Post by SmolOverlord on Sept 9, 2018 7:01:40 GMT -6
Another 2003: End (for now)
Chimes interrupt your daily morning routine, it's sorrowful tune marking the end of another dull and momentous week. Laughs were exchanged, soft cheers and giggles in celebration of another day over with. You were all riddled with freedom, of thought, of mind. Nine of you sit in the classroom, faces easily recognized.
Mizu. A boy who everybody was sure would sleep through final exams, it's a surprise he's the class representative, in fact... most of you don't even remember voting for him, but hey, he's a goofball, what can you do?
Yamoto. You all vividly remember the day he brought the class a barrel of kittens and fought hard for the fundraiser that kept the local adoption shelter from running into the ground.
Maria, who's shyness and sincerity brought the whole class the win during the school festivals best girl pageant, they'll never let her forget that.
Mei, who's taken on the role of making all the idiots in her class buckle down and actually study, she's run countless afterschool cram sessions.
Ohno, who's gaze never leaves the ground, and who fights over tears whenever she sees the rest of the class smiling or laughing. Obara, who can't walk anywhere and is constantly reminded how much of a burden he is to everybody in the class. Saito, who can barely hold a conversation against his nervous stutters and sob-wrecked voice. Mochi, who's cane's tapping on the floor has become a constant reminder of her misfortune.
And Nori, who's able to keep the whole class together with her bright personality and steady grip on reality.
You all graduate soon, you have been the only small class, but you made it. You'll graduate soon, and perhaps go to university. You'll become somebody, be known... But you'll never be whole.
Somethings missing. Somethings missing. Somethings missing. You can't put your finger on it. It's been pounding in your head, pounding, pounding, pounding. Nightmares are frequent, faces hard to recount or remember, you try, and you try, you bring it up in class-
But everytime you meet Nori's eyes you know everythings okay. Everytime she smiles you know it'll be fine.
Because nothing ever went wrong this year.
"Have a nice day, my flock!"
Nori calls, as you all leave for the day. Her cheery voice sends shivers down your spine, and soothes you to the core. You feel comfort, you feel whole. You leave feeling complete, and she watches.
Her eyes linger around the classroom, taking in the empty desks, the broken class and the wilted flowers, the blood thats never really gone away. She takes in things she'swilled for you not to see, things she knows you can't remember.
She takes in the desk with kittens scribbled into the edges. The desk of a girl who caused the catastrophe. The desk of Nepeta. A soft sigh escapes her lips and she crosses her arms, the smile leaving her face. You were all safe, you didn't see the bracelet burns on your wrists, or the memories your minds had locked away. You were all happy. But...
You were all clueless, all obsolete.
If only you had gotten close. If only you had put together what happened before it was too late.
Empty memories fill the halls. They remind you of Kino, of Obara, of Taira, of Suzu, of Joruri.
The one's you tried to get right.
But... Who else did you truely know? Was there anybody at this school you actually got close to? What about Machiko? What about Ohno, or Asahara...
Or Nori?
A note is torn up across the classroom. About thieving. About food. About love. About Kino.
You all don't see it. Only they do. Only those you forgot.
________________________________________________________
So many members at this school, and yet so few that you could help in your final years here, so few that you could SAVE. But you're happy you've got all your classmates. What would you do without the [five] of you.
You all graduate. You all live on. You love your lives. You love Nori for being able to give them to you.
You love.
Love?
___________________________________________________________
You all got the: EEEEEHHHHH ending.
only 5 theme songs were unlocked.
under 10 quests were completed.
survived with over 3 members remaining.
over 5 NPC's died.
nori's origins were not discovered or researched.
a new year is coming.
school stars back in 4 months.
will you be prepared?
Mizu. A boy who everybody was sure would sleep through final exams, it's a surprise he's the class representative, in fact... most of you don't even remember voting for him, but hey, he's a goofball, what can you do?
Yamoto. You all vividly remember the day he brought the class a barrel of kittens and fought hard for the fundraiser that kept the local adoption shelter from running into the ground.
Maria, who's shyness and sincerity brought the whole class the win during the school festivals best girl pageant, they'll never let her forget that.
Mei, who's taken on the role of making all the idiots in her class buckle down and actually study, she's run countless afterschool cram sessions.
Ohno, who's gaze never leaves the ground, and who fights over tears whenever she sees the rest of the class smiling or laughing. Obara, who can't walk anywhere and is constantly reminded how much of a burden he is to everybody in the class. Saito, who can barely hold a conversation against his nervous stutters and sob-wrecked voice. Mochi, who's cane's tapping on the floor has become a constant reminder of her misfortune.
And Nori, who's able to keep the whole class together with her bright personality and steady grip on reality.
You all graduate soon, you have been the only small class, but you made it. You'll graduate soon, and perhaps go to university. You'll become somebody, be known... But you'll never be whole.
Somethings missing. Somethings missing. Somethings missing. You can't put your finger on it. It's been pounding in your head, pounding, pounding, pounding. Nightmares are frequent, faces hard to recount or remember, you try, and you try, you bring it up in class-
But everytime you meet Nori's eyes you know everythings okay. Everytime she smiles you know it'll be fine.
Because nothing ever went wrong this year.
"Have a nice day, my flock!"
Nori calls, as you all leave for the day. Her cheery voice sends shivers down your spine, and soothes you to the core. You feel comfort, you feel whole. You leave feeling complete, and she watches.
Her eyes linger around the classroom, taking in the empty desks, the broken class and the wilted flowers, the blood thats never really gone away. She takes in things she'swilled for you not to see, things she knows you can't remember.
She takes in the desk with kittens scribbled into the edges. The desk of a girl who caused the catastrophe. The desk of Nepeta. A soft sigh escapes her lips and she crosses her arms, the smile leaving her face. You were all safe, you didn't see the bracelet burns on your wrists, or the memories your minds had locked away. You were all happy. But...
You were all clueless, all obsolete.
If only you had gotten close. If only you had put together what happened before it was too late.
Empty memories fill the halls. They remind you of Kino, of Obara, of Taira, of Suzu, of Joruri.
The one's you tried to get right.
But... Who else did you truely know? Was there anybody at this school you actually got close to? What about Machiko? What about Ohno, or Asahara...
Or Nori?
A note is torn up across the classroom. About thieving. About food. About love. About Kino.
You all don't see it. Only they do. Only those you forgot.
________________________________________________________
So many members at this school, and yet so few that you could help in your final years here, so few that you could SAVE. But you're happy you've got all your classmates. What would you do without the [five] of you.
You don't notice when Ohno accidentally slips too many sleeping pills into her morning tea.
You don't notice when Obara was wheeled infront of a train.
You don't notice when Mochi was found hanging on the school gates.
You don't notice when Saito's pleases become louder, and his head sashed into the desk too hard.
You all graduate. You all live on. You love your lives. You love Nori for being able to give them to you.
You love.
Love?
___________________________________________________________
You all got the: EEEEEHHHHH ending.
only 5 theme songs were unlocked.
under 10 quests were completed.
survived with over 3 members remaining.
over 5 NPC's died.
nori's origins were not discovered or researched.
a new year is coming.
school stars back in 4 months.
will you be prepared?
you got this
