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

[happyends]

[ Ah.

Madoka's even below a doormat..... ]

Even a little is already enough for me! [ It's true, okay. Even if it's a little awkward that she did so badly, but at least she tried.. ] I like helping you out.. that's what friends are for, after all. They help each other out so nobody has to struggle with a problem.

[crayoned]

[But that's a good thing, people just can't get as much dirt off their shoes when they use Madoka so they opt for the real doormat!]

Friends... Help each other out, yeah! They help each other so all their problems go away, you're right. [...] What if a friend has a problem you don't know about though? What then? Just wondering...

[happyends]

Um.. well, maybe you should offer then to listen to them if they want to talk about it a little? [ She hums. It's a pretty difficult question though, since-- ] Sometimes they don't want to talk about it, so it's usually better to make sure first.

[crayoned]

Oh, okay. Do all friends talk about their problems with each other, if they want to?

[Sorry for all the questions Madoka, she's trying to work something out now.]

[happyends]

[ Hey, it's not like Madoka minds answering questions. She likes being helpful and this is one way of being helpful, so it's completely fine with her. ]

Um.. [ ... She thinks of back home. Of Sayaka going off on her own without letting her help. Of Kyouko who never said much about herself. Of Mami hiding her sorrow from everyone else. Of Homura never even telling her what was wrong until it was already almost too late. ]

...

I.. think so. I'm sure there's some people who would prefer not to, but.. I think it's nice to have someone to talk about your problems with. It reliefs the burden of them a little, and then you feel less sad.

[crayoned]

I see...

[Talking her problems out never seemed like much of an option. And what good would it do if she told Ib about her problems? Its not like that would change the rules of the gallery in any way... Sharing her problems would only cause more problems anyway, problems that would have made getting out even more difficult and that might have pushed Ib away from her.]

I think it's nice too, having someone else to talk with like that. [Someone else, who isn't another of the gallery's works perhaps.] It's not good to feel sad.

[It's clear that Mary is still on the fence about this though, even if she says she agrees with Madoka. It all sounds so easy when Madoka says it, talking someone to relieve the burden and everything. But when Mary starts applying what Madoka has been saying to her situation in the gallery she just can't see it working out at all.

... And what does it matter anyway, she's dead now and out of that place. Ugh, she really doesn't understand feelings like this at all sometimes.]

[happyends]

[ ...

Hmm, it's probably a little weird to ask it now since.. what she's about to ask is the very subject of this conversation and Mary's questions to begin with, but it all seems so specific that she can't help but want to ask about it, if not just a little. ]

Hey.. Mary-chan, could it be that you have a problem? Or someone you know..?

[crayoned]

[It takes a moment, but Mary seems to brighten up considerably and go back to her usual self.]

No, it's nothing. I was just wondering about how I could help my friends when they have problems, that's all! Don't worry about it.

[With a smile, Mary decides to turn the question around to try and move the conversation on and away from herself.]

How about you Madoka, do you have a problem? You can tell me about it and I'll listen!

[happyends]

Hmm, not really. [ She shakes her head. The only problem is that she's dead, but.. that.. can't really be helped. The dead can't come back to life, after all, and it's not like she has problems that only apply to this place, so she is answering genuinely. ]

After all, if I did, I would've told you, hehe. Since I said that's what friends are for.

[crayoned]

Oh... Yeah, that's right. You would have already told me ages ago, huh. [...] Well that's okay. If you ever find a problem you can always come and tell me about it. And I'll help you deal with it, like a friend would.

[happyends]

Hmm, it's a deal, Mary-chan!

[ She holds out her pinky. Time to pinky promise. If.. Mary knows what that is, but Madoka is just assuming she does.. ]

I'll tell you if I have a problem. I wouldn't want to leave you in the dark.

[crayoned]

[Well that's a relief. She certainly wouldn't want to be left in the dark. Especially not with the sound of ominous footsteps in the background as everything fades to black.

Madoka was wrong for assuming, the heck is a pinky promise. She gets what a deal is, but she doesn't understand what Madoka is asking for my holding her finger out like that. Mary raises her own pinkie to copy Madoka.]

Uhm... Deal? It's a deal. [...] Does doing this make it a deal?

[happyends]

[ Why did you have to remind me of that excuse me while I sit here and cry quietly to myself for the rest of my life. ]

... Oh! [ It only dawns upon her now that Mary sure doesn't know what it is.. ] It's a pinky promise! Have you never promised anything like that before? You hook your pinkies together and then it's a promise you can't break!

[crayoned]

[Sorry not sorry.]

No, never. [She'll try wrapping her finger around Madoka's, like she said.] Like this? It's like a handshake but with your fingers.

[But hey, an unbreakable promise? She should have made a pinky promise with Ib...]

[happyends]

Hmm, you do it exactly like this! And then there's a rhyme, but.. it mentions some things that are probably better for someone your age to not hear, Mary-chan.

[ Little does Madoka know... ]

[crayoned]

You can tell me Madoka, it's okay! I want to know the rhyme too, then it'll be a real pinky promise!

[It's okay Madoka. A few days later, Mary went on to ask Sonia to tell her her what a serial killer is and what the Jason movies were about. This is nothing.]

[happyends]

[ MARY.. PLEASE.. She's trying to save your innocence here, don't go ruin it yourself!! ]

E.. eh?! I-it's fine, we'll just make up our own rhyme! [ A kid-friendly one please.. ]

[crayoned]

[THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO SAVE SORRY.]

We can do that, we can really make up our own rhyme instead? [... Well. Even if there's nothing left to save, making up a rhyme sounds fun and more personal than using any old other rhyme.] Okay, let's do it, Madoka and Mary's original rhyme!

[happyends]

You can think it up, Mary-chan.. you can put anything in there you want to!

[ Since we all know how things ended up last time Madoka tried to think up something.

Let's not go there again.. ]

[crayoned]

Okay! Uhm, hmm... Uh. Let's make a promise, don't be dishonest... If you break it...? Oh, no, aah.

[Rhymes are hard. You see, the words have to kind of sound the same? And that's the difficult part. Her vocabulary isn't the greatest, so this is already pretty challenging.]

[happyends]

.. Um.. how about something like This is a promise of trust, you can't break it even if you must!

Or is that one too simple..? [ SHE'S TOO CONSCIOUS ABOUT IT NOW.. ]

[crayoned]

Ooh.. That's good, yeah, I like the sound of that! This is a promise of trust, you can't break it even if you must~!

[And then to add to that-] If you do that would be bad, and it would make me very sad!

[happyends]

Hehe, that's a great one! Nobody wants to make other people sad!

[ H.. aha... ahahaha.. y.. eah.. ]

[crayoned]

[HAHAHA YEAH best rhyme, time to tell all the friends who have promised her things here about it and tell them all about Madoka's input.]

Mm! It's not nice to do that, it's always more fun to be happy. So that'll make people keep their promises, 'cause who wants to make someone else sad by breaking it?