock at Hiki
You find a suitably sized rock and chuck it at Hiki.
Hiki is now unconscious. You're unsure why you thought that would be a good idea.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 09:23:23 pm
But then again, I don't think he would see that coming.
>Check to see if Hiki is okay.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 09:26:40 pm
Good job, ya fuckin' idiots. We knocked out a BLIND KID.Also get another suitably sized rock to chuck at the suicide man when he predictably comes out of nowhere. In fact, grab a few of them. And a sharp stick.
But then again, I don't think he would see that coming.
>Check to see if Hiki is okay.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 04, 2013, 09:55:40 pm
He appears to be quite thouroughly knocked out cold. Great job, Daisy, you idiot. Throwing rocks at the blind. You're a fucking paragon of virtue. Real stellar conduct there. As if normal... err... voco-normative? ocula-normative? sighted? voiced? armed? How the hell do you refer to regular people without a implied insult agaist disabled people? for that matter shouldn't there be a better word for disabled people? it doesn't really roll of the metaphorical tongue you can't use.
You waste three long minutes on useless horseshit.
>Find another rock!
You get the dreadful feeling that if you do you'll be compelled to throw it at Hiki again. Or worse, Rin, if Rin is here, which she could be. Rin would see it coming and not have anything to do besides throw herself to the ground, which would hurt because she can't well catch herself. Disarmed you see. OR don't. Whatever.
Hiki isn't seeing anything, but he is groaning, which is good. You doubt he's ready for a sign conversation yet though.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 10:03:30 pm
EDIT: Following your falling on him, when he is confused, stutter and blush, and generally be embarrassed.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 10:12:43 pm
Get Hiki into a clearing with good sight lines, assemble things to be used as weapons around you in case of an attack by Suicide. Take the brazier with you. Failing either of those things, trip over an unusually dense patch of air and fall on him suggestively, just has he is coming 'round.
EDIT: Following your falling on him, when he is confused, stutter and blush, and generally be embarrassed.
WE ARE NOT A PREPPER
This is a dream, let's go explore somewhere else. Maybe we'll have a revelation.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 10:15:28 pm
We can explore after minor romantic comedy ensues. With our new friend, who will totally not turn into the SM.Get Hiki into a clearing with good sight lines, assemble things to be used as weapons around you in case of an attack by Suicide. Take the brazier with you. Failing either of those things, trip over an unusually dense patch of air and fall on him suggestively, just has he is coming 'round.
EDIT: Following your falling on him, when he is confused, stutter and blush, and generally be embarrassed.
WE ARE NOT A PREPPER
This is a dream, let's go explore somewhere else. Maybe we'll have a revelation.
EDIT: Holy shit it's initials are S and M. I don't even want to begin to think about where that could go.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 10:16:12 pm
We can explore after minor romantic comedy ensues. With our new friend, who will totally not turn into the SM.Get Hiki into a clearing with good sight lines, assemble things to be used as weapons around you in case of an attack by Suicide. Take the brazier with you. Failing either of those things, trip over an unusually dense patch of air and fall on him suggestively, just has he is coming 'round.
EDIT: Following your falling on him, when he is confused, stutter and blush, and generally be embarrassed.
WE ARE NOT A PREPPER
This is a dream, let's go explore somewhere else. Maybe we'll have a revelation.
NO ROMANCE
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 10:17:46 pm
RED IS THE COLOUR OF LOVE!We can explore after minor romantic comedy ensues. With our new friend, who will totally not turn into the SM.Get Hiki into a clearing with good sight lines, assemble things to be used as weapons around you in case of an attack by Suicide. Take the brazier with you. Failing either of those things, trip over an unusually dense patch of air and fall on him suggestively, just has he is coming 'round.
EDIT: Following your falling on him, when he is confused, stutter and blush, and generally be embarrassed.
WE ARE NOT A PREPPER
This is a dream, let's go explore somewhere else. Maybe we'll have a revelation.
NO ROMANCE
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 10:21:36 pm
RED IS THE COLOUR OF LOVE!We can explore after minor romantic comedy ensues. With our new friend, who will totally not turn into the SM.Get Hiki into a clearing with good sight lines, assemble things to be used as weapons around you in case of an attack by Suicide. Take the brazier with you. Failing either of those things, trip over an unusually dense patch of air and fall on him suggestively, just has he is coming 'round.
EDIT: Following your falling on him, when he is confused, stutter and blush, and generally be embarrassed.
WE ARE NOT A PREPPER
This is a dream, let's go explore somewhere else. Maybe we'll have a revelation.
NO ROMANCE
FUCK YOU AND YOUR LOVE
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 10:23:24 pm
Oh you'll come around just like every other tsundere out there.RED IS THE COLOUR OF LOVE!We can explore after minor romantic comedy ensues. With our new friend, who will totally not turn into the SM.Get Hiki into a clearing with good sight lines, assemble things to be used as weapons around you in case of an attack by Suicide. Take the brazier with you. Failing either of those things, trip over an unusually dense patch of air and fall on him suggestively, just has he is coming 'round.
EDIT: Following your falling on him, when he is confused, stutter and blush, and generally be embarrassed.
WE ARE NOT A PREPPER
This is a dream, let's go explore somewhere else. Maybe we'll have a revelation.
NO ROMANCE
FUCK YOU AND YOUR LOVE
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 10:25:42 pm
Oh you'll come around just like every other tsundere out there.
I-It's n-not like I L-LIKE you or a-anything, B-Baka!
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 10:27:16 pm
You, sir, just made my day.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 10:31:59 pm
Ahh, that was PERFECT!
You, sir, just made my day.
You too, dear sirrah.
Post by: mcclay on February 04, 2013, 10:35:09 pm
where red, blue, and romance where the main elements and you guys do THIS! ow...
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 10:37:30 pm
I just survived a ficBut of course, what else did you expect?
where red, blue, and romance where the main elements and you guys do THIS! ow...
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 10:39:19 pm
I just survived a fic(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR9eU1rWLkViGiuWhkaUywWIDIuhqg15WS_gezJVO1woXhI_iHT)
where red, blue, and romance where the main elements and you guys do THIS! ow...
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 10:42:16 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 04, 2013, 10:51:40 pm
>Explore elsewhere
You attempt to leave the clearing, but upon wandering the bronze woods for a bit you emerge into the same clearing.
Hiki has awoken, and is listening intently, upon hearing your entrance into the glade, he tenses. He has his cane out, and his knuckles are white from girpping it so hard. There's a small gash on his head where your rock hit, and you are suddenly very glad that this dream Hiki is unlikely to get a concussion, or at least die from it.
You try to step towards him, but he tenses like a fox caught in headlights. It breaks your heart to see him so... afraid of you.
You don't know why but it feels like you've broken some measure of trust with him, and since he's technically a figment of your imagination, your own trust in yourself. It hurts.
"Why?" he asks.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 04, 2013, 10:53:38 pm
>Hug Hiki
Maybe he'll hate us less.
Note from Gamer: Sorry.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 04, 2013, 11:00:18 pm
Apologize profusely, and make our way over to help him up, possibly tripping over a dense pocket of air, and letting whatever happens happen
Post by: Powder Miner on February 04, 2013, 11:54:06 pm
Good going, now he hates us.AM NO BE HUGGING
>Hug Hiki
Maybe he'll hate us less.
Note from Gamer: Sorry.
HUGGING NOT ALLOWED
Try to sign that your lips are sewn shut or something.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 05, 2013, 03:16:02 am
We need to both apologize -and- show him what's wrong.
This does both.
Post by: borno on February 05, 2013, 03:18:55 am
Imagine Hiki from real life, and plant him next to Most definitely fake Hiki. Unless is fake Hiki is true Hiki, in which case he'd have to be some sort of false Hiki anyway, because true Hikis don't appear in dreams. Or maybe I'm wrong, and this is false Suicide Man false true false true Hiki?
Post by: Talvara on February 05, 2013, 06:55:57 am
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 05, 2013, 07:06:42 am
this entire physical contact thing is going to backfire :D, but go right ahead.Not a thing could go wrong with it. Everyone knows just how dastardly those dense air regions are.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 05, 2013, 09:13:30 am
You take Hiki's hand. [I'm sorry, Hiki, I was frightened. I was afraid HE would show up.]
On a whim, you wrap him in a hug, pressing your face into shis shoulder for both comfort and to make the thread sewing your lips shut obvious.
Hiki hugs you back, relaxing slightly. You spend a moment like that, until you realize his arms are made of cloth, and are much wider, and are actually your bedsheets.
Rubbing the sleep out of your eyes, you sit up and observe your room, feeling your lips as you do so. They feel so smooth after that strange dream, not that you don't always have your lips sewn shut ever since your first few nightmares.
The RUBY DOLL stares at you forlornly from it's shelf, still slightly damp with melted slush. Picking it up, you find a bit of moss stuck to it, which you idly throw into the garbage. It's otherwise unharmed. It doesn't look like any mold is growing on it, though it'll take a few days to really tell. Being made of cloth and stuffing, the doll took being thrown from the roof quite well.
There's a small tap at your window. To your muted surprise, you find that the Fox from last night has found your room, and is trying to get inside.
You'd love to help the thing, but it's almost time for school. You don't want to be late, do you?
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: mcclay on February 05, 2013, 10:41:21 am
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 05, 2013, 02:25:08 pm
So let's let 'im in, and then we can pet it and hug it and name it George and care for it and love it for ever and ever.
Post by: anailater on February 05, 2013, 02:45:49 pm
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 05, 2013, 03:21:26 pm
this is a brilliant masterplan and the best way for getting the most out of our time
also we will have a fox chilling in our room isn't that awesome
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 05, 2013, 03:30:45 pm
Calmly prepare for school. Before leaving, lock fox inside.I vote for this, so long as there is a dense pocket of air that leads to a romantic encounter with the fox.
this is a brilliant masterplan and the best way for getting the most out of our time
also we will have a fox chilling in our room isn't that awesome
Post by: Gentlefish on February 05, 2013, 03:52:06 pm
Let the fox in and spend a minute or two with it before class. If it wants to leave then, let it leave.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 05, 2013, 04:06:04 pm
No romance. Just comfort. That's all I want her to have.
Let the fox in and spend a minute or two with it before class. If it wants to leave then, let it leave.
+1.
Also, NO ROMANCE, B-BAKA-KUN
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 05, 2013, 04:07:10 pm
You decide to waste a bit of time letting in the fox. After all, it'll only take a few extra seconds, and who's going to be upset that someone's late for class in this school?
It's fur is a much more vivid orange than last night, probably just an effect from the brighter light. It also seems pleased with itself, sniffing over to your bed and leaping onto it. It lounges on your bed and yips at you. You scratch it on the belly a little, but you do have to get ready for school. You notice, again, that it seems to follow you more with it's ears than it's eyes, which are slightly milky. You wonder if it might be blind. It would have a certain poetic irony to it that the disabled girl have a disabled fox.
>Go to school, lock the fox in your room
Planning ahead, you decide to limit any disruption to your room. You don't usually lock it; there's not much reason to here. You're about as whole as they come and theivery is hard to do in a wheelchair/without hands/unable to hear how much of a massive racket you're making. Still, just shutting the door probably wouldn't keep the fox in.
>Go to class
While sitting through a boring first-period lecture on some subject it's far too early in the morning to discuss, you decide that the Blind Fox will need a name.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 05, 2013, 04:10:31 pm
Let's name him Hiki for the lols
I say we name him Taiga.
Post by: scapheap on February 05, 2013, 04:10:59 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 05, 2013, 04:12:17 pm
the fox should be Eiji(guardian)
Scratch my earlier statement, +1 to this.
Post by: anailater on February 05, 2013, 04:14:31 pm
+1the fox should be Eiji(guardian)
+1 to this.
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 05, 2013, 04:14:51 pm
WAIT
Can we put the fox in our inventory?
Post by: Talvara on February 05, 2013, 04:48:02 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 05, 2013, 04:50:36 pm
+2+1the fox should be Eiji(guardian)
+1 to this.
waitWe need to weave ourselves a nice little bag to carry it in.
WAIT
Can we put the fox in our inventory?
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 05, 2013, 04:56:41 pm
why are we trying to lock a wild animals in our room? think of the damage it could do and the mess we'd inevitably have to clean up T.T
He's different, ma!
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 05, 2013, 08:06:35 pm
Seems ironic, considering you're probably going to be his guardian, but Eiji it is.
You lay your head down, feeling sleepy. Adopting a fox is pretty hard. You'll need tags and a collar and probably some shots of some sort... You have a human hospital at your beck and call but you doubt most doctors double-classed as Vets...
Someone raps sharply on your desk. You lift your head to find two deep blue eyes glaring daggers at you. Oh shit, it's those two guys again.
Immediately the fingers begin flying. [Miss Chinmoku! I find it hard to believe a outstanding student of our fine academy would use the desks in such a disgraceful manner! You'll find even Miss Suzuki at least attempts to keep herself from sleeping on the desks, and her affliction causes far more-] You tune out the blue-haired fingerstorm and look to her friend, who somehow manages to seem more reserved than her superior. She shrugs, grinning widely.
[You're on your own kiddo.]
[-And regardless of the latenight debauchery you are no doubt up to -oh yes I heard, my room is directly below yours- a lack of sleep because of unladylike conduct is not an excuse for blatant disregard for school policy in the-]
[Does she ever shut up?] You ask.
[On occasion,] The pinkhaired one responds.
[I do indeed shut up, but delinquents and vandals like you deserve no mercy!] You raise an eyebrow at that last one.
[I'm a vandal now?]
[Well, no... But you were about to be disgracing school property with carelessly dribbled sleep... saliva...] Her singing slows as she thinks up the next half of her tirade.
[Slow down, honey, you'll hurt yourself.] You snark. Not much harm in a little sarcasm right now.
[Is that a challenge?] Whats-her-faces eyes light up with inner fire.
[I don't think so, Sicchan...]
[If I challenge you to go put on a pair of handcufs would you accept it?] You say, smiling slightly. "Sicchan" looks slightly disturbed. The Pinkhaired one, Misha, you think, turns red and puts her face in her hands.
[You're everywhere,] Sicchan says, eyes dull. [And yes but not for you]
[Eh?]
[Whatever! The point is that you shouldn't treat school property like that!]
You should diffuse her now, while she's calm. If she gets rolling again you'll be signing 'till the end of class.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 05, 2013, 08:12:41 pm
We have to play nice, or she will likely never shut up.
Edit: I forgot, we're not close enough to her to call her "Chan"
Post by: Gentlefish on February 05, 2013, 08:47:11 pm
But yeah, after we defuse the bomb, finish up the class. See what the fox has done to our room.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 05, 2013, 10:13:24 pm
(Aside from Katawa Shojou. I did play that. Got the bad end. With Kenji.
Calmly apologize, and mention that she's one room off about the source of the... noise.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 05, 2013, 10:31:24 pm
After finding this out we must rectify the situation so that she falls in love with us, so she will.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 05, 2013, 10:51:41 pm
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
>Be nice. Be Snarky.
[Very well Lady Shicchan, I will do as you bid.] Blue Thunder looks like she's about to pop, face red and cheeks puffed out. She's actually kind of cute when she's mad. You're glad she probably doesn't like your type of guy.
Misha gets a chuckle out of that. [I've never seen someone so... vocal before.] You both take a moment to consider the irony of that statement. [You would do well on the Student Council, maybe!] Aw hell no.
Shicchan has regained the power of speech and is flashing her hands with such fervor it's attracting the attention of most of the class as well as Mutou. You have completely failed to disarm the bomb... But if you wait for the right time you might THUNK.
Shicchan -Shizune! that's her name! Shizune!- appears to have forgotten there are desks about. While skilled signers like you, Misha and Shizune are usually perceptive enough to not hit your hands on nearby objects when signing, it still happens, much like a person who can speak biting their tongue. Except more painful in situations like this.
Shizune is bent over, clutching her hand like it's broken (with how fast she was going it could even be, though you didn't hear a crack) and dribbling tears of pain onto her lap. Misha immediately moves to help, gently embracing her friend and cooing softly. As if that'll actually help. What really gets your attention though is the soft sniggers from around the classroom. Poor Shizune just hit her hand at the worst possible time in all directions. It could only have been worse if she was in shop class with the buzzsaw.
Mutou has finally awoken fully to the situation and is taking charge. Quickly quieting the class and sending them groaning back to their science worksheets with little more than a few words and a flourish, he's over at Shizunes desk almost immediately. Taking gentle hold of her hand, he pressed on each bone separately until Shizune squeaks in pain. You and Misha share the same signs; [Oh my god that was adorable!] and Misha asks for permission to take Shizune to the nurses office. He agrees on the condition you go with her.
Damn.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Origami this is for you (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 05, 2013, 10:55:49 pm
Crying her eyes out
Mutou goes over and squeezes the shit out of her broken hand
She like squeaks or something
[OMFG HOW ADORABLE]
Daisy and Misha are dicks.
>Expertly ace le examen scientifique. And then go check on our furry friend.
And by furry, I mean fox. Not people in fursuits.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 06, 2013, 12:26:28 am
Go with 'em to the nurse. Make sure that she is okay, and then do everything gamerboy said about foxes and furries.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 06, 2013, 02:47:08 am
Then yeah foxxytime with Mr. J Fox.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 06, 2013, 11:44:13 am
You decide to take her to the Nurse and apologize along the way. Shizune doesn't sign anything back, though, instead giving you a death glare. Maybe she thinks you were being sarcastic.
Either way, she allows you and Misha to escort her to the Nurse, who frowns as you come in.
"Something up?" he asks you and Misha, before looking at Shizune and signing [What's wrong with your hand?]
He grabs it and does the squeezy thing Mutou did, checking for pain. When Shizune hisses, he nods sagely and drags her away into a smaller room offset from his own office.
You and Misha sit in uncomfortable silence, trying to make smalltalk. It doesn't work. You aren't friends with either of these two for a reason, that reason being Shizune, and also being you and Misha not having much to talk about. You have different intrests, different personalities (at least as far as you've seen,) and different friends. You like Misha but you don't have much in common.
The Nurse emerges from what you assume is the X-ray room. You've never visited so you don't know. "It's not broken, but there is a small fracture, so I'm going to wrap it up and ask you girls to stay clam for a few weeks while it heals." He looks pointedly at Shizune, who tries her best to look innocent.
[It was all Daisies fault.]
[What?! No it wasn't, I didn't do anything!]
Is it any wonder why you two don't have many friends?
>return to check on the fox
While art started a little while ago, you decide to milk your "I was at the hospital" excuse for all it's worth and go check on Eiji. You almost start running down the hallway, desprate to see his cute little orange head. Sliding your key into the door, you smile a bit, pushing open your door to find it shredded like confetti.
Eiji sits in a small nest of torn paper and cardboard. You think you recognize the title of one of your favorite books. He looks as smug as can be, ears perked up for your arrival and mouth pulled back in what must be a smile. The rest of your room looks like it got snowed upon, except the snow had letters printed on it and several empty book covers line the edges of the walls.
You probably should have seen this coming.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 06, 2013, 12:03:09 pm
Put FOX in inventory.
Post by: Talvara on February 06, 2013, 02:40:56 pm
not much we can do right now about the mess, we'll just have to deal with it when classes are over... remember the class where we need to be and go there.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 06, 2013, 02:47:24 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 06, 2013, 03:28:36 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 06, 2013, 04:08:42 pm
You've got class waiting already, so you just shove everything into a pile. You lift your remaining books up onto high surfaces, but you doubt that'll help too much.
>Place Eiji into your inventory
You see no possible reason why an adolescent fox wouldn't fit in your pocket or purse. Oh, besides the fact that it won't. And the fact that it would no doubt hate being cooped up in your purse. Or sat upon like a Iphone.
What you're trying to get across here is that Eiji is a fox, not a apple product. Not yet, anyway (fucking Apple).
>Wait where is Eiji?
He's sitting on your- no wait he's gone. Now how will you scold him! Actually, how would a mute girl scold a blind fox anyway? You're just full of silly ideas today. But something puts you in a good mood. Maybe it was not having a nightmare involving the SUICIDE MAN for the first time in weeks. Maybe it was watching the Queen Bitch fracture her hand trying to tell you off for a minor offense. Maybe it's getting a new, adorable, hopefully-not-rabid pet. Today's been a pretty good day. You hope that'll continue.
You spend an extra minute or two cleaning up as best you can, then set off for Art.
>Head to Art class.
When you show up to art, the teacher shoots you a sour look, but doesn't otherwise tell you off. Waving you idly back to his seat, he reinvolves himself in mixing acrylic paints. Judging from the swtch of colors next to his little bowl, he's looking for a very specific shade of purple.
Rin and Hiki are there, having a casual conversation... Or at least as casual as a conversation with Rin can be.
"I still don't understand. I don't see a connection between paint and Jellyfish."
Rin sighs. "Like, the jelly from a jellyfish is blue, and paint is blue, right, so it's like... that. But not?"
"Paint is blue? But what about red paint?"
"Red is red but paint is blue so red paint would be purple, except it's actually red..." Rin's brow furrows as she tries to get her point across. "Paint is blue. Jellyfish are blue. Paint is like Jellyfish." She concludes, obviously giving up.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 06, 2013, 04:16:34 pm
Also, INTRODUCING THE NEW I-FOX
Anyway, >Try to converse with Hiki. We haven't talked since he threw our doll, right? Maybe we could get an apology.
Post by: Talvara on February 06, 2013, 04:23:29 pm
(ps, I am having a horrible time keeping the characters apart T.T, its all a little alien to my western mind how do you other readers manage?)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 06, 2013, 04:26:05 pm
If we're talking with Hiki our first words/signs should be "I'm still pissed at you! (I want to throw a rock at your insenstive head!)" or well lets not dance around the fact that he owes us an apology.
(ps, I am having a horrible time keeping the characters apart T.T, its all a little alien to my western mind how do you other readers manage?)
By alienating ourselves from human contact and keeping an arsenal of waifu-pillows.
OH GOD I LOVE YOU TAIGA-CHAN
But we shouldn't be an ass towards Hiki, but we should still expect an apology. He DID kind of go out of line.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 06, 2013, 04:37:41 pm
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Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 06, 2013, 04:39:05 pm
Oh, and might as well:
WE'RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER PURSE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaPazBEV45I)
Post by: scapheap on February 06, 2013, 04:41:24 pm
Also, INTRODUCING THE NEW I-FOXAND IT BIGGER VERSION THE I-EIJI.
Sign the sky is blue and thus the air must be blue and therefore we are breathing jellyfishs.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 06, 2013, 04:44:32 pm
Also, it's EXTREMELY difficult to write Rin, and so far, you're doing well. Not the best but well, considering how out there Rin is.
People, you have to THINK like Rin.
But jellyfish are painful and paint isn't. But it can be, if you paint pain with paint.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 06, 2013, 04:53:18 pm
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I'm not insulting you, just want to say that. You write her well, but it still seems a little off.
I don't think Rin would even make a connection between a color and an animal, but then again, I didn't write her, and I'm not a great writer.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 06, 2013, 04:55:47 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 06, 2013, 05:54:53 pm
Don't walk to Hiki, but glance at him non-threateningly. Like a sad puppy.
...
if you want Hiki to see your glance its probably not going to work.
Hiki is the blind one... Isnt he? my god the names, Im not even sure who is female or male most of the time anymore T.T. (would it be excessive of me to ask for male and female symbols next to names T.T? or failing that the stereo typical pink and blue?) edit: I am mostly kidding ofcourse, I am having trouble but am exaggerating
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 06, 2013, 06:20:10 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 06, 2013, 06:30:09 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 06, 2013, 07:17:23 pm
You decide to sit next to Hiki. Rin has gone silent, thinking.
You tap him on the shoulder and catch his hand as he turns around.
[Hiki.]
[Oh, it's you. Hello Daisy.] He gets a stupid, sappy grin on his face.
[Hello.] You keep your answers curt, trying to tell him to apologize without outright doing so.
He seems to get the picture. [I'm sorry about last night. I was wrong and a little scared. And I'm not usually good with pretty women, especially not if I'm alone with them.] You're suddenly glad he can't see you blushing. Maeda looks over and rolls his eyes irritably. You blush even harder and flip him off. Tinnitus is NOT a valid reason to be an asshole.
[I-] You start, but think better of it. [You are forgiven.] You say imperiously. There we go. You are a gracious goddess, bestowing upon the cute blind guy your mercy. That is totally what's happening here.
Hiki smiles. [Thank you.] He gets a weird look on his face, like he's trying to look confused but isn't very good at it. [Why do you smell like... what is that?]
As quickly as it rose, your heart drops, suddenly growing very cold. [What do you mean?]
[Wait I didn't mean it like that-] You twist his hand. "-Ey ey! Ow! Geeze, Daisy, lay off it, I didn't mean it!" At least he has the good sense not to blurt what he said to the whole class. You scan but the only one seeming to pay any attention is Rin. She's staring at you with her deep green eyes. You kind of like her eyes- they're the only way you can understand what she's thinking. Unless she blurts out something strange, of course.
"Why do you smell like a fox?" she asks tactlessly. Your glare goes unnoticed. She's obviously looking for an answer here. Of course, she can't speak sign, so how do you tell her?
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 06, 2013, 07:19:47 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 06, 2013, 07:25:55 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 06, 2013, 07:46:06 pm
>Explain to Hiki we have a fox for a pet.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 06, 2013, 08:03:10 pm
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Post by: Gentlefish on February 06, 2013, 08:04:00 pm
Look for blind fox. Notice its eyes are missing too.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 06, 2013, 08:05:52 pm
Remove Hiki's eyes.
Look for blind fox. Notice its eyes are missing too.
Bad fish. We do not scratch out his eyes, we apparently have a crush on the guy.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 06, 2013, 08:07:56 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 06, 2013, 08:10:10 pm
HUZZA!Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: borno on February 07, 2013, 04:19:35 am
When we get home, we should give the fox some happy pills, then check on Hiki, just to make sure.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 07, 2013, 12:16:08 pm
[There was a fox on the roof last night, and after I got my doll back...] You pause for a second, and Hiki winces. [...and slept, it was at my window. So I decided to, erm, adopt it.]
Hiki passes this on to Rin, who nods blankly.
[I was thinking I should find a vet nearby and get it checked out.] Hiki thinks for a minute.
[There is one in town, but I'm not very good at giving out directions. I could show you after class. Don't bring the fox, though, it's by appointment only.] You nod, before realizing how fruitless it is. [As well, I also kind of want to show you a little business that's fairly popular with my other circles of friends. Have you heard of the Shanghai?]
The offer is tempting, but it sounds suspiciously like a date. Then again, would that be so bad?
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 07, 2013, 01:22:11 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 07, 2013, 03:15:43 pm
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Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 07, 2013, 03:31:59 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 07, 2013, 03:35:40 pm
"By that... What is your motive?"
Signal that you were joking after.
If you find the dense air, make him fall on you. Bodyslamming the blind is never OK.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 07, 2013, 04:07:54 pm
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 07, 2013, 04:23:57 pm
also sandwiches
bring the fox
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 07, 2013, 04:28:11 pm
Yes. I like hiki. He's our guardian. Let's get Shanghai'dI'm not quite sure that the last bit is a good idea
Post by: Talvara on February 07, 2013, 04:36:28 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 07, 2013, 04:40:52 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 07, 2013, 05:01:30 pm
[And what alternative motive do you have for that?] You say as suggestively as you can say with only your hands to convey meaning.
[Do I have to have a motive?]
[Not exactly, but you do have one.]
[You have a point.] He says, but lets it drop.
[My answer is yes.] You tell him. Your heart is racing, somehow terrified he'll reject you, even though logically he asked you out so there's no chance of that actually happening. Like somehow a bunch of cameras will show up and Hiki will take off his hair and actually be a celebrity and say "You just got punked!" and then you'll be crushed.
But that doesn't happen. Instead he gets a soft smile on his face, not his usual fox-like one but a real, romantic smile. [I look forward to it.] He says, and withdraws the contact. It takes you a few minutes to realize the sweat on your hands isn't just your own. You guess he must have been even more nervous than you.
You watch him sketching, something you hadn't thought it possible for him to do, but he can. Feeling the edges of the paper, and then drawing within the borders. Just abstract images and shapes, and they clash, but he presses hard with the pencil, and follows the grooves in the paper with a practiced hand. You wonder why he draws like this. He can't ever see the finished work. What sort of thing would it take to convince the blind boy to pick up a pencil and start drawing with it? He makes it look so good, you wonder if he was always blind. But he's so skilled without his eyes he couldn't have been born sighted.
Hiki is an enigma, a puzzle. Most people are, but you never really cared before. You never wanted to know so much about someone else.
For lack of anything esle to do, you pick up your own pencil and start drawing. Drawing Hiki.
Act 2: Drawing by Hand
The rest of art class seems to fly by and inch along at the same time. Almost like you're caught in a vortex, thinking quickly about nothing. Nomiya stretches and informs the class that tomorrow will bring another discussion circle. But you pay it no heed. Shakily, you stuff your things into your bag. Hiki seems to have so much more control than you do. He's still drawing, filling the page with deep black lines of graphite. The pencil is only retracing old ones, running in a groove like a monorail.
Finally he's finished, and with careful deliberation he finds his pack and places the drawing inside it. Finally, he stands up and reaches out a hand. "Are you ready to go, Daisy?"
{I've been ready. Let's go. []}
{I don't know. Let me go back to my room first. []}
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
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Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 07, 2013, 05:08:14 pm
Resist the urge to immediately jump into his arms and ask him to take you by your dorms. After all, you don't even really know if you look all that nice or anything...
Don't grab the doll, though.
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 07, 2013, 05:14:43 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 07, 2013, 05:19:11 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 07, 2013, 05:34:27 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 07, 2013, 05:36:34 pm
I say we take the doll.
yeah I agree, just because the future is looking up, doesn't mean we should ditch the past. its still important to us, and he'll just have to deal with that
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 07, 2013, 05:57:59 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 07, 2013, 09:29:46 pm
[I've been ready. Let's go, before we have to run back to class.] You tell him. He smiles. It's kind of charming.
You head down the hall and down the stairway. Your hands garner a small bit of attention, but this being the school it is there are more interesting sights for the less tactful and the more tactful don't even notice. Hiki is apparently somewhat popular among his blind classmates, recognized by a apparently distinct rapping of his cane as he moves about. You fail to hear the distinction, but according to Hiki's classmates it's quite unique. One comes up with the word "Unswishyness", then turns bright red and falls into the back of the group.
On the way into town you come across the tallest girl you've ever seen, a towering beauty with the bearing of a princess. Long, silk blonde locks fall over her shoulders, held in place by a black ribbon. Her deep blue eyes are perfectly still, which makes sense considering they don't see. You happen to recognize this one, Lilly Satou, a neighbor.
[Coincidentally, she was indirectly responisble for Shizune bashing her hand on the desk a few days ago.] You sign into his hand, giggling slightly.
[Oh?] Says Hiki. [I've seen a few spats between the two. Something tells me she wouldn't find the irony of that displeasing.]
[I've not had much contact with her. She's too...] You search for the right sign. [Prim.] You finish. It's not quite what you mean, but it'll hopefully work. Lilly has always been too above it all, too aloof for you to try to speak to. Since your condition prevents you from speaking aloud, and she doesn't know how to do what you do with Hiki, you and her could just as easily have been on different sides of the planet.
As far as your aware, you and her WERE on opposite sides of the planet, at least at one point. It's kind of saddening, but you guess it's better you have a model to look up to, where the greatest flaw you've seen is going "bump bump bump" in the night.
You could try again. Hiki obviously knows her, and could translate for you. It would be the hight of irony for the mute girl who can only communicate through sign to have largely blind friends, but who cares. The armless girl can paint, so why can't you do something unusual?
Still, you don't want to break your pedestal. You're well aware you've set her higher than she probably really is. You'd likely lose an idol. She also seems to be waiting for someone, probably the new kid. You don't like him; terrible fashion sense. Someone really needs to tell him that he really does not look as cool as he thinks he is.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 07, 2013, 09:56:37 pm
"So, uhh... what is she... really like?"
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 08, 2013, 04:02:58 pm
Shyly sign to Hiki.
"So, uhh... what is she... really like?"
Grudgingly +1
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 08, 2013, 05:08:45 pm
[well, what is she really like?] You ask nervously.
[Why don't we ask her?] Hiki says. Before you can stop him he's called out. "Miss Satou?"
Lilly starts slightly, but quickly falls back into a relaxed state. "Mister Nozomu? I wasn't expecting you to be here."
"Neither did we expect to be here. And yet, here we are." He chuckles softly. "We were headed to the vets, and then perhaps to the Shanghai." Lilly looks slightly puzzled.
"We?"
"Me and my friend, Miss Daisy. I'm afraid she's mute, so she can only speak through sign, but I'll act as her translator."
[Wonderful.] You tell Hiki. There's not a good way to let the sarcasm through without expression, so you just leave it at that.
"If she's speaking by sign, how are you going to translate?" asks Lilly, still puzzled.
"She signs into my hand."
"Well, in any case, it's a grand event to meet you, Miss Daisy." She extends a hand, and you shake it. The only direct communication you can have with her. This is so awkward. Suddenly you have a much higher sense of empathy with Shizune. Lilly is still speaking. "I'm sorry I failed to notice you before.
[She doesn't have to feel bad. It's not her fault.] Hiki passes your message on.
"Thank you. Though I am still waiting on someone." Out of the corner of your eye you see a flicker. A flicker you recognize.
[It's the new kid, isn't it?] You ask through Hiki. But Lilly frowns slightly.
"Actually, it was supposed to be Hanako, why?" Something about that name hits you hard, but you don't have time. The new kid stops, surprise in his eyes, first looking at Lilly and then at you and Hiki. He makes a weird expression.
"What?"
You shake your head. He looks at you with utter confusion in his eyes. He strikes you as cow-like. You don't know why. Artists intuition. Hell, he even has a single sprig of hair standing on top of his head. [He looks like a... a cow. That is also a plant.] You sign to Hiki. He makes a weird face.
[A cow? Is he overweight?]
[No, his eyes. They look like cow eyes.]
[Oh, I'll take your word for it.] Hiki says. You have a feeling that if he had said it aloud it would have been dry and deadpan.
"Hisao?" asks Lilly, obviously at a loss for what exactly was going on.
"Oh, uh, Lilly, hey. Hanako isn't coming. She's engrossed in a book."
[Amazing how he can sound so stupid using the word Engrossed.]
[Don't be mean.] Admonishes Hiki. "Hello." He says aloud, obviously for Hisao's benifit. Hisao looks flustered.
"Hey. Nobody told me there would be a party."
You decide to break contact with Hiki so you can be as vicious and sarcastic as you want without anyone actually getting offended. A hundred times out of ten you have some scathing remark that you can't actually tell someone. Luckily, most people don't know sign. It's time to see if the New Kid is one of those people.
[That's because you weren't invited.] You sign. Hisao looks confused and slightly afraid.
"I'm sorry? I don't know sign language."
You smile as villainously as possible and steeple your fingers in the air, looking his directly in the eye. You can almost smell his fear, like a wolf stalking a tasty lamb. He can sense it, and shrinks behind Lilly's tall form. You note to some amusement she's almost taller than he is.
"Daisy, I can't translate for you if you don't have any contact with me."
[That's the point.] You tell him, sighing silently.
[Were you being mean again?] He asks.
[Maybe.]
[Please don't do that. How would you feel if someone asked you to speak up?] He has a point. You're being cruel to the new kid for nothing but your own amusement. You really ought to take his advice...
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 08, 2013, 05:16:59 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 08, 2013, 05:20:26 pm
Post by: Remuthra on February 08, 2013, 05:21:53 pm
Do something Russian.Meaning go shoot someone with awesome music playing in the background.
(We have firearms training, right?)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 08, 2013, 05:25:00 pm
I was thinking a quart of vodka, but I s'pose that we can also shoot some pesky british spy.Do something Russian.Meaning go shoot someone with awesome music playing in the background.
(We have firearms training, right?)
Post by: Remuthra on February 08, 2013, 05:32:04 pm
Or we can do both!I was thinking a quart of vodka, but I s'pose that we can also shoot some pesky british spy.Do something Russian.Meaning go shoot someone with awesome music playing in the background.
(We have firearms training, right?)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 08, 2013, 05:35:57 pm
Of course! Russians always shoot better when utterly shitfaced.Or we can do both!I was thinking a quart of vodka, but I s'pose that we can also shoot some pesky british spy.Do something Russian.Meaning go shoot someone with awesome music playing in the background.
(We have firearms training, right?)
EDIT: We just have to consume enough that we metamorphosize into one. Which is obviously how the Russians spread their spies.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 08, 2013, 05:51:34 pm
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Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 08, 2013, 05:52:01 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 08, 2013, 05:53:37 pm
That's why we drink all the vodka first. We spontaneously become russian, and can now automatically pull an AK-47 out of our ass. And have absolutely no erotic feelings about it.Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Remuthra on February 08, 2013, 05:54:22 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 08, 2013, 06:09:19 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 08, 2013, 06:17:32 pm
Post by: Gentlefish on February 08, 2013, 08:24:28 pm
Cross your eyes and stick your tongue out at the new kid. Then smile sincerely and tell Hiki to introduce you to him.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 08, 2013, 08:40:41 pm
Okay let's do this.And ask if he's got any vodka on hand.
Cross your eyes and stick your tongue out at the new kid. Then smile sincerely and tell Hiki to introduce you to him.
But, more seriously, Start doing the Cossack dance and singing the 'Song of the Volga Boatman' It is a song so epic that we can regain our voice just for it.
Post by: Nosaneinme on February 08, 2013, 09:54:02 pm
or This
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Post by: Karnewarrior on February 08, 2013, 09:56:55 pm
>Stop.
You pout uselessly but agree to stop. [Tell him I'm sorry.] You sign begrudgingly.
Hiki translates. "My friend would like to apologize, er, Hisao, was it? She was only having a bit of fun." You give Hisao your largest puppydog eyes. He seems to melt.
"Oh. No problem." Great, now he's looking at you like you're a piece of meat. You bet he's the type to cheat on his girlfriend and call it "comforting a friend".
It turns out Lilly was headed to the convience store, which is Hisao's destination as well, and on the route to Hiki's vet office. The conversation drifts to mundane things, and you get used to having Hiki translate your signs. You're an unlikely couple, but you're growing to like having his hand so nearby. There's something comforting about his figure.
You leave Hisao and Lilly by the Aura Mart, and continue on a little ways further into town. A light turns green ahead of you, and you stop at a posted light... allowing you to eavesdrop on two old crones sitting at the bus stop.
"Look, Miyuki, some kids from the cripple school." The what.
"What did you say, Siyonji?"
"I said it's some kids from Yamaku, you deaf old bat!"
"I heard you the first time, you dumb old bird. I was confused as to why you would use such a horrible word." You are suddenly very much a fan of Miyuki.
"What, cripple? They are!" Technicalities, Siyonji. At least you don't have a horrible made-up name.
"My husband served fourty years in the defense force! Lost his legs in NAM!" Good for you Miyuki! Tell her girl.
"An' he's a hero! Ain't nobody sayin' they can't do things." Besides you.
"Besides you!" Miyuki echoes. You fight against pumping your fist.
"I ain't saying nothing, you just mishearin' me 'cause yer ears got fifty years 'a wax in 'em."
"My ears ain't got nuffink to do with it. You're just an idiot." Miyuki takes the offensive, standing (though highly hunched over.) up off the bench.
Siyonji stands up as well, glaring at Myuki through coke-bottle glasses. Her crabby lips quivering with rage. "I ain't stupid, you are, an' you losing yer old head if you think I'm gonna just sit around an' take it!"
"You'll take anyfink I dish out 'cause I'm the only friend you got left that ain't dead yet!"
A soft beep sounds as the two old women begin to bash each other with their purses, and Hiki starts dragging you away down the street against your will. There's no way he didn't hear that. No possible way. He has better hearing than you do, he had to have. But instead of letting you stay to watch the best fight ever (Miyuki has pulled out a plastic T-rex and is using it to bludgeon Siyonji) he's dragging you away.
Thus it is with a dejected and subdued manner you enter the Vet's office and sit down to make your appointment. You keep wondering what madness must be happening. And if there may be a rubber chicken involved.
With a start, you recognize someone; It looks like Yuuko is manning the front of the office! It's odd, though. She seems a bit more confident. Still, she hasn't seen you come in. Should you say Hi?
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 08, 2013, 10:09:12 pm
On a side note, what the hell was her husband doing in the vietnam war? 'Cause they don't have a military.
And it would appear the GM strikes back. Just you wait, there will be a return of the russian.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 08, 2013, 10:14:20 pm
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Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 08, 2013, 10:36:21 pm
Oh, uh, this vet trip is going to be fun. You can't talk and Hiki can't see. Stay close "because you don't want him wandering off while some vet distracts you with medical speak." Because you aren't actually guiding to that patch of dense air...
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 08, 2013, 10:43:29 pm
Oh you glorious son of a bitch
>Say Hi. Or tell Hiki to say "Hi" for us.
Fuck, I am in so much pain right now... T-T
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 08, 2013, 10:59:20 pm
Spoiler: Jokingly.. for now. (click to show/hide)
Post by: Nosaneinme on February 08, 2013, 11:35:14 pm
As the only valid commands in the last string of posts asked for us to stop we will stop. I will ask you at least submit one serious command along with joke commands to both ease my GMing and allow your voice to be heard instead of largely ignored due to massive shitposting about russians.
>Stop.
You pout uselessly but agree to stop. [Tell him I'm sorry.] You sign begrudgingly.
Hiki translates. "My friend would like to apologize, er, Hisao, was it? She was only having a bit of fun." You give Hisao your largest puppydog eyes. He seems to melt.
"Oh. No problem." Great, now he's looking at you like you're a piece of meat. You bet he's the type to cheat on his girlfriend and call it "comforting a friend".
It turns out Lilly was headed to the convience store, which is Hisao's destination as well, and on the route to Hiki's vet office. The conversation drifts to mundane things, and you get used to having Hiki translate your signs. You're an unlikely couple, but you're growing to like having his hand so nearby. There's something comforting about his figure.
You leave Hisao and Lilly by the Aura Mart, and continue on a little ways further into town. A light turns green ahead of you, and you stop at a posted light... allowing you to eavesdrop on two old crones sitting at the bus stop.
"Look, Miyuki, some kids from the cripple school." The what.
"What did you say, Siyonji?"
"I said it's some kids from Yamaku, you deaf old bat!"
"I heard you the first time, you dumb old bird. I was confused as to why you would use such a horrible word." You are suddenly very much a fan of Miyuki.
"What, cripple? They are!" Technicalities, Siyonji. At least you don't have a horrible made-up name.
"My husband served fourty years in the defense force! Lost his legs in NAM!" Good for you Miyuki! Tell her girl.
"An' he's a hero! Ain't nobody sayin' they can't do things." Besides you.
"Besides you!" Miyuki echoes. You fight against pumping your fist.
"I ain't saying nothing, you just mishearin' me 'cause yer ears got fifty years 'a wax in 'em."
"My ears ain't got nuffink to do with it. You're just an idiot." Miyuki takes the offensive, standing (though highly hunched over.) up off the bench.
Siyonji stands up as well, glaring at Myuki through coke-bottle glasses. Her crabby lips quivering with rage. "I ain't stupid, you are, an' you losing yer old head if you think I'm gonna just sit around an' take it!"
"You'll take anyfink I dish out 'cause I'm the only friend you got left that ain't dead yet!"
A soft beep sounds as the two old women begin to bash each other with their purses, and Hiki starts dragging you away down the street against your will. There's no way he didn't hear that. No possible way. He has better hearing than you do, he had to have. But instead of letting you stay to watch the best fight ever (Miyuki has pulled out a plastic T-rex and is using it to bludgeon Siyonji) he's dragging you away.
Thus it is with a dejected and subdued manner you enter the Vet's office and sit down to make your appointment. You keep wondering what madness must be happening. And if there may be a rubber chicken involved.
With a start, you recognize someone; It looks like Yuuko is manning the front of the office! It's odd, though. She seems a bit more confident. Still, she hasn't seen you come in. Should you say Hi?Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Mine was not An Vaild Command,Okay Sure whatever
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 09, 2013, 12:50:04 am
You decide to take the initiative. Leaving Hiki for a bit, you rap your fingers lightly on the table. Yuuko doesn't speak very good sign, but since you can hear and she can understand enough to get the gist if you use simple words it's never been much of a problem. You can always mouth the words anyway, even applying a bit of breath, which never goes farther than the barest whisper without a voice.
She looks up in a most un-Yuuko like way. "Yeah, 'sup?" Not only is she a terrible receptionist, she doesn't sound anything like Yuuko, which makes you blink a few times in confusion.
[Yuuko?]
She watches you sign with impassive eyes. You can see the meaning fly through her head and out the other side like a ghost. "Shit, you're one of those Yamaku kids aren't you." You nod, which measures a bit of surprise, but not much. "Oh, so you ain't deaf. Cool." The casual way she says it either implies she deals with Yamaku students all the time, or she simply doesn't care. "Yo Doc, we got a signer." She calls, oblivious to you.
A flustered old man appears in a shower of papers over the desk behind her, literally sending yellow medical forms flying as he arises from a pile like a gopher. His hair is gray and fizzled in a sterotypical mad-scientist fashion, bald on top while quite large on the sides, like a colorless clown. He's wearing a pair of glasses that look surprisingly normal, save for the paw-print on the arms. All you can see is his head, twisting back and forth like a meerkat. Despite his age and odd habits, his eyes burn with a intensity you've rarely seen before. He takes in everything in the surroundings, noteing, storing, and observing everything about the situation.
"Yes, yes, what is it? A signer you say? Signing what? Signing papers I hope. Lots of papers to sign. I was signing some." He looks directly at you and blinks once. That seems to be all the time he needs. "Oh, that kind of signer. You're alright. You don't need to sign any papers. We have lots of papers. Too many papers really. Oh, but you can't hear me can you..." Before you can get your hands up his are already popping out of the pile.
Something major seems to have shifted, as the pile leans. The Doc lets out a small cry somewhere in between surprise and delight as the avalanche of paper carries him about like he was a cartoon. You have honestly never seen this much paperwork in a doctors office before. People here must keep a lot of pets.
[I'm ok!] He signs. Not-Yuuko just shakes her head and sighs. She seems to find something interesting in feeling her eyebrow. She yawns.
The Doc appears before you as Hiki stands up to investigate. [Terribly sorry it's just a bunch of old paperwork that needs to be signed and resigned to tell them that I didn't kill their dog.]
[Um... Did you kill their dog?] You sign awkwardly.
[Of course not! It was a fleabath. Special chemicals. Perfectly harmless. Unless you're a flea. But they don't have paperwork and not many people keep fleas as pets, you see. But people are paranoid sometimes. Especially doctors. One dead dog and it's a sued hospital or vet or dentist. Full lawsuit. Medical malpractice. Losing a lawsuit to someone with snaggletooth. Terrible thing. Lots of paperwork makes sure that doesn't happen. Waivers. Agreements. Well wishing cards. Valentines. Lots of signatures. I write my name a lot.]
[Talk a lot too, I see.] You say, smiling. But Doc seems to have finally noticed Hiki.
"Nozomu? Hello. Haven't seen you in a while. Did something happen to Niji?" Hiki nods sadly.
"Old age. I'm over it though."
"Good! Good. Except the dead dog. That's not good. But I'm being rude. Is this your friend? Or is it rude to assume your friends? Could you be not-friends? Is this your not-friend? Or does she have a problem? Because I don't do people. There's a hospital around her you know. In the school actually. They deal with people. I can't wrap my head around them. Doctor-patient confidentiality. Who cares? I don't. But people do."
"She is a friend, actually. She's looking into adopting a wild fox she's befriended, but we want to get it checked first."
Doc clicks his tongue a few times, looking dissatisfied. "Foxes. Foxes. Kitsune from old legends. A lot like people. Foxes are real though. Not Kitsune. I don't think. Probably a red fox. Lives in this area. Foxes are smart. Don't usually deal with too smart animals. Usually dogs and cats. But they're pretty smart sometimes. Unless they aren't. But foxes are always smart. Not usual pets either. Would normally be extra cost." He takes a deep breath, then looks at you and Hiki. "But for a friend I'll cut it down to normal. Also, I'm not sure how good I'll be. Foxes are hard. Don't teach you in medical school. But I was a zookeeper for three years. Learned a lot about what stays the same. Can check that. Diseases. Can check that. Disabilites. Can check that. If you're alright with that. I'll check that. Lots of checking. Plenty. Not as much as I normally do. I'll look up more things. Do research. find out more about Foxes. Probably going to be a regular. Unless I mess up. But that's unlikely.
"So. One fox. Appointment. Need a time. When does school end?"
"About two thirty."
"Does four work?"
"Easy."
"Good. Four. When is the earliest day I can see them, Haruhi?"
Haruhi, who still looks like a very collected Yuuko, turns to her computer. Scrolling her eyes down with a vacant mouth, she yawns and says, "Tomorrow's empty. Day after you have miss Ibarazaki. Then four is open for the rest of the week." She yawns again.
"Good girl. Is tomorrow good? Signer? Hiki?"
[Yes.]
"Sure."
"Then set the appointment. I'll go get fox food. Actually, dog food. But fine for fox for a little while. Not a long while. Make the fox feel bad. But a little while. A lot like dogs, foxes." He shuffles off, muttering inanely.
"He's quite the character, as you can see." Hiki says benignly.
"Yeah, Doc's something special alright." Haruhi says deadpan.
You're afforded a small moment to collect your thoughts on this Doc person. He certainly seems nice enough. But are you sure someone so scatterbrained would be good for Eiji?
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gentlefish on February 09, 2013, 04:18:23 am
Take Hiki to room. Tell him about your nightmares about the suicide man. Describe the suicide man to him.
Unless there's class next. Then power through class and then do the above.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 09, 2013, 10:42:14 am
Not the best, but he works.+1 to that. And geniuses often have trouble with what we'd call social skills. He could very well be a magnificent doctor.
Take Hiki to room. Tell him about your nightmares about the suicide man. Describe the suicide man to him.
Unless there's class next. Then power through class and then do the above.
Also ask Haruhi if she's related to Yuuko (through Hiki, of course)
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 09, 2013, 04:19:01 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 09, 2013, 04:29:13 pm
hell no we cant take hiki to our room!
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maybe we can take him to the roof or something?
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 09, 2013, 05:01:21 pm
our room is still a mess due to fox mayhem. It would be terrible to have a boy.. well not see that, but experience the mess? what would he think we're some kind of slob?I think the idea was seduction. Sex on rooftops, although questionably romantic, is also rather...illegal. And public. Which makes it illegal.
hell no we cant take hiki to our room!
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maybe we can take him to the roof or something?
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 09, 2013, 07:08:26 pm
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Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 09, 2013, 07:13:29 pm
I wasn't before, but I am now.Spoiler (click to show/hide)
You could always write it on pastebin and the provide the link here, that way no rules are broken. I think.
Post by: Sprin on February 09, 2013, 07:17:16 pm
+1...
lol jk but we should have a rated PG romance here so no one gets "offended".
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 09, 2013, 07:20:03 pm
That could work...The link would be like a 'disable adult content' button. No one can get offended by it unless they really want to be then.
+1...
lol jk but we should have a rated PG romance here so no one gets "offended".
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 09, 2013, 07:23:32 pm
Daisy and Hiki still hardly know eachother. It's been 3 days, ffs. If there's a relationship, let it evolve more slowly.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 09, 2013, 07:35:54 pm
But yeah, good lord let's keep our pants on for now.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 09, 2013, 07:48:52 pm
It doesn't take you long to decide that Doc can be trusted with Eiji.
Doc arrives from the back room with a tin of food. Looking inside, it looks like generic brand dog food. You ask Doc, who confirms that that is precisely what it is.
But with the cross-shaped bits picked out, on personal preference.
Before you are allowed to question that litle nugget of eccentricity, you're ushered out the door by Hiki. At some point he seems to have visited the bathroom, cleaning himself up a bit. You wish you had had the same amount of foresight.
Amazingly, it's almost dark. You guess you played hookey after all, dodging your afternoon classes to visit the vet. You shrug, deciding it's ultimately worth it.
Hiki takes your hand, but there's no signing, just a quiet guide to the Shanghai, which proves to be a peculiar little resturaunt a little ways down the road from the Vets. Yuuko greets you at the door nervously, and this time you confirm it to really be her.
"A-Ah, Haruhi is a cousin of mine, I hope she didn't give you any trouble!" She stammers, but you and Hiki both take pains to calm her down. You're led to a booth at the corner of the restraunt, and you sit across from each other. Though reaching out to hold hands probably broadcasts more intamacy than really exists yet, for you two it's like drinking water and breathing air. It just happens.
Also you need it to communicate.
Which you aren't doing very well right now.
It's very awkward.
Yuuko wants your order.
You're all awkward.
You think you can see Hisao and Lilly in the booth a little down the way.
Everyone is awkward.
This is going horribly make smalltalk now!
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 09, 2013, 08:02:46 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 09, 2013, 09:53:42 pm
Post by: Remuthra on February 09, 2013, 09:58:17 pm
"U-um... what do we talk about... like this? I-I-It's not like I haven't done it before or anything..."Smalltalkception.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 09, 2013, 11:00:48 pm
But yeah, MOE MODE ON HIKI.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 09, 2013, 11:47:05 pm
Daisy doesn't seem like one to like coffee, and if she did, she would probably want some sweet stuff in there.She may not like coffee, but she would love an espresso.
But yeah, MOE MODE ON HIKI.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 10, 2013, 12:12:31 pm
You pass your order through Hiki and Yuuko nervously bumbles away to pass it to the cooks. There's a tense moment.
[So... What do people usually talk about... in this... situation?] You ask hesitantly.
[Which situation?] replies Hiki infuriatingly.
[A... Not-date.]
[So this isn't a date now?]
[I didn't say that!] You backpedal, trying not to close off options.
[You did.] Then why is he still smiling? Why is he so smug?! You kind of hate him for keeping his composure, even if the sweat on his palm tells you he's as nervous as you are.
[I did not.]
[So it is a date?]
[No! Yes, no.]
[Is it a date or isn't it?] Something in the way he signs it makes you feel he's suddenly quite serious. Maybe it's the way his smile falters slightly, or his eyes flash under his sunglasses. The way his jaw ripples slightly as he tries not to clench it.
You look over to the band. They don't look much older than you are, and the one on the piano is missing a foot. You figure he probably goes to Yamaku as well. It's a clear reminder that you would have other options.
But are other option always better options? How could you know without trying? You're stuck, unable to look away from Hiki to see if there are better fish, as they say.
The decision must be made blind. Fitting, in a way.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 10, 2013, 12:33:34 pm
Seriously. Say that.
Post by: Talvara on February 10, 2013, 12:38:47 pm
(and if you're feeling mean)
[why do you want it to be a date?]
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 10, 2013, 12:43:09 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 10, 2013, 01:26:18 pm
Post by: mcclay on February 10, 2013, 01:28:25 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 10, 2013, 01:44:32 pm
[YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!]Unfortunately we don't have any shades on us, so we can't do this.
Post by: mcclay on February 10, 2013, 01:51:15 pm
We could take Hiki's shades.[YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!]Unfortunately we don't have any shades on us, so we can't do this.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 10, 2013, 02:09:54 pm
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Post by: mcclay on February 10, 2013, 02:15:43 pm
[Yes, I would like it to be a date.]
Post by: Sprin on February 10, 2013, 03:31:14 pm
Nothing more, nothing less, its just sex...
No its toataly a date!
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 10, 2013, 04:13:57 pm
It not a date its an incredibly sleezy one night stand with dinner.
Nothing more, nothing less, its just sex...
No its toataly a date!
It's not. But then again, I don't know what Karne is going to do with it, as he clearly wanted to write an erotic scene.
But yes, say it's a date.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 10, 2013, 05:52:15 pm
[I... Yes. It is a date.] You blush. When did you decide that you liked Hiki? When did all this happen? It seems like it happened so fast, but it feels as if it had always been there.
Hiki seems overjoyed, happily thanking Yuuko when she returns with the food. Yuuko looks like she doesn't know how to respond to praise.
Eventually the nervousness vanishes, and you start to enjoy yourself. The talk starts flowing naturally, and you find yourself smiling more often than you were before.
It was a good meal, but far outshone by the company.
~O~
It takes you a few hours to realize how dark it's getting. The bill turns out far higher than expected, but Hiki offers to pay for it. As it turns out, his family is moderately wealthy, with a small estate a short train-ride away. He offers to let you visit at some point.
It has also started to rain, at first a small drizzle, but then a torrential downpour. This time, it's you who comes prepared, producing a umbrella and offering to share it with Hiki. You wrap arms to both conserve space and press your hands together for communication and set off down the street. You share a moment in silence, nothing but the rattle of rain on the rooftops between you.
The clouds are obscuring the stars, but the light shines through regardless, lighting your way enough that you don't have to depend on streetlamps for direction. You can see Yamaku in the distance, a solid black against the sky. It's a manor on a hill, you think. Strange. It dominates the landscape for miles, making a impression far larger than one would expect for any normal school.
But then, Yamaku isn't a normal school, nor are it's students normal people. You find yourself wondering if there isn't some odd theme in the school, some lesson more prevalent than just which Element on the periodic table has more electrons. The longer you ponder, the more you come to realize what that lesson is.
The outside doesn't matter, the inside doesn't matter. What really counts, what really drives the world, is what people are willing to try, and when people are willing to give up.
Far ahead, in the pool of light under a street lamp, a thin, gaunt form waddles toward you. It's Rin.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 10, 2013, 05:57:00 pm
Post by: mcclay on February 10, 2013, 05:57:47 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 10, 2013, 06:00:50 pm
It's a bit late if she's headed into town to escort her, but if she's headed to Yamaku... maybe.
Yes, I remember this scene, I think. I played Hanako/Shizune/Rin's route :D
Post by: Talvara on February 10, 2013, 06:11:23 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 10, 2013, 06:18:04 pm
get that poor girl under the umbrella! its a tight squeeze but still (rin was a girl right?) (armless?)Yeah, and imagine what kind of fun relationships this could possibly lead to!
Also, FTFY
Post by: Sprin on February 10, 2013, 07:31:51 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 11, 2013, 03:17:03 pm
[Hey, it's Rin,] You sign to Hiki. His sightless eyes widen slightly in surprise.
[The girl from Art?]
[Yes.]
"Rin? Is that you?" He asks. It's starting to feel strange to hear him speaking aloud. Most of your contact is through sign, after all.
Rin looks up, eyes blank and glassy. The rain is coming down hard, and it's making her look even thinner as the wet fabric presses aginst her body. Luckily, nothing shows through. Her hair is even messier than usual, and her bangs are plastered over her eyes. You guess it would be difficult, if not impossible, to move the hair aside once it got into that position.
Rin wanders dreamily towards you. As she gets closer, you see she looks confused. "Oh, it's you."
[What are you doing out here?] you ask, not expecting much in way of an answer.
"I don't know. I asked some people on the corner back there, but they didn't know either." She doesn't seem to mind the torrential downpour of cold spring rain. It pours down her face, which is as expressionless as ever.
"Were you going to the convienience store?" Asks Hiki.
"I don't think so... Emi does most of the shopping. It's hard for me to carry groceries."
"Ah, I... See..."
"Not really." Hiki coughs nervously.
[Maybe art supplies?] You ask through Hiki.
"I don't know. I've forgotten." Rin takes a deep breath. Her expression makes it impossible to read if she's enjoying the air or if she simply forgot to breathe.
"Well, why don't you squeeze under the umbrella and come back to Yamaku with us? You'll catch a cold if you're out in the rain." Rin blinks once or twice and then shrugs. She presses in on your side of the umbrella. Luckily her lack of arms makes sure you all three fit. She looks at you blankly.
"Thanks." she says. A tiny bit of a smile shows up on her face. It's kind of cute, actually.
"You're welcome, says Hiki, and you all three set off towards the dorms.
Rin walks at her own pace, seemingly unmindful of your umbrella. You try to match your pace to hers, but she hardly notices. You walk in silence most of the way. The buzzing of the rain seems to put Rin in a even flightier mood than normal, her glasslike eyes betraying a sharp mind with their quick, flickering gaze. She looks at you and Hiki a couple times, but seems to have trouble finding the words.
Finally she speaks. "What were you two doing?"
Hiki seems ready to tell her, but upon seeing you hesitate he stops. [You want to tell her?] He signs quietly.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Sprin on February 11, 2013, 03:39:34 pm
and also tell her to knock when Emi has visitors!!
Post by: Talvara on February 11, 2013, 03:44:45 pm
its annoying if something like 'this' spreads around the school... more often than not lots of people want to talk about it. either with us (which is annoying when you're mute) or around our back (which is annoying always).
It can't be helped I suppose.
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...
and also tell her to knock when Emi has visitors!!
she... has no arms? should she knock with her forehead?
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 11, 2013, 03:48:01 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 11, 2013, 03:55:24 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 11, 2013, 03:55:38 pm
Also, what the hell, we just talked.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 11, 2013, 03:59:07 pm
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Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 11, 2013, 04:08:36 pm
Aww. I was hoping we got better. Then we could be even more of a medical freak.Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 11, 2013, 08:18:20 pm
[Yeah.]
"Me and Daisy were out on a date, actually." Even knowing that this was coming, your face flushes a bright red. You know Hiki can't see, but Rin obviously notices. You hope she doesn't have a reason to comment, but you can never tell with Rin.
Luckily, she only makes a face. "A date?" She asks in confusion.
"Yes, I took her to the Shanghai. We had dinner." Hiki says, slightly put off. You frown. Surely Rin knows what a date is?
"Weird." She says. This only serves to highten your confusion.
"How so?" Hiki seems to have more gumption than you do.
"I never thought you two would be friends. Daisy can't talk." And suddenly all your confusion is washed away, and your snarky side resurfaces.
[Oh, I'm sorry I forgot to tell you.] You sign pointedly to Hiki. He sturggles to hold in a laugh.
"Oh?" he says.
"And you can't see." Rin says, still making her strange face.
"Indeed,"
"So I didn't know how you two would get along." She finishes.
"Well, she can sign into my hand." Hiki clarifies. Rin looks intrigued for a second before lapsing back into her poker-face.
"Oh, that sounds correct." she says. She exhales into the night air and speeds up, again leaving the comfort of the umbrella without a second glance. You sturggle to catch up to her. "You're both very interesting people." She says, as if she had never left. "I collect interesting people. Can I add you to my collection?"
"Uhh..." Hiki says, but you nudge him in the stomach. Something tells you Rin isn't a serial killer. "...Sure."
"Thanks." She says.
You walk in awkward silence all the way back to the dorms. Rin freezes in front of a perfectly blank patch of wall, which wasn't there last week. You saw some of the other art students working on it though. You figured it was their painting, but...
"I think I'm going to paint. I have an Idea. Except it's not an Idea. It's an anti-idea."
"...an anti-idea..."
"An idea that isn't an idea at all." Rin fails to clarify. She nudges a box with her foot. "Will you move this for me? Right here." She points out with her toes where she wants it to go.
You find yourself leaving the umbrella to move around Rins supplies. There are a few paint cans lying about right now, mostly blacks and whites, but Rin doesn't mind. She plops down without a word and gets started.
You return to Hiki, but... Rin's a good friend. You could walk Hiki back to his dorm (Dirty Daisy bad bad bad! Don't think such naughty things!) or help Rin with her painting (a alternative put for by the more logical centers of your mind.).
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Sprin on February 11, 2013, 08:22:26 pm
no jk but making a blind man walk home alone is kinda douchy!
but it could lead to some fun.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 11, 2013, 08:29:14 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 11, 2013, 09:00:52 pm
Post by: mcclay on February 11, 2013, 10:53:47 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 12, 2013, 05:10:58 pm
Have Hiki help with the art and then walk him back.
+1
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 12, 2013, 05:34:40 pm
Erm... It's painting. Hiki, being blind, is rather bad at painting. As with most things that don't have a tactile or audible cue as to what's "right". To be brutally honest, he'd probably be more of a hinderance than a help.
>Then walk him back.
You decide to take Hiki back to his room. As you enter the boys dormitory, you start breathing slightly heavier. If Hiki notices, he doesn't show it. There's some boys lounging around, playing video games. Or in the case of one boy, watching the other play video games and cheering them on with arms that end in stumps at the wrists. One makes a catcall, and Hiki deftly shuts the door as you walk by.
By the time you reach the stairs, you're heart is pounding. The walk is starting to feel so long, and the way Hiki has his arm wrapped in yours feels warm and tingly. You would feel like a princess, but the Stairwell is a drab grey and you're wearing sneakers.
The hallway feels so long, as if you're waiting to get there, but you're not, you just wish that you could walk forever, with him, but you can't. Finally, in front of his dorm room, you're bright red in places you didn't know you could blush.
You try to sign to him but your hand is shaking too much to say anything. You don't know what's going on and you can't get a grip and everything is shaking and it's wonderful and terrifying at the same time.
You can't take it any more. You reach out and grab him and pull him down and you kiss.
It's wet. And sloppy. And neither of you are very good, for being as old as you are. And he's kissing you and you're kissing him and it's wonderful.
It ends too soon, Hiki pulling away and smiling. He looks so composed and confident it almost shocks you when he stutters awkwardly. "Err... Thanks. I-I had a wonderful time tonight..." He's stuttering so bad. You think that, if you could speak, you would be too.
[I'll see you in class...] You manage to sign to him. And then you leave, not trusting yourself around him any more. You hope he goes back in his room before you fall over.
~O~
You're slightly calmer by the time you reach your room. You take a shower, which doesn't help, then change your clothes and do something you aren't proud of but desperately needed to do and also your homework. It's almost midnight by the time you feel calm enough to successfully go to sleep, even though you've been tired since halfway through your date with Hiki.
Your date. You squeal slightly into a pillow. Well, breath out in what would be a squeal, anyway. It honestly sounds more like a sigh. You haven't had much in the way of Boyfriends since you're accident and you were a bit young before that, so your experience is slightly limited. There was the one time towards the end of middle school, but... That's about it. You feel a strange sort of happiness as you fall asleep.
...
>Dream
It's dark.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Sprin on February 12, 2013, 05:41:39 pm
DO THE MACIRAINA!!!!
I said I would say it and Idid from now on no more random sugestions from me.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 12, 2013, 05:49:48 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 12, 2013, 05:51:45 pm
Fumble around. If it's STILL dark, or you can't feasibly move about with feeling, light a match.
Pokerface, and light a match. lets get this over with.
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 12, 2013, 05:52:27 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 12, 2013, 06:00:16 pm
Say, do you think that seeing Hiki in our last dream, in which we usually have nightmares involving the suicide man, is a bad omen?
Post by: Remuthra on February 12, 2013, 06:02:25 pm
Feel for mouth. Pull string.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 12, 2013, 06:12:21 pm
Your eyes are open. It's just dark. Like it always is.
>Light a match.
You do so. The light seems to pool around your feet, not going too far from your position. However, your night vision is good enough to see the dark forms of your furniture.
Something is moving near the window.
>See if you can't pull the string out of your lips.
You try, but you can't get a good hold and it hurts real bad when you try. It's punched through your lips. Like a suture. If you wanted to get it out, you'd have to tear off your own lips, and probably half your face too.
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Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 12, 2013, 06:13:25 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 12, 2013, 06:16:03 pm
Search for light switch, I think this may be our fox.
I hope so, seeing as Daisies lips are threaded, this really is a dream though.
also, Read your note if there is enough light.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 12, 2013, 06:25:15 pm
+1Search for light switch, I think this may be our fox.
I hope so, seeing as Daisies lips are threaded, this really is a dream though.
also, Read your note if there is enough light.
Post by: Sprin on February 12, 2013, 06:54:35 pm
You can fight through the pain!
I beleave in... wait if the strings removed you'll be able to talk... which means no more Hiki because you wont be screwed up enof to stay there!! Just keep the string on tell your romanc is over! but I do have a plan to burn the string. keep in mind ell you finaly get a home run with Hiki!!
Post by: Remuthra on February 12, 2013, 06:56:00 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 12, 2013, 07:30:01 pm
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Post by: Talvara on February 12, 2013, 07:37:33 pm
the night is dark and full of terrors.
edit: out on top... I wonder what Hiki prefe... nope nope NOPE. focus!
Post by: Remuthra on February 12, 2013, 08:37:34 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 12, 2013, 08:41:45 pm
How is it possible for pulling out the suture to tear our lips off? That's not how it works.
generally sutures are placed by doctors who know what they're doing, these were placed by mask wearing nightmare things.
the word sutures is probably a little misleading, just read it as 'sewn shut'.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 12, 2013, 08:53:29 pm
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Post by: mcclay on February 12, 2013, 09:08:26 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 12, 2013, 10:31:29 pm
The note reads
Exrib DonooR ChuusiA nabu Set neasu ven aodmn snoammen velkkomen diysa ot lehl
broob nakur 900 no foro ghitnght P.doll S levae teh
You can't make heads nor tails of this!
>Approach shadowfox
The Shadowfox is revealed to Be Eiji. He is staring out of the window with great intensity.
You attempt to look out the window. The Window attempts to look out of you.
You will no longer attempt to look out of the window.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 12, 2013, 10:33:20 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 12, 2013, 10:52:20 pm
>Examine Note
The note reads
Exrib DonooR ChuusiA nabu Set neasu ven aodmn snoammen velkkomen diysa ot lehl
broob nakur 900 no foro ghitnght P.doll S levae teh
You can't make heads nor tails of this!
>Approach shadowfox
The Shadowfox is revealed to Be Eiji. He is staring out of the window with great intensity.
You attempt to look out the window. The Window attempts to look out of you.
You will no longer attempt to look out of the window.
It's the same note, I think, but distorted and messed up.
I wouldn't touch Eiji. He may be the same in a way.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 13, 2013, 03:15:44 am
If it doesn't, then pet Eiji. Dreams can't REALLY hurt us.
Post by: Talvara on February 13, 2013, 05:47:39 am
Burn finger on match. If it hurts, this is real.
If it doesn't, then pet Eiji. Dreams can't REALLY hurt us.
I think its pretty well established that we're dreaming, our lips are physically sewn shut.
whether dreams can really hurt us or not... thats not something I'd feel comfortable about betting our life on. after all it seems our dreams have already made us mute.
and its not unthinkable that our childhood friend was driven to suicide because of the nightmares.
as for the sense of pain... it doesn't really matter if its real or not, it still hurts.
I don't mind petting Eiji a little, but we shouldn't distract him from what seems like his guarding behavior.
lets examine the rest of the room. see if we can get some more permanent light in here.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 13, 2013, 09:33:11 am
You hesitantly place your hand on Eiji's head. It's slightly anticlimactic, and you ruffle his fur gently.
>Examine room
It appears to be your dorm room. The light switch is by the door. Do you want to flip it?
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Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 13, 2013, 09:47:11 am
Also, flip light switch.
Post by: Talvara on February 13, 2013, 10:06:00 am
keep that in the back of your mind. And yes Flip the switch Actually before that... Is Eiji really a shadowfox? if so more light might not be good for him. ahwell...
Post by: mcclay on February 13, 2013, 10:30:37 am
Post by: Gentlefish on February 13, 2013, 03:00:53 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 13, 2013, 04:45:07 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 13, 2013, 05:16:33 pm
You can't see anything in your room that strikes you as a suitable weapon.
>Flip switch
You flip the switch. Your room lights up.
Your match has died. You toss the burnt stick into your trash can.
You notice something odd on the floor.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 13, 2013, 05:18:21 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 13, 2013, 05:47:22 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 13, 2013, 05:56:15 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 14, 2013, 11:23:47 am
You can't pick it up!
>Examine floor
Your floor has some lines on it. Your bed is in the way to see what exactly it is... But you're afraid you might already know what it is.
You recognize that smile.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: mcclay on February 14, 2013, 11:27:42 am
Post by: Talvara on February 14, 2013, 12:36:42 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 14, 2013, 03:36:49 pm
Post by: Gentlefish on February 14, 2013, 03:44:45 pm
Post by: Nosaneinme on February 14, 2013, 04:11:31 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 14, 2013, 04:37:49 pm
You go to stand by Eiji, but your new vantage point offers little extra to decipher the markings on the floor. Still, Eiji nuzzles you softly without taking his eyes off the window.
>Hit oddness with a chair
Somehow, you don't think hitting a painted face with a chair would help anything.
You pick up your desk chair regardless and smack it into the floor. As expected, nothing significant happens.
>Sign to the suicide man
The SUICIDE MAN is not here.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Talvara on February 14, 2013, 04:46:05 pm
try to decipher the markings?
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 14, 2013, 05:12:24 pm
Post by: Nosaneinme on February 14, 2013, 05:14:19 pm
I keep expecting things to escalate.
try to decipher the markings?
But What if we Read therm, could bad thing happend so take more Safe route,Not Read marking,Cause it could be the red marker and then we brainwash that Bad,mmmm okay
Post by: Remuthra on February 14, 2013, 05:18:53 pm
No, remember, Suicide Man isn't here. That means he isn't a part of this dream sequence.I keep expecting things to escalate.
try to decipher the markings?
But What if we Read therm, could bad thing happend so take more Safe route,Not Read marking,Cause it could be the red marker and then we brainwash that Bad,mmmm okay
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 14, 2013, 05:54:30 pm
Post by: Gentlefish on February 14, 2013, 06:35:03 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 14, 2013, 11:03:43 pm
That book was amazing! But it's not wholly relevant here... You don't think anyone at Yamaku has fully fledged OCD, though you know a few students who have tendencies. And you're quite sure no-one was genetically modified.
Still...
>Look under the bed
The idea makes you think of the obvious solution. You get on your hands and knees and look under the bed.
There is a torch underneath. A big wooden one, like from a castle.
The hell?
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: mcclay on February 14, 2013, 11:22:11 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 15, 2013, 12:40:47 am
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 15, 2013, 06:31:40 am
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 15, 2013, 06:32:14 am
Grab it, we need it to light up the dark.The light is on
Post by: Nosaneinme on February 15, 2013, 12:22:24 pm
Grab it, we need it to light up the dark.The light is on
But We Still need for Light for to go into dark room
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 16, 2013, 04:24:42 pm
You grab at the torch, but you have to slide partially under the bed to get it. You add it to your inventory.
The lights have gone out.
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Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 16, 2013, 05:01:38 pm
Post by: mcclay on February 16, 2013, 05:03:54 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 16, 2013, 05:20:24 pm
No need for that, the switch is right there. You flick it back and forth a bit before the lights turn back on. See, everything is fine.
The SUICIDE MAN is there.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 16, 2013, 05:21:08 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 16, 2013, 05:28:40 pm
Light match. Combine match and torch. Bash SUICIDE MAN on snout/tentacle/face with matchtorch assembly.+1 to that. But be sure to jab him with the burn-y side. And be careful not to burn ourselves. We don't want to end up looking like Hanoko.
Post by: Sprin on February 16, 2013, 05:53:05 pm
sory this was better execution... :P
But in seriousness we must delve into the misc object user skill and smash the SUICIDEMAN with the chair and/or lit torch!
Then we burn all the evidence of murder!
If he trys anything funny use your feminine wiles do distract him!
Post by: mcclay on February 16, 2013, 06:13:07 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 16, 2013, 06:20:16 pm
Post by: borno on February 16, 2013, 06:25:12 pm
Try signing with the suicide man, [can you show me Hana-chan?] its okay, you can be afraid.But this time, with the real suicide man.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 16, 2013, 06:46:06 pm
You don't have the opportunity.
The chitinous claws are cool like stone as they close over your shaking hands, gripping firmly but gently. You try to struggle but his hold on you is more than physical; all you can do is shake and stare and gulp the dryness down your throat as he lowers you gently onto the floor.
His "hands" still gripping your wrists, a slimy tentacle wriggles over his shoulder and down onto your neck. There's a sharp pain, the feeling of something tearing, as it slashes open your throat in a practiced manner. Instead of bleeding out, you're awake and aware as it dives inside your neck, wriggling and slimy.
You feel more cutting, and something being tugged out. Unable to turn your head, the tentacle drifts over your face for a moment as if to gloat, your voicebox wrapped in it's embrace. You watch it carry your organ to the SUICIDE MAN, who slides his mask slightly to let it inside. In the strange way you know things in your dreams, you realize he's eating it.
The SUICIDE MAN continues cutting out peices of you and ingesting them. You can't scream, or fight it, only lay there and watch. Somehow, you don't die as he eats your heart, still beating, you can still breathe as he devours your lungs. Most of the horror comes not from the gore or pain, though, despite the agony being so feirce that you've long since stopped crying. The horror comes from the hollow feeling, the disturbing, wrongness of your chest being perfectly still.
You're empty now, nothing but a shell of bones and flesh. You're staring at the ceiling, pleading for the nighmare to end, but it doesn't. The SUICIDE MAN starts to pack you in with salt, from somewhere overhead where your door should be. Like a mummy, you're filled with it.
Then he locks you in your closet. You wait for something even worse to happen, but it never does. Nothing worse happens. No-one comes to save you. Nothing happens.
You are aware of every second for the four centuries it takes for someone to find you.
You fall out, salt spilling from your nose and mouth, slipping past sutures long since rotten away. Your chest cavity is still open as well, the salt spilling onto the floor like a tide of sand. The Archeologist screams-
And you awake, sitting bolt-upright in bed, drenched in sweat. A bird sings softly outside your window.
Eiji licks your hand softly, as if sensing your distress.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 16, 2013, 06:53:46 pm
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 16, 2013, 06:59:17 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 16, 2013, 07:14:12 pm
Post by: Sprin on February 16, 2013, 09:20:33 pm
we should imediatly go to Hikis room and tell him about everything that has jut happened... DO IT NOW AND DON"T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE!!!
Post by: Talvara on February 17, 2013, 06:01:03 am
Post by: borno on February 17, 2013, 06:22:58 am
Hyperventilate to test lungs. Check pulse. Inspect chest for cavities.
Post by: Remuthra on February 17, 2013, 08:19:42 am
Wait, if everything that happens in dreams reflects in real life...I'm afraid your internal organs appear to have stopped working. There is no medical explanation.
Hyperventilate to test lungs. Check pulse. Inspect chest for cavities.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 17, 2013, 11:32:35 am
>Take a deep breath
>Make sure nothing is broken
You would fall back into the bed, but it's soggy and gross. So you sit. You sit and cry for a bit, with fear and relief that your lungs are still working, that your chest is thumping with a regular heartbeat, that you're still fine. You let go of all your fear and shed it, silent as ever. You sit there and cry of a long time, well into the class period. Guess you're missing Science. You don't really care. It feels good to cry.
>Pet Eiji
A nuzzling at your thigh reminds you that you have a pet. He may be against school regulations and also common sense but you could care less right now. He's warm and furry and doesn't fight back when you pick him up and press him into your chest. He sniffs at your face with concern, licking at your tears, before burying his head in the crook of your neck. You rock back and forth slightly. Eiji seems calm, but whines softly. You think it might be a fox's way of comforting.
>Tell Hiki
You don't want to tell Hiki.
The dreams are rarely that intense. The NIGHTMARES are usually you in a dark room, the He appears, and then you wake up with the taste of bile in your throat. You don't usually feel him touch you. You almost never have him hurt you. And the last time he did something so horrible to you, you lost your voice... for good.
You check through your organs again, but nothing seems broken this time. You suppose only time will tell. This dream was different too. Before, when he would... preform surgery... it focused on something specific. Your lips, your heart one time, amputation. He never mummified you before. It's a pattern breaker.
Come to think of it, the pattern breakers happen every time you make a new friend. When you made a friend of Mio a few years after Hana-chan died, you had the Muteness dream. When you came to Yamaku and made friends with Rin, the SUICIDE MAN amputated your arms the next night. Now you have Hiki... And he mummifies you?
The memory of that horrible feeling of emptiness, that hollowness, causes you to squeeze Eiji so hard he growls slightly and writhes. You let him go before he bites you; without his shots who knows what kind of diseases he might carry.
>Recovery
Well, you've already decided to miss class. You have a good amount of free time before you have to go to Art, and the guards aren't particularly hard to evade. You could go anywhere.
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Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 17, 2013, 12:09:33 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 17, 2013, 01:42:14 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 17, 2013, 02:18:30 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 17, 2013, 02:20:16 pm
workout -> shower -> class.
(I have no opinion about telling Hiki or not... it seems a bit early to me, and dreams are kinda personal and all but yeah)
Post by: Sprin on February 17, 2013, 10:11:09 pm
GO TELL HIKI NOW!!
I dont give a rats ass how you feel! somehow Hiki is conected to whats goin on and also that damned doll of yours!
GO TELL FUCKING HIKI! >:(
edit- but if you still wont tell Hiki tell Eji.
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 17, 2013, 10:21:13 pm
workout -> shower -> class.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 17, 2013, 10:29:03 pm
No!
Best case scenario he refers you to a psychiatrist. You really don't want your boyfriend, your brand new boyfriend, to have to tell you to see a shrink.
Not to mention you don't want to tell anyone about the dreams. Right now you just want things to go back to normal.
>Go work out.
It's still pretty early in the morning, but you put on your gym uniform and head towards the track.
You don't usually work out. It's just... not your thing. It's not like you don't enjoy running, but you don't like it either, and you always find better things to do. You don't usually work out.
There's only one more person on the track; a short girl with pigtails and fake feet. She's flying around the track pretty fast on those things. Somehow, you aren't surprised. You've seen them before, and they looked like they could get going pretty fast. You wonder if they might even be considered a unfair advantage in a competition...
Well, probably not that far.
Pigtailed girl spys you watching her and bounces to a stop in front of you. She clutches her hands to her chest and sends you a dazzling smile.
"Hey! I haven't seen you before! I'm Emi, what's your name?" Emi bounces on her fake feet. It's kind of distracting.
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Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 17, 2013, 10:30:34 pm
Post by: Sprin on February 17, 2013, 10:39:43 pm
I said if not Hiki Ejii!!
tlling ANYTHING (Except the damned rabit) about this is better than nothing!!
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 18, 2013, 09:49:04 am
Also, indicate that we can't speak(touch our throat and them shake our head).
Post by: Sprin on February 18, 2013, 10:18:52 am
Ask her if she wants to have one of her world famous pillow fights! ^_^
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 18, 2013, 10:36:29 am
O ya Emi....Also ask why she's skipping class
Ask her if she wants to have one of her world famous pillow fights! ^_^
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 18, 2013, 12:56:57 pm
You are slightly miffed that other people either have more obvious conditions or ones that can be easily hidden. You seem to have hit the jackpot for annoyingly semi-invisible disabilites... Is that a thing?
You tap your throat lightly and shake your head. Emi looks confused for a moment, then her face lights up.
"You're deaf!" She declares. Her mood falls quickly when she sees your face, however. "Jeeze, it was just a joke!"
This girl...
You attempt to indicate that you would like to run, but Emi has difficulty understanding your guestures. Eventually you shrug, giving up, and start running on the track on your own. Emi goes off to take a drink of water, but stands bolt upright, splashing herself inadvertently. "Class!" she cries, bounding off before you can do anything.
What a strange girl, you think, continueing your run.
You aren't particularly used to working out, so you only run two laps. You sit down to breathe, silently wishing there was a way of working out that didn't make you tired or sweaty. Or make your muscles hurt. Maybe a way of working out where you didn't have to move at all. That would be perfect.
Well, you're finished running for today. You do feel slightly less disturbed at the NIGHTMARES, though you doubt imagining yourself getting mummified will ever be not disturbing. There's still plenty of time left in class, if you want to do anything else. You probably shouldn't stay on the track; You should avoid getting caught if at all possible.
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Post by: Talvara on February 18, 2013, 01:07:15 pm
anyway, we cleared our mind a little. dont wanna be feeling icky and sweaty for the rest of the day.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 18, 2013, 01:12:29 pm
how about a soapy shower scene? j/k (sorta)Although that would be fun, with whom would we be engaging in intercourse with?
anyway, we cleared our mind a little. dont wanna be feeling icky and sweaty for the rest of the day.
Post by: Talvara on February 18, 2013, 01:18:43 pm
uhm..? nobody?how about a soapy shower scene? j/k (sorta)Although that would be fun, with whom would we be engaging in intercourse with?
anyway, we cleared our mind a little. dont wanna be feeling icky and sweaty for the rest of the day.
edit: seriously, Im talking about a normal shower here.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 18, 2013, 01:20:07 pm
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Post by: Sprin on February 18, 2013, 02:11:39 pm
you decided to tell them.
;D
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 18, 2013, 02:30:42 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 18, 2013, 03:22:49 pm
Shower, then go to art class, tell hiki about the freaky ass nightmare we had. Optionally tell him about the one we knocked him out it.
but yeah we're done dodging class.
I dont think Daisy is ready to share the dreams yet. on the bright side though... I guess we still care enough about Hiki that we don't want him to think we're crazy.
If lips being sewn shut made us go mute.
being literally made empty could have made us cold towards those feelings I guess, so thats good news :)
Post by: Gentlefish on February 18, 2013, 03:59:27 pm
A hollow feeling means depression. Depression is balls. We have to get SUICIDEMAN before SUICIDEMAN makes us, well, SUICIDE.
Post by: Sprin on February 18, 2013, 08:09:32 pm
The SUICIDEMAN is in DAISY"S dream meaning DAISY has some controll over the events right?
So when we fall asleep kee thinking about an AK-47 so when you do fall asleep it will magily be in the room!
Post by: Remuthra on February 18, 2013, 08:14:53 pm
Ok heres the game plan for tonight...Finally, firearms training!
The SUICIDEMAN is in DAISY"S dream meaning DAISY has some controll over the events right?
So when we fall asleep kee thinking about an AK-47 so when you do fall asleep it will magily be in the room!
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 18, 2013, 09:00:18 pm
>Art class
You arrive in Art on time. Every time you walk in it feels slightly odd; most school have the teachers move around rather than the students, so you're used to sitting still. Or you were, until this year. You're not quite used to changing classrooms yet. You're suddenly thankful you watched so much American Sitcoms; And Dad said they wouldn't ever be any help! It at least made this feel slightly more familiar.
Rin is speaking with Nomiya about a mural. Nomiya is his usual boisterous self, almost knocking Rin over by sheer volume. He seems very pleased with both Rin and himself, though you doubt he did much.
Hiki is also there, sculpting again. It's an abstract piece, as far as you can tell, a weird, three dimensional, twisted figure-eight. The way he moves his hands over it is slightly erotic.
You really want to help Hiki, but you should really try to extricate Rin from her little mess. She has a face on that you've come to term her "help me" face, which most people can barely see due to Rin's odd habit of bottling up her emotions. At least you think that's what she's doing. When you tried to ask it sort of sounded like she's doing it by accident.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 18, 2013, 09:04:44 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 18, 2013, 09:15:40 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 18, 2013, 09:23:48 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 19, 2013, 09:12:14 am
You take a moment to grab a pen and paper before going over to assist Rin with ther Sensei Issue.
"-Perfect!" Booms Nomiya, heedless of the new, silent entry into the conversation. "It'll be the highlight of the festival!" Ah, so Rin won't be doing this for her own benifit.
You rap your knuckles on the desk and pass a note to Nomiya. [Could I borrow Rin for a moment please? I need her advice.]
Nomiya looks overjoyed. "Taking on a protege already, Rin my girl? Just don't forget who taught you the basics, alright?" He says happily.
Rin's face remains absolutely expressionless as she says, "Bob Ross?" You have no idea if she's being serious or not. You wish you did, because the idea of a young Rin painting 'happy little trees' is almost too adorable to handle.
Your rescue successful and thoughts filled with baby Rins, you return to your desk near the back. Hiki smiles at the sound of two chairs being pulled out. "I guess you got away then, Rin? And is that Daisy?"
"Yes." Says Rin. You wish she would show some gratitude, but at the very least she doesn't have her "help me" face on.
[Gasp. A psychic boyfriend! I guess that weird kid with the red and orange scarf was right. They do exist!]
[I didn't know about the colors, but a strange kid talking about psychics could only be one man.]
[Kenji.]
[Kenji.]
There's a moment of silence for Kenji's sanity.
[Hey, I wanted to tell you something...] You begin, but sign allows for much more thought, and you start to get cold feet.
This could go bad. Is this really new boyfriend material? You'd probably be better off talking to Rin, you've known her longer...
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Talvara on February 19, 2013, 09:49:54 am
maybe its best to start with the dream where we threw a rock to him... bla bla mad for tossing our doll but we felt so awefull after bla bla hitting him with a rock.
weird nightmares.
I mean... he was in that dream so I guess that makes it less 'out of the blue' to start talking about that specific dream right?
depending on his reaction... maybe... just maybe we can move onto the other stuff. now.... or later? or maybe never?
test the water a little about dreamtalk, before diving into the heavier stuff. who knows... maybe he'll open up a little too... talking about the suicide man... just like that... =( Its probably too much.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 19, 2013, 01:21:42 pm
Also, Tell Rin first. It is just a bad dream, after all. Just... With RL consequences.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 19, 2013, 04:03:01 pm
[I don't know how to say this well. Let me... "speak" with Rin, first. Please.]
Tell Rin. See what she thinks about informing Hiki. Give Hiki a watered down version of the dreams, or, just mention "I get nightmares sometimes, and I had one last night. Just shook me up a bit." Let him know, but skip the details for now.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 20, 2013, 06:32:09 am
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 20, 2013, 11:37:43 am
You don't think Rin would understand. You also can't really describe some of the things in your dream without signs that she probably doesn't know.
She's already back to painting, or at least some sort of watercolor sketch. Judging from the shape of the canvas it's probably her plotting out her mural.
>Tell him
You-
[I'm sorry nevermind. It was nothing.]
You can't do it. You can't bring yourself to tell him. It's just too terrifying. You don't even know why but it's scary and you can't do it. You take some shaky breaths.
[Alright.] Signs Hiki, smiling softly. He can probably tell whatever it is has your rustled; you can't stop your hands from shaking. [So, today is your visit with Doc, yes?]
You grasp at the change of subject. [Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to make sure Eiji has all his shots and doesn't have anything contagious before I actually take him in. If he bites someone I don't want them to die.]
[A guardfox?] Hiki laughs.
[Have you heard the noises they make? Who would want to be anywhere near that racket?] You smile, even though he can't see it. You feel your heartbeat slowing down even further than when you normally talk to him. You're comfortable.
You sit in idle chatter for a minute.
[So, the festival is coming up, I hear. My class is doing a noodle stall. A big one.] Hiki sighs. [For some reason everyone insisted it be the biggest, flashiest stall there, despite the flact that we have perhaps three kids in the whole class with even partial eyesight. And due to the banner material being fabric, I can't help. We have three legally blind people trying to guide about fourteen fully blind people to paint on a surface they can't see with a medium they can't touch or it'll be smudged. It's going to be a enormous clusterfuck.]
[Wow. But what else would you do? I mean, everyone does something. A noodle stall isn't too hard.]
[I guess. It's not the noodles that are the issue, it's the fact everyone wants a huge banner. Have you ever seen a blind person attempt to paint on fabric?]
[I can't say I've ever seen a blind person painting, period.]
[Well, neither have I.] He signs dryly. [But I imagine it looks terrible.]
You both laugh quietly, or in your case silently.
[So what are you doing for the Festival, Daisy? It's only a few weeks away.]
To be honest, you hadn't given it much thought. But you really ought to do something; Everyone has something they can do to lend a hand... Or foot, in some cases.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Talvara on February 20, 2013, 02:44:53 pm
maybe we can help out at an information booth or something. nodding, shaking, a little signing and alot of pointing? handing out pamflets those sort of things?
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 20, 2013, 02:58:14 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 20, 2013, 04:19:30 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 20, 2013, 05:29:36 pm
Ask Hiki out, and offer help.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 20, 2013, 07:11:06 pm
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Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 20, 2013, 08:09:28 pm
Maybe we should steal away Hiki for a wood bound date. I meant trees you perverts.
If there are any woods around there.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 21, 2013, 12:18:37 am
But no, we should run a one-girl silent maid cafe.
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 21, 2013, 07:04:22 am
Yeahhh, bind that wood.
But no, we should run a one-girl silent maid cafe.
+1.
Post by: mcclay on February 21, 2013, 10:38:18 am
YesssssssYeahhh, bind that wood.
But no, we should run a one-girl silent maid cafe.
+1.
Post by: Talvara on February 21, 2013, 10:41:42 am
YesssssssYeahhh, bind that wood.
But no, we should run a one-girl silent maid cafe.
+1.
it sounds like a logistical nightmare. maybe theres already a group doing something simular we could join?
(do we even have a maid outfit? I sepose we'd need a heater and a teapot? and other things? oh man...)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 21, 2013, 03:43:59 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 21, 2013, 04:22:03 pm
[I... hadn't thought about it much, to be honest. I guess I could do a silent cafe.]
[I might just have to check that out.] Says Hiki, flashing you a dazzling smile. You could swear you see bishie sparkles. [It sounds like a lot of setup, though. Do you know where you're going to do it?]
"..." Your hesitation confirms that you have no idea how you're going to pull it off.
[I'll ask my class rep if I can help you instead of the whole class.]
[T-thank you.]
[Not a problem... Now, about what I want you to do in exchange...]
You were afraid he might be having pervy thoughts, but as it turns out he only wants another kiss, which you gladly give him. It's quite a bit better than last nights.
Art class passes in a happy blur.
>Time Passes.
It's maybe a little dark, but you needed a restock for your snack drawer. A quick visit to the convenience store has fixed that issue. Technically you're past curfew, and you have a bit of a buildup of history homework (mostly just studying, which you're good at. Catching up shouldn't be too difficult.), but nobody seemed to notice you leave.
The streets are dark and deserted. the town isn't very big, and Yamaku, even as a small boarding school, isn't particularly large, so there isn't enough people for the outliers to clog up nighttime streets. The stars shimmer brightly over head, defiant of the light from the streetlamps, which pools dreamily on the sidewalk. There's a slight breeze that rustles the leaves of the nearby forest slightly, sending the loose ones drifting and skittering over the pavement.
There are lights on in the houses, and televisions and families can be heard playing and having fun. It's a peaceful, utopian image. You'll be sad when you have to leave Yamaku for greyer pastures. You've come to enjoy the long, winding road down into town, the soft, quiet atmosphere, only occasionally broken by the bickering pair of old women. Even then, it's a good feeling, the feeling of...
Being home.
You're at home here. At Yamaku. In the surrounding countryside. A silent girl in a quiet town.
A shadow flits down a nearby alleyway. You pause and try to get a better look, but all you see is a flash of deep, shiny black, almost purple.
Odd.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Talvara on February 21, 2013, 04:35:00 pm
The colour and the shadows kinda triggered a vague memory.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 21, 2013, 04:57:37 pm
Be wary of the shadow, but stay away from it. After all, it's really late.
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 21, 2013, 06:08:01 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 21, 2013, 09:24:10 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 21, 2013, 09:29:42 pm
You're right, he did. And now that you think of it, she matches the vague snatch of purple you saw.
>Follow
You turn off the beaten path and into the alleyway. At first you don't notice anything, but then you see another flash of purple-black swirling around another corner.
You noticed something else. She seems to be wearing a Yamaku school uniform.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 21, 2013, 09:36:15 pm
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 21, 2013, 09:41:12 pm
No. No. Back up. BACK UP. WE DON'T WANT TO BE A SCHIZOPHRENIC!
oh shush, let's just tacklepounce the shadow and offer it some sweets and take it and hold it lovingly and then some other things i forgot
but yeah, go out there and be friendly gogogo
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 21, 2013, 09:42:17 pm
Post by: Gentlefish on February 22, 2013, 04:29:21 am
Post by: borno on February 22, 2013, 05:28:46 am
Post by: Talvara on February 22, 2013, 10:03:18 am
be ready to drop your snacks and run back home just incase.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 22, 2013, 10:50:15 am
The Girl spins around.
"W-Why are you following me?!" stutters Hanako in terror.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: mcclay on February 22, 2013, 10:57:05 am
Post by: Talvara on February 22, 2013, 11:05:49 am
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
okay nevermind then ;)
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 22, 2013, 11:06:28 am
Spoiler: Important OOC ++ If you've been skipping these don't skip this one (click to show/hide)
Somewhere.Post by: mcclay on February 22, 2013, 11:15:40 am
Post by: mcclay on February 22, 2013, 11:18:28 am
Post by: Gentlefish on February 22, 2013, 02:42:38 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 22, 2013, 03:29:59 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 22, 2013, 03:53:15 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 22, 2013, 04:09:19 pm
You motion to your throat and shake your head, attempting to indicate that you can't speak. You're glad you're still wearing your uniform when Hanako nods shyly and smooths her hair down over one side of her face.
Now that you're calm, and you have a good look at her, Hanako is carrying a bag. It looks like she bought something.
She looks anxious to leave, eyes darting about for an escape route and hands twisting at the plastic handles of her shopping bag. She repeatedly moves her hand to either cover her eye, or grasp at its twin overtop of her heart, dancing about like a spider on fire. You notice she takes great pains to keep her scarring from being too obvious.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 22, 2013, 05:03:23 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 22, 2013, 09:05:09 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 22, 2013, 09:51:35 pm
Post by: Jbg97 on February 22, 2013, 09:52:35 pm
Post by: Nosaneinme on February 22, 2013, 09:55:22 pm
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 22, 2013, 10:14:48 pm
Use a match. Light her on fire.
i am not sure-
oh fuck this
+1!
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 22, 2013, 10:21:38 pm
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 22, 2013, 10:25:32 pm
WE STILL HAVE MORALS OH MY GOD WE CAN'T JUST COMMIT MURDER.
oh shush, it's just arson, everyone loves arson
Post by: Remuthra on February 22, 2013, 10:27:56 pm
I once again invoke the code of the Guid of Pyromaniacs:WE STILL HAVE MORALS OH MY GOD WE CAN'T JUST COMMIT MURDER.
oh shush, it's just arson, everyone loves arson
"All things on fire work better than things not on fire."
Post by: Jbg97 on February 22, 2013, 10:29:51 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 22, 2013, 10:46:51 pm
Post by: Remuthra on February 22, 2013, 10:48:18 pm
You're setting the girl who's likely to be fearful of CANDLES on fire.Face your fear! If this was DF you wouldn't be selected to survive!
Post by: Jbg97 on February 22, 2013, 10:48:31 pm
You're setting the girl who's likely to be fearful of CANDLES on fire.Yes.
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 22, 2013, 10:49:50 pm
You're setting the girl who's likely to be fearful of CANDLES on fire.
i know i'm going to regret this, but i'm hoping the gm has a contingency plan in case of this very scenario
evil feels so sweet though
Post by: freeformschooler on February 22, 2013, 10:58:23 pm
You're setting the girl who's likely to be fearful of CANDLES on fire.
i know i'm going to regret this, but i'm hoping the gm has a contingency plan in case of this very scenario
evil feels so sweet though
this is what happens when you write a visual novel-esque game for bay12
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 22, 2013, 11:00:41 pm
Post by: mcclay on February 22, 2013, 11:03:56 pm
Post by: Remuthra on February 22, 2013, 11:09:24 pm
I veto all arson, let's be mature here guys.President vetoes, everyone vote to overturn.
+1 to arson.
Post by: Jbg97 on February 22, 2013, 11:13:56 pm
I veto all arson, let's be mature here guys.Majority of Congress supports arson. YOUR VETO HOLDS NO SWAY.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 22, 2013, 11:14:06 pm
Maturity? THIS! IS! BAY12!I veto all arson, let's be mature here guys.President vetoes, everyone vote to overturn.
+1 to arson.
+2
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 22, 2013, 11:53:23 pm
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Post by: Remuthra on February 22, 2013, 11:56:48 pm
We are a unique community.
Post by: Jbg97 on February 23, 2013, 12:01:03 am
Post by: Nosaneinme on February 23, 2013, 12:01:13 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8K5Q-Nrbi0Spoiler (click to show/hide)
DID YOU JUST SAY CUPCAKE,Have
Sweeny Todd-equse Song
These are my friends
See how they party
See this one laugh
How he smiles with his punch
My friend
My faithful friend
Speak to me, friend
Whisper; I'll listen
I know, I know
You've been cast out and ignored for days
Like me, my friend
I've thrown a bash
And you have joined me
Here, and we're together
And we'll have candy
Won't we?
You there, my friend
Have some more cake, dear
Now, with a cheer
We grow warm side by side
My friend
My flour friend
Revel, my friend
Soon I will serve you
Soon we'll make sweet treats
We never have dreamed all our days
My lucky friends
'Till now your sweets
Were merely sugar
Friends
We shall bake cupcakes
We'll soon bake yummy
Cupcakes
(Laughter transitioning to insane laughter and sobbing.)
At last, my party is COMPLETE AGAIN!
(Insane laughter continues to end.)
CHORUS:
Lift your flour high, Pinkie!
Hear her saying "yes"!
Stick in her the rainbow flesh of liars' hides!
Post by: mcclay on February 23, 2013, 12:12:25 am
Post by: Nosaneinme on February 23, 2013, 12:18:13 am
Guys seriously, this is stupid. We are not the upper forums. Go back there if you want to pretend to be brutal and hardcore. Most people here are smarter than that. Krane and others work hard on these games and probably don't want you guys to a t like this. Bat 12 has a reputation for being a mature place in the sea of idoicy that is the Internet, don't fuck that up.
Mature,Pray tell what you mean.I don't understand about maturity cause we act normal Adults who Play game on Interweb to me
Post by: mcclay on February 23, 2013, 12:19:57 am
Friend, are you drunk, high or just stupid?Guys seriously, this is stupid. We are not the upper forums. Go back there if you want to pretend to be brutal and hardcore. Most people here are smarter than that. Krane and others work hard on these games and probably don't want you guys to a t like this. Bat 12 has a reputation for being a mature place in the sea of idoicy that is the Internet, don't fuck that up.
Mature,Pray tell what you mean.I don't understand about maturity cause we act normal Adults who Play game on Interweb to me
Post by: Nosaneinme on February 23, 2013, 12:23:01 am
Maturity is Subjective,I wonder Is was Your Idea of Maturity isFriend, are you drunk, high or just stupid?Guys seriously, this is stupid. We are not the upper forums. Go back there if you want to pretend to be brutal and hardcore. Most people here are smarter than that. Krane and others work hard on these games and probably don't want you guys to a t like this. Bat 12 has a reputation for being a mature place in the sea of idoicy that is the Internet, don't fuck that up.
Mature,Pray tell what you mean.I don't understand about maturity cause we act normal Adults who Play game on Interweb to me
Post by: borno on February 23, 2013, 12:53:44 am
Sigging this.WE STILL HAVE MORALS OH MY GOD WE CAN'T JUST COMMIT MURDER.
oh shush, it's just arson, everyone loves arson
Post by: Gentlefish on February 23, 2013, 04:08:47 am
I think that's reasonable.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 23, 2013, 10:01:46 am
Hey how about we just bow and walk away?Right, so we light her up as an offering to the suicide man, do some occult chanting, bow respectfully, and bug out.
I think that's reasonable.
I like this plan.
Post by: scapheap on February 23, 2013, 10:04:46 am
Post by: Sprin on February 23, 2013, 10:18:36 am
(veto plus one)
jezus!!!!
If anything just say sory and give her some space!
Post by: Talvara on February 23, 2013, 10:48:19 am
it sure is frustrating not being able to communicate. we probably scared her and we can't even apologise normally.
have the sads while you walk home?
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 23, 2013, 11:09:14 am
offer her one of your snacks. and then leave her alone.Which is why we get pen and notepad for everyone else.
it sure is frustrating not being able to communicate. we probably scared her and we can't even apologise normally.
have the sads while you walk home?
Maybe apologize to her later. At a temple, since she may be dead.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 23, 2013, 01:37:28 pm
You attempt to convey an apology without using your words. It doesn't seem to have the desired effect. Hanako still looks like a trapped bunny. Now she just looks like a confused trapped bunny.
>Offer her a snack
You hold out one of your candy bars as a peace offering. Hanako looks at it as if it were made of spiders. Or fire. Or spiders that were on fire.
You retract your offering.
>Just go.
You decide to shrug and walk away. You're not able to communicate with her, so you decide to just leave her be before she has another panic attack.
Somethings bugging you though. You could have sworn that bag had a face. Probably like a mask-
You freeze. Does your bag feel heavier?
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Remuthra on February 23, 2013, 01:39:39 pm
The bag is evil, set it on fire!
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 23, 2013, 01:48:06 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 23, 2013, 01:49:17 pm
*inspect bag, and check for threaded lips*
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 23, 2013, 01:53:18 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 23, 2013, 02:15:16 pm
The bag is heavier because you put the candy bar back in it. Stop being ridiculous and set it on fire already.You misspelled her.
Post by: mcclay on February 23, 2013, 02:20:14 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 23, 2013, 02:49:30 pm
did you just steal her bag by accident Daisy?
*inspect bag, and check for threaded lips*
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 23, 2013, 02:59:31 pm
Can't we just try to play this seriously? It seems like Karne has tried to ask that multiple times without getting pissed off.
Anyway, >check bag. It seems you and Hanako have something in common anyway.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 23, 2013, 06:06:00 pm
Check bag for strange things. Under a streetlight so we can see proper.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 23, 2013, 06:21:29 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 23, 2013, 09:00:36 pm
You seem to have switched with Hanako at some point. Her bag is from a... art store? There's some felt in here, along with scissors, some tape and-
A Noh Mask.
It looks dreadfully familiar.
>Return to the alley
You do so, but Hanako is nowhere to be seen. You're left in a empty alleyway without your snacks and with a bag full of creepy art supplies that belong to someone else. A soft breeze blows ominously.
It feels like the mask is getting heavier by the second.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Remuthra on February 23, 2013, 09:02:07 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 23, 2013, 09:20:05 pm
Post by: mcclay on February 23, 2013, 09:20:33 pm
Is it now a reasonable idea to burn the mask?Yes, stabbing it with the scissors or throwing it in a river are equally good.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 23, 2013, 09:32:36 pm
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Post by: Gentlefish on February 23, 2013, 09:33:16 pm
Post by: Remuthra on February 23, 2013, 09:33:46 pm
Well she helped sew our lips shut and cut out all our organs, for one.Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 23, 2013, 10:50:01 pm
Made us mute. She also probably rejected our attempt at friendship at one point or another.Well she helped sew our lips shut and cut out all our organs, for one.Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 24, 2013, 09:48:53 am
You don't want to touch it you don't want to touch it you don't want to touch it
You manage to pull it out of the bag and throw it away like it's on fire. You're lucky no-one was watching, that would have looked kind of weird. Especially the part where you stomped it into little shards.
After hyperventillating, you realize that Hanako is going to want her bag and mask back. You hope she didn't spend too much on it. Most students can't work jobs so most of their income comes from their parents. You've never seen Hanako's parents.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 24, 2013, 10:37:12 am
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 24, 2013, 11:58:30 am
Find Hanako at the dorms, apologize for somehow taking her bag, and give it back. Ask why she needed these things, also, if she inquires into the missing mask, tell her we destroyed it because of the dreams we have been having.
+1, as awkward and ridiculous this is going to be.
Post by: Talvara on February 24, 2013, 12:01:55 pm
...Find Hanako at the dorms, apologize for somehow taking her bag, and give it back. Ask why she needed these things, also, if she inquires into the missing mask, tell her we destroyed it because of the dreams we have been having.
+1, as awkward and ridiculous this is going to be.
this sounds good, armed with a pen and notepad, we dont need to tell her about the dreams. just that the mask was evil maybe
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 24, 2013, 12:34:11 pm
But we're gonna need to explain why it was evil....Find Hanako at the dorms, apologize for somehow taking her bag, and give it back. Ask why she needed these things, also, if she inquires into the missing mask, tell her we destroyed it because of the dreams we have been having.
+1, as awkward and ridiculous this is going to be.
this sounds good, armed with a pen and notepad, we dont need to tell her about the dreams. just that the mask was evil maybe
Post by: Jbg97 on February 24, 2013, 12:36:23 pm
Because it got heavy. All magical shit be evil, yo.But we're gonna need to explain why it was evil....Find Hanako at the dorms, apologize for somehow taking her bag, and give it back. Ask why she needed these things, also, if she inquires into the missing mask, tell her we destroyed it because of the dreams we have been having.
+1, as awkward and ridiculous this is going to be.
this sounds good, armed with a pen and notepad, we dont need to tell her about the dreams. just that the mask was evil maybe
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 24, 2013, 02:00:39 pm
What about the magical weaving we're supposedly gonna be doing eventually?Because it got heavy. All magical shit be evil, yo.But we're gonna need to explain why it was evil....Find Hanako at the dorms, apologize for somehow taking her bag, and give it back. Ask why she needed these things, also, if she inquires into the missing mask, tell her we destroyed it because of the dreams we have been having.
+1, as awkward and ridiculous this is going to be.
this sounds good, armed with a pen and notepad, we dont need to tell her about the dreams. just that the mask was evil maybe
Post by: Jbg97 on February 24, 2013, 02:10:54 pm
We considered lighting a burn victim on fire. We do magical stuff because we're evil.What about the magical weaving we're supposedly gonna be doing eventually?Because it got heavy. All magical shit be evil, yo.But we're gonna need to explain why it was evil....Find Hanako at the dorms, apologize for somehow taking her bag, and give it back. Ask why she needed these things, also, if she inquires into the missing mask, tell her we destroyed it because of the dreams we have been having.
+1, as awkward and ridiculous this is going to be.
this sounds good, armed with a pen and notepad, we dont need to tell her about the dreams. just that the mask was evil maybe
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 24, 2013, 02:18:15 pm
Okay. But if we did that then we really need to get our evil on. I'm sure we could always burn down a house full of puppies.We considered lighting a burn victim on fire. We do magical stuff because we're evil.What about the magical weaving we're supposedly gonna be doing eventually?Because it got heavy. All magical shit be evil, yo.But we're gonna need to explain why it was evil....Find Hanako at the dorms, apologize for somehow taking her bag, and give it back. Ask why she needed these things, also, if she inquires into the missing mask, tell her we destroyed it because of the dreams we have been having.
+1, as awkward and ridiculous this is going to be.
this sounds good, armed with a pen and notepad, we dont need to tell her about the dreams. just that the mask was evil maybe
Post by: Remuthra on February 24, 2013, 02:20:52 pm
Good idea, the puppies would grow into those dogs who hate us.Okay. But if we did that then we really need to get our evil on. I'm sure we could always burn down a house full of puppies.We considered lighting a burn victim on fire. We do magical stuff because we're evil.What about the magical weaving we're supposedly gonna be doing eventually?Because it got heavy. All magical shit be evil, yo.But we're gonna need to explain why it was evil....Find Hanako at the dorms, apologize for somehow taking her bag, and give it back. Ask why she needed these things, also, if she inquires into the missing mask, tell her we destroyed it because of the dreams we have been having.
+1, as awkward and ridiculous this is going to be.
this sounds good, armed with a pen and notepad, we dont need to tell her about the dreams. just that the mask was evil maybe
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 24, 2013, 02:50:29 pm
Which means we have justification for getting into our preferred line of work, which is obviously animal control.Good idea, the puppies would grow into those dogs who hate us.Okay. But if we did that then we really need to get our evil on. I'm sure we could always burn down a house full of puppies.We considered lighting a burn victim on fire. We do magical stuff because we're evil.What about the magical weaving we're supposedly gonna be doing eventually?Because it got heavy. All magical shit be evil, yo.But we're gonna need to explain why it was evil....Find Hanako at the dorms, apologize for somehow taking her bag, and give it back. Ask why she needed these things, also, if she inquires into the missing mask, tell her we destroyed it because of the dreams we have been having.
+1, as awkward and ridiculous this is going to be.
this sounds good, armed with a pen and notepad, we dont need to tell her about the dreams. just that the mask was evil maybe
Post by: LordSlowpoke on February 24, 2013, 03:13:54 pm
Which means we have justification for getting into our preferred line of work, which is obviously animal control.Good idea, the puppies would grow into those dogs who hate us.Okay. But if we did that then we really need to get our evil on. I'm sure we could always burn down a house full of puppies.We considered lighting a burn victim on fire. We do magical stuff because we're evil.What about the magical weaving we're supposedly gonna be doing eventually?Because it got heavy. All magical shit be evil, yo.But we're gonna need to explain why it was evil....Find Hanako at the dorms, apologize for somehow taking her bag, and give it back. Ask why she needed these things, also, if she inquires into the missing mask, tell her we destroyed it because of the dreams we have been having.
+1, as awkward and ridiculous this is going to be.
this sounds good, armed with a pen and notepad, we dont need to tell her about the dreams. just that the mask was evil maybe
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Post by: Gentlefish on February 24, 2013, 03:14:18 pm
Also I think we should just put her name on the bag and leave it in the artroom. No reason to confront her. Look how scared of us she was.
I bet the SUICIDEMAN is trying to pit us against each other. We need to do good deeds.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 24, 2013, 03:34:50 pm
EDIT: Also, let's not try to burn her down this time. Unless she rejects our apology, and attempts to become friendly with her, in which case it's time for us to build a pyre.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 24, 2013, 05:47:54 pm
She was afraid of you in the alleyway, what makes you think she's going to take you showing up at her dorm kindly?
You resolve to return the bag at earliest convenience. After all, she probably has your bag of snacks... somehow.
Tonight's been a weird one.
>Dream
You don't remember this one, when you awake, but you can still feel what you felt during the NIGHTMARE. You rush to the bathroom and throw up, vomiting into your toilet. It was cold. So cold. Something that cold shouldn't have been wrapped around your... You throw up again. It was so wrong.
A quick check of your pockets reveals another match has gone missing. This may become a problem. You kind of don't want this box of matches to run out, for sentimental reasons. It was a gift, after all.
School is in. Hanako isn't in class, but there are three people you can talk to that are.
>Shizune and Misha. Shizune's hand seems to be in much better condition now. She's signing hurriedly about lunch. You'd rather not talk to Shizune, but Misha is a nice enough girl, and you can't get to her without the Student Council President "eavesdropping" and adding her own tyrannical agenda, or at least not without being quite rude. Which is a no-no. You guess two heads are better than one...
>Takashi Maeda, AKA "Tinnitus" or "TinTin", at least in your head. You aren't so much friends with him as mutual aquaintances. He does know some snatches of sign language, enough to get the gist of what you're saying most of the time, and you and him have a means of verifying that well enough that communication is fairly easy. You haven't talked to him in a while, so you feel kind of bad. He's smarter than he looks, even though you're not quite comfortable talking about sensitive topics with his... abrasive... attitude, you at least know he'll try to help. He doesn't like it, but he's a good kid.
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Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 24, 2013, 07:08:58 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 24, 2013, 07:14:45 pm
1+ Shizune, but try to avoid having Misha "eavesdrop" as much as possible.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 24, 2013, 07:21:57 pm
Post by: Sprin on February 24, 2013, 09:26:38 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 25, 2013, 02:45:09 am
Damn, Daisy you should feel terrible about that... I wonder if we could get/pay for a replacement.
also, about the matches. we should try refilling the gifted carton with new matches from a bought carton at some point. (My guess is that the new matches wont show up in the dream but its worth a shot)
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 25, 2013, 11:57:18 pm
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Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 26, 2013, 12:13:37 am
Post by: Gentlefish on February 26, 2013, 02:09:55 am
We should talk to broken hand girl's friend. She's a nice person. Screw the hover-girl of hovering. who has +1 to hovering.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 26, 2013, 04:17:14 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 26, 2013, 06:38:09 pm
Also, I don't think it would be for the cultural festival, seeing as how it's bloody Hanoko.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 26, 2013, 06:55:10 pm
You guess you could speak with Takashi. You think he might be smarter than either Misha or Shizune, and you doubt he'll purposefully give out bad advice about such a serious issue.
You find yourself at his desk after class. He's in his usual repose, eyes half-lidded in a caustic glare, as if the wall had spent a year pulling some elaborate prank and Takashi was unamused. A vein in his jaw pulsates, and if you listen closely you can hear him humming just under his breath. It's not a happy sort of humming.
Someone's patched up his ear. There's a great white bandage over his head, but as far as you know that won't do much to help his Tinnitus. His foot taps on the floor as if he's impatient, but it's after class and he's not in need of a teacher, so you put it down to him just being his perpetually-annoyed self. His light hair sticks haphazardly out from under a deep rust-colored beret. He's hunched over, doodling like a maniac. Tons of jagged lines and spines, turning gears. His light doodle is so vivid you can almost hear rock music playing in the background.
Takashi, as you recall, absolutely despises Rock music. But only slightly less than he despises other music. He is not exactly a musical person.
It's a giant robot, unrelated to your nightmares. Takashi notices you staring.
"Oh, it's you." He says. He would have a beautiful voice if it weren't twisted into a tone that made taking a swim in acid seem like a warm bath.
You wave hello.
Takshi blinks at you and makes a face like he bit into a rotten orange. "What do you want? I'm kind of busy." He snaps. "I've got a hundred thousand things to do better than hear yet another adoring fan confess their undying love." He says it not so much dripping with sarcasm but pouring sarcasm out of it like a typhoon. Then again, Takashi says everything like that.
[I'm not confessing my love to you.] You sign.
"You won't confess? Good. Keep it a secret. I don't wanna hear that shit. I've got better prospects anyway."
Ouch. [Asshole.]
"I don't know that one, but I'm guessing it's a curse. But you can't curse me. Magic isn't real. It's as ephermeal... Efermeal... Insubstantal as a dream. Ain't that right Snoozu?" He calls to the blue-haired Narcoleptic in the front row. She wakes up just enough to flip him the bird. Takashi seems to take minor enjoyment out of that.
[I can't quite remember why I needed to talk to you.] You attempt to fight back, for poor Suzu's sake.
"Then stop doing it. It's annoying."
[Could you be civil for ten seconds?!]
"That's civil, right?" He makes the sign. Then he waves you off when you correct his slight misplacement of his fingers. "Don't care. I don't want to be civil. Are you civil? I'm not. Fuck off with your civility." Mutou shoots him a look but Takashi dodges it. "I don't want to talk to you. I don't want to talk to anyone right now."
[Good,] You attempt to drawl through sign with mild success, [Because I'm not so good at talking anymore.]
Takashi finally looks mildly interested. But he can't let up now, you can see it in his eyes. When he stops rolling them, at least. "Oh boy, you're feeling chatty about your disability and you want to talk to me about it because for some reason you can't use the Student Council President?"
[I'm... Sort of afraid of Shizune.]
"Sicchan is a scary girl." Says Takashi dryly. "I think I saw he eat a lemon whole once. Scary stuff." Takashi is always sarcastic. Not always funny.
[No, I mean, we got in a fight-]
"Oh shit!" Cries Takashi, reeling back. He slaps the back of his palm to his forehead. "Say it ain't so!"
[-and Imayhavebustedherhand...]
Takashi raises an eyebrow. "You're going to have to run through that one again so I can see it, or at least give me one of those comically elaborate frames with the dialogue in. Like a silent movie." He laughs at his own joke, a laugh which is lyrical in quality but again twisted into being grating by what must be a willful effort on Takashi's part.
[It's not important.] You wave him off. [I actually remembered what I need to talk to you about. I've been having... dream trouble.]
"Dream trouble." Repeats Takashi, both to affirm that's the right sign and because it sounds so stupid now.
[Yes.]
Takashi is silent for a bit, looking at you with his customary scowl. Finally he looks back to his desk. "We ought to get to the art room." he mumbles.
You slap him in the back of the head. "Hey! Ow! I'll talk to you on the way there, you needy little witch." He spits like it's poison. He grumbles as you wait for him to pack his things. Eventually he meets you by the door to the class, still looking like he had a bad taste in his mouth (or rather, a bad sound in his ear) that wouldn't go away. He glances at you as he flips a finger under his bandage to check the scarring. "Well? Let's get going."
When you turn to leave, though, you're blocked by one of your neighbors. Osteoporosis, if you recall the name of his condition right. It feels kind of bad to define people that way but you've never been one for names. He's hobbling by only slightly slower than normal, trying to avoid the crowds and the subsequent bumps and jostles.
Takashi seems quite irate. "Outta the way, asshole. We got shit to do." He snaps irritably. The student turns around.
"Shut your trap, Maeda."
"Get your fragile ass out of the way before I toss you down a up escalator."
"I thought art could get done anywhere. What happened to that enterprising spirit you were going on about?"
"I don't know, but it left you behind. I wish it had taken you with it."
"I do as well. It would mean I didn't have to be in the same room as you." They banter like old friends. You get the feeling they know each other.
"You don't want to be in the same room as me, then GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY SO I CAN LEAVE!"
[Takashi?]
"I'm sorry, friend, but I can't let you just... Gogh."
Takashi mimes vomiting. "Hey, maybe I'll cut the other one off. I won't have to listen to your sense of humor AND the Tinnitus anymore." He grins a grin that says checkmate. "After all, the Tinnitus sounds better."
The student, with whom you've had no contact before this point, steps aside and bows. "Ladies first." He tells you.
Takashi rushes through like a bull. Hearing his rivals laughter, he turns around. "Thanks for being the first one through the door, asshole!" He crows. The student frowns, then looks defeated.
You manage to catch up with Takashi by the stairs. "Oh, it's you again." He says. His humorous mood seems to have been left outside the class.
It's a weird question to ask, but you need to ask it. [Do you know anything about a SUICIDE MAN?]
It takes a bit of explaination to get Takashi to understand the relatively complex signs. "What the hell is that?" He says when you finally get your question across. Real friggin' helpful, Takashi. Real helpful.
[I've been having nightmares lately. I don't know why. I went a while without them, but now they're coming back. Ever since the new kid.] You're struck with a bolt of realization. [Actually, better question.]
"Ask it, we need to get back inside before the bell rings."
[The same day that Nakai kid joined class 3-3, Hiki joined our art club. Did you notice?]
Takashi actually puts thought into it. Amazing, how someone so caustic and mean can actually be sort of caring. Most people wouldn't have given your paranoid delusions another thought. But Takashi takes you seriously. He never makes good on any of his threats, even the most minor. He never actually hurts another person. If someone seems like they can't take his personality, he either tones it down or goes away completely. You noticed him being actualy kind of gentle with Hanako the other day, when she was asking for help. Blunt but... gentle.
>He's kind of cute, actually [ ]
>He's a good friend. [X]
He's a god friend. You're struck by how much you actually don't want to see him gone. For someone who probably lives on hydrochloric acid and burnin' hot cheetos he's pretty nice. You suppose.
"I'm going to think about it. But if you got nightmare problems you should talk to Snoozu and see who she sees. She has some issues too." He says, and heads into the art room without another word.
Well, you guess it's time for art. Or talking with Hiki. You liek talking with Hiki.
But you really ought to do some actual art.
But you like talking with Hiki.
You're completely devided between the logical side of your brain and the side of your brain that demanded you jump his bone a few nights ago.
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Post by: Talvara on February 26, 2013, 07:14:43 pm
maybe it will help getting the inside on the outside... and maybe someone can make sense of it... if anyone asks about it you can just play it off like you read it in a manga or something. if you're uncomfortable about sharing that side of yourself with certain people.
It will also be kind of nice to see what Hiki can do when he isn't disturbed for a lesson.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 26, 2013, 07:26:59 pm
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Fuck, man. I'm still Team Hiki, though.
Use just a regular pencil in art, to "work on your shading". Try and relieve all your stresses through the medium- letting your pent up thoughts out. In a greyscale graphite kind of way.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 26, 2013, 09:10:42 pm
Draw the suicide man as best as we can. And then draw him/her/it more. Create prayers to him/her/it. Worship the SUICIDE MAN.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 26, 2013, 09:28:03 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 26, 2013, 09:44:57 pm
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Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 26, 2013, 09:45:45 pm
Can we not talk and art at the same time? We're female, for god's sake, we can multitask.Art takes hands. Talking takes hands(for us). Ergo we can't really talk at all, besides, you know what they say about pictures and word count.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 26, 2013, 09:56:54 pm
Post by: Jbg97 on February 26, 2013, 09:57:44 pm
Can we not talk and art at the same time? We're female, for god's sake, we can multitask.No, because there is very little difference between a male's and a female's brain. Therefore, if a man cannot talk and "art" at the same time neither can women.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 27, 2013, 12:07:30 am
Plus science man.
Anyway. Art it out. Next to hiki. rub your shoulder against him affectionately.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 27, 2013, 08:37:24 am
I have a feeling we might regret this.
Post by: Gentlefish on February 27, 2013, 11:46:01 am
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 27, 2013, 07:29:27 pm
He's just Tsundere. It's adorable.
Isn't Tsundere female? Or does it also apply to males?
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 27, 2013, 07:41:04 pm
You decide to do some art. You tell Hiki that you really ought to get this done, and he smiles and tells you he understands.
You think and think and finally decide to draw your last dream. You decide on graphite as the medium, and grab it from the drawer. Unfortunately, Rin is nowhere to be seen, so your work will go without comment until she returns.
Several hours later and you crumple up another sheet of paper and throw it across the room. It manages to perfectly balance itself on the trashcans rim. While at any other time this would strike you as a major accomplishment, right now it only makes you madder. You're failing to capture even the palest of imitations of that feeling on paper. It's just pictures of brutality and blood and gore, nothing really striking. You could find better pictures like that on the internet.
Takashi is sarcastically clapping from his seat halfway across the art room. "Nice job, short-stuff."
[Is something wrong?] Signs Hiki. You feel a slight electric shock when you touch his hand. You suddenly feel much calmer, which only multiplies your rage.
[I-] You can't tell him. Your hands clam up at the thought. [It's nothing. I... I've got to go see the nurse.]
You turn and head out of the room, almost feeling as sick as you were pretending to be.
>Go see the nurse
The Nurse seems surprised to see you in his office. He recovers quickly, however, putting on his customary smug grin even as he smashes the escape key on his computer to exit out of some program you assume he oughtn't be using.
"Daisy? I'm suprised to see you here. You're usually pretty healthy." He frowns slightly. "Are you sick? It's a good thing you're here if you are, I don't want a pandemic."
You shake your head. [Not really. I need to talk to somebody though and I can't... I don't know why, but I can't talk to my friends. I was hoping I'd be able to tell you...]
"I've gotcha, don't worry." The Nurse has a calming effect. Now that you're looking closely, he kind of looks like Hiki. "What do you need to talk about? We got therapists on site if it's some sort of trauma." He speaks candidly. You appreciate that. The Nurse seems to easily adapt to the needs of those under his care. He's just what they - you - need. "What kind of trouble?"
>Dream trouble.
>Hanako.
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Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 27, 2013, 07:42:46 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 27, 2013, 07:49:41 pm
Tell him about both.
+1
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 27, 2013, 07:50:48 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 27, 2013, 07:55:31 pm
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Post by: freeformschooler on February 27, 2013, 07:57:32 pm
Er. Sorry. The dream.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 27, 2013, 07:58:57 pm
Breaking Hanako's mask is a little trivial to talk to Nurse about. Maybe Hiki or Tsundere-tin.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on February 27, 2013, 08:00:15 pm
Post by: Talvara on February 27, 2013, 08:05:59 pm
I don't really know what the problem with Hanako means =(, and talking about the nightmares... I think we need to start opening up about it. but what can anybody do besides trying to pick some wisdom out of it... and remind us that dreams aren't real. but this one is real we know its real your voice is undeniable proof of this!
I don't see how anyone can help us. Hell I wouldn't even blame people for thinking we're insane.
I know you want, Need help. but what can anybody do? they don't know what its like to have your insides ripped out by some kind of supernatural dream creature. or do they..? Hanako and the Noh mask. you have seen her in your dreams right? as the Suicide-mans companion. is she like a creepy dream voyeur maybe?
or maybe you simply are insane..?
Post by: Gentlefish on February 27, 2013, 08:10:52 pm
Also the proper term is tsun tsun. I apologize. I lied.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on February 27, 2013, 09:12:51 pm
Dream
If we cop out of this one I would like to raise the motion that we become a serial killer.
Post by: Karnewarrior on February 28, 2013, 02:00:51 pm
You start spilling the beans, reluctantly at first, and then more rapidly, until the Nurse has to tell you to slow down so he can understand your signing. You hardly realize your mouth moving, your lungs working, breathing out the words, empty of voice.
You know how to talk, you know what it feels like, what it sounds like. You and your parents are probably the only ones left who remember what your voice sounds like. It used to be beautiful. It used to be.
It used to be.
By the time you end your little tirade, the Nurse has stopped smiling. His fingers are steepled in front of his face, and his eyes are almost closed. He saw though. And if he didn't, he could probably guess.
Finally he speaks. "Can you show me the matchbox?" You nod and fish around in your pockets for it. You're sure you have it, you carry it around everywhere. You stand up to pat your back pockets, looking for the little green box. It doesn't seem to be there though.
You suddenly feel very frightened. You really really hope you haven't lost it. You could have sworn... You put it in your pockets every day... Your mouth is dry as you double-check your pockets. The Nurse watches you pat yourself down with that uncharacteristic frown. You wish he would do something else. Anything else.
"Stop." He says. You stop. "We have therapists at this school. In fact, we even have one that specializes in sleep issues, like your nightmares. Do you want me to take you to her office?"
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Post by: Talvara on February 28, 2013, 02:26:52 pm
the missing matchbox makes me worry about our sanity. it was the only... 'real' thing from the dreams you know. the only thing that was undeniably linked.
on the up side... maybe there is no eldrich horror trying to drive us to suicide? maybe we're just messed up in the head somehow. they can fix that right?
Post by: FuzzyZergling on February 28, 2013, 04:58:47 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on February 28, 2013, 05:24:14 pm
>See Shrink.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 01, 2013, 07:03:29 am
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 01, 2013, 09:45:24 am
You nod. A therapist might help. Has to help. You don't know what you're supposed to do if it doesn't.
The therapists offices seem to be not far away, a part of the clinic not unlike the small army of regular doctors under the schools employ. The door you stop in front of is a dark shade of aged oak, as if to starkly contrast against the medically white and soft pastel blue of the rest of the clinic. A small gold nametag is attached to the door professionally, stating the woman inside is a Doctor Nizuhara Nyobara.
The Nurse opens the door quietly. "Nizu? I have someone who wants to meet you."
"Send her in then, you big dope." chides a soft, lyrical voice from the confines of the room.
Dr. Nyobara's room is also brown, although this is a much lighter color and painted on the walls rather than simply being wood. Her desk is a starkly modern affair of steel and plastic, what you've come to recognize is standard for the doctors at this school. A wall is hung with diplomas and the bland motivational posters that have never motivated you to do anything but sleep, while the others boast several ticking clocks and some various hand drawings proclaiming Dr. Nyobara to be "The Best Therapist Evar" and "Worlds Coolest Shrinkydink". It's more what you'd expect from a kindergarten class, but the drawings are (mostly) too high quality to be anything but highschoolers.
Dr. Nyobara herself radiates a cool, soothing air. Her hair is dark, but the way the light shines on it makes it look almost blue. Her eyes are a deep blue as well, and large and calming. Her hands are folded on her desk as she studies you gently, in contrast to the sharp way most of the doctors look at you. Her breathing is soft and regular, and she's wearing clothes the color of the deepest oceans. Everything she does is like a celebration of calm, collected consciousness, like she had spent most of her life living on Venus and is taking a vacation here on Earth. You immediately like her.
"Hey." she says gently. You wave back and tap your throat. It seems to be enough to get the message across. "That's alright. I know sign. Are you more comfortable speaking that way?"
[You can talk aloud if you want.]
"Good." She sounds pleased. She suddenly glances at the Nurse. "Nurse, if you would give us a minute..." She says gently. The Nurses smile had even gotten softer just by being in the office with Doctor Nyobara. He suddenly blushes and starts backing out. You realize he had been staring at her. "Roght. Right. I'll leave you to it then."
After the Nurse leaves, Dr. Nyobara stretches out a hand. "I'm Doctor Nyobara." She says. You shake her hand. "I can't really get into things right now, I'm afraid. I have an appointment comng up with a Narcolepsy patient. But we do have enough time to discuss some things and possibly make another appointment for you."
You nod.
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Post by: Gentlefish on March 01, 2013, 12:47:02 pm
I think that's enough to get us back in. And yes, that's a real thing. It's terrifying and terrible.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 01, 2013, 03:43:46 pm
Also, we are clearly insane since we just got the matches back.
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 02, 2013, 01:47:08 pm
You're only slightly amused by her antics, but it does diffuse the tension somewhat. [I've been having bad nightmares for a while now, but they've started being more frequent and it's starting to effect my waking life. I'm guessing that's not good.] You sign, bluntly.
"No..." mutters Dr. Nyobara. "That's not good. Luckily, I specialize in dealing with nightmares. Do you remember any significant trauma from your past?"
You nod, but can't bring yourself to sign the words.
Dr. Nyobara looks sympathetic. "That's alright, that's what I'm here for." she scribbles some characters down on a slip of paper. "Come see me tomorrow at around three. Let's see if we can't work this out." Three, huh? It'll cut your club time short. You've been missing a lot of art...
You nod, suddenly too tired to disagree. Dr. Nyobara and you chat for another moment, settling you in, and then you wander back to your dorm in a daze. You have a THERAPIST now... Are you crazy?
As you lie down in bed, Eiji snuggled next to you and some birds chirping, as if to remind you the sun hasn't set yet. Set already sun... You're just so tired. Tired of nightmares. Tired of hiding. Tired...
>Dream
You're standing on top of a grand piano. It's very large. Each key is a slab of ivory as large as you are.
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Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 02, 2013, 01:56:13 pm
Post by: Gentlefish on March 02, 2013, 03:51:32 pm
Also realize that we have a torch.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on March 03, 2013, 12:38:24 am
Smile at the novelty of the dream. Pretend that you're a ballerina, like one of those figurines you see on pianos in cartoons.+1 for morale.
Also, light torch.
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 03, 2013, 11:43:10 am
There's no need for that right now. regardless, the torch is already lit. You fail to question how it stays in your pocket and on fire because this is a dream.
>Dance
You feel like dancing.
The keys below respond to your steps with perfectly calibrated tones from inside the massive black box of the piano. As you start to dance, it plays a sad, mournful song, the notes lancing through the air in a brilliant rainbow. You look up at the sky as you dance, and the rainbow dances with you, reds and purples, greens and blues, swirling around you like water as you twirl and leap from key to key. A step here, a step there, a leap onto one of the black ones. You never learned how to play a piano, but you do it anyway, and the music is beautiful.
You notice someone is beside you. Summoned from the swirling colors, Hiki reaches out and grabs your hand. And you're dancing, prancing across the keys of the piano. You realize you're wearing a kimono, and so is Hiki, but you keep dancing like a stirred glass of tea, swirling.
Fluidly you help him find his footing, on white keys of ivory and black keys of shining ebony, to the backdrop of the laquered, painted wood of a giant Grand Piano. But as you dance and guide him, his face falters, and his hand relaxes, letting you go. The music turns sour, the rainbow ashaken mess, and the beauty is lost. He tries to dance on his own, despising the help offered to him.
In front of your eyes, he crumbles to dust. You think you see him try to reach out before he fully dissolves, but you aren't sure. The piano turns to ash as well, falling into the abyss below.
Finally, you're left alone, standing on the last key. The blackness is all around you. Pressing in. Suffocating. Something nudges the back of your neck.
It's a noose.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Talvara on March 03, 2013, 11:50:50 am
the noose isn't the way out. you need to push back the darkness somehow.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 03, 2013, 03:05:33 pm
Post by: Nicholas1024 on March 03, 2013, 03:23:58 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on March 04, 2013, 06:29:51 pm
Does this mean the dreams might drive Daisy to suicide?
>Free self from noose. This is a dream, we simply will ourselves out.
Post by: Remuthra on March 04, 2013, 06:36:34 pm
Set the noose on fire.+1 to setting things on fire. Always.
Post by: Talvara on March 04, 2013, 06:45:20 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 04, 2013, 07:26:57 pm
You retrieve your torch and hold it under the Noose.
The Noose fails to light on fire. However, it does begin to writhe and screech horribly. The closer you shove the torch, the hotter the flames grow, and the louder the Noose screeches.
Finally, it shoots upward into the blackness above. The screaming stops as abruptly as it began.
There is only darkness around you.
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Post by: Remuthra on March 04, 2013, 07:29:36 pm
Post by: Talvara on March 04, 2013, 07:34:19 pm
Try recalling happy feelings, like holding hands with Hiki. Feed the torch positive things?
alternatively. wake up
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 04, 2013, 08:24:28 pm
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Post by: Gentlefish on March 04, 2013, 09:06:27 pm
Post by: Jbg97 on March 04, 2013, 09:09:12 pm
Remember what it was like to kiss Hiki for the first time. Remember what it felt like to dance on the piano with him.Yes, THEN BURN THOSE MEMORIES.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 04, 2013, 09:20:31 pm
...AS FUEL, SYMBOLICALLY, AS THE "FIRE OF LIFE"! AS IN WILL TO LIVE. NO PSYCHOPATHY, DAMNIT!Remember what it was like to kiss Hiki for the first time. Remember what it felt like to dance on the piano with him.Yes, THEN BURN THOSE MEMORIES.
Post by: Remuthra on March 04, 2013, 09:24:48 pm
THEN USE THAT FEUL TO POWER YOUR MIND FLAMETHROWER!...AS FUEL, SYMBOLICALLY, AS THE "FIRE OF LIFE"! AS IN WILL TO LIVE. NO PSYCHOPATHY, DAMNIT!Remember what it was like to kiss Hiki for the first time. Remember what it felt like to dance on the piano with him.Yes, THEN BURN THOSE MEMORIES.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 04, 2013, 09:26:04 pm
I... AM OK WITH THIS.THEN USE THAT FEUL TO POWER YOUR MIND FLAMETHROWER!...AS FUEL, SYMBOLICALLY, AS THE "FIRE OF LIFE"! AS IN WILL TO LIVE. NO PSYCHOPATHY, DAMNIT!Remember what it was like to kiss Hiki for the first time. Remember what it felt like to dance on the piano with him.Yes, THEN BURN THOSE MEMORIES.
Post by: Remuthra on March 04, 2013, 09:26:59 pm
Post by: Talvara on March 05, 2013, 05:50:02 am
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 06, 2013, 05:23:37 pm
Drawing up the memories does nothing. They don't even bring a warm, fuzzy feeling into your heart. If anything, they're a reminder that such happiness cannot last.
>Wake up
You cannot wake up.
>Fall
Something seems to take a hold of you, and your leg streches out, stepping into the blackness. You feel a jolt, a thrill of fear. You're going to fall!
As you put your foot down, there's a soft tone, and ripples of purple trace the form of a invisible bridge. You take another tenative step, and orange lines race along the flagstones.
There's a rainbow of flashing color as you sprint across, feeling almost like you're flying. The bridge isn't there, as far as your eyes tell you, but you can hear, can feel the stones under your feet.
Then the colors vanish, and you're alone in the black. You look around, you tap your foot, but nothing shows. It's just you, in an empty void.
You're blind.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 06, 2013, 06:00:05 pm
Post by: Talvara on March 06, 2013, 06:07:17 pm
PANIC.
sounds good to me, Throw in a bunch of crying aswell.
Post by: Gentlefish on March 07, 2013, 04:33:10 am
Keep walking. To quote a famous song, gotta have faith.
Post by: borno on March 07, 2013, 07:08:05 am
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 07, 2013, 12:43:36 pm
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Post by: Remuthra on March 07, 2013, 02:51:22 pm
Will our ghost self be able to speak?Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on March 07, 2013, 04:28:49 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 07, 2013, 05:55:47 pm
The floor seems to continue... But you still can't see.
You inch forward in the blackness, not trusting yourself with full steps, shuffling softly. The bridge, once a bright rainbow of glittering lines, is only black on black, darkness in the darkness.
You take a tenative step forward...
You pitch forward, dropping like a stone. You didn't fall, you were grabbed, by chitinous legs. You open your mouth to scream.
You fail to scream.
>Wake Up.
You sit bolt upright in bed, head pounding, heart pounding, chest heaving.Judging from the feel of the sun on your skin, it's early morning already, but it's not quite time for school... You think. It's hard to see your alarm clock.
>Take a walk
You should walk around, clam your nerves. You stand up and feel your way towards the light switch.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gentlefish on March 07, 2013, 06:13:52 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 07, 2013, 06:46:45 pm
I agree. Go see Hiki. He needs to know.
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 07, 2013, 07:49:14 pm
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Post by: Sprin on March 07, 2013, 07:56:35 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 07, 2013, 08:27:49 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 07, 2013, 08:36:40 pm
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Post by: Gentlefish on March 07, 2013, 09:12:18 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on March 07, 2013, 09:13:11 pm
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
No, please, no H-scene, for the love of god.
I still think ending up with Hiki was a bad mistake, but less on that. The last thing we need to do is go bacon-tits on his ass and cling to him for support about every little problem. I say we don't go wake the poor guy up, but if he notices we are bothered, tell him then.
Daisy isn't that weak, gaiz.
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 10, 2013, 03:43:17 pm
You flip the light switch... nothing seems to happen.
You blink a couple times in confusion. You can't see anything. It's very dark in here. You wriggle the light switch.
You can't see anything.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Talvara on March 10, 2013, 04:08:55 pm
Also feel free to start freaking out a little. if we're blind... then lets hope this is a dream within a dream sort of deal. being blind and mute would suck just a little less than being blind and deaf... only a little.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 10, 2013, 04:18:34 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on March 10, 2013, 07:15:05 pm
try to find your way to the window by touch. if its still late at night there should be a moon out even if theres a power outage or anything... if its morning there should be a sun.
Post by: Nicholas1024 on March 10, 2013, 09:39:56 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 11, 2013, 06:04:00 am
Strike a match.Then set the bed on fire.
"I'm not insane! I just saw a spider!"
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 11, 2013, 11:38:28 am
It's really dark in the hallway.
Someone's opened their door. It's the girl across the hall... Geeze, you've not talked to her for so long, you've forgotten her name.
"Hey." She says. You guess she has better dark vision than you. Or you're blind and she's not.
"There's a power outage." Well that answers one question. And raises a few more. "I guess the emergency power systems are down too."
You nod, even though you doubt she can see you very well, even if her night vision is better than yours. You're adjusting slightly to the dark, enough to see some faint lines of light from a window. Odd, how all the window shutters are closed...
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 11, 2013, 03:08:32 pm
Post by: Nicholas1024 on March 11, 2013, 07:15:25 pm
Open a window for the sake of getting some light in here.
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 12, 2013, 04:33:14 pm
You would, but even if your neighbor (Miyuki? That was her name, yeah,) could speak sign, and with only one arm there's not much reason for her to, it's too dark to sign anything.
>Open window.
You open the third-floor window.
Light floods into the hallway. Indeed, Miyuki stands nearby, her left... er, stump... tapping slightly on her side. Some of the other students open their doors as well, blinking.
The sun is rising. Something about it fills you with energy. This is going to be a good day. You smile and almost forget they can't hear you breathe "Good morning!" as you turn around and spread your arms. You kind of feel like a goddess. [Let there be light!] you sign, and there was light. And you saw it was good. And you decreed that nothing bad would ever happen if there's enough light.
There's a thump on the window behind you. Miyuki screams, throwing her hand to her mouth. You turn around.
The SUICIDE MAN is there.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: FuzzyZergling on March 12, 2013, 04:38:23 pm
How are we even carrying all that, anyway?
Post by: LordSlowpoke on March 12, 2013, 04:40:55 pm
it's okay
i've got this.
Post by: Remuthra on March 12, 2013, 04:42:40 pm
LIGHT HIM ON FIRE!
Post by: scapheap on March 12, 2013, 04:45:10 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 12, 2013, 05:07:55 pm
Post by: Nicholas1024 on March 12, 2013, 06:56:59 pm
Post by: Talvara on March 12, 2013, 07:15:16 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 14, 2013, 08:34:43 pm
You leap backwards, and grab Miyuki, throwing yourself to the ground like he was a bomb about to go off.
>Examine SUICIDE MAN
Nothing happens for a moment...
You look up, breathing shakily. The SUICIDE MAN just seems to hang there. Suspended by his neck by a noose.
You realize that it's not actually the suicide man, it's a boy in a Noh Mask not unlike the one the SUICIDE MAN wears, or the one that Hanako purchased and you broke. It must be a new fashion or something.
The disturbing part is that you think you recognize that form. You recognize the corpse hanging in front of you.
>Take the mask off
With trembling fingers, you open the window, praying to whatever god may hear that you're not right. You unstring the mask, and your heart drops. You were right.
Oh god, why him?
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: FuzzyZergling on March 14, 2013, 11:23:08 pm
Post by: Talvara on March 15, 2013, 03:32:37 am
it sounds like he snapped his neck instead of suffering a slow death... or he was killed and dumped here... Hanako? or was Hanako going to kill herself?
Post by: LordSlowpoke on March 15, 2013, 09:31:39 am
we aren't close to a lot of guys. so yeah, I wouldnt be suprised if its Hiki.
it sounds like he snapped his neck instead of suffering a slow death... or he was killed and dumped here... Hanako? or was Hanako going to kill herself?
We broke her mask.
Apparently, if we didn't, it would be Hanako that would kill herself.
GODDAMNIT KARNE
oh well, route switch time, present us the candidates
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 15, 2013, 02:47:58 pm
Because having Hiki die would be very, very emotionally wrecking.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 16, 2013, 07:08:44 pm
Also, if it's Hiki, we told you that we ought to tell 'im about our night terrors
EDIT: Also befriend Hanoko, talk to her about dreams and some such.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on March 16, 2013, 07:14:12 pm
If Hiki committed suicide....
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 16, 2013, 07:18:24 pm
You're currently finding it very difficult to see. Well, of course, but you're finding it more difficult to navigate than normal. It's not a very big surprise though; everything around here is soft as a cloud. Which is also not surprising in the least, considering.
You're told the area around you is blue, mostly. You've only vague memories of the color blue, but you get the gist. It would make sense for your sense of color to degrade, after the accident.
"This way." comes a soft, soothing voice. Ahh, your guardian angel.
Spoiler: Hiki (click to show/hide)
Post by: Sprin on March 16, 2013, 07:29:05 pm
can someone give me a rundown on whats going on?
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 16, 2013, 09:40:00 pm
Tap way around with cane.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 16, 2013, 11:57:14 pm
Enhance our sense of hearing well past that of daredevil, and take on a mask in order to fight against the legions of criminals. In our spare time court Daisy. Because we're a good boyfriend like that.
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 17, 2013, 11:21:23 am
You wish you could, but you can't quite echolocate. Your sense of hearing did increase in the years after the accident, but certainly not to any useful point.
>Use cane
The cane shouldn't be used right now. It's dangerous both for present company, who might knock their head, and for your cane, which isn't strong enough to withstand the impact.
Besides, the room is quite small. You can feel it in the pressure of the air. You're familiar enough to know that the bed is about three feet to your front, there's a desk (rounded corners, of course) with computer (cords tucked away neatly), and the small, soft corner of the closet in the far corner.
The difficulty arises from the evershifting yet oh-so-carefully arranged patterns of stuffed animals and pillows strewn about on the floor, to catch her if she falls.
Speaking of which, she takes your hand and guides you to her desk chair while she sits on her bed. Wonderful girl. If you weren't already in an amazing relationship... But you are. Such thoughts can only lead to heartbreak.
There's a short silence. You hope she hasn't fallen asleep.
Spoiler: Hiki (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 17, 2013, 04:54:49 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on March 17, 2013, 04:56:38 pm
Remember the name of the girl we're in the room with. If we're cheating on Daisy we must resolve to kill ourselves. And shall pay penance for our adultery with fire. In laymans terms, light ourselves aflame.
I...
I +1 this.
Post by: Gentlefish on March 17, 2013, 06:03:28 pm
Post by: Sprin on March 17, 2013, 06:28:10 pm
We shouldn't have Hiki kill himself?
If hes already dead it seems kinda overkill....
Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 17, 2013, 06:53:26 pm
MaybeDaisy will not tolerate such adultery.
We shouldn't have Hiki kill himself?
If hes already dead it seems kinda overkill....
EDIT:
Uh, how about we ask what she's doing?
There is no reason to postpone our death if this is not Daisy that we're obviously sleeping with.
Post by: Talvara on March 18, 2013, 03:03:36 am
>Give a perfectly innocent and simple explanation
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 20, 2013, 01:00:10 pm
Her name is Suzu Suzuki, and she's your cousin's old friend, and your recent best one. She's also the only person outside of your mother and father that you can remember what they look like.
You used to have another cousin. You weren't as close, but Suzu was very close to her brother. Possibly because they both had the same disability. But they would catch eachother, and Suzu also decided she would catch you, if you ever fell. It may have been partially your fault that Suzu's brother died. But Narcolepsy is far more serious than many people realize.
>The accident
When you were four years old, you could see with perfect 20/20 vision. You were a perfectly healthy little boy, with the usual large group of friends children collect. By your fifth birthday, you were blind, and the party consisted of you, your Father, and Suzu. Her brother couldn't make it.
For some reason, people seemed to tiptoe around it. Like you didn't realize what happened, and that as long as you didn't they could pretend everything was alright. But it wasn't alright. Nothing was alright. You couldn't see anyone. And you wouldn't hear your mother ever again.
The doctors called it "Cranial trauma". You didn't know what Cranial meant, but you could guess what Trauma was. And you remembered when you lost your sight.
Mom caught it full on. You got knocked around and bumped your head. You got a bad concussion, which hit the right parts of your head to make you unable to see anything but light. And in order to save your life, the doctors had to cut the broken part out. That cost you the rest of your sight.
Your Mom didn't make it. But you did. That's why you decided to help everyone else. Decided to make sure everyone else was happy before you were. You dodged death once. If you save one person... You don't know. But you can't just let them sit there.
>Suzu
Suzu's brother and Suzu both have Narcolepsy. When you were about 15, he died. It wasn't heroic, or tragic, or poetic in any way. He fell over. He died. He probably never even knew it. That's it.
Suzu blames herself. She had a deal that if her and her brother ever fell asleep, the other would be there to wake them up. But she wasn't awake. And he died. That's it. The whole story. You think... You think that there's nothing more saddening, more emptying, than a story without a punchline. A Death without any kind of meaning. Maybe that's why Suzu is so hollow.
You lean on each other. You're the only kind of family she has at Yamuku. She's the only link to the past you have left, period. Dad doesn't really count anymore.
>SUICIDE
The door crashes open, startling both you and Suzu as you start to get comfortably sunk into the soft fabrics coating her room.
"Yo Snoozu, wake up, we- WOAH!" And the door slams shut. Suzu grunts back awake.
"wha- Miki?"
"Suzu, girl, you really oughta put a sign up or something-" Comes the muffled voice from the other side of the door. You hadn reaches down and confirms that you are, indeed, wearing pants. It's possible Miki just has a dirty mind. In fact, you're quite sure she does.
"Miki..." groans Suzu.
"- Because if you're going to bring a boy into your room-"
"Miki."
"-And I'm shocked you didn't tell me about him since I'm your Be-Eff-Eff-Forever-"
"Miki! He's just a friend!"
You hear the door open a crack. You imagine Miki peeking into the room like a cartoon. "Snoozu..."
"Miki." Suzu snaps. Miki sighs.
"Your choice I guess. But thems gonna be some broken kids." You can feel the rage washing off Suzu like a waterfall of fire. Or magma. Or burning Magma.
"What do you want Miki?" Suzu asks.
"You will never guess who just died." She says it like it's not completely horrifying. Suzu's hand slaps against her mouth as she gasps. Even you allow some of your surprise to show on your face.
Spoiler: Hiki (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 20, 2013, 02:41:19 pm
1/ Daisy
2/ Hanoko
3/ Rin
4/ Tintin
5/ Everyone else we contribute
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 20, 2013, 02:44:38 pm
Unless the dead body is Hiki who died because he lost someone dear maybe it's his father but does he care or not WHAT IS GOING ON
Post by: scapheap on March 20, 2013, 02:48:32 pm
Post by: Talvara on March 20, 2013, 03:57:35 pm
Out with it, what are you talking about what happened? who died?
Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 20, 2013, 04:42:35 pm
Don't indulge Miki with a perverse guessing game of the dead.If we can't burn people to death then we'll engage in perverse guessing games
Out with it, what are you talking about what happened? who died?
Post by: Sprin on March 20, 2013, 05:25:11 pm
Hmmmmmmm
I can deduce that its not Rin because the auther has a thing for the character.
Its not daisy because shes the protagonist.
its not Hanako because I would kill him if it was...
It must be...
hmmmm
TIN TIN!
Post by: scapheap on March 20, 2013, 05:29:03 pm
TIN TIN!I have not be paying attention, when did
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 20, 2013, 06:08:13 pm
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Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 20, 2013, 06:10:58 pm
What if it was a tranny? Or she cut of her tits?Spoiler (click to show/hide)
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Or maybe it was Kenji! Please be Kenji! That would be amazing as hell!
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on March 20, 2013, 06:22:34 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 20, 2013, 06:24:20 pm
Maybe she had a really flat chest.Way to be practical man. way to be practical.
Post by: Sprin on March 20, 2013, 07:00:07 pm
IT FUCKING KENJII!!!
I KNEW IT!!!
actualy I forgot about Kenjii... But with my new deduction pipe with increest strength I remembered!
*smokes pipe*
:o
WEEZ* HACK* COUGH*
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 22, 2013, 10:30:02 pm
It's barely a week later. It astounds you how quickly they got the funeral set up. You guess they want to pay their respects as quickly as possible, but...
In a school like this, people are used to dealing with Death. Many of the kids not born with disabilities got them in accidents that could either have killed them, or killed someone they knew. Usually both.
The one most effected, though, is Daisy. Having her homeroom teacher just... die like that. It must have been hard for her.
You hear her familiar tread behind you, but no soft fingers brush your hand. You wonder why she doesn't want to talk. You haven't had enough contact lately for your relationship, you think. You kind of just, drifted apart. Especially after the SUICIDE.
It... might be over. But you should say something.
You really ought to say something.
Anything.
The footsteps recede.
ACT 3: SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Spoiler: Hiki (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 23, 2013, 07:30:32 am
If so, reconcile with Daisy.
If we're daisy, reconcile with Hiki
Post by: Talvara on March 23, 2013, 09:55:00 am
dont be a wuss.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on March 23, 2013, 09:09:09 pm
yeah, go find her and speak with her, starting with actual voice, whats the worse that could happen? she walks away?Well, finding her may be a tetch difficult
dont be a wuss.
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 23, 2013, 11:13:07 pm
In any case, feel free to continue discussing the implications of the story thus far, but don't expect any updates.
For those of you reading in the fuuuuture... I have some things to tell you:
1) If you are a captain of a spaceship and own a skintight jumpsuit, I hate you and will shave off all your hair so your friends will call you Picard forever
2) the update will be below this post and thus this hiatus means nothing to you OR you are too soon in the future, go grab a time machine or just hide in a oven until I get back.
This has been a Public Service Announcement from your favorite author, thank you.Haha he said pubic
Post by: Gentlefish on March 25, 2013, 01:26:38 am
Good luck at basic! You're a brave, brave soul and I applaud you.
Post by: Sprin on April 11, 2013, 01:31:18 pm
Maybe some fan art...
Post by: Origami_Psycho on April 11, 2013, 02:45:09 pm
He he... maybe we should do a fan made H-scene?And now the reason for the antagonist having tentacles comes to light.
Maybe some fan art...
Post by: Karnewarrior on May 25, 2013, 01:06:40 pm
**THIS IS NOT AN UPDATE**
Voiceless
Daisy, Daisy, flowergirl
Watch her laugh and watch her whirl
The SUICIDE MAN has come into her world
And he won't take no for an answer
Your guardian fox only buys you time
He stalks you best when you close your eyes
Sleep lightly, flowergirl, for suicide
Knows no sleep nor exhaustion
A heirloom of loss brings you only tears
A spectre of the past is drawing near
Nothing to fight but the shadow of fear
Keep the lights a-burning
Daisy, Daisy, SUICIDE
Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide
From the demon that lives underneath your eyes
And he won't take no for an answer
Though you may dream of dawn it's a false idea
The spectere is and was always here
Many a man ran from SUICIDE
but he won't take no for an answer
Daisy, Daisy, quiet girl
Hands leap and twist and deftly whirl
You can fight the evils of the world
But their hands will leave you Voiceless!
(http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu246/karnewarrior/SUICIDEMANMASK_zps81a920f3.png)
Watch her laugh and watch her whirl
The SUICIDE MAN has come into her world
And he won't take no for an answer
Your guardian fox only buys you time
He stalks you best when you close your eyes
Sleep lightly, flowergirl, for suicide
Knows no sleep nor exhaustion
A heirloom of loss brings you only tears
A spectre of the past is drawing near
Nothing to fight but the shadow of fear
Keep the lights a-burning
Daisy, Daisy, SUICIDE
Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide
From the demon that lives underneath your eyes
And he won't take no for an answer
Though you may dream of dawn it's a false idea
The spectere is and was always here
Many a man ran from SUICIDE
but he won't take no for an answer
Daisy, Daisy, quiet girl
Hands leap and twist and deftly whirl
You can fight the evils of the world
But their hands will leave you Voiceless!
(http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu246/karnewarrior/SUICIDEMANMASK_zps81a920f3.png)
~with love .
The SUICIDE MAN
The SUICIDE MAN
Post by: Origami_Psycho on May 25, 2013, 02:32:00 pm
Also, nice poem. The art, less so.
Post by: Remuthra on May 25, 2013, 02:33:47 pm
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Nicholas1024 on May 26, 2013, 11:11:46 pm
Post by: Gentlefish on May 27, 2013, 08:11:19 pm
BTW, you got me to play a little Katawa Shoujo.
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Post by: Karnewarrior on June 01, 2013, 04:31:31 pm
Still though, does the not-update mean that this thread is back?It means it's getting close. If the weekends turn out to be as devoid of important things as I think they will be, that's probably the time the updates will happen.
Today I only got an hour though, so no real updates.
Huzzah! He survived! Welcome back.
BTW, you got me to play a little Katawa Shoujo.Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Ermahgerd Karne is/not back!D: my Bamboo didn't work, so I was forced to MSPaint that with my laptop touchpad.
Also, nice poem. The art, less so.
It's a simple little symbol though.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on June 01, 2013, 05:11:05 pm
Also, everybody knows Kenji is the best of them all.
So, how was boot camp?
Post by: Karnewarrior on June 02, 2013, 02:12:12 pm
That it is.Somehow both difficult and incredibly easy at the same time. It's weird.
Also, everybody knows Kenji is the best of them all.
So, how was boot camp?
I'm starting the reread today, so the projected time for the first update is probably next weekend. But it's not dead! :D
Post by: LordSlowpoke on June 02, 2013, 02:48:01 pm
It's kind of cute, like meeting a time traveler who writes stories about
Post by: Origami_Psycho on June 02, 2013, 03:51:54 pm
I think you're the last one to still have an avatar from the monochrome fad times~It was only a little bit.
It's kind of cute, like meeting a time traveler who writes stories aboutdisabled girls that are set on fireokay let's skip that part
Post by: Karnewarrior on June 08, 2013, 01:33:09 pm
But you can't find it within yourself to. You don't deserve someone like her. And she doesn't need someone like you.
Someone with baggage.
You're going to try to sort yourself out.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~O
>Be Daisy
It's dark again.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gamerboy4life on June 08, 2013, 01:53:46 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on June 08, 2013, 01:59:10 pm
Post by: Gentlefish on June 08, 2013, 03:54:31 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on June 08, 2013, 05:00:05 pm
Get torch from Hammerspace.Get flamethrower from Hammerspace
Post by: Nicholas1024 on June 08, 2013, 06:41:06 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on June 18, 2013, 05:19:34 am
You light up a match.
The light lethargically pools around your feet, seeming to sink through the air.
You're in your dorm room hallway. You think you see a shadow scuffle into the bathroom towards the ends of the hall, but it's too far away to make out clearly.
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on June 19, 2013, 04:39:13 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on June 19, 2013, 04:53:40 pm
You follow the shadow into the showers.
The showers are filled with steam. It's difficult to see anything.
You think you see movement ahead of you. It's not too late to turn back.
Post by: Nicholas1024 on June 19, 2013, 04:56:55 pm
Post by: LordSlowpoke on June 19, 2013, 05:04:01 pm
So we're following something we can't identify, in a place we can't see clearly, in the shower?
tactical kenji inbound to your position
Post by: Origami_Psycho on June 19, 2013, 08:40:01 pm
Oh god. Run run run. Wait, let's go. We must kill Kenji, so that no one can discover the feminist conspiracy.So we're following something we can't identify, in a place we can't see clearly, in the shower?
tactical kenji inbound to your position
Post by: Gentlefish on June 19, 2013, 09:42:44 pm
It's possible.
I promise.
Post by: Karnewarrior on June 29, 2013, 05:11:24 pm
You try to back out of the shower room, heart beating way too fast. You don't want to be somewhere you can't see right now. Your foot takes one stuttering step backwards, keeping your eyes to the front. You know it's going to come at you the minute you turn around. You just know it. Something warm and thick touches your hand.
Instinctually you grab it to feel what it is. It's warm, thick, and moist. It's covered in disgusting wrinkles and-
And oh god it's a penis.
Oh god you just grabbed someone's penis.
In the shower.
Bad Daisy very bad you are a bad girl!
Why did you use that verbage in the situation you probably shouldn't say something like that while holding onto a penis
Why did you not let go yet?! You yelp slightly and release the penis. You spin around to confront the horror behind you.
Kenji is there, and he's buck-ass naked. You're suddenly very frightened of the legally blind conspiracy theorist that hates feminism and is naked in the girls shower room.
"Hey, watch what you're grabbing!" Kenji shouts, turning blood red and yelling so loudly his glasses slip mostly off his nose. His eyes are a vivid green, and somehow the massive bags underneath are oddly attractive. You almost lose yourself in their swirling depths before you realize that that's stupid and Kenji has all the physical appeal of a bald chipmunk with glasses. The fact that somebody seems to have sharpied a lightning-bolt scar onto his forehead, and you aren't certain it was someone else, only makes him less attractive.
"What did you DO?!?!" Kenji bleats, grabbing at his groin like it was going to fall off. Knowing Kenji, this is exactly what he believed. "Is this the start of some crazy feminist curse? You can't fool me! I won't be mind controlled, foul vixen!"
Some wry part of your brain summarizes the situation succinctly. At 11:32 PM, in Northern Japan, a mute girl was accosted by a naked man in the shower, accusing her of mind control, and yet she was the one who committed sexual assault.
Kids these days.
HORRORS ENCOUNTERED: 001
Spoiler: Tactical Kenji inbound (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Daisy (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on June 29, 2013, 06:42:43 pm
2/Get the fuck outta there
3/Alert a teacher/authority figure about Kenji's inappropriate behaviour
4/Schedule an emergency appointment with the therapist, for as soon as possible
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on June 29, 2013, 09:45:32 pm
You yelp slightly and release the penis.
I almost want to sig this. Almost.
Post by: Gentlefish on June 29, 2013, 10:09:14 pm
Post by: Gamerboy4life on June 29, 2013, 10:18:36 pm
2/Get the fuck outta there
Post by: Karnewarrior on July 04, 2013, 05:11:13 pm
You can't get out, The NAKED MAN is blocking the doorway!
>Glob the bastard!
You pull out your MASK. It's perfectly white and smooth. Something seems to have cracked it in such a way that it appears the smiling mask is crying.
>Put on the mask
The MASK is occupied.
>Put on the mask
The MASK is occupied.
>Put on the mask
The MASK is occupied.
>Examine Mask
A plain white Noh Mask. It has two smiling eyes and one smiling mouth. A crack runs down from the left eye down onto the cheek. It looks as though the mask is crying, despite the smile. The MASK is occupied by the SUICIDE MAN.
>GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO
Invalid command.
>GET OUT
You can't get out, Kenji is blocking the doorway!
>Examine Suicide Man
The SUICIDE MAN is there. You can't look at him for long without getting a splitting headache. Nothing seems to be where it ought to, or even where it oughtn't to. Somehow, you get the impression he exists, but not in a way that most things exist. The SUICIDE MAN hums a soft tune.
>Escape
There is no escape.
>Run
You can't run.
>cry
Crying won't help you
>Skipmode: Scene 343 - THE END
This is the end. The end of the line.
For you.
>Run
There is no escape, Daisy.
The Suicide Man hands you a knife.
>No
Trembling, you press the blade of the knife to your throat.
>Stop
You feel compelled to draw the knife across your throat.
>Wait
You hesitate.
>Don't do it
But this smile would last forever.
>Wake up
Are you not already awake?
>Wake up!
Are you not already awake? It would be much easier just to go to sleep...
>WAKE UP
You wake up. You're not in your bed. There's a very bright light above you. Reach for it? Y/N
Post by: LordSlowpoke on July 04, 2013, 05:14:09 pm
we only have 998 horrors left to encounter and this didn't trigger the counter
Post by: Sprin on July 04, 2013, 06:33:23 pm
DONT REACH FOR THE LIGHT WE MAY BE DEAD!
Check to see if dead and if not reach for light.
Post by: Sprin on July 04, 2013, 06:57:03 pm
This may be a good idea as well...
4/Schedule an emergency appointment with the therapist, for as soon as possible
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on July 04, 2013, 07:05:22 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on July 04, 2013, 08:23:37 pm
5/ Don't schedule an appointment. Break his fucking door down.+1
Wow I picked an odd time to jump back in this...+1
DONT REACH FOR THE LIGHT WE MAY BE DEAD!
Check to see if dead and if not reach for light.
Post by: Gentlefish on July 05, 2013, 04:05:20 am
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on July 05, 2013, 08:04:08 am
Like, Kenji's penis worse.
Post by: Karnewarrior on July 06, 2013, 02:12:51 pm
You resist reaching for the light. A swirling darkness consumes you...
>fight
"...Didn't honestly think she'd..."
"...Very lucky she survived, could have been..."
"...I'm sorry, Mr. and Mrs..."
"...drugs have yet to..."
"...Let her sleep, for now..."
"...Be better by morning..."
"...promise?"
A swirling darkness seems to drag you through time. Quick snapshots of the present in a sea of black. Even though you fight to stay awake, maintaining consciousness even for one sentence is difficult. A swirling darkness consumes you...
>Blind
"...awake yet? I just wanted to see..."
"I'm sorry, but..."
"...want you to wake up Daisy..."
"...wouldn't worry, she just needs..."
"...friend, is what she..."
"...keep your cool in the future..."
"...Wake up Daisy..."
"...Wake up..."
A swirling darkness consumes you.
[ACT 4: Voiceless]
>Act 4: begin
The next time the black lets go of you, the room is silent. This time, you manage to stay awake, long enough to recognize the beeping of the monitor beside you. You're in a hospital, somewhere, probably one just outside Yamaku. But when you try to look up, something presses your head back.
Your neck is bandaged heavily, as is your right hand.
Looking around, the hospital room looks like any other, save for the small pile of gifts sent by your classmates. Boxes of chocolate sit on notes of well wishes and caramel. Even Rin had the presence of mind to send you... a box of oranges. You smile gently at the strange gift.
What do you do?
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on July 06, 2013, 03:09:48 pm
Post by: Gentlefish on July 06, 2013, 03:16:33 pm
Post by: Sprin on July 06, 2013, 03:37:53 pm
Post by: LordSlowpoke on July 06, 2013, 03:42:24 pm
FORGET EVERYTHING AND EAT CHOCOLATES!!!!
BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL THESE CHOCOLATES WILL BE CONSUMED
Post by: Furtuka on July 06, 2013, 04:35:32 pm
Post by: Karnewarrior on July 06, 2013, 07:06:34 pm
You decide to partake of the chocolate in a delicate and ladylike - oh who are you kidding you're going to scarf it all down in one go.
Yes yes, warm wishes from Class 3-2 *Chomp*
A delightful little box with a bow from The epileptic girl across the room from you in class *munch*
I daresay I will have some of those oranges Rin oh yesssssss *gulp*
Charming little gift from Hiki *Om Nom Nom*
Give me the Chocolate Hisao I don't even know who you are *slap gulp belch*
Nice card from Takishi goes voop over the shoulder *HAHAHAHAHAHA CHOCOLATE*
You think you've had to much chocolate. You have a little bit of a stomach ache now.
Post by: Furtuka on July 06, 2013, 10:54:13 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on July 06, 2013, 11:17:16 pm
Impossible. You can't do a bad with chocolate.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on July 07, 2013, 12:04:30 am
Give me the Chocolate Hisao I don't even know who you are *slap gulp belch*
Wrong girl.
+1 to calling a nurse.
Post by: Sprin on July 07, 2013, 02:01:39 pm
finish up and then get a nurse!!!
Post by: Karnewarrior on July 27, 2013, 05:42:47 pm
The nurse arrives quickly, and after a few moments you manage to get your question across to her.
She's hesitant to tell you the exact details, but you manage to press them out of her, a difficult feat considering you're "speaking" through words on paper, but eventually you get through.
The story is fairly short, even with all the details you can't extract. After the incident in the bathroom, your roommate found you choking on your own blood, your throat half-slit and a knife of the sort from the school cafeteria laying in a puddle of blood nearby. The current theory seems to be that you snuck the knife out of the cafeteria and tried to kill yourself with it.
When you protest that you have no memory of taking a knife and no intention of killing yourself, the nurse shrugs. Shortly after you were discovered, you were temporarily patched up by the school medical staff and whisked away to this hospital, where more permanent medical care could be given. You were also placed under suicide watch, which explains why the nurse arrived almost immediately; she must have been standing right outside your room this whole time.
Luckily, Yamaku had dealt with attempted suicides before. The knife was a particularly dull butter knife. You know this well enough, and considering that it has difficulty cutting through soft bread you're surprised you did enough damage to need a full hospitalization. The nurse kindly explains that the knife had been sawed roughly across your throat several times. Somehow, you managed to miss anything vital... but your voicebox was destroyed.
Any hope you had of regaining your ability to speak is out the window. The lump of flesh in your neck is now more useless than ever.
Spoiler: DAISY (click to show/hide)
Post by: Gentlefish on July 27, 2013, 08:54:01 pm
Post by: Sprin on July 27, 2013, 09:48:28 pm
This sucks! We need to figure this out quick, usually I'm one for the doing pointless bullshit to pass the time but it seems we can't do that, we have to focus on the suicide man with extreme prejudice! We will figure out why he torchers us and we WILL figure out how to beat him!
Edit: Throw out chocolate wrappers wall we figure stuff out.
Post by: Furtuka on July 27, 2013, 11:37:53 pm
Read all the cards
Post by: Origami_Psycho on July 28, 2013, 09:45:32 am
Post by: Sprin on July 28, 2013, 04:28:30 pm
Go to hiki. Also, insist that we didn't try to kill ourselves. Inform her(?) of what we remember happening.Problems
#1- even tho sawing your own neck with dull underling to a butter knife is improbable no one would beleave us anyway, explaining anything about what happend yesterday would get us thrown into a sanatorium. For now keep the information to ourselve
#2- Hiki is off doing something and (tho it pains me to say) we should keep a safe arms length from him. :(
#3- We arnt getting off suicide watch anyway.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on July 28, 2013, 08:02:28 pm
It would make sense, I guess. Kenji's dick symbolizes everything that we fear and want nothing to do with ever.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on July 29, 2013, 12:10:27 pm
Insist on seeing a shrink of some kind. Someone who can make sense of all the dreams we've had up to this point.
It would make sense, I guess. Kenji's dick symbolizes everything that we fear and want nothing to do with ever.
I have this strange feeling that you're seeing meaning where there is none.
Post by: LordSlowpoke on July 29, 2013, 12:16:18 pm
Insist on seeing a shrink of some kind. Someone who can make sense of all the dreams we've had up to this point.
It would make sense, I guess. Kenji's dick symbolizes everything that we fear and want nothing to do with ever.
I have this strange feeling that you're seeing meaning where there is none.
kenji's dick is the single most important plot point in all the routes and you know it
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on July 29, 2013, 01:43:21 pm
((If that's an actual plot path, congratulations.))
Post by: Karnewarrior on July 29, 2013, 07:15:48 pm
Post by: Origami_Psycho on July 29, 2013, 07:36:38 pm
((I think perhaps you all p̨̧̽ͯͫ̀ͫͮ̒̎͆̚҉͓̲̥̻̖͙͙͍̺̠̪͞o̸̶͇̺͙̙̲̗̞͕̘̩̱̥͔͚̼̺͙ͣ̏̂ͧͨͫ̐̈ͮͥͯͦ̎ͫ̆s̶̷̥̻͈͇̺̘͉̥̺̬̟͚͎̪̲͉̎̔͂ͣ̉̿͋ͯ̉̓ͤ̒͒ͥ͊ͨ̚͘s̛͌͒̎͟͟͠͏̝̣͉̜̟̫̱̮̳͖͓̦̰̟̳i̴̡̼̰̥̜̟̞̹͕͙͙̗̎̓̾̅ͫ̆͌ͫ͊̾͌̑ͮ͆ͨ̀̀͟b̢̫̣̣̞̟͔̩ͦͯ͗͑̎̆̎ͥͨ̆̐ͪ̐̈́́̾̔́͜l̶̢ͤ̍͋͐̄ͯͦ̆̇̀̃̊̃ͣ͠҉͍͙̪̫y̿̎ͩ͒̓ͥ̐̔̃̀҉̢͎̞̠̺̤̖̮̟̰͔͍̠͙̭͔͘ ̸ͯ͂̃̉͊ͫͩ̾ͪ̉͏̶̢̣͙̖̩̩̞̘̠̭̮̱͇̳ͅò̢̦̤͓̝̠̮̰ͫ͊͐ͤ́̎ͬͬͭͩ͛̚͘͜͟ṽ̨̊ͫͤͤ͏̗͔͈͕̟̖̕e̾̽͊̂̏ͯ̚͢͏̸̴̡̺̝̬͎̹̲̮̰̟̩̺̺ṟ̼̠̼͎͚͔̰͈͍͚͉̖͙͉ͫ͆̃͌͐͊ͫ͐̕͝ͅe̸̵͉̱̫̮̘̥̫̮̱͍̻̲͗̊ͣ̔̿̇͛͒͆͌̾͛̄ͥ̽̈͌ͬs̎ͭ̂ͪ͂͑̈̎̄̋́̈̓́͢͢҉̛͖͍͈̜̩̪̗̱̯̦t̵̟͇͔̥̠̫͉̜̘̐͑ͧ́̒̋̓̓ͨ͜i̸̡̡̟͎̪͕̤̰͎͙̯̘̮̖̯̲̣ͭ̿̌̌̀͌ͯ͊͂͑̆ͯ̚̕͞m̧̨̌̋̈́͗̎ͨ͛̾̐̂ͬ̀͂͞͏̵̥̘̮̤̝a̴̻͎̖̖̙̥̞͙̖͈̥̮̳͇̰͕ͤͩ͋̃̋͛͒̈̏̽ͧ̓̀͟͝͝t̶͕̺̩̜̟͇̱̳͇̟̖̰̞͔̭͚̞̅͒̊̐̄̉͝ȇ̈́́̓͏͞҉̘͈͍̜̱̩͈̣̯͔̰̩͙ď̴̇ͥ͂̾̍͑̎̏̆̎̆͝͏̶̪̗͔̘͇̰̭̬͕̮̬͓̙̱́ The power of Kenjidick.The fuck is with the eldritch script there Karne?
EDIT: Guys, please tell me that I'm not the only one seeing weird fonts here.
Post by: Gamerboy4life on July 29, 2013, 07:58:57 pm
((I think perhaps you all p̨̧̽ͯͫ̀ͫͮ̒̎͆̚҉͓̲̥̻̖͙͙͍̺̠̪͞o̸̶͇̺͙̙̲̗̞͕̘̩̱̥͔͚̼̺͙ͣ̏̂ͧͨͫ̐̈ͮͥͯͦ̎ͫ̆s̶̷̥̻͈͇̺̘͉̥̺̬̟͚͎̪̲͉̎̔͂ͣ̉̿͋ͯ̉̓ͤ̒͒ͥ͊ͨ̚͘s̛͌͒̎͟͟͠͏̝̣͉̜̟̫̱̮̳͖͓̦̰̟̳i̴̡̼̰̥̜̟̞̹͕͙͙̗̎̓̾̅ͫ̆͌ͫ͊̾͌̑ͮ͆ͨ̀̀͟b̢̫̣̣̞̟͔̩ͦͯ͗͑̎̆̎ͥͨ̆̐ͪ̐̈́́̾̔́͜l̶̢ͤ̍͋͐̄ͯͦ̆̇̀̃̊̃ͣ͠҉͍͙̪̫y̿̎ͩ͒̓ͥ̐̔̃̀҉̢͎̞̠̺̤̖̮̟̰͔͍̠͙̭͔͘ ̸ͯ͂̃̉͊ͫͩ̾ͪ̉͏̶̢̣͙̖̩̩̞̘̠̭̮̱͇̳ͅò̢̦̤͓̝̠̮̰ͫ͊͐ͤ́̎ͬͬͭͩ͛̚͘͜͟ṽ̨̊ͫͤͤ͏̗͔͈͕̟̖̕e̾̽͊̂̏ͯ̚͢͏̸̴̡̺̝̬͎̹̲̮̰̟̩̺̺ṟ̼̠̼͎͚͔̰͈͍͚͉̖͙͉ͫ͆̃͌͐͊ͫ͐̕͝ͅe̸̵͉̱̫̮̘̥̫̮̱͍̻̲͗̊ͣ̔̿̇͛͒͆͌̾͛̄ͥ̽̈͌ͬs̎ͭ̂ͪ͂͑̈̎̄̋́̈̓́͢͢҉̛͖͍͈̜̩̪̗̱̯̦t̵̟͇͔̥̠̫͉̜̘̐͑ͧ́̒̋̓̓ͨ͜i̸̡̡̟͎̪͕̤̰͎͙̯̘̮̖̯̲̣ͭ̿̌̌̀͌ͯ͊͂͑̆ͯ̚̕͞m̧̨̌̋̈́͗̎ͨ͛̾̐̂ͬ̀͂͞͏̵̥̘̮̤̝a̴̻͎̖̖̙̥̞͙̖͈̥̮̳͇̰͕ͤͩ͋̃̋͛͒̈̏̽ͧ̓̀͟͝͝t̶͕̺̩̜̟͇̱̳͇̟̖̰̞͔̭͚̞̅͒̊̐̄̉͝ȇ̈́́̓͏͞҉̘͈͍̜̱̩͈̣̯͔̰̩͙ď̴̇ͥ͂̾̍͑̎̏̆̎̆͝͏̶̪̗͔̘͇̰̭̬͕̮̬͓̙̱́ The power of Kenjidick.The fuck is with the eldritch script there Karne?
EDIT: Guys, please tell me that I'm not the only one seeing weird fonts here.
No, it's perfectly normal, don't know what's wrong on your end.
Post by: Furtuka on July 29, 2013, 09:01:29 pm
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on July 30, 2013, 02:00:12 pm
Post by: Sprin on July 31, 2013, 05:50:12 am
Tis called zalgotext and is a perfectly natural part of the internet. No need to panic.Wrre do I get this mysticle text?
Post by: Karnewarrior on July 31, 2013, 08:16:07 am
Through the miracle that is Kenji's dick.Tis called zalgotext and is a perfectly natural part of the internet. No need to panic.Wrre do I get this mysticle text?
Oh god where has this game gone?
Post by: LordSlowpoke on July 31, 2013, 08:49:02 am
Through the miracle that is Kenji's dick.
Oh god where has this game gone?
exactly where i wanted it
GET THE MATCHES
Post by: Origami_Psycho on July 31, 2013, 01:55:46 pm
The dream means that Kenji and his dick is at the center of this.Through the miracle that is Kenji's dick.
Oh god where has this game gone?
exactly where i wanted it
GET THE MATCHES
BURN THE WITCH!
Isn't this the second time we've wanted to burn someone alive?
Post by: Gentlefish on August 01, 2013, 02:22:47 am
The dream means that Kenji and his dick is at the center of this.
BURN THE WITCH!
Isn't this the second time we've wanted to burn someone alive?
I think it's the third.
Post by: Sprin on August 01, 2013, 11:26:11 am
Yes but this time it MAY solve all our problems.The dream means that Kenji and his dick is at the center of this.
BURN THE WITCH!
Isn't this the second time we've wanted to burn someone alive?
I think it's the third.
Post by: Karnewarrior on August 01, 2013, 08:19:17 pm
As god, I can assure you that burning Kenji will only solve one very small problem.Yes but this time it MAY solve all our problems.The dream means that Kenji and his dick is at the center of this.
BURN THE WITCH!
Isn't this the second time we've wanted to burn someone alive?
I think it's the third.
And might make a much bigger problem rear its head. Largely in the form of someone a step higher than the SUICIDE MAN on the ladder of power.
I don't really want him to be mucking about in this 'Verse (http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=8805)so please keep your matches to yourself until I give the go ahead.
Post by: LordSlowpoke on August 01, 2013, 08:22:04 pm
As god, I can assure you that burning Kenji will only solve one very small problem.Yes but this time it MAY solve all our problems.The dream means that Kenji and his dick is at the center of this.
BURN THE WITCH!
Isn't this the second time we've wanted to burn someone alive?
I think it's the third.
And might make a much bigger problem rear its head. Largely in the form of someone a step higher than the SUICIDE MAN on the ladder of power.
I don't really want him to be mucking about in this 'Verse (http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=8805)so please keep your matches to yourself until I give the go ahead.
let's burn enough people to invoke all the heads all the way to karnewarrior himself and make him fix everything
it's foolproof
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on August 01, 2013, 09:05:58 pm
and then made us REALLY want to do it when we learned there was a boss rush. Despite the fact we haven't done ANYTHING in preventing our own problems, and are probably headed straight at a bad end with LASER GUIDED accuracy.
Post by: Gentlefish on August 02, 2013, 04:25:59 am
Best end with LASER GUIDED accuracy.
FTFW
Post by: Origami_Psycho on August 02, 2013, 07:28:33 am
I say we purchase some more pyromania related paraphernalia. Flares, lighters, lighter fluid, guncotton, kerosene, supplies to make a flamethrower, a salamander, a mechanical hound...
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let's burn enough people to invoke all the heads all the way to karnewarrior himself and make him fix everythingBasically this.
it's foolproof
EDIT: Also some styrofoam and gasoline, so we can make napalm.
Post by: Sprin on August 02, 2013, 07:55:13 am
I don't know about the rest of you BUT I don't want a bad end which Karen has threaten way too many times.
We should devote our time to figure this out for a good end.
Post by: Origami_Psycho on August 02, 2013, 08:00:02 am
Let's not burn everyone we see tell all this ends.But if we kill all the baddies up the ladder we become the greatest badass in the multiverse. And nobody can threaten us anymore.
I don't know about the rest of you BUT I don't want a bad end which Karen has threaten way too many times.
We should devote our time to figure this out for a good end.
Post by: Tsuchigumo550 on August 02, 2013, 12:57:11 pm
Post by: Gentlefish on August 02, 2013, 04:13:43 pm
Why do we still have our rabbit? We were told to ditch it. It's toxic. It belonged to the girl who killed herself. If we burn something, we should burn that.
Post by: Sprin on August 02, 2013, 05:54:18 pm
I figured something out!
we must figure out how the SUICIDE MAN cam into our world, or universe! Obviously the SUICIDE MAN is from another plain of existence. We may also face another enemy much much stronger. This I figured through a steam chat with Karne.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: Origami_Psycho on August 03, 2013, 08:26:17 am
Post by: Sprin on August 03, 2013, 04:00:19 pm
The rabbit is what the SUICIDEMAN is entering the world from.
but Daisy wont burn the rabbit unless she... does something... any ideas?
*smokes deductive pipe* *cough hack*
EDIT: AW yes we should maybe search our past for answers, maybe give our parents a call... Wait... Maybe a text message... WAIT WHY ARN'T THEY AT THE HOSPITOL!?
Post by: Origami_Psycho on August 03, 2013, 06:04:39 pm
Post by: Sprin on August 03, 2013, 07:28:52 pm
But fair point anyway.