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

[bodt]

Sounds fun! We should definitely join, then!

[ Marco's eyes just light up at that thought. Something noble and good... yeah. ]

Learning the "way of the sword" sound really honorable somehow.

[notbinary]

It's really traditional... it looks good on manuscripts for university, too. At least in Japan...

[Chihiro just smiles.]

I-I want to try!

[bodt]

[ University... what's that?? ]

Me too! I'm sure it'll be lots of fun to do together!

[notbinary]

Th... then I'll do it!

[He reaches forward, putting his name on the signup sheet, in both roman and kanji letters, just to be safe.]

[bodt]

Yeah!

[ Marco signs his name, plains and simple. Next to Chihiro's, anyway. ]

Does that one spell your name too, Chihiro? It's kind of pretty.

[notbinary]

Oh... uhm, yes. It's my name using Japanese characters. It's a system of writing used in Asia that's unlike the west...

[He wrote his name with Roman letters, so Chihiro is just assuming.]

Each character represents a word or meaning.

[bodt]

[ Oh no how cute would it be if Marco took notes in German so he could offer to lend them to people but they couldn't... read them... ]

Wow, really? That sounds pretty complex. What do the characters in your name mean?

[notbinary]

Well... my given name, Chihiro, when written using these symbols means "Thousand Fathoms."

[That makes a lot of sense if he thinks about it too hard.]

[bodt]

Woah, that sounds really amazing, Chihiro. And your last name?

[notbinary]

Oh... [He blushes a little.] "Wisteria blossom."

[bodt]

That's so pretty. You have a really lovely name, Chihiro.

[notbinary]

[BLUSHING INTENSIFIES. W-wow, Marco.......]

M... Marco-san... uuuu, you'll embarrass me....

[bodt]

Hehe, sorry. I won't tell anyone, if you'd like.

[ Marco you're too charming, stop. ]

[notbinary]

[He shuffles a little, blushing still and nods.]

I-I don't mind. But-- It's not... beautiful or anything, I don't think so.

[It's--- girly.]

[bodt]

I think it's really great! Japanese sounds like an amazing language if you can do all that.

Now when I call you by your name, I'll be able to keep the meaning in mind, too.

[notbinary]

I'm... I'm sure Marco means something too. Something really cool...

[bodt]

Hmm, I wonder about that... I guess I can look it up someday. We didn't think about that much at home. At least I don't think...

[ Maybe you should've asked you parents what your name meant as a kid, Marco. They'd've told you it meant "Warrior" and you'd've been sad. ]

[notbinary]

We could google it.

[He pulls his bag from his shoulder, opening it up to lift his laptop from inside. He sets it on a nearby counter and opens it up. When the screen blinks on, ALTEREGO greets them with a warbly version of Chihiro's own voice after pausing to see that Chihiro was with someone;]

Hello, Fujisaki-sama! Can I help you?

[Chihiro's just glad the coding to keep his creation from calling him "papa" in public works well.]

Yes please! AE-kun, could you google the meaning of the name 'Marco' for us?

[bodt]

W-woah, what's that, Chihiro?? [ It looks crazy amazing! Marco's never seen anything like this before. ]

Is that... a smaller version of those computers? And it has your face...

[notbinary]

[He'll explain while AE-kun is fetching data.]

It's called a laptop. It comes from the term "Desktop Computer," like the ones in the library, and the idea that you can sit and hold it on your lap to work, instead of lugging a big tower and monitor around.

It's not very powerful for programming, but it works out!

And ah... That's ALTEREGO, the programme I was working on when I.... uhm, died. I gave it my own appearance because of its name.

[Smiles, as AE-kun comes back with a ping, waving up at them from the screen;]

Marco, the Latin form of the German name "Mark," means "warrior," or "warring one." In Latin, one named Marco is named after "The God Of Mars," in Roman and Greek Mythology, "The God Of War."

[bodt]

Amazing... the technology for you guys is really something. We couldn't even imagine anything like this back home. [ Tiny computers, and computers at all, really... ]

So you... made him? I bet I couldn't even begin to understand how you did that!

[ Looking over at AlterEgo, don't be surprised if Marco can't decide whether to treat him like a person or not... ]

"Warrior..." That sounds so inspiring.

[notbinary]

Well... it's not that hard to understand. It's like learning to write. If you can memorize how letters go together, you can memorize how certain strings of numbers go together in a code. And once you know the basics, you can just go from there.

[He smiles.]

I-I could show you some time...?

[ALTEREGO has to chime in as well;]

There's also many helpful online guides and videos to help you get started! But Fujisaki-sama would be the go-to person to learn from! It's Fujisaki-sama's Super Duper High School Level Talent, after all!

[bodt]

Really? It's that simple? [ Marco can do that, sure. He's a smart kid. ]

If you're willing to teach me... I mean, it never hurts to learn something new!

[notbinary]

Well it's not... simple, it takes a lot of practice! Even for me, and it comes to me naturally.....

I'd help you, Marco-san, if you wanted...

[bodt]

Ahhh, so it really is like another language, then? I'd love to learn more, Chihiro. That sounds really fun, especially with you teaching me.

[ Gosh, there's that cute, grateful smile wow, Senpai is so cool. ]