No more poison killin my emotion I will not be frozen

[afterlifer]

WHO: EVERYONE
WHAT: Interactions
WHEN: August 28 – September 1
WHERE: Anywhere and everywhere in this afterlife
WARNINGS: Cussing
SUMMARY: INTERACTION LOG you know the drill.

28th: Today seems as though it’s a normal day, right? Wake up, take a shower, walk outside to head to class and… the NPCs aren’t moving. Stopped mid-step they’re completely frozen all over the school grounds. Some may be in class already and frozen at their desks, others might’ve been frozen as they were walking to or around the school. Maybe you were outside just inside to see them come to a sudden halt. After an hour, they’ll return to normal and continue on as though nothing happened.

29th: The school festival is a month away and it’s time to start planning for it! Classes will get a free period to plan for it today and clubs will need to get together and talk about setting up special activities for the students if they want to participate. GET HYPED.

30th: Do you hear that? Outside of your dorm—in the hallway! It sounds like pitter patter of little feet running up and down the halls… a bunch of them too, and there’s even some little barks here and there. Open your door and SUDDENLY LITTLE SHIBA INU AND GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPIES RUNNING ALL ABOUT. Don’t deny them love, they’re ever so playful and fluffy.

31st: It’s so close to your day off—but the teachers decided they’re going to end this week with a math test. Ew, right? Hope you studied or this is going to suck.

1st: Even in the afterlife your uniform and clothes get a bit dirty from time to time, and it’d be pretty gross if you didn’t wash your underwear so go on, wash your clothes! Or… don’t. The washer’s broken—actually waters starting to spill out of it!!! Now you’re standing in a puddle, oops.

As always, remember there are basketball, kendo, drama and baseball clubs now so practices can be set up whenever you want! And if you want to do something outside of what we've provided, feel free to do so.

Comments

28th, 29th, 31st

[crayoned]

28th

[What the heck is going on, why did everyone suddenly stop dead where they were? Maybe everyone is playing a game and Mary is just out of the loop or something... This is a pretty boring game though, if it is one.

Know what would make this game more fun though? If she made some of the NPCs look a little nicer. That guy over there would look great with some glasses on. And that girl could use a little make-up. Sadly, or rather luckily in Mary's case, all she has on her to do these touch-ups are some crayons and marker pens which she nabbed from a club room. The crayons aren't doing much, but the pens are working wonders! If you pass by an NPC with a spiffy looking monocle, hearts and stars drawn on their face or anything else like that then you can bet Mary is somewhere nearby.]

29th

[A festival?! Hype get. Well, hype get after she finds out a festival is a lot like a party with a lot of people. And games. And fun in general. Sounds like a blast!

Mary will be poking her head around doors as she checks out some of the club rooms during her free time. Are you talking about anything that sounds fun and festival related? If so then Mary might just invite herself in so she can listen along with the other club members.]

31st

[A test? What, no, that's boring. Forget that. Mary doesn't even bother going into class when she notices what the teacher has planned. It's not long before she ends up walking into a different teacher though and she has to make a run for it to avoid being caught.

If you got out of the test early or decided to avoid taking it like the plague like Mary did then you might spot her running around the school grounds, peering around corners and generally trying to act sneaky. Don't you dare rat her out. If she has to go back and take that test then she'll just draw all over it anyway...]

31st

[conversationalist]

[Kotarou had walked out. He'll probably get into trouble for this later, but what are the real consequences, anyway? Pockets full with his two hands, he spots the girl running around. ...What's she doing? She doesn't look beyond the age of 8. Don't they have elementary schools for dead kids?]

Code red, code red! Child on campus!

[crayoned]

[The heck is a code red? Mary whirls her head around to see who is making all the noise while still pressed up against the wall of a nearby building. She just spotted one of the teachers on the pathway across from where she was hiding so she can't let her guard down and give up her super sneaky act yet.

When she spots Kotarou she glares at him with a confused expression, visibly tilting her head as she does so. Again, the heck is a code red. Also, what's a campus, is she on one now? She thought this was a school, not a campus. She's never even been camping. Stop using words she isn't familiar with!]

[conversationalist]

[Did she not understand? Well, that was pointless...a change of pace; since she's hiding, Kotarou decides to speak in body language.]

What. Are. You. Doing?

[It wasn't spoken, of course, but instead he moved himself in a sense of charades, hopefully getting her to understand.

A shrug of the shoulders, a finger in a inane attempt to shape like an "r", a point towards the girl, and a pelvic thrust.]

[crayoned]

[... Dude. The real question is what are you doing? Mary stares at Kotarou's wonderful display of body language... And starts to giggle. She might have no idea what this guy is trying to say, but he sure looks funny!

BUT NO she can't fall into a fit of laughter right now. She could end up grabbing the attention of the teacher who just passed by like that. Mary covers her mouth with her hands as quickly as she can so to try and keep herself quiet. Her expression turns serious as she stares at Kotarou, hoping that he won't try anything like that again. If she ends up being caught because she gives herself away from laughing then that really isn't fair. She would have to go back and do that test. And that would suck. Big time.]

[conversationalist]

[Oh, she laughed...but it looked like she caught herself before something terrible might've happened. To Kotarou, her expression sort of looked like...

"I'm on a secret mission. If I end up laughing, it's all over."

Or...

"I have a bomb inside my stomach. Laughing sets the timer. We'll all die. Again." This is quite serious. Kotarou simply points to the teacher that's idly walking by and gives a serious expression of his own. He must be the perpetrator she's trying to catch!

Even if that doesn't exactly add up to whatever Kotarou might've made up.]

[crayoned]

[Yes, that's exactly it! That person over there is the person she is trying to avoid, so the fact Kotarou is keeping quiet now and pointing to them must mean that he finally gets what she's doing.

Mary nods quickly, still keeping one of her hands over her mouth as she slowly and carefully pokes her head out from around the wall to see what's going on. Looks like the teacher is now talking with a group of NPC students. Maybe she should find another path to take, she doesn't feel like waiting around until the teacher finishes their conversation and moves on...]

[conversationalist]

[He nods and then walks towards the teacher.]

Excuse me. By the request of that girl over there, I'll have to arrest you.

[He points.]

[crayoned]

[WHAT. NO.

DON'T GO AND TALK TO THEM.

DON'T POINT HER OUT THEM EITHER.

Before Mary can do anything the teacher spots her and starts rushing over to confront her. She's not going back to do that test, nuh uh, no way. But what can she do now?!

... Spotting a couple of bushes, Mary jogs over and forces some of the leaves and branches aside so she and hide herself until the teacher passes on by. Hopefully the teacher didn't notice where Mary had picked as her new hiding spot before she had the chance to conceal herself.]

[conversationalist]

[He did, however. Man, guess that's not what she wanted either. So to make it up, Kotarou catches up and walks past the bushes, making the best delinquent voice he could make.]

Aaaaah?! Where'd that little girl run off too, that bastaaaard!

[crayoned]

[Is he calling her a bastard now. He is, isn't he. It's a good thing she doesn't know what a bastard is, otherwise she would take a lot more offense to that, but she can at least tell that he's calling her some sort of name. Jerk.

Mary stays put in the bushes, staring as hard as she can at Kotarou as he walks by. She'd rather not deal with him or the teacher right now.]

[conversationalist]

[Of course, as intentional as that was, he couldn't keep it up forever. So he backtracks back and kneels down, staring dead at the bushes she was in.]

Hey.

[Surprise.]

[crayoned]

[Shut up that wasn't a surprise at all she's been watching you. Jerk. By the way he's still a jerk.

Mary only replies when she's completely positive there's no one else around, just so this guy can't go and call over anyone else while she's stuck herself in a bush.]

What do you want?

[Not sounding the least bit grateful for all the wonderful things Kotarou has done for her this far.]

[conversationalist]

[Hostile.]

...was that not the perpetrator?

[crayoned]

Perpet... Trator? [What.] I was avoiding them, couldn't you tell?

[Obviously not. But come on man, she thought it was easy to tell what she was trying to do.]

[conversationalist]

Ooooh, you were avoiding them. I thought you were on some kind of secret mission and he had some sort of password...

[Her face reads, "You're a joke."]

[crayoned]

I... Why would I need a password? I don't understand you.

[She shuffles a little in the bush, trying to get into a comfier position whilst still staring at Kotarou. Why can't bushes be softer?]

28th

[violined]

[ Wow, this is incredibly dumb. Kohaku had been vaguely unsettled by his hated NPCs just staying still like that, but passing by those decorated by Mary's artistic hand he has to snort. In the end he doesn't have the most intellectual sense of humour. ]

Finally some individuality even for something like them..

[crayoned]

[Oh yes, they're certainly all they're own individuals now. For example, the one Mary is currently drawing on is being given a nice pair of glasses, while the last NPC she drew on got a mustache!

Finishing up her latest work, Mary pops the lid back on her marker pen and turns around to see Kohaku.]

Does that mean you like them? I think they look a lot better like this.

[violined]

[ He scoffs. No matter how nicely decorated, 'like' would never be a term he could associate with NPCs. ]

They're disgusting but they look a little better now.

[ With that, Kohaku turns his attention away from the painted faces and to Mary - he didn't know they even had kids here. ]

[crayoned]

[Disgusting, really? Mary thinks they look nice! But she doesn't exactly mind the NPCs at all, frozen or not.]

You mean a lot! Look, see, this one has glasses on, they really suit him. And that one over there has a black eye now, it looks like they've been in a fight!

[A literal black eye, considering Mary used a black pen to colour in around the poor NPC's eyes.]

[violined]

Good thing this is probably more permanent than a real black eye they receive here.

[ Any time he punched them, they just regenerated way too soon because that is what this place is like. So hey, point for Mary, at least with that. ]

[crayoned]

It is, that's what it says on the pen. 'Per-man-nent' marker!

[She even waves the marker around to prove as she sounds out each syllable of the word on the side of the pen.]

A friend told me to be careful, 'cause what I draw with it might never disappear. So maybe they'll always look this good from now on!

[violined]

[ Slow clapping here. Good kid, giving them some amusement value. So uch harder to associate them with mortal danger then. ]

Let's hope it does.

[crayoned]

[Oh boy she's being clapped. Being a good kid feels good man.]

Yeah! Hopefully all my work won't just disappear tomorrow. But if it does then that means I get to draw more!

[Providing the NPCs freeze up again so she has the chance to draw on them anyway.]