I am a shadow, the true self

[afterlifer]

WHO: EVERYONE
WHAT: Interactions
WHEN: April 24 - 28
WHERE: Anywhere and everywhere in this afterlife
WARNINGS: Cussing and there may be some fighting
SUMMARY: INTERACTION LOG you know the drill. Event stuff in here too.

24th: HEY BATTER BATTER BATTER SWING BATTER KENNEDY KENNEDY. That's right it's time for the baseball club to start up try outs! Some posters have been put up around the school about it. Go be a Little Buster.

25th: FIRE FIRE. Except not. But the sprinkler system seems to think there is one! So in all of the buildings around campus and even in the town, the sprinklers up on the ceilings are going off. Have fun getting wet.

26th: As you go about your day today, wherever you may be, school, club meeting, dorm rooms, everything appears to be as normal as it can be. Suddenly, a group of NPCs close by scream and panic as one of them turns into a black shadowy mass... and it looks at you. Welp.

27th: There aren't many, but every now and then you may spot a shadow or two walking about campus, consuming students or disappearing into the shadows. Maybe you saw them yesterday maybe you didn't. But either way, watch your back... they like to creep out of your own shadows if you aren't careful.

28th: Try to go out that door--locked. Another? Locked. All buildings on campus and in town will randomly lock their doors so you just might end up trapped in a room! With a few shadows coming out of the shadows to join you of course.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: The Shadow Days event is starting up on the 26th and will go until May 10th! All details about it are over on this post so please read it if you haven't already. If you have any questions go ahead and ask over there too.

Also always, remember there are basketball, kendo and drama 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

[tsunball]

Geez, how do you expect me to put it?! Shit, it's not like I know how to say it!

[ He's seen weird stuff back home, but.. still nothing on this level. So for a moment he's quiet, trying to think of how to word it. ]

It's sort of like.. shadows. Except they're walking around instead of just being shadows.

[sleepybuster]

[...Oh! Yes. He's relieved to know that he's not the only one who's seen them so.. phew! But...]

Oh... Y-yeah, I saw those too. I kind of thought I was the only one though. Do you know what they are?

[tsunball]

No clue! They just looked freaky as shit. [ So he didn't even dare to get close to them, hence why he doesn't know anything.. ] What's that kind of stuff got to do in the afterlife, either way? It just doesn't seem right!

[sleepybuster]

Maybe they were just costumes? Though the NPCs don't have anything like that going on right now, do they...

[tsunball]

Yeah, and even then, it's not like they dress up a whole lot since they're such party poopers..

[ .. a sigh. ]

You don't think it's anything that's got to do with us, right?

[sleepybuster]

I'm not sure... What would it have to do with us to begin with?

[tsunball]

I dunno, maybe someone here is doing all this shit.. I saw people with weirdass powers before. [ That flying alien guy, the other guy who said he had special powers.. ] .. What if one of us is making all those weird shadows?

[sleepybuster]

You think so? The people with powers don't seem to be the type to make something that ominous-looking, though.

[tsunball]

One of them looked pretty retarded. Maybe he did it by accident. [ SO NICE, LEON.. ]

[sleepybuster]

[wh

there's so much Riki could say about that statement...]

M...aybe... But as far as I know, nobody's powers have to do with actually making whole other... things... [...creatures? He has no idea.]

[tsunball]

I dunno, man, I wouldn't be surprised if that ended up being it.. if one of them was too fed up with this place, it could be that they'd start to play lame pranks like this.

[ he's just the best at thinking the worst of people. hence why.. everything back home happened the way it did.. ]

[sleepybuster]

I just don't understand what someone could get out of doing pranks like that... They're kind of creepy-looking. I'm sure people could get scared just looking at them.

[And with good reason apparently oops]

[tsunball]

See? They're just trying to nerve the shit out of us for some sicko reason.

[ Leon huffs, rolling over and pulling his blanket further over him. ]

We're stuck with a bunch of lunatics here, I can tell you that!

[sleepybuster]

[lunatics...]

I wouldn't say that... I mean, everyone here definitely has their quirks, but I still think they're all nice in their own ways.

[tsunball]

.. What, you're saying you're the type who gets along with anyone, Naoe? [ JUST SINCE YOU AREN'T, LEON.. ]

[sleepybuster]

W-well... I wouldn't say everyone but... at least here, that seems to be the case so far...?

[tsunball]

[ .. he rolls back to stare at riki's bed.. ]

Well, you do sort of look like Naegi.. maybe you two are distant relatives or whatever. [ it's called protag swag, leon. ]

[sleepybuster]

[...well that was random]

Naegi? Who's that?

[tsunball]

Huh? [ At first he doesn't realise it, but.. oh, right. Then he realises this guy wouldn't know Naegi, huh.. ]

He's my classmate. [ That's the easiest way to put it, either way. ] He was pretty meek, but the kind of guy who would have chicks flock around him just since he's nice to everyone.

[sleepybuster]

It sounds like he's someone out of some date-based visual novel.

[He laughs at his own joke, which is kind of something Kyousuke would say, but...]

Is he a friend of yours?

[tsunball]

...

[ There's a somewhat weird pause from Leon. Almost contemplative rather than just a normal one. He ends up frowning a little. ]

Dunno. I guess. [ Sure, he got pretty close to Naegi, even told him about baseball and all, but.. in the end.. that guy still got him killed off, right? He probably doesn't see Leon as a friend anymore-- Leon's willing to bet on it.

It's why he sounds a little conflicted as he says it. Oddly so, considering how typical he usually is. ]